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    m312
    last edited by m312 2 Feb 2022, 22:41 2 Feb 2022, 22:40

    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
      last edited by 3 Feb 2022, 01:28

      @m312 roughly speaking what is your budget?

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        m312 @quicksilver
        last edited by 3 Feb 2022, 18:35

        @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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          Clyde
          last edited by 5 Feb 2022, 13:36

          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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            ExarKunIv
            last edited by 5 Feb 2022, 16:49

            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 2 Jul 2022, 23:28 7 Feb 2022, 23:23

              @exarkuniv thank you, very helpful

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                m312 @Clyde
                last edited by 7 Feb 2022, 23:28

                @clyde thanks, useful reminder

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