MOC - Atari 2600 - Raspberry PI Zero Case

[Paperinik77pk]

Hi all, 

I would like to show you a MOC based on an already existing creation of @afolman which can be found on internet. It is a miniature Atari 2600 - woody version with four levers -  it is very simple and quite solid.

I reworked a bit the Joystick and the four levers, which are made by four silver minifig screwdrivers inside a Pneumatic pipe, squeezed by the two slope bricks.

 I saw many similar creations on Internet but I wanted to go one step beyond, making it functional and usable.

I therefore designed it to be empty inside.

In this way I could accomodate a very small Raspberry PI zero (without WI-FI) in it. I only had to remove a small plastic lid from the little motherboard (the lid can be put on again without problems). 

The Mini-HDMI to HDMI adapter was modified to reduce its size, but now I have a dedicated Mini-HDMI to HDMI cable which is surely nicer.

Once installed the RetroPie distribution, and inserted all the roms...pardon...original cartridge images - I can bring my small 2600 everywhere!

Thanks to @afolman for the inspiration. I hope you like it 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2018 by Paperinik77pk

[deraven]

Very nice!  Certainly a creative use for that Atari MOC.  So many good things start out with Lego; you know, the first Google server case was made out of Lego.  

Now you need to have interchangeable cases for whatever you're emulating (NES, Coleco, etc.)...