The Pimoroni Picade is a Raspberry Pi-powered mini arcade cabinet you build yourself, featuring a 10″ 4:3 IPS display, authentic joystick and buttons, punchy speaker, and refreshed design ready for Raspberry Pi 5 (not included) retro gaming done right.

A Raspberry Pi-powered mini arcade machine that you build yourself, with authentic controls, a high resolution 4:3 display that’s ideal for retro gaming, and a punchy speaker to hear those 8-bit game soundtracks at their best.

Does not include a Raspberry Pi, power supply or Micro-SD card. See more info below on what is, and isn’t, included.

Pimoroni have been making compact Raspberry Pi based arcade cabinets since way back in 2012 when Picade became the first UK Kickstarter project. Since then, they’ve been prodding, poking and refining their Picade kit to make it better than ever 🙂 Here are some things we love about it!

• Solid, desk friendly cabinetmade from powder-coated MDF,with a quality look and feel similar to a full-size arcade. It has an inbuiltspeakerfor surprisingly loud bleeps and bloops, and aproperjoystick and low profile buttons, thoroughly tested by over-enthusiastic pirates.
• Top notch 10″screenwith aPimoroni-designed and manufactured driver board andkeypad controls. Thedisplay panels are IPS, sothey look great from any viewing angle!
• OurUSB-C Picade X HATmakes it easy to connect everything up, and it can power even a hungry Raspberry Pi 5through its pins. You canturn on your Picade and shut it down safely with theilluminated power button.
• Snazzy, retro styled artwork(or you canDIY your own!)
• Comes with aPICO-8license (worth $14.99!) and cheat sheet, to help you make your own tiny games!You can also download and play games written by others, with 1000s of community made projects and resources to play with.
• Extra goodies! A bunch of stickers, an enamel Picade pin and a big, luscious Picade poster.

Made for Raspberry Pi 5

The latest, greatest version of Picade includes tweaks to the cabinet to accommodate a powerfulRaspberry Pi 5plusActive Cooler– there’s even room for anNVMe Base, if you’d like to add some superfast solid state storage. We’ve also given the artwork a refresh, and updated the online assembly guide to make it as easy as possible to get going.

PICO-8 Fantasy Console License Included!

PICO-8is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs. It feels like a regular console, but runs on Windows / Mac / Linux. When you turn it on, the machine greets you with a command line, a suite of cartridge creation tools, and an online cartridge browser called SPLORE.

It’s a whole lot of fun and there are thousands of games, demos, experiments, and creations already out there for you to try – it’s the perfect gateway experience to start dabbling in game development!

Included with your Picade is a free licence key for PICO-8 worth $14.99!

Picade Kit Includes

Picade comes in kit form, and it’ll take around two to three hours to build.

All you’ll need to add is aRaspberry Pi,USB-C power supply, andmicro-SD card.If you’re using a Pi 5, we’d suggest also using anActive Cooler.The only tools necessary are a couple of basic screwdrivers.

Assembly instructions are availableonline.

Contents

• Black, powder-coated, pre-cut MDF panels
• Acrylic marquee and console with authentic artwork
• Joystick with black ball top and push-fit arcade buttons
• 3″ speaker (5W, 4)
• Illuminated power button
• 10″1024×768 IPS (wide viewing angle) screen
• Pimoroni-designed and manufactured HDMI display driver board and keypad controls
• Picade X HAT
• All necessary wires and cables
• Grippy rubber feet + fixings
• Extras: Picade pin badge, stickers, poster, PICO-8 licence.

Approx dimensions: 310 x 260 x 250mm (H x W x D) – perfect for a worktop or desk!

About Picade X HAT

Picade X HATis a nifty all-in-one Raspberry Pi add-on that plugs into your Pi’s GPIO pins and interfaces with all the inputs. It also handles power and sound!

• Easy DuPont connectors for buttons and joystick
• Screw-fit speaker terminals
• I2S audio DAC with 3W amplifier (mono)
• USB-C power management, power switch pins, and power button
• 4-way joystick inputs
• 6 player buttons
• 4 utility buttons

Software setup

For emulation, we recommend usingRetroPieon your Picade. Oursoftware guideshows how to install it on your Raspberry Pi 5 and includes some other useful hints and tips for getting it set up.

Notes

• Picade is designed for use with Raspberry Pi 5, but it will work just fine with any version of Pi with a 40 pin header. You will need a USB-C power supply to provide power to Picade X HAT. If you’re using an older Pi that doesn’t have a micro-HDMI connector, you will also need an alternate HDMI cable.
• Picade is now compatible with our popular NVMe Base for Raspberry Pi 5 meaning that you can even have an M.2 NVMe SSD powering your epic arcade build – that’s gonna be real fast!
• Want to make your own custom artwork for your Picade?Click here for a PDF templatefor the printed pieces.

Revision History

• As of 10/10/2025 – we are now stocking the updated version, which has been revised to better-accommodate Raspberry Pi 5.