While the Nintendo GameCube stood deep in the shadows of the PS2 in its day, its controller remains a popular target for all sorts of modifications today — many of them involving LEDs, thanks to a translucent bottom and button option. As an avid player of the Super Smash Bros. series, [goomysmash] is of course an owner of the very same controller, which motivated him to write GoomWave, a “versatile and hackable LED library”. In an impressively detailed Instructable, he shows how to modify your own controller in two different ways to make use of the library for yourself.
A user called Hayleia at Omnimaga, a website dedicated to calculator- and PC-game programming, created a stripped-down version of Super Smash Bros. Melee for the TI-83 and TI-84. That's right: You. Super Smash Brothers This TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus game is based on the Nintendo game Super Smash Brothers. This is a very simple version with simple grapics. Still a fun game.
Initially inspired by the Shinewave mod that lights up RGB LEDs in colors associated to pre-defined moves in Smash Bros, [goomysmash] aimed to improve on it and add more versatility from the very beginning. Its latest iteration comes in a simplified ABXY-buttons-only variety using an ATtiny85, and a full-blown all-button variety using an Arduino Nano. Both of them are powered straight from the controller board, and have different modes where they either react to controller interactions, or are just custom lights. A brief showcasing of all the different modes can be seen in the video after the break, and there a few more details also in an older version’s video, also embedded below.
- To download Smash click the Download button below. Once Smash is downloaded and you've unzipped the file (and leave the file directory open), open TI connect then the Calculator Explorer tab. Drag all of the files from the unzipped file directory to your Calculator Explorer (PC)/Device Explorer (Mac) tab in TI Connect.
- For TI-83 and Super Smash Bros. 0; 34; GoombaJMR; Mon 17th Nov 2014 @Swiket Best Game. 0; 35; River3636; Mon 17th Nov 2014; Wow I still have my T84 that played Super mario bros., but.
- TI-83 Premium seems to be the French TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition name Logged In case you are wondering where I went, I left Omni back in 2015 to form CodeWalrus due to various reasons explained back then, but I stopped calc dev in 2016 and am now mostly active on the CW Discord server at https://discord.gg/cuZcfcF.
Mesmerizing LED-blinking aside, we just have to admire the diligence and cleanliness [goomysmash] put into the wiring and fitting everything inside the controller. But in case light mods aren’t your thing or you’re looking for other GameCube controller modifications, how about adding Bluetooth?
The latest iteration of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. hits stores Nov. 21, but if you're yearning for a game that brings you back to simpler days — like, say, when you were sitting in high school math class — this version is for you.
A user called Hayleia at Omnimaga, a website dedicated to calculator- and PC-game programming, created a stripped-down version of Super Smash Bros. Melee for the TI-83 and TI-84. That's right: You can play Smash Bros. on your calculator.
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Here's how it looks:
![Smash Smash](/uploads/1/2/8/3/128313110/254531426.jpg)
Right now, the game's only playable characters are Fox and Falco, but it's open source, which means you can tinker with the code. Hayleia's looking for help, too. The creator isn't going to add any more characters, but said players can create their own by modifying the code.
You can download the code, here; then upload it to the calculator with a USB, according to Hayleia.