retro8
PICO-8 implementation with SDL2/SDL1.2 and RetroArch back-ends (by Jakz)
Arduboy2
An alternative library for the Arduboy miniature game system (by MLXXXp)
| retro8 | Arduboy2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | |
| 244 | 252 | |
| - | - | |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | |
| about 2 years ago | 9 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
retro8
Posts with mentions or reviews of retro8.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-13.
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Tutorial for Pico8 on Recalbox?
So, it sounds like what you're experiencing is just plain old compatibility issues with Retro8, and you should file them as bugs on Retro8's issue page.
- Is Pico 8 available on RP2+?
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What's the best real handheld to play PICO-8 on the go?
I'm guessing you've already seen/tried this? "GitHub - Jakz/retro8: PICO-8 implementation with SDL2/SDL1.2 and RetroArch back-ends" https://github.com/Jakz/retro8
- Retro-8: PICO-8 implementation with SDL2/SDL1.2 and RetroArch back-ends
- Arduboy
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Pico-8 on the PocketGo S30?
I found Pico-8 when I installed the ADAM distribution on my RG350M. I downloaded a cool curated romset of about 100 PICO-8 games (https://github.com/Jakz/retro8/files/5432890/cartridges.zip)
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Celeste Classic Vita Port
There are projects for porting the full Pico8 engine to different platforms, but as it is a closed source project the actual process is closer to making an emulator than a port. The main one I know of is Retro8, but there are a lot of others.
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#LowResNX is now available as a #libretro core.
a pico8 core is in development though: https://github.com/Jakz/retro8
Arduboy2
Posts with mentions or reviews of Arduboy2.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-13.
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Arduboy
The pinout compatibility is public domain. The software is covered under it's respective licenses, the most popular library is now this: https://github.com/MLXXXp/Arduboy2 and is BSD. The name Arduboy is covered under US trademark. If you want to make your own clone, there are several out there already, you just can't use the trademark or include any games that carry it.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing retro8 and Arduboy2 you can also consider the following projects:
fake-08 - A Pico-8 player/emulator for console homebrew
Arduboy - Core library for the Arduboy.
Arduboy-homemade-package - Arduino IDE board package for Arduboy and homemade versions making things easy
OpenRCT2 - An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢
yocto-8 - A (WIP) PICO-8 cartridge runner for the Raspberry Pi Pico
retro-book-gardens - The raycasting engine from the book "Gardens of Imagination"
SoftwareRenderer - Software rendering engine with PBR. Built from scratch on C++.
ccleste-vita - Celeste Classic C source port for Vita, 3DS and PC.
ardutoids - Asteroids for the arduboy
Ardutris - Tetris emulator for the Arduboy miniature game system