New pictures are finally up! Check them out!

514

(40 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Bump! Added a glass GBA screen I just found. Also lowered the powerpak from $90 to $80.

515

(0 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I'm working on a complete list of GB games including cartridge type and other information. Luckily, someone already made a list, but it's pretty poorly formatted (they exported it from an excel document?).

I took the list, added some style, and removed some unneeded information.

There's still a TON of duplicates, as well as some incomplete data (one table cell is missing, so the whole rom row is off).

If anyone here has time that they want to do some basic text editing, I would really appreciate their help! The code is all on github, so send me a pull request!

Planned features are the ability to sort the table by a specific column, advanced search, and possibly images. Basically I want this to be like the bootgod NES cart database.

Anyways, check it out: http://catskull.net/gb-rom-database/

516

(27 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Uh is that an MBC1 taken out of an official cart? LSDJ won't work on MBC1 right?

517

(27 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Where did you buy that? Witht he painted shell, it's probably a regular cart with the rom replaced. It might not even be flashable with a programmer.

518

(23 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Wait I thought the pyramids were the spaceships, not a communication tool. But then who built the stargate?

519

(23 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I think internet commenters forget that sometimes you build things because you think they will be cool, not because you absolutely must have them or because it's practical. Why did the egyptians build the pyramids? I for one thought this was super cool.

520

(3 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

MaxDolensky wrote:

This is very cool. Loved seeing your desk setup as well. I'd say it's worth trying the low-energy module because even at higher cost it would yield results that would save up enough money for a few cables.

Incredible to think that a Teensy 2.0+bluetooth module inside DMGs could be made to connect with a rig like this someday.

Thanks man! Here's a panoramic of my messy desk (taken a few weeks ago).

I think I will pick up a LE module and see how it works. The adafruit module is fully programmable with the arduino IDE, so it might even be possible to just use that for everything, no teensy needed. But yeah, fully internal probably would work actually.

BennVenn sells el-cheap-o flash carts that support LSDJ for like $15 or something crazy like that.

I'd just scour eBay and pick em up one by one. I assume any gameboy will do?

522

(6 replies, posted in Trading Post)

mutilectric wrote:

I bought one from catskull and it's great!
He marked the package as a gift, so I wouldn't need to pay import taxes. wink

Hahaha did I? I usually don't do that, but thanks for the plug! And enjoy your gift! My shop is shop.catskull.net but you can PM me here or email [email protected] if your interested.

523

(3 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Hey guys,

I've just been messing around here with a cheap bluetooth to serial module, trying to add wireless capabilities to the Arduinoboy. I've got it working, but it misses notes if you play too fast. I'm not sure if it's a latency issue or some kind of flow control issue.

Either way, here's a video that explains it more:

For more info, check out my blog post: http://catskull.net/bluetooth-arduinoboy.html

If you'd like to buy an arduinoboy, they're available on my website starting at $16 for a kit. Check it out: shop.catskull.net

Also, the GBA/GBC link ports are now purchasable as a standalone item!

It's all up at catskullelectronics.com

The next batch is in! Finally! Here's what's new in v 1.1.1:
- Added PS/2 jack for LSDJ keyboard input
- Removed screw terminals (nobody used them)
- Replaced MIDI jacks with Jazzmarazz's move versatile footprint
- Move button and status LED to make room for PS/2 jack

There is a bug on the PS/2 jack wiring that requires a tiny little modification. For that reason, the PS/2 jack is only available on fully assembled kits.

The shop pictures are not updated yet, I will add them tomorrow. For now, here's what it looks like:

Let me know if you have any questions!

Also stay tuned for some cool new things coming to the shop!

526

(6 replies, posted in Trading Post)

These guys are based in Spain (I think): http://www.lowtoy.com/portfolio/arduinoboy-shield/

I'm in the US but I can ship you one. Seems shipping is about 13.50 USD standard to most places in the world. I'm out of stock right now, but should have more within the next week. Check it out: shop.catskull.net

Isn't a lot of the music on this site released with a creative commons license? Could you not just take what's out there?

528

(463 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I wonder almost every day