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Were you ever the kind of person to hack up your own Playstation controllers and hook it up to something else? Well, those shards of plastic can be mighty dangerous, so I’ve done it for you. And hey, with the GamePack you’ll even have something you can hook it up to. The GamePack comes with an ...
Casual Connect: Sony On Developing for an Open PS2 Platform - Video Game News, Video Game Coverage, Video Game Updates, PC Game News, PC Game Coverage
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gamedaily.com — Kiev, Ukraine PlayStation development took center stage at Casual Connect when Sony Europe's developer relations manager George... Bain addressed an audience of Eastern European developers. The PlayStation 2 has sold 131.3 million units to date, he ... (more) Casual Connect: Sony On Developing for an Open PS2 ...
arduino gamepack: make your own open source gameboy
arduino gamepack: make your own open source gameboy
technabob.com — Sure, you can pick up a used Gameboy for about $20 bucks over on eBay these days,... but why buy one when you could build one for yourself? Matt over at Liquidware decided to build an “open source Gameboy” (known as the Gamepack) using ... (more) arduino gamepack: make your own open source gameboy
 GamePack: Arduino, InputShield, and TouchShield (video)
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GamePack: Arduino, InputShield, and TouchShield (video)
youtube.com — Here's a little video I made of the GamePack. It's running a little piece of demo code... I wrote for the Arduino and the TouchShield that reads the position of... (more) GamePack: Arduino, InputShield, and TouchShield (video)
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arduino gamepack: make your own open source gameboy
technabob — ... At $249 for the Gamepack kit, you could buy more than 10 used Gameboys. But none of them would be nearly as cool as the one you built yourself. ...

Arduino Gamepack, Costs a Lot, Has No Games, Is Very Cool
The UberReview — ... of all descriptions. Click here to view the embedded video. The kit comes with everything you need to get started and includes an Arduino processor, the 128×128 TouchShield Stealth color OLED touchscreen and an Inputshield board with a tiny rumbling joystick and control buttons. It is powered by a flat Lithium battery pack. The end result will be one of the coolest-looking handhelds you are likely to come across. Price: $249 for the kit [Gamepack Kit via Liquidware Antipasto, Boing Boing Gadgets, Technabob] ...

Open Source GamePack Lets You Bake a Game Boy From Scratch [Open Source Hardware]
Gizmodo — ... If you're possessed of some serious disposable income, electrical engineering chops, mountains of free time and a passion for open source and vintage gaming, you might be the kind of person who would want to buy the GamePack. For about $250, Liquidware will send you a full build kit for his open source Game Boy killer. Unfortunately, the "Game" part will be up to you — the Arduino-based handheld has only been tested running very basic code. These points aside, the specs are impressive, with an OLED screen, Lithium Ion ...

Open source "Game Boy" has five awesome parts, zero games
Engadget — ... The Arduino-based, DIY GamePack is sort of like the Mignon Game Kit we saw in 2005, but it definitely looks much, much radder. For a mere $249.93, all the necessary parts -- CPU, "Inputshield" customizable, vibrating controller / ...

Tetris on... An Arduino
MAKE Magazine — ... has a game! Liquidware is now selling the "game pack" as well. This set up is pretty intense, the little Ardunio is doing more than I think anyone ever expected! ...

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