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It'd be cool to have a new modern retro system that embraces the spirit of the early "computer consoles" like the Commodore 64 while adding all modern convenien
by Razengan 7mo ago
It'd be cool to have a new modern retro system that embraces the spirit of the early "computer consoles" like the Commodore 64 while adding all modern conveniences:
• Everybody has the same system (devs need to target only 1 environment)
• Boot straight into a programming environment
• Limited OUTPUT that enhances creativity without the internal limitations that hinder creativity: Like a limited numbers of colors, but no bitplane crap or having to do sprite multiplexing etc
• Online, ungated app store where anybody can publish, like itch.io
• Reasonable upgradability (not so much as to defeat point #1)
- Uncorrelated 7mo agoSeems like you’re describing something like Pico-8: https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php There are also open-source versions of the concept, like TIC-80. The only thing missing is upgradability.
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- snvzz 7mo agoSoftware-only fantasy consoles are an interesting concept, covered by a sister comment. There are also hardware-based efforts, like BoxLambda[0], Agon[1], MEGA65[2], Uzebox[3], F256[4]. 0. https://epsilon537.github.io/boxlambda/ https://epsilon537.github.io/boxlambda/ 1. https://www.thebyteattic.com/p/agon.html https://www.thebyteattic.com/p/agon.html 2. https://mega65.org/ https://mega65.org/ 3. https://uzebox.org/ https://uzebox.org/ 4. https://wildbitscomputing.com/ https://wildbitscomputing.com/