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Quake II demo on Fruit Jam
Run the three-level Quake II demo on an Adafruit Fruit Jam with HDMI video, USB gamepad input and microSD saves, with explicit pre-release and overclocking limits.
retro computing
Retro Computing projects
Retro computing recreates an older machine on modern, unusual hardware. Probably Average Computer Emulator has a PicoVision frontend that emulates an early PC/XT-class system, outputs CGA video, accepts USB HID keyboard and mouse input, and loads one hard-disk image named hd0.img from microSD. Unlike PicoVision’s general graphics examples, this is a compiled emulator built with the Pico SDK and Pimoroni libraries. It does not ship the required XT-compatible BIOS or software images, and PicoVision support is limited to a single hard disk. Consult the project’s tested dependency revision, supply only lawfully obtained BIOS and disk content, and keep backups because emulator compatibility is necessarily incomplete. Compare compatible devices, explore original projects and use the linked guides to get moving.
11 entriesDevices for retro computing projects
Tab5
5-inch 1280×720 ESP32-P4 touch terminal with ESP32-C6 Wi-Fi 6, a 2 MP camera, audio, USB host, RS485 and M5-Bus expansion; battery depends on the C145 or K145 package.
- Platform
- ESP32-P4 RISC-V with 16 MB flash and 32 MB PSRAM; ESP32-C6 wireless companion; ESP-IDF/Arduino/UiFlow2 · Arduino
- Builds
- 02
Fruit Jam
Credit-card-sized RP2350B computer board with DVI output, USB host, microSD, audio, Wi-Fi coprocessor and GPIO expansion.
- Platform
- Raspberry Pi RP2350B with ESP32-C6 connectivity coprocessor, CircuitPython/Arduino/Pico SDK · Circuitpython
- Builds
- 13
PicoVision
Dual-RP2040 digital video board that generates 720p HDMI/DVI output and supports microSD-backed graphics projects.
- Platform
- Dual Raspberry Pi RP2040, MicroPython/C++ · Micropython
- Builds
- 02