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More .CHR fonts

I've created a second set of .CHR fonts for use in game development. Cupcake is an 8x8 font with four color variations. Brownie is an upper- and lowercase 8x8 font with two color variations. Pie is a 16x16 font. These fonts are free to use as is or to modify; please see the readme included in the .ZIP for more information. Download …See More
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More .CHR fonts

I've created a second set of .CHR fonts for use in game development. Cupcake is an 8x8 font with four color variations. Brownie is an upper- and lowercase 8x8 font with two color variations. Pie is a 16x16 font. These fonts are free to use as is or to modify; please see the readme included in the .ZIP for more information. Download fontsnackpack2.zip.

Posted by Party Time! Hexcellent! on April 4, 2012 at 8:35pm

Learning by Scanning

Thoughts Thoughts Thoughts.......

Human beings are very visual people. If I was a 5 year old kid in a very remote part of Nigeria (I'm Nigerian, so not picking on any country), I would want a way to scan everyday items onto a device with a screen, and have the device tell me all about the item I just scanned in my native language.

Example: I'm 5 years old, and my mum asks me to bring her medicine. I'm not sure what this medicine accomplishes (even though I'm young, I want my mum to take the right things) - I scan the Chloroquine (popular malaria medicine) on a device and I get this feedback.

- A picture of the medicine on the screen

- The use of the medicine via the speakers

- The side effects of the medicine via the speakers

- The correct pronunciation via the speakers

Same thing should apply to other everyday items.. a comb, a broom, a mop .. Give me feedback with picture, correct use, side effects or dangers, and…

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Posted by Judith Odili Uchidiuno on January 17, 2012 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

.CHR fonts

Here are some .CHR fonts that you are free to use and modify for game development.

Gumdrop and Sprout are 8x8 fonts with four variations each. Chickpea is a 16x16 font.

DOWNLOAD fontsnackpack.zip

Posted by Party Time! Hexcellent! on December 2, 2011 at 11:26am — 5 Comments

Family Basic manual

The translation of the Family Basic manual has been completed and is available below:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/w5t0lz

 

Here's a short video of a simple game called "Spinner Attack". I found it's source code in an old Japanese book.

Posted by Sebastien Van Damme on November 23, 2011 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

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famicom networking ,creating a network for third world .

Seing a page about printer port on famicom and way it conetcts i got idea of using the same port for creating a simple network wich i gues would be step forward for third world.Nothing too…Continue

Tags: famiclone, networking., internet, world, networknig

Started by Alex Jekic Mar 22.

Anything I could do?

Hello, my name is Preston and I just joined. I heard about Playpower and it really interests me. I've programmed in C with the MSP430 and know (a fair bit) about electronics. I really want to help…Continue

Started by Preston Zhou Mar 21.

Good Idea

After reading about powerplay in wiki and forum i'have good idea the "powerplay" run with very old system ((8B))i.knew why?! because it's run with processor motorola {6802} so the game it's very…Continue

Started by ELSAID AYMAN Mar 12.

Getting Playpower Hardware 14 Replies

Hello PlaypowerCommuntiy, I'm currently trying to get my hands on some hardware that is similiar to any of these 10$ Computers (with keyboard and mouse, if possible)...The link to…Continue

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