{"id":13099,"date":"2015-08-07T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T12:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13099"},"modified":"2015-08-07T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T11:42:44","slug":"build-a-raspberry-pi-powered-arcade-console-with-an-arduino-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13099","title":{"rendered":"Build a Raspberry Pi powered arcade console with an Arduino controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.makezine.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/heroshot2.jpg?resize=620%2C447\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a nice tutorial from\u00a0<a class=\"url fn\" title=\"Posts by Tyler Winegarner\" href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/author\/tylerwinegarner\/\" rel=\"author\">Tyler Winegarner<\/a>\u00a0over at Make. It uses the PiPlay distro to give you an arcade emulator. 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