Pimoroni Picade

A Raspberry Pi powered mini arcade you assemble yourself, with authentic joystick and low profile buttons, a sharp 10 inch 1024x768 IPS 4:3 display ideal for retro titles, and a punchy 3 inch speaker. A desk size arcade with precise controls and clean, vibrant pixels.

• Solid powder coated MDF cabinet with acrylic marquee and artwork

• Picade X HAT with USB C power management, illuminated safe power button, I2S DAC and 3 W amp

• Powers Raspberry Pi 5 through GPIO pins; space for Active Cooler and NVMe Base

• Pimoroni HDMI display driver board with keypad controls; wide viewing angle IPS panel

• Dimensions 310 x 260 x 250 mm

• Recommended software: RetroPie for emulation

• PICO 8 license included for making and playing tiny games with SPLORE

Use case examples: load classic console cores in RetroPie, map the joystick and six buttons for arcade titles, boot PICO 8 to code a simple platformer, browse and play community cartridges.

Kit contents: pre cut MDF panels, acrylic parts, joystick, push fit arcade buttons, 10 inch IPS screen, HDMI driver board, 3 inch 5 W 4 ohm speaker, Picade X HAT, wiring, fixings, rubber feet, stickers, enamel pin, poster, PICO 8 license.

Requirements: Raspberry Pi with 40 pin header, USB C power supply, micro SD card. Typical assembly time two to three hours with basic screwdrivers.