Comments on: Arduino Gameboy killer http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/ Fresh hacks every day Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: hackman http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48763 hackman Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:50:25 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48763 morehpperliter, i was waiting for a puff of smoke to come out of it the whole way through. lol. this thing is so huge, exposed, and haphazard... morehpperliter, i was waiting for a puff of smoke to come out of it the whole way through. lol. this thing is so huge, exposed, and haphazard…

]]> By: Carl http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48516 Carl Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:29:59 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48516 Seeing some additional modular pcbs come to the arduino is a great thing... But you've been able to purchase almost identical items from sparkfun for some time for less, they've just added a gameboy like controller module. Seeing some additional modular pcbs come to the arduino is a great thing… But you’ve been able to purchase almost identical items from sparkfun for some time for less, they’ve just added a gameboy like controller module.

]]> By: jcazor http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48331 jcazor Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:21:03 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48331 Cool!!! It's very interesting, but in my opinion only for academic purposes, for playing... Pandora arrives. You have done it, you have learned a lot, but know take your openpandora and start playing. Cool!!!
It’s very interesting, but in my opinion only for academic purposes, for playing… Pandora arrives.
You have done it, you have learned a lot, but know take your openpandora and start playing.

]]> By: morehpperliter http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48284 morehpperliter Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:56:30 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48284 At the 1:30 mark or when he presses the button it looks like a puff of smoke comes outta the top. At the 1:30 mark or when he presses the button it looks like a puff of smoke comes outta the top.

]]> By: sparr http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48170 sparr Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:53:54 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48170 Sorry, I'll wait another couple of months for my Pandora instead. Sorry, I’ll wait another couple of months for my Pandora instead.

]]> By: Johnny http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48138 Johnny Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:58:37 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48138 I can't see a single thing about this other than the extremely questionable benefit of it being open source that isn't horribly inferior to an NDS or PSP... I'd rather have to work at hacking something good than have full access to something expensive and useless. I can’t see a single thing about this other than the extremely questionable benefit of it being open source that isn’t horribly inferior to an NDS or PSP… I’d rather have to work at hacking something good than have full access to something expensive and useless.

]]> By: kyle http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48119 kyle Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:30:24 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48119 Personally I feel this is pretty useless, why not just write homebrew for the 2 decade old game boy. and $250?! thats preposterous! Personally I feel this is pretty useless, why not just write homebrew for the 2 decade old game boy. and $250?! thats preposterous!

]]> By: fartface http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48117 fartface Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:48:23 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48117 http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Main_Page Have one sitting collecting dust that kicks this things butt hard in power and programmability. Cool homebrew, but there are better platforms for homebrew gaming that have a Dev kit that is pretty killer. Buy it http://www.gp2xstore.com/ for less than the parts for the above homebrew. http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Main_Page

Have one sitting collecting dust that kicks this things butt hard in power and programmability. Cool homebrew, but there are better platforms for homebrew gaming that have a Dev kit that is pretty killer.

Buy it http://www.gp2xstore.com/ for less than the parts for the above homebrew.

]]> By: PKM http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48105 PKM Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:41:24 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48105 @smilr: very true- I followed the link to their site via the gizmodo writeup and I see no mention of rumblepacks. I'm sure you could add one, but that's not the point. A slightly under-publicised feature of the screen board is that it is touch-responsive so can use pen input, and appears to have hardware sprite support- check out some of the videos at http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/TS/TouchShield. using sprites rather than blitting all the graphics would free up the processor for more game computation so I'm sure we could see some gameboy-level games- think super mario clones? @smilr: very true- I followed the link to their site via the gizmodo writeup and I see no mention of rumblepacks. I’m sure you could add one, but that’s not the point.

A slightly under-publicised feature of the screen board is that it is touch-responsive so can use pen input, and appears to have hardware sprite support- check out some of the videos at http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/TS/TouchShield. using sprites rather than blitting all the graphics would free up the processor for more game computation so I’m sure we could see some gameboy-level games- think super mario clones?

]]> By: sarsface http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48060 sarsface Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:49:39 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48060 Gameboy killer? Hah. With the NDS' ability for homebrew and serial interface this project has a lot ahead of it. Gameboy killer? Hah. With the NDS’ ability for homebrew and serial interface this project has a lot ahead of it.

]]> By: Edward Nardella http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48059 Edward Nardella Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:30:23 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48059 I think the low frame rate was a sampling rate issue, if it were gfx issue then it would have dropped severely when he added the trail. I think the low frame rate was a sampling rate issue, if it were gfx issue then it would have dropped severely when he added the trail.

]]> By: rasz http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48048 rasz Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:37:39 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48048 looked like 2-4 frames per second looked like 2-4 frames per second

]]> By: smilr http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48037 smilr Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:02:26 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48037 I see no mention of a rumble pack... ? I see no mention of a rumble pack… ?

]]> By: dirk http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48036 dirk Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:48:06 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48036 That's a small screen. That’s a small screen.

]]> By: michael http://hackaday.com/2008/10/28/arduino-gameboy-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-48032 michael Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:25:03 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=5263#comment-48032 how fast is it? the screen looked rather sluggish, but its hard to tell... pretty cool though.. how fast is it? the screen looked rather sluggish, but its hard to tell… pretty cool though..

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