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24 alternatives to Nintendo Labo
DIY creations for the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Labo is a DIY system that lets users build cardboard creations to use with the Nintendo Switch console. Players construct various contraptions from cardboard sheets, then use them as controllers for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Nintendo Labo launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Nintendo Switch▲714Nintendo's new console for the home and your hands 👾
2016 · nintendo.com · its alternatives →
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Software and hardware projects for fun from a guy who loves retro computing
2019 · internalregister.github.io · its alternatives →
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Adventures in hardware hacking, low-level software, FPGAs, and more!
2019 · craigjb.com · its alternatives →
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Hey Hackers. This is a project I solo-developed that turns completed PCB assemblies into an easy to use boardview with some accompanying boardscans. There are lots of easier and better ways of doing this, but this is an experimentation to do it as cheaply as possible, with the highest quality and lowest chance of errors. The technical details are in the link. Most public boardviews are almost entirely the result of industrial espionage, other than a few encrypted subscription based software platforms that provide extensive access. The process output is released as donationware, as my main…
2024 · usoldering.com · its alternatives →
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Palmer Luckey's new startup, a modern Game Boy console
2024 · modretro.com · its alternatives →
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A new compact version of the Nintendo Switch
2019 · nintendo.com · its alternatives →
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Papercraft videogame cartridges you can print and pirate with a copy machine. - kesiev/rewtro
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Still very much a work in progress, but really wanted to share this even in it's early state. Had heaps of fun building it to learn more about WebRTC.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GameShell▲87Open Source Retro Gaming & STEM Portable Console
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · tetris.joshbassett.info · its alternatives →
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The collaborative design platform. Wireframe, prototype, user test, design and inspect designs in one place, for free! Or create an integration with our API.
2014 · marvelapp.com · its alternatives →
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Arduino compatible retro console for gamers
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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A brand new Yoshi game from Nintendo 🕹
2019 · nintendo.com · its alternatives →
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