{"id":10884,"date":"2014-08-29T08:59:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T08:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10884"},"modified":"2014-08-29T08:59:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T08:59:01","slug":"play-pacman-on-a-raspberry-pi-while-waiting-for-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10884","title":{"rendered":"Play PacMan on a Raspberry Pi while waiting for the bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.norwegiancreations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCF3537Combined-1140x570.jpg?resize=560%2C280\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Norwegian makers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwegiancreations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Norwegian Creations<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/h-k.no\/\" target=\"_blank\">HK-reklame<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/trondheimmakers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trondheim Makers<\/a> wanted to advertise the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trondheimmakerfaire.no\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trondheim Maker Faire<\/a>. They hit upon the idea of installing a Raspberry Pi and a screen inside bus stops so that people could play PacMan while they waited. They hacked into the bus power grid to power the whole thing and installed RetroPie onto the Pi to run the games. 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