But wait! You are saying that we can play any game of our childhood, what does it mean exactly? Does the kit comes with games integrated?

Software : Retrostone Pi is compatible with Retrorangepi (Retropie distribution for H3 boards). Retropie is an awesome emulation station software (super easy installation, it will be explained step-by-step in the tutorial!). You can check them on Youtube for demo ! Those softwares come with a wide range of systems supported : Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Super Nintendo, Megadrive/Genesis, Atari, MaMe and so on. You can have a look here to all the supported systems.

RetroStone Pi is also compatible with most other H3 SBC OS (armbian, android...).

Please note that the software will not be pre-installed because these are open-source softwares and their license forbide it.

Games : To install a game you need it's ROM file. A ROM file is a computer file containing all the game's data. You can legally download ROM of unlicensed games on the internet. For licensed games legality of downloading ROM depend on your country. In some you need to have original copy of the game. In some others it may not be legal at all to download ROMs from internet.

Then to install the ROM you can transfer it with USB stick to RetroStone.

Develop your own game, share them and discover other RetroStone user's games !

I think there's a lot of potential to develop and share your games! A topic will be opened on the forum about game idea, development and sharing.

The main advantages of RetroStone compared with Raspiboy are :

- Easy memory card access

- Assembled and fully tested

- Compact form factor

- More powerful CPU

- Ethernet, more USB connectors and full size HDMI

Size comparaison of RetroStone and Raspiboy

By connecting a screen, keyboard and mouse, your console becomes the perfect living room computer. Write a novel, surf YouTube or watch your movies on your big screen while kicking back on your couch.

Makers I have not forgotten you! RetroStone may come assembled but we left room for customization!

RetroStone has 26 GPIO available, with built-in pull up resistors