{"id":3916,"date":"2013-05-03T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T13:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2013-05-03T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T13:49:40","slug":"building-a-scaled-down-space-invaders-game-with-a-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3916","title":{"rendered":"Building a scaled-down Space Invaders game with a #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tiburcio de la Carcova has been busy. He built a full-sized Space Invaders game a little while ago which was a bit big for his daughter, the intended user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/2013\/05\/03\/building-a-scaled-down-space-invaders-game-with-raspberry-pi\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+(MAKE)\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/141.jpg' alt='MAKE | Building a Scaled-Down Space Invaders Game With Raspberry Pi' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, he&#8217;s made a scaled-down version with a Raspberry Pi!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lyB0GU4R7KY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/2013\/05\/03\/building-a-scaled-down-space-invaders-game-with-raspberry-pi\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+(MAKE)\">Read about how he did it over at MAKE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiburcio de la Carcova has been busy. 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