[Itay] dropped a link in our inbox about creating a simple video game system using Arduino. Yes we all know where that is going … the TV out library for Arduino. However this tutorial should still be mentioned because it pretty much covers everything someone new would need to quickly and easily hook one of these things up, along with wii Nunchuck usage, library basics and creating your first game.
Lots of large pictures, diagrams, and explanation of software is included. Yes we know we feature this little setup a lot, that is because its so darn fun. So if you ever wanted to make your own little video game system (without going crazy bit banging VGA out of a little micro in ASM) this guide will help you get started making that next arcade masterpiece.
You can bash the arduino all you want, but for how simple this and how easy this is, it’s amazing.
+1
That is amazingly simple to do.
It’s an excellent article :D
I would really like to learn about how to bit bang a composite video signal in general. Nonetheless this is a grate article.
Rickard Gunée’s website has some good information on this: http://www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/howto.php
Global Nuclear Meltdown!
Couldn’t resist with that title.
It was “Global Thermonuclear War” from the movie war games 1983
we have a winner!
The only winning move is not to play, Professor Falken.
How about a nice game of chess?
Best Line from that movie????
“Hell, I’d piss on a spark plug if I though it’d help!”
This is really awesome.
Once you get your taste whet for micro controller gaming come over to this project: http://www.gadgetgangster.com/tutorials/358
OBC
Anybody out there know how to use an arduino to read serial data using hyperterminal? I want to make a small handheld serial port device to read data and I was hoping someone had some ideas.
For those who want to remember the scene that started them hacking (correctly) or if you were too young to remember audiocoupler modems, IMSAI computers or have never been scared by WOPR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecPeSmF_ikc
!!!Also!!! a great simple and direct tutorial. thanks!!
For a newbie looking to try some of these thing, which Arduino would you recommend? Uno, Duemilanove, MEga, Ehternet Shield…?
Personally I would recommend the Arduino Pro Mini 328/5V/16MHZ…it requires an FTDI cable or adapter board, so the total price is more than the UNO…but it works well with a breadboard; using an Uno with a breadboard is a real mess.
Really the only reason to go with the full size arduinos is if you want to use pre-made shields…but if this IS what you want to do, get the Uno because it has more features than the Duemilanove and it is a lot cheaper than the mega (the mega is the best of the official arduino versions…but the price is too high IMHO)…and if you can, get it from Sparkfun because they will burn an improved bootloader on it for you.