Subj : src/doors/syncretro/SIBLINGS.md
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From : Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)
Date : Tue Jul 14 2026 21:04:15

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syncretro: survey candidate cores for future consoles (SIBLINGS.md)

A map, not a plan: which libretro cores could each become a SyncRetro
console for a whole-catalog win, the ScummVM pattern generalized. Docs only.

Buckets the candidates two ways. Kind A -- reimplementation frameworks you
bring game data to: ScummVM (sketched) and EasyRPG (RPG Maker 2000/2003, the
RPG twin of ScummVM -- huge freeware catalog, ideal terminal fit, costs the
keyboard bridge + RTP-asset handling). Kind B -- open fantasy consoles whose
catalogs are natively free to ship: TIC-80 (the standout -- gamepad-native at
240x136, so nearly drops onto the existing pad profile with no bridge),
LowRes NX, Uzebox, Lutro. Flags PICO-8 as the trap (commercial/closed, not a
clean win) and OpenBOR / Cave Story as big free catalogs that fail the twitch
interaction axis.

The payoff it encodes: one shared mouse/keyboard bridge amortizes across
ScummVM, EasyRPG, TIC-80 and syncdos -- one piece of C, four content
universes. Ranked next-console shortlist: TIC-80 (cheapest big win), EasyRPG,
then ScummVM. All gated on an M3-style probe of the real core first.

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