[Getting started] Download the VDP-16 - Page 1

Hi everybody. I'm making the forum in English, so that we may attract people from elsewhere

The VDP-16 is my "fantasy console". It's a virtual 16 bit game console with its API in Javascript and its visual editor, so that you can program simple truly retro games and learn about the history of games, the techniques of the time.

You can test the samples here: https://brunni132.github.io/vdp16-samples/

I'm also making a pre-packed version for Windows and Mac, that include everything so that you can get started quickly:

Download for Windows: vdp16-dist.7z
Download for Mac: vdp16-dist.7z
Other OSes: follow the documentation to build & install:


On Windows: just extract the zip (you can use 7-zip), and run the .exe inside the folder.
On Mac: extract the 7z (you can use Keka), then open a terminal and move into the folder and type ./vdp16-contained (the file cannot be run directly as macOS executes it in the wrong folder).

Here's a first video explaining how to get started:
https://youtu.be/RVC4UjutBoU

Very good ! I'm currently building a pi-based Pico-8 micro arcade machine so if you ever release a Linux/Pi build I'll be glad to test it on my machine !

It just requires node.js and a browser, it's easy to build one for rPI. I just haven't made a prebuilt package because Linux users probably like to build it themselves The instructions are in the documentation linked at the bottom of this page.