Yahoo! I finally built my very own Neo Geo arcade machine from scratch:

  I’ve wanted one of these for about 15 years now… It has all custom graphics, brushed aluminum side panels and a LED coin counting display that also computes how many cases of beer the money stash will buy. For the “Making Of Story” of this fine unit just click here! Technically it IS somewhat portable as it comes apart in 2 pieces for not-terribly-hard moving.

  In other news I will be appearing on “Attack of the Show” on G4/TechTV, October the 14th (a Friday) of this year. Check local listing but I believe it’s 4 PM Pacific time. Hopefully I’ll have some cool new stuff to show, even before it’d be shown on this website so keep your eyes peeled!

Apparently the article about my stuff has landed in Maxim so there may be some curious people stopping by. Welcome! Here’s some useful links for interesting things around this site: “Hacking Videogame Consoles – The Book” sub-site

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Phoenix 2600 portable console – Buy a pre-built Atari 2600 compatible portable! (Uses original Atari guts)

I know it’s been a bit shy on updates around here but I have been working on stuff. Namely Neo Geo consoles and portables, but I have also finally finished my half-lifelong (as in since I was 15) dream project – a full sized Neo Geo 6 slot arcade machine! Hopefully I can get the “Making Of” for it online later today!

Alright I finished the case for my Neo Geo MVS console!

Shown here next to a PS2 so you can judge the size. It’s about 8.5″ x 8.5″ x 1″ The MVS (arcade) cartridge plugs in the top, and there’s 2 player ports on the front, along with “Insert Coin” buttons (quite the savings over quarters) I used a nice big rocker switch for power, because it’s circular and I like circles.

The case has brushed aluminum top plates and black sides. An acrylic “Neo Geo” logo panel and power switch festoons the front, while a slightly raised acrylic portion surrounds the cartridge.

Ok I must admit I’m surprised at the response my Neo Geo portable (or Neo Geo Peo as I call it) has garnered. In fact I’m actually on building my third unit of these. Problem is it’s a very labor intensive portable, so I have to stop sometime (so I can build my own Neo Geo arcade machine for the living room)

Ah yes potato salad… grilled things… beer. Always a fun weekend!  In other news I took down the clock because I realized it didn’t work in Internet Explorer (mostly) and well, you know I just put it there to see if it worked – it was some new site add-on.

In the book section I added some callout help for Figure 4-7 and 4-8, the labeled spots to desolder were a little hard to make out.

Oh and even though nobody believes me Port Washington is close to completion! I’ve been done with it since February and have been waiting for the musical score to be finished. Well apparently it should be done in June, which means I can finish the movie quickly afterwards! The premiere will be in Madison, WI for anyone that wants to attend. More info as it becomes available (and more concrete-esque)