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24 alternatives to 8Bitdo
A wireless omni-platform controller for ALL of your devices
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 8Bitdo launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A Sega Genesis inspired wireless controller
2019 · 8bitdo.com · its alternatives →
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8bitcn/ui▲4038‑bit UI components that work in any framework
Dec 2025 · 8bitcn.com · its alternatives →
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The Ultimate Mini Wired Controller for Xbox
2024 · 8bitdo.com · its alternatives →
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Learn to code by building retro arcade games.
2022 · akedo.app · its alternatives →
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Hi everybody! Due to Covid 19 pandemic I was forced in my home, so I revamped my book https://8bit.gioorgi.com It is a huge collection of information about the 8bit comnputer era (1980-1985) up to the NES console. I collected information from various source including “The 8bit Guy” videos and specific site (like C64 wiki, nesdev etc). I am using docusaurus to give a pleasnt look to the whole site. Please give me you feedback (and happy new year btw)!
2021 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’ve been working on Gaming Couch, a web-based game platform where up to 8 players use their smartphones as controllers to play real-time action mini-games on a central browser screen. TL;DR: - 18 competitive mini-games for up to 8 players - Runs entirely in the browser - Phones act as controllers (no apps, no accounts required) - Focused on fast, chaotic, real-time party games (no trivia) - Currently in public early access Try it here: https://gamingcouch.com. Open the link on a computer, host a session, scan the QR code with your phone(s) and play! What is it? Gaming Couch…
Dec 2025 · gamingcouch.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · pwa-nes.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier). But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system. I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Make 8-Bit Art!▲107An in-browser canvas tool for making retro art.
2014 · make8bitart.com · its alternatives →
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An open source fantasy game console for building 8-bit games
2018 · its alternatives →
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Retro Gears▲68A mix of retro, pixels and Micromachines on steroids
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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CHIP-8 console on FPGA. Contribute to pwmarcz/fpga-chip8 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Wooting One▲74Analog mechanical keyboard for precise movement in games
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Quadro▲176Next-gen controller for a smoother computing experience
2015 · quadro.me · its alternatives →
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