Build your OWN retro game console with a Raspberry Pi!

[@AlexBGamesONLINE]

Actually Jeff my hacked switch runs ubuntu so I can ssh into it 😂

[@JeffGeerling]

Well, 'out of the box' 😜

[@AlexBGamesONLINE]

@@JeffGeerling Fair enough😁

[@ilfirinms]

Nintendo Wants to Know Your Location

[@DiamandiL]

@@ilfirinms " -FBI- NoA open up!!"

[@__tengu__]

😂

[@ShinyTechThings]

How about having a custom copper backplate made for a heatsink and see how much more performance you could get out of it?

[@JeffGeerling]

I like this idea. Could also just cut out part of the back-having the entire back be metal could be a bit overkill for the Zero 2 W. It can only soak up a few watts maximum.

[@ShinyTechThings]

@@JeffGeerling True, anyways I'd love to see you do this and if you are up for it mention I gave the idea. I have LOTS of ideas but no time to do all of them.

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

@@JeffGeerling grab an old laptop and steal the heatpipe from it and spread the load over the rear. thermal epoxy is your friend.

[@richards7909]

This sounds like a RSJ adventure….

[@ozrencupac]

@@JeffGeerling try connecting a rtx 3090 to get better emulation performance

[@stevejolly8231]

The trick with the applicator thing for the acrylic cement is to have it about half full, hold it upright and squeeze the air out and flip it over, then the vacuum keeps the stuff in and you can very precisely control how much you want to squeeze out

[@JeffGeerling]

Oooh... well that would actually make sense!

[@tf_d]

🗿

[@danman32]

That's what I had to do for a store brand eardrops for drying out the ear. Otherwise too many drops came out instantly

[@denverparsons7330]

I’m not sure I want to take on this project lol

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

4:53 That's why you aim the board at other people when you snip off pins.

[@JeffGeerling]

Hmm 🤔

[@asciilal]

Don't give ideas to Red Shirt Jeff 😂😂

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

@@asciilal lmao.

[@AtomicShrimp]

For the cup hole soldering, would it help to snip a tiny length of solder into each hole first, then melt it in situ? - maybe with a hot air gun?

[@fibreglassmonkey]

You would have less control over the amount of solder once things get hot, and I don’t recommend hot air for this as it would heat larger areas, encouraging the solder to spread and bridge connections. You can use stripped wire to help fill the hole if you have a problematic pad.

[@ThantiK]

Honestly, I probably would have put little solder "balls" on the pads individually before putting the pi on it. They'd help fill the gaps in the back, and would wick through the holes providing visual confirmation that the solder did indeed flow and connect. In theory this would work, however in practice, I don't know.

[@ChrisP978]

I'd probably go with snipped off legs from resistors. You can drop them in the holes and the solder will flow down without excessive heat, flipover to complete.

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

@@ChrisP978 this. Definitely. 👍🏻

[@d3vastat0r89]

I tried this cupholder thing with an esp32. Most unreliable way to solder imo. I've done a some smd stuff, like mcu soldering and medium package size stuff. Barely any issues with those. Cupholder did me in

[@zambonidriver42]

AvE’s ears perked up with the squint reference.

[@JeffGeerling]

Skookum!

[@wbwillie]

It's super skookum and really chooches, not to mention it's the cockford ollie lol

[@wbwillie]

Keep your stick on the ice lol

[@rootbeer666]

I had to do math tests for a kid of a friend of the family. It's been 10 years since I've been out of college so it's been a while for me. I pulled out one of my old calculators, which felt surprisingly familiar, but the results had me wishing for more. What if instead of handheld game consoles we made the ultimate graphing calculator kit? How about a square screen?

[@Imaboss8ball]

Have you seen a modern graphing calculator? They are quite impressive.

[@alexlandherr]

I wonder when today’s games will be emulated like this on an SBC in the future?

