Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Ten mods for NES controller

Here is a quick list of ten mods for the NES controller. There are lots of cool, and even lots of pointless things that can be done. It is amazing to see all of the innovative ideas. 1. NES Remote Control: Here is a NES controller mod that takes a TV remote control, and sticks [...]

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Programming for Atari 2600

I found this gem from one of my readers over at brainwagon.org He figured out how to program the Atari 2600, which is not an easy task. He made a game that emulates the WWII German encrypter machine called the Enigma. For a little bit of history, an Enigma was a device that the Germans [...]

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

DIY pong game

Well, here is yet another cornell project. Why am I still using them? Because they are cool, and complex, and I really want to make one of these. They use an atmel mega 32 microcontroller. They program the entire game, including the video output to control a television. This is the game that I would [...]

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

How to make your own Duck Hunt video game

This is one of the coolest things that I have seen in a while. This is way beyond my abilities, of course, I have never taken a class in video output. These guys for an electrical engineering assignment at cornell university, reproduced their own version of the old NES duck hunt. They used two micro [...]

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Build your own Sega genesis cartridge

How cool would it be to make your own NES cartridges, and use it in your old console. This would be a tough project, and I don’t have the time to tackle it, but if anyone knows of it being done, let me know. I made my own circuit board one time, a long time [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Play mario brothers on your ipod.

Here is a hack that will let you play your old gameboy games on your ipod. Very cool!!! [link]

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