Inventor’s Nephew Designs Gift Card-Sized Raspberry Pi Gaming Console: GamerCard with 4-Inch Square IPS Screen and Pre-Loaded Arcade Games

Take a trip down the rabbit hole of retro gaming nowadays, and it’s like opening a funky time capsule with an overload of arcade vibes and pixel dreams. So, here’s my rambling about the latest player in town—a teeny handheld from Grant Sinclair. Who? Yeah, the nephew of Sir Clive Sinclair. Remember the ZX Spectrum? That old gem turned folks into computer wizards back in the day. Anyway, Grant’s creation is the size of a retail gift card. Like, seriously. You could lose it in your pocket change.

Now, picture this. You’ve got your Raspberry Pi nestled in there with a 4-inch IPS screen. It’s all bright and crispy. You ever hear tires squeal? That’s how the buttons feel—sort of clicky, inviting chaos. Comes with games packed in, so you’re good to go right off the bat. Grab it and sprint out the door.

Anyway—wait, hang on, there’s more. Grant’s gizmo isn’t just a toy, but a crazy PC too. Full-on computer terrain is where you’re stepping, courtesy of a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. Not a joke. With its quad-core magic, you can code like you’re in some geeky fantasy land. MicroPython and C++ kind of thing. Multi-talented, right?

Oh, and here’s a kicker. Two games, Bloo Kid 2 and AstroBlaze DX, hopped over from Nintendo Switch just for this. Imagine jumping from a puddle to an ocean. Pixel art everywhere. Quite fitting for this dinky contraption.

There’s no casing around this thing. Just pure, bare-metal gaming goodness. If you’re the kind whose heart skips a beat at seeing circuit traces, you’ll dig this. Slender, light as a feather—6.5 mm thin and just about 100 grams. Yup, that feels like nothing. Hang it like you’d hang a bauble on a holiday tree. It’s all about that minimalist life.

Y’know, thinking out loud now, is it a novelty piece? Maybe an extravagant curiosity poking the art of gaming? At £125, which flips to about $170, it might burn a hole right through your wallet faster than a cheap sparkler. Retroid Pocket 4 Pro whispers around with its $149 siren call, or go wild with Anbernic’s gang at under $100.

I mean, it’s kind of genius, kind of huh. Who even knows? If nostalgia’s your jam, sure, dive all in. Just, don’t say I didn’t nudge you before your piggy bank got lighter. This is creativity mixed with a splash of madness and a hint of who-cares logic. A dance near the line of “did we really need this?” But hey, maybe that’s the charm of it all.