10 Apr 2003

 
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We don't need no stinkin' GameBoy Advance...

Atari 2600. Wood cases. From Wisconsin. Geek nirvana?

A graphic designer at Jim Greeley Sign and Awning in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Heckendorn builds the units on lunch breaks. Each one costs him about $200 in parts and 10 hours of labor. He uses the company's tool shop (with the boss's blessing), routing and cutting out cases from solid plastic and oak.