Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Gameduino Project Aims To Game-ify the Arduino

Posted by Soulskill on from the pocket-sized-arcade dept.

beckman101 writes "Gameduino is a DIY game platform built on a shield for the Arduino. It's open source hardware (BSD and, for the code, GPL). Okay, that's fairly cool. But what makes this project special is that this inexpensive board has hardware that's capable enough to be interesting. The result is a lo-fi game console built on an FPGA that gives you retro graphics without being, you know, too retro. Games actually look good."

3 of 83 comments (clear)

  1. A coprocessor which runs FORTH? by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Funny

    The thing has a compressor with access to the video RAM which runs FORTH? I bet the guy who came up with that design has a beard....

    --
    No sig today...
  2. Not just for games by AC-x · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Having video output from an arduino would be useful for all sorts of projects, not just games.

  3. XGameStation also provides retro-gaming hardware by Yesfan001 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Another option for retro-gaming hardware is Andre LaMothe's XGameStation line of DIY kits.

    Looks like they now have a "Chameleon" line of kits, in both 8- and 16-bit flavors, which are similar to Arduino or BASIC Stamp systems.

    I have not personally used these, but they appear to be pretty cool.

    Enjoy.

    - -
    Pete