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Madhouse · 4th October 2006, 12:08 AM

My tip, get a PIC16 or PIC18 chip, some push button switches and a 128x64 graphical LCD (monochrome but they come in blue

). After that you don't need much more (4 AA's will run it for hours), and then get on with some programming (dev board and compiler around $100 for easy to use stuff). There are plastics materials around nowadays that even allow you mould your own case to suit!

That would be my approach, if you want something hand held and "unique"!

Marks256 · 4th October 2006, 10:16 PM

Yup. Sounds good Madhouse!

white spider · 7th October 2006, 11:33 PM

what is so usefull about games any how?

Madhouse · 7th October 2006, 11:48 PM

Keep the kids quiet of course!!!!

BTW Not that I advocate that as a sole occupation for them!

Marks256 · 8th October 2006, 02:17 PM

The BEST game EVER written was pong......

Sim · 14th November 2007, 08:34 PM

sorry to bring this SUPER OLD thread up, but I finally gotten everything but a GOOD dev board and compiler, where can I get one? Can someone gimme a link to a good one or even the best.

Madhouse · 15th November 2007, 09:07 AM

Well, if you are using PIC, I use the EasyPIC3, which has been brilliant. I've produced dozens of prototypes with it over the last year or so. Now it's the EasyPIC4 http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/easypic4/ but basically an upgraded version of what I've got, I'm not tempted with the minor improvements....

"Mikroe" have an excellent forum, and the developers of the hardware are very active on the forum so you won't have any problems getting going with it. The programmer is very simple to use and 100% reliable. They offer a good range of software to go with it (BASIC, C etc) which I don't use - I use the PIC16 and PIC18 emulators from www.oshonsoft.com, but they appear to have discontinued development so I can't really recommend it, other than try the trial versions. It works brilliantly with the EasyPIC board.

Hope that helps!

Madhouse · 15th November 2007, 09:55 PM

BTW, with a PIC18 output to TV can be done really easily if you don't mind B/W display. One PIC chip, two resistors, a crystal and a phono socket (+5v supply as well) gives you everything you need AKA ZX81 style - 32x25 character display (40x25 possible) (256x200 or 320x200 pixel) with user-defineable characters for graphics, all interrupt driven so all you have to to is write your game and use your imagination - the display takes care of itself. Have written all the code a couple of years back and have some photos of it running on a dev board somewhere.... On top of that, for a game, you could simply "parallel" the PICs to generate RGB output - again something I played with. I also built an "intelligent" graphics controller with three PIC18's paralleled, which provided an 8 bit parallel interface to the external world, whilst providing 512x200 resolution mono display, with built in line and circle drawing algorithms (utilising limited UDG's). Wrote a "Snake" game on it which the kids loved!

Stellarcore · 15th November 2007, 09:56 PM

In highschool I remember looking at a PIC16F84 project for a Tetris and Pong game that produced an NTSC signal to be hooked into a standard television.

This might be a good project for you to try and build first, before you get into more complex projects like the one your describing.
http://www.rickard.gunee.com/project.../pic/howto.php

This project has complete designs and instructions. Once you've got it working you can load pong or tetris into it, and after that you could try your hand at writing another game for it.

Once you've mastered that, you could consider designing your own handheld system that uses a graphic LCD, or maybe just a more sophisticated NTSC system..

Good luck, and have fun. Be prepared to spend hundreds of dollars on this stuff before you're through.

Madhouse · 15th November 2007, 10:07 PM

Take a look at Rickard's page - he inspired my experiments with PIC video,
www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/tetris.php

Stellarcore · 15th November 2007, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madhouse

Take a look at Rickard's page - he inspired my experiments with PIC video,
www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/tetris.php

Gee. that link looks familiar.

**Krumlink** · 15th November 2007, 11:08 PM

Hmmm, I think I want to try that

Schematicsman · 18th November 2007, 04:06 AM

hi there I need someone to help me build this circuit and show me PCB Layout of it,what it would look like ,I'm going to try and post it on this site.If theres anyone that can help.I'd appreciate it.?

blueroomelectronics · 18th November 2007, 05:28 AM

The PCB layout is on the site, did you bother to look?

**Nigel Goodwin** · 18th November 2007, 12:34 PM

I built it on veroboard years ago, Pong works fine, but I could never get Tetris to work?.

