Crazy little idea for new console

I think some of the the system spec should be
one processor should be a little endian unit with none standard bit size for a byte and demand aligned data.
the other processor should be big endian and use standard 8-bit per byte.
the storage media should be 8" floppy disks or laser discs with caddy load.

 

How about we just buy a bunch of Laseractives and slap assembler stickers on them?

 

Did a mockup


it's shapped like a cheese and called CBOX (Cheese BOX) it got flame decals and a lighting bolt to give it that extra kick ass feeling.

 

can Unorthodox's willy fit in that slot? He really wants to know

 

It's small in length but wide (aka coke-can). Hopefully something can be done for this as Barc0de isn't the man I first met...

 

Touche'

 

Sorry hun, we shouldn't fight over silly things like this.

I'll make it up to you I promise :love:.

 

yea, buy me GTA4 ;P

 

devzone check this old thread out, which was sadly killed by a pessimist. But it was an awesome thread none the less. And well it is isn´t locked.

Modern 2D Console

 

An online buddy of mine makes this http://www.retroleum.co.uk/v5z80p.html

This is all his own creation. Check out the demo video!

 

Its a shame how that post ended up well at least its still open so we could jump into the thread or maybe pull opethfan into this thread

Thats a pretty nice system, using an fpga does simplifiy things a lot

 

Well, ASSEMbler socalled weird LSD like trippy dream, and his lols. Then check this out

http://tarjan.uw.hu/zxclones_en.htm

the ZX clones were indeed more powerful than the normal ZX. SO check this site out. And be amazed

google search

 

cool.
lol I have that song on my playlist Impossamole.hes - high score :thumbsup:


edit


btw. this thread reminded me of these demos by tapir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCZeJdG20xY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcOxR8Rn87A

 

yeah, if you look back it was all chips at one stage, but progressed so the custom chip stuff is all on one FPGA. The main processor is a Z80 though

 

Just buy NES clones in bulk and slap Vii on them. They'll sell like hotcakes to the illiterates. *bellows evil laugh*

 

Okay. Someone make designs, tell me where to buy the parts and I'll go find my soldering iron.

Wait found it.

 

i would buy a 2D powerhorse console aimed at emulation/homebrew.

you should look at that "creating a 2d console" topic, kev. it was great!

 

How to make a 8 bit machine that everyone would want to make.

1 - Take a Zilog Z80A
2 - Add a smattering of RAM, at least 16K
3 - Grate some Texas Instruments TMS9918A into it
4 - Dice some fresh Texas Instruments SN76489 or if you don't have that a General Instruments AY-3-8912 will do the trick
5 - Mix well and add a smattering of logic chips and a RF Encoder
6 - Poor into a nice pre greased console shell, you may want to make yours a bit different to the one shown.
7 - Bake at gas mark 5 for 30 minutes and sell for £129 or something. It's worth keeping away from strong consoles like the Famicom.

 

Well, I was bored and wanted to contribute in some way with the topic, so I started messing around with 3dsmax. After an hour, I could turn the box where I started into something that looks like a console, so here it is:






Remembering the fact I didn't make it in a serious way (didn't make any measures or anything) I think it doesn't look that bad

I didn't know what was the best idea for storage (carts, discs, SD cards) so I didn't put anything yet. The two ports in the front are for USB joysticks. I still have to make something with the textures and materials, they still look extremely plain.

Well, that's all for now, I gotta get some sleep so maybe I improve it a bit later.

 

What about a universal 8/16-bit system that runs ROM files from an SD card? ;p