After a hard day demon hunting, there’s nothing quite like a game of air hockey. But what if you could also play Doom while you play air hockey? Answering the needs of those who made no request, Downing from Downing’s Basement has created this amazing custom air hockey table that uses two Raspberry Pi boards both capable of emulating games like Doom.
According to Downing, this project required quite a bit of work and took around 2 years to complete. He essentially built a functional air hockey table from scratch including the frame and blower system to the electronics that handle the gameplay mechanics. The table is fitted with an LCD screen at the top that can be used to run pretty much anything on the Pi like RetroPie which is what makes it possible for Doom to run. Thanks to some clever component choices, the video output can also be displayed on the RGB LED matrix, albeit at a lower resolution.
