Tired Of Other LED Games? Make Your Own!

Written by Daniel Lloyd

Saturday, 03 October 2009 00:00

If you're longing to create and play your own classic LED games, than perhaps you should invest in the Meggy Jr. Billed as an LED Matrix Game Development Kit, the Meggy Jr. is a DIY handheld game that, after assembling and soldering, has a built-in LED shoot'em'up on its circuits. The standard kit will set you back $75 and includes all the LEDs, boards, buttons, battery holder and all the other components you'll need. For $20 more, you get the super kit, including all that, plus USB programming cable and bonus resistor. The source code, coding instructions and programming software are all available for free online.

This looks like a great weekend project for the amateur tinkerer, or those of you with tech-inclined youngins. All you need is some basic soldering skills and you'll be ready to go. You can also pick up handle sets and various parts on the website, so you can customize the look of your homebrew game. It's sort of like a retro/modern day Mr. Wizard experiment.

Has anyone ever played around with one of these? How is it? It definitely seems interesting, just depends on how big the learning curve is to program your own stuff....and to think of a good idea for an LED game.

[Evil Mad Science]

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