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FANTASY CONSOLES/COMPUTERS

This is a list of available fantasy consoles/computers. Including softwares which simulate virtual hardwares, with limited functionality. And always encourage creating and sharing tiny retro games and programs with built-in languages and tools.

Consoles and Computers

FC Language Price & License Platform (Editing; Playing) Display
3BC by Rodrigo Dornelles 3bc-lang Free, AGPL 3.0 GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux, DOS, BSD, Docker, Arduino NES, Commodore64, Apple2, Atari5200 platform dependent (text only)
atto by James Livesey BASIC Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser 640x480 (4:3)
BASIC8 by Tony Wang BASIC $14.99 Windows, macOS, Linux; Browser 160x128 (1.25:1)
Bitmelo by David Byers JavaScript Free Windows, Browser Configurable
Bitsy by Adam Le Doux Instructions Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser 16x16 (1:1) 1bit sprites (8x8 per sprite)
BrainFuckConsole74 by AndOr Brainfuck Free Browser 16x16 (1:1) 4bit
cel7 by rxi fe (lisp-like) NYOP Windows, Linux Configurable
Click4 by Josef Patoprsty ASM Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux 64x64 (1:1)
Continuum 93 by EnthusiastGuy ASM Free for non-commercial use Windows, macOS x86_64, Linux aarch64 and x86_64, Raspberry PI 64 bit, Steam Deck 480x270 (16:9) 8bit palettes, 8 layers
CToy by Anaël Seghezzi C Free, zlib GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux 128x128 (1:1)
DRAK-0 by Drew Wibbenmeyer ChaiScript, LuaJIT (coming soon) NYOP, MIT GitHub stars Windows 320x240 (4:3)
DreamBox by Hazel Stagner Rust NYOP Windows, Linux 640x480 (4:3)
ESP LGE by Igor(corax89) C like Free, GPLv3 GitHub stars Browser, custom handheld 128x128 (1:1)
Fancade by Martin Magni Visual Scripting F2P iOS, Android, Browser Voxel
FAZIC by Michał Kalbarczyk BASIC Free Browser 320x240 (4:3)
Game Builder Garage by Nintendo Visual $29.99 NS 3D
Gamercade by Robbie Davenport Any WebAssembly language: C/C++, Rust, Go, etc. Free, Apache-2.0, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux Various (16:9)
Game Script by Constantine Tarasenkov Game Script Free Windows, Linux, Android, Xbox One 3D
IBNIZ by viznut Instructions Free, zlib GitHub stars Windows, Linux 256x256 (1:1)
Kate by Niini Node.js Free, Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL), Creative Commons Attribution v4.0 International, GitHub stars Windows, Linux, Browser Unknown
Leikr by Torbuntu (Official) Groovy, (unofficial) Java, Kotlin Free, Apache GitHub stars Linux, Raspberry Pi, GameShell, Windows 240x160 (3:2)
LIKO-12 by RamiLego4Game Lua NYOP, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux, Android 192x128 (3:2)
LowRes NX (LowRes Coder) by Timo Kloss BASIC Free, LGPL3 GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS 160x128 (1:25.1)
LuaG Console by Vulcalien Lua Free, GPLv3 GitHub stars Windows, Linux 160x160 (1:1)
luchok by Roman “shinkarom” Shynkarenko Lua Free, GNU GPL 3 libretro 64x32 (2:1)
Lumina by Artium JavaScript Free, MIT GitHub stars Web 128x128, 64x64, 32x32 (1:1)
MakeCode Arcade by Microsoft Blocks, JavaScript, TypeScript Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser; Raspberry Pi 0, custom handhelds 160x120 (4:3)
MEG-4 by bzt C, BASIC, Assembly, Lua Free, GPLv3 Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Browser, Bare matel 320 x 200 (scrollable), 640 x 400 (no scrolling), (1.6:1) 8bit
MegaZeux by Alexis Janson Robotic Free, GPLv2 GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux, Browser, ports 80x25 characters, Configurable
Micro16 by bitblitter BASIC Free Windows 80x30 character mode, 640x480 (4:3) 1bit, 320x240 (4:3) 8bit
MicroW8 by exoticorn WebAssembly, CurlyWas Free, Unlicense GitHub stars Browser; Windows, macOS, Linux 320x240 (4:3) 8bit
Mini Micro by Joe Strout MiniScript NYOP Windows, macOS, Linux, Browser 960x640 (3:2), 8 layers
Minicube64 by ΛERIF°RM Assembly Free, ? Windows, macOS, Linux 64x64 (1:1), 8bit
nano Jammer by Casual Effects nano Free, BSD GitHub stars Browser 64x64 (1:1)
Nibble by Nibble Team Lua Free, GPLv3 GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux 400x240 (1.67:1) 24bit/7bit
Octo (CHIP-8) by John Earnest ASM Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser 128x64 (2:1) 2bit
OK64 by LemonSpawn TRSE, 6502 Assembly Free, GPLv3 GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux 256x256 (1:1) 8bit
PEEKPOKE by ABA Games JavaScript Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser 32x30 (16:15)
Phosphor by Marc Lepage Lua Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser 192x128 (3:2)
PICO-8 by Lexaloffle Lua $14.99 Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspbery Pi; Browser 128x128 (1:1) 4bit
Picotron by Lexaloffle Lua $19.99 Windows, macOS, Linux; Browser 480x270, 240x135 (16:9) 6bit
Pix64 by ZappedCow PNG NYOP Windows, Linux 64x64 (1:1)
Pixel Vision 8 by Pixel Vision 8 Lua Free, MS-PL GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux 256x240 (1.07:1)
PQ93 by pennie MoonScript Free Windows, macOS 160x144 (1.11:1) 4bit
Prism-384 by Grapefruitopia Industries JavaScript $5 Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi 384x216 (16:9)
PTM (Programmable Tile Machine) by Fernando Aires Castello PTML (BASIC-like) Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows 360x200 (9:5)
PuzzleScript, DungeonScript by Stephen Lavelle Instructions Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser Configurable, (DungeonScript) Voxel
PX8 by hallucino Lua, Python NYOP, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux Configurable
Pyxel by Takashi Kitao Python Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux, Browser 256x256 (1:1)
quadplay by Casual Effects PyxlScript Free, LGPL3 GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux; Browser 384x224 (1.71:1)
Raccoon by Lutopia & Linheha JavaScript Free, Unlicense GitHub stars Browser 128x128 (1:1)
Riko4 by Bryan Lua Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux 280x160 (1.75:1)
SCRIPT-8 by Gabriel Florit JavaScript Free, MIT Browser 128x128 (1:1)
SmileBASIC by SmileBoom BASIC $9.99, $24.99 3DS, NS 320x240 (4:3), 400x240 (1.67:1)
TIC-80 by Vadim Grigoruk Lua, MoonScript, JavaScript, Fennel, Wren, Squirrel, Python, Ruby, Janet, Scheme Free, $5 (Pro), MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, 3DS, Browser 240x136 (1.76:1)
Varvara by Hundred Rabbits Uxntal (forth-like) Free, MIT Windows, macOS, Linux, NDS, GBA, Playdate, etc. Configurable 2bit
Vircon32 by Carra C, Assembly Free, BSD Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi 4 640x360 (16:9) 32bit
Voxatron by Lexaloffle micro-scripting $19.99 Windows, macOS, Linux Voxel
WASM-4 by Bruno Garcia Any WebAssembly language: C/C++, Rust, Go, AssemblyScript Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux; Browser 160x160 (1:1) 2bit
YETI-16 by yeti0904 Instructions Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows, macOS, Linux Configurable
yuki-js by Nik Coughlin JavaScript (subset) Free, MIT GitHub stars Browser Configurable
ZZT by Potomac Computer Systems ZZT-OOP Free, MIT GitHub stars DOS, ports 80x25 characters

