LEGO Atari 2600

We build the LEGO Atari 2600 and modify it to be playable.
#retrocomputers #retrogaming #atari2600
LEGO Atari 2600
www.lego.com/en-us/product/at...

[@VeronicaExplains]

This is the most fun I've ever had watching someone play with LEGO. Also, I love that you got it working! Also also- tableau.

[@ezedjay]

Haha - I keep stumbling across channels I watch leaving comments in other channels I watch. It's almost like we've got something in common 😂

[@fractalMD]

We really do all hang out in youtube land! T A B L E A U

[@fractalMD]

Clearly I was referring to just the main SINGULAR one and not the three we didn't do. 😂

[@fractalMD]

@hubewf irregardless..... 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@CanadianRetroThings]

Something you never want to hear in a hospital..."Scalpel" "Would you accept scissors?" "Sure!"

[@fractalMD]

We are all glad I'm not a surgeon!

[@cocoliving7157]

Another thing you don't want to hear, "Nurse, I said remove his Spectacles!"

[@anjanettepetty-kountz3785]

You ladies find the best stuff!! Excellent building!!! 🤩

[@fractalMD]

I called a joystick a remote in here just for you!!

[@anjanettepetty-kountz3785]

@@fractalMD oh how did I miss that! Now I gotta rewatch it!! 😂🤩

[@Ran-tan-tan]

I love the enthusiasm and pure joy in these videos! Perfect watching when feeling a bit down, and when not! 😊

[@fractalMD]

We have fun making them! Win win.

[@Ran-tan-tan]

@@fractalMD I couldn't be more glad that you make these videos, so it's win win win!

[@DJTI99]

I'm at work yelling at the screen, "YOU HAVE TO GRAB THE BAT!"

[@fractalMD]

Loooool! I know! A little louder next time. Taylor just wasn't having it as a no-armed dot.

[@wimwiddershins]

Woah! It took a moment to absorb what it was, I thought it was a 2600+ This is way better! I like how Lego always stuff in a whole stack of oddball coloured parts as filler inside their sets.

[@Ran-tan-tan]

I have to ask regarding your screen name: are you a pTerry fan, or a fan of weird English words that almost no-one today uses, or both? 🙂

[@fractalMD]

Yeah, the amount of unseen craziness it off the charts

[@6502Assembler]

I did not know it opened up like that. Very cool!

[@fractalMD]

To a fancy tableau!

[@geekwithsocialskills]

I loved building anything LEGO when I was a kid. This LEGO Atari 2600 looks awesome! They really paid attention to the details. My only complaint is they went with the 4 switch model and not the original heavy sixer 6 switch. It was great that you made it work. Nicely done!

[@fractalMD]

It is a very nice likeness. Kinda works out tho it's the woody cause now Taylor has both. 😁

[@geekwithsocialskills]

@@fractalMD I do agree it's pretty cool!

[@MQsto]

Person: "Atari 2600, mehh, it is soooo old and the graphich look like Lego bricks." LEGO: "Hold my minifigure's tiny little beer!"

[@fractalMD]

Teeny teeny tiny beer.

[@CurtisBoyle]

Like you, I had no idea that this existed - but even without a functional mini-Atari 2600 added to it, it still looks great! (Love the diorama flipping up the "scene from the seventies").

[@fractalMD]

LCB, it looks SO good!

[@another3997]

You two are such fun to watch doing your projects, you have so much fun together. I know I shouldn't say it, but as much as I love nostalgic tech and games etc, I spent more time looking at Amy's eyes and her lovely smile than on the LEGO itself. Amy keeps staring in to the camera and smiling. Must remember to block off the left side of the screen in future and concentrate harder. 😂

[@fractalMD]

We have so much fun. You are too kind.

[@drjohnfisher]

When you preface a sentence with “I know I shouldn’t say this,” you have shown you have enough insight to not say it. Just some friendly advice.

[@NeverlandSystemPixie]

This is so fun... oh and that shark shirt goes swimmingly well with your eyes. ;)

[@fractalMD]

I do love me that shark shirt. It's so weird.

