Atari 800 Laptop

The Atari 800 Laptop is a custom made gaming device that plays Atari 800 games and is housed in a laptop like case. It is one of several modified gaming stations made by Benjamin Heckendorn of benehck.

com.  It is made using orignal parts from the Atari 800, most notably the original keyboard. The core of the design is a  Atari XEGS motherboard from the XE Game System (a failed NES and Genesis competitor) and runs a custom made operating system. It is housed in a custom made case which keeps the original 10 degree keyboard angle from the original Atari 800 thanks to a clever pop-up fucntion. Housed in the case is a 15" LCD monitor for higher quality images than were ever intended by Atari. System Reset, Option, Select and Start buttons are colored to look like the original machine and there is an original Atari symbol on the back of the case. Unfortunately this is a one of a kind, so good luck getting your hands on it.