Retro Style Via DIY Handheld Gaming System
Featuring a fully addressable 8x8 RGB LED matrix display, big fat comfy button switches, customizable handles, a lo-fi audio transducer, and even 8 extra LEDs for lives, score, ammo, or level, Meggy Jr RGB is a little kit you won’t want to miss. Meggy Jr is fast, programmable, open source and hackable. And fun.
Yep, this is insanely cool. Piece together your own handheld gaming system, then write ultra lo–res games for it. The minimalist LED display looks stylish and offers game designers an even greater challenge than Gamma 256.
I had seen articles announcing Meggy Jr's release at the end of 2008, but this is the first video I’ve seen of a game in action. After the short demo, the designer even walks through his code to explain how simple it is. And since programming with a PC, Mac or Linux system are all supported (thanks to the Arduino software environment), even Mac guys like myself can’t ignore this little beauty.
Via MAKE
[All photos by Windell H. Oskay, www.evilmadscientist.com; used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license]
February 08, 2009
DIY / handheld gaming / homebrew / Meggy Jr RGB / open source
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