Is it possible to direct/program a missile with an NES ?????

[vintagegamer89]

I dont remember where I heard this, but someone said it was possible to direct or program a missile with a Nintendo NES. I hardly believe that this accusation is fesible, but I'm not sure. Hopefully someone out there does know and can enlighten me!

[Avid Fan]

What do you plan on doing with missles?

[goatdan]

I fought off a whole slew of missiles with only a 2600 and a joystick once.

 

'course, that was Missile Command.

 

I bet a missile could be programmed with anything. It probably has to do with how new the missile is to find out how powerful the system needs to be.

 

But, if you have a missile, you can probably build yourself a real computer to launch it with, and not have to depend on your NES or 2600.

[somePUNK]

well throeticly you could take a hole bunch of dynomite tape it to a nes light the dynomite and catiputilt within rang anywhere you want wil e cyote style.

[RMila75]

Since there were simple guided missiles in the 1960's and the NES uses early 80's technology, I'm guessing the NES hardware could be adapted to run the guidance for one of those early missiles. But the same could probably be said about any old computer from the 70's or 80's.

[Zeus]

all I need is some bubblegum, a toothpick and some string...

[hex65000]

yor reasoning on a 1960's projecytile sounds reasonable.

 

However there is a great big difference between mil/aerospace parts and commercial grade parts. Things such as temperature and in some cases radiation tolerant parts make things extra exciting -- and expensive.

 

I heard earlier this month from some guy who claimed that a PS2 could run an entire rocket...

 

Once I stopped laughing at him, I tried to enlighten him with what little I know about the aerospace industry while at the same time not broadcast anything important.

 

Hex.

[ Sometimes thinks that in the human race, you occasionally have to get out and push. ]

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I remember the original reason everyone said PS2 that there wasnt enough chips to make PS2's, it was because

'Saddam was using them to guide missiles'

You laugh now, but you probably believed it then =D

[sigma]

I remember the original reason everyone said PS2 that there wasnt enough chips to make PS2's, it was because

'Saddam was using them to guide missiles'

You laugh now, but you probably believed it then =D

The version I know of was that they weren't being alowed to be exported because they were powerful enough for saddam's missles

[Jasoco]

wil e cyote style.

Wile E. Coyote

 

Sorry. I had to do it.

[Ze_ro]

If you really want to control guided missles, the NES isn't the best choice for it... it doesn't actually require much processing power (all you do is receive the location/heading of the missle and provide corrections), but interfacing with the NES wouldn't be easy. Using a computer like the C64 would probably be a lot easier, since the expansion ports are well documented, you can save the program on a disk (instead of having to produce a cartridge), and you actually have a keyboard to provide input rather than the NES's gamepad.

 

--Zero

[chrisbid]

yeah, if you used an NES to guide a missile, one violent shake during liftoff would result in a flashing red LED light on the front

[vintagegamer89]

this is funny some little nerdy 9 year old is probably watching this forum trying to figure out a way to overtake Russia!

[Brad2600]

this is funny some little nerdy 9 year old is probably watching this forum trying to figure out a way to overtake Russia!

 

Even if so, there's not much left to overtake..

 

And you'd have to replace the damn connector every time you tried to launch the missle in the first place.

[Jasoco]

The NES would display a map on the screen and you'd use the Light Gun to aim at where you want to blow up.

[JB]

I remember the original reason everyone said PS2 that there wasnt enough chips to make PS2's, it was because

'Saddam was using them to guide missiles'

You laugh now, but you probably believed it then =D

I laughed then, because I already knew it was grotesquely overpowered for the job.

 

I even laughed when they claimed he was buying them to DESIGN missiles, because I doubted he was going to waste the cash on a computer that he would have to crack before he could program, and would have to develop all his apps for.