World's Smallest Arcade Machine (Guinness Record)

[Demon]

...Breakout, I like the idea of a pot for the control, there was a breakout arcade machine with a knob,
but I need trigonometry that I have not yet solved in PBP (ball bouncing off walls at inverted angles).

Does your game have to be "perfect" in the sense of variable angles depending on where you hit the ball on the paddle? I'd keep things simple with a fixed angle, say 45deg for example, and then it's just a simple math (addition/subtraction) of coordinates within a set range.

Does Guiness impose your gameplay to be "exactly" like the one in arcade?


About the controller, are you allowed to use a stylus to operate it? Then you could use a tiny potentiometer with a dimple on the surface of the cap to act as grip for the stylus tip.


Does the unit have to respect the proportions of an actual arcade machine? (case, display, controller) If you do, where would you get those?

Robert

[Demon]

Have you considered a 64x64 graphic LCD?



There has to be competition out there to use 128x128 again. I'd look seriously at staying one step ahead of the next guy; no more than 2/3 the size of the current record holder.

I would think a smaller LCD would also mean simpler gameplay.

Robert


http://vslcdmodule.com/prod_2692153.htm

[Art]

It mustn't have to be spot on, as the current record isn't in terms of cabinet or games.
I don't think there was ever an arcade machine with those three or four games.

If it does turn out that I don't have to be responsible for a cabinet,
then I think I should, and can do better than any of my previous games /gfx.
Even if the screen res doesn't allow for proper sprites,
playability, and true to life nature would still nail it.

ruijc, without giving dimensions in public, do you think your current cabinet is small enough?
It does certainly look like it can be made look real very easily.
The record is an easy target. There are a lot of people in this world capable of this.

I will reapply today in the name of a group, no matter, since it takes so much time for them to look at.
Give me a day or two.. I'll also see if Sparkfun will do anything to help.

[Jerson]

Hi Art and PBP group

I've been silently following this thread for the interesting stuff going on here. Have you considered the 0.96" 128x64 monochrome OLEDs out there? It is about the smallest you can get today. I have used such in the recent past and they are really small. much smaller than the Nokia 4k color display or the Nokia monochrome. Programmable via SPI just like the Nokia.

Regards

[Art]

I'm going to try for more than one, and also send some off to the cabinet maker, if it's determined

ruijc, don't feel pushed into anything you can't commit to, I know how it is to have your time divided.
I'm off work for medical at the moment, which is why I can do this. Not everybody is in the same position.

Thanks to everyone for now, who has offered a contribution, and encouragement. You should all be proud

[Demon]

.... Have you considered the 0.96" 128x64 monochrome OLEDs out there? It is about the smallest you can get today. ...

Regards

Read my post just above. I found 64x64 and waiting for a reply from supplier if they are interested in helping us.

Robert

[Art]

Yep, sent you some pm replies Robert, cool

[rmteo]

96xRGBx64 Full color graphic OLED module

24.8mmW x 30.42mmH x 1.42mmD
Extremely wide viewing angles
Very high contrast ratio
Built-in Solomon SSD1332 Controller
8-bit parallel interface or SPI Interface