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History
thumb|Saint-Etienne, France, the provenance of the Gamebuino Meta.
It is important for readers to not confuse the Gamebuino with the Gameduino. The Gameduino was an earlier and separate a 2011 gaming oriented FPGA expansion board for Arduino microcontroller boards.The Gameduino - News - SparkFun Electronics https://www.sparkfun.com/news/603 17 February 2021 www.sparkfun.comGameduino - DEV-10593 - SparkFun Electronics https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10593 www.sparkfun.com 26 March 2021
Development
The original Gamebuino was initially a project done for the amusement of its creator.Un étudiant français crée une console low-cost qui fait déjà fureur https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/les-news/actu/detail/article/un-etudiant-francais-cree-une-console-low-cost-qui-fait-deja-fureur-9030/ 22 September 2021 Le Figaro Etudiant fr
Gamebuino Launch
The launch of the original Gamebuino classic occurred in 2014.Gamebuino Classic - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/gamebuino-classic gamebuino.com 13 November 2020 en Thousands of Gamebuino classic consoles were distributed.Gamebuino META https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rodot/gamebuino-meta Kickstarter 13 November 2020 en Outside it's home nation of France, the console was typically exported to countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.Les inventions étudiantes futées de 2014 https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/les-news/actu/detail/article/les-inventions-etudiantes-futees-de-2014-10366/ 22 September 2021 Le Figaro Etudiant fr
An open source DIY kit called the MAKERbuino was demoed at Maker Faire Rome 2016 and later crowdfunded through kickstarter.MAKERbuino - a DIY game console https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/albertgajsak/makerbuino-a-diy-game-console Kickstarter 6 March 2021 en This version was designed by a Croatian developer, and through collaboration with the original Gamebuino team, was made 100% compatible with it. This developer also received some assistance from the Pokkito developer.
Gamebuino Meta Development
A Kickstarter in November 2017 was held for the improved Gamebuino Meta with a planned launch date for January 2018.Press - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/press gamebuino.com 13 November 2020 enGamebuino META launched - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/news/gamebuino-meta-launched gamebuino.com 15 November 2020 en
Gamebuino Meta Launch
Gamebuino production started on the 9th of February 2018, with the option of picking up units in St-Etienne, France.Update #12: Production started, send your address! - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/news/update-12-production-started-send-your-address gamebuino.com 15 November 2020 en Gamebuino began shipping on February 20, 2018.Make your Gamebuino & party invitation - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/news/make-your-gamebuino-party-invitation gamebuino.com 15 November 2020 en Uniquely for a console launch, members of the community were invited to come to an office to see production, and were also invited to a February 26th, 2018 party to help the team ship consoles.
In 2019 Python programming support was added to the Gamebuino.Python on Gamebuino now! - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/news/coder-en-python-des-maintenant 13 December 2020 gamebuino.com en
Temporary Closure and Revival
On October 1st, 2020 the Gamebuino line was quietly discontinued when Gamebuino maker Aadalie SAS entered judicial liquidation.Construisez et programmez votre console de jeux open source - LinuxFr.org https://linuxfr.org/news/construisez-et-programmez-votre-console-de-jeux-open-source 13 December 2020 linuxfr.orgRIP Gamebuino https://community.arduboy.com/t/rip-gamebuino/9314/8 13 December 2020 Arduboy 5 October 2020https://twitter.com/thegamebuino/status/1311693576573779968 https://twitter.com/theGamebuino/status/1311693576573779968 13 December 2020 Twitter en This closure is said to be unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic. A DIY Kit for the Gamebuino Meta had been planned, but not released.Rodot Aurélien Gamebuino DIY kit https://www.aurelienrodot.com/2019/05/02/gamebuino-diy-kit.html 22 September 2021 Aurélien Rodot 2 May 2019 enGamebuino company is shutting down https://old.reddit.com/r/Gamebuino/comments/j3fy32/gamebuino_company_is_shutting_down/ 22 September 2021 reddit en
In February of 2021 it was announced that the company Papillon Ingénierie would revive the Gamebuino projectCoquet Noémie Saint-Etienne / La console vidéo Gamebuino change de main https://www.lessor42.fr/saint-etienne-la-console-video-gamebuino-change-de-main-26400.html 22 September 2021 lessor42 February 26, 2021 fr By the 25th of 2021 the GameBuino was fully relaunched.Arrivée du forum! https://community.gamebuino.com/t/arrivee-du-forum/36 22 September 2021 Gamebuino 25 March 2021 en
Gamebuino Technology
The original Gamebuino was a simple Arduino based portable system which used a black and white display and a rechargeable battery.Gamebuino: A Handheld Arduino Gaming Console Ready For Prime Time https://hackaday.com/2014/02/27/gamebuino-a-handheld-arduino-gaming-console-ready-for-prime-time/ 26 March 2021 Hackaday 28 February 2014
Gamebuino Meta Technology
Compute
The Gamebuino Meta is powered by a 32 bit ATSAMD21 ARM Cortex M0+ architecture microcontroller.
The microcontroller has 32 kilobytes of RAM and 256 kilobytes of flash storage built in.
Hardware
A 1.8" backlit color TFT LCD with a resolution of 160 by 128 pixels is included. By default the display runs at half resolution to highlight pixel art.Playing Gamebuino META Games on Arcada https://learn.adafruit.com/playing-gamebuino-meta-games-on-arcada Adafruit Learning System 13 November 2020 Eight RGB LEDs on the Gamebuino Meta offer off screen lighting effects.
The system sports a microSD card slot for expanded storage.
The Gamebuino has a 10 bit DAC and a class D amp for audio.
Battery life is about 16 hours on the included 900 mAh LiPo battery.
The Gamebuino Meta was made in France, leveraging French manufacturing facilities.What is Gamebuino META? - Gamebuino https://gamebuino.com/gamebuino-meta gamebuino.com 13 November 2020 en
Software
Games for the Gamebuino are typically free and open source games coded in C or C++.
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