emulator: Pygame
type: launcher
core_classification: launcher
source: "https://github.com/pygame/pygame"
upstream: "https://github.com/pygame/pygame"
profiled_date: "2026-10-04"
source_commit: "b92c0da9d1b5eba6c813138790fc1ab6cea0252c"
core_version: "2.6.1"
display_name: "Pygame"
cores: [pygame, python-pygame2]
systems: []
verification: existence

notes: |
  Pygame is not an emulator or game engine with its own BIOS. It is the SDL2
  bindings for Python, used by batocera as a launcher that runs user-supplied
  Python scripts (file.py) as the "ROM". Batocera's package
  batocera/emulators/python-pygame2 pins the standard pygame/pygame 2.6.1
  wheel; nothing about pygame itself ships game data.

  The content executed by this launcher is the user's own Python file,
  which plays the role of the cartridge. No file in the pack belongs here.

files: []