Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-handheld-picoboy
PicoBoy V2s are currently sold out. If you would like to buy one, please join the waitlist on Tindie. This will allow me to estimate how many kits people want for when I restock.
This is the PicoBoy. The ultimate handheld console for not only playing great games but also making great games. The PicoBoy is fun and accessible for both new and experienced developers and gamers. It sports the PicoBoySDK, a developer environment that is as easy as it is powerful to use, allowing anyone of any skill level to make amazing games. The PicoBoy can be bought as a kit or as a prebuilt, allowing you to make your own videogame console and learn to solder in the process. This is the PicoBoy, an impossibly powerful, inexpensive, and easy-to-use handheld console.
https://www.tindie.com/products/hallospaceboy/picoboy-v2-the-ultimate-diy-console/
https://www.printables.com/model/469537-picoboy
https://www.printables.com/model/893871-picoboy-v2-printed-parts
https://github.com/HalloSpaceBoy5/PicoBoy/releases
https://github.com/HalloSpaceBoy5/PicoBoy/tree/main/Guides
https://github.com/HalloSpaceBoy5/PicoBoy-OS/releases
Building the console is an enjoyable expierence that helps beginners learn to solder and experts have a fun time with very little challenge. Building the PicoBoy is optional, as there is an option for a pre-built console at checkout.
Using the console is dead simple. You navigate PBOS (PicoBoy Operating System), an easy to use, customizable operating system specifically for the PicoBoy. It supports 5 languages, custom backgrounds, and many more features.
The PicoBoy SDK is avalible and easy to use! It makes developing games as easy as possible for newer developers, while being incredibly powerful allowing the performance of complex tasks for expert developers.
The PicoBoy Communication Software is a handy peice of software that makes it easy to modifiy your PicoBoy. It can add games, delete games, format the console, update the console, customize the console, as well as many more features. Upon opening, Your computer may warn you saying that it is suspicious software. I promise it isin't, I wrote it myself. The reason your computer warns you is because the software is not signed with a certified software key, which I do not have the budget for. To use the software, follow the instructions for each function in the user guide.
Source for PicoGameBoy.py (Modified)
Source for ST7789.py (Modified)
Source for tetris.py (Modified), tetris_title.bin
Source for gameoflife.py (Modified)
Source for original concept of flappybird.py (Rewritten)
Source for rpmidi.py (Modified)