pico-console

A retro-like games console running on Raspberry Pi Pico 2W.
All featured games support multiplayer for 2 players.

Games and features

• Snake
  • snake body turns into apples upon death
• Space Invaders
  • boss level every 5 levels
  • only orange and red enemies can shoot
• Sokoban
  • 11 tricky levels
  • a menu made for easily restarting the level
• Breakout
  • smooth gameplay allowing for 50 active projectiles at a time
  • precise collision detection
  • blue powerups that spawn 3 balls when collected
  • orange powerups that spawn 2 more balls next to a random ball

Hardware requirements

• Raspberry Pi Pico 2W with the debugprobe on it
• Another Raspberry Pi Pico 2W
• ST7735 128x160 screen

Installing on the RP Pico 2W

This console relies on this webserver running on a separate device.
It works by connecting to the hotspot of the device (change WIFI_SSID.txt and WIFI_PASSWORD.txt accordingly!).

• 1. Installing the webserver

  git clone https://github.com/addrian-77/rust-webserver
  cd ./rust-webserver
  cargo run
  

  The webserver is now running on localhost:7878 for player 1 and localhost:7879 for player 2.

• 2. The wiring configuration

  Make sure your components are wired correctly. If so, you can go to the next step.

• 3. Installing the Wi-Fi driver

  For a faster flashing, the cyw43-firmware is hardcoded on the board. This can be achieved using the following commands

  probe-rs download ./cyw43-firmware/43439A0.bin --binary-format bin --chip RP235x --base-address 0x10100000
  probe-rs download ./cyw43-firmware/43439A0_clm.bin --binary-format bin --chip RP235x --base-address 0x10140000
  

• 4. Flashing the RP Pico 2W

  git clone https://github.com/addrian-77/rust-pico-console
  cd ./rust-pico-console
  cargo run -r
  

The console should now be running! Now head to your webserver controller and start playing!