picocade

An arcade controller for the PICO-8 fantasy console powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico and CircuitPython.

Features

• An esc and splore button to find and select PICO-8 games from the controller (no keyboard needed)
• Z and X buttons for gameplay (can be customize with Python)
• USB-C connection (can be replace with a different type of USB port)
• Power LED

Documentation

The list of parts (BOM) and the guide to build this arcade controller are here:

Documentation:

1. Check the Bill Of Materials (list of parts)
2. Work on the hardware
3. Install CircuitPython
4. Install the picocade code
5. Assambly the box

Author

Isaac Benitez