Jams and Experiments

FC Language Price & License Platform (Editing; Playing) Display
4BOD by Puarsliburf games ASM Free Windows, Browser 16x16 (1:1)
CHROMA-60 by Arkia ASM Free Windows, Linux 240x135 (16:9)
DX8 by Robin Southern ASM Free, MIT GitHub stars Windows 320x256 (1.25:1)
ECoS by MLJWare Lua NYOP Windows, macOS, Linux 128x128 (1:1)
Marmmodore-1K by Felipe Alfonso ASM Free Browser 16x16 (1:1)
Ps 8-32m by pstudio Assembly Free, Unlicense GitHub stars Browser 160x96 (1.67:1)
Puarslitron by Puarsliburf D-Code Free Windows 72x64 (3:2)
Saladcore by VsGab Forth-like Free, MIT Browser 128x128 1bit
VectorBoy by David Jalbert Lua NYOP Windows Vector
VVpet by Gardrek Lua Free, ? Löve 64x64x2, 128x128x4, Configurable

Others

License

CC0

Contributing

People find it difficult to search for this kind of software to play with, so the definition is relaxed for choosing available consoles. However, it’s fairly simple to tell if one is not a fantasy console/computer:

  1. Hardware such as RaspberryPi and Gamebuino are not
  2. Emulators of real hardware (eg. NES, C64, DOSBox) are not
  3. Generic graphics libraries and game engines are not
  4. Programming IDEs and editors are not
  5. Minecraft is not

As things keep evolving, feel free to update this list, or correct any mistakes. Pull requests are welcome.