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