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      m312
      last edited by m312

      Hi,
      I'm a teacher and have a week off timetable later in the year to do random things with secondary students.

      I'd like to spend a day building a retropie machine of some sort for each student.

      Any ideas of the cheapest 'all in one' build?
      Thinking mini monitor and buttons, like a game boy. But obviously budget is a problem

      Thoughts?
      Thanks

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        quicksilver @m312
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        @m312 roughly speaking what is your budget?

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          m312 @quicksilver
          last edited by

          @quicksilver

          Umm hard to say. We charge the students, but it has to be affordable. £50? Less?

          We can make enclosures in school.

          Guess I'm thinking pi zero, a small monitor and little buttons + some sort of interface for the buttons.

          And simple enough for me to do with 30 students at the same time haha

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          • ClydeC
            Clyde
            last edited by

            Just in case you don't know this thread:

            Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie

            Be sure to also read the latest posts, because the opening post isn't being regularly updated anymore.

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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv
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              i would say a pi zero would be your best bet, and a small screen, like a 3.5.
              maybe a small handheld or tiny arcade, kida like the ones you see in the store for pacman, etc

              if any ports can work for you, here is a more updated list with ones that are working on the Pi4, some should work on the Pi zero

              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/31580/suggestions-for-ports-2

              RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
              RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
              Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                m312 @ExarKunIv
                last edited by m312

                @exarkuniv thank you, very helpful

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                  m312 @Clyde
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                  @clyde thanks, useful reminder

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