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Pagz
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The year was 1984, I was 5 years old, and I knew my future. Without any doubt in my mind, I knew what I was meant to do, the thing that I was born to do. I was a Ghostbuster. I spent the next 5 years preparing. Countless afternoons and Saturday mornings spent watching training programs cleverly disguised as cartoons. The fruitless trips to the library, which never had a copy of Toben’s Spirit Guide.
My life was a clear path, at the end of which was Ghostbusting. Surely I would grow up to ensnare the living impaired within traps and then deposit them into a laser containment unit. Not once did I ever question the veracity of this plan. Unfortunately, the trash compactor of reality crushed my fragile spirit at the tender age of 10 with the release of Ghostbusters II. You see, as plausible as Ghostbusting and the related technology had seemed to me previously, the sequel made it clear to me that ghostbusting as a profession was a work of total fiction.
Ever since that horrible realization, I’ve floated aimlessly through my existence, seeking but never finding the meaning and direction of purpose that I once possessed. I’ve learned to live with the pain, but every year, on October the 31st, that old wound re-opens. Halloween, the most ghostbustin’est day of the year. Don’t cry for me kids, I’m already dead. Which makes me some kind of zombie. BBRRAAAAIIINNNSSSS!
Not this year though. This year I'm taking it back. This year my childhood dreams will come as close to reality as is humanly possible. I am currently in the process of builiding a replica Proton Pack and other ghostbusting gear in an effort to make Halloween 2009 the best Halloween ever. And so we finally arrive at:
The Point!
I am making a PKE Meter for this costume and I'd like to use a GBA screen as the display. Idealy I want the display to be showing something appropriate. My initial thoughts were something along the lines of a graphic equalizer or the Aliens Motion Tracker. Alas I don't have the skills that guy does, so I turn now to you. Does anyone have any suggestions for an existing GBA game that has something appropriate? A pause screen or inventory screen or something of the like. It needs to be something I can leave for extended periods without having the game kill me.
I know I can count on you guys. Post any thoughts or suggestions below. Thanks everyone.
My life was a clear path, at the end of which was Ghostbusting. Surely I would grow up to ensnare the living impaired within traps and then deposit them into a laser containment unit. Not once did I ever question the veracity of this plan. Unfortunately, the trash compactor of reality crushed my fragile spirit at the tender age of 10 with the release of Ghostbusters II. You see, as plausible as Ghostbusting and the related technology had seemed to me previously, the sequel made it clear to me that ghostbusting as a profession was a work of total fiction.
Ever since that horrible realization, I’ve floated aimlessly through my existence, seeking but never finding the meaning and direction of purpose that I once possessed. I’ve learned to live with the pain, but every year, on October the 31st, that old wound re-opens. Halloween, the most ghostbustin’est day of the year. Don’t cry for me kids, I’m already dead. Which makes me some kind of zombie. BBRRAAAAIIINNNSSSS!
Not this year though. This year I'm taking it back. This year my childhood dreams will come as close to reality as is humanly possible. I am currently in the process of builiding a replica Proton Pack and other ghostbusting gear in an effort to make Halloween 2009 the best Halloween ever. And so we finally arrive at:
The Point!
I am making a PKE Meter for this costume and I'd like to use a GBA screen as the display. Idealy I want the display to be showing something appropriate. My initial thoughts were something along the lines of a graphic equalizer or the Aliens Motion Tracker. Alas I don't have the skills that guy does, so I turn now to you. Does anyone have any suggestions for an existing GBA game that has something appropriate? A pause screen or inventory screen or something of the like. It needs to be something I can leave for extended periods without having the game kill me.
I know I can count on you guys. Post any thoughts or suggestions below. Thanks everyone.
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You could also use an old cell-phone screen with that animation set on the screen saver.
If you're set on the GBA homebrew. You could theoretically just put that onto a homebrew cart.
I agree with Figgy - OP, are you looking for a fixed image or a moving image?
If they're fixed, how small/thin are digital photo frames?
If moving, hmmm... that can get a bit more complicated.
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Preferably I want an animated image to create the illusion that the PKE meter is working. Doesn't truly matter what that image is, I merely included that alien video because it's sweet and exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for.
Keep the suggestions coming, it's all appreciated
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An old PDA is an excellent idea though, because I'm sure you could find one for reaaaaally cheap. Also.. you could have it make the sounds!