The Pico MZ

Sharp MZ Series Emulator for the Raspberry Pi Pico

A Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) and Pico 2 (RP2350) emulation of the Sharp MZ-80K, MZ-80A and MZ-700.

It uses any of the Pimoroni VGA demo base (Pico or Pico 2), RC2014 Pi Pico VGA Terminal card (Pico only) or the self-contained RC2014 RP2040 VGA terminal card.

Current release (30th November 2025) is version 3.0.0.

Full documentation is available in pdf format.

Current issues and enhancements log.

A Pimoroni VGA Demo Base and Raspberry Pi Pico 2 - supported hardware for the Pico MZ-80K
A Pimoroni VGA Demo Base and Raspberry Pi Pico 2 – supported hardware for the Pico MZ
A Pico MZ-80K using the RC2014 RP2040 VGA terminal card to run the Sharp version of Space Invaders
A game of space invaders in progress. The RC2014 backplane with the RP2040 VGA terminal card is in the foreground.

Project History

Sharp MZ-80K emulated using a Raspberry Pi Pico

RetroChallenge 2024/10 – the quest to develop a Pico MZ-80K continues …

Pico MZ-80K software tests

RetroChallenge 2024/10 reflections

Pico MZ-80K floppy disk (1)

Pico MZ-80K floppy disk (2)

Pico MZ-80K now with Pico 2 support

Pico MZ-80K – RC2014 RP2040 VGA Terminal Card & Pi Pico VGA Terminal Card support

A Pico MZ-80A ?

Pico MZ-80A – First release

A Pico MZ-700 ?

Pico MZ-700 progress

Pico MZ-700 – First release