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Ash Hill

UNCOVERED: Raspberry pi pico converts paw patrol toy into arcade controller - The Untold Story

Raspberry Pi.

When it comes to retro gaming, there's nothing like using an original first-party controller. But in the maker world there's also nothing like creating a new controller out of something that wasn't supposed to be a controller at all by throwing a Raspberry Pi Pico inside of it which is exactly what maker and developer Dr. Tom Tilley has done with his latest brilliant creation.

Nobody asked him to but that didn't stop him from converting a Paw Patrol toy with steerable handlebars into a working controller for Sega's classic motorcycle racing game. According to Dr. Tom Tilley, the goal was to create a controller that would work with Sega's Super Hang-On. This is a racing game which makes the project ideal for this particular title. We wonder if it will work with Paperboy and Enduro Racer

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