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Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming: Build Consoles and Arcade Cabinets to Play Your Favorite Classic Games

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Learn to configure a Raspberry Pi into multiple different devices capable of playing retro games. Beyond theory, this book focuses heavily on projects―such as making a console to attach to a TV or computer display and making a tabletop arcade machine. It also teaches you how to install and use the Kodi media center on your retro game player. tart with the big-picture of the Raspberry Pi retro-gaming landscape and the wide range of exciting project opportunities that exist. You'll then discover the various retro-gaming emulation platforms, such as RetroPie and Recalbox, and how to work with ROM files. This book even goes a step further and teaches you how to create game ROMs from your old cartridges! You’ll also study the types of game playing equipment people have made using Raspberry Pis and how to set up a Raspberry Pi with those devices. Retro-gaming enthusiasts are using the Pi to make a dizzying variety of game playing hardware. Thereare players that fit in an Altoids mint tin, players that look like classic systems, and players that let you choose from over 20,000 game titles. And there are emulators for every platform imaginable, and many models available online to download and make on a 3D printer or laser cutter. Raspberry Pi Retro Gaming includes everything you need to know about playing retro games on a Raspberry Pi and making cool machines that play thousands of retrogames.What You'll Learn Use Tinkercad to design your own cases Get your case 3D printed if you don’t have a 3D printer Design parts for laser cutting or jigsaw cutting Solder and use electronics components, batteries, and power supplies Select and set up different kinds of displays Who This Book Is For Anyone interested in playing retrocomputer games and making their own retro-game players. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress


Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2019


Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 374 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1484251520


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 22


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.85 x 9.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #2,677,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #489 in Single Board Computers (Books) #12,653 in Computer Science (Books)


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  • The digital version has no images
The book is Okay but there are only a few images and not the ones that I need to see. The right side of the text is cut off and I have tried it on my phone, PC and tablet but they all give a very poor experience. I have tried to download it again but the same things are happening. Very poor quality control to port the book over to digital format. I suspect the bound book is better but that is not what I have. I expect to see a few errors in a digital book, but this is ridiculous. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2020 by MikeMc

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