The best type of mobile game is homemade

[CNCDan] She had previously dabbled with Raspberry Pi CM4-powered handheld gaming rigs but was itching for something more powerful. Starting in May 2023, he started doing so Building an Intel NUC7i5BNK powered mobile device called the NucDeck.

As he reviews the list of features, it looks like a commercially available controller. The 1024 x 600 display offers a good balance between resolution and performance. Stereo cabinet speakers provide good front-facing sound. Two joysticks with gyroscopic aim assist, two hall effects triggers, and several buttons round out the input. Depending on the mode, the Raspberry Pi Pico provides input where it can emulate a mouse and keyboard or a traditional gamepad. A small OLED screen shows battery status, input mode and other options. All of this fits into four dedicated PCBs, and communicates via I2C. The 6,000 mAh battery allows a decent runtime of three hours for simpler emulators and nearly an hour for more modern games.

The entire design revolves around easily accessible parts, and files as well Open source and on GitHub With PDF files and detailed building instructions. We see a lot of great designs here on Hackaday, but everything from the gorgeous clear box to the building instructions shows how much time and love went into this. Of course, we’ve seen some interesting tricks with the Steam suite (like this one that mimics a printer), so we can only imagine the kind of things you can do once you add any new hardware features you want.