The usual trio of Kevie, Andrew (when tore himself away from his telescope) and Dave are joined by Al, from the Admin Admin podcast, and have a show dedicated to retro gaming.
We start with our useful roundup from distrowatch.
Al and Dave review the Data frog handheld game console. Here’s a link to a GitHub repo with a whole raft of information relating to the console.
Andrew talks about his recent fun in playing around with Defender, built from the original assembly source code.
Kevie created a Pi powered retro gaming console, that was heavily inspired by the SNES.
The links for the parts and total costs involved in this project was:
- SuperPi Case: £22.50
- Retroflag Controller (x2): £27
- Pi 4 Model B: £75
- Heatsinks: £3.50
- 30mm Fan: £3
- Power Supply: £9
- HDMI Adapter: £4
- 64GB MicroSD Card: £7.50
- Total price: £151.50
Along with the usual mix of Creative Commons Music:
- Suzy E – Never look back
- Morrisframe – Larger Than Life
- Matthew Mike Cole – The Wheels on the Bus
- KERRY – Get me a doctor
- Prettyhowtown – Hydrogen Beta (original version)
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