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==Independent Reviews of Meggy Jr RGB:==
 
==Independent Reviews of Meggy Jr RGB:==
  
[http://roborant.info/main.do?entry=1462 Review] from roborant.info
 
  
[http://nscientia.com/?q=blogs/luke-gane/review-meggy-jr-rgb-part-one Review] from NScientia
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[http://www.joetech.com/2009/01/10/build-your-own-portable-gaming-system-with-meggy-jr-rgb/ Review] from JoeTech.com
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[http://handheldblog.wordpress.com/category/meggy-jr/ Review] from Das Handheldblog (German language)
  
[http://www.techlore.com/article/26484/Review-of-the-Meggy-Jr.-RGB-Handheld-Video-Game-Kit/ Review] from Techlore.com
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20090321140222/http://www.circumjacence.com/blog/archives/131 Review] from circumjacence.com (rehosted at archive.org)
  
[http://www.joetech.com/2009/01/10/build-your-own-portable-gaming-system-with-meggy-jr-rgb/ Review] from JoeTech.com
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20101127020109/http://roborant.info/main.do?entry=1462 Review] from roborant.info  (rehosted at archive.org)
  
[http://www.circumjacence.com/blog/archives/131 Review] from circumjacence.com
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[http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/musashino_proto/20091126_331055.html Japanese language] notes with video
  
[http://handheldblog.wordpress.com/category/meggy-jr/ Review] from Das Handheldblog (German language)
 
  
[http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/musashino_proto/20091126_331055.html Japanese language] notes with video
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[http://nscientia.com/?q=blogs/luke-gane/review-meggy-jr-rgb-part-one Review] from NScientia    (No longer available.)
  
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[http://www.techlore.com/article/26484/Review-of-the-Meggy-Jr.-RGB-Handheld-Video-Game-Kit/ Review] from Techlore.com (No longer available.)
  
 
==General Info + Links:==
 
==General Info + Links:==
  
[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=927 General FAQ] - FAQ with lots of good info, read first.
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[[Meggy_Jr_RGB_FAQ|General FAQ]] - Meggy Jr RGB FAQ with lots of good info, read first.
 
 
[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1146 Original Link Forum Post] - post new Links to be added here, and look over some that may not have been added yet.
 
  
 
How to make a [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/MeggyCozy Meggy Cozy]
 
How to make a [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/MeggyCozy Meggy Cozy]
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How to [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/meggycable connect two Meggies] for dual game play
 
How to [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/meggycable connect two Meggies] for dual game play
  
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See all [http://luckyresistor.me/2014/11/14/all-meggy-jr-rgb-colors/ colors of the MeggyJr RGB display].
  
 
==Games:==
 
==Games:==
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[http://luckyresistor.me/2014/12/17/lucky-world-a-jumpnrun-game-for-meggyjr-rgb/ Lucky World – a full featured jump'n'run game]. This game has 16+ levels, canons, monsters, moving platforms, hidden portals and a nice presentation with an intro and level selection screen.
  
 
[http://www.revival-studios.com Revival Studios] -  Developer of various Meggy Jr games
 
[http://www.revival-studios.com Revival Studios] -  Developer of various Meggy Jr games
  
[http://fremde.org/about/arm-e Arm-E] - A twist on space invaders, with robotic arm goodness. Also includes a rudimentary actor and sound framework to make development a little simpler.
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[http://stevenread.com/supermonkeykong Super Monkey Kong] - Barrels upon barrels of Donkey Kong mayhem! ([http://meggy-jr-rgb.googlecode.com/files/MeggyJr_SuperMonkeyKong_1.1.pde Google Code Download])
 
 
[http://svn.simonratner.com/meggyjr/MeggyJr_Sapper/ Sapper] -  Mine sweeping game
 
 
 
[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=903 Ball_Buster] - Ping Pong and avoid type game
 
 
 
[http://methezerswanderlust.com/meggyjr/Meggy_Says_1_0.pde Meggy Says] - A nice version of Simon says for the Meggy.
 
