Pi Projects: Retro Gaming

Those of you old enough to recall the golden era of the home computer, the 80s, will have fond memories of playing on a Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, and the countless wonderful arcade machines that consumed more than their fair share of our pocket money. Hold on, because you’re in luck.

GOING RETRO The Raspberry Pi makes for an amazing retro gaming computer. With it you’re able to emulate and play the classic home computers, consoles and arcade machines that brought us so much joy back in the day. Thankfully, the processing power of most of the systems of the past is well within the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi’s processor. There are a few examples that don’t run too well, such as a PS2, or those systems that utilised a specialised 3D component, but on the whole, there’s likely to be a fully working emulator, available for the Pi, that covers the home computer, console, or arcade that you remember playing. RETROPIE RetroPie is the foremost retro gaming project available for the Raspberry Pi. It’s a set of modules that…

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