TuxJam 108 – Retro frog defence

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The usual trio of Kevie, Andrew (when tore himself away from his telescope) and Dave are joined by Al, from the Admin Admin podcast, and have a show dedicated to retro gaming.

The Data Frog Gane (sic) Console

We start with our useful roundup from distrowatch.

Al and Dave review the Data frog handheld game console. Here’s a link to a GitHub repo with a whole raft of information relating to the console.

Andrew talks about his recent fun in playing around with Defender, built from the original assembly source code.

Kevie created a Pi powered retro gaming console, that was heavily inspired by the SNES.

The links for the parts and total costs involved in this project was:

• SuperPi Case: £22.50
• Retroflag Controller (x2): £27
• Pi 4 Model B: £75
• Heatsinks: £3.50
• 30mm Fan: £3
• Power Supply: £9
• HDMI Adapter: £4
• 64GB MicroSD Card: £7.50
• Total price: £151.50

Along with the usual mix of Creative Commons Music:

• Suzy E – Never look back
• Morrisframe – Larger Than Life
• Matthew Mike Cole – The Wheels on the Bus
• KERRY – Get me a doctor
• Prettyhowtown – Hydrogen Beta (original version)