The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Wow a Mac version of our volume 02 PC Atari project! The goal? Turning a vintage 1970’s Atari 2600 game consol into a Macintosh computer, running the latest and greatest Mac OS X. The catch? Try and keep the Atari looking stock, up to a point. Link.
MAKE pal CK has a cool DIY PSP stand…attached it to what used to be a cheap Ikea desk lamp and ran the charger cord through the thing, so now I have a fully positional desk stand for hands free movie viewing on my PSP. Link. Update: He made a new one!
I’m guessing you put the PSP in USB mode and it just sees/transfers/sends info around. ..A source with an Xbox 360 developer kit has been so kind to post images of the Sony PSP and the Xbox 360 interacting with each other. This feature was one of the surprises Microsoft had touted at E3 2005 earlier this year, a feature that probably drew significant attention from the Sony camp. Link.
If you run iPodLinux like I do, here’s a treat- DOOM for the iPod. Mostly playable I need to sift through the Doom post for some key binds. Can load game saves. Can save game. Plays all wad files: Doom I Shareware (won’t play demos), Doom II Shareware, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom wads, and Doom II. Also unless you want Doom to crash in the menu put the help files in the folder too. Link.
San Jose MAKERs and hackers! Annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties. It’s two days that celebrate this exceptional entertainment medium, featuring tournaments, speakers, parts vendors, and an opportunity to play games you may have not seen for years. All the games on display are set for free play Link.
“LinuxDevices has profiled a new portable game- and media-player based on embedded Linux. The GPX2-F100 features dual ARM9 processors, USB 2.0, a 3.5-inch color LCD, and support for both native and emulated games. A Linux SDK (software development kit) will be available when the device ships. Hmmm… I wonder how hard it’ll be to get GPE and OPIE running on it?” [via] Link.
Is there anything the TI’s can’t do?…it’s not one of those slow and unplayable basic games. This is a real-time 3d-raycaster based on the game by id. Also includes an on-calc mapeditor. Link.
