Atari 2600 stuffed into Game Gear, Sega Nomad seen casting envious glances
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 30th 2008 5:32PM
posted Nov 30th 2008 5:32PM
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impressive, but the small screen leaves me feeling empty.
achievement unlocked, now fit a better screen and you get another cookie
Sorry for my ignorance, but was the screen originally that small?
No it was 3.2 inches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Game_Gear
There you go. all the knowledge you would ever need.
@ Bob;
i can see.... i can seee.... no more.... coverrr it.... noooo... ahhhh
If a 3.2" screen fit inside that polygon, how big is this screen? 1.6"?
I just think this is more of a butchery than awesome. Now stuff a Gamecube in it... :D
Just so he can play Custard's Revenge on the go... for shame!
Yes. Custard's Revenge. A game based on a a range of preparations based on milk and eggs thickened with heat out to destroy the human race. Only you can stop them.
I think this might be the worst mod I've ever seen. The screen is horrible and it looks like he ran the thing over with his car before he took photos of it.
Mod fail.
Must have been an 18-wheeler...
Well. I wasn't going to share my story until I read the driving over it posts.
I had a Game Gear and my parents backed over it in their car. I was soo upset because we were going on a long car trip that day. My parents had an idea of going to wally mart and saying it just broke unexpectedly (the screen wouldn't turn on but there wasn't a crack). They exchanged the GG on the spot and I was set for the trip.
Point is, they hold up quite well being run over. :D
Sega Game Gear: check
Big Red Button: check
Atari 2600: check
Motivation:
Also, is that real full workday or an Endadget writer's workday?
This is a prime example of just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. (Unless you're a better modder who can put a usable screen on it)
The screen is gold compared to the original one. Not that this would say anything.
Correction- he shoved an atari flashback2 which is much smaller into the case and then did the cartridge mod
This is sensless.
first of all, there are already cartriges for Game Boy SP to play old Atari games.
Furthermore, you can emulate atari on PSP.
This is a complete and total waste of time. If you really want to buy a system to take advantage of old gamees, get a WII
Your reasoning behind this is pretty much foolish. So there are better alternatives out there, then why bother creating your own right..
It's kind of like saying oh.. what's the point of building the SSC Ultimate Aero since the Bugatti Veyron already exists, looks better, and has the same capability.
It's the thrill of creating something that works, and the feeling of accomplishment you get once it's over.
Correction: the point of the SSC Aero is to be somewhat faster than the Veyron, which it was.
He has a point. I was thrown by how small that screen is, did it really have to be that small to make it work? And with the Gameboy SP argument, he is right, why make it hard to play atari games when the PSP or Gameboy can do it? Yes hats off to his modder, but its not practical by any means, and your lying to yourself if you do think its practical to do this when better alternatives are out there, im sick of engadget readers dissing comments like this because they want to feel special to congradulate every single "because I can" modder out there.
Agreed. His time could have been better spent doing something that would actually have been cool. Instead he comes out with this pile of pointless shit and we're supposed to pat him on the back?
Negative.
Ohhh...I know all about tight cramped spaces..
I kind of doubt that.
Evil d**k rulez :D
Yawn. Google "stella atari".
i think you're all forgetting how damn BIG the Game Gear is :S the screen looks small in the pictures but those things were hefty as hell
waste of a perfectly good game gear.
You can see that in two ways. One, the guy who did it, DID IT! It is a portable atari. Period. But on the other side...man...this is the ugliest thing I've seen in AGES! :oD
BTW, Kevtris (google for it!) did it before using a NOMAD case and screen (which is RGB) and perforated board :) 128-in-1 atari clones are excellent for that, because of the one-chip-atari it comes with.
Now if someone made public a FPGA/CPLD implementation of an Atari-in-a-chip... :) :) :)
Dear Game Gear,
I miss you. Come home.
Lots of love. xoxo
Why didn't they put the small screen in it?