I have found several gameboy-alike Pico based games consoles but has nobody created, or started to work on, creating a fully open source games console similar to the Uzebox (Omega)?
These are the sort of specs I'd like to see:
* Must be fully open source hardware and software including (eventually) a 3D printable case. Gerbers and EDA files should be free and open source.
* Must support attaching at least 2 game controllers. I prefer wired controllers personally but bluetooth controller support would be good too.. 2x USB ports would do the trick but otherwise it could use SNES controllers like the Uzebox as its quite easy to build SNES controllers.
* HDMI video output.
* (Micro)SD card slot.
* RCA audio output and/or headphone jack.
* Should use a minimal amount of components to keep cost down and make it easier to build.
* Easy to learn,open source C based API for writing games.
The Pimoroni Pico DV Demo Base seems to be pretty close to what I'm looking for but only has one USB port and I don't think its open source, is it?
Does such a thing exist already? Is anyone else interested in such a console? Is it possible to connect at least 2 USB (A/1.1) joysticks to a Pico? Is there already an open source game engine for the Pico?
These are the sort of specs I'd like to see:
* Must be fully open source hardware and software including (eventually) a 3D printable case. Gerbers and EDA files should be free and open source.
* Must support attaching at least 2 game controllers. I prefer wired controllers personally but bluetooth controller support would be good too.. 2x USB ports would do the trick but otherwise it could use SNES controllers like the Uzebox as its quite easy to build SNES controllers.
* HDMI video output.
* (Micro)SD card slot.
* RCA audio output and/or headphone jack.
* Should use a minimal amount of components to keep cost down and make it easier to build.
* Easy to learn,open source C based API for writing games.
The Pimoroni Pico DV Demo Base seems to be pretty close to what I'm looking for but only has one USB port and I don't think its open source, is it?
Does such a thing exist already? Is anyone else interested in such a console? Is it possible to connect at least 2 USB (A/1.1) joysticks to a Pico? Is there already an open source game engine for the Pico?
Statistics: Posted by danboid — Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:32 am — Replies 0 — Views 40