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EUzebox

The Uzebox is a retro-minimalist homebrew game console. It is based on an AVR 8-bit general purpose microcontroller made by Atmel. The particularity of the system is that it's based on an interrupt driven kernel and has no frame buffer. Functions such as video sync generation, tile rendering and music mixing is done realtime by a background task so games can easily be developed in C. The design goal was to be as simple as possible yet have good enough sound and graphics while leaving enough resources to implement interesting games. Emphasis was put on making it easy and fun to assemble and program for any hobbyists. The final design contains only two chips: an ATmega644 and an AD725 RGB-to-NTSC converter.

Uzebox Project Pages

• Project Homepage
• Forums
• News Blog
• Facebook Page
• Twitter feed
• Schematic Downloads
• Sources
• Tool Binaries
• Uzebox Wikipedia Entry

Games & Demos

• List of Games
• Official SD Images

Documentation

• API Functions
• API Types
• AVR Bootloader FAQ
• C language resources
• Uzebox FAQ
• French Translation
• Getting Started on the Uzebox
• How it Works (PDF)
• Troubleshooting
• Video Modes

Tools

• AVRdude: AVR Flashing command line tool
• Eclipse Development Environment
• Emulator
• Gconvert: Tile Graphics Converter
• Layer Export GIMP Script
• LePlatz: Platz Level Editor
• Mode 7 multiplexer
• Packrom: .HEX to .UZE converter
• Pixen: bitmap graphics editor for OS X
• grafx2: bitmap graphics editor, multiplatform
• Platz: Platformer Toolset
• Python Script for Generating Tile Data
• MilkyTracker: .mod/.s3m/.it chiptune editor
• Tiled Map Editor
• Tile Studio: Bitmap Graphic Editor and Tile Map editor. Tile Studio Tutorial: Part 1 and Part 2.
• PyxelEdit: Bitmap Graphic Editor and Tile Map editor (With zoom on tileset)
• Emscripten - How to compile Uzem into JavaScript (to play Uzebox games directly inside a web page)
• Uzebox Patch Studio: Create, preview, and mix sound effects directly on your PC!

Resources

• Font Bitmaps
• Sound Patches and Effects

Help, Tips & Tutorials

• Animating Oscillations
• Assembler Tips
• AVR Hardware Programming
• Calling the Emulator in AVRStudio
• C Tips, Tricks and Optimizations
• Controller Event Handling
• Creating new Uzebox Game Projects
• Exporting Gimp Layers in a Strip
• Generating Tiles and Maps with gconvert
• Hello World (Uzebox style)
• How I write Uzebox Games
• How Video Modes Work
• Jhysaun's Tutorial-a-Day
• Mac OS X Specific
• Mode 7 Encoding
• PCB Making Tutorials
• SD Card Troubleshooting
• Sound and Music Resources
• Source Control (Windows, Linux, Mac)
• Uzebox_Tutorials_And_Such - Many new tutorials covering many topics from beginning to end.
• Uzebox Pixel-Art with Gimp
• Video Generation
• Weber's Rants

Guidelines and Best Practices

• SD Data File Best Practices
• Versions and Releases(Guideline)
• Wiki Edition Guidelines

Hardware

• Uzebox JAMMA virtual DIP switch configuration
• Uzebox JAMMA controller pin allocation
• Uzebox JAMMA EEPROM block ID Reservation List
• ATmega644 Pin Allocation
• ATmega644 Fuse Settings
• Uzebox SCART Interface
• Uzebox Keyboard
• Uzebox Mouse
• Uzebox 128+
• Uzenet
• ESP8266
• Expansion Port
• UART
• RGB HDMI Video
• SPI Ram

Other

• EEPROM Block ID Reservation List
• EUzebox TV compatibly List
• FAT16 Research
• Homemade Uzeboxes & derived projects
• SD Card Compatibility List
• SD Save Sector Reservation List
• To do list
• To do list (Uzebox JAMMA)

Related Projects Links

• Euzebox Homepage
• Zuzebox Homepage
• Fuzebox Homepage

License & Copyrights

All content on this WIKI is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

The Uzebox hardware design, kernel, API, tools and emulator are licensed under a GNU GPL 3.0 Public License.