Bill sent in this cool project that uses an Arduino and a WiiFit balance board to control a marble labyrinth game. It looks like a lot of fun! [Thanks Bill] Plug an Arduino and two servos into a wooden labyrinth board game then add some programming and a WiiFit board and you have instant fun. […]
Seamster posted this instructable for making an impressively accurate Atari joystick lamp – I have a few basic hand tools and a few small power tools. I started this project doubtful of how I was going to accomplish each step with my relatively small supply of tools, but I came up with some creative ways […]
This DIY portable game console features a color screen, tilt sensors, and 4 games. Of course you can always program more games if you build one for yourself. Check out the link for pictures of the system stuffed inside a relatively small enclosure. This is a great electronics project that is very well documented. By […]
Each year over 100,000 people visit the Las Vegas area to celebrate consumer electronics at an event called “CES” – in addition to all of the announcements, press releases and the constant coverage on our favorite gadget sites there’s been a dark cloud creeping in, there seems to be a growing resentment among the folks […]
MAKE Projects Editor, Paul Spinrad, sent me a link to this project and the following message: Some CS / Game Development students hacked a Lord Of The Rings pinball machine, taking full control of its sensors, actuators, and display, and reprogrammed it to play Pinhorse — like the basketball game, but you try to match […]
So you want to play motion based games on something other than the Wii product? Try out the Darwin, the latest evolution in gaming. Magnetometers that check the controller’s movement against the earth’s magnetic core. So cool. The result of all these sensors in the controller is that it gives a very accurate rendering of […]
The holiday break is a good time for 30/40/50/etc.-somethings to take trips down memory lane and dig up games from their childhood. For those of us who either don’t have old systems in their attics/basements or who have grown bored with their contents, there are always emulators. The hassle with emulators is finding games to […]
