Albert Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Game Console Hacking is a new book that explores hacking a wide variety of game consoles, from the Atari 2600 all the way through the Xbox. Two of the book's principle authors are Joe Grand (of Pixels Past) and Albert Yarusso (of AtariAge), who contribute a significant amount of classic gaming material to the book. In addition to learning how to perform a myriad of hardware hacks on classic and modern consoles, the book also covers homebrew efforts for these systems and you'll find a primer on electrical engineering basics to help get you started. An added bonus is the great foreword written by Ralph Baer, "The Father of Video Games". You can view the front cover here and the back cover of the book here. Game Console Hacking can be purchased from Amazon.com and other online and offline retailers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san-d-2000 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Would it be possible to see some inside pages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80sFreak Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 What is so special about putting a PC motherboard into a 2600, or for that matter, any vintage case? Now if the book showed you how to make a 2600 on a FPGA and *then* you put that into the 2600's case... Cheers, 80sFreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 28, 2004 Author Share Posted October 28, 2004 What is so special about putting a PC motherboard into a 2600, or for that matter, any vintage case? Now if the book showed you how to make a 2600 on a FPGA and *then* you put that into the 2600's case... A 2600 case is a very tight squeeze to try and fit a PC motherboard into, along with the other accompanying hardware (hard drive, DVD-ROM, etc). Joe Grand (who wrote that chapter) put a lot of effort into this particular hack. For instance, several of the original 2600 switches are wired to the motherboard (such as the power on/off), two Stelladaptors are wired into the 2600 controller ports so you can use Atari 2600 controllers with PC emulators, a wireless keyboard/mouse antennna is installed inside so you don't need to plug a keyboard and mouse directly into the 2600, and so forth. Putting a 2600 on an FPGA is not a trivial task by any means and is well beyond the scope of a book like this. And why would you want to take a 2600 on an FPGA and then install it in a 2600 case? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Hi there! Does it have a chapter telling you how to replace Intellivision controlers with something usefull? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 28, 2004 Author Share Posted October 28, 2004 Does it have a chapter telling you how to replace Intellivision controlers with something usefull? No, there is no chapter on hacking the Intellivision. The full table of contents will be posted soon. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 30, 2004 Author Share Posted October 30, 2004 Here is the Introduction as well as the Table of Contents from the book (both as PDFs): Game Console Hacking: Introduction Game Console Hacking: Table of Contents Enjoy! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr professor Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 which mapper is used in the nes hombrew cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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