Ask HN: Trying to find emulator that loads PNGs

#1

Post by kenerwin88 » Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 2:25 PM UTC

Hi,

I remember someone had posted on here awhile ago about an intentionally limited emulator that loads games that are entirely stored within their own cover art. I have Google'd everywhere and can't seem to find it. Kind of like the js1kb competition, but the important thing was that the WHOLE game had to be within it's own PNG file. Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: Trying to find emulator that loads PNGs

#2

Post by bartvk » Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 2:32 PM UTC

Perhaps it was related to this item? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24374570

Re: Ask HN: Trying to find emulator that loads PNGs

#3

Post by kenerwin88 » Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 2:35 PM UTC

bartvk wrote: post #2

Perhaps it was related to this item? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24374570

YES! It was this https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?sub=2&cat=7 - Thank you so much, how on earth did you find it so fast. Much appreciated!!

Re: Ask HN: Trying to find emulator that loads PNGs

#4

Post by seg_lol » Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

I think you are referring to the fantasy console PICO-8 [1] which has "carts" that are games inside of a PNG container [2].

[1] https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

[2] https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/P8PNGFileFormat

Re: Ask HN: Trying to find emulator that loads PNGs

#5

Post by bartvk » Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 2:47 PM UTC

kenerwin88 wrote: post #3

bartvk wrote: post #2

Perhaps it was related to this item? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24374570

YES! It was this https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?sub=2&cat=7 - Thank you so much, how on earth did you find it so fast. Much appreciated!!

First I searched for "hidden game cover art" (adding "site:news.ycombinator.com") and when I didn't get results, I searched for "hidden game in url" since I remembered that some poster pointed this out in the comments :)

Funny how memory works :)