Almost all components are self-designed – right down to the carrier board, the cartridge reader, and the case.
Pop in a Raspberry Pi Compute Module, and you’re good to go. With a Pi 5 CM, RooK can even play up to PlayStation 2 games. But let’s be real, the really old games are what truly matter to us. We’re talking about games where a single pixel could define an entire character, and joypads had fewer buttons than a modern car’s dashboard.
And there’s more:
You can design and print your own RooK case, making it truly yours.
Because what’s cooler than beating your high score? Beating it on a console YOU designed. Take that, Nintendo Labo!
The image shows what a RooK Mk3 looks like before it is assembled