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If Joseph Weisbecker had known what influence his COSMAC ELF or his VM Chip8 would have, he probably would have designed at least Dxyn somