Retro Gaming Handheld Without a PCB -- Episode 384

This looks great! Seeing as I don't have an ATtiny85 immediately available I wondered if this can run on an UNO or a NANO as I have loads of those.

Following the links in the above comments takes me to the Arduino Collection where it claims it is it directly compatible and will run on an UNO, but whilst it compiles and programs OK, I don't get anything on the screen....So am I doing anything wrong or misunderstanding something?

I have loads of UNO's and NANO's and barebones ATmega328P, it would be great if I could use them!

Any pointers greatly appreciated! Thanks.

UPDATE: I have some Digistump ATtiny85 boards, will it work on those??

Thank you! I already heard about KiCad, but never used it, I gonna learn more about.

Ohh you are right, I didn't thought about it! There's no problem let the battery on the socket as long as the switch is off.

This is amazing I was about to ask if it is KiCad because of the color scheme, but anything not looking like Eagle looks like KiCad to me I like the clean arrangement of the resistors! Thank you very much, it is always great to see someone building something you have "created". Looking at this I can see that you've clearly made it your own by designing a PCB for it!

Sounds reasonable to take out the battery, but if you leave the switch in the off stage, wouldn't it be powered purely by the programmer and the battery wouldn't be connected at all?

Thanks again for sharing!

Hey Dave! Loved your project, amazing!!

You inspired me to build a Game Retro PCB, take a look:

I don't know if Proteus is the best software to make PCBs, but it has very simple and friendly layout to trace the circuit.

I also added a 6 pins headers to change the game direct from board, just plug the correct arduino pins. For security, I remove the battery every time I change the game program.

Hope you guys enjoy!

The images are all available in the SPRITE folder of the original game "Gilbert and the doors" !

Thanks! Gilbert image is kind of "hard to find".

Thanks much for your kind comment!

really well done! I like the cartridge system and the label of tiny gilbert.

Makes my day, thanks for sharing it! Daniel has shared a fourth game that would fit this console, I need to change the code and make it work for my version then Very well done, really like the outcome!

This is totally based on your work! Thanks to you!

I just tried to make it less fragile and easier to move one game to another for my kids.

I think I may upgrade it or add functionalitites to it just by making changes to a game cartridge. I may put a better microcontroller in it as well.