Building a Raspberry Pi GAMEBOY isn't a new idea by far, but after seeing a few posts kicking around the internet where people had built their own, I thought it would be a fun project. One post that really caught my interest, by wermy, used a Raspberry Pi Zero. Unfortunately, when I started this build they were nigh impossible to buy anywhere. I did discover that the new Raspberry Pi 3 has built-in Wifi and Bluetooth which is kind of a bonus. Given what I ended up doing to the RPi board in this project, that was probably the biggest help as the RPi 3 is much larger than the RPi Zero. An image of RetroPie was used for the operating system, and numerous emulation packages installed with it.Overall, this is more of a "build log" than it is a how-to. If I were to redo all of this, there would be a lot less experimenting and more straighten forward, linear instructions. As it was, I spent a lot of time planning and researching all the different parts and how they fit together.
Part List
Item
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Price
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Source
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Used Gameboy
|
$17.49
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Ebay
|
$39.95
|
Adafruit
| |
$14.95
|
Adafruit
| |
$19.95
|
Adafruit
| |
$3.95
|
Adafruit
| |
$2.95
|
Adafruit
| |
$1.50
|
Adafruit
| |
$9.99
|
Amazon
| |
$34.95
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Adafruit
| |
$2.95
|
Adafruit
| |
$8.70
|
Amazon
| |
$6.99
|
Amazon
| |
$6.59
|
Amazon
| |
$5.00
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Adafruit
|
Part Total: $170.91 + shipping
All said and done, the retro fitted GAMEBOY has an impressive list of features:
- Raspberry Pi 3 with all its impressive specs
- 2.8" PiTFT LCD Screen (320x240)
- 32gb SD micro card (way too big)
- USB Charging and 2500mah LIPO battery
- Buttons and Controls for SNES games, including Left/Right trigger buttons
- On-Board Speaker and headphone jack, and audio amplifier
- Working On/Off switch with safe shutdown
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