Cart Compatibility

This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of carts. It is a gathering place for listing carts that have reported issues with a brief description and link back to the issue which should describe the problem in more detail. Thanks to thipeto for creating issue #56 with a nice breakdown of carts by issue that lead to the creating of this page.

returns to bios with lua error

CartTitle	BBS Link	Problem Description	Issue Link
3D Racing Game WIP	BBS	line 39 seems to use if ... do instead of if ... then	needs more investigation
SlipWays	BBS	line 320, appears to be problem with -= compound operator being used on a new local variable with the same name as a parameter in the function. I'm not familiar enough with the lexer/parser work in z8lua to know how to fix this, other than to do compound operators with a pre-processor the way pico 8 does	needs more investigation
Picross-8	BBS	lua error reported. uses if ... do instead of if ... then	needs more investigation
Birds with guns	BBS	lua error reported. uses a non-standard multiline comment in init_player around line 423. Lua shouldn't actually allow nested [[]] inside a multiline comment. Unsure of best fix. Probably adding a preprocessor	needs more investigation
RType	BBS	lua error reported. Uses ? print shortcut not at beginning of line. This was a change in Pico-8 0.2.3. Unsure of best fix. Probably adding a preprocessor	needs more investigation
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Chimera's Garden	BBS	no lua- appears to be working as of v0.0.2.5	fixed as of v0.0.2.5

General Bugs

CartTitle	BBS Link	Problem Description	Issue Link
PICO ARCADE	BBS	Doesn't load other games	#58
PICOWARE	BBS	Doesn't load other games	#58
Peral	BBS	needs load() call to work	#58
Pico Night Punkin	BBS	needs load() call to work	#58
The Invincible Run-Gun-Bot	BBS	Pause menu also doesn't work as expected	#49
Virtua Racing	itch.io	polygons don't have fill pattern applied	track load Fixed as of v0.0.2.10. visuals needs more investigation
Poom	itch.io	not all walls drawn	more investigation needed
Pic-o-Beat	BBS	title screen text not correct	#79, may need more investigation
Scrap Boy	BBS	Not crashing any more, but still has minor graphical issues	needs more investigation
Masters of the Universe	BBS	crash and main visual issues fixed as of v0.0.2.7. Still has some minor transparency bugs	needs more investigation
Star Jump	BBS	no wobble by default, custom pause menu options don't work (crash)	fix pending release
Terra	BBS	crashes calling stat(120) (fix pending)- world not generated correctly	needs more investigation
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Desert Lead 3D	BBS	buttons don't work. Needs mouse support	Fixed as of v0.0.2.7
Explorers	BBS	black screen- appears to be working as of v0.0.2.5	Fixed as of v0.0.2.5
Hyrda	BBS	half screen, perf on vita, crash caused by negative len param to memset will be fixed in next release	Fixed as of v0.0.2.8
Jack of Spades	BBS	relies on load() to load parts of the game	Fixed as of v0.0.2.10
Katamari Christmassy	BBS	character doesn't move as expected. spins wildly. caused by no frame rate from stat	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Pinballvania	BBS	level doesn't generate, can't continue, screen flicker. caused by missing stat	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Soulbound	BBS	difficult to read dialogues- bugs with print color- fixed in next release	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Storming The Grandmothership	BBS	visual glitches in intro. no progress after. caused by infinite loop in oval draw	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Sugar Rush	BBS	run fails immediately instead of starting outside. caused by no fps from stat	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Super Contra Hot	BBS	screen glitches, can't start game. Caused by no fps from stat	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Super PICO Runner Bros	BBS	black screen- this doesn't actually work in latest pico 8. calls cartdata with no key, but I have worked around that	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Tomato Worm	BBS	should be 64x64 not 128x128. Needs rendering modes	Fixed as of v0.0.2.8

Crashes

CartTitle	BBS Link	Problem Description	Issue Link
Impossible Mission RT	BBS	crashes (Segfault). may have to do with secret audio api	needs more investigation
PicoHot	BBS	freezes on Wii U. Seems to work on other platforms	needs more investigation
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Across the River	BBS	needs mapdraw	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Crowded Dungeon Crawler	BBS	crashes (Segfault) - crash in z8lua tonum call	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Delia Mute in Grave Grotto	BBS	hangs - infinite loop calling run- should abort because general use memory is poked and that should not be reset	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Demon Castle	BBS	crashes (Segfault) - looks like a bug in decompression. converting to p8 text file in pico 8 allows it to run	fixed as of v0.0.2.7
Gifts On Venus	BBS	crashes (Segfault) - crash in z8lua tonum call	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Grippy	BBS	crashes on start. ipairs needs to handle nil	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Lemmtris	BBS	needs mapdraw	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
PicoKart	BBS	appears to be working, unsure of problem	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Picopolis	BBS	won't go past title screen (but not crashing anymore)- caused by changing update loop at runtime	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Ramps	BBS	crashes (Abort- error indexing nil value line 828)	fixed as of v0.0.2.7
The Chamber Scrolls	BBS	crashes (Abort- no zlib header found line 336)	fixed as of v0.0.2.7
The Stroll	BBS	Appears to be working now (used mapdraw)	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Tower Noire	BBS	Appears to be working now (used mapdraw)	fixed as of v0.0.2.6
Willo	BBS	crashes (abort - nil passed to split on line 243)	fixed as of v0.0.2.6