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Afonso Jorge Ramos edited this page Feb 26, 2019 · 1 revision

PICO-8 is a PAID fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs. When you turn it on, the machine greets you with a shell for typing in Lua commands and provides simple built-in tools for creating your own cartridges. We aim to make a free and open-source version of it.

pico-8

There are two similar projects that aim to make PICO-8 free and open source: TIC-80 and LIKO-12.

LIKO-12

LIKO-12 is a FREE and OPEN SOURCE fantasy computer that you can use to make, play and share tiny retro-looking games and programs.

Features:

  • DOS-like operating system installed
  • Fully customizable
  • Basic command line programs and visual game editors

liko-12

TIC-80

TIC-80 is a FREE and OPEN SOURCE fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games. It is written in c programming language and offers compatibility with more platforms and operating systems than LIKO-12.

Features:

  • Multiple progamming languages: Lua, Moonscript, Javascript, Wren, and Fennel.
  • Games can have mouse and keyboard as input
  • Games can have up to 4 controllers as input
  • Builtin editors: for code, sprites, world maps, sound effects and music
  • An aditional memory bank: load different assets from your cartridge while your game is executing Therefore we decided to fork the TIC-80 alternative, improving it and adding the features described in this wiki.

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