This weekend, a friend of mine showed off their RetroPi setup along with their mad skills in Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts and Yoshi’s Cookie . I wonder how well they’d do if they had to switch from a full TV to a tiny screen that would make a modern smartphone blush? I mean, $40 is all it would take for me to disguise a cruel joke as a gift, and I’m tempted.

If you’re actually looking to use this thing for a project instead of a mean-spirited gaming handicap, then you’ll probably be doing so for some kind of small gadget or monitor. The Raspberry Pi’s 5-inch 1280×720 touchscreen (spotted by Tom’s Hardware ) is perfect for that, mounting directly on the bottom of a Pi and featuring a 5-point multitouch panel. It’s powered directly from the Pi’s GPIO with just 5 volts, so it won’t take up

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