A Tetris Handheld With a Cyberpunk Soul
Building your own handheld gaming console isn’t especially difficult these days. It can be as easy as connecting a development board to a few off-the-shelf modules, then flashing it with open source emulation firmware. However, if you want something unique — not just another Game Boy or Game Boy Advance lookalike — it takes a lot more creativity.
Macro USB wanted to build a handheld Tetris game, but didn’t want it to look like every other DIY project out there. He designed it with a cyberpunk aesthetic and used a miniature LED matrix rather than a more commonly used LCD screen. It looks like it would be loads of fun for quick gaming sessions, and you won’t find anything else quite like it.
Assembling the hardware (📷: Macro USB)
The pocket-sized console is powered by an Arduino Nano microcontroller, which was chosen largely because it is inexpensive, small, and easy...
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