{"id":20780,"date":"2021-01-30T12:07:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T11:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20780"},"modified":"2021-01-30T12:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T11:07:42","slug":"play-tetris-on-your-raspberry-pi-pico-using-this-add-on-board-from-pimoroni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20780","title":{"rendered":"Play Tetris on your Raspberry Pi Pico using this add-on board from Pimoroni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20782\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=560%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?w=1768&amp;ssl=1 1768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C558&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=768%2C418&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C837&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=560%2C305&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=260%2C142&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?resize=160%2C87&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tetris-1.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Reddit user called Jools64 has created a fully-playable demo of the game <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tetris<\/a> using a Raspberry Pi Pico, the newest board from Raspberry Pi. It uses a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/pico-display-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pico Display Pack from Pimoroni<\/a> to show the game and the four included buttons carry out the usual actions of left, right, twist and drop.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the code for the game <a href=\"https:\/\/pastebin.com\/4AqCVnms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here, on PasteBin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/raspberry_pi\/comments\/l6flip\/a_very_tiny_game_of_tetris_my_first_test_of_the\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit post can be found here<\/a>, together with a demo video of the game in action.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/pico-tetris-display-pack-demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ash Puckett over at Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/a> for spotting this!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A Reddit user called Jools64 has created a fully-playable demo of the game Tetris using a Raspberry Pi Pico, the newest board from Raspberry Pi. 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