I was having a horrible week. I won't go into lengths, but I was stressed. I plop down into my chair after dealing with yet another stress inducing episode, and in peripheral vision, I see a few packages stuck in the corner of my desk. Wondering what inventory I accidentally overpurchased, I open the first package with dread expectations..

Neatly sliding of the cardboard carrier, I come face to face with a Raspberry Pi. Tucked behind it, a classic NES USB Controller. The next package opened is an enclosure for the Raspberry Pi, followed by a 16 GB microsd memory card.

As I'm exploring the packaging, I become aware of the huge smile that's now taken residence on my face. For that moment, and the rest of the day, I was ecstatic. A whole crap week was completely blown away, and forgotten. Thank you, so much.

Enclosed was a note, from my "Secret Santa". And yes, you were right, Redditor, I will truly enjoy your gift. It's been a pet project in mind to build a console/emulator using the Raspberry Pi.

MAJOR LATE UPDATE: Finally actually sat down, 2 years later, and gathered together all the require materials. I had lost the epic transparent case due to moving between 3 different homes, but managed to snag a black case from wish.com

Once booted and all my roms were installed, I spent the better part of last night til the early morning playing battle hunter for the PSX and Castlevania - Harmony for the GBA.

Thank you again, redditor