{"id":16047,"date":"2016-12-07T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16047"},"modified":"2016-12-07T20:03:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T19:03:11","slug":"new-kickstarter-seeks-to-put-retro-gaming-back-in-your-hands-via-a-raspberry-pi-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16047","title":{"rendered":"New Kickstarter seeks to put Retro Gaming back in your hands via a Raspberry Pi Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/583173617\/raspi-boy-retro-handheld-emulation-console-electro\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/583173617\/raspi-boy-retro-handheld-emulation-console-electro\" target=\"_blank\">Recently announced on Kickstarter<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/583173617\/raspi-boy-retro-handheld-emulation-console-electro\" target=\"_blank\">Raspi Boy<\/a> is a handheld, battery-powered, Raspberry Pi-driven retro gaming console. It comes as a pre-soldered kit to assemble, with a moulded case and custom circuit board. <strong>It doesn&#8217;t come with a Raspberry Pi Zero due to the lack of availability of multiple units.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an animated gif of the assembly procedure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/583173617\/raspi-boy-retro-handheld-emulation-console-electro\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/raspi_boy_assembly.gif?resize=560%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the finished product:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/583173617\/raspi-boy-retro-handheld-emulation-console-electro\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16049\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=560%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?w=1322&amp;ssl=1 1322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C652&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=560%2C357&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=260%2C166&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?resize=160%2C102&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/photo-2-1.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find out more by watching the campaign video at the top of the page or by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/583173617\/raspi-boy-retro-handheld-emulation-console-electro\" target=\"_blank\">the Kickstarter campaign page<\/a>. Currently available is the 59 Euro early-bird before rising to 69 Euros. It&#8217;s been pretty popular already with 230 backers at time of writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently announced on Kickstarter, the Raspi Boy is a handheld, battery-powered, Raspberry Pi-driven retro gaming console. It comes as a pre-soldered kit to assemble, with a moulded case and custom circuit board. 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