#retrogaming

BEEP-8 is a fantasy console for making small retro-style games, but it takes a different technical path from most of the field: instead of using a scripting language, it compiles standard C/C++ into real ARM machine code that runs in the browser. It exists for developers who want the discipline of a constrained game machine while still writing code in a familiar systems language. That combination makes it an unusual entry in the fantasy-console space. The limitations are deliberate, and they sha

PICO-8 is a fantasy console: a deliberately limited virtual game machine designed for making, sharing, and playing tiny games and programs. It exists because constraints can make a creative tool easier to understand, easier to finish with, and more focused on small-game design than on large-scale production. Lexaloffle Games, by Joseph “Zep” White, released it in 2015 and it helped popularize the term “fantasy console” as a category. For newcomers, the key idea is simple: PICO-8 is not trying to