Handheld Console Plays Original Pong With Modern E-Waste
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Summary
Simon has built a handheld gaming device that plays the 1970s arcade game Pong, which was one of the first ever video games.
The device is called DingPong and is built into an old video doorbell unit.
The screen is from a Sony Video Watchman, which is a portable TV from 1982 with a 4-inch CRT.
The build utilised junk bin parts as much as possible, to keep the project as eco-friendly as possible.
The controllers are simple potentiometers attached to the side of the unit, and the device is powered by reused lithium-ion batteries providing around one hour of gaming time.
Rather than using a modern microcontroller, the device runs on the original 1970s Pong chip, an AY-3-8500.
