Hey everyone!

I'm back again with more progress on my handheld console for pico8! We finally sourced a crispy square LCD display, started development on our own pico8 games launcher, and have made the switch to linux to support native pico8 by incorporating the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. Currently we only have renders and 3D printed prototypes but we are in the process of sourcing the parts and manufacturing the first couple of beta units. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we would be able to show the assembled console playing games!

If you will like to keep up with development, come chat with us on our discord (https://discord.gg/KzFn8Vb4qw), or join our mailing list (https://pex-labs.com/). See you all soon!

What's the resolution on the screen? Looks cool.

@girres42 It will be a 4 inch LCD with 480x480 resolution - unless we can find something with 720x720 for a reasonable price

@pinosaur Ooh... Picotron has a 480x270 screen size, so it would fit perfectly (width-wise)

What are the two buttons under the screen for ? One could be for pause, but what about the other one ? (I'm guessing the side buttons are power and volume control ?)
About multiplayer, any way to add an extra controller, or to have a 2nd device act as one ?

@Soupster now that you mention it...

@RealShadowCaster the other one will be 'option', I was thinking it can be used for extra functions in button combinations (that could be remapped). For example option + up could be screenshot.