What it is
A fantasy console with deliberately clear hardware rules. Games target the MINERVA runtime instead of a commercial legacy machine, so every cartridge is built for this platform from the ground up.
Original Game Platform
MINERVAFantasy Console
Minerva Fantasy Console is the console built by this project: a custom retro system for original games, with its own cartridge format, virtual hardware model, assembler, C/C++ pipeline, desktop emulator, and bare-metal Raspberry Pi target.
How it runs
On Raspberry Pi, the console boots directly into the game without Linux or another general-purpose OS. During development, the same cartridges can be tested on Windows and Linux through the emulator.
How games are made
Gameplay can be written with the assembler or the C/C++ crosscompiler path. Assets, maps, animations, and game objects are packaged into MINERVA ROM cartridges.
Fantasy Console highlights
AEGISCustom instruction set for the fantasy hardware
ROMCartridge format for code and assets
IDEProject, asset, animation, and map workflow
Pi 5Bare-metal Raspberry Pi target
Start building and playing
Use the guide for the platform reference, browse existing cartridges, or download the current release package.
Different from the Emulator Console
Minerva Fantasy Console is for new games made specifically for MINERVA. Minerva Emulator Console is the separate bare-metal multi-emulator console for classic systems.