For some reason, when slot machines went digital, they lost their best feature — the handle. Who wants to push a button on a slot machine, anyway? Might as well just play video poker. [John Bradnam] seems to agree, and has built an open-source three-color matrix slot machine complete with handle.
- This setup is surprisingly comfortable, even with both battery packs inside the slot machine, and it holds the machine at the perfect height for people to play while I am walking around. Here is a quick shot of how I am powering the Raspberry Pi, the Touch Screen, and the Arduino Nano / Neo Pixels.
- The Raspberry Pi is a great little device that’s not only perfect for retro gaming, it’s also incredibly cheap. If you’re after the best Raspberry Pi arcade kits for sale, you’ve come to the right.
In this case, you’ll be losing all of your nickels to an Arduino Pro Mini. The handle is an upgrade to an earlier slot machine project that uses three 8×8 matrices and a custom driver board. When the spring-loaded handle is pulled, it strikes a micro switch to spins the reels and then snaps back into place. Between each pull, the current score is displayed across the matrix. There’s even a piezo buzzer for victory squawks. We only wish the button under the handle were of the clickier variety, just for the feels. Check out the short demo video after the break.
Raspberry Pi Slot Machine Emulator
RASPBERRY PI SLOT MACHINE. Computerkid007 Mar 31, 2013 5:18 AM This is a great idea. A slot machine controlled by an arduino or a PI.Please consider it. Turning your Raspberry Pi into a Retro Game Console has always been a popular and fun project. With the release of the Raspberry Pi 4, with faster processing speeds and better performance, it has the potential now to run games that were previously beyond Pi’s power!
Raspberry Pi 4 Slot Machine
If you’re not a gambler, you could always turn your slot machine into a clock.