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Abdessamad Derraz 11da070128 chore: recale the profile refs onto their pins
Upstream moved under 145 profiles: 679 refs shifted and 452 followed a
renamed file, against 6,483 that still anchor where they were written.
The recale rewrites the located ranges only, keeping the annotations and
the sentences that carry them, and 106 pins advance in the same commit
because refs and source_commit name one revision or the profile
describes two at once.

Nothing here was guessed. The 183 refs that are CHANGED, GONE or
AMBIGUOUS are untouched, and the 57 profiles holding them keep their old
pin until someone reads the diff: profile_sync refuses to recale a
profile while any of its refs needs a re-read. trident kept its pin too,
its annotated ref being one the writer will not rewrite.
2026-09-04 14:41:44 +02:00

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emulator: FAKE-08
type: libretro
core_classification: game_engine
source: "https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08"
upstream: "https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08"
profiled_date: "2026-03-23"
source_commit: "814991a2571ad3970e386cef48f3b148aa1c27b9"
core_version: "v0.0.2.19"
display_name: "PICO-8 (FAKE-08)"
cores:
- fake08
systems:
- pico8
notes: |
FAKE-08 is an open-source PICO-8 compatible runtime for running .p8 and
.p8.png cartridges on platforms where the official PICO-8 binary is not
available (3DS, Vita, Switch, Wii U, various handhelds).
The core retrieves RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY in
retro_set_environment() (platform/libretro/libretro.cpp:162-163) but never uses the value.
No file is loaded from the system directory. The PICO-8 boot sequence,
global Lua functions, and default cart menu are compiled directly into the
binary as string constants (p8GlobalLuaFunctions.h, DefaultCart.h).
When no ROM is passed (supports_no_game = true), the core queues its
built-in BIOS cart "__FAKE08-BIOS.p8" (platform/libretro/libretro.cpp:751). This is not
an external file -- it is generated internally by the VM.
The core accepts .p8 (text) and .png (cartridge-as-image) formats
(platform/libretro/libretro.cpp:258). Content is loaded either via the libretro data buffer
or full path depending on the _NEED_FULL_PATH_ compile flag.
exclusion_note: "all engine resources compiled into binary via include_bytes!"
files: []
platform_details:
cartridge_format:
extensions: "p8, png"
source_ref: "platform/libretro/libretro.cpp:258"
note: |
.p8 is the PICO-8 text cartridge format containing Lua code, gfx,
gff, map, sfx, and music sections. .png is the cartridge-as-image
format where cart data is steganographically encoded in the image.
runtime:
source_ref: "source/vm.h, source/p8GlobalLuaFunctions.h"
note: |
The FAKE-08 VM reimplements the PICO-8 API (128x128 screen, 16 colors,
4-channel audio, Lua scripting) entirely in C++. The built-in BIOS
provides a cart browser and error display. Audio runs at 22050 Hz
with save state support via custom serialization (platform/libretro/libretro.cpp:517-736).