 
 
[http://www.flippinbits.com/twiki/index.php?page=invaders Space Invaders] - A great game of space invaders([http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1168 Original Forum Post])([http://code.google.com/p/meggy-jr-rgb/source/browse/#svn/trunk/trunk/contributed/games/Invaders Google Code Download])
 
 
 
[http://www.flippinbits.com/twiki/index.php?page=meggy-development Flippin Bits site] - lots of good games and a simulator to boot
 
 
 
[http://www.stevenread.com/supermonkeykong Super Monkey Kong] - Barrels upon barrels of Donkey Kong mayhem! ([http://meggy-jr-rgb.googlecode.com/files/MeggyJr_SuperMonkeyKong_1.1.pde Google Code Download])
 
  
 
[http://code.google.com/p/makezine/downloads/list Dot] - Capture the sun and avoid getting rained on! (more info at the [http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/making_games_with_meggy_jr.html Make post])
 
[http://code.google.com/p/makezine/downloads/list Dot] - Capture the sun and avoid getting rained on! (more info at the [http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/making_games_with_meggy_jr.html Make post])
 
[http://rapidshare.com/files/220314546/MeggyJr_Begemmed.zip Begemmed] - Not feature-complete yet: there's no sound, it doesn't prevent illegal moves, and it doesn't check to see when there are no moves left and the game's over. But it is playable, so I thought I'd throw it out there for people to play with.
 
 
[http://roborant.info/main.do?entry=1462 Peg Solitare] - Centuries old game you will surely recognize.  Source provided so you can easily change the board from English to European.
 
 
[http://www.marsgate.net/meggy/downloads/Attack3 build 2010.01.04.zip Attack v3] - NOTE: this is NOT the new game that is included with the v1.4 library!  Based on the original Attack of the Cherry Tomatoes and enhanced by Emo Mosley.  Included features: score keeping, scrolling text, spare ships, laser and spare ship indicators, some more sounds. ([http://www.marsgate.net/meggy/ Project page])
 
  
 
[http://code.google.com/p/meggy-jr-rgb/downloads/list Google Code project site] - This is the main repository; Many other games including:  
 
[http://code.google.com/p/meggy-jr-rgb/downloads/list Google Code project site] - This is the main repository; Many other games including:  
 
* Ball Buster
 
* Ball Buster
* [http://www.flippinbits.com/twiki/index.php?page=gem Gem Keeper]
 
 
* Fireman Fireman
 
* Fireman Fireman
* [http://www.flippinbits.com/twiki/index.php?page=plasma-for-meggy Plasma] - although not technically a game, it is fun. (There is a secret version of Fireman Fireman that uses Plasma as a background, but you have to be really special to have it.)
 
 
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/meggycable MeggyChip] a game for two Meggies
 
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/meggycable MeggyChip] a game for two Meggies
  
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* Froggy Jr (Frogger clone)
 
* Froggy Jr (Frogger clone)
  
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==Alternative Driver Library for Game Development==
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There is an [http://luckyresistor.me/2014/11/13/a-new-library-for-meggy-jr-rgb/ alternative driver library] ([https://github.com/LuckyResistor/LRMeggyJr GitHub Page]) for v1.3 of MeggyJr RGB. This driver has the following features:
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* Minimal SRAM usage.
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* Display double buffering (no flickering even for slow drawing code).
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* Selectable application frame rate (15, 30, 60 or 120 FPS).
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* Loop to display synchronization.
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* Simple RGB color handling with Color class.
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* Advanced functions like scrolling and fading and sprites.
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* Comfortable button handling.
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* Interrupt based sound player, with notes and effects.
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* Load meter to graphically measure your loop performance or RAM usage.
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The library comes with a short documentation overview and has in detail API documentation in the code. It comes with a number of examples to demonstrate most of the features. The game [http://luckyresistor.me/2014/12/17/lucky-world-a-jumpnrun-game-for-meggyjr-rgb/ Lucky World] demonstrates all features of this library. It is open source (GPL v2), therefor you are invited to study every detail how the game was made.
  
 
==Non-game applications:==
 
==Non-game applications:==
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[http://code.google.com/p/mjsim/ mjsim] Simulator for AVR assembly code and emulator for the MeggyJr
  
 
[http://www.seancarney.ca/projects/meggy-jr-rgb/backup-restore-eeprom Backup & Restore EEPROM] - A simple way to save the contents of the EEPROM on your computer and load them back in later
 
[http://www.seancarney.ca/projects/meggy-jr-rgb/backup-restore-eeprom Backup & Restore EEPROM] - A simple way to save the contents of the EEPROM on your computer and load them back in later
  
 
[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/meggytwit MeggyTwit] - Scrolling-text Twitter reader for Meggy Jr RGB
 
[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/meggytwit MeggyTwit] - Scrolling-text Twitter reader for Meggy Jr RGB
 
[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1025 Color Cube] - Color switching program for the Meggy
 
  
 
[http://www.circumjacence.com/blog/archives/138 Color Life Game] - the game of life for Meggy, in full color!([http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1070 Forum Post])([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhmYpB7BbG0&feature=related Video])
 
[http://www.circumjacence.com/blog/archives/138 Color Life Game] - the game of life for Meggy, in full color!([http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1070 Forum Post])([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhmYpB7BbG0&feature=related Video])
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[http://www.solipsism.net/2009/03/meggyseq-10-info.html MeggySeq]: MeggySeq is a step sequencer which sends values over a serial connection to another device, such as an Arduino with a Wave Shield attached.
 
