{"id":17433,"date":"2017-08-03T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17433"},"modified":"2017-08-03T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:39:06","slug":"play-tetris-on-a-raspberry-pi-and-a-scroll-phat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17433","title":{"rendered":"Play Tetris on a Raspberry Pi and a Scroll pHAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=560%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?w=1265&amp;ssl=1 1265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=560%2C313&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?resize=160%2C90&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tetris.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martin Fitzpatrick has taken a <a href=\"https:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/scroll-phat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scroll pHAT<\/a>\u00a0and attached it to a Raspberry Pi Zero to create a Tetris game. 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