Pico 8 demakes you can play in your browser
I’m still on my Pico 8 kick. It kills me how many hilarious demakes there are for this little fantasy console. You can play all of these right in your browser – you even get touchscreen controls if you’re on a phone or tablet but certain ones like Linecraft and Pico Zombie Garden aren’t really playable without a mouse.
The Story of Zeldo
Pretty self explanatory. It’s definitely not Zelda, but it kinda is.
Linecraft
2.5-D Minecraft with OG Doom style controls. You can’t look up or down if you’re playing with a d-pad, so it’s better in a browser than an emu console. And they’re definitely not blocks; they’re lines.
Terra
Terraria is already a demake of Minecraft in a lot of ways. Well this is a demake of that.
Pico Zombie Garden
8-bit Plants vs Zombies
PicoFox
StarFox 64 absolutely slapped. The SNES version felt kinda clunky and hard to control. This is harder and clunkier.
Dinky Kong
Honestly this somehow seems more advanced than the original Donkey Kong in certain ways. It’s pretty close but more pixely and more neon flashing lights.
Ennuigi
OMG this one is my favorite! It’s like Super Mario Bros, but you’re Luigi Ennuigi and you just walk around smoking cigarettes and getting introspective and sentimental. It’s kind of depressing.
I’m sure there are plenty of other sick demakes; these are just the ones I’ve stumbled upon so far. Pico 8 has been around for over a decade at this point and there’s no shortage of awesome community made cartridges. I love this kind of wacky stuff.