I did the same for my office and bought used LAWO flipdot panels for this. Screenshot of the thing here: <a href="https://github.com/aivju/flipdotz" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/aivju/flipdotz</a>
They've been slowly replacing the flip-disc displays on the buses where I live with LEDs and LCD panels which has been such a shame. There is a beautiful mechanical satisfaction to a panel of flip-discs inverting and I genuinely find them easier to read.
I'd like to see someone play DOOM (or any game, really) using that flip disc screen!
Tetris seems like a good fit -- given the frame to frame changes are minimal adjacent pixels, the responsiveness should be acceptable
I was thinking of Bad Apple!![1], but maybe that's too niche.<p>1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8</a>
Not niche enough :) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NXSMdUH_Cg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NXSMdUH_Cg</a>
You made me wonder just how often Touhou is even mentioned on HN, so I did a quick search and... less than 15 results! (not counting dupes).<p>Niche indeed...
I bought a flip dot display on eBay and now I am stuck with the old thing and my lack of knowledge to make it work. Here's a great resource about technical details (only German though) <a href="https://radow.org/flip-dot.php" rel="nofollow">https://radow.org/flip-dot.php</a><p>EDIT: "They have high readability, a long lifespan, and achieves anywhere between 25-60fps" - I think you can't achieve 60fps with a flip dot display.
This is insanely cool, the noise they make is also really satisfying!<p>What was the cost/time breakdown of the entire project because the flipdisc prices are hidden behind quotes and it seems like it would take quite a lot of time to complete the whole display!
Is the last photo on that page, describing the cabling, a screenshot of another photo displayed using flipdiscs? that is a whole lot of discs!!