[@ThylineTheGay]

Emulating wouldn’t be needed, unless you are talking about consoles

[@NoorquackerInd]

Can't wait until we're using Wine version 21387847 on the Blueberry Pi built on RISC-V and we're able to play Crysis 3 at 60 FPS on a pocket sized computer

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

@@ThylineTheGay Emulating would most definitely be needed lmao. Games are always built to the particular standards of time-specific hardware and software. Modern hardware and software (E.g. Windows 10 or Linux+Proton) can barely run Windows XP-era games without a lot of issues.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

I'd assume that they'll still be debating whether to turn ray-tracing on or not.

[@rageagainstthebath]

@@NoorquackerInd Might be feasible quicker than you think, as long as 5 inch 4K screens won't pop up all of a sudden.

[@DionMunk]

What a fun build! I've built a few mechanical keyboards and doing surface mount parts is always a bit of a pain. I found that if you just get some solder on one of the mounts, hold the part with some tweezers, and solder one side, it makes it easier to solder the other side.

[@souravsaha3580]

Donno why ppl would dislike this much of information packed videos..i am a hobbyist and know how much efforts one could need to put to get something right when things go sideways.maybe ppl who don't understand but still watches this kinda video would dislike.

[@midimusicforever]

Shortages everywhere! Make Pi Zero 2 available again!

[@DimitrisDr3am]

Pretty sweet, at this point there are sub $50 handhelds that will play up to ps1 though so if you aren't getting enjoyment from the build, it's probably not worth it. 2 years ago (when this video was made) things were likely different.

[@xrpmoonwolf]

first off this is awsome. but for 150 its like you said more about the journey and fun you have in assembly. if you really wanna use one i would advice 150 bucks retroid pocket 3+ and as best in category i would say ayn odin from 200$ pro a lil more but the base model has no problem emulating ps2 and gamecube

[@rummanhuda2260]

As an electrical engineer I understand the whole process and it's probably a great project. But my question is, if there are products like Anbernic RG405M (150$) and retroid 3+ and it can literally play up to PS2, then whats the point of this project? I mean, if I'm doing all the hard work at least I need a bang for the buck. spending over 150 to get this performance is big NO NO from me.

[@AlexHerlan]

i'll pass on this one, but if they release one, that like you said: is a bit thicker so you don't have to solder the pi in, and also has room for a joystick (Which I imagine with what's currently out there might also require more thickness) then I'm in.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Surface mount (SMD) soldering is so much easier using solder paste, applied to every pad, before mounting the component and heating the pads.

[@ezrakornfeld8436]

Have you heard of a stencil. Speeds up the solder paste distribution process.

[@stevemcknelly5036]

George at 1up Restorations (Long Island Retro Gaming on KZbin) does that "Cup Hole Soldering" fairly regularly. Check out his Fix It Friday videos.

[@matthiaswandel]

I'd be paranoid about those solder joints breaking. If the board had thru holes where the pi goes, short piece of copper thru both would do it. Like the idea of a portable console like that, as long as it can be used for something useful instead of gaming

[@tungstenivoxide2407]

Gaming is a useful for entertainment. But I get what you mean. I also really want a small portable computer. The main issue is going to be interfacing with it.

[@QuippersUnited]

The circuit board isn't useful unless you can jump on top of it afterwards. This design needs more box joinery.

[@khhnator]

cmon. there is only 3 things that push technology forward: war, porn and gaming

[@QuippersUnited]

@@khhnator As soon as we can combine all three humanity will reach the dawn of a new age...

[@dragos8839]

@@QuippersUnited how about this design but with functional analog joysticks, l1/r1 anf l2/r2 buttons so you can run steamlink and play any game in your library ?

[@nicwilson89]

I bought a custom Super Famicom style Gameboy Advance shell and built a Pi Zero 2 based emulation machine into the shell :)

[@anno5936]

Quite an impressive journey if you're into such projects, and a nice "documentary" Jeff ! I stuck my Zero2 inside the GPi case... wish i had a spare cartridge to improve cooling and OC it, might look into it later. For the time being i decided to build a FPGA handheld; you have a valid point about acrylic cases here, which i didn't think of, so maybe i will leave out 3d printing 🤔

[@shebadoge]

why dont you use the solder wire that contains flux?

