Jeph

I think the title should be 'The Queue: Roflstomping bosses in patch 3.0.2' nor 4.0.2...

4.0.2 is the only reason I opened it :(

Read: "DSiWare"

No Cart

This article is missing the main point. Why is this cool? Leaving the reader confused and posting ignorant comments like "GAME BOY COLOR DID IT".

There is no accelerometer in the DSi, there is no GBA cart in the DSi, and they are going to be releasing this technology as a DSWare game, so no added hardware is needed.

That means they MUST be using the camera to determine which way the console is tilted, and that...

is kind of cool.

can't you guys do simple math? it started at 459 MB and now it's 656MB, so it must be 1.1GB total... Jeeze.

Yes... I'm a programmer.
Yes... I know that making it recognize dice numbers could be hard.
No... it's not impossible. Especially for a demo, they'd only have to make it work with the dice they're using.

I don't think you follow here... it's not like you're throwing a coffee mug on the surface. The surface is just a surface, the cameras are UNDER it. In no way could you ever damage the cameras by rolling a die on the surface. And I think the surface could handle even a 100 sided die with out damage.

@Prestidigitator: There are (I believe) 5 cameras inside the unit, looking up at the surface. So I guess what you're saying is that 6 on the bottom of the die means 7 is showing?

@Dave: Thanks! haha

Note: Surface isn't a touch screen (for all intensive purposes). It uses an array of cameras to determine what is on/touching the surface.

So it makes me wonder, why not roll a real 20 sided? the surface could find the number, and then figure out what's showing at the top of the die based on what it sees on the bottom...

I've done the surface development demo, so I know this is totally possible... But they had to have tried that, right?

kthx

^^idiot

^^ And so are you!