DIY Video Games - 1970's Style!

Electronics
Check out the games of hobby electronics' past! The games on display are based on designs from a hobbyist electronics book from 1978. All are built using TTL discrete logic, without the use of those fancy, expensive microprocessors!

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Nathaniel Lockhart

Nate Lockhart is an electronics hobbyist/occasional historian who loves all kinds of old stuff. He also has a podcast, The Memory Machine, in which he talks about old stuff.

Categories: Electronics, Computers & Mobile Devices, Electronics, Fun & Games, Gaming

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What inspired you to make this project?
I first saw the book these builds are based on when I was much younger, and it fascinated me. I kept coming back to it over the years, to see if maybe I could make heads or tails of the circuits described, and in the summer of 2020, I finally learned enough that I could work through some of it! Plus, as far as I know, there's only one other build from the book out there in the world, and I'd like to better document the games described in the book.