(^154) The Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book raspberrypi.org/magpi
Feature
ortable gaming has been hugely
popular ever since the Nintendo
Game Boy was released in the
late eighties. Building on the work of the
Game & Watch LCD games, the Game
Boy allowed you to take one machine
wherever you went. It played a multitude
of games via handy cartridges filled with
code, including video game classics such
as Tetris, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s
Awakening, and Pokémon.
Since then, handheld gaming and
computers have evolved. Mobile phones
have become a great source for providing
quick hits, while Nintendo is going all
out with its hybrid Switch system. On
the computing side, processing power
has advanced to such a degree that
the Raspberry Pi is powerful enough
to emulate several popular retro home
consoles, while also being small enough
to carry around.
This is why the PiGRRL projects
from Adafruit are popular: handheld,
old‑school consoles you can use on the
go. There are many versions of them,
based on everything from original models
of the Raspberry Pi to the Pi Zero.
With the release of the Pi Zero W, these
projects can go even further thanks to the
built‑in wireless LAN, and it also leaves
more space for a bigger battery. And a
bigger battery means longer play time. In
this guide, we’re going to show you how
to take the PiGRRL 2 and do just this. Grab
your work dungarees and let’s‑a go!
Build upon Adafruit's amazing Pi GRRL 2 using the brand new
Pi Zero W to create the ultimate retro handheld console...
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