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24 alternatives to Raspi Boy
Build your own retro handheld game console
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Raspi Boy launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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Hey HN, Over the past ~1.5 years, I built an open-source FPGA retro emulation handheld that can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges. To my knowledge, there isn't an existing open-source FPGA emulator that can play physical cartridges like this. One of my main goals was to do all of the pieces myself, and be able to understand every component of it, so I designed my own PCB, wrote the firmware, wrote a Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulator for the FPGA (using the Chisel HDL), and designed a 3D-printed case. I detailed the design and development process in the…
2025 · eli.lipsitz.net · its alternatives →
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Make a miniature arcade cabinet with real, working games
2015 · makershed.com · its alternatives →
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Tingbot▲119Transform your Raspberry Pi into a platform for creativity
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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GameShell▲87Open Source Retro Gaming & STEM Portable Console
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Portable Arcade Machine for all you retrogaming enthusiast.
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Retro Gears▲68A mix of retro, pixels and Micromachines on steroids
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pica Pic▲82Retro handheld games collection, playable in your browser
2014 · pica-pic.com · its alternatives →
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eNcade ▲63A Portable Raspberry Pi Gaming Console (Kickstarter)
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Bring back the 80s with this image creator
2016 · photofunia.com · its alternatives →
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Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20
2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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RomM is a self-hosted app that allows you to manage your retro game files (ROMs) and play them in the browser. Think of it as Plex or Jellyfin for your ROM library: it automatically fetches metadata, artwork, and game information from online metadata sources to transform your folders into a browsable collection. You can play games directly in the browser for consoles like the N64, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 1, using the integrated web emulator (https://emulatorjs.org/). Members of the community have released integrations for Playnite (Windows), muOS…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Retro Rally▲54A colourful game that brings your childhood memory back
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Arduboy▲156A mini open-source game system you can program yourself 👾
2016 · arduboy.com · its alternatives →
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📡 Stream Raspberry Pi games to a GBA via Link Cable. - afska/gba-remote-play
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, As a 8-bit C64 game coder in eaarly 90ties and currently mostly FE-focused dev, decided to give a go to a simple retro game archive. This is purely fun project - so i decided to post it to HN, mayne it'll resonate :)
2023 · polishpixels.com · its alternatives →
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