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4th October 2006, 12:08 AM	(permalink)
Madhouse	My tip, get a PIC16 or PIC18 chip, some push button switches and a 128x64 graphical LCD (monochrome but they come in blue ). After that you don't need much more (4 AA's will run it for hours), and then get on with some programming (dev board and compiler around $100 for easy to use stuff). There are plastics materials around nowadays that even allow you mould your own case to suit! That would be my approach, if you want something hand held and "unique"! Last edited by Madhouse; 4th October 2006 at 12:12 AM.

4th October 2006, 10:16 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	Yup. Sounds good Madhouse! __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

7th October 2006, 11:33 PM	(permalink)
white spider	what is so usefull about games any how?

7th October 2006, 11:48 PM	(permalink)
Madhouse	Keep the kids quiet of course!!!! BTW Not that I advocate that as a sole occupation for them!

8th October 2006, 02:17 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	The BEST game EVER written was pong...... __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

14th November 2007, 08:34 PM	(permalink)
Sim	sorry to bring this SUPER OLD thread up, but I finally gotten everything but a GOOD dev board and compiler, where can I get one? Can someone gimme a link to a good one or even the best. __________________ Mind Game Studios Po2 Mob

15th November 2007, 09:07 AM	(permalink)
Madhouse	Well, if you are using PIC, I use the EasyPIC3, which has been brilliant. I've produced dozens of prototypes with it over the last year or so. Now it's the EasyPIC4 http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/easypic4/ but basically an upgraded version of what I've got, I'm not tempted with the minor improvements.... "Mikroe" have an excellent forum, and the developers of the hardware are very active on the forum so you won't have any problems getting going with it. The programmer is very simple to use and 100% reliable. They offer a good range of software to go with it (BASIC, C etc) which I don't use - I use the PIC16 and PIC18 emulators from www.oshonsoft.com, but they appear to have discontinued development so I can't really recommend it, other than try the trial versions. It works brilliantly with the EasyPIC board. Hope that helps!

15th November 2007, 09:55 PM	(permalink)
Madhouse	BTW, with a PIC18 output to TV can be done really easily if you don't mind B/W display. One PIC chip, two resistors, a crystal and a phono socket (+5v supply as well) gives you everything you need AKA ZX81 style - 32x25 character display (40x25 possible) (256x200 or 320x200 pixel) with user-defineable characters for graphics, all interrupt driven so all you have to to is write your game and use your imagination - the display takes care of itself. Have written all the code a couple of years back and have some photos of it running on a dev board somewhere.... On top of that, for a game, you could simply "parallel" the PICs to generate RGB output - again something I played with. I also built an "intelligent" graphics controller with three PIC18's paralleled, which provided an 8 bit parallel interface to the external world, whilst providing 512x200 resolution mono display, with built in line and circle drawing algorithms (utilising limited UDG's). Wrote a "Snake" game on it which the kids loved! Last edited by Madhouse; 15th November 2007 at 10:03 PM.

15th November 2007, 09:56 PM	(permalink)
Stellarcore	In highschool I remember looking at a PIC16F84 project for a Tetris and Pong game that produced an NTSC signal to be hooked into a standard television. This might be a good project for you to try and build first, before you get into more complex projects like the one your describing. http://www.rickard.gunee.com/project.../pic/howto.php This project has complete designs and instructions. Once you've got it working you can load pong or tetris into it, and after that you could try your hand at writing another game for it. Once you've mastered that, you could consider designing your own handheld system that uses a graphic LCD, or maybe just a more sophisticated NTSC system.. Good luck, and have fun. Be prepared to spend hundreds of dollars on this stuff before you're through.

15th November 2007, 10:07 PM	(permalink)
Madhouse	Take a look at Rickard's page - he inspired my experiments with PIC video, www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/tetris.php

15th November 2007, 11:08 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	Hmmm, I think I want to try that __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

18th November 2007, 04:06 AM	(permalink)
Schematicsman	hi there I need someone to help me build this circuit and show me PCB Layout of it,what it would look like ,I'm going to try and post it on this site.If theres anyone that can help.I'd appreciate it.?

18th November 2007, 05:28 AM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	The PCB layout is on the site, did you bother to look? __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

18th November 2007, 12:34 PM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	I built it on veroboard years ago, Pong works fine, but I could never get Tetris to work?. __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk