<s>
A	O
fantasy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
(	O
or	O
simply	O
fantasy	B-Application
console	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
emulator	B-Application
for	O
a	O
fictional	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
short	O
,	O
it	O
aims	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
retrogaming	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
emulate	O
a	O
real	O
console	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
freely	O
decide	O
what	O
specifications	O
their	O
fictional	O
hardware	B-Architecture
will	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
popular	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
console	I-Application
is	O
the	O
PICO-8	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Celeste	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
many	O
fantasy	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
PICO-8	B-Language
,	O
the	O
TIC-80	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Pixel	O
Vision	O
8	O
,	O
use	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
other	O
fantasy	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
often	O
subtle	O
differences	O
in	O
the	O
syntax	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
notably	O
in	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
example	O
is	O
the	O
Gigadrive	O
,	O
an	O
imaginary	O
revision	O
of	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
designed	O
by	O
M2	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
developed	O
an	O
emulator	B-Application
of	O
this	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
emulated	B-Application
games	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
under	O
the	O
label	O
3D	B-Device
Classics	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
fantasy	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
PICO-8	B-Language
and	O
TIC-80	B-Language
are	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
20	O
most	O
used	O
game	O
development	O
platforms	O
on	O
itch.io	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joseph	O
White	O
,	O
creator	O
of	O
PICO-8	B-Language
,	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
fantasy	B-Application
console	I-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
describes	O
it	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
developer	O
Björn	O
Ritzl	O
puts	O
it	O
,	O
fantasy	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
simulate	O
the	O
restricted	O
hardware	B-Architecture
of	O
an	O
old	O
system	O
packaged	O
into	O
a	O
user	O
friendly	O
experience	O
with	O
integrated	O
tools	O
for	O
asset	O
creation	O
and	O
game	O
logic	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
