--- title: You, too, can make this ESP32 handheld console that can... description: A maker built a handheld game console using an ESP32-S3 microcontroller where the entire hardware, including the main display, fits on a single PCB. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-too-can-make-this-esp32-handheld-console-that-can-play-retro-games-qky4fonpb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You, too, can make this ESP32 handheld console that can play retro games | daily.dev og:description: A maker built a handheld game console using an ESP32-S3 microcontroller where the entire hardware, including the main display, fits on a single PCB. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-too-can-make-this-esp32-handheld-console-that-can-play-retro-games-qky4fonpb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Qky4fONPB.png og:image:alt: You, too, can make this ESP32 handheld console that can play retro games og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You, too, can make this ESP32 handheld console that can play retro games **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A maker built a handheld game console using an ESP32-S3 microcontroller where the entire hardware, including the main display, fits on a single PCB. The console features 15 built-in games including Tetris, Space Invaders, a Doom-style raycaster, a Mode 7 racing game, and a dungeon crawler. It also sports a secondary 128x64 OLED display for system info and high scores, plus a custom OTA bootloader that allows flashing new games from an SD card without a computer. The project files and instructions are available on GitHub. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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