Chip-8 is an interpreted language made in the '70s for low-res devices. There are several simple games for it, some even <256 bytes. Super-Chip-8 is an extension that supports a bigger resolution (to 64*128 pixels) and scrolling. There are several games for it available on the internet.
Has anyone ever considered extending JW's interpreter? Super-Chip-8 would be cool. The graphics would fit on a ti83(+) screen if you swith the LCD to 6-bits-per-word mode I realize there are better options
Last edited by Duck on Wed 02 Feb, 2005 10:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hmm, TI83 programming isn't my speciality, and Joe W.'s code is not easy to read - especially with hard-coded getk values (converting to the skXXXX format from the include files has been fun) - and I think something is really screwing up the program loading. Add to that the SOS "call vector0" and "call vector1" uncertainty...
I think it might be easier to start from scratch!
That's what I would do. The Chip8 architecture is very simple, maybe even the simplest of all consoles. I think one can write the whole thing in one or two days.
Yet, I meant <256 Bytes of course. The memory limit for these games is 4 KB.
Are you still converting Joe's code benryves? Or did you die on one of Joe's boobytraps along the way
Its nice you're giving it a try. I would have done it the other way around (start from scratch), but if it works (eventually) it works I guess.
What system flags are you talking about; the Chip8's or the calculators flags?
I mean the TI83 system flags. My code might not be perfect but at least it's easy to swap it between TI83 and TI83P code!
The SOS libs have given me problems, to say the least. What I'll probably do is rewrite all the file loading and GUI stuff (as such all it does is browse for a file and loads it into memory) and try and hack in Joe's original core.
However, his coding style is less than self-explanatory...
I also have very little time to work on this, so apologies all round.
I realize there are better options 
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