After some experimenting with a Freetronics Eleven board, Australian technologist Julius Roberts rose to the challenge of making something more than a blinking light display and instead came up with his "TINY" game. Using a 5 x 5 LED matrix as a display, you can play a game that involves moving your player left and right and shooting objects that appear at the top of the display. Considering the resolution of the matrix, the game plays very well. For example:
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