Papilio Arcade

  • 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…

  • Translating Verilog to VHDL for Galaxian

    A little while back, we received some user contributed code from reader and Papilio user Alex, for converting Verilog code to VHDL.  The article illustrates the conversion for the game Galaxian.  If you’re learning VHDL, or are interested in Verilog to VHDL conversion, Alex’s article lays it  out nicely for you with examples from Katsumi Degawa’s Galaxian FPGA project. With…