Yeah and thats the direction I might go. But the raspberry pi pico is a nice in between because it has enough ram (264k) and rom (2mb) to do this, but not sure if it could handle tilengine (sounds like you would need a SDL driver specifically for it).
In practical terms, the cost of a PI zero is not a significant blocker. I just dont like the idea of having to run linux in order to run something retro... :)
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What is the possibility of running this on very minimal hardware?
I want to create something like one of the "fantasy" consoles like TIC80 etc, but running on actually minimal hardware (arduino probably doesnt have the memory needed, but maybe something like the new raspberry pi pico). Something low end, cheap, with a smallish screen (320 x 200 or so). I can certainly put the hardware together and program it directly in raw C or micro python, but it would be nice to have a game framework on it, sprite editor, etc.. so you could program actual games ON it, just like an old school PC. A little machine to learn programming on, play some fun games, and not be distracted by the honypot of the internet and such...