Pocket version of "Game Boy", built-in 300 open source games handset Arduboy Mini successful crowdfunding

CTOnews.com, December 29 / PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet /-- developer Kevin Bates, inspired by Game Boy, has previously launched Arduboy, a game handheld based on open source embedded hardware platform Arduino. He recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for the Arduboy Mini game handset through the KickStarter platform, reaching the crowdfunding target of $10, 000 just 13 hours after its launch on December 7.

Comparison between Arduboy Mini and 25-cent coins (24.26mm in diameter)

Arduboy Mini shrinks further in appearance, but it has the advantages of a large Arduboy, including OLED screens and hundreds of open source games, and Kevin Bates encourages users to explore hardware modifications and software programming.

CTOnews.com learned that the Arduboy Mini comes with a 128x64 monochrome OLED screen, a 16MHz ATmega32u4 processor, and six buttons-four on the left and two on the right-that can be used as action buttons in the game. The seventh button is also located on the back of the device and is used to reset the handset.

More than 300 8-bit retro-style games are pre-installed on the small game console, all of which are open source and created by a dedicated developer community.