[@tj71520]

pretty cool but a version for a full size pi 4 that includes everything (also a touchscreen) should be made... doesnt matter if it ends up a tad bigger... the pi 4 is much faster afterall

[@Papierzeit]

By coincidence, I just stumbled upon this one video of yours while searching for something else, and I came across this part: "I'm actually amazed how good the sound was on early Genesis and Super Nintendo games. I've only ever heard them on the tiny speaker in our family's cheap 13" TV." - As a kid, I always plugged my headphones directly into the Genesis... :)

[@Gonzie6]

This is way way beyond my soldering ability >_< that cup soldering looks like hell. Wouldn’t it be better to solder pins from a header (no spacer) then put the pi over the pins, solder some more then snip the excess pin

[@greenprotag]

It looks like there is a clear path from the HDMI port to the outside of the shell. It's likely you could use a ribbon cable or extension PCB.

[@davidmoll7250]

I still have a fully transparent original Xbox Controller and it was always amazing to look at. Choosing the clear version is definitely the right choice and I would go for it too if I would buy this product

[@rodrigogalura]

Wow! This is amazing :) . Hope I can build my own console like that. Well, I am always amazed every time I watch your video :)

[@rafaelpernil]

Good job on that console! Specially with soldering, I fear soldering SMDs. Quite a complex project but it looks awesome

[@sarkasaa]

Thanks for the prograde cardreader recommendation in an earlier video i commented on, its so fast and not flakey, makes importing photos much more enjoyable. Also the magnet base is nice :)

[@linyongzheng]

Maybe you could solder pogo pins into the pi GPIO vias and have the pi contact the PCB with compression. That way you could easily replace the Pi if needed. Some pogo pin configurations should seat into the vias and ultimately add almost no thickness (less than a 1mm) when compressed. Downside is tolerance for the case will need to be much tighter. Really boils down to whether you want easier assembly and or easier swappable components.

[@tamoghnapal6619]

So I ended up making a similar project with a Pi 3A+ instead (as Pi Zero is impossible to find nowadays) , and it actually ended up costing me around 50$ total. I did not have a 3d printer, so I ended up using a 2$ pencil box as the case, and all the buttons were mounted manually and connected to a Pi pico, which was in turn connected to the Pi 3a's USB Port. It ended up working pretty great (though not so great look wise). Also I can use the Pi 3's headphone jack without external dac, and having access to power & hdmi ports means I can dock the device with my TV. I actually am frequently carrying it to my college to play games during free time. This Gameboy Null project gave me the inspiration to attempt to try doing it, and I'm grateful for it.

[@Marcos32709]

Dude this is awesome. It looks a little to challenging for my taste. Im waiting for the minty pi lite to be available.

[@JeffGeerling]

I love that build too! Now that I've built this, I feel compelled to build another :D

[@Marcos32709]

@@JeffGeerling You should . Awesome content man , keep up the good work

[@severussnape8544]

Hey Jeff. I don't have much to say. Love how the content on your channel is more "affordable" for us regular people with regular incomes that have children and all of that life. In fact, I just wish you'd have more time to make more content :)

[@johnmichaels4330]

Man I want this. On the list now. Remember the clear laptop from Hackers???? Why don't we have those today? I love the metal look, but I agree. Clear is awesome.

[@saitheninja]

shout out to THPS2, which has absorbed hundreds of hours of my life

[@JeffGeerling]

I think it may have been the first game where I tried to get all the different sets of achievements. The mechanics were perfect, and somehow it felt natural to combine like 5 tricks on every single jump. *Totally unrealistic* but so much fun.

[@WolfsInk]

Personally, I would've loved to have the larger PCB have new spots to resolder the HDMI and USB Micro ports or better yet extenders, along with pogo pins for the gpio.

[@danielriossuarez]

Loved it! As an electronics guy, I specially enjoyed the parts about SMD soldering, acrylic cement and other mechanical features in this board that can be useful for me.

