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by MenhirMike 1010 days ago
> where people make amusements that are meant to run on embedded computers.

I'm glad that PICO-8 exists, which is kinda exactly that. Except that it's not targeting any actual hardware (it's an imaginary retro-system), but it ticks all the other boxes.

Would be interesting to see what you can do in a physical space - your STM32 example still needs some kind of output attached to it, but with a 3D Printer and some other cheap components, you can add whatever I/O you want.
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hinkley 1010 days ago
When I was a child, there was a hot second where someone implemented PacMan on an LCD screen.

And I really do mean a hot second, because one boy showed up with one, another couple had one within days, and by the end of the week the school had banned them. As, I'm sure, did most every other school in the country. Now I can play audiobooks on my watch, but no games to speak of.

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