A player has shown great effort and patience in assembling his RGB lighting. The installed LEDs create an animation that pays tribute to a 43-year-old video game. The community is thrilled.
Many gamers use LED lighting in their PCs to give them the final touch for a cool design. Often, the RGB lights glow uniformly in one color or pulse in a certain spectrum of colors.
What a Reddit user has built goes far beyond the normal setup. He shows that with passion and a lot of patience, impressive LED animations can be created. His moving image of Pac-Man leaves other players in awe. At the same time, it is a great way to honor one of the most famous video games in history.
LED lighting as a tribute to one of the most influential video game characters in history
What has the gamer created with his LEDs? The Reddit user shaolin95 has integrated LED lighting from various manufacturers into his gaming PC and connected them together. The View 71 case from Thermaltake already featured fans with RGB lights. Additionally, he used products from the brands Corsair and LED-Matrix.
In this combination, he managed to turn his gaming PC into a kind of small movie screen. A video in his post on Reddit shows how the video game character Pac-Man moves from left to right and back. The animations are based on the eponymous video game. The game was originally released in 1980 in Japan as “Puck Man” for arcade machines.
How did he go about it? In order to control all the LEDs uniformly, shaolin95 relied on a single program. With the help of the app SignalRGB, he was able to address all LEDs simultaneously. This way, uniform synchronization of all installed products was possible. He also watched tutorial videos to better understand how SignalRGB works.
Anyone who has ever tried to coordinate the entire RGB lighting in their gaming PC knows how much effort it can take. Often, manufacturers provide their own software with their LED products for controlling the lighting. The RGB LEDs can then only be fully controlled with these manufacturer-specific tools.
How much effort did the synchronization take? The player has not provided exact information about the time effort involved. However, he emphasizes that he had to bring a lot of patience until everything worked as planned. He did not feel any stress during this. He says: It was like fiddling with a bonsai for relaxation
It is clear that shaolin95 is a fan of tidy gaming PCs and is also willing to spend the necessary time for it. There are also gamers who have 17 fans in their PC and forgo proper cable management.
In addition, he has already synchronized his mouse and keyboard with the LED lighting of his gaming PC. Unfortunately, he has not published any pictures or videos of that. Since he finds this topic relaxing, he wants to take it one step further. According to his own statement, he now plans to equip his room with RGB lights from the manufacturer Twinkly.
What does the community say about the LED design? The community is thrilled. The comments are full of praise for his work.
- HotMaleEmail commented via Reddit:
I’m not a fan of RGB, but this is damn cool. Well done.
- supernewtrader writes:
I didn’t even know that was possible. So cool.
What do you think of this LED lighting? Are you also impressed or can you not get along with colorful RGB lights?
