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Revision as of 06:38, 17 April 2024

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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

PICO-8
PICO-8 logo.png
Developer Lexaloffle Games
Type Fantasy console
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 Windows Linux macOS 0.2.6b
tac08 git !
Mobile / ARM
PICO-8 Linux ARM 0.2.6b
Web
PICO-8 Web Website
Console
fake-08 Wii U Vita Nintendo 3DS Bitt-Boy Switch git !
PS4-P8 PlayStation 4 git !
zepto8 Dingoo GCWZero git ? !
Other
PICOLOVE LÖVE git !

TIC-80

TIC-80
TIC-80 Icon.png
Developer Vadim Grigoruk (Nesbox)
Type Fantasy computer
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 Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD git
Mobile / ARM
TIC-80 Android Linux ARM git
Web
TIC-80 Web Website
Console
TIC-80 Nintendo 3DS git

imeight

imeight emulator
Developer(s) tchibo
Latest version N/A
Active No
Platform(s) Web
Emulates imeight (fantasy machine)
Compatibility N/A
Website SourceForge
Download(s) SourceForge
Programmed in JavaScript
Source code SourceForge

An HTML5 emulator of a machine that never existed. The emulator brings back memories from the 1980s, offers graphical features like sprites, character generator, 16-color palette.

One goal is to create a framework for making games with 8-bit look and feel, including the process of programming.

The programming tutorial helps beginners enter the world of programming in a gamified way.

imeight emulator

Name Platform(s) Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Web
imeight Web Try-it Page

See also

  • CHIP-8 - predecessor to fantasy consoles.

References