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I repurposed an old phone into a portable Atari 2600 for my mom (pawb.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Wolfizen@pawb.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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The phone is pretty old, running Android 6. It has 2600.emu on it with the entire catalogue of 2600 games. She remembers playing on her friends' Atari as a kid and some of the games she played so I added those as shortcuts.

I tried several emulation apps: 2600.emu, droid2600, and MAME4Droid. The modern versions of all refused to install. 2600.emu and droid2600 both had an older version that installed. Overall I liked 2600.emu for its better onscreen controls & better paddle control on these specific versions.

It feels nice to repurpose old tech for something "new". It wouldn't be possible without a dedicated community.

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[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Awesome. And cool that your mom is into old Atari games. Did she play them back in the day?

[–] Homescool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If she existed in the 70s or 80s then it's almost guaranteed. Society was categorized into the Atari haves and have nots who made friends with the haves.