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For fans of retro games, Pac-Man is nothing short of iconic—a game so loved it’s been ported to nearly every console imaginable. But the Atari 2600 version, released in 1982, …read more Continue reading Atari’s Pac-Man Flop: How a Classic Went Off-Course
In the past, building construction methods generally didn’t worry much about air quality. There were enough gaps around windows, doors, siding, and flooring that a house could naturally “breathe” and …read more Continue reading Pac-Man Ghost Helps With Air Quality Sensing
By Owais Sultan
Let’s step into the time machine, fellow gamers because we’re about to embark on a thrilling journey down…
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[Arnov] is bringing his own custom-made controller to the party and it is sure to impress. The design appears to have been inspired by the Xbox controller layout. Two joysticks …read more Continue reading Play Doom or GTA V With Your Own Custom Controller and Xbox Emulator
There are so many elements that make a good clock worth looking at for much longer than necessary. Not only is this clock quite cool to behold, it plays Pac-Man …read more Continue reading ESP32 Pac-Man Clock Keeps Track of How Long You Watch It
[Greg] loves hacking his bow ties. Back in high school, he added some bright RGB LEDs to the bow tie he wore to prom and even won the male best-dressed award. Recently he decided to try another bow tie hack, this time giving his tie some retro arcade game feels. …read more
If you’ve been reading Hackaday for a while now, you might recall the tale of Pano Logic that we first covered all the way back in 2013. They were a company that put out some very interesting FPGA-based thin clients, but as occasionally happens in situations like this, the market wasn’t ready and the company went belly up. These thin clients, now without official support, invariably got dumped onto the second-hand market. Shame for Pano Logic and their staff, but good news for hackers like [Skip Hansen].
After seeing a few posts about the Pano Logic devices and general FPGA …read more
The only question we have about [mitxela]’s DIY vector graphics game console is: Why did he wait five years to tell the world about it?
Judging by the projects we’ve seen before, from his tiny LED earrings to cramming a MIDI synthesizer into both a DIN plug and later a USB plug, [mitxela] likes a challenge. And while those projects were underway, the game console you’ll see in the video below was sitting on the shelf, hidden away from the world. That’s a shame, because this is quite a build.
Using a CRT oscilloscope in X-Y mode as a vector …read more
Continue reading Delicious Vector Game Console Runs Pac-Man, Tetris, and Mario
The only question we have about [mitxela]’s DIY vector graphics game console is: Why did he wait five years to tell the world about it?
Judging by the projects we’ve seen before, from his tiny LED earrings to cramming a MIDI synthesizer into both a DIN plug and later a USB plug, [mitxela] likes a challenge. And while those projects were underway, the game console you’ll see in the video below was sitting on the shelf, hidden away from the world. That’s a shame, because this is quite a build.
Using a CRT oscilloscope in X-Y mode as a vector …read more
Continue reading Delicious Vector Game Console Runs Pac-Man, Tetris, and Mario
The 1980s were the heyday of the venerable Z80, a processor that found its way into innumerable home computers, industrial systems, and yes — arcade machines. However, not everyone had a Z80 based machine at home, and so sometimes porting is required. [Glen] is tackling this with a port of Pac Man to the Radio Shack Colour Computer 3.
The key to any good arcade port is authenticity – the game should feel as identical to the real thing as possible. The Atari 2600 port got this famously wrong. Porting to the Colour Computer 3 is easier in theory – …read more
