Play Retro Horror Classics on Raspberry Pi 5 in The MagPi magazine #146
By Lucy Hattersley. Posted
It’s our October issue. And that can only mean it’s time for Halloween. This month The MagPi delves into retro horror gaming with classics from gaming’s goth era: the 1990s. This month, there are also 10 incredible maker projects for spooking the local trick or treaters; and a terrifyingly good range of tutorials and maker projects.

Retro Horror
KG revisits the classics from gaming horror’s great 1990s golden age this month. Spattered with gore, and overcome by a desperate urge to prove that computer games weren’t just for families. Discover how to hook up a modern Blu-ray drive to Raspberry Pi 5 and play Halloween classics like Alone in the Dark, Phantasmagoria, and Viel of Darkness.

10 amazing Halloween projects
Get spooky this October with Rob’s malign makes. This month you’ll unearth a Doll of Doom, remote-controlled Saw dolls, possessed portraits, animated pumpkins, and much more. Take your haunted house up to another level with these devilishly good makes.

Real-time ML audio noise suppression
Arm’s Sandeep Mistry has used machine learning on Pico 2 to create a noise-cancelling audio device. This detailed tutorial explains how machine learning technology can be rained and deployed on Pico 2.

Bringing Junked Joysticks back to life
HackSpace’s David Miles has brought a heavy pair of flight joysticks and brought them back to life with Raspberry Pi Pico. These look like they belonged originally in a professional flight simulator, and have been reverse-engineered into fully-fledged flight simulator controllers that are recognised as USB joysticks.
Incredible Projects
This month's magazine is packed with projects to discover and build, coding and making techniques to explore and learn, and the very best of the Raspberry Pi community. Pick up a copy in-store today [you can't miss it; we splashed out on some fluorescent orange paint for the cover – Ed] or get a copy from The Raspberry Pi Press online store.
Lucy is Editor of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
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