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libretro/emulators/tic80.yml
Abdessamad Derraz 58f3006d20 docs: add core_version, display_name to all 260 emulator profiles
Every profile now has:
- profiled_date: date of source code analysis
- core_version: version from libretro-core-info .info files
- display_name: human-readable name from .info files

260/260 profiles complete. 294/294 libretro cores covered.
Standalone emulators (cemu, rpcs3, xemu, vita3k) versioned manually.
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emulator: TIC-80
type: libretro
source: "https://github.com/libretro/TIC-80"
profiled_date: "2026-03-18"
core_version: "0.80.0"
display_name: "TIC-80"
cores:
- tic80
systems:
- tic80
notes: |
TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
The libretro port wraps the nesbox/TIC-80 engine as a submodule.
The core loads .tic cartridge files (and .png for cart-as-image format)
entirely through the libretro data buffer (need_fullpath = false,
tic80_libretro.c:340). Content bytes are passed directly to tic80_load()
at retro_load_game() (tic80_libretro.c:1152).
The core never calls RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY. There is no
code path that reads any file from the system directory. No BIOS, firmware,
or boot ROM exists for this platform -- TIC-80 is a self-contained virtual
machine with all system resources built into the engine binary.
The TIC-80 VM provides 80x45 tilemap, 240x136 screen, 256 8x8 sprites,
4 channels of sound, and supports Lua, Moonscript, JavaScript, Wren,
Fennel, Squirrel, Ruby, Python, and Janet as scripting languages.
files: []
platform_details:
cartridge_format:
extensions: "tic, png"
source_ref: "tic80_libretro.c:339"
notes: |
.tic is the native cartridge format containing code, sprites, map,
sound, and music data. .png support allows loading cartridges
encoded as cover images (code stored in PNG metadata).
runtime:
source_ref: "nesbox/TIC-80 (submodule at core/)"
notes: |
The entire TIC-80 runtime (CPU, GPU, APU, scripting engines) is
compiled into the core binary. No external dependencies at runtime.
State serialization uses TIC_PERSISTENT_SIZE * 4 bytes of pmem()
data (tic80_libretro.c:1203-1243).