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Added generator file for original TIC-80 binary that user can add to "bios/tic80" folder just like pico-8 or voxatron binary. Tested and it works. Also needed to add an es_systems.cfg entry:

<emulator name="nesbox">
    <cores>
        <core>tic80_official</core>
    </cores>
</emulator>

edit: updated PR to include regular package to build tic80 from source

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dmanlfc commented Dec 31, 2025

this does nothing as you haven't included the standalone binary or setup the system for it to be called.

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I was inspired by pico8 and voxatron wiki pages. It needs just tic80 binary in bios/tic80 folder (x64 version MD5 is c95e23cb995e058d9a7e372a65d8c554)

It may be extracted from https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/releases/download/v1.1.2837/tic80-v1.1-linux.deb

This all may be mentioned in wiki page after this prerequisite is merged.

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dmanlfc commented Jan 1, 2026

i don't want it added like that. lexaloffle from memory are paid binaries and are restricted to the binary architecture type.
tic-80 has source code & can be compiled - https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80
bring it in as a proper package or not at all.

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WizzardSK commented Jan 1, 2026

Ok, I tried to update it. This is my first emulator addition, so hope it will work.

@WizzardSK WizzardSK changed the title Nesbox generator for official TIC-80 binary TIC-80 standalone emulator with "surf" option support Jan 1, 2026
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dmanlfc commented Jan 1, 2026

It's a cmake build system so the package should be cmake not generic. You need to test the compilation and the resulting binary. Also squash your commits.

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WizzardSK commented Jan 1, 2026

Thank you, I changed generic to cmake package. I was able to build tic80 from master before on my desktop and it worked, surf option too, carts are loading too.
I guess that I need also to build whole Batocera with my changes, right?
Sorry for my number of commits, still learning.

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squash your commits

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WizzardSK commented Jan 2, 2026

I hope it is OK now, thank you very much for all the help and support.

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remember to squash your commits. git push --force when doing updates

package/batocera/emulators/tic80/Config.in Outdated
config BR2_PACKAGE_TIC80
bool "tic80"
select BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE
select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
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remove wayland here

package/batocera/emulators/tic80/Config.in Outdated
select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLVND
select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLU
select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFREEGLUT
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change to `select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFREEGLUT if BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL && BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7

package/batocera/emulators/tic80/tic80.mk Outdated
TIC80_SITE = $(call github,nesbox,TIC-80,$(TIC80_VERSION))
TIC80_LICENSE = MIT
TIC80_LICENSE_FILES = https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/blob/main/LICENSE
TIC80_DEPENDENCIES = pipewire wayland sdl2 ruby libcurl libglvnd libglu libfreeglut
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remove wayland & libfreeglut as we will use them below

package/batocera/emulators/tic80/tic80.mk Outdated
TIC80_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_WITH_ALL=On
TIC80_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_PRO=TRUE
TIC80_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_TOUCH_INPUT=ON
TIC80_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
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this line and the next should be at the start ideally

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squashed and updated

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