It’s easy for aspiring retro kids to emulate the '80s in their clothing, but how are they supposed to furnish their apartments? Leave the moldy antiques at the thrift store and check out this new LED Coffee Table from SparkFun Electronics, a custom made concept that lets you relive Atari’s original table tennis game, Pong.
Using LED lights, SparkFun created a fully-functional version of the game in furniture form, complete with four original Atari joysticks. The project, which took almost over two years to complete, will debut at the Maker Faire Austin tradeshow on October 18th. Watch two video demos below…
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Mod God Ben Heck is back at it. After setting the 'Net on fire with seemingly impossible Frankenstein builds like the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 gaming laptops, he's returned with another how-the-hell-did-he-do-that mod: a portable version of the Atari 7800 game system.
No longer intimated by “complex-looking” electronics, Ben decided to tackle Atari's 8-bit console from 1986 by shoving all the internals into a handheld that weighs less than a gallon of milk. The 7800 Portable sports a 7 inch screen, analog and digital directional pads, built-in rechargeable batteries and an A/V output jack in case you want to play Pole Position II on the plasma. After the jump, watch Heck explain how he made the portable Atari work.
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