What is GAMBY? GAMBY is a build-it-yourself Arduino shield (expansion board) kit featuring a monochrome LCD, 4-way directional pad, buttons and speaker in a form factor reminiscent of several class...

What is GAMBY?

GAMBY is a build-it-yourself Arduino shield (expansion board) kit featuring a monochrome LCD, 4-way directional pad, buttons and speaker in a form factor reminiscent of several classic handheld video game consoles.

In short, GAMBY is Games for Arduino, Made By You!

Limited Edition

GAMBY is a limited edition of 500. Each board is individually numbered.

Easy to Build

GAMBY was designed to use primarily through-hole components. The only surface mount parts are optional and can even be added later.

Open Source

GAMBY's design and software is Open Source. All of the code and design files are available free of charge. Create your own version of GAMBY or contribute to the main project.

Hackable and Customizable

Does the standard GAMBY hardware not have a feature you want? Add it! GAMBY's board features dozens of solder pads and other features for modifying the hardware.

Hardware Features

96x64 pixel monochrome LCD with optional backlighting (50% higher resolution than a Nokia 5110!)

4-way D-Pad

4 Buttons

Transistor-driven piezo speaker

Enough extra pads and other board features to allow advanced users to hack the hardware to their heart's content

Library Features

The GAMBY library features three different modes:

Graphics Mode

Draw lines, shapes and sprites to the screen! Use line and fill patterns, irregularly-shaped bitmaps and more.

Block Mode

Draw to the screen as a 24x16 grid of blocks using a palette of 16 tiles, while using less memory than the full graphics mode! Write your own version of a certain famous Russian falling-block game, or even a tiny Rogue-like RPG!

Text Mode

Don't need fancy graphics? Display eight rows of 20 to 40 proportional characters and icons, with automatic scrolling and wrapping! The leanest of GAMBY's modes, you can even use it on an older ATmega168-based Arduino and still have ample memory left for your own code!

Want to Know More?

See the GAMBY main site for more information, instructions and resources!

Note About Shipping

Orders typically ship on Saturdays, and orders received after end-of-business on Friday (US Eastern time) may not be shipped until the following week. Delivery time outside of North America averages about 10 business days.