The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
This card looks like a good addition to a Maker made retro MAME cabinet, it runs classic games in their native 15Khz – “Connect your 15Khz arcade cabinet monitor to your PC with NO special configuration or special driver software in either DOS or Windows. Now you can also connect an ordinary PC monitor and […]
Here’s a downloadable fan-made Zelda game for the Nintendo DS, the video on the site gives you an idea of the gameplay look/feel/sound – [via] – Link. Related: State of the DS homebrew – Link. Nintendo DS articles, projects and how-tos – Link.
Simon Quernhorst develops new software for old systems, like the Atari 2600, here’s a new game he just released (there was a limited edition of 55 made) called A-VCS-tec Challenge – “You find yourself located on a plain field and can barely see a small pyramid on the horizon. The sun is burning and before […]
This is pretty neat, a free game that’s like Guitar Hero, but you strap on a keyboard to play (versions for Win and Linux) – video [via] – Link. Related: Wireless Guitar hero PS2 controller mod – Link. Guitar hero sample sequencer – Link.
Andrew writes – “Daniel Shiu and I worked on this as a joint project after we finished our rendition of Escher’s “Ascending and Descending”, making it our fourth Escher picture rendered in LEGO. Once again, no camera tricks, but the picture has to be taken from exactly the right place, and boy did we get […]
Neat collection of hundreds of photos of old handheld games, including box art – “Browse through pics & details to more than 660 boxed handheld and tabletop games, from the 70s and 80s. Check for the game you had as a child, or be amazed by the endless variety of portable, old-school electronic toys. “ […]
Neat, Ben @ arstechnica.com spotted this $50 breakout box turns the GP2X game system into completely open Linux system – “The Breakout Board plugs into the EXT port of the GP2X and turns it into a full computer with 4xUSB ports, RS232, Audio and Video out & Jtag. You can plug in various USB devices […]
