Hey All!
This is my first post, although I have lurked for a long time. Thanks for having such a great community!
I am building a sort of mad-scientist pack - not meant to be movie-accurate. I work with kids in a center where we do therapy. I have a couple of old, fairly powerful computer speakers that I’ve driven with a 12V battery, fed by a soundboard app on my iphone. There are a number of more elegant ways to do this (I have shaken with awe at the pre-programmed chips I’ve seen online). Essentially I wanted to finish the project mostly with stuff I already have available but have fun results and get to model and tinker.
Also I want to impress the kids.
Anyway, my favorite part so far has been extracting the sound files from the GB PC game. Basically got the power-up sound and the stream loop, as well as the Slimer “taunt”, “laugh”, “flee” and “trapped” noises, without all the fuss of sound quality issues id’ve had if I had captured it from the film. With the bass turned up high on the speakers the “power up” sound almost brought a tear to my eye. Anyways, I’ll let you know how the build progresses as I accomplish stuff, if anyone is interested.
I wonder if there is a good way to e.g. project from a wand-style projector a Slimer image. Maybe print onto mylar a negative image and tape it onto the front of a flashlight. Lame, but would probably impress small kids.
Anybody done anything like this before?