#retroconsole

[econocaos]

[oldguydoesstuff]

Lotta hours clocked on this baby by me in the 70s ..

[adafruit]

Fruit Jam RP2350B credit-card mini computer with all the fixin's 🍓🍇💾

We were catching up on a recent Hackaday hackchat with Eben Upton (https://hackaday.io/event/202122-raspberry-pi-hack-chat-with-eben-upton) and learned some fun facts: such as the DVI hack for the RP2040 was inspired by a device called the IchigoJam (https://www.hackster.io/news/ichigojam-combines-strawberry-and-raspberry-to-deliver-a-raspberry-pi-pico-powered-educational-micro-66aa5d2f6eec). We remember reading about this back when it was an LPC1114, now it uses an RP2040. Well, we're wrapping up the Metro RP2350 (https://www.adafruit.com/product/6003), and lately, we've been joking around that with DVI output and USB Host support via bit-banged PIO, you could sorta build a little stand-alone computer. Well, one pear-green-tea-fueled-afternoon later we tried our hand at designing a 'credit card sized' computer - that's 3.375" x 2.125", about the same size as a business card (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/07/the-2024-business-card-challenge-starts-now/) and turns out there's even a standard named for it: ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 (https://www.iso.org/standard/70483.html).

Anyhow, with the extra pins of the QFN-80 RP2350B, we're able to jam a ridonkulous amount of hardware into this shape: RP2350B dual 150MHz Cortex M33 w/ PicoProbe debug port, 16 MB Flash + 8 MB PSRAM, USB type C for bootloading/USB client, Micro SD card with SPI or SDIO, DVI output on the HSTX port, I2S stereo headphone + mono speaker via the TLV320DAC3100 (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/tlv320dac3100irhbt/2353656), 2-port USB type A hub for both keyboard and mouse or game controllers, chunky on-off switch, Stemma QT I2C + Stemma classic JST 3-pin, EYESPI for TFT displays, 5x NeoPixels, 3x tactile switches, and a 16-pin socket header with 10 A/D GPIO + 5V/3V/GND power pins. The PSRAM will help when we want to do things like run emulations that we need to store in fast RAM access, and it will also let us use the main SRAM as the DVI video buffer.

When we get the PCBs back and assembled, what should we try running on this hardware? We're pretty sure it can run DOOM. Should that be first? :) We also need a name. Right now, we're just calling it Fruit Jam since it's inspired by the IchigoJam project.

[mode7rap]

Did you play Final Fantasy Adventure aka Seiken Densetsu aka Mystic Quest? In the early 90s In the US many RPGs by Square used the title Final Fantasy to entice gamers after the Hail Mary success of the original Final Fantasy for NES. There are now hundreds of games bearing the name Final Fantasy, but did you play this early handheld spinoff?

[retroist]

50 years ago, Atari released Pong and changed video games forever. A year later they innovated, taking Pong to the next level by putting it inside a barrel. As noted in the promotional flyer for arcades, Barrel-Pong is "a low-key cabinet conceived for the better-type bar."

Have you played Atari in-a-barrel today?

[rillianeriver]

Early 2022 retroconsole purchases ~

I got these consoles around March and April. I was not able to take a video of them since I am busy around those times so I am taking this opportunity to do so before I got too busy again. I would have played a game or so on it but I am feeling lazy and I have yet to make a better set-up (phone stand is not stable).

I only have a few games on my PSP since I am not that interested with the games released for the PSP, NOT unless I know how to read Japanese (there's a ton of Otome I'd like to play but I couldn't since I won't understand Japanese).

I have a lot of games on my DSi XL, since I added some Nintendo exclusives on it (I love cute games). I also added Animal Crossing Wild World on it, as expected since I love New Horizons. But that's not the reason I wanted a DS. I bought this so I can play Vampire Knight on it, I am not a fan of emulators and I am not fond of playing it on my 3DS (the black grid/background bothers me). I am also happy to see some visual novels with english patches like Tokimeki, Prince of Tennis, Black Butler, etc.

11.27.2022

[michaeldagaymerx]

Now that I have an SNES what games should I get for the console?? 🤔

[mysticsparklewings]

This is a bit unusual from me, yes? 😆

About this time last year (❗️) I learned not all console modification requires special tools & professional knowledge. So with a “drop-in” backlit screen from RetroModding.com & a glow-in-the-dark shell kit, I gave my GameBoy Color a makeover! 🎮

…I also made a pretty rookie mistake 😅 It sorta worked out, but you can read the full tale here: https://sta.sh/01wba9zofoq5

+ I made a little “before & after” video, if you want a closer look & a glimpse of the glow 😉 https://youtu.be/43Gr28b-8Is