“Retro-minimalist homebrew game console”

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August 25th, 2008 6

Ladyada writes on ladyada’s ranting:

The UzeBox the coolest thing I’ve seen in a really really long time, a full tile-based gaming system built on a Atmega644 + AD725 (which does all the nasty colorburst stuff). Ive spent some time with the AD725 but at the time I was using an Atmega16 and didn’t get nearly as far – pretty much just colorbars.

The UzeBox Project

6 thoughts on ““Retro-minimalist homebrew game console””

BigD145 says:

August 25th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

That is some nice wire wrap on the backside.
anachrocomputer says:

August 26th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

I wonder how hard it would be to make a PAL/625 line/50Hz version of this? Different clock crystal, no doubt.
Tim says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:04 am

Looks like AVR’s Answer to Hydra?