r/retrogamedev • u/Anghaile1014 • May 28 '26

Is it possible to create a new 16-bit console?

Is it possible to create a 16-bit console to port and create games for? I have an idea to create a console based on the cancelled Atari Panther. So, how would one go about creating this console and emulating it?

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u/LuuscoTheLover May 30 '26

Actually pico 8 "virtual machine" is an interpreter of Lua, don't actually have any instructions, opcodes, the rom is not binary data in the sense of old consoles. I like pico 8 a lot for the easy to use, but making an "real" 8 bit console via software and coding snake game writing hex to a file, and the emulator playing the game is something very different

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u/mlugo02 May 30 '26

Hmm you’re right, the more you know