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I'm looking to get into playing some Pico-8 but i don't really know how to start.

How can I add this to my Retroid Pocket 5, which is an Android Device, with ES-DE frontend.

Where do I get games?

I know basically nothing about it. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks!

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 4 points 3 hours ago

On Lexaloffle, under the web player of each game, there's a pink cartridge icon. The image that opens is the cartridge - download it and load onto your favorite emulator.

Itchio also has a bunch of those games, and iirc they have a tag for PICO-8 games as well.

Also also, iirc the cartridges can be converted to Android's native format. And I'd need to confirm, but maybe HTML too, which if possible, would probably let for the game to be run on JoiPlay.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago

Via browser on desktop or mobile, you can play a nice selection of featured carts here: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?cat=7&carts_tab=1#sub=2&mode=carts&orderby=featured

Another list here:
https://nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Games/Top200/

I believe there are other ways to store and play the carts across other platforms, but you'll need more help than I can give you on that stuff.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago

I don't know if there has been a better way since 2024 but take a look at this guide by Russ: https://retrogamecorps.com/2024/06/21/native-pico-8-on-android-guide/

and games, you would get from for example itch.io or the internal browser called splore.