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[Video] DIY Switch for Filthy Pirates

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24 Comments on “[Video] DIY Switch for Filthy Pirates”

  1. "designed by an electrical engineer" Oof, shots fired alex. I would like to see you design a motherboard!

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  3. Not reeeeeaaaaaallllllyyyy sure you could advertise this as a Switch, as much as I know there's probably a purpose for titling the video as such. Alot of your "portable retro systems" are just a screen with buttons on the side, such as all the PSP copies in previous years. Good video otherwise highlighting these frustrating machines

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  5. I'm fine with my GPi but the case looks nice and the face buttons and D-PAD actually seem to come from the 3DS of all places?

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  11. Logic behind this video: switch is too expensive so let's buy this plastic thing with shitty build quality and no AAA games that's even more expensive than a switch.
    At this point you should really just get a hacked switch for retro games.

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  12. ok what the heck …. "there's nothing else quite like it, doesn't it?"

    EVER HEARD of Retroflag GPi case … approach a bit different price different, better build quality, true retro look, cost just a bit more than a fourth of the Lyra price (70$, been around for a bit more time … has WiFi and BT (provided you use a Zero W ) although use a RPi Zero (W or non W ), which is the only cons, with the screen size ) since a Zero W offer less oomph than a CM3L transfert the roms via shared network

    i am using one i got in a full bundle, 100ish $ for bundles, with a Zero W (well actually got 2 Zero W with although it was mentioned only 1 in the delivery, yaaay free stuff), 4 Panasonic Eneloop Pro (use 3 but can be powered externally from a powerbank via the include cable), one uSD 32gb UHS-I U3 card, play all retro games from consoles i owned up to the PSX (and if it's above a PS2 it's not retro enough)

    http://retroflag.com/GPi-CASE.html

    tho if the maker of the Lyra were smart … they wouldn't use a RPi CM and just mod a RPi4 or a RPi 3 A+ like a Zero used in the GPi case, the Zero need to be a without GPIO pin for a Pi 4 it would need more extensive work but for a 3 A+ just like a Zero, removing GPIO pin header and using a Pogo pin contact board in the Lyra (and lower the price by at least half what they ask for the actual model)

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  15. I see that as a waste of money, not only it's really low specs but It's limited.
    I think it would be wiser to buy a cheap android phone and play retro games on it.

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  17. That's a ridiculous pricetag. For that money you can get a cheap Android phone + controller with phone holder and do the same, just better.
    And I've actually built a mobile retro gaming console based on a Pi Zero W (with WiFi and Bluetooth) for like $50 in materials; just mine also has an HDMI out, for a Switch type experience.

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  21. Is this a good pc?:
    Ryzen 7 3700x
    Rtx 2070 super 8gb
    16gb ram 2666
    512gb ssd
    I'm asking because i was planning on buying one with theese components.

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