Retro Pi Game Box: a Mini Retro Gaming System Using Raspberry Pi

Ever wanted to play old and fun retro games, but didn't know how? Well then meet Retro Pi Game Box your very own mini retro game machine using a raspberry pi 3!

Tools:

3D printer

Materials:

(1) Raspberry pi 3 - Amazon

(1) Micro SD card - Amazon

(1) Micro USB cable - Amazon

(1) 5.0V 3A USB power adapter - Amazon

(1) HDMI cable - Amazon

(1) Any controller that can be used with USB (I am just using an old Xbox controller) - Amazon

(1) PLA filament (I used Bambu wood for a nice old game box look:) - Bambu Lab

(1) Any keyboard if you don't want a controller or to pair wireless controller - Amazon

Thank you Tobias Christensen for designing this awesome Raspberry pi 3B - 4B case.

Download the STL files here:

First grab your raspberry pi 3 and your 3D printed parts

Now take the bigger piece and slide it on to the back of your pi with all of the holes facing you

Then grab the smaller piece and make sure that the small square is facing you

Lastly snap them together and your done with the case!

To download click here or go to https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

Then download and install

Now open up raspberry pi imager and choose your storage device

Next select choose raspberry pi device and select Raspberry pi 3

Lastly select Choose OS and go to emulation and game OS, then Recalbox, then Recalbox for Raspberry pi 3

Then hit next and it will format your SD card and start downloading it onto your SD card

Plug in you micro SD card and your micro USB cable into your Raspberry pi 3. Then plug your HDMI cable and controller. The raspberry pi 3 will start up and boot into Recalbox. When you are in the main menu you can see all the game consoles and games on those consoles!

If you happen to have a bluetooth controller, start by using your keyboard and pressing enter to go to settings menu, then go to controller settings, pair bluetooth controller and press ok.

Now start pressing you pair button on your controller and the pi should see it, then click on your controller and say pair. Now your controller should be paired with your raspberry pi!

To put more games on you raspberry pi 3, you need to download ROMs of your favorite games.

To do this go to a site that has ROMs (I am using internet archive) and then download

Then plug your micro SD card into your computer and put that ROM into the roms folder, then put it into the console folder that your game is for.

Thank you for building this project I hope you learned something new and cool!

I think this project was very fun and cool to learn how to use raspberry pi and how to use older gaming systems!

Have fun playing with your new Retro game system!