:: Temple of the Roguelike - Roguelike News, Reviews, Interviews and Information :: » Hardware http://www.roguetemple.com News, Reviews, Interviews and Information about Roguelikes Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:05:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 PIPER, a roguelike console! http://www.roguetemple.com/2009/12/10/piper-a-roguelike-console/ http://www.roguetemple.com/2009/12/10/piper-a-roguelike-console/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:45:28 +0000 Slash http://www.roguetemple.com/?p=677 Something amazing just got to my inbox, a roguelike computer, packed with a fully playable game!

The PIPER from a side

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.

You have been killed!

Take a look!

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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