[http://www.solipsism.net/2009/03/meggyseq-10-info.html MeggySeq]: MeggySeq is a step sequencer which sends values over a serial connection to another device, such as an Arduino with a Wave Shield attached.
  
[http://tevans01.mysite.syr.edu/code/MeggyEtch.zip Meggy Etch] - A simple Etch-a-sketch program for Meggy.
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[http://www.seancarney.ca/projects/meggy-jr-rgb/meggy-synth Meggy Synth] - A simple step-based synthesizer for playing music on the speaker.
  
 
==Videos:==
 
==Videos:==
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[http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/making_games_with_meggy_jr.html Make Video and post by Collin]
 
[http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/making_games_with_meggy_jr.html Make Video and post by Collin]
  
[http://www.stevenread.com/supermonkeykong Super Monkey Kong Video]
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[http://stevenread.com/supermonkeykong Super Monkey Kong Video]

Latest revision as of 08:36, 19 December 2014

Independent Reviews of Meggy Jr RGB:[edit]

Review from JoeTech.com

Review from Das Handheldblog (German language)

Review from circumjacence.com (rehosted at archive.org)

Review from roborant.info (rehosted at archive.org)

Japanese language notes with video


Review from NScientia (No longer available.)

Review from Techlore.com (No longer available.)

General Info + Links:[edit]

General FAQ - Meggy Jr RGB FAQ with lots of good info, read first.

How to make a Meggy Cozy

MeggyCade Jr, a project to make Meggy into a tabletop arcade game.

How to connect two Meggies for dual game play

See all colors of the MeggyJr RGB display.

Games:[edit]

Lucky World – a full featured jump'n'run game. This game has 16+ levels, canons, monsters, moving platforms, hidden portals and a nice presentation with an intro and level selection screen.

Revival Studios - Developer of various Meggy Jr games

Super Monkey Kong - Barrels upon barrels of Donkey Kong mayhem! (Google Code Download)

Dot - Capture the sun and avoid getting rained on! (more info at the Make post)

Google Code project site - This is the main repository; Many other games including:

  • Ball Buster
  • Fireman Fireman
  • MeggyChip a game for two Meggies

Included with the Meggy Jr Library (v 1.4) (Available here):

Alternative Driver Library for Game Development[edit]

There is an alternative driver library (GitHub Page) for v1.3 of MeggyJr RGB. This driver has the following features:

  • Minimal SRAM usage.
  • Display double buffering (no flickering even for slow drawing code).
  • Selectable application frame rate (15, 30, 60 or 120 FPS).
  • Loop to display synchronization.
  • Simple RGB color handling with Color class.
  • Advanced functions like scrolling and fading and sprites.
  • Comfortable button handling.
  • Interrupt based sound player, with notes and effects.
  • Load meter to graphically measure your loop performance or RAM usage.

The library comes with a short documentation overview and has in detail API documentation in the code. It comes with a number of examples to demonstrate most of the features. The game Lucky World demonstrates all features of this library. It is open source (GPL v2), therefor you are invited to study every detail how the game was made.

Non-game applications:[edit]

mjsim Simulator for AVR assembly code and emulator for the MeggyJr

Backup & Restore EEPROM - A simple way to save the contents of the EEPROM on your computer and load them back in later

MeggyTwit - Scrolling-text Twitter reader for Meggy Jr RGB

Color Life Game - the game of life for Meggy, in full color!(Forum Post)(Video)

Meggy Jr Remote Push: Python script to draw to Meggy Jr. RGB a grid of colors stored on web server (requires Windell's MeggyJr_RemoteDraw Arduino sketch)

Included with the Meggy Jr Library (v 1.3) (Available here):

  • Meggy Brite (drawing app)
  • Binary Clock
  • ScrollText (readerboard app)

MeggySeq: MeggySeq is a step sequencer which sends values over a serial connection to another device, such as an Arduino with a Wave Shield attached.

Meggy Synth - A simple step-based synthesizer for playing music on the speaker.

Videos:[edit]

Sneggy - A snake game for Meggy Jr RGB

Time Lapse Build Video - (Direct Link)

Meggy Jr. Video

Another Meggy Jr. Video

Make Video and post by Collin

Super Monkey Kong Video