If you’ve never seen anything crafted by Ben Heckendorn, then you are in for a treat. The man, who goes by Ben Heck, has engineered himself into the retro-modder-god whom many consider him by cramming a wide range of technologies into handcrafted portable cases. Ben made a name for himself with his very first project, the Atari VCSp, which received a storm of attention after it was posted on Slashdot.

Ben hasn’t rested on his laurels, either. Since then he has created numerous devices including a portable Sony PlayStation and laptop versions of the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and a load of other gaming consoles. His latest project is a real throwback, too; the Apple //gs Laptop. The //gs was a precursor to the Mac which came to power in 1984 and was the last of the lauded and venerable Apple ][ line. Sadly, there is only one, and its not likely to go on sale any time soon, however, if you’d like an Atari VCSp 5.1 you can have one for US$350 and a 4-switch Atari 2600 console.

written by Tyler Regas