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PiBoy Mini: just add a Raspberry Pi and you've got a handheld retro gaming system (www.raspberrypi.com)
submitted 1 year ago by d3Xt3r@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Retro gaming is a massively popular Raspberry Pi application, and while loading your favourite old video games onto an SD card is pretty straightforward, building the physical shell of a gaming system can be daunting for those of us without 3D printers or design skills of any kind. PiBoy Mini bridges that gap by providing partially-assembled devices to their customers. The rest is BYORP: bring your own Raspberry Pi.

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

These things are cool in theory, but $100 before the computer is past what I'd pay for a novelty.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So you like $200-150 for a working system. Then the steam deck is like hey im $400 and way more capable.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sometimes the portability is nice.

There's also a ton of emulation handhelds out there that can likely do the same thing with better firmware for around $100. Look at the RG35XX or the Miyoo Mini. Both devices can play up to PSX.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I see what your saying.