pirx Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hello, I have a special treat for all you retro computing fans - Chip8 virtual machine emulator. Chip8 is a assembler-like language from RCA's TELMAC 1800, COSMAC VIP, ETI 660, DREAM 6800 and other strange machines from the 70's. The emulator comes on a single density disk half-full with games and other Chip8 software I found with google. There must be more games somewhere as this set does not contain original games shipped with TELMAC (but I am not so sure). A bit of novelty is added here by emulating SuperChip8 - a version developed for HP48 programmable calculator in the 90's. There are some SuperChip8 games included, too. There are several areas where this emulator could be improved. First of all I haven't tested all the games. Some routines are too slow (like screen scrolling or sprites), some are too fast what results in quite unpleasant speed of emulation. In Chip8 mode (smaller resolution) it is possible to speed up emulation by pressing [start] button. [Esc] returns to the file selector. File can be downloaded from this address: http://5oft.com/filez/chip8beta.atr More info about Chip8: http://www.pdc.kth.se/~lfo/chip8/CHIP8.htm I am looking forward for comments! pawel /pirx/ kalinowski chip8beta.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 This is really fun! Congratulations -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 A virtual machine on an Atari 8bit computer? Fantastic!!! Great work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 strange things happen sometimes... never thought of gaming on a calculator... but they look like old handy games... hehehe... interesting that atari is possible to do emulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Pirx, great job!!! We want for more emulators on little Atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Pirx, great job!!! We want for more emulators on little Atari 996781[/snapback] Perhaps a Playstation emulator to have more recent games on the Atari? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Great emu! I used to play a lot in my hp48 Ant is a great game, check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmutzpuppe Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 This is cool stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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