Spot the Pmod
Test your eagle eyes and riddle solving abilities with this fun and informative game!
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Nine-Shine-Line: The LED Timing Game
A throwback to when the Nexys 3 ruled and it demanded games.
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Whack-A-Mole with the Nexys 2
When was the last time you played Whack-a-Mole? There’s a newer, more technologically advanced version now…
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Snake Game with Score Tracking in LabVIEW
In preparation for NI week, we decided to resurrect our snake game with a new twist. Score tracking and high scores in LabVIEW!
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Color/Colour Invaders!
I was recently inspired to try out by Hamster’s own Colour Invaders project. As the name suggests, this project is similar in design to the classic Space Invaders game or (more similarly) the Casio’s Number Invaders on the calculator. The idea behind the game is that different colored “invaders” start marching down the LED strip and you have to fire missiles that match the color of the oncoming invader. Naturally, as you successfully destroy more of the attackers, the faster they come towards your base. Here is what you need to get started.
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Tic-Tac-Toe with FPGAs
Who doesn’t love the classic game of tic-tac-toe? And now it can be made new and fresh with the Nexys 2 FPGA board!
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Simon Says… with LEDs!
At one point or another, we have all played the “Simon Says” game. In this game, one person, Simon (or Susan, Chad, or whoever happens to be the leader), will say “Simon says” and tell all of the other players to do something, such as raise their left hand. The catch in this game is that if the leader tells the other players to do something without saying the words “Simon says” and the other players do it anyway, they’re out. I personally really enjoy playing Simon Says, but I thought it could even be more fun if you could play Simon Says with a bunch of LEDs…
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