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November 8th, 2013, 23:30 Posted By: wraggster
As we read [Adam]‘s writeup for an extremely tiny video game system through coke bottle glasses, we’re reminded of the countless times we were told that sitting, ‘too close to the Nintendo’ would ruin our eyes. We’ll happily dismiss any article from a medical journal that says there was any truth to that statement, but [Adam]‘s tiny video game system will most certainly hurt your eyes.
A few years ago, Atari sold keychain-sized joysticks that contained classics such asPong, Breakout, Centipede, and Asteroids. [Adam] apparently ran into a cache of these cool classic baubles and immediately thought of turning them into a stand-alone video game system.
For the display, [Adam] used a CRT module from an old Sony Handicam. These modules had the right connections – power, ground, and composite video input – to connect directly to the Atari keychain games. The result is a video game that’s even smaller than a postage stamp. The picture above shows the tiny CRT next to a 25mm postage stamp; it’s small by any measure.
http://hackaday.com/2013/11/07/the-tiniest-video-game/
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November 1st, 2013, 01:51 Posted By: wraggster
It’s already pretty cool that [Clay] co-owns an Arcade, but he’s really impressed us with hiscustom-made Splatterhouse cabinet built to get his patrons in the Halloween spirit! A Namco brawler title from 1988, Splatterhouse came in an unadorned and otherwise forgettable cabinet. [Clay] salvaged an old Williams Defender, coating the sides with a cocktail of drywall compound, sand, and paint to achieve a stone texture. He then carved up some pink insulation foam into a tattered “wooden” frame and used it as a monitor bezel. For accents, he fashioned strips of latex to resemble torn flesh and placed them among the boards. The control panel is yet another work of art: [Clay] 3D printed a life-size human femur for the game’s joystick, and converted the buttons to look like eyeballs.
[Clay] decided to go beyond the stunning cosmetics, though, and tapped into the game’s CPU with a custom daughterboard that detects different in-game events and state changes such as player health. An ATMega165 uses four PWM outputs connected to a number of LEDs inside the cabinet and around the monitor bezel to react to the different events. If a player takes damage, red lights flash around the monitor. Inserting a coin or dying in the game causes a different set of LEDs behind the marquee to go nuts.
Check out his detailed project page for more information and see a video overview below. If building a full-scale arcade machine is out of your budget, you can always make a tiny one.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/31/a-kil...for-halloween/
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October 28th, 2013, 22:32 Posted By: wraggster
via http://pdroms.de/page/2
The Katamari Prince has been set out to roll up objects and make new planets for the Katamari King who’m feels lonely in the empty universe, the impatient and unhappy Katamari King can’t wait, you have to do it now! Right away! And since the Katamari King is so sad the Katamari Prince is forced to play the Katamari King’s favorite game – Dodge the lightnings. So set out, dear Katamari Prince, make the Katamari King happy! This game by Rabbit 2600 is still in development, motivate the coder so he goes on with his nice work!
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/214...ease-katamari/
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October 27th, 2013, 01:02 Posted By: wraggster
One of the inherent downsides of technology's rapid advancement is how much of its history gets left behind with each new plateau we reach. However, the great minds at the Internet Archive (IA) have come up with a way to not only preserve our past, but make it accessible via the Javascript MESS emulator that can run a slew of classic games and programs in your browser. Next time you have a hankering to futz withWordStar or play E.T. The Extraterrestrial at work, you won't have to go blow the cobwebs off the relics sitting in the office supply closet, you can just check out the IA'sHistorical Software Collection. From there, you're but a few clicks away from reliving a curated swath of computing's best (and worst) moments. Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to be playing The Hobbit for the the foreseeable future.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/26/i...ssic-software/
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October 24th, 2013, 01:13 Posted By: wraggster
 Those who didn't grab Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia at its New York Comic Con debut can breathe a sigh of relief: If you've got $11, you can now grab a copy at Amazon.
For that money (less than half of what the book was going for at Comic Con), you'll receive a 208-page, full-color, hardcover tome filled with artwork and character profiles drawn from the last 30 years of Capcom games. Obviously you'll see Ryu, Mega Man and Capcom's other poster children among the 200 characters detailed in the book, but there are also more esoteric entries which exist purely to fill in minor bits of backstory and to give devoted Capcom geeks a wry smile of vague recognition.
You can find more information on the Encyclopedia at Capcom Unity, but please ignore the part about an Amazon Prime discount. Whether you're a member of that service or not, the Encyclopedia will set you back $10.39.
http://www.amazon.com/Capcom-30th-An...kiangagenew-20
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October 21st, 2013, 15:01 Posted By: wraggster
Way back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a few very awesome people around MIT were working on Lisp machines. These computers were designed specifically to run Lisp as their main programming language. Around the same time, a few [Steves] in California were working on the Apple II, which would soon become one of the most popular computers of all time. The Apple II ran BASIC as its main programming language, fine for the time, but surely not as elegant as Lisp. It took more than 30 years, but [Alex] and [Martin] figured out a way to turn the lowly Apple IIe into a Lisp machine.
