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Atari 800 XE Laptop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Lester Oats writes "Benjamin J. Heckendorn (of Atari VCSp, NES Micro, & PS2p fame) has been at it again! Summary from his site: "Of all the portable videogame devices I've ever built over the years one system has always been my 'Holy Grail' to make - my 'dream portable' if you will. (Yes, even more so than my Neo Geo arcade machine) And now after a couple years of tinkering it is complete! Without further ado - the Atari 800 XE Laptop!""

3 of 180 comments (clear)

  1. Ok.. by MindStalker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But how did he get it to support Dos or the flash drive????

  2. Re:Really? by Urchlay · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Was there really a game named BallBlaster???

    Yes.

    Well, actually, Ball Blaster was an early leaked version of Ball Blazer (which was one of the first games Lucas Arts ever released). Ball Blaster was leaked to the Atari BBS scene some months before Ball Blazer was released... it was playable, but lacked the computer player's AI (so it was two-player only). And yes, everyone thought the "Ball Blaster" name was hilarious back then, too...

    More than you really wanted to know, isn't it? :)

  3. Another way by Craig+Davison · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Try this:

    javascript:location.href=location.protocol+'//'+lo cation.host+'.nyud.net:8090'+location.pathname

    Works in Firefox.

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