Coming: Retroflag GPi Gameboy Case for Raspberry Pi Zero/W

celly

I’m all in for this. Can’t wait!

ballboff

That's pretty reasonable actually. I'm in!

blackshadow

ive got a couple of pi zeroes sat doing nothing so id be happy to get one of these i like how the pi zero is contained int he ejectable cartridge i think thats pretty clever for those with ocd like me they better make cartridges available seperatley sicne i can put a few of my spare zero's to use as single system boards :P

simpleethat

Does it have shoulder buttons? I didn't see any but maybe I missed them

quicksilver

@simpleethat they are flush on the back below the where the game cartridge goes in. They blend in really good.

hhromic

And here is another video from ETA Prime, this time a teardown:

hhromic

Finally Retroflag themselves now confirm the case:
http://retroflag.com/GPi-CASE.html

(at the moment their website is extremely slow, I guess because all the hype!)

mitu

@hhromic said in Coming: Retroflag GPi Gameboy Case for Raspberry Pi Zero/W:

Finally Retroflag themselves now confirm the case:

It would have been very funny to 'unconfirm' it, after having been advertised so much.

Spiky

this looks exactly like something I have been waiting for. looks great, reviews are good so far. maybe I will finally have my RetroPie handheld :)

I just hope there will be enough supply

simpleethat

Has anybody heard a firm release date for this? I saw a mention of the 21st on the reddit post but was wondering if that was confirmed or perhaps another date confirmed.

Spiky

@simpleethat no release date yet. all we know is that it should be available at the end of May

simpleethat

@Spiky I guess I just have to start ritualistically checking their Amazon store and Website everyday...

[edited for bad grammar]

celly

@simpleethat gonna have to be the only way. Before the scalpers get em and jack the price up.

simpleethat

@celly I'm mildly optimistic that it will go similarly to their last couple releases and not sell out in moments.

ballboff

I should have waited. I bought a bittboy instead, and i'm pretty disappointed.

Spiky

and it's already listed on Amazon. still can't order it, though...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RT9VGS4

HurricaneFan

@Spiky What's weird is it doesn't show up in the Retroflag amazon store page.
https://www.amazon.com/retroflag

So it almost looks like its a 3rd party listing.

simpleethat

@HurricaneFan I feel like that might be the right listing but it's not released yet. If you select Retroflag at the top of the listing it does take you to the Retroflag storefront; a third party listing wouldn't do that. It's going to be released at the end of the Month; maybe the SKU is showing up a bit prematurely.

Spiky

release of GPi case delayed to early June (https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/bu0qun/just_in_time_for_the_retroflag_gpi_gb_studio/)

also found new article yesterday that confirmed it. let's hope it won't get delayed any further

simpleethat

@Spiky dammit! Oh well. I'll keep waiting and continue checking every day.

Anybody know what systems the zero runs well? Or doesn't run well for that matter? I've googled but keep finding conflicting info. Like will GBA play? I'd like to finish my ROM selections for my build whenever it comes out