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What am I supposed to build?

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The Hack Like Heck Competition

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Just to clarify - if you accept the challenge because you think you can Hack Like Heck - you're being asked to build a portable gaming device (in two weeks time).

 

Why?  Because, as Felix says at https://youtu.be/x0EGnydxxf4?t=15  - the Community asked for a portable version of the SNES Mini.

 

But Ben didn't like that idea, as he explains here:  https://youtu.be/x0EGnydxxf4?t=22

 

So he ended up building the Pi No HDMI MAME as featured in these episodes :

Episode 322: Rasp Pi No HDMI - Portable MAME Part 1

Episode 328: Rasp Pi No HDMI - Portable MAME Part 2

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  • I understand what we are supposed to build, but now I have a question on what we are allowed to build after reading the T&C's – specifically about placing the Organiser at risk of being sued over use of IP.

     

    Originally, my thought was to give the original viewer something closer to what they were asking for. I agree with Ben saying that the SNES mini is mostly too big to make portable (HDMI doesn't concern me that much, but maybe I can bring the unused HDMI port out for connecting a TV screen instead). However I was thinking of making a build stylised as a SNES controller with the screen from the (potentially) provided BOM built in, along side a Raspberry Pi Zero. That way most SNES games can be emulated, but you still have the lovely retro vibe in what you are holding as well.

     

    Now I am starting to wonder if concerns over IP are why Ben doesn't do this himself? Will this be allowed to be entered into the contest?

  • in reply to binaryben

    Hi Benny:
    I think - based on your question - that there aren't any IP concerns. . . Ben has been modified contollers for years, many for single-handed use, and we've never had any IP concerns raised.

    We understand that you are modding something - not representing it as your own IP. . .

     

    Does that help?

  • in reply to kellyhensen

    Thanks Kelly. For the most part - yeh that helps clarify things. The only potential concern is that I would be building my controller from scratch rather than modding an existing one, but also designing it to look like an existing SNES controller.

     

    From what you've said though, it sounds like that still won't be a problem if IP concerns haven't come up from Ben's builds – plus I certainly won't be trying to claim the classic design as my own original creation!

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  • in reply to kellyhensen

    Thanks Kelly. For the most part - yeh that helps clarify things. The only potential concern is that I would be building my controller from scratch rather than modding an existing one, but also designing it to look like an existing SNES controller.

     

    From what you've said though, it sounds like that still won't be a problem if IP concerns haven't come up from Ben's builds – plus I certainly won't be trying to claim the classic design as my own original creation!

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