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.
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PICO-8
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| 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 |   
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0.2.6b | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| tac08 |
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git | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
| Mobile / ARM | |||||
| PICO-8 | 
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0.2.6b | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | |||||
| PICO-8 | 
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Website | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Console | |||||
| fake-08 |     
|
git | ✓ | ✓ | ! |
| PS4-P8 | 
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git | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
| zepto8 |  
|
git | ? | ✗ | ! |
| Other | |||||
| PICOLOVE | LÖVE | git | ✓ | ✓ | ! |
TIC-80
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| 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 | 
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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 |
|
git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
imeight
| 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 |
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Try-it Page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Vircon32
| Developer(s) | Carra |
|---|---|
| Latest version | v1.1 (BIOS) v24.3.2 (emulator) v1.1 (libretro core) |
| Active | Yes |
| Platform(s) | 
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| Emulates | Vircon32 (fantasy console) |
| Compatibility | N/A |
| Website | Website |
| Download(s) | Official emulator Libretro core |
| Programmed in | C and Assembly (BIOS) C++ (emulator) |
| Source code | Console software Computer software |
Vircon32 is a fantasy console created by Carra. As the name implies, it is a 32-bit virtual console inspired by the 16-bit and 32-bit generations of video games.
Vircon32 emulator
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||
| Vircon32 vircon32_libretro |
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Website git libretro core |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile / ARM | |||||
| Vircon32 |
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| vircon32_libretro |
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Console | |||||
| vircon32_libretro |
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git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
See also
- CHIP-8 - predecessor to fantasy consoles.
References
- ↑ "TIC-80 / LICENSE" - GitHub
