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[Jason] has been hard at work on this Arduino-based low-res gaming platform. He even had a fab house deliver circuit boards to pull everything together. It's a little small in his hands, and the graphics are limited to the 8x8 pixels provided by the display. But it still looks like a lot of fun and the code was written to make adding new games quite painless. The board hosts an ATmega328 which … [Read more...]
This art installation makes a video game from the 1970's popular again. It can be found at the Dublin Science Gallery's GAME exhibition. Museum goers step up to the coin-op style game cabinet and the onlookers will see how they're doing as the landing is plotted on this board. Hardware details are a bit hard to come by but we hear that there will me more on the build posted soon. For now the … [Read more...]
So IT has your computer locked down, but if you're lucky enough to have this model of telephone you can still play video games while at work. [AUTUIN] was at the thrift store and for just $8 he picked up an ACN videophone on which he's now playing video games. We don't know what magical second-hand stores sell functioning electronics of this caliber but you should never pass up an opportunity … [Read more...]
[Kyle] and an a few of his classmates are wrapping up a microcontroller interfacing class at Purdue and thought it best to send in the results of their efforts. It's a version of Super Smash Bros. made by just bitbanging pins on a microcontroller. The hardware for the project is based around a Freescale 9S12c32, an updated version of the 30-year-old M68HC11 microcontroller. For the controls, … [Read more...]
Being a dedicated father, soccer coach, general tinkerer, and electrical engineer, [Dave] decided to build a soccer simulator video game for his son's 6th birthday party. The concept behind the game is to put a soccer ball on a tee and have an eager line of six-year-olds kick the ball into the goal. A video of a goalie is projected behind the net, and sensors in the goal will determine if the … [Read more...]
There’s something about portable gaming systems that just doesn’t get old. Perhaps its the nostalgia, or the unique cases and form factors the modders come up with. Whatever it might be, we think they’re great. [Downing] wrote in to share a portable system he just wrapped up, called the GeneBoy. He broke down a Sega Genesis console to the bare necessities, then attached a 3.5” backup … [Read more...]
We all need an excuse to play Half-Life 2 sometimes. [Jeri Ellsworth] put together a My First Crowbar controller to throw a few headcrabs across the room. It's pretty much Half-Life 2 for the Wii. The build is very simple - just a tilt switch hot glued to the underside of a childs-size crowbar. Two leads go from the tilt switch to the contacts on a (PS3?) controller. All you need to do to … [Read more...]
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