Reddit user JamHamster has done this lovely retro emulator build out of an audio cassette and a Pi Zero W. The entire underside is a heatsink made out of aluminium (which is a bit of an overkill for a Zero,…
Giles Booth has written up a great educational project that involves using a micro:bit to show you how a CPU/processor works. This is what he said about his intentions: I decided my micro:bit CPU would be a 5-bit computer, rather…
Happy New Year everybody! The owner of FacelessTech wanted a small retro gaming console so he turned to the Raspberry Pi Zero. He designed a custom circuit board to house the control buttons, taking inspiration from Wonky Resistor’s ScoreZero. He…
Matthias Ladkau has created a portable retro gaming machine using a Raspberry Pi 3 and a custom-designed 3D-printed case. He’s called it the Spieljunge. It runs RetroPie to emulate loads of gaming machines and features a variety of small 3D-printed…
I follow PJ Evans on Twitter and he posted up a picture of his latest project: an Atari 2600 console made out of a Raspberry Pi Zero embedded in an Atari game cartridge. He has since blog-posted an account of the…
When creating your own RetroPie gaming system, it can often be difficult to decide which of the 1000s of available games to install on your SD card. Matt, from Raspberry Pi Spy, has compiled a list of some of his favourites.…
Last year, Raspberry Pi teamed up with Trinket to launch a SenseHAT emulator. This emulator, which works in your browser, has now been updated. They’ve added the ability to mimic the movement sensors on-board a real SenseHAT. They’ve also added a…
Self-described “avid hacker” Adam Ringwood has taken realism to new heights by connecting his real car up to a game of Mario Kart 64, running on a laptop. The reading of OBD-II telemetry data from the car’s onboard computer is done…
Recently announced on Kickstarter, the Raspi Boy is a handheld, battery-powered, Raspberry Pi-driven retro gaming console. It comes as a pre-soldered kit to assemble, with a moulded case and custom circuit board. It doesn’t come with a Raspberry Pi Zero…
A few weeks ago, the Foundation launched a SenseHAT emulator that worked over your web browser. Given that many Pis are used offline, and also that there are still many older Pis out there that aren’t powerful enough to use…
