The Gamebar is here
Last summer I've started to work with few friends at some cool arcade retrogaming projects, all based on Raspberry Pi and Retropie. We started looking around for needed hardware: arcade controls, interface boards, and of course chassis options. I was willing to come up with something different from a traditional upright cabinet, or from a more manageable bartop. I wanted real arcade controls, but at the same time full portability. A device that could be hooked at an external screen, like old consoles, but at the time time equipped with an internal screen, speakers, and a rechargeable battery to power everything up. The Nintendo Switch was not yet announced, anyways it doesn't count since I envisioned portability for two players, but with real arcade controls. I sketched up some concepts, and started to try few CAD modelling tools. I've found one that was extremely powerful, easy to use and at that time free for small projects: Onshape . I've worked at this project i