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If you love playing or creating retro games, you can now create your own little games with the Mac-compatible Pico-8 Fantasy Console. It is a vintage-inspired game console that allows you to construct your own games while letting you play retro games made by others. You can easily stop any game and make adjustments to the design, music, sprites, and other features. Like Super Mario Maker, but more powerful, you can also share and export created games as ‘digital cartridges’ in .png format directly to HTML 5 or as standalone games that can run on other devices. The Pico-8 community is vast and dedicated, making it a unique platform.
To create games on Pico-8, you need to register for an account and purchase the software. But, you can play free games in your web browser to get an idea of what is available. You can even sell your Pico-8 games if you have a good concept.
Before You Begin
Before you start creating games, you need to sign up for a Pico-8 account and download the software. You can purchase Pico-8 alone or in a bundle that includes other features like Voxatron, a more advanced 3D game console. However, you can play free games in HTML in your browser to explore the functionalities.
Set up Pico-8 Fantasy Console for Mac
Setting up Pico-8 for Mac is easy with these steps:
- Open Safari and go to Lexaloffle.
- Click on the top cartridges to explore the best.
- Select a game and check controls.
- Click on Play.
- Purchase Pico-8 from the official website.
- Download and move the Pico-8 folder to Applications.
- Hold control and click the Pico-8 file to open.
- Click Open in the “PICO-8” alert.
- On the screen with a blinking cursor, enter install_demos.
- Enter aim to view the directory. Enter CD demos and aim again to view the available data.
- Enter load woo.p8
- Enter run
You will now see a technical demo that can help you explore and navigate the functionalities.
If you love retro games, making one on a Mac using Pico-8 Fantasy Console would be an excellent experience. Don’t wait further and start playing and creating your games today.
FAQs
1. Can I export games to other devices?
Yes, you can export your created games as ‘digital cartridges’ in .png format directly to HTML 5 or as standalone games that can run on other devices.
2. Do I need to sign up to play free games in HTML?
No, you don’t need to sign up to play free games in HTML in your browser to explore the platform functionalities.