[@NeverlandSystemPixie]

@@fractalMD You totally misspelled "awesome". ;)

[@lsdowdle]

My wife told me she got that Lego Atari thing for her birthday. It is always a surprise when I get to find out what I got her for her birthday. :) She hasn't put it together yet and hopefully your video will encourage her to do so. She asked me to send her the link to this video. Done. On an unrelated topic, you guys should setup your MiSTer FPGA from scratch so you can find out how to install the MiSTer Project software to the microSD card, and how to add ROM files... and how to keep it updated. In your previous MiSTer video, ya'll said the MiSTer could fill your void for arcade games but... one reason to try it now would be for the mighty fine Nintendo 64 core that is in development... which has made a lot of progress. It plays about 99% of the US retail library with a significant amount of the games being fully completable. The prolific developer behind the MiSTer FPGA N64 core has been posting updates about every other day. He is to the point now where about the only thing left to do is fix some of the remaining minor bugs in some of the more obscure game titles... at least that's how it looks from my user perspective. He (Robert Peip aka FPGAzumSpass) made the Playstation One core previously and his work is just impeccable. I've been a subscriber to his Patreon for well over a year. Anyhoo, I don't know if you had or played a N64 in your youths or not, where you might have nostalgia for some of its games.... but if not, Super Mario 64 is a pretty big game in the history of 3D platformers... and Legend of Zelda, The Ocarina of Time is often in the top 3 of best video games of all time. I know ya'll are more into hardware but you could treat the MiSTer as a hardware platform to figure out and have as a goal getting the N64 core up and running. It is really quite easy once you know how. :) In any event, keep on keepin' on.

[@fractalMD]

Has she put it together yet? 😃 We really do need to get the MiSTer back out. We have the terrible "problem" of so many projects at hand we want to do! No shortage of cool things at hand atm. Ocarina is definitely an objectively amazing game. Agree!

[@lsdowdle]

@@fractalMD - No not yet. I think she is going to be doing that over the Xmas holidays when visiting the inlaws. Regarding the MiSTer, it is a very active project with updates weekly. The N64 devel core has been getting updates every 2-3 days. Two projects ya'll could do with the MiSTer for your channel content would be getting a case for it... and putting together your own software setup and keeping it updated. I'm guessing ya'll haven't updated since you got it and if that is the case, I have to wonder how well it'll update with the vast amount of changes... which would be a good reason for setting up a new/fresh software image. Anyway....

[@lsdowdle]

@@fractalMD - Oh, one long-term project with the MiSTer, since you did mention it as an arcade... would be to get a JAMMA board for it and actually putting it in an standup arcade system. That's something I want to do but haven't gotten around to it... since it is a bit cost and space prohibitive.

[@fractalMD]

@@lsdowdle oh yeah that is THE DREAM

[@MisterMsk]

Are you sure you consider the person that told you about the Lego Atari 2600 'a friend'? lol! Over 2000 pieces. Wow! Great video, BTW!

[@fractalMD]

Lol, yes! Cause it was very fun. :) Thanks!

[@datassetteuser356]

Yay 🎉 that Lego Atari looks great.

[@fractalMD]

SO great!

[@dustintaub]

The Taylor and Amy Show, the cure to seasonal affective disorder!

[@fractalMD]

Bottle it!

[@Kehvarl]

I was literally looking at this kit in the store yesterday, and also the pac-man arcade standup kit. It sounds like you had some fun building it, and the working version with the flashback is awesome!

[@fractalMD]

Definitely a lot of fun to build. Can recommend!

[@bobtherieau6086]

Well, now I know where to go to find superior building brick-based retrogaming entertainments.

[@fractalMD]

We have really narrowed our niche.

[@EricsEdgeVideos]

Excellent as ever! You almost make me want to build a lego PDP-11 with working open-reel magnetic tape drives. Perhaps not.

[@fractalMD]

Well now you have to.

[@JamiesHackShack]

That sounds pretty rad! :D

[@another3997]

Whilst entirely coincidental, Taylor tilted the lego cartridge in her hand slightly toward Amy when she casually said "that's an ancient one". Amy certainly isn't ancient... I'd use the term vintage! 😉 Great video guys, the inclusion of the "Flashback" was brilliant.

[@fractalMD]

I'm ready for a museum!

[@zh84]

A Lego model of a video game is much more fun than a video game of a Lego model.

[@fractalMD]

Lego Star Wars might have beef with you!

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Hello from Australia to the Nerd Queens!... I vote the Lego NES next!

[@fractalMD]

I'm loving this title! Greetings from a couple sepos. Tho as Alabamians, even the implication of being a Yank. Oof. 🤣

[@MaxAmiga]

Your videos are so much fun to watch!

[@fractalMD]

Thx!!!

