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Adafruit Learning System

Retrogaming DIY With Adafruit Kits And Projects

May 9, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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

monochron 3

Video source: Adafruit Industries on Vimeo

Xronos Clock Kit V2.1

Xronos

The Raspberry Pi-Powered Cupcade Kit

cupcade 2

Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube

The Uzebox: A Fully Open Source, DIY 8-bit Game Console

uzebox 3

PiGRRL – Raspberry Pi Game Boy

PiGrrl


Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube

LedGames – A Two-Player ‘Cocktail’ Style Game, With A 64×64 LED Display

LED Game

DIY Pocket LED Gamer – Tiny Tetris!

tetris

Retro Gaming With Raspberry Pi

Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi


Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube

Source: Adafruit Industries

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Adafruit, Adafruit Industries, Adafruit kits, Adafruit Learning System, Adafruit tutorials, Arcade, Clocks, Cupcade, cupcade micro arcade cabinet, diy, Electronics, Game Boy, Ladyada, Limor Fried, Raspberry Pi

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