Chip bending is like magic.
Put your Gameboy down, and look at what can be done with a handheld of an even more drastic vintage:
449 Mar 8, 2013 5:39 pm
Re: Videos With Excellent Chip Music (12 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)
450 Mar 7, 2013 8:42 pm
Re: FS: Custom DMG "The Fallout Boy" (price reduced) (33 replies, posted in Trading Post)
nerdsome wrote:
In that first pic theres a LevelUp Video Games sticker... I loved that store until those bastards closed up shop a year ago here in town and moved to Cali. Stored was 2 seconds from my flat and I was there at least once a week. Used to get my PIL DMGs from them all the time. I'm guessing they're now close to your stomping grounds?
This is the second time I've lived in a place where I can shop at Level Up (I used to live in Tucson) and it's actually the place I just got fired from.
No ill feelings though. I couldn't meet deadlines, and I had a mess of coordination problems with clients... I would have fired me too.
451 Mar 7, 2013 5:49 am
Re: FS: Custom DMG "The Fallout Boy" (price reduced) (33 replies, posted in Trading Post)
barbeque wrote:
looks cool but I can't stop laughing over the name.
Clarification time:
The name has absolutely nothing to do with that shitty emo band, or Radioactive Man's child sidekick (however, if there is to be a correlation, I'd prefer it be the latter of the two).
452 Mar 7, 2013 4:18 am
Re: D3th St4r Wild Builds & Nonsense (463 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Not really.
I know what's wrong with it, and I know how to fix it.
I'm just bipolar, and I'm currently in a cripplingly bad mood. Once I'm through this cycle, I might go ahead finish this project, and not go all Alderaan on its ass, and smash it into a billion unrecognizable pieces...
453 Mar 7, 2013 4:05 am
Topic: FS: Custom DMG "The Fallout Boy" (price reduced) (33 replies, posted in Trading Post)
Need money to buy an HD camera for my new web show.
$130 (or best offer) Shipped.
(flash cart not included)
Here's a quick video I did to further describe it.
454 Mar 7, 2013 4:00 am
Re: D3th St4r Wild Builds & Nonsense (463 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
This project has been postponed... perhaps indefinitely.
It's lucky it got put in a box and set aside, instead of being chucked in the bin with my other failed projects.
Thanks for your interest though.
455 Mar 6, 2013 10:55 pm
Topic: Videos With Excellent Chip Music (12 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)
I got fire from my job a couple of days ago, so I have tons of free time to waste on youtube!
Here's a video of Doom being played on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and the music is FANTASTIC!
(Skip to 1:35)
Your turn!
456 Mar 6, 2013 8:48 pm
Re: [HELP]Trying to get a Japanese Famicom to work in the US (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
wedanced wrote:
I am assuming this thing is outputting the japanese ntsc video standard. that would be my guess. it probably isnt outputting the right frequency for US tvs.
You're referring to RF output which, yes, is different in Japan.
Japanese television signals for channels 1 and 2 (the two frequencies available on the Famicom) are approximately 95.75 mhz and 101.75 mhz respectively, and are channels 95 and 96 on cable ready televisions in North America. The easiest and least involved way to play the Famicom in the US is by using an American NES RF switch, tuning in to channel 95 or 96, and setting the Famicom to "game".
In the case of composite out, it's simply a matter of pulling the signals straight from the motherboard, and sending them to your TV. The mod for the composite out is the same, regardless of format. I highly recommend this mod to anyone with a Famicom. The image and sound quality is vastly improved, it allows you to just plug into an ext on your TV and play, and increases the value to other console wielding Japanophiles that are afraid of cracking open their freshly imported Famicom.
Another option is getting a composite board from tea4two. It plugs in right where the old RF board was, and gives you clean looking results.
457 Mar 6, 2013 7:38 pm
Re: [HELP]Trying to get a Japanese Famicom to work in the US (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
Fear not, mortal, for I am here to help.
I really don't have the step-by-step at this time (in the middle of filming it, and it will be posted to youtube) but there's a wonderful resource called famicomworld.com. There's a mega thread with TONS of information on the composite video mod, and is where I learned how to do mine (the pic I posted was not my personal machine, and was taken from the forum in question.
So go here and read everything you can. If you get stuck, let me know, and I'll try to talk you through it.
458 Mar 4, 2013 7:50 am
Re: LukHash remix (Spy vs. Spy) (8 replies, posted in Releases)
I liked The Last V8 better.
459 Mar 4, 2013 7:24 am
Re: [HELP]Trying to get a Japanese Famicom to work in the US (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
That mod has been done horribly wrong. I'm confident that your FC still works (they're really hard to kill) but it's a little more complicated than just wiring it on.
The output of the video amp is high impedance, which means if you take video from the labeled video solder pad, video gets pulled to 0v the moment you connect the tv's 75R input. Also; nothing should be coming off the the smaller board, that's the R/F modulator, and it has a crap signal. Everything needs to come from the motherboard.
Audio comes from a pin marked "SOU"
This is how your video should be wired up; The resistor on the left should be 1k ohm and the one on the right should be a 75 ohm.
460 Mar 4, 2013 1:21 am
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Holy shit, that's awesome!
I'm already shopping for the parts!
461 Mar 3, 2013 1:01 am
Re: Favourite post-apocalyptic movie. (51 replies, posted in General Discussion)
extreme zan-zan-zawa-veia wrote:
also THX 1138 was badass
I thought THX 1138 was kinda aloof and inaccessible. While I enjoy it very much, it seems more of a film for the Sci-Fi elite, and not the average dork.
462 Mar 3, 2013 12:45 am
Re: Favourite post-apocalyptic movie. (51 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Road Warrior
Brazil
Tank Girl
463 Mar 1, 2013 10:17 pm
Re: D3th St4r Wild Builds & Nonsense (463 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
This project (as well as most others) is being suspended until further notice... Possibly indefinitely
Bipolar disorder is a bitch.
464 Mar 1, 2013 3:45 am
Re: Customized gear thread (1,206 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
^^^^^ Thanx guys.
A couple notes:
You'll notice that some of the paint is wrinkled, but that's actually deliberate. I used a layering technique that would only crinkle the black paint. I wanted to texture it to make it feel like old industrial equipment.
The screen looks terrible because the protective film is still on it. I didn't want to risk scratching up the plastic before it goes into my display case at the store.