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Another interesting one is LowRes NX, a contemporary project that uses BASIC: https://lowresnx.inutilis.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
Https://lowresnx.inutilis.com/docs/manual.html It is definitely strange to reach for BASIC as a teaching language in 2023. But, this is an argument that has been echoed on HN as well, today's popular languages do seem somewhat overkill for a child's first independent explorations. But, again, I am just a hobbyist, no intention to grow a programmer out of our son. I would actually just like to teach im thinking... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
Jokes aside, there's Love2D, an EasyRPG LibRetro core in RetroArch. I guess you could also try NESmaker. I know nothing of LowRes NX and Solarus, but the other guy mentioned those, so there's the links. Source: over 2 years ago
A very nice book is "Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog" by Steven Hugg and is part of a series of book that is supported by http://8bitworkshop.com/ I am writing a book somewhat similar to this (currently in Portuguese, but later in English and other languages) using the Digital simulator in Java for the examples as schematics, though they can be exported as Verilog for implementation in FPGA boards. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
I've thought to myself that if I want a cool project that would motivate me to re-learn C just for the sake of making an NES game (ala 8-bit workshop - https://8bitworkshop.com/), I would really like to learn how to apply the pseudo-3d or 2.5d methods that were used by Microprose in F-19 Stealth fighter. I don't know the first thing about 3D programming. I tried to follow a book on writing a ray-tracer from... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago
I wish 8bitworkshop got more love. It is amazing. From the homepage "Write 8-bit code in your browser. Ever wanted to be an old-school game programmer? Learn how classic game hardware worked. Write code and see it run instantly." It lets you get your feet wet in Verilog without buying the hardware first. This description doesn't do it justice at all so check it out. https://8bitworkshop.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
I have actually recently picked up Atari 2600 homebrew development as a hobby. My reasons are: 1. The hardware is simple enough that you can completely understand everything that is going on. And you absolutely need to understand it, if you want to make good games. Just a great feeling of power and control. 2. You need to use assembly. Even with 8-bit era computers you don't really need to use assembly. Sure, for... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Always happy to see more documentation out there. I have a bigger document posted on my website, which includes setting up X11 with XFCE4, but it includes everything else needed to do Intellivision indie game development. I had to do it this way because Intellivision is the one console not included in 8-Bit Workshop. Also, I had to go with Tiger VNC, because XServer XSDL simply didn't like XFCE4 and was getting... Source: over 2 years ago
PICO-8 - Lua-based fantasy console for making and playing tiny, computer games and programs.
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer where you can make, play and share tiny games.
Pyxel - Retro game engine for Python inspired by fantasy consoles.
LIKO-12 - Fantasy console built with the Love 2D game engine.
Bitsy - Bitsy is a small, fast, embeddable, durable in-memory graph database that implements the Blueprints API.
WASM-4 - Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console