[@paulvalente4140]

@Jeff Geering I signed up to get notifications to buy this, email popped up that it was back in stock, clicks link, sold out as of 28th which was the same day. HOW!

[@paulvalente4140]

good video again XD

[@JeffGeerling]

Apparently he puts together batches of 50-100 at a time, and this batch sold out in about 45 minutes. The mailing list for notifications is up to about 1800 people!

[@RestoreTechnique]

Great video!

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

Dear Jeff, what power soldering iron do you use? I bought one of those 60-100 Watt soldering iron kits and it's really helped me. Just wondering if a powerful iron would help you when doing the narrow point soldering? I bought the KSGER t12 after seeing lots of KZbin reviews. Digital temperature control, high power, so it keeps the tip at that temperature for quick soldering. Less risk of burning. I'm only a beginner though. Your review was excellent. Detailed yet pacey, covered everything, step by step video clips, edited together so well. I've never seen one of your videos before but my gosh I'm impressed. I'm going to look at what other ones you've made after I write this comment. Have a great day.

[@ma3oun]

Great video !!! Thumbs up for the retro multi-meter 🙂. Using solder paste and a heat gun might have made things easier for cup hole soldering ;-) .

[@paulruffy8389]

Love what you've done here. I found a much cheaper way with my Odroid go advance kit. Runs upto ps1 perfect and coat me only £40 plus the SD card. Batocera or emuelec both great options on it.

[@domramsey]

This looks great, but it's definitely more about the journey than the destination. The pre-made handheld retro consoles from Anbernic and Powkiddy etc, are more powerful and provide a better experience if you just want to play the games and they're also built on open source software. Obviously you don't get the satisfaction of building your own device though! Obviously you need to add an external GPU to something like this though... 🙂

[@JeffGeerling]

Haha, step two :D

[@khhnator]

i would question the more powerful thing, only a handful of them would be more powerful than it

[@Thunderbird1337]

I would have gone for a Raspi 4 if I take all this effort to build an own device. Maybe in a PS Vita shell (or similar form factor). Then it's more powerful and probably easier with sofware/ drivers. You are right, in this form it has barely any advantage over existing devices. Besides having fun building it.

[@dmitryponyatov2158]

Does carrier PCB have no holes in the RPi connector? Why just not solder copper wire or shortened pins thru the two PCBs simultaneously?

[@mvadu]

That multimeter used for resistance @6:21 showed your age Jeff.. Don't worry, I must have one of those lying around too, so you aren't alone.

[@TrasherBiner]

10:49 .... I was born in the 70's and I tell you there was no "transparent videogames" until well into the mid 2000's or 2010's. This is not true. Back in the era you mention (90's) it was a beige plastic extravaganza becuause that color and light gray was associated with cutting edge technology (the same way now white casing is). I mean look at the bridge in Star Trek The Next Generation if you want to know what I mean.

[@groowy]

do you have an experience with ODROID-GO Advance from Hardkernel or similar retro gaming devices? if so, how does the performance compare?

[@seanabsher5577]

Odroid go advance has to be faster. It's faster than a raspberry pi 3b+ , and the zero 2 is barely faster than a 3, if overclocked.

[@Beyondesp]

Yeah as much as i like this diy ness of this project, i would rather just get an OGA device or one of its clones or the the odroid go super..

[@LugoIlmer]

Parece que hay gente que no entiende que el solo hecho de hacer tu propia consola, montar los componentes y compilar el soft es más divertido que ir solamente a la tienda y comprar la Switch. Pero en fin, cada uno es cada uno. Ojalá se pudiera hacer lo mismo y fabricarte tu propio netbook, me molaría hacerme mi propio Samsung NC10 pero con un hard más potente que el de 2008 cuándo fue puesto en venta el original.

[@JeffGeerling]

I'd love to be able to build more complex devices like the Framework laptop from scratch too... sadly some things are getting too complex to build for more modern uses.

[@LugoIlmer]

@@JeffGeerling Desconocía ese proyecto, gracias por comentarlo (le echaré un buen vistazo). Y si dices que para ti resulta complicado construir un equipo desde cero, que será para el resto de los mortales. Pero pienso con paciencia todo puede llegar.

