Mini XY asteroids

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I finally got all my boards in for my Mini Asteroids Deluxe. Here is my complete 5" crt Asteroids Deluxe running. The game is running on a cheap Altera Cyclone II FPGA board with a daughter board plugged in that includes a DAC, Eeprom and other support components to run Asteroids. Now I am just waiting on some custom mini cabinets to be made.


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cool.
are you just tinkering or might you make an asteroids fpga for us mortals? :)
 
Pretty darn neat. Thanks for sharing.
Can you explain the parts you used?


The Crt is from a cheap Goodwill 5" TV (I also used the flyback and Hot transistor) the rest I designed and had pcb's made. I had to rewind the vertical windings on the yoke. I've been collecting the 5" TV's when I see them. You can get them for $5 or so around here at thrift shops.
 
cool.
are you just tinkering or might you make an asteroids fpga for us mortals? :)

The Asteroids Deluxe FPGA board is all done. It will run in a regular real cabinet. Another fellow is working on getting Asteroids going on it too (It's actually all running expect some of the sounds are not implimented yet). He talked about battle zone and red barron too, but we will see. I have a few extra boards, but only put together one at this time. I'd sell some of them if there was interest.
 
Yes, there is interest. I'd be down for an Asteroids and/or Asteroids Deluxe.
Or a combo version.
 
You should add Lunar Lander to it. Board is similar to Asteroids.

What, have Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe and Lunar Lander on one board ... with nice selection GUI (and thruster support) .... nah, not possible. :D

(An FPGA version would alleviate all those unhappy Asteroids / Deluxe owners who can't find the multi-kit for their original boards ...).

I guess we've all given up on the Clay C universal vector board too ... oh, well.
 
man, Lunar Lander would be awesome to have available.

Played that restored machine at Dorky's in Tacoma a few years ago. AWESOME!
 
This looks great. I absolutely want to build a 16" tall Asteroids/Deluxe. Already have a working 5" TV to put in it.

How did you convert a regular b&w TV into a vector monitor? I thought there were differences in yoke winding, flyback, etc.
 
This looks great. I absolutely want to build a 16" tall Asteroids/Deluxe. Already have a working 5" TV to put in it.

How did you convert a regular b&w TV into a vector monitor? I thought there were differences in yoke winding, flyback, etc.

I rewound the vertical windings on the yoke. Build a deflection board to run the yoke and a high voltage board that used the same flyback from the TV for the high voltage, gun voltage and heater voltage.
 
I rewound the vertical windings on the yoke. Build a deflection board to run the yoke and a high voltage board that used the same flyback from the TV for the high voltage, gun voltage and heater voltage.

Sorry I missed that when you mentioned it earlier. How hard was it to do the rewinding?

If you do sell the FPGA, would it be possible to sell the deflection board as well? I really love the idea of a working 1/4 scale Asteroids. I'm thinking AD would be a bit harder because of the mirror/fluorescent interior art. Looking forward to seeing your cabinets.
 
An FPGA Asteroids / Asteroids Deluxe board that can plug right into my Asteroids Deluxe?

I'll be the first to utter the infamous "put me on the list!" :D

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Sorry I missed that when you mentioned it earlier. How hard was it to do the rewinding?

If you do sell the FPGA, would it be possible to sell the deflection board as well? I really love the idea of a working 1/4 scale Asteroids. I'm thinking AD would be a bit harder because of the mirror/fluorescent interior art. Looking forward to seeing your cabinets.

I'll sell you a whole working 5" XY monitor if you're really interested. You can PM me. Each one is a work of art in my opinion as it is built by hand and takes time to adjust it all out.
 
Beautiful !!


I finally got all my boards in for my Mini Asteroids Deluxe. Here is my complete 5" crt Asteroids Deluxe running. The game is running on a cheap Altera Cyclone II FPGA board with a daughter board plugged in that includes a DAC, Eeprom and other support components to run Asteroids. Now I am just waiting on some custom mini cabinets to be made.
 
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