Game Hacks

Mossalibra - Interactive Dance Game

  I haven’t seen anything like this Mossalibra, Interactive Dance Game before. It is an interesting concept that could catch on if some venues think out of the box and try it out. "Mossalibra is an interactive game installation, operated solely by intuitive human gestures. While dancing to surrounding music, the user (represented in pixelated form as a pure gesture) can mimic a given set of gestures in order to

Interactive Projector Screen

  We have seen lots of Projector Screen hacks over the last few years, this one demos the power of the system quite well. It doesn’t take much hardware to provide some fantastic results! The video game gun use is a natural extension of the technology. "The basic idea is really simple: a program running on the PC will process the images viewed from the webcam, find the position of

TrackIR - Head Tracking for Game Play

  This technology looks like it works very well. I have seen lots of 2 LED motion sense units but the third LED seems to add lots to the capability. Now if only someone came up with an open source version of it since the prices seem a bit high. "As you move in your chair and rotate your head small amounts : your game-view will precisely correspond. You never

Lego NXT Rubik Cube Solver

  The most impressive part of this Lego NXT Rubik Cube Solver is that the NXT module does the computing that solves the cube! I wouldn’t have thought that would have been possible without having a PC do the calculations. Video after the jump. "Tilted Twister solves Rubik’s cube fully automatically. Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read

NES Cartridge Game Hack

  Darkeru posted his NES Cartridge Game Hack in the Ben Heck forum. He has done a great job of fitting it into a standard cartridge and making it playable with a normal looking game pad layout. "as you can see, i rigged up some tac switches into the right formations so i can use the pads from a nes remote, then connected them to a ground i found and

Nintendo Nunchuck takes control 3D Studio Max with the help of an Arduino

  Melka demonstrates how to use a Nintendo Nunchuck to control 3D Studio Max with the help of an Arduino microcontroller. The code is available so that you can play with it yourself. "Here’s my setup under windows : – Arduino using a WiiChuck adapter from todbot (thanks kurt ^^) and the WiiChuck library from Tim Hirzel – Data sent to Processing via serial connection and translated to MIDI CC

Nintendo Gamecube WALL-E Case Mod

  This Nintendo Gamecube WALL-E Case Mod looks just like the robot in the movie WALL-E. "So, you have an old Nintendo Gamecube just sitting in your house. What should you do with it? Maybe try something like this. I can’t think of a better way to show your old, dusty Gamecube some love, than to mod it into an adorable robot from the latest Pixar success, WALL-E." Via: Digg