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Program Announcements / DarkChip 8 Version 1.6

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Blade
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DarkChip 8 Version 1.6
http://www.geocities.com/kvanza/darkchip8.htm

Okay it's been awhile since I've released the last version of this program so a brief recap

DarkChip 8 is a Chip 8 and Superchip emulator. Chip 8 was used on old 1802 based computer systems back in the late 70s-early 80s.

The last version of DarkChip 8 was basically a complete emulator for both Chip 8 and SuperChip so what's left to do? Make additions and enhancements!

First, I ported the code over to DBP and after fixing a few things that broke in the transfer to DBP I started work on adding a new feature called Enhanced Mode Graphics which will add color to the black and white games of Chip 8 and SuperChip.

This release only has support for 3 games. Blinky (for Chip 8), Blinky (for Superchip), and Tetris. Support for more games will be added in future releases.
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IceVAN
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Hi Blade

I download your Darkchip8 but I get a runtime error: "COULD NOT LOAD SOUND AT LINE 8"

I feel like to see it!
ciao!

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Blade
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Don't you just hate things like that. You forget to include one itty bitty sound file and the whole program refuses to run... <sigh>

Actually I overlooked the Add Media to EXE...

Well it's only one very tiny wav file called beep.wav which is used for the sound in Chip 8 and Superchip. I've updated the zip file to include this file now.

Thanks for pointing this out.

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IceVAN
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It's cool

I love the emulators.
ummmm now z80 emulator?!! spectrum, amstrad,....

good job!
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Blade
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Glad to hear it works for you now. Be sure to check out the Blinky games and Tetris in Enhanced Mode.

A z80 emulator huh? Well how about something that uses a CPU very similar to the z80 and is handheld and has been popular for a very very long time. I am working on a GameBoy emulator at the moment as well. At the moment it is able to load 32K rom images (even from a zip file) and emulate the CPU. It's only started to do this so it's not ready for release yet and it needs sped up with some optimizations. I also haven't added in video emulation or sound but I'll post updates on the progress as it happens

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Preston C
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dont forget, the z80 processor was used in the TI82, 83, 83+, 85, and 86 calcs (ah, my good ol TI83+, where I first entered the world of programming )

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bitJericho
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hey blade..i commonly use a function in my proggys to prevent runtime errors from occuring..like this..



not to say you don't know how to do ur job Great work!!

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