[@JamieBainbridge]

Seeing that THPS footage was what I wanted from this video. I've got a Retroflag GPi case and can't wait to stuff a Zero2W into it. The crashes during GT2 are likely an emulator bug, it's rock solid on a regular Pi 3 and 4.

[@JeffGeerling]

Yeah the weird thing is I tried four times before working on recording the script. Then when I went back to record the video clip of it crashing... it worked every time! No clue why.

[@thomasfields7902]

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:5) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: (Acts 17:30)

[@theofficialgman]

I’m answering the title question: Diy retropie console more fun than switch? No, not even close. Switch v1 unpatched models are so much better. Linux (retropie, bionic, arch, fedora, etc), android 8/10, and HOS or atmosphere for homebrew makes the switch way more fun and versatile. Not to mention its so much more powerful than this little handheld

[@fibreglassmonkey]

Fun police are here

[@JeffGeerling]

It can be more fun, or not, depending on your needs, what you expect out of games, and whether you grew up on these "retro" games or not :)

[@theofficialgman]

@@JeffGeerling well yeah that was my point. you can use retropie on switch in linux or retroarch through homebrew in atmosphere (switch custom firmware). the project is still cool though! I like little pi handhelds

[@ComeJesusChrist]

Or you could just buy something, like a Retroid Pocket 3 Plus, 2S or an Anbernic RG353PS and enjoy much higher level of emulation with better screens, battery life and features. I understand that this model is slightly smaller and it is more about the build than the actual gaming experience, but still... 150 dollars is a lot to mess about with electronics. I’d be curious to see something like a Nintendo DSi or other portable getting boosted by more current processing power and screens, but all these systems worth playing on smaller screens on the go already run on them beautifully. BTW, I understand that this video was made before and of the devices came out, but my point in mid-2023 is that emulators do really good job at emulation on a budget and you need something not provided by any other emulator to justify this build, regardless of how much fun it may be. Well done, though!

[@jeffsadowski]

Still waiting for you to get a GPU loaded on your reqular pi. I'm hoping developers see your issues and get you help.

[@JeffGeerling]

Been getting there, but very very slowly :(

[@jeffsadowski]

@@JeffGeerling Yeah no rush just wishing you good luck on that and hope some developers reach out to you and help. That will be so cool.

[@gazzofdoom]

You should look up the Zega Mame Gear. It's a similar drop in modders board that you can add a PI4, Pi3 or PiZero1/2 boards to, but you them mount them into a Game Gear shell.

[@cbpostservice]

I'd like the L and R tab buttons if I made one. Those were nice for 3D games for things like autolocking and switching between targets.

[@Thunderbird1337]

Interesting project, I love tinkering projects like this. But messing around many hours with software/ driver sh**? No thanks. As long as such devices don't work out-of-the-box with an OS image, this is nothing for me. I have the GPI case, put the Zero 2W in and it works directly with the Recalbox image. I would love something like the GPI case but in the form factor of the device shown in this video, or better the PS Vita with a nice large screen.

[@Crack84baby]

I'm doing exactly this. Except a 7inch screen with a pi3b+. USB type c charger stereo speakers and 4 18650 5000Mah batteries in a 2s2p setup. Case is made by me and 3d printed.

[@2nd_bloxx]

Couldnt you just push the pins in the pinheader through so they stick out on only one side and then solder it with the plastic spacer on top and cut it of afterwards?

[@savekillqqpsounds8473]

If you go into ui settings you can probably change the ui color to black backround and white letters. Should make it even a little bit easier to see. Altho its theme dependant in es. And i recommend batocera since that is the best one imo Edit: forgot to mention batocera im pretty sure also supports small screens. Atleast on my 3.5 inch display i saw everything and could read everything quite well

[@gregmark1688]

Ackshually, the Lunar Lander was covered in a layer of actual solid gold foil tape. I don't know if it had that name, but it was not at all transparent. I used to have a little piece of it that my dad brought home from work at Cape Canaveral, back in '73 or '74. More importantly, why does THPS2 run better on your Zero than on my 4? Don't tell me the Zero 2 is faster than a 4, that can't be right...

