Portable Packman

Pacman, the video game of my youth. I spent many an hours (and money) at the local coffee shop when I was a kid trying to master this game (I don’t think I ever did). sam_thornley over on the benheck forums came up with this great little project. It uses the guts of a JAKKS Namco TV arcade stick and the composite video signal is hooked up to a 2.5-inch screen with a CCFL backlight.

Four AA batteries are in a regular project box gives this portable gaming adventure 2.5 hours of play. There currently is no sound, but he says that the TV games’ sound pales to the original anyway.

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