Make your own console with the Gameduino

[bladerunner]

Saw this on Slashdot.

http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/

Looks cool. Basically video game version of an Arduino with what looks like a BSD based OS. Here are the specs:

* video output is 400x300 pixels in 512 colors

* all color processed internally at 15-bit precision
* compatible with any standard VGA monitor (800x600 @ 72Hz)
* background graphics
o 512x512 pixel character background
o 256 characters, each with independent 4 color palette
o pixel-smooth X-Y wraparound scroll
* foreground graphics
o each sprite is 16x16 pixels with per-pixel transparency
o each sprite can use 256, 16 or 4 colors
o four-way rotate and flip
o 96 sprites per scan-line, 1536 texels per line
o pixel-perfect sprite collision detection

* audio output is a stereo 12-bit frequency synthesizer

* 16 independent voices 10-4000 Hz
* per-voice sine wave or white noise

Pretty sweet! I could see a lot of potential for this in the modding scene. I would definately have to brush off my coding skills. Haven't used that since college! The plus is that plenty of code snippets will be available for us "n00bs" as well as the ability to upload textures.

[noiseredux]

interesting. Sort of like the Hydra dev kit?

[bladerunner]

Yeah I'd say so. From a high level perspective, I'd say Arduinos have always had a greater focus on electronics over programming, plus this application seems to be a little more flexible than the Hydra, with a somewhat steeper learning curve.

I have only recently become interested in Arduinos due to the flexibility in their applications. At this point, I haven't really ponied up and made anything, but I am getting there.

[BananaXX]

Wow this is really cool. I'm gonna have to look further into this one now.

[AppleQueso]

FINALLY WE CAN CREATE THIS:

[Anayo]

ROTFLOL.

[FerretGamer]

Thank you.

[AppleQueso]

credit goes to Jrecee

[Para]

I am interested, confused and aroused. I don't understand a lot of this but it seems pretty sweet so far. Lets make some damn games.

[Niode]

Saw this on Slashdot.

http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/

Looks cool. Basically video game version of an Arduino with what looks like a BSD based OS. Here are the specs:

* video output is 400x300 pixels in 512 colors

* all color processed internally at 15-bit precision
* compatible with any standard VGA monitor (800x600 @ 72Hz)
* background graphics
o 512x512 pixel character background
o 256 characters, each with independent 4 color palette
o pixel-smooth X-Y wraparound scroll
* foreground graphics
o each sprite is 16x16 pixels with per-pixel transparency
o each sprite can use 256, 16 or 4 colors
o four-way rotate and flip
o 96 sprites per scan-line, 1536 texels per line
o pixel-perfect sprite collision detection

* audio output is a stereo 12-bit frequency synthesizer

* 16 independent voices 10-4000 Hz
* per-voice sine wave or white noise

Pretty sweet! I could see a lot of potential for this in the modding scene. I would definately have to brush off my coding skills. Haven't used that since college! The plus is that plenty of code snippets will be available for us "n00bs" as well as the ability to upload textures.

It's actually a shield for an Arduino, so you need an Arduino as well. The good thing about shields is they're interchangeable, you can just snap them off and on as and when you need them, the Arduino stays unmodified. You can see my Arduinome shield attached to one of my Arduinos on the top left of this image:


I might have to look at building one of these Gameduinos myself. Seems pretty straight forward.