lfrie/fantasy

A curated list of available fantasy consoles/computers.

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.

FC	Language	Price & License	Platform	Display
1Bit-Wonder by Brastin	Instructions	Free	Windows, Linux	225x125
BASIC8 by Tony Wang	BASIC	$14.99	Windows, macOS, Linux	160x128
Bitsy by Adam Le Doux	Instructions	Free, MIT	Browser	16x16 1bit sprites (8x8 per sprite)
CHROMA-60 by Arkia	ASM	Free	Windows, Linux	240x135
Click4 by Josef Patoprsty	ASM	Free, MIT	Windows, macOS, Linux	64x64
CToy by Anaël Seghezzi	C	Free, zlib	Windows, macOS, Linux	128x128
DRAK-0 by Drew Wibbenmeyer	ChaiScript, LuaJIT (coming soon)	NYOP, MIT	Windows	320x240
DX8 by Robin Southern	ASM	Free, MIT	Windows	320x256
ECoS by MLJWare	Lua	NYOP	Windows, macOS, Linux	128x128
Fancade by Martin Magni	Visual Scripting	F2P	iOS, Android	Voxel
FAZIC by Michał Kalbarczyk	BASIC	Free	Browser	320x240
G-eon by Memorix101	JavaScript	NYOP	Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi	640x480
Homegirl by poeticAndroid	Lua	Free, Pro, MIT	Windows, Linux, MacOS	Screen modes from 80x45 to 640x480, up to 256 colors from 12bit palette
IBNIZ by viznut	Instructions	Free, zlib	Windows, Linux	256x256
Leikr by Torbuntu	(Official) Groovy, (unofficial) Java, Kotlin	Free, Apache	Linux, Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/3A+, ClockworkPi GameShell, Windows	240x160
LIKO-12 by RamiLego4Game	Lua	NYOP, MIT	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	192x128
LowRes Coder by Timo Kloss	BASIC	$4.99 (F2P)	iOS	Up to 128x128
LowRes NX by Timo Kloss	BASIC	Free, LGPL3	Windows, macOS, iOS	160x128
LuaG Console by Vulcalien	Lua	Free, Apache	Windows, macOS, Linux	160x160
MakeCode Arcade by Microsoft	Blocks, JavaScript, TypeScript	Free, MIT	Browser, Raspberry Pi 0, custom handhelds	160x120
nano Jammer by Casual Effects	nano	Free, BSD	Browser	64x64
NEKO8 by Egor Dorichev	Lua, BASIC, ASM, MoonScript	NYOP, ?	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	192x128
Nibble by Nibble Team	Lua	Free, GPLv3	Windows, macOS, Linux	400x240 24bit/7bit
Phosphor by Marc Lepage	Lua	Free, MIT	Browser	192x128
PICO-8 by Lexaloffle	Lua	$14.99	Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspbery Pi	128x128 4bit
Pix64 by ZappedCow	PNG	NYOP	Windows, Linux	64x64
Pixel Vision 8 by Pixel Vision 8	Lua	Free (Limited tools), $9.99 (All tools), $1/mo (All versions plus extras)	Windows, macOS, Linux	256x240
Prism-384 by Grapefruitopia Industries	JavaScript	$5	Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi	384x216
PuzzleScript, DungeonScript by Stephen Lavelle	Instructions	Free, MIT	Browser	Configurable, (DungeonScript) Voxel
PX8 by hallucino	Lua, Python	NYOP, MIT	Windows, macOS, Linux	Configurable
Pyxel by Takashi Kitao	Python	Free, MIT	Windows, macOS, Linux	256x256
quadplay by Casual Effects	PyxlScript	Free, LGPL3	Windows, macOS, Linux	384x224
Raccoon by Lutopia & Linheha	JavaScript	Free, Unlicense	Browser	128x128
Riko4 by Bryan	Lua	Free, MIT	Windows, macOS, Linux	280x160
SCRIPT-8 by Gabriel Florit	JavaScript	Free, MIT	Browser	128x128
SmileBASIC by SmileBoom	BASIC	$9.99	3DS	320x240, 400x240
TIC-80 by Vadim Grigoruk	Lua, MoonScript, JavaScript, Fennel, Wren, Squirrel	Free, $5 (Pro), MIT	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	240x136
VectorBoy by David Jalbert	Lua	NYOP	Windows	Vector
Voxatron by Lexaloffle	micro-scripting	$19.99	Windows, macOS, Linux	Voxel
VVpet by Gardrek	Lua	Free, ?	Löve	64x64x2, 128x128x4, Configurable
yuki-js by Nik Coughlin	JavaScript (subset)	Free, MIT	Browser	Configurable
Zany80 by Noam Preil	Z80 ASM, C89	Free, Apache	Windows, Linux, Browser	Serial I/O

• Ordered by: alphabet.
• Language: Mean built-in language(s) for end users, not the language in which it was created.
• NYOP: Name Your Own Price.

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.