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tetris blocks fall on oscilloscope screen

filed under: hacks-mods | retro | video games

Scopetris Oscilloscope Tetris

Here’s a cool hack which uses an old oscilloscope to play an accurate game of the arcade classic, Tetris.

Engineer Lars Pontoppidan created Scopetris using an AtMega32 micro-controller to drive the beam of an oscilloscope to mimic the game play of the classic Soviet puzzle game…

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February 15th, 2008 5 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

video games get vectorized

filed under: design | video games

Vector Mario by Philipp Lenssen

Check out these awesome vector art variations on classic arcade game characters.

Game enthusiast Philipp Lenssen took partial screenshots from famous arcade games and ran them through VectorMagic, a nifty online bitmap-to-vector conversion tool, then enlarged them to exaggerate the line-art effect…

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December 29th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

geometry wars galaxies confirmed for nintendo wii, ds

filed under: video games

Geometry Wars: Galaxies

If you own an Xbox 360, you already know the crack-like addictive powers of the retro-mod arcade shooter Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved.

If you’re a Nintendo fan, you’ll now be able to get in on the action. Sierra Entertainment today announced that Geometry Wars: Galaxies, a follow up to the frantic 2D game is coming for the Nintendo Wii and DS…

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May 25th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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