It wasn’t exactly 3d, but I remember having a portable, head mounted game system with only one eye visor. the games were LCD panels with translucent vinyl backgrounds. The games would be projected onto the reflective visor so it was difficult to see in bright places and you could see through the display. The controller had ten buttons, very few of which were ever used.
It’s probably in my parents garage at the bottom of a box. I never played it much because the design had a serious flaw. It simply weighed too much. Inevitably, it would slide down while you were playing, and also stretch half the skin on your face rather uncomfortably (eyebrow vs. eye).
*UPDATE*
I fount it. It was the “R-Zone Headgear” made by Tiger. Apparently it may also have been “competition” for the Virtual boy….
Both, unfortunately, were market failures.
Hello!
I am compiling this for Linux, specifically Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 (x86_64) and I seem to be stuck at the first, or maybe second step.
I modified the makefile for my architecture, but I am not sure this is right:
#Set the OBJ and Link flags, based on Debug and Profile ifdef DEBUGMODE # build a debug version #OFLAGS = -g -march=i486 -O3 -ffast-math DBG_PRINT OFLAGS = -g -m64 -O3 -ffast-math DBG_PRINT LFLAGS = else ifdef PROFILEMODE # build with profiling information #OFLAGS = -pg -march=i486 -O3 -ffast-math OFLAGS = -pg -m64 -O3 -ffast-math LFLAGS = -pg else # build a normal optimised version #OFLAGS = -march=i486 -O3 -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer OFLAGS = -m64 -O3 -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer LFLAGS = -s
Basically I just changed the -march option and left everything else alone.
The compiler will indeed start now, but never finishes and prints many warnings regarding signed and unsigned integers before it finally fails with:
../src/vb_vbt.cpp: In function 'int v810_init(char*)': ../src/vb_vbt.cpp:954: eror: cast from 'VB_BYTE*' to 'unsigned int' loses precision ../src/vb_vbt.cpp:963: eror: cast from 'VB_BYTE*' to 'unsigned int' loses precision ../src/vb_vbt.cpp:986: eror: cast from 'VB_BYTE*' to 'unsigned int' loses precision ../src/vb_vbt.cpp:998: eror: cast from 'VB_BYTE*' to 'unsigned int' loses precision ../src/vb_vbt.cpp:1037: eror: cast from 'VB_BYTE*' to 'unsigned int' loses precision ../src/vb_vbt.cpp:1045: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions make: *** [vb_vbt.o] Error 1
My programming skills are rusty, but I’m tempted to dive into the code and see if I can do anything there… any better ideas?
Also, does this project have a CVN and is it listed on any bug trackers?
*UPDATE*
Upon further investigation, it seems this is not a simple compiler error, nor necessarily an error in programming. This is a core issue in the development of 64bit code from 32bit. If another type of integer were used, it can be compatible with both architectures. While casting between signed and unsigned integers works in some 32bit environments, it is not possible in 64bit architecture.
>>reality_boy
Is there anything, other than the integer casting, which absolutely necessitates a 32bit environment?
I’m going to look through the code and see if I can make it compatible with both environments, but I’m going to need some very soft walls to bang my head on while I do it. Anybody got a recommendation for a cheap padded cell?
Are you looking for this?
I know a place to buy these in Akihabara.
It’s made by OSG Corporation. The product is LH Stix DLH3-95.
It can take all the screws out of the VB. The two deepest ones on either side of the cartridge slot took a little force, but no real problem.
