[Cuis-dev] Chip8 emulator

[H. Hirzel]

Hi

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM Hilaire Fernandes via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Looking at https://github.com/thiagoslino/Cuis-Smalltalk-Chip8
>
> Is it possible to make something out of it, to use it to introduce
> programming to kids or alike powerful usage?
>
>
This is surely an interesting project :

https://github.com/mattmikolay/chip-8/wiki/Mastering-CHIP%E2%80%908

" Despite its simplicity, a variety of enjoyable games and programs have
been coded in CHIP-8, proving that a programmer need not be limited by the
scope of a language. Though undoubtedly minimal in the features it offers
to programmers, CHIP-8 represents a successful attempt at scaling down the
complexities of a programming language to the basic level needed to create
simple programs and games without difficulty.
"

And

" due to the similarity in design between a CHIP-8 interpreter and a system
emulator; those wishing to gain experience in emulator implementation often
take on the task of programming a CHIP-8 interpreter.
"

The question in however which target group of children you are thinking
of?  Should they start with the Chip 8 programming language? It is a kind
of  assembler which needs a Pseudo Assembler. Should that language be made
into a Smalltalk DSL? With text based commands instead of tiles as compared
to https://calliope.cc/en


Regards
Hannes
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