Graphics
240×136
- Colors on screen
- 16
- Palette
- 16,777,216 colors
TIC-80
Also known as TIC-80 tiny computer
- Nesbox
- Fantasy console
117 TIC-80 games, all playable free in your browser.
TIC-80 is a free and open-source fantasy console created by Vadim Grigoruk (Nesbox), first released on March 22, 2017 under the MIT License. It provides a deliberately limited virtual machine modeled on the 8-bit systems of the 1980s, with built-in editors for code, sprites, maps, sound effects and music, plus a command-line console.
- First released · Worldwide
- 2017
- Games in the library · all playable
- 117
TIMELINE
From 2017 to today
- WWWorldwide
Games per release year
| Year | Games |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 22 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
- PS2PlayStation 2: Mar 4, 2000 – Jan 4, 2013
- WonderSwanWonderSwan Color: Dec 9, 2000 – 2003
- GBAGame Boy Advance: Mar 21, 2001 – 2010
- OpenBOROpenBOR: 2004 – today
- TIC-80TIC-80: Mar 22, 2017 – today
All 36 systems
- Atari 2600Atari 2600: Sep 1977 – 1992
- SpectrumZX Spectrum: Apr 23, 1982 – 1992
- ColecoColecoVision: Aug 1982 – 1985
- Atari 5200Atari 5200: Oct 1982 – May 21, 1984
- VectrexVectrex: Oct 1982 – Feb 1984
- NESNintendo Entertainment System: Jul 15, 1983 – Sep 25, 2003
- SG-1000Sega SG-1000: Jul 15, 1983 – Oct 1985
- MSXMSX: Oct 21, 1983 – 1993
- Amstrad CPCAmstrad CPC: Jun 21, 1984 – 1990
- Master SystemSega Master System: Oct 20, 1985 – 1996
- Atari 7800Atari 7800: May 1986 – 1992
- X68000Sharp X68000: Mar 28, 1987 – end not recorded
- PC EnginePC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: Oct 30, 1987 – Dec 16, 1994
- CPS-1Capcom CPS-1: May 13, 1988 – May 11, 1995
- GenesisSega Genesis / Mega Drive: Oct 29, 1988 – 1997
- PCE CDPC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD: Dec 4, 1988 – end not recorded
- Game BoyGame Boy: Apr 21, 1989 – Mar 31, 2003
- LynxAtari Lynx: Sep 1, 1989 – 1995
- Neo GeoNeo Geo: Apr 16, 1990 – 2004
- Game GearSega Game Gear: Oct 6, 1990 – Apr 30, 1997
- SNESSuper Nintendo: Nov 21, 1990 – Sep 25, 2003
- Sega CDSega CD / Mega-CD: Dec 12, 1991 – 1996
- CPS-2Capcom CPS-2: Sep 10, 1993 – Dec 22, 2003
- Neo Geo CDNeo Geo CD: Sep 9, 1994 – 1997
- 32XSega 32X: Nov 1994 – 1996
- PS1PlayStation: Dec 3, 1994 – Mar 23, 2006
- N64Nintendo 64: Jun 23, 1996 – 2002
- CPS-3Capcom CPS-3: Nov 21, 1996 – end not recorded
- NAOMISega NAOMI: 1998 – end not recorded
- GBCGame Boy Color: Oct 21, 1998 – Mar 31, 2003
- NGPCNeo Geo Pocket Color: Mar 19, 1999 – Oct 30, 2001
- PS2PlayStation 2: Mar 4, 2000 – Jan 4, 2013
- WonderSwanWonderSwan Color: Dec 9, 2000 – 2003
- GBAGame Boy Advance: Mar 21, 2001 – 2010
- OpenBOROpenBOR: 2004 – today
- TIC-80TIC-80: Mar 22, 2017 – today
A bar that fades out means the end date is unknown. Fantasy consoles and game engines are still available.
UNDER THE HOOD
Technical specifications
Memory
96KB
- Main RAM
- 96 KB
- Video RAM
- 32 KB
- Persistent memory per cartridge
- 1 KB
Sound
4channels
4 channels with configurable waveforms (16 waveforms of 32 × 4-bit samples); up to 64 sound effects
Media
Cartridge
THE STORY
About the TIC-80
Its documented limits include a 240 × 136 display with a 16-color palette, 256 foreground sprites and 256 background tiles of 8 × 8 pixels, a map of 240 × 136 cells and four sound channels with configurable waveforms. Games can be written in Lua and several other languages, including JavaScript, Ruby, Python and WebAssembly, and are saved as virtual cartridge files.
Cartridges can be shared through the tic80.com website or exported for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Raspberry Pi, Nintendo 3DS, RetroArch and HTML5. A paid PRO version, which can also be built from the public source code, adds text-format cartridges and eight memory banks.
- 240 × 136 display with 16 colors chosen from a 24-bit color space.
- Four sound channels with configurable waveforms.
- Up to 512 KB of code stored across up to eight cartridge banks since version 1.0.
- Supports up to four gamepads with eight buttons each, plus mouse and keyboard.
- Cartridges can be embedded in PNG images that look like physical cartridges.
- Featured at demo parties such as Outline 2022 and Lovebyte 2021.
THE LIBRARY
117 TIC-80 games on Back2OldGames
117
games, all playable right in your browser
Release years 2017–2021
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47 games with a known number of players.
THE GAMES
The TIC-80 library
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