These days, we seldom purchase games on physical media. Time is a flat circle, and the video, my friends, is after the break.Ĭontinue reading “LEDBOY Is A Retro-Modern Handheld Game” → Posted in Games Tagged game, gaming, gaming console, handheld, handheld gaming console Amusingly, the project bears a striking resemblance to a similarly-named build we featured just under 12 years ago.
Add in the CH340C chip for USB to serial duties, and it’s easy to program with the Arduino IDE, too.Ĭode is available on Github for those keen to take a closer look. Wrapped up in a neat enclosure with a rechargeable 130 mAh lithium-ion battery and some simple tactile buttons, it’s a tidy little handheld game console. They’re RGB, too, so there’s lots of wonderful colors to play with. The handheld is based around the ATtiny 1614 microcontroller, driving a 10×10 array of NeoPixel Nano 2427 LEDs, named for their small 2.4 mm x 2.7 mm form factor. The result is the LEDBOY, a colorful handheld game built in tribute to that era. However, wanted to recreate that classic style of game but with more modern hardware. Back in the 1970s, there were a few LED-based games on the market that were quickly superseded by the rise of LCDs and other fancier technologies.
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