A game controller is a device used to give inputs in a video game to make the character or object move. The design and functionality of a game controller are easy and will definitely give you an amazing experience of gaming, And it will be more involving when you’ll know the process to make…
Hi Makers! A while back I got Raspberry Pi, but I didn’t really know what to do with it. Recently, Minecraft has come back into popularity, so I decided to set up a Minecraft server for me and my friends to enjoy. Well, it turned out to just be me : /. Anyway, now…
Do you want to play retro games without paying for the expensive old consoles? You can do just that with the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a “credit card-sized computer” that is capable of many cool things. There are many different types of these. The Pi is readily available in most online retailers like…
TeleBall is a DIY Arduino based retro handheld game console that lets you play BreakOut in single-player mode using one device and Tennis for Two in multi-player mode using two devices communicating via radio. TeleBall is pretty retro and very minimalistic: it features an 8×8 pixel LED matrix display, a paddle as game controller and…
Instructables maker Hemulimania has just completed his fully portableRaspberry Pi games console that includes joystick and buttons for two playergaming and is fitted with an integral display providing a fully portable arcadecabinet. Today there are many different amazing video game-consoles. They areamazing to this generation kids, for me those doesen’t feel so great or theyjust…
Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation for purchasing and playing video games that was first launched in 2003 for Windows computer only. More recently the company released Steam Link app that allows players to stream games to their mobile devices, while being rendering on more powerful machines. But the good news…
Sony’s PlayStation Classic is being made with an existing open-source emulator that the company has licensed. Rather than produce an emulator of its own, Sony has chosen to use a classic of the emulation world in the PCSX ReARMed emuator. ReARMed is a popular, modernized branch of the original PCSX emulator, which was actively developed from 2000…
While there are tools that allow the visually impaired to interact with computers, conveying spacial relationships, such as those needed for gaming, is certainly a challenge. To address this, researchers have come up with DualPanto. This device uses a pair of pantographs — linkage systems controlled by a pair of motors — to represent a virtual world. One “it” pantograph…
If you have an old Sony PSP lying around gathering dust you may be interested in a new hack which fits the miniature Raspberry Pi Zero mini PC into the case of the Sony handheld games console. Maker Drygol managed to replace the PSP’s original internals with a Pi Zero running RetroPie, while keeping the…
The Etch-A-Sketch was released by The Ohio Art Company in 1960. The popularity of the device is sort of interesting because it has lots of annoying problems: knobs only move the cursor up/down/left/right. Diagonals and curves require a steady precision that most children 3+ simply don’t have. you can’t draw two objects that are not…
Thanks to the Raspberry Pi Zero – with a touchscreen, a few magnets, some LEDs and some software magic – you can play against a computer on a wooden board. With the help of an open-source chess engine called Stockfish, the computerized wooden board allows players to choose the difficulty level (beginner to grandmaster) and…
Jeremy Williams and Sean Charlesworth designed a snap together classic arcade cabinet to house a MAME system – the Pi Score. The Pi Score Tabletop MAME arcade cabinet features a snap together classic arcade cabinet design which consists of five pieces that slot together using dovetails and pins. Internally the team have used a variety…
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