[@user-gj6vg6nq2f]

Getting a wermy vibe great video! 👍

[@johnsimon8457]

7:40 "I gave up trying to compile RetroPie on the raspberry pi" ohhhh I've been there. Surprised that the battery life is kinda 'meh'. Kinda goes to show how dedicated and customized these handheld consoles are over the basic "arm and linux" setup. Got to be a wa to shut off wifi bluetooth, limit CPU usage to one or two cores instead of having the kernel use all four, use an embedded linux that doesn't have as much of a footprint, or loads the OS + programs into a ram disk and turns off the micro SD. I'm spitballing here, because I don't do OS development, but it's a cool project.

[@RythmicRaindrops]

I had fun building it. I don't really think you'd see this, But I also had an issue where it was just sitting on a white screen. It ended up being raspberry pi imager was doing something, so I had to use win32 disk imager, and add my Wi-Fi credentials with a Bluetooth keyboard

[@leonardo25gabriel]

"Emulation is more often a GPU heavy task, than CPU heavy task" Wha- It's the other way around, at least with the majority of emulators (rpcs3, cemu, pcsx2, ppsspp, ryujinx, yuzu, citra etc), the only one I see being heavier on GPU is Xenia, great video nonetheless

[@HaZeTJ]

for under 49usd you can get a PSP used in good condition which does all the old consoles and PS without problems. There are also linux distros build for PSP, cheaper alternative. And you don't need to build everything from scratch, buy the first model and you also have IR options.

[@droppedonjapan]

Just a heads up, soldering a lot of this would be easier if you had high-quality solder! Personally I have Kester solder and swear by it, it makes SMD soldering easy and repeatable. Make sure to get rosin core, 63-37 leaded solder and you'll be set.

[@silversonic1]

I personally just use the GPi Case 2w for my Pi Zero 2w. Mostly because I haven't soldered in a long... long time...

[@peladofreak]

I have the same tester, mine its broken, also have a really nice and nostalgic feeling about that buzzer sound, that tester was from my father so

[@EdoDijkgraaf]

So you paid a bundle of money to find out you had to develop the system yourself? I bet you loved it even more! Right? Right?

[@JeffGeerling]

As someone who uses Linux... _This is the way_

[@EdoDijkgraaf]

@@JeffGeerling I USE linux. I manage to sudo my updates and upgrades. You are far beyond that stage. I suspect you of compiling your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

[@brandonchurch6025]

Does anyone have a suggestion how/where to buy a raspberry pi? They’ve been sold out for months. Or is there another SBC that works for something like this? I can’t find any good alternatives.

[@robvdl]

How does this compare against the Odroid Go super kit, would be nice to get a comparisson of performance, build quality etc. Obviously no soldering required with the Odroid, so that would be a simpler build.

[@samuelsalazar5381]

I really want to learn how to do this, but I feel like this might be a lot for me to handle (I’ve never soldered) do you recommend a project similar to this that might be a bit easier for a beginner?

[@DiomedesDominguez]

You could use resistor's snipped legs instead of solder joins.

[@captainfyita2682]

Every one the internet now, saying: "like a switch this...", "it's based on a switch", "trimmed down nintendo switch"... poor fools, they don't know better even when other handhelds took part during their lives but not their tiny, microscopic memories.

[@marccaselle8108]

It would be cool if a raspberry pi could play more N64 games without as much slowdown and choppy audio. I've noticed the first party stuff for the most part works great but 2nd and 3rd party stuff either doesn't load at all or is so broken it's not worth your time.

[@dmitryponyatov2158]

the next step is making the game console from a 15" TFT monitor and the power sausage made of 18650s bellytop gaming console formfactor 8)

[@asteroidrules]

Very interesting little build, I'm personally working on building a PiGRRL Zero Advance around my own Zero 2, I'm really hoping I can leverage the touch screen to squeeze some Nintendo DS emulation out of it. The Pi Zero 2 and Compute Module 4 are both fantastic leaps forward in making portable RasPi devices practical, I just really hope they can step up production because thanks to the chip shortage they're clearly struggling to keep up with current demand.

