Stream my games

I've heard of stream my games before but I've never really thought to much of it. Now that I spent some time using it I really gotten into the idea of using the program. If you are not aware of what stream my games is, it is a program that allows you to stream a game your playing from one computer to another in your LAN or just through the internet. I haven't had the chance to try that yet, all I've been having fun is with the video capturing. Stream my games works by converting your display into a mp4 format that is transmitted. This enables you to make movies, allow others to stream you playing your game and it allows you to play your games from a secondary computer. I think the idea would be pretty cool to try with a netbook. I only have the free account so there is a limit to the maximum resolution that i can stream. It is a pretty low resolution but still pretty cool. Here's a video that I was able to capture and post on youtube of me playing some left 4 dead which is the reason why I don't post that much. This game is just to much fun.

Mame Bar

I've been pretty busy recently with school starting again, so I've had little time to post. I had found this site a while ago of a pretty kick ass looking MAME bar. MAME stands for multiple arcade machine emulator if you didn't know. With MAME you can play any of your favorite arcade games, new or old. I have considered making my own arcade system cabinet and all but nothing has come from that yet. I do have a giant bunch of Roms at the ready. This is an interesting take on a MAME machine in which hes integrated it into his bar. Very cool but you don't get the true fell of an arcade if you ask me. Still pretty cool to check out if you ask me. The site can been seen here. Keep building.

Build: Game Man

I would like to make sure that everyone knows about this amazing DIY project that I've just so happened to stumble upon while searching the Internet. It's a giant sized original game boy. The impressive little device is called the Game Man and it was created by one Jeff Hermann of which you can see his site here. I recommend checking out some of his pictures that he took during the build because there was a lot of work that went into it.

The entire build is based upon an old Pentium 200 computer and a game boy emulator. The time spent on the detailing and the craftsmanship is very impressive. The entire body is made out of wood. I have no idea why anyone would want a giant game boy but i think that it is an amazing idea, even the power cord is in the same place as it should be, and I've considered following in his footsteps but making so minor changes to his build.

One thing that I don't really like about his build is the way that the game cartridges work. He has these giant amazing looking cartridges that when the are connected into the Game Man the connected a switch that loads the specific ROM. The problem with this is that the are only so many switch that he can place on the inside of the Game Man (I believe that he has used 5). I think it would be interesting to make each cartridge a cheap usb drive that some metal plates that make connect, plates both for the Game Man and plates for the games them selves. The game plates can then be soldered to usb drive and the plates for the Game Man soldered to the female end of the usb for the computer. This maybe be more hard work more then anything but its just an initial idea. I would also be interested in each game being bunch of Roms from a specific system rather then just one game. I no it sorta takes away from the entire Game Boy idea but I think I would be interesting that way. I still have no idea how hes managed to get the buttons on the Game Man to work and his hasn't fully describe that off of his website. Anyways I just thought to mention it because I really think it is an amazing build, It has really sparked my interest into making ridiculously large old video game systems. Maybe a large Sega Game Gear should be in the works? Anyways that all I have to say, keep on building.