View Full Version : Robot plays SMB
CosmicMonkey
05-08-2006, 10:20 AM
NO, really. (http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/26/lego-robot-plays-super-mario-bros-and-wins/)
I'd be interested to see if they could get it to play Gyromite. Just for the paradox that is a robot vs. another robot (ROB).
Ed Oscuro
05-08-2006, 10:34 AM
Awesome, but note that the robot is simply pressing the buttons based on a timer, not actually "playing" the game. The process is basically the same as playing back a ZSNES movie, or using the Famicom peripheral which records input for later playback.
LOL at the Gyromite suggestion.
jajaja
05-08-2006, 10:38 AM
Is there a movie somewhere? All i see is a red cross, like dead picture link. But ye, i aslo thought about pushing buttons on timer. Since the enemies comes at the exact same spot everytime you play it shouldnt be that hard to make. Still very cool tho :)
Ed Oscuro
05-08-2006, 10:47 AM
There's two links right after the text of the article labeled "Read," which lead to some other information.
jcalder8
05-08-2006, 11:36 AM
Thats pretty neat but it would have been better if it actually played the game
LocalH
05-08-2006, 02:07 PM
That's awesome. If it could be synchronized exactly to the vertical blank, it could be used to play back some tool-assisted speedruns on actual hardware.
christhegamer
05-08-2006, 06:57 PM
I wonder what that place is in the background (ya know the warehousish place w/ a lotta chairs). could it be a rec cnter. god, I wish my after-school club had a NES... or people who respected it, for that matter :( but, then again, I never go there anyways ;)
Personally I'm not too impressed. I've seen a cat play super Mario bros before.
whoisKeel
05-09-2006, 12:24 AM
I like it. Of course the robot is programmed to hit the buttons in a certain sequence, I thought that was a given even before clicking the link.
I like the guys webpage:
THE CROWDS WERE HUGE AND BOISTEROUS, WITH OUR NINTENDO PLAYING ROBOT CLEARLY DRAWING THE MOST FANS...
...and there's like 3 guys staring at the screen with blank looks.
Snapple
05-09-2006, 12:48 AM
I like it. Of course the robot is programmed to hit the buttons in a certain sequence, I thought that was a given even before clicking the link.
Well, if you could train a robot how to play games without knowing the levels beforehand, that would be very impressive.
I have a couple dozen key-press movies on my harddrive, where my computer can play a game without any input from me, and they're not actual "movies." It's exactly the same thing as what the robot is doing here, so I thought it might be more than that.