Developing Lisp for the Apple IIe was surprisingly easy for these guys – they simply wrote a Lisp interpreter in C and used a 6502 compiler to generate some machine code. The main problem of porting Lisp to an Apple II was simply getting the code onto the Apple. We’re assuming this would have been easier had the same project been attempted in the 80s.
To get their interpreter onto the Apple, they used the very awesome ADTPro library that allows data to be loaded onto an Apple II via the cassette port and a modern computer’s microphone and speaker jack. After a solid minute of loading analog data onto this digital dinosaur, [Alex] and [Martin] had a Lisp interpreter running on ancient yet elegant hardware.
The source for the 6502 Lisp interpreter can be found on the GitHub along with all the necessary tools to load it via a modern computer. That’ll give you all the ancient lambdas and parens you could ever want. One warning, though: backspace doesn’t exactly work, so be prepared for a lot of frustration.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/20/the-a...-lisp-machine/
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October 21st, 2013, 14:47 Posted By: wraggster
via http://pdroms.de/page/2
The international non-profit just for fun game development group Retroguru is looking for helping hands! Several of their games such as Giana’s Return, Sqrxz, Sqrxz 2 and Sqrxz 3 were ported to several oldschool (but also newschool) consoles, handhelds and computers. Still they suffer to find a helping hand to support them with homebrew Wii development. Certainly they will be also happy if you can code for other systems not yet supported such as PSX or PS2, Haiku, BeOS, etc… Most up to date engine is used in Sqrxz 3 available for 18 systems! Main code was usually done by Thor using C/SDL 1.2.
As there is no budget existing and most of the team just do games as hobby there is unfortunately no more involved than credits and fame. If you are still interested check out the Retroguru’s homepage contact section. Sources are closed source, but will be of course provided once you need them.
http://www.retroguru.com/
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October 21st, 2013, 14:30 Posted By: wraggster
via http://pdroms.de/
Stranglehand is an Atari VCS game by theloon. Use Captain Handy’s amazing fist to eliminate his personal demons! If his outstretched hand touches a demon points are awarded. Greater awards are given if the demon is eliminated while the arm matches its color. Demons who touch your arm will do one point of damage to your health. If all six hearts are gone so are you! Only one arm can appear on-screen at a time. Fully retract your arm to enable the opposite appendage. You can change your off-screen arms color by pressing the FIRE button. Occasionally a star will appear that randomly changes your current arms color and awards bonus points. At certain intervals the demons will begin to move faster.
Stranglehand for Atari VCS
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217...nglehand-done/
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October 12th, 2013, 23:53 Posted By: wraggster
A few months ago, [Josh] was given an old Commodore 64. He needed to make an AV cable and find a new power supply, and even after testing these new parts out, [Josh] found it still wouldn’t boot. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth — or perhaps he enjoys the challenge – he set out on restoring a thirty year old circuit board.
He replaced a few chips and the caps, but found he had no way to test the DRAM chips. Compared to SRAM or Static RAM used by other computers of the era, DRAM is a bit harder to interface, requiring a capacitor in each memory cell to be refreshed a few dozen times every second. With a bit of help from his good friend [CNLohr], [Josh] figured out a circuit to read and write to his chips and build a small board based on the ATmega8U2 microcontroller for testing purposes.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/12/testi...-commodore-64/
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October 12th, 2013, 01:15 Posted By: wraggster
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Retrogaming Times Monthly #113 is available. RTM is a retro magazine, sometimes with focus on the homebrew scene.
Content of this issue:
ATTRACT MODE
* Press Fire To Begin
THE RETROWORKS
* Halloween With The Genesis
* Des Gamer – Fanboyism, And The 16-Bit Console Wars Part 7: Neo Geo AES
* More64! – The New NFL Season
* Virtual Memories – High Scores Arcade
* Jaded Gamer – Is Soft Modding Killing Traditional Retro Gaming?
THE GAME REVIEW H.Q.
* CoCoLicious! – King vs. Kong: A Tale of Two Donkeys
* MAME Reviews – Naughty Boy
* Gaming Studies With The Tomy Tutor – Hyperspace
* NES’cade – Hammerin’ Harry
* Turn To Channel 3 – Keith Courage In Alpha Zones Review
POWERING DOWN
* Game Over
http://www.retrogamingtimes.com/maga...heme=halloween
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October 11th, 2013, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster
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In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe.
Release notes:
Primarily bug fixes. Screen no longer adds extra line if touching an enemy or for moving left and swinging sword. Having trouble finding the cycles to do hit calcs, with the boss stuff added in. I think I can optimize a little more. Will need to move around all Enemies. Added the ability to actually specify each enemie’s life. Before it was based on enemy number, which is why it took too many hits to kill will o wisp.
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/213...us-2600/page-3
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