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An Esplora makes a good controller.  With an Adafruit 1.8" display, it makes a great self-contained device.

R0D0T published a great game based on his Arduino platform at http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,119099.0.html - see that post for his blog and Hackaday post which has full details.

This weekend, I took his great work and code and modified it slightly to work on the Esplora+Display combo.  I also add a 5 volt battery to make it truly handheld and portable.

You can see it in action and learn to make your own at http://21stdigitalhome.blogspot.com/2013/01/first-self-contained-arduino-esplora.html.

My huge thanks to R0D0T for his permission to use the code.  I'm really happy to help get some real games and other apps to such a platform.  Maybe perhaps we can nudge R0D0T to publish his more complex Snake game?

You can also get the code for the Esplora on Github at  https://github.com/TheKitty/EsploraApps.  And get out there and code some great apps and share them on the forum.

On Make blog: http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/14/arduino-esplora-video-game/#comment-834238
Adafruit blog: https://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/01/14/first-self-contained-arduino-esplora-game/

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This build and game was posted to Make magazine http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/14/arduino-esplora-video-game/