Pico 8 The BEST Pico-8 games!

[Ramokromok]

Inspired by Cody on Pixel Gaiden, it would be great if there was a curated list of awesome pico-8 games, so let's do this! Below is Cody's list of awesome Pico-8 games and my awesome Pico-9 games sorted by genre. Nominated your faves by replying to this thread, or @ing me on Twitter and I'll add up votes and collate them here. You can vote for games already on the list, or add new ones.

Feel free to add some reviews of your faves and let's find them hidden Pico-8 gems!

Shmups

• Hybris (1 vote)- "Destroy the infected cells to prevent the infection from spreading"
• The Green Legion (1 vote)- "Blast off and strike the evil green legion of mutating ships from outer-space!"
• Solar Blaster Challenge Stage (1 vote)- "The Earth is under attack from the invading alien war machine! Take control of the Solar Blaster fighter ship and strike back!"
• Zepton (1 vote) - "2d voxel shmup where you have to survive as long as possible to an always increasing number of enemies."

RPG/Adventure

• A Dream's Command (1 vote)
• Dank Tomb (1 vote)
• Porklike (1 vote)- roguelike game featuring pigs
• Cards with Personalities (1 vote)

Platform

• Celeste (1 vote)- Pico-8's superstar platformer

Puzzle

• High Stakes (2 votes)- "Las Vegas 2024. Vampires have stolen your blood. Play the card game of your life and win it all back."
• Mai-Chan's Sweet Buns (1 vote)- "Mai-Chan's Sweet Buns is a cute puzzle game about pastries. Our goal is to help Mai-Chan serve her sweet buns to customers at her bakery."
• Combo Pool (1 vote)- hybrid of pool and puzzle bobble!
• Lemmtris (1 vote)- Lemmings meets Tetris

Sports

• Ramps (1 vote)- 3D Racer
• PicoTennis (1 vote)
• PicoRacer (1 vote)- racing game similar to Outrun

Misc

• Just one Boss (1 vote)- action game where you fight against one charming boss
• Pinballvania (1 vote)- ball mechanics and exploration in one
• Breakdown (1 vote) - Breakout but in reverse
• Alpine Alpaca (1 Vote) - Hit the slopes and score as many gates as you can. Use your cards to steer and build your deck as you go!
• Spaceman 8 (1 vote)

Demakes/Ports

• Pico Pill (1 vote) - Dr Mario remake
• Pico Offroad (1 vote)- Offroad
• Pico Zombie Garden (1 vote)- Plants vs Zombies
• Swordfish (1 vote)- Ecco the Dolphin
• Bubble Bobble (1 vote)
• Pico Driller (1 vote) - Mr Driller
• Virtua Racing (1 vote) - Virtual Racing demake

Non Games

• Channel F Emulator (1 vote)

 

[Ramokromok]

Additions from Twitter:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1400399333577609219

 

[Robb@8_16_32bit]

I have to add the following game:

Virtua Racing for the Pico8: https://freds72.itch.io/virtua-racing

 

[Ramokromok]

I have to add the following game:

Virtua Racing for the Pico8: https://freds72.itch.io/virtua-racing

Awe! that looks awesome.

 

[duhproject]

A few months ago, I couldn't stop playing High Stakes. It's such a fun, press-your-luck style game.

I need to boot up Pico-8 soon and try some of those that Cody mentioned.

 

[Ramokromok]

A few months ago, I couldn't stop playing High Stakes. It's such a fun, press-your-luck style game.

I need to boot up Pico-8 soon and try some of those that Cody mentioned.

Ooh that’s two votes now for High Stakes, making it the best so far!

I did have pico8 on my retro flag gpi case - but had to reinstall RetroPie, so no longer have it on there. I might make a dedicated SD card for it

 

[Ramokromok]

Also these :

The best games for the Pico-8

If you've ever played some of the games written for the Pico-8 fantasy console, you might have come across some gems, but also have this strange nagging doubt that you're missing some awesome games and you just don't know where to find them...

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