July Is Gaming & Retro Tech Month on Hackster

July on Hackster is all about gaming and retro tech in the open-source hardware space. These are two big topics around which the Hackster community has created thousands of projects. We're excited to share some of our favorite projects, talk with thought leaders on Hackster Cafe, and give you the latest updates on what's happening in these two spaces throughout the month. Be sure to follow our site and social media channels to stay in the loop.

A Call to Share Your Projects

Retro tech is all about nostalgic technology and how the devices of yesterday can still be used creatively today. While most people look back and think old technology is obsolete, the maker community has shown how retro tech can be used in so many ways, like cramming a Raspberry Pi Zero W into a cassette tape to emulate a ZX Spectrum or using an old rotary phone to alert you if an HTTP server on AWS is down.

Many creators and makers in the Hackster community uniquely utilize gaming consoles in projects, create unusual gaming set-ups or even find ways to play popular games on unexpected devices -- check out the nuclear-powered Gameboy or DOOM on an FPGA with hardware accelerators.

Share your content on social media and use #hacksterio, or tag us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram and we'll re-post in our channels to help support your creations.

Explore Topic Channels for Inspiration

Check out projects posted by the Hackster community on the gaming and retro tech topic channels to browse and be inspired by what others in the community have created. To add your own project to the topic page, simply add tags like "gaming," "retro" or "retro tech" in the project's publication settings.

Chat with others on the discussion boards about your favorite retro games, consoles, and hardware. Share how gaming and retro technology have impacted you as a hardware developer and how older technology can still be relevant and shape the future of open-source hardware.

We'll be browsing the channels for interesting projects to feature across all Hackster platforms this month.

Interviews on Hackster Café

Every Tuesday, Hackster's in-house personality Alex Glow interviews a brilliant spectrum of innovators from the industry about their journeys, their products and their passions. On Tuesday, July 26th @ 10 AM PST, we're livestreaming with Joshua Ellingson, a skilled electronics artist with a unique talent of creating illusions with vintage televisions, synthesizers and more. Both his oscilloscope art and use of the "Pepper's Ghost" illusion technique create stunning visuals and are a great first taste to his level of creative application.

Tune in to our YouTube channel to watch the livestream or subscribe and get reminded.

Level Up Tech Series

AMD-Xilinx's Level Up Tech Series is still ongoing with our latest featured technology -- Artix-7 FPGAs. Check out the page to get familiar with PYNQ, Spartan-7, Artix-7, and other AMD-Xilinx technologies that are shaping the way new and retro technology can work together. Take a stab at the monthly quiz and you could win hardware and swag. July's activity is open until July 10th.