Next Without For

Show 012 - CHIP-8


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Randy and Earl explore programming of the CHIP-8 family of interpreters!

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  • Z88DK, C compiler and assembler for 8080, Z80, 8085
    • https://z88dk.org/site/
  • CHIP-8
    • Wikipedia:
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8
    • Joseph Weisbecker:
      • http://www.cosmacelf.com/history/joseph-weisbecker.html
    • Joseph Weisbecker’s introduction of CHIP-8 in Byte Magazine, Dec. 1978
      • https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1978-12/page/n109/mode/1up 
    • CHIP-8 Technical Reference:
      • https://github.com/mattmikolay/chip-8/wiki/CHIP%E2%80%908-Technical-Reference
    • IDE for creating CHIP-8 programs:
      • https://johnearnest.github.io/Octo/
    • Writing programs for CHIP-8 using Octo IDE:
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-G6Dm5AX3I
    • Awesome CHIP-8 - list of CHIP-8 resources
      • https://chip-8.github.io/links/ 
    • CHIP-8 program archive
      • https://github.com/JohnEarnest/chip8Archive 
    • CHIP-8 Computer
      • https://chip-8.com/ 
    • CHIP-8 Extensions and Compatibility
      • https://chip-8.github.io/extensions/#a-note-on-modern-implementations 
    • EZ-Pack: Convert large images into CHIP-8 Sprites
      • https://beyondloom.com/tools/ezpack.html
    • EZ-Writer: Compose text strings to fit a CHIP-8 or SCHIP display, with a variety of fonts
      • https://beyondloom.com/tools/ezwriter.html
    • EZ-Bake Animator: Pre-generate Octo-compatible graphics programmatically
      • https://beyondloom.com/tools/ezbake.html
    • C-Octo: Develop Octo programs from the command line
      • https://github.com/JohnEarnest/c-octo
    • For MacOS and Windows - Dorito
      • https://github.com/lesharris/dorito?tab=readme-ov-file
    • For Windows - CHIP-8 emulator on Github
      • https://github.com/massung/CHIP-8/releases
    • Octojam
      • https://itch.io/jam/octojam-10
      • https://beyondloom.com/blog/octojam.html
    • Emma 02 emulator
      • https://www.emma02.hobby-site.com/index.html
      • Can use RCA tab, COSMIC VIP option, for original CHIP-8 emulation
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