{"id":7355,"date":"2013-12-31T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2013-12-31T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T22:05:21","slug":"an-atari-asteroids-controller-for-the-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7355","title":{"rendered":"An Atari Asteroids controller for the #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timbartlett.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/AsteroidsPi_beauty.jpg?resize=560%2C373\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love retro projects (as evidenced by <a href=\"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=6567\">Daniel Bull&#8217;s recent guest post<\/a>) and this one is great.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Bartlett has created his own arcade case and added arcade buttons and a Raspberry Pi to be able play the old Atari game Asteroids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timbartlett.net\/asteroids-pi\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love retro projects (as evidenced by Daniel Bull&#8217;s recent guest post) and this one is great. 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