Chip-8
Languages and libraries
emulator
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2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
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Nice work
From 1 comment
Nice work!
ghffcvb on HN
Good first project for learning emulation
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What makes CHIP-8 great for babby's first emu is the fact that it's not a real CPU or system architecture; it's a VM to make video games for the Cosmac VIP 1970s hobbyist…
bitwize on HN
Requests
Try a single-instruction esolang like BytePusher next
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https://esolangs.org/wiki/BytePusher If you want to go again but with only a single instruction.
postalrat on HN
Questions
Was this already posted a few days ago?
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Didn't you post this a few days ago?
asciimov on HN