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Video Game Shield

The Video Game Shield is an Arduino add-on shield to make your own video games, including graphics, text, sound effects, and music! Based on the great arduino-tvout project, this Shield includes everything you need to make awesome black-and-white video games on your TV. It supports up to two Nintendo Wii Nunchuck controllers for an easy and familiar interface.

Do you need to output text, graphics, or audio through RCA jacks to a TV? Do you need to work with two Nunchucks at the same time? You can do both of these things with Wayne and Layne’s Video Game Shield.

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Video Game Shield, completed Video Game Shield with Nunchucks

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Features:

  • Interfaces with two Nintendo Wii Nunchuck controllers using a snap-lock circuit board interface.
  • Easy to assemble kit makes for a great learning experience. All parts are easy-to-solder through-hole, with no tiny surface mount parts.
  • Fully open-source design means that everything is freely available and ready to be hacked, including the circuit schematic and PCB layout.
  • Custom, professionally-made PCB provides for an easy soldering experience. All circuit connections are routed on two layers without the use of vias, reducing confusion while assembling.
  • Includes a series of example games, demonstrating graphics, text, sound effects, music, two-player games, and easy interfacing with the Nunchuck’s joystick, buttons, and accelerometer.

Availability: The Video Game Shield kit will be available at the World Maker Faire: NYC and available for online purchase afterwards. If you want to be notified when the Video Game Shield is released, please Contact Us. We promise to only send you a single email when the kit is released, and never to share your contact information with anyone else.