Vtech Innotab Homebrew

[is0-mick]

I started having a go at doing some homebrew on the thing, and thought scummVM would be a good choice due to kids games available such as putt-putt, fatty bear, etc

Work in progress, no input or sound as yet...

(this is my dev unit that I bought with a cracked screen)




Mick

[raelmadrid]

i was playing day of the tentacle on my ipad the other day funnily enough

great work!

[plug1]

I got my youngest kid one for Xmas and he ain't touched it , looks like its screwdriver time ,
any links or info would be cool.

Plug.

[is0-mick]

I've managed to get touch screen input working last night (well 1:50am so I suppose it was early this morning ), still need to sort out some graphics issues and the sound...

Mick

[is0-mick]

More progress!!



Still need to tidy up the code a little, and see if I can stretch the video to full screen.. But seems to be running!!

Mick

[is0-mick]

Thought I'd try this for a laugh...



Would be a bit hard to control though..

Mick

[is0-mick]

Update:

I worked out how to use the Innotab's accelerometer, now you can play it by tilting the innotab



Mick

[losttoy]

Neat stuff mate. The missis is getting one for the youngest so I might get her to pick up an extra one as she says they're on sale at the moment on amazon. Have you made any more progress?

[cdoty]

Excellent work. I played Day of the Tentacle on the InnoTab, and it ran nicely.

[is0-mick]

Neat stuff mate. The missis is getting one for the youngest so I might get her to pick up an extra one as she says they're on sale at the moment on amazon. Have you made any more progress?

Yeah, made quite a bit of progress with it, although I've not touched it for a couple of weeks now...

I tried porting an atari emulator to it, but it ran a bit too slow 43% of full speed I may have been able to speed it up but I'd have to implement the hardware blitter which I think would be a bit too much work at the moment.

It is also possible to backup the cartridges to the SD card, so they don't get damaged by the little ones...

Mick

[losttoy]

Sweet, will keep an eye on this. not had anything much to play around with for a while. I'd appreciate the backup info when you have the time Cheers

[dainese]

Searched all over for 'info' on these innotabs since we have one. Every source comes back to Mick! Would love to know how to back-up the cartridges or anything else it can do without destroying the thing

[liveseytowers]

I'd be interested on some more info on how to homebrew these as well. I've had a google but haven't found any info.

[is0-mick]

Theres a bit info on elinux.org, which explains the brief outline of running your own stuff.

But feel free to let me know what you want to do, and I'll see if I can help..

Mick

[cdoty]

Is there any relation between the InnoTab and the MobiGo?

[is0-mick]

Not sure, never really see one.. does it take SD cards? any photo's of inside of one?

Been working on the innotab2 the last couple of weeks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqC-6lRpJ4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrToq7Guy6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmkzEK9I0w

Mick

[gavster26]

Not sure, never really see one.. does it take SD cards? any photo's of inside of one?

Been working on the innotab2 the last couple of weeks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqC-6lRpJ4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrToq7Guy6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmkzEK9I0w

Mick

Hi i have just bought my daughter an innotab2. im a regular on XDA Developers is the unit linux based if so would android firmware be possible to flash as android is linux based.

[is0-mick]

Hi i have just bought my daughter an innotab2. im a regular on XDA Developers is the unit linux based if so would android firmware be possible to flash as android is linux based.

Only problem is the innotab only has 32k ram, and 166mhz processor

Mick

[gavster26]

can the processor not be over clocked. an early firmware like 1.6 donut - 2.2 froyo with a custom kernel might work ok. i have an android phone with 600mhz processor and 185mb of ram running firmware built for 2.5ghz processor and 2gb of ram. which is a massive difference between the two. i will download an early cyanogenmod source code and investigate.

[blaggard]

can the processor not be over clocked. an early firmware like 1.6 donut - 2.2 froyo with a custom kernel might work ok. i have an android phone with 600mhz processor and 185mb of ram running firmware built for 2.5ghz processor and 2gb of ram. which is a massive difference between the two. i will download an early cyanogenmod source code and investigate.

glad to see you contributing, would have been nice to see an intro in the correct section, please read the rules......