Fantasy console emulators
Fantasy consoles are fictitious video game consoles. they aim to recreate the experience of retrogaming without the need to emulate real hardware, allowing specifications of their emulated hardware surpassing the real hardware specifications of the consoles they are molded after.
PICO-8
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| Developer | Lexaloffle Games |
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| Emulated | ✓ |
PICO-8 is a fantasy console created by Lexaloffle Games. It recreates the limited graphics (color and resolution) and audio capabilities of the 1980s/8-bit machines it is modeled after.
The popular game Celeste was originally created in PICO-8 during a game jam before later being recreated for releases on computers and consoles, with the PICO-8 version being retroactively titled 'Celeste Classic'.
PICO-8 emulators
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||
| PICO-8 |   
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0.2.6b | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| git | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||
| Mobile / ARM | |||||
| PICO-8 | 
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0.2.6b | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | |||||
| PICO-8 | 
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Website | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Console | |||||
| fake-08 |     
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ! |
| PS4-P8 | 
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git | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
| zepto8 |  
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git | ? | ✗ | ! |
| Other | |||||
| PICOLOVE | LÖVE | git | ✓ | ✓ | ! |
TIC-80
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| Developer | Vadim Grigoruk (Nesbox) |
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| Emulated | ✓ |
TIC-80 is a free and open-source (MIT Licensed)[1] fantasy computer created by Vadim Grigoruk (Nesbox). It recreates It recreates the limited graphics (color and resolution) and audio capabilities of the 1980s/8-bit machines it is modeled after.
TIC-80 emulators
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||
| TIC-80 | 
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile / ARM | |||||
| TIC-80 | 
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | |||||
| TIC-80 |
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Website | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Console | |||||
| TIC-80 |
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
See also
- CHIP-8 - predecessor to fantasy consoles.
References
- ↑ "TIC-80 / LICENSE" - GitHub
