NYC-based Adafruit Industries, founded in 2005 by MIT engineer Limor ‘Ladyada’ Fried, is ‘one of the largest collections of open source hardware, educational electronics and tools for the hobbyist and engineer‘. While the Adafruit Learning System is an awesome free online resource with heaps of tutorials for learning about electronics.
Feast your eyes on the best of the Adafruit retrogaming-themed DIY kits and projects.
MONOCHRON Open Source Retro Clock Kit
Video source: Adafruit Industries on Vimeo
The Raspberry Pi-Powered Cupcade Kit
Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube
The Uzebox: A Fully Open Source, DIY 8-bit Game Console
PiGRRL – Raspberry Pi Game Boy
Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube
LedGames – A Two-Player ‘Cocktail’ Style Game, With A 64×64 LED Display
DIY Pocket LED Gamer – Tiny Tetris!
Retro Gaming With Raspberry Pi
Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube
Source: Adafruit Industries
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