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The fact that someone can create this in Pico-8 just blows my mind.

by abrookewood 6y ago

Ericson2314 6y ago
Do they limit memory and processor?
- mxwsn 6y ago
  32 kb addressable memory, and 9 MHz cpu https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Memory https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Memory https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/CPU https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/CPU
- simlevesque 6y ago
  The Pico-8 is real hardware so it is limited by it's specs.
  - mrec 6y ago
    Source? According to the Wikipedia entry it's a virtual machine designed to mimic a "fantasy video game console".
  - abrookewood 6y ago
    No, it's a virtual console. You might be thinking of something else. https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
    - newobj 6y ago
      I own this: https://shop.pocketchip.co/collections/frontpage/products/pocket-c-h-i-p-new https://shop.pocketchip.co/collections/frontpage/products/po... So, it's a virtual console that's sympathetic to physical hardware. Of course this is just a tiny general purpose computer, not some custom PICO8 hardware. But the constraints of the fantasy console means that the creations will work in terms of processing, memory, resolution, input etc on something much weaker than a desktop PC.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  Another commenter mentioned the memory and CPU limits, but in addition to that, there's a limit to how much code (65536 characters, or 8192 "tokens") you can write and how much assets fit in one 'cart' (sprites, map, sounds, music). Celeste is another famous game, they're using the maximum capacity that fits in a single Pico-8 "cart": https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145 (I think I finished it below 2 minutes once? Definitely below 3. Edit: just over 8 minutes, I've gone rusty, lol)
  - vanderZwan 6y ago
    Maddy released a Celeste 2 for the third anniversary of Celeste a couple of days ago: https://twitter.com/MaddyThorson/status/1353852915299962880 https://twitter.com/MaddyThorson/status/1353852915299962880 I guarantee that you'll take longer than eight minutes for this one

The fact that someone can create this in Pico-8 just blows my mind.

Ericson2314 6y ago

Do they limit memory and processor?

mxwsn 6y ago
32 kb addressable memory, and 9 MHz cpu https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Memory https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Memory https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/CPU https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/CPU
simlevesque 6y ago
The Pico-8 is real hardware so it is limited by it's specs.
- mrec 6y ago
  Source? According to the Wikipedia entry it's a virtual machine designed to mimic a "fantasy video game console".
- abrookewood 6y ago
  No, it's a virtual console. You might be thinking of something else. https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
  - newobj 6y ago
    I own this: https://shop.pocketchip.co/collections/frontpage/products/pocket-c-h-i-p-new https://shop.pocketchip.co/collections/frontpage/products/po... So, it's a virtual console that's sympathetic to physical hardware. Of course this is just a tiny general purpose computer, not some custom PICO8 hardware. But the constraints of the fantasy console means that the creations will work in terms of processing, memory, resolution, input etc on something much weaker than a desktop PC.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Another commenter mentioned the memory and CPU limits, but in addition to that, there's a limit to how much code (65536 characters, or 8192 "tokens") you can write and how much assets fit in one 'cart' (sprites, map, sounds, music). Celeste is another famous game, they're using the maximum capacity that fits in a single Pico-8 "cart": https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145 (I think I finished it below 2 minutes once? Definitely below 3. Edit: just over 8 minutes, I've gone rusty, lol)
- vanderZwan 6y ago
  Maddy released a Celeste 2 for the third anniversary of Celeste a couple of days ago: https://twitter.com/MaddyThorson/status/1353852915299962880 https://twitter.com/MaddyThorson/status/1353852915299962880 I guarantee that you'll take longer than eight minutes for this one