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PICO-8 - General Guide

PICO-8 Fantasy Console is a game engine developed by Lexaloffle Games that you need to buy a license to use.

Pico-8 Links:

Pico-8 FAQ

Pico-8 Resources

Pico-8 Website

Itch.io - Pico-8

Where to put the games?

PICO-8 games should be put under the retrodeck/roms/pico8/ directory.

What file formats are supported?

File Format Description
.png PICO-8 game file

Does Pico-8 require BIOS or Firmware?

Yes, it requires the Pico-8 software.

You can buy it from the the website or Itch.io.

Where to put the BIOS / Firmware files?

Extract the pico-8_*.*.**_amd64.zip file of the Linux version into:

retrodeck/bios/pico-8/

It should look like:

retrodeck/bios/pico-8/pico8 (and all the other files)

Folder structure

Type Folder Comment
ROMs Folder retrodeck/roms/pico8/
Saves Folder retrodeck/saves/pico-8/
BIOS Folder retrodeck/bios/pico-8/

How to download the games?

  1. Go to Pico-8 Carts.
  2. Go to a game page.
  3. Navigate to the bottom left corner of the game and click on the icon called Cart (marked in the image).
  4. A static image will now show up.
  5. Right click the image and click Save Image As.
  6. Give the file a name that reflects the game. In this example: Vampire vs Pope Army.png
  7. Save the game into retrodeck/roms/pico8/
  8. It can now be launched from ES-DE.