Atari VCS 2600 Composite Video Mod
Credits for this mod go to Circuit-board.de
My Atari VCS was resting for 5+ years in the cellar when I finally got Yars’ Revenge for it. (Recommended by a fellow Retro Gamer).
To hookup the VCS to the TV, I used the builtin antenna cable. As you can guess, Image quality was horrible !
So I decided to go ahead and look for a nice and not to complicated Mod, which I found at circuit-board.de (with the help of RetroRoby Tammix pointing me in the right direction)
So here’s how I did the mod. Image Quality is amazingly better and colors are very bright.
It requires some components and a bit of soldering , but it is definitely worth it!
Oh, and Yars’ Revenge is great !
Components used for this Mod
Soldering the Mod.
View from above
Soldering the Systemboard
Making room for the connection cables
All cables and sockets connected
Testing of the Prototype with an USB AV Grabber
Final Testing before closing the VCS
Cleaning 30+ years of dust
System used for this Mod, with the freshly installed RCA sockets visible on top
View from behind the Console
Playing Yars’ Revenge in all it’s glory
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