Cheapest all in one build

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

quicksilver

@m312 roughly speaking what is your budget?

m312

@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

Clyde

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.

ExarKunIv

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

m312

@exarkuniv thank you, very helpful

m312

@clyde thanks, useful reminder