Getting Started: The Electronics
Displays:
I knew from the beginning that the cylinder mechanical
movement had to go. Not that I couldn't reproduce it, but there
are better alternatives today. One of the main advantages of
most modern electronics having LCD displays, is the fact that
the price of the displays have come way down compared to
where it was even 5 years ago. A display that would have cost
you $150 then can easily be bought for as little as $30 today. So
in keeping to the look and feel of the original tower, I would use
3 LCDs to display the images required for game play. Because I
am not constrained by the physical size of a cylinder, this will
allow me to add additional images that would help with game
play for my younger grandkids. It will save them from having to
dig through the manual and reminds them of things that need to
be done.
