Something amazing just got to my inbox, a roguelike computer, packed with a fully playable game!
PIPER is a PIC16F876 microcontroller single board computer, battery powered, that can be easily programmed to run a “light” roguelike game version. Eight user buttons are provided and a graphical LCD (KS0108 driven, 128×64 pixels) is used as screen.
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Speaking seriously…why do this useless thing…My answer is clear: because it was difficult. First computer games were done with even less resources and with much more effort. Also this is my small contribution to those *true* programmers that spend hours and hours in games like rogue or Nethack.
microcontroller single board computer, battery powered, that can be easily programmed to run a “light” roguelike game version. Eight user buttons are provided and a graphical LCD (KS0108 driven, 128×64 pixels) is used as screen.
Temple of The Roguelike 
I’ll be damned, this may well be the thing that actually trumps this crazy thing in some respects. http://www.ladyada.net/make/fuzebox/index.html http://belogic.com/uzebox/
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I want it! No really, man, I wish I could buy one! A roguelike handheld system would be awesome.
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That is really cool. Sounds like a fun and educational project to undertake.
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I’d buy one right now! If it were reasonably priced, that is…
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Pixel Robot…what do you think it is a reasonable price for this?
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I don’t know. How much do the components cost and how much time would it take to make one?
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Well I saw GLC like this for 50$ and a custom PCB like this could cost >20$. In addition the microcontroller may cost around 10$.
With my experience with this kind of electronic systems, up to 4 hours per PCB would be needed…
I don’t think you could buy this for less than 100$… and with no benefit.
Ok building them in zillions would decrease costs to nothing…but this is done one by one…
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