Pokémon mini
The cartridge handheld that fits in a palm: d-pad, three buttons, a shake sensor and a rumble motor. With save states, sound and a sideways layout.
PocketStation
The memory card with a screen. Plays the mini-games that PlayStation titles saved onto it, straight from your own memory card files.
Brick games & virtual pets
The 96-in-1 brick game and its keychain cousins, plus Tamagotchi and Digimon pets that keep living while you are away. Real faceplates, original chip programs.
VMU
The Dreamcast's memory card with a screen. Plays the mini-games Dreamcast titles put on it, from your own game or memory card files. No BIOS needed.
P/ECE
Aquaplus's open handheld, the one hobbyists wrote a hundred games for. Runs the real system and real P/ECE programs, straight from their original downloads.
Game Boy
The grey brick and the Game Boy Color that followed it. Drawn at exact pixel multiples, with battery saves and save states kept in your browser. Tricky Wicks comes with it, free.
Game Boy Advance
The wide one with shoulder buttons. Runs on mGBA with its built-in BIOS, so all you need is the game. Two-Floor Dungeon, a pseudo-3D tech demo, comes with it, free.
WonderSwan
Bandai's slim handheld, developed with the company founded by the Game Boy's designer. Some games are played with it held upright, so there is a Rotate button.
Neo Geo Pocket
SNK's handheld with the clicky thumb stick, and the Neo Geo Pocket Color that replaced it a few months later.
Tricky Wicks
A falling-block puzzle. Turn and drop rope pieces to run a wick from a flame to a bomb, then watch it burn: the longer the wick, the bigger the bang. Play alone or against the CPU. Also a free Game Boy ROM, on the Game Boy page.
VMX
A pocket handheld in the works, shaped like an Xbox Memory Unit, with a tiny green OLED. Boot it, browse its menus and play its games: blocks, blobs, invaders, missile defence, blackjack, checkers, reversi, Tricky Wicks and Zork I. Star Raiders too, with your own Atari cartridge.
Minigames
Quick touch-screen games. First up, Wanted!: find the face on the poster in a moving crowd before the clock runs out.
QuickFlip
Draw flipbook animations frame by frame with onion skin, then play them back. Notes can be shared on your own QuickFlip server, and the same notes open on the ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display.
Bring your own files
No BIOS is included, and the only games included are our own or freely licensed: Tricky Wicks, the minigames and the VMX games (Zork I is MIT-licensed). Each console asks for your own dumps the first time.
Nothing is uploaded
Your files, saves and progress stay in this browser's storage on this device. QuickFlip only shares a note when you upload it to a server you set up.
Works like an app
Most consoles here can be installed with your browser's “Add to Home Screen” and then played offline.
Comments
Say hello, report a problem or ask for a console. Posting needs a GitHub account; the comments are kept in this project's GitHub Discussions.