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batari BASIC – compiler for creating Atari 2600 games

batari BASIC – compiler for creating Atari 2600 games

Ooze Atari 2600 BASIC is intended as a beginner’s platform so that one may become accustomed to the intricacies of the system. Although Atari 2600 BASIC is a viable development platform on its own, its real purpose is as a stepping stone toward 2600 programming using assembly language. Atari 2600 BASIC “lowers the bar” so that others with limited programming experience can write games that can run on a real Atari 2600 or an emulator. Link.

The DIY DJs

The DIY DJs

 41229243 Poddecks203 All this week the BBC News website is speaking to people whose creativity has been transformed in the digital age. From blogging to podcasting, millions of ordinary people are becoming writers, journalists, broadcasters and film-makers thanks to increasingly affordable and accessible tools. Link.

Modding your iBook’s Apple Logo

Modding your iBook’s Apple Logo

Img 0410 ...how to modify the color of the Apple logo on the back of your iBook. This process is surprisingly simple. By simply removing the back of your iBook’s screen you are enabled to place colorful plastic behind the glowing Apple on the back of your screen. Read on for a step-by-step tutorial complete with pictures to guide you. Link.

HOW TO make shadow puppets

HOW TO make shadow puppets

Shadow Shadow puppets are a mysterious and wonderful kind of puppet. If you have ever made hand shadows (used your hands to make shadows that look like animals, etc.) on the wall or have seen shadows cast by a flashlight on a camping tent wall then you already have an idea of how shadow puppets work. What you need to create the magic of shadow puppets is a screen on which to project the shadows (-light must be able to pass through it–it could be a sheet, tent wall, big piece of paper, etc.) a light source (could be the sun or an artificial light –flourescent lights do not work well) and a shadow puppet (an object that will cast its shadow on the screen.) Here is how it works… Link.

PSP Brew (run homebrew games)

PSP Brew (run homebrew games)

Images-120-1 I usually use KXploit, but this is a good one too. With this program you can load an Eboot made for 1.0, adjust its values, pictures, icon etc and with this new release he has added: Memory stick Free space bar added. Can choose the whole folder for one PBP. Portugues language added. Auto remember folders for each category(sound,bg,icon) ICON0.PNG issues fixed. Damaged files issues fixed. Drive refresh issue Fixed. Minor User Friendly adds/fixes Link.

Xbox 360 disassembled! Motherboard pics?

Xbox 360 disassembled! Motherboard pics?

Thumb-Xbox360Mobo Looks real…xavxbox.com has what they claim are pictues of the Xbox 360 motherboard. Their site says the GPU is under the left fan, and the CPU under the right. To translate roughly from French, they also state , “Soon on the site, a tutorial for disassembling the Xbox 360…” An unknown source had sent in the pic, but given xavxbox is a hacking site, hopefully someone like Team Xecuter is hard at work… [via] Link.