For the ultimate retro geek

[tthurman]

This is rather old now, but I happened across it while doing some searching for mounting my display of all things.

Regardless, it was new to me, and so I thought it might be to some of you.  Shame we couldn't get more details and pictures.

[tthurman]

YouTube to the rescue, with even more detail available at his site.

 

[hansolo77]

Ok.. originally I wanted that R2D2, with the Millennium Falcon DVD Remote.. but this is just crazy.  I like it for sure, and would die to have one.  But it reminds me too much of that "other" build, where they guy built his own custom console by gutting all the original consoles and put them in a box with his own custom made console selecting slider.  What would have made this more appealing would have been if he had incorporated wires to hook up all the power and reset buttons to one central location rather than have one for each console.  I'd also like to have seen him actually hide all the ports behind R2's various doors, rather than mount them directly to the outside.  That makes it look worse, and I wouldn't call him an R2D2 anymore.  An R2 unit maybe, but all the externally visible modifications makes it more like an R2XX.