<s>
TIC-80	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
fantasy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
for	O
making	O
,	O
playing	O
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
games	O
on	O
a	O
limited	O
platform	O
that	O
mimics	O
the	O
8-bit	O
systems	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
made	O
in	O
TIC-80	B-Language
can	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
virtual	O
game	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
and	O
bundled	O
for	O
different	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
baremetal	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
RetroArch	B-Application
,	O
and	O
HTML5	B-Application
(	O
using	O
WebAssembly	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
programming	O
languages	O
including	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
MoonScript	O
,	O
and	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Wren	O
,	O
Fennel	O
,	O
Squirrel	B-Language
and	O
D	B-Application
.	O
TIC-80	B-Language
is	O
often	O
compared	O
to	O
PICO-8	B-Language
,	O
a	O
well	O
known	O
fantasy	O
system	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
open	O
source	O
;	O
both	O
systems	O
are	O
becoming	O
popular	O
with	O
games	O
programmers	O
who	O
are	O
interested	O
in	O
classic	O
home	O
computers	O
and	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
console	I-Application
,	O
TIC-80	B-Language
has	O
some	O
set	O
limitations	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
graphics	O
and	O
processing	O
power	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
retro-styled	O
"	O
gaming	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
Up	O
to	O
512KB	O
(	O
8	O
banks	O
each	O
64KB	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
non-PRO	O
version	O
)	O
of	O
lua	B-Language
,	O
ruby	B-Language
,	O
js	O
,	O
moon	O
,	O
fennel	O
,	O
squirrel	B-Language
,	O
wren	O
or	O
wasm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TIC-80	B-Language
is	O
capable	O
of	O
storing	O
and	O
loading	O
back	O
serialized	O
dumps	O
of	O
memory	O
regions	O
using	O
so	O
called	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
,	O
another	O
80	O
's	O
metaphor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
ones	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
actual	O
physical	O
objects	O
,	O
the	O
TIC-80	B-Language
cartridges	B-Protocol
are	O
just	O
files	O
in	O
.tic	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
TIC-80	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
browser	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
SURF	O
"	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-License
and	I-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
tools	O
to	O
convert	O
PICO-8	B-Language
cartridges	B-Protocol
to	O
TIC-80	B-Language
cartridges	B-Protocol
exists	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
n't	O
perfect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
push	O
the	O
metaphor	O
one	O
step	O
further	O
,	O
this	O
serialized	O
memory	O
dump	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
PNG	O
picture	O
(	O
resembling	O
a	O
real	O
physical	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
)	O
using	O
steganography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
this	O
is	O
n't	O
practical	O
,	O
because	O
its	O
storage	O
capacity	O
very	O
limited	O
(	O
256	O
x	O
256	O
pixels	O
,	O
each	O
4	O
channels	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
3	O
bits	O
of	O
data	O
per	O
channel	O
,	O
that	O
's	O
256	O
*	O
256	O
*	O
4	O
*	O
3	O
bits	O
/	O
8	O
=	O
98,304	O
bytes	O
in	O
total	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
memory	O
dump	O
is	O
zlib	B-Language
compressed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
you	O
can	O
find	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
.tic	O
format	O
more	O
often	O
on	O
the	O
net	O
,	O
because	O
.tic	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
such	O
storage	O
limitation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TIC-80	B-Language
runs	O
on	O
major	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
32	O
and	O
64	O
bit	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	O
from	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Tic	O
"	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
files	O
,	O
containing	O
playable	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
are	O
generated	O
using	O
the	O
integrated	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
large	O
and	O
growing	O
catalog	O
of	O
community-made	O
games	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
TIC-80	B-Language
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TIC-80	B-Language
console	O
has	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
demo	O
parties	O
such	O
as	O
Outline	O
2022	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
;	O
Lovebyte	O
2021	O
online	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
2018	O
LINE	O
Fukuoka	O
hackathon	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
