Custom Gameboy Zero Build - Not Cheap!

[chanh55]

Finally started the build since my all in one should be here Tuesday. Everything working so far!

[bigrich424]

Following! If it was cheap (or easy) everyone would do it right???

[chanh55]

Following! If it was cheap (or easy) everyone would do it right???

Build is done and everything is finally working flawlessly... Definitely learned a lot. Took a good week to get to this point. Feel like I'm a pro at SMT and TH soldering, desoldering, hot gluing, and de hot gluing now.

A couple gotchas that I want to share...

1. Retropie 3.8.1 is the most stable image in my experience.
2. Don't be lazy about twisting your USB wires.
3. Use Helder's command line files or the USB hub and sound won't work.
4. DON'T install the Pixel Desktop Environment, it took me hours to figure out how to make ES boot instead of Pixel... sigh
5. SSH and WinSCP are key to making your Pi work flawlessly.

[PotaTox]

But there is no way to get a build under 150€ only for the parts.

Oh really? I did mine in about 120 ish for parts (Keep in mind I broke some stuff and bought things I didn't need), 150 total with other expenses.