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Papilio Arcade

  • Announcing A Very Special Promotion: Papilio Arcade Combo $75 Blowout!

    Here at Gadget Factory, we are pleased to announce something along the lines of a Super Sale!  As of right now, we’re offering a combo promotion on our Papilio One 500k and the Arcade Megawing (when purchased together) for our lowest price ever – $74.99!  Normally valued at $109.99 for both, you won’t regret the savings in…

  • Alert! The New Papilio Arcade Website Is Now Live!

    Hey everyone!  Just a quick note that the Papilio Arcade website is now available at arcade.gadgetfactory.net! On the site, you’ll find videos, links to the User Guide, source code, links to purchase, and much, much more! Happy arcade-ing, and have a rad day. -the Gadget Factory Team Update:  the link above is now fixed –…

  • Papilio Arcade MegaWing Now On Sale At Seeed Studio For $19.99

    Here at Gadget Factory we’re getting a little into the holiday spirit , and are happy to announce that the Papilio Arcade MegaWing is on sale for a special promotional price of only $19.99, down from $34.99 at Seeed Studio!  This is a limited-time promotion – get yours now while supplies last!  If you already own…

  • Papilio Arcade User Guide v1.2 Available For Download!

    Hi ho!  We are pleased to announce that the Papilio Arcade now has an updated user guide (version 1.2) available for download! The new guide reflects additional games that are now supported, quickstart guides for ZPUino and Zetris for all you homebrew and indie game developers, more comprehensive information about the Arcade Megawing hardware itself, three…

  • Virtual 7-Segment Display Generator for the Papilio Arcade

      Here’s some more user-contributed code from reader Alex, this time on making a virtual 7-segment display on the Papilio Arcade in VHDL. The 7-segment display is outputted to VGA, and can be used to superimpose alphanumeric characters on top of any video already coming out on VGA.  The position, size, and color of the…

  • Classic Cabinet Joystick with Papilio Arcade kit

    The Papilio Arcade kit is designed to quickly and easily connect Atari 2600 and Commodore style digital joysticks. But what if you want a more authentic control experience? No problem, it is a breeze to wire up classic arcade joysticks and buttons to the DB9 connector. This video shows a classic arcade joystick in action.

  • Papilio Arcade Prototype

    Here is a look at the prototype hardware for the under development Papilio Arcade kit. We have the prototype to a point that proves it works but are looking for any input, suggestions, and help with finalizing this Open Source design. Visit the Papilio Arcade discussion forum for updates, new schematics, preliminary documentation, and everything…