sounds good

will it have a cart slot?

oh definatley, I cant see a normal atari without one!

I Love this case! Its like a mini craft box, made of the clear plastic stuff. I painted it once, then sanded down all the globs of paint, and I added a new coat for it to dry tonight. Mabye later I can reveal the colors and mabye a picture of it...

Side story (AKA reason I dont have pictures)
I have my brothers camera, he has the flash memory thing for it. So I cant transfer any pictures. But he's coming home soon, I can hopefully get pictures then! and I want to get a camera for christmas anyway, that way I can use it whenever I need it.

Ive got the atari Logo ready to go, Mabye I can get that painted on tomorrow If it dosent need one last layer. It looks pretty cool, Heres the stuff:

- Atari board, no Atari clones here!
- Hip gear LCD (or a pocket Tv, whichever I can get my hands on, But hopefully a hip gear cause they're easy for me to work with.)
-an OK case! No Tape on this one! (well mabye on the insides...)
-6 AA batteries. Rechargeables will work too since 1.2X6= 7.2, the needed voltage for the 7805 I'm using For the screen and atari.
- Will probably have a Paddle! I dont really know If I plan to attach one, it would be neat to play warlords though....
- Probably TV out
And that's it, time to sleep

Question:
I have finished painting the atari. It's pretty cool for my first paint that needed to look decent. Anyway...

I was wondering what I could add on top of the paint to make it feel smoother? I mean, try holding something thats all rubbery and such, just dosent fell very comfortable. So what can I add?

Try something like a clearcoat repair, or some of that Krylon clear sealant. Just make sure it's compatible with your paint (make sure it won't melt the color).

Just a question. If it's a clear case, why not take everything out and paint the inside?

Well I like the look, really. Ive got the case already painted, and now I'm adding the logo. I'l be shure to use the Krylon stuff In the future, I would like to get better at the whole casemaking process. Mabye If I could get some chunks of plastic, mabye say from one of my old NES' I could make a little thing there.


Hmm.. I guess that would work. Id just have to cut it off the edge so It could slightly wrap around the back. (You'll see what I mean)


So um yeah, the only thing remaining it the screen and the logo. Well Actually I could just say it is 75% done. Today Ive even solved where to put the batteries!
Screen I need=Hip gear.
Money I have for screen=virtually none, all my income is going to christmas stuff until then, so hopefully santa can bring a hip gear with him.

Update:

No screen but a new design. The old case can be spared for a future project, but this is a hint:

Its small. Really really small. think vagabond size. Have about 1" of thickness left over for the hip gear (Obviously it isint that thick) before I cut the last few pieces of the case. as soon as I get the screen, the whole process will be nearly complete. (as with my NES, the only reason I havent been done is this screen.)

Features?
Well, It uses 1 9.6V battery, (Im getting a 1600 mAh hopefully today, my 1000 mAh one was for measurements.)

Plays Atari carts (obviously)

Uses a hip gear screen (Hopefully it dosent break by then!)

and thats about it for special features. More on this later (hopefully!)


Oh, and now the house has a digital camera (always stays home) which means pictures are always available!

Oh man, its so close, i can almost feel it. (well obviously I can hold the thing, but I think yo get the idea)

Pictures (sneek peek!)

Heres what it was:


When I got the little case:



And Now:



Enjoy! If you want to know the size, take a wild guess, Il probably tell you later.

looks sweeet

that really does look pretty small

It's delightful! But it does look pretty small or are my hands really huge?

Its small, the size is 4" wide, by 4" tall by 2" thick.
A little thick, but Uber small!

uber cooooool

very nice, its small, and doesn't relly look so thick...congrats in advance for when u finish it

thanks.

I dont believe I'l be selling this unit, but I would just love to make more! I enjoy working on the atari, as well as NOACs. I dont think I'd do it upon request, but rather make another unit and sell that for a reasonable price. (see when I say I'm going to make something, I feel more pressure to make shure I dont fry anything. If I just build It and then sell it, that would be easier. then again, no paypal= little to no chance of sending it to somebody. But I will see what I can do.

If you wanted to know:
-1000mAh battery (though a 1600 is available)
-Blue and grey case
-NES buttons (some)
-Hip gear screen (highly likely)
-Case is made of: cut up NES cases. Yeh it took 2-3 but it works. They are hotglued, and they might get sanded and re-painted if I feel it necessiary before I call it "done"
-Also shows No tape! The NES' look wasnt too appealing to me with all the tape on it


and thats about it. I am shooting for the adjustment board in there also, though thats Highly unlikley. I am also going to try to get a ton of clear pictures, and a high detail "how-to" (sorry probably not a story, didnt have a cool one) though I did take a bunch of photos, and summarized the process into simple terms, and also just a brief explination on how the whole thing fits in the case.

Thanks!