Sep 22 2008DIY: Your Own Sweet Laser Tag Setup
Let's face it, no other sport has as high a PEW PEW PEW factor as good old fashioned laser tag. Unfortunately, a quality rig is pretty expensive. So what's a boy to do? Simple, make your own.
This homebrew LaserTag game uses a cheap laser pointer combined with a toy gun and a PIC16F628A microcontroller that connects up to a piezo transducer which is used for producing various beeps. The 5 pin header plug at the bottom of the device is used to connect to a programmer for in-circuit programming.
As cool as this system looks, there's just no way it compares to the feeling you get when braining an opponent with a Mag-lite.
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Reader Comments
1. First - September 22, 2008 3:50 PM
JE SUIS LE CHAMPION
2. Miles - September 22, 2008 3:57 PM
*yawn*
3. PEWPEWPEW - September 22, 2008 4:02 PM
PEWPEW!! mother truckers!!!!
4. pillow pants - September 22, 2008 4:05 PM
DIY?
Do it yourself...
Getting that tattoo'd on my hand...
5. Mr. Man - September 22, 2008 4:07 PM
@4 nice!
6. Thumperchica - September 22, 2008 4:22 PM
@4 wouldn't your @ss gat jealous?
7. Madgame - September 22, 2008 4:29 PM
Isn't laser tag from the 80's? Are they really that expensive? Really?
8. The Superficial Writer - September 22, 2008 4:36 PM
Mag-lite: It's what's for dinner.
9. DigitalT - September 22, 2008 4:38 PM
Honestly I dont know what to say. I do know if I saw some kids out in the yard playing with that I would just have to stop and give a quick roundhouse kick.
10. Gingersnapz - September 22, 2008 5:02 PM
This thing is a serious anti-poon
11. none - September 22, 2008 7:21 PM
god. the things people do
12. Ginormagantuan - September 23, 2008 1:47 AM
Kinda cool........ I would prefer paintball though the whole getting hit by an actual thing concept is cooler to me i guess.
13. Jave - September 23, 2008 2:00 AM
Keep that laser away from my nether regions!
14. Muryu - September 23, 2008 4:47 AM
why not just play tag on shrooms like a normal kid?
15. Redizon - September 24, 2008 3:17 AM
I first read that as taser tag... somewhat disappointed now :(