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History
Background
thumb|Akron, Ohio - The provenance of the Tiny Arcade and the Tiny Pocket.
thumb|Early Tinyduino boards.
TinyCircuits was founded in 2011 as AkroSense,About Us https://tinycircuits.com/pages/about-us 15 March 2021 TinyCircuits en and began attracting media attention under the TinyCircuits name by 2012 with the development of the TinyDuino platform.Change of Pace: TinyDuino Microcontroller Is Smaller Than a Quarter https://www.wired.com/2012/09/tinyduino/ 15 March 2021 Wired en-us By 2013 the company had shifted from handmade production to mass production in the fifth floor of a former B.F.Goodrich factory in Akron, Ohio.WKSU News: Exploradio: TinyCircuits and small-scale manufacturing https://archive.wksu.org/news/feature/exploradio/37690 15 March 2021 WKSU By 2014 the TinyDuino was being integrated in gaming applications by third parties.Immersion: Video Game Biofeedback https://hackaday.com/2014/01/31/immersion-video-game-biofeedback/ 17 March 2021 Hackaday 31 January 2014 This was the origin of the company and the platform which would form the basis for TinyDuino Arcade and TinyDuino Pocket game consoles.
thumb|The Goodreach building in Akron, Ohio.
Development
A similar concept to the Tiny Pocket was seen in the TinyScreen Video Game Kit promoted during a 2014 Kickstarter.Hurley Leon Tiny Handheld Console Actually Plays Games https://kotaku.com/tiny-handheld-console-actually-plays-games-1642834594 17 March 2021 Kotaku en-us
Following a well received prototype demo at the bay area Maker Faire in May 2015 the Tiny Arcade kickstarter launched in November 2015.
Launch
The Tiny Arcade saw a full retail release in August 2018.
The TinyPocket was later suplemented with the Thumby.
Technology
Compute
The Tiny Arcade is powered by a 32-bit SAMD21 ARM processor clocked at 48 megahertz.TinyCircuits/TinyCircuits-Pocket-Arcade-ASM2026 https://github.com/TinyCircuits/TinyCircuits-Pocket-Arcade-ASM2026/blob/master/design_files/ASM2026_Rev3.pdf GitHub 13 November 2020 enGetting Started - TinyCircuits https://learn.tinycircuits.com/Processors/TinyScreen+_Setup_Tutorial/ learn.tinycircuits.com 13 November 2020
The SAMD21 processor includes 32 kilobytes of SRAM and 256 kilobytes of storage.
Hardware
The Tiny Arcade uses an 0.96" OLED screen with a resolution of 96 by 64 pixels and 16 bit color depth.Tiny Arcade DIY Kit https://tinycircuits.com/products/tinyarcade TinyCircuits 13 November 2020 en
A rechargeable lithium battery powers the Tiny Arcade.
All Tiny Circuits products and made in Akron, Ohio, with the company based out of a former rubber factory.About Us https://tinycircuits.com/pages/about-us TinyCircuits 13 November 2020 en
Games
Games for the TinyArcade are typically open source and free. A number of TinyArcade games can be seen on the official GitHub repository for the system.TinyCircuits/TinyCircuits-Tiny-Arcade-Games https://github.com/TinyCircuits/TinyCircuits-Tiny-Arcade-Games/tree/master/Tiny-Arcade-All-Games GitHub 13 November 2020 en
The developer Neo Retro made a number of indie games for the platform.Customer Feature- Neo Retro Games https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/news/customer-feature-neo-retro-games 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Many early games for the system incorporated the word tiny in their titles, becoming a sort of unofficial naming theme, despite coming from different developers.
2016
Tiny Run - PlatformerTiny Run https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/178277575-tiny-run 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Tiny Shooter - 2D horizontal space shooterTiny Shooter https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/153847815-tiny-shooter 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Tiny Invaders - Fixed axis shooter similar to Space Invaders.Tiny Invaders https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/169455239-tiny-invaders 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Tinytris - Falling block puzzle game.Tinytris https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/171185479-tinytris 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Tiny Asteroids - Arcade shooter similar to the classic game Asteroids.Tiny Asteroids https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/171197511-tiny-asteroids 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Flappy Birdz - Clone of the mobile phone arcade style game Flappy Bird.Flappy Birdz https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/178269895-flappy-birdz 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
2019
Rayne the Rogue Part 2 - Arcade maze gameRayne the Rogue Part 2 https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/games/rayne-the-rogue-part-2 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
2020
Mutant RoadMAYKer Madness Winners! https://tinycircuits.com/blogs/news/mayker-madness-winners 24 March 2021 TinyCircuits en
Other TinyDuino Based Handhelds
center|300px|thumb|A DIY TinyDuino based game console in 2015. This is different from the official TinyPocket. For more information on this specific handheld, read the guide on Spanish Wikiversity.
External Resources
GitHub - Pocket Arcade Repo
References
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