[@lurkerrekrul]

Very nice. :) Game 17 is my favorite in Asteroids. It has "slow" asteroids, so they don't go at odd angles, and the special feature when you pull back is to flip your ship 180 degrees. Admittedly, it's much easier with the slow asteroids, but I can play that variation all day long. I just keep racking up extra lives.

[@fractalMD]

That would be so soothing!

[@DavidYoud]

"not a load-bearing Atari 8-bit girl" :D

[@bonemar66]

She's an 8-bit girl, in an 8-bit world... life in plastic...

[@fractalMD]

I mean, if a load bearing one shook loose.... anarchy.

[@drjohnfisher]

❤❤ Super Cute!! ❤❤ Who doesn’t love Legos!!! I have to ask; who was the “Keeper of Legos,” because there’s no way Taylor didn’t lose at least 10 important pieces?? Cool video. Amy’s eye makeup is on point, per the usual. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@fractalMD]

Only one casualty to the wormhole in the floor, abd we had a spare!

[@aytviewer2421]

Oh boy... I want to build one of those now! Had the NES lego build on my Amazon wish list for a couple years, but I like this one much better!

[@fractalMD]

It was really fun!

[@JamiesHackShack]

That looked fun! Nice work!

[@fractalMD]

It was a blast. 💥

[@equinoxxee]

Very happy new year to you and lots of vintage computing 🤗

[@fractalMD]

Happy new year!

[@1stage]

Very cool! That was so fun.

[@fractalMD]

Hooray!

Great job :D And just kind remainder 4096 is long gone ;-)

[@fractalMD]

I know! We want to go to Tuscaloosa and get Taco Casa and our real life jobs are being very busy right now. :(

@@fractalMD I love your videos, it's so refreshing with good vibes. I'm always looking forward for next one. But I understand, job is always higher priority. Thanks a lot for your work.

[@Alibm80]

Awesome video! 😃

[@fractalMD]

Thx!

[@awilliams1701]

If I want to feel old I just acknowledge the pain in my knees. uggg

[@fractalMD]

#relatable

[@mikeg5658]

A Raspberry Pi Zero fits inside the cartridges with a little modification to the Lego build and can emulate the rest of the machine.

[@fractalMD]

We talked about it, but what we did way waaaaay easier.

[@speedbird737]

if you push forward on the joystick in Asteroids you move!

[@fractalMD]

And then you explode!

[@KeritechElectronics]

That's a cute kit, I like it :)

[@fractalMD]

Recommend!

[@chrissimpson1183]

Great job, I am sure it was not easy to build...

[@fractalMD]

Tag team checking each other as we went helped A LOT. It took several hours fo sho.

[@DevilsHandyman]

Flip up the little scene of the rooms hard enough and it will fire them like projectiles. Hopefully!

[@fractalMD]

Almost certainly!

[@awilliams1701]

it doesn't work, but I did watch a video on tronix fix where he made the lego NES and then made a second one that actually did work. A real NES, not an FPGA. I think it was just a lego shell around a normal NES inside guts.

[@fractalMD]

I mean, that would do the trick, lol.

[@GarthBeagle]

Some assembly required!

[@fractalMD]

Tstl!

[@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs]

That’s Really neat girls nice job

[@fractalMD]

Thank you!

[@ActionRetro]

DO WANT

[@fractalMD]

You neeeeed it.

[@ActionRetro]

@@fractalMD i do i do

[@wanderleyceschim2881]

Did I miss the 12 bit party?

[@fractalMD]

Not yet! But it will happen!

[@happysprollie]

I'm 66 years old and my wife won't let me have this because ... choking hazard.

[@fractalMD]

Promise not to eat it!

[@happysprollie]

@@fractalMD I can't commit to that.

[@shawnerz98]

Drinking game: "tableau" 🤣 Tableau's aside, why did Lego feel this was necessary to make? Was somebody going to put this in their house and be like, "Come people! See this non-functioning Lego Atari 2600 console i have built!" ?

[@fractalMD]

And they made it for more than just the 2600!

[@TheEricDangerous]

one is metric and other is Imperial... ROFL

[@fractalMD]

😃

[@NeverlandSystemPunkGirlChloe]

"But we should make it work!" "Uh YEAH!" LOVE that reaction! Cuz OF COURSE you should! :D

[@fractalMD]

Hell YEAH we should!

[@NeverlandSystemPunkGirlChloe]

That little diarama room dealie has a pet, too!

[@fractalMD]

I LOVE it