@gametank.zone
Software hardware hacky guy. I like game programming, old cameras, old AV equipment, woodworking, cats, techno remixes of Touhou music, and that one Garfield panel where Jon asks why they call it oven I made an open source console: https://gametank.zone
After 3 weeks of troubleshooting a prototype paddle controller for the GameTank, I got it working. I got excited and made this video demo real quickly. If you're into 8-bit consoles or 6502 programming or retro gaming this might excite you too youtu.be/vT51hbeiXEk
Incredibles?
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it
Anyways.
no more operating systems we boot directly into each program we want to use now
why does zoop for snes have a different title theme or rather why don't the other ports have it, it's so good
Damn! They step on it before packing it, or what?
Because I wasnt brave enough to go full GameCube 🥲
But wait, there's more!
Crowd Supply matched orders 1:1 which makes up their post-campaign stock. So the campaign orders actually represent:
- 194 Consoles
- 194 Controllers
- 194 Cart Flashers
- 672 Cartridges
I guess it's time to get cracking, eh?
Campaign done! Big thanks to everyone who backed. :)
Final Stats:
97 Backers
97 GameTank Developer Kits
71 Cartridge 2-Packs
Every devkit includes Accursed Fiend and a blank cart, so that represents 336 individual cartridges!
*SEVERAL halves of a dozen
Mouser has way too many steps when putting in orders that's like a half dozen opportunities for me to get distracted and forget to actually order
Oh awesome it somehow hadn't clicked for me that it was Mister compatible. Maybe by the time mine arrives I'll have spare headspace to properly learn Verilog...
Well now what I wanna know is where I can get a Mister for $150, I thought they were like $500? :o
There's still time to grab a GameTank Developer Kit at the campaign price!
www.crowdsupply.com/clydeware/ga...
I try to make the C SDK newcomer-friendly! github.com/clydeshaffer...
But depending on what you're already familiar with you might also find the Rust and BASIC SDKs helpful.
I also have docs up on the wiki for the C SDK wiki.gametank.zone/doku.php?id=...
128x256 reimu with double-width pixels
GV-USB2 capture of same.
Since this effect uses both framebuffers, updates outside of VBlank will be visible. It also uses the IRQ interrupt which might complicate using the blitter, but it could probably be figured out.
It'd work well for title screens, or comic-style narrative scenes.
Your brand-new 8-bit console and game library await! 💪
@gametank.zone #8bit #retrogaming
Ok fine you can have higher resolution here's a hard to use 128x256 mode
Yes!
fam we done it
Yes! Then they offer them for sale post-campaign, at a bit of a price increase.
wow if my google sheets math holds up, it sure looks like the next person to order a GameTank will put it over the goal line after Crowd Supply matches the order 😮
I blame the surounding featureless white void, it looks better in person or so I keep hearing 😉
Here's a closer look at what I had on the table!
Had a blast demoing the GameTank at VCF SoCal!
I made a video about how to make colorful (and stable!) patterns on a TV with a breadboard.
guy who frequently stops talking in the middle of a sentence to think for ten whole seconds before resuming the sentence without having realized he paused, trying to make a deeply technical explainer video
(that guy is me)
I recorded a video which is a mistake because now I have to edit it!!!!!! :o
It's my birthday btw you should get the game console I made :3
www.crowdsupply.com/clydeware/ga...
