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Re:What Happens When a CPU Starts by markus_zhang on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:33PM (#34335025)
Never done anything but I think the gameboy family is a good choice. Unlike NES or SNES which use assembly heavily, we can use C for the GBA. There are also great communities devoted for them.
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Re:What Happens When a CPU Starts by saagarjha on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:10AM (#34335575)
You can, but it’s pretty lacking in registers.
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Re:What Happens When a CPU Starts by snvzz on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @05:10AM (#34336882)
It's still not a PIC12.
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Re:What Happens When a CPU Starts by Agingcoder on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @08:14PM (#34347729)
The nes is a simple but extremely elegant machine. Assembly isn't a problem, since the cpu is very simple, I recommend playing with it.
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Re:What Happens When a CPU Starts by markus_zhang on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @10:58PM (#34349005)
Definitely. I guess one can climb the ladder by first programming the NES and then SNES and just go up, maybe even learn some Japanese to immerse in the life of a Japanese game developer in the 80s/90s. Could be a long but interesting side project.
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