DarkeSword Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 http://belogic.com/uzebox/ Some dude made his own 8-bit console! Features (from the site): Low parts count and cost: The system is made of only two chips and discrete components. Interrupt driven kernel: No cycle counting required, sound mixing and video generation are all made in the background. 256 simultaneous colors: Accomplished by using a R-2R resistor ladder DAC. 4 channels sound engine: The sound subsystem is composed of 3 wavetable channels and 1 LFSR-based noise channel. NES controllers: The joypad inputs uses standard NES controllers interface. MIDI In: With a music sequencer, allows the creation of music directly on the console. Expandable: I/O lines and peripherals are still available, like the UART and SPI port for one to experiment. Open Source: The software and hardware design are totally free and licensed under the GPL! MIDI input rocks. Check out the video he has on the site (it's the second one). I hope people start developing games and stuff for this. Quote
SoulinEther Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Two questions: 1. Can it handle Shnabubula's awesome NES sound? 2. Will it blend? Quote
Sinewav Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Beautiful. The demoscene/chiptune community is going to have a field day with this. Quote
Sinewav Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 So the rest of the OCR community has nothing to say about this? Nothing at all??? Quote
DarkeSword Posted September 5, 2008 Author Posted September 5, 2008 Seriously, I thought more people would be excited about it. Quote
Schwaltzvald Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 I wouldn't mind toying around with it but for the most part, would the average gamer/comp user be competent enough to use it..? I can imagine one major question being, "duh can I stick old nes carts on it?" Quote
The Author Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 1. Can it handle Shnabubula's awesome NES sound? Can anything handle it? Quote
ifirit Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 This looks really cool, but how does one go about developing games for this little box? And for that matter, how does one load them onto the system? Is it cartidge based? Or do the games have to be loaded onto the system directly? How would one go about distributing games for this system anyway? Quote
KOIndustry Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 This looks flash, but I know diddly about electronic engineering. I'd likely burn down my house trying to make one! Quote
Gollgagh Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 This looks flash what do you mean by this? Quote
Olarin Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 So the rest of the OCR community has nothing to say about this? Nothing at all??? I try to avoid cluttering the internet with forum posts if I have nothing more to say than "ooh that's neat". But if you insist: Ooh, that's neat. Quote
anosou Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 http://belogic.com/uzebox/Some dude made his own 8-bit console! Features (from the site): Low parts count and cost: The system is made of only two chips and discrete components. Interrupt driven kernel: No cycle counting required, sound mixing and video generation are all made in the background. 256 simultaneous colors: Accomplished by using a R-2R resistor ladder DAC. 4 channels sound engine: The sound subsystem is composed of 3 wavetable channels and 1 LFSR-based noise channel. NES controllers: The joypad inputs uses standard NES controllers interface. MIDI In: With a music sequencer, allows the creation of music directly on the console. Expandable: I/O lines and peripherals are still available, like the UART and SPI port for one to experiment. Open Source: The software and hardware design are totally free and licensed under the GPL! MIDI input rocks. Check out the video he has on the site (it's the second one). I hope people start developing games and stuff for this. Hell. Yeah. Awesome. Actually this is the kind of thing I've always loved to see! The sheer ammount of shmups that could come out of this is dazzling. Keep me posted with interesting stuff like this Shariq ;* Quote
KOIndustry Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 what do you mean by this? Sick, fresh, neat, exciting, superb, ornate, crafty, pulchritudinous, tubular, gnarly, hip, cool... Quote
Bleck Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 if this would let me make chiptunes without having to use a fucking tracker then I would buy two Quote
SoloGamer Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 This looks flash what do you mean by this? shit's so cash Quote
zircon Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 The soundchip isn't particularly impressive... chiptunes are cool only when they are using a unique soundchip, like the one for the NES, Genesis, or C64. This just sounds like any old generic digital synth. No character. Quote
Sinewav Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 Fair nuff, zirc. But nothing is keeping you from swapping it out with your own synths. This thing would be a blast to take apart and customize. Quote
TheSnowStorm Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 This makes me want to get into chiptunes! Dammit I need a MIDI keyboard! Quote
Synchronicity Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 It's so small and crafty... I love mess like this, especially the old school controllers It's just amazing... Quote
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