Somebody turned their Raspberry Pi right into a devoted Snake handheld

Many individuals have fond reminiscences of taking part in Snake on a traditional Nokia cellphone. A small group of creators has taken this nostalgia a step additional to create a complete handheld console devoted to taking part in Snake and nothing else.

Earlier than the times of smartphones and Offended Birds or Sweet Crush, when you had been caught ready for a bus or a dentist appointment, you had fewer choices for killing time. If you happen to had a Nokia cellphone, you a minimum of had the choice of taking part in Snake.

For these unfamiliar, Snake is a quite simple sport the place you management a line of dots. Every now and then, one other dot will seem, and you have to direct your snake to eat the dot. Your snake will then develop into longer. The snake can by no means cross over itself, or the sport ends. Easy and enjoyable.

A tribute to the early 2000s

A small group of creators led by Arnov Sharma determined to relive the early 2000s nostalgia by making a handheld that did nothing however play Snake. The machine is powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and makes use of a matrix panel and a custom-made 3D-printed body to show the sport.

The group modelled the machine utilizing Fusion 360 and used {custom} PCBs created by PCB Means together with the 3D case, matrix show, and an onboard 3.7V 2600mAh lithium ion cell for energy.

The matrix show reveals a inexperienced snake that may be managed by the 4 directional buttons and despatched to eat a pink dot, inflicting the snake to develop as with the unique sport. Sharma and his group coded the sport from scratch and added a Rating indicator to indicate what number of pink dots the snake has consumed.

The group has posted a video together with a full construct information if anybody needs to observe of their footsteps and create their very own Snake machine.