Repeat After Me: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow
Weekend Projects maker Mauricio writes in with his version of the Repeat After Me: A Mintronics Memory Game, built with his own LED configuration reminiscent of games of yore.
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Ready, Set, Repeat After Me!
The Repeat After Me: A Mintronics Memory Game project is a throwback to the era of Simon and Pocket Repeat. Even more than 30 years after its initial release, this electronic game remains a hit.
“Breakout” Game Controlled with Hand Gestures
ECE 5760 students Meng-Ling (Maxwell) Liu, Thu-Thao Nguyen and Yang Yang created a game called Hand Breaking Bricks. Rather than use a standard interface for their game, they decided to take on the challenge of using gestural control.
BeeSim Game Using LilyPad and XBee
To teach children about complexity theory, a group from Indiana University created an electronic game called BeeSim using LilyPad Arduinos and XBee radios: During the game children wear a Bee puppet wrist band with embedded electronics to allow for game play. The children have a finite amount of time (45 seconds) to collect and deposit […]
Quiz-O-Tron 3000 Arduino quiz lockout system
If you’re an aspiring Alex Trebek with some Arduino skills, you should check out RoysterBot’s Instructable on how to make a Quiz-O-Tron 3000, an electronic quiz contestant lockout system, which allows contestants to “buzz in” during trivia games. He used it at a holiday party and therefore needed something sturdy enough to withstand the hand […]
Hackvision, an open-source video game system
MAKE subscriber James wrote in to share the Hackvision, an open-source video game system based around the Arduino platform.
Single-handed game controller mod
Playing a game on the Wii with one hand is a major selling point of the system. However, what if you don’t have a Wii or would like to play some of your older games? Dutch hardware hacker Hasse’s brother can only use one hand, so Hasse decided to remedy the situation by successfully modding a standard two-fisted controller with an accelerometer.
