Pocket Installer Simplifies Installing Games & Applications to PocketC.H.I.P.

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Pocket Installer is a community created graphical utility that lets you tap your way to installing retro games and applications on PocketC.H.I.P.!

Pocketeers Iker and Dmian are the core developers of the installer and have been coding it since October. The entire time there’s been an active discussion thread in the forum full of feedback, feature requests, and technical details. Source code for the tool is available and open source, so Pocket Installer has turned into quite the community project. New applications are being added and you can bet someone will add Quake III and Minecraft.
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Play Minecraft on Your C.H.I.P. & PocketC.H.I.P.!

Lara & Kurtz play co-op Minecraft on PocketC.H.I.P.!

Lara & Kurtz play co-op Minecraft on PocketC.H.I.P.!

Grab your pickaxe and PocketC.H.I.P. it’s time to farm. Here’s how to play Minecraft on C.H.I.P. and PocketC.H.I.P.!

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We know you’ve wanted to play Minecraft on PocketC.H.I.P. since we first launch our Kickstarter. Well, now you can. Play by yourself or grab a friend and play cooperatively. Just make sure to have tons of fun.


New Update: See Step 6 to learn how to setup the Minecraft Python API and use python to program your Minecraft world!


Big thanks to xobs for writing a wrapper for the OpenGL ES drivers for Minecraft that makes this possible. Happy holidays from all of us at NTC! \(•◡•)/

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Multiplayer Fragfest: Quake III PocketC.H.I.P. LAN Party!

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Party like it’s 1999 with Quake III Open Arena on PocketC.H.I.P.!

Released in December of 1999, Quake III Arena lives on today thanks to the Open Arena Project. This community maintained project uses the open source code from id Software’s classic shooter and updates it to run on new systems and add extra features and levels.

Open Arena is easy to install on PocketC.H.I.P., and with the new 3D acceleration driver, the game is screaming fast. And just like the DOOM LAN party, your Quake III party will work with another PocketC.H.I.P. or Quake III playing device—like Mega PocketC.H.I.P.!

With all the fragging, you also may want to customize the PocketC.H.I.P. keyboard, check out these popular mods. Have a great LAN party!
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Build Your Own C.H.I.P.Station Portable

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Readers with a sharp eye will notice that this PlayStation Portable (PSP) is rocking a C.H.I.P.ster logo. But this isn’t a fancy PSP desktop wallpaper, this PSP isn’t even really a PSP at all, this is a C.H.I.P.Station Portable (or CSP for short).

The latest work of C.H.I.P.ster JKW, C.H.I.P.Station Portable uses the stock PSP buttons, screen, and case, but replaces all of the other electronic guts with a C.H.I.P. and a custom DIP. You don’t have to wait in line for this custom console, it’s all open source, so you can build your own!

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Support Open Source Software & Hardware on Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is in full swing and we stand alongside our friends at Adafruit, Hackaday, and Make: encouraging you to support open source software and hardware projects.

Show your support by shopping at companies that sell open source product, and consider donating to open organizations like the Open Software Iniative and Wikipedia. Or simply support the cause by helping to spread the word. Share your favorite open source projects and make sure to tag the post #OpenCyberMonday.
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