[@DJDanceClassic]

so you spend 150 dollar and 40 hours of pure frustration on a handheld that the Chinese make for $50, shipped to anywhere in the world ! RGB10 is the best price value.

[@lis6502]

> recompiling took ages well, why not to cross compile? we, gentooists, are pretty familiar with first building a rock solid cross-toolchains and with them im place, builiding binaries to other architectures. oh, i use Gentoo btw ;p

[@kelvenguard]

Here’s a SECRET for welding Anything..... your solder or welding rod is going to run to the hottest spot..... small thin parts heat faster than large thick parts so concentrate your heat on the larger part before adding solder or welding rod... when welding keep the heat on the larger part jumping to the smaller part as you weld....

[@jesses8013]

Thank you for your video, i am fairly ignorant with this and my son is wanting me to build this for him. I have a friend that is giving me a Raspberry Pi Zero 1.3. This is not a W, will this work for the null?

[@electrofreak0]

Financially, this build makes no sense since things such as Anbernic and PowKiddy handhelds exist for way cheaper with much better performance and they're prebuilt. On the flip side, this is great as a project for someone who wants to try out a few different things and get more involved in getting their retro-handheld from pieces to party.

[@MaxDad7]

I'm still waiting on a fairly inexpensive handheld option from Retroflag that uses a CM4. One day...

[@x91w]

01:06 I tested all the games I own, yeah right. You didn't ever go over to Arcade punks. You remember what happened to Pinocchio?

[@mutosanrc1933]

no never ever is that better than a Switch. I own a switch and the screen is much bigger, the handling is much more ergonomic and you can remove the joystick to play games with shield and sword or other things. Not to speak of, that more than 2 can play on one switch. DIY retro gaming handheld is cool but does not ever has more fun than a Switch.

[@dothelukaszkillchain8036]

Ok you made a emulator that plays games that already exists on other consoles but you didnt make your actual console that you can play your own games you made on it

[@shagstars]

Would it be possible to put a zero 2 with headers into a gamepi20 case? a pi zero wh is inside of it right now but I don;t know if the pi zero 2 will boot on it.

[@Webgkil]

Any tips of where to get emulators/game roms for Retropie? Out of all things for my Arcade build, this is the most frustrating one!!!!

[@labnine3362]

Great video! I feel like you went into the rabbit hole so we don't have to. I suspect your handheld game system is something you could take pride in given all of that work and frustration.

[@GuerrieroDCristo]

I am curious about the Nintendo games copyrights, is the emulator's rom legal? Thx for this video!

[@FantasyVisuals]

I have a raspberry ps cm3 , the battery has died. Need to source a replacement. Pis are awesome , it plays N64 with no slowdown !

[@melvynburchell]

Looks a great device but the supply is ridiculous compared to demand. I just received a notification email that these were back in stock 17:15... I saw the email and immediately logged in to see 6 in stock, added to cart and selected delivery postcode and the site says "Out of stock removed from cart" 17:18.

[@MichaelSaamone]

Clear plastic electrics go back to 1985 from what I remember . Take a good look at pre recorded high bias cassette tapes .

[@PhilipPetrunak]

"Thousands Milliamp battery" You could just have said 1 Amp battery.

[@timg2727]

If all you're looking to do is play games, there are a ton of other Pi-based products that are FAR more user-friendly than this one.

[@dillonnnnnn]

This build is great

[@jessepatterson8897]

every iphone that's ever been jailbroken by an actual nerd gets ssh my man, so much that i remember the default password from memory. alpine.

[@thefishyekid1468]

the r36s handheld is better value since it 40 bucks and is modable and has similar power to this build

[@CountShasha]

Wouldn't it be better to just solder two independent wires then connect them to battery and cover the connections with heat shrink tubes? It would be safer than directly soldering the battery and worrying about blowing something.