PocketStar Miniatures is a collection of miniature consoles They are barely 3 centimeters tall. They were already successfully financed last year on KickStarter, but now they are back with new machine models vintagewhich you can see in the opening video of the news.
With only 0.5 centimeters thickand between 3 and 5 centimeters talldepending on the model, these curious PocketStar Miniatures they fit in any pocket. They can even be carried as a key ring.
all these consoles in miniature They use the same hardware. The only difference is the case, which is printed using a 3D printer.
A microconsole to play with a magnifying glass
In just half a centimeter thick, its creators have managed to introduce a OLED displayhe ESP32-C3 Processor, with a RISC-V core, a micro SD card reader, an accelerometer, vibration motor, charging module for the internal lithium polymer battery, and a speaker. Awesome!
exist 5 different models ranging from portable consoles, folding, arcade machines, and even a television the size of a matchbox, capable of playing videos from a micro SD card.
Are miniature retro consoles used its own ecosystem where you can download original games. Emulators can also be used, and they are powerful enough to run the game Doom.
If you are playing and turn it off, when you turn it back on you can continue playing exactly where you left off.
In the original games it is possible play in multiplayerr so much for Bluetooth as for Internet, via Wi-Fi. there will even be world scoring rankingsso that the players sting each other, trying to reach the record.
They have already raised more than 10 times what they needed to make them, on KickStarter. Part of their success is that they are cheap. Any model, to choose, costs around 45 euro. They will start shipping in August.