Atari 2600 Cartridge Housing
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Published on May 17, 2012
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Description
This is a housing design for an Atari 2600/VCS cartridge. It will hold a standard Atari PCB or suitable replacement (like my homebrew PCB design: grandideastudio.com/portfolio/pixels-past/)
This was co-designed back in 2002 with the friendly fellows from toolinc.com, but never saw the light of day (until now!)
See a time-lapse video of the Makerbotting and assembly in action at youtu.be/Ngb69HvGE7g
This was co-designed back in 2002 with the friendly fellows from toolinc.com, but never saw the light of day (until now!)
See a time-lapse video of the Makerbotting and assembly in action at youtu.be/Ngb69HvGE7g
Instructions
Print all three pieces, insert PCB, press fit together, secure with a single screw, plug into Atari, GAME!
Make sure your platform is level. The top and bottom housings take up most of the space on the Thing-o-Matic build platform and if there is uneven heating, the housing will warp and won't fit into the Atari very well (like the one I made).
The snaps along the housing edges are pretty brittle and the label area comes out a bit funky as it's recessed a bit. I had the best results at 100% infill and 1 shell.
Looks especially swell in any color other than the typical Atari cartridge color of black.
Make sure your platform is level. The top and bottom housings take up most of the space on the Thing-o-Matic build platform and if there is uneven heating, the housing will warp and won't fit into the Atari very well (like the one I made).
The snaps along the housing edges are pretty brittle and the label area comes out a bit funky as it's recessed a bit. I had the best results at 100% infill and 1 shell.
Looks especially swell in any color other than the typical Atari cartridge color of black.
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Atari 2600 Cartridge Housing by joegrand is licensed under the Attribution - Creative Commons license.
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Hi, is there an other source for the needed boards? Atariage doen't seem to sell them anaymore.
I'm not sure of anyone selling the cartridge PCBs. However, all of my PCB design files are open source and available on my site:
http://www.grandideastudio.com...
You could also re-purpose original Atari cartridge PCBs and add the required 7404 inverter.