The best piece of plastic ever: Make your Raspberry Pi look like an NES
8.10.2017
Translation: machine translated
I know, I know ... it's just a piece of plastic. But why am I reviewing it? Because it's the best piece of plastic ever. And you can tell me what to do with it.
"Have you seen this yet?" asks Product Manager Quentin Aellen, who occasionally works with me on things that the world doesn't need.
"Have I seen anything?" I ask in return.
"Have I seen anything?" I ask in return. I'm currently busy with some internal planning, which always puts me in a bad mood.
"The Raspberry Pi case that looks like a Nintendo."
Internal planning, fuck you! Because I need to take a look at that.
Two minutes later, I have drawn up a fairly detailed cost-benefit calculation that shows me the advantages of such a case.
- Do I need it? No
- Does it have advantages over the normal case? No
- Can it do more than the normal case? No
- Is it worth the money? No
- Is it future-proof? No
Half a day later, having ordered just in time for delivery to the Zurich shop that evening, the thing is on my desk.
"Quentin, come over here! I've got the best piece of plastic ever," I shout to him.
"Woah, don't shout like that," he says, probably wanting to say more, but then sees the best piece of plastic of all time. He is silent in awe and a "Wow..." escapes him.
An in-depth review
The Old Skool Case makes your Raspberry Pi look like a very small Nintendo Entertainment System. The console that was released in Japan in 1983 and three years later in Europe. In Japan, the case is red/white, while the EU version comes in two shades of grey.
If you're holding your controller like in the video above, you're doing something wrong. Really.
The retro look can now be combined with mini computers such as the Raspberry Pi or the Asus Tinkerboard. As both are computers that are the same size and have the connections in the same place, both a Tinkerboard and a Pi can be plugged into the best case ever.
Where the classic case can be clicked together, you have to screw the Old Skool case together. The screws are included. That's all there is to it. Because the case can't do anything. That would be like me reviewing aluminium foil here. Except that the aluminium foil looks 26 per cent cooler than the normal aluminium foil, because - honestly - your RasPi will rarely look cooler than the Old Skool Case.
Now it's time for a review.
Now it's your turn: what do I do with it?
I bought the Old Skool Case as an impulse purchase. Actually, I have to admit that I have no idea what to do with it. I just know, just like I know that water is wet, that the Old Skool Case is one of the greatest pieces ever. My life is better with the case.
Yes, but... what now?
I want to use the thing for something, right? Hence my question to you: Which Raspi project should I implement so that I can use the case for something? Tinkerboard would also work, if that suits you better. Leave me a comment below and I'll pick a project for you.
I'm looking forward to your ideas.
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