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Pong and Tetris both for the TV (16F84) and using a "virtual game system". Has great info on creating video signals in software. Also for interest sake theres also info on the guys thesis: bluetooth for the gameboy colour. http://www.i.am/thekingofpic/ > Hi, > Can anybody give me same ideas for a pic game. > Any information is welcome. > I also need web resources. > > Regards, > Nuri Erginer -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu

There are several games that lend themselves to being run on a PIC. They include: (1) SIMON SAYS. This is a game where the PIC sends out a progressive pattern (indicated by light & sound), and the player has to match the pattern by pushing switches within a given time frame. You could have several levels of difficulty based on speed and maximum pattern size. (2) PONG. There is a PIC version of this available on the web. It connects to a standard TV set. (3) TETRIS. There is a PIC version of this available on the web. It connects to a standard TV set. (4) BATTLESHIPS. A PIC-controlled version in which the PIC does the scoring. This requires lots of little switch contacts, and the real challenge is in building the structure on which the game is played. (5) DICE-BASED GAMES. The PIC can be used to randomly roll dice. A single PIC can handle the dice-rolling or spinner pointer requirements for several types of games. Lights and funky noises always entertain the kiddies. (6) MATCHING GAME. Two players take turns trying to match up number of LED blinks and sound with about 20 switches. When two identical blinks/sounds results, the LEDs are turned on permanently to indicate they have already been taken. (7) CATCH THE SNARK. A grid of LEDs is presented. A steady LED marks your position. The "SNARK's" position is fleetingly marked by a blink of an LED. You and the Snark can only move one position at a time. You try to catch the Snark by landing on his position during your move. Score is kept based on the number of tries it took you. You lose if the Snark lands on YOUR current location. You can keep the Snark's LED lit instead of blipped for an easier to play version for younger children. Gotta go now... my next class is coming in. Fr, Tom McGahee {Original Message removed}

part 0 44 bytes his is a multi-part message in MIME format. part 1 1758 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 (decoded quoted-printable) Hi All, Well, my first PIC project was a Hangman Game. I Used a PIC16F84 with two typical 4x4 keyboard, a 16x1 alphanumeric display and two 5x8 led matrix. The keyboards allowed the interface for entering a letter A-Z and were connected through the slave port, so i didn�t have to bother for keybouncing. The alphanumeric display was used to display instructions, score and the "secret word" or dash hint. The matrix were used to display the stepped hangman icon. And the set of secret words were pre-written in three tables inside the pic's ROM. The random choose was achieved by reading a counter when finding a START Button condition (this button was also in the keypad). Unfortunately i don't keep a copy of the code, but it was really interesting and i learned a lot while designing and developing the game. I remember the main routine was most about refreshing the led matrix constantly and the rest was polling the slave port and updating the display. Maybe it was too much for a first project, but i really liked the result... I remember some people at the University using a 4x16 display and a handmade joystick to implement a game with some kind of ship and falling rocks but they used a Dallas 80c51 or similar. Some other students implemented a "matching pairs" game using a 2x16 display and a 4x4 kepad using some other MCU. Hope this helps. Pavel Romero Nuri ERGINER wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi, > Can anybody give me same ideas for a pic game. > Any information is welcome. > I also need web resources. > > Regards, > Nuri Erginer > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu part 2 422 bytes content-type:text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; (decoded quoted-printable) begin:vcard n:Romero Plaza;P�vel Ernesto tel;cell:5489528 tel;fax:6-7444829 tel;home:6-7464233 tel;work:6-7444829 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.insitel.com.co org:Insitel Ltda.;Research & Development adr:;;Calle 21 # 16 - 46 Piso 7;Armenia;Quind�o;;Colombia version:2.1 email;internet:.....promeroKILLspam.....insitel.com.co title:Hardware Engineer fn:P�vel Ernesto Romero Plaza end:vcard part 3 105 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList EraseMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

Nuri ERGINER wrote: > > Hi, > Can anybody give me same ideas for a pic game. > Any information is welcome. No quite a game, but how about a variable dice for "those" people who play dungeons and dragons? I have seen them with 6 sided, 3 sided, 4 sided, 16 sided, 24 sided dice! Pretty amazing, but messy rolling them all over the table. Maybe one button for each standard dice "size", press the button and get a number. I bet you could even sell them to the D&D crowd via the internet. :o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu

part 1 1697 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii (decoded quoted-printable) Roman Black wrote: > Nuri ERGINER wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Can anybody give me same ideas for a pic game. > > Any information is welcome. > > No quite a game, but how about a variable dice for "those" people who play > dungeons and dragons? I have seen them with 6 sided, 3 sided, 4 sided, 16 > sided, 24 sided dice! <nitpick> You forgot 8, 10, 12, and 20 sided. Also I'm not too familiar with 16 or 24 sided dice, and I've been playing D&D (among may others) for about 20 years. </nitpick> But that's okay - most who aren't gamers wouldn't even realize that there's so many different types of dice used. ::grin:: And for even more fun there's the oddball dice like the 7 sided (yes, I'm serious!), the 30 sided, and the 100 sided (looks a lot like a golf ball - pain in the ass to roll cause it takes damn near forever to stop rolling). > Pretty amazing, but messy rolling them all over the table. > > Maybe one button for each standard dice "size", press the button and get a > number. I bet you could even sell them to the D&D crowd via the internet. I've been thinking on and off about doing something like this for quite some time - it'd sure be a hell of a a lot easier than carrying around a bulging bag of dice. Hhmmm ... off to the piclist.com site I go to look for random number generator code ... -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and | everything is of great understanding, '91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom. part 2 233 bytes content-type:application/pgp-signature (decode) part 3 105 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList @spam@piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu