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Lexaloffle - RetroBIOS
Type standalone
Upstream https://www.lexaloffle.com/
Version unknown
Profiled 2026-03-26
Cores lexaloffle
Systems pico8, voxatron
Technical notes

Commercial fantasy consoles by Lexaloffle Games LLP. Closed-source binaries distributed as ZIP archives from lexaloffle.com (requires purchase).

Batocera configgen (lexaloffleGenerator.py) handles both systems via a single generator. PICO-8: binary at bios/pico-8/pico8. Voxatron: binary at bios/voxatron/vox. Generator checks binary existence and executable permission, raises BatoceraException if missing. LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the BIOS directory for shared library resolution.

Each distribution ships a statically linked binary (pico8/vox) and a dynamically linked variant (pico8_dyn/vox_dyn). Batocera uses the static binary. The .dat file is loaded at startup and contains boot sequence, themes, and internal data.

PICO-8 supports x86_64 and ARM (Raspberry Pi). Voxatron x86_64 only. Voxatron depends on libHoloPlayCore.so (Looking Glass SDK), compile-time linked.

7 files | 5 required, 2 optional | 7 in repo, 0 missing

pico8 required in repo
PICO-8 main executable (statically linked)

  • Path: pico-8/pico8
  • System: pico8
  • Source: lexaloffleGenerator.py:17,36,48-49
  • Platforms: retrodeck
  • Configgen checks existence and executable permission

pico8_dyn optional in repo
PICO-8 dynamically linked executable

  • Path: pico-8/pico8_dyn
  • System: pico8
  • Source: lexaloffleGenerator.py:17,36
  • Platforms: retrodeck
  • Alternative to pico8. Requires system SDL2. Some platforms prefer this variant.

pico8.dat required in repo
PICO-8 data file (boot sequence, themes, demo carts)

  • Path: pico-8/pico8.dat
  • System: pico8
  • Platforms: retrodeck
  • POD format. Loaded by pico8/pico8_dyn from same directory at startup.

vox required in repo
Voxatron main executable

  • Path: voxatron/vox
  • System: voxatron
  • Source: lexaloffleGenerator.py:20,42,48-49
  • Configgen checks existence and executable permission. x86_64 only.

vox_dyn optional in repo
Voxatron dynamically linked executable

  • Path: voxatron/vox_dyn
  • System: voxatron
  • Source: lexaloffleGenerator.py:20,42
  • Alternative to vox. Requires system SDL2.

vox.dat required in repo
Voxatron data file

  • Path: voxatron/vox.dat
  • System: voxatron
  • Loaded by vox/vox_dyn from same directory at startup.

libHoloPlayCore.so required in repo
Looking Glass holographic display support library

  • Path: voxatron/libHoloPlayCore.so
  • System: voxatron
  • Source: lexaloffleGenerator.py:89
  • Compile-time linked dependency. LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to bios/voxatron/ by configgen.

Generated on 2026-04-03T20:37:39Z