Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderHas a Raspberry Pi bare metal variant, too. As in, boots to the console with no OS underneath. https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/tree/main/build/baremetalpi
I love these fantasy computers. This one looks very similar to Pico-8, which I've made a couple of games for. I wonder how TIC-80 compares to it. One obvious thing is that it's open source, which is very cool. From a quick search, Pico-8 seems to have a larger community though.
Link to website: https://tic80.com/ Create an account: https://tic80.com/signup You'll need an account to share your "carts" or comment on "carts" on the website. Even though games are the most popular "cart" category on the website, there's also plenty of demos that show the capability of the console.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 379
- Total comments
- 42
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | Check out TIC-80, a “fantasy console” that works in-browser + community site | namesnipes | 4 | 1 |
| 2021-10-03 | TIC-80 Tiny Computer | rcarmo | 10 | 0 |
| 2022-11-20 | TIC-80 tiny computerFirst breakout · Best thread | atan2 | 264 | 26 |
| 2025-09-15 | TIC-80 – Tiny ComputerLatest 20+ point return | archargelod | 101 | 15 |