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Sandy Macdonald<\/a> has done another one of his beautifully-written posts. This time, he’s taken on Pimoroni’s Picade<\/a>, the build-it-yourself retro gaming console. He covers the hardware, including assembly, and the software as well as how he modded his console with lights and other stuff. Great review, Sandy. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sandy Macdonald has done another one of his beautifully-written posts. This time, he’s taken on Pimoroni’s Picade, the build-it-yourself retro gaming console. He covers the hardware, including assembly, and the software as well as how he modded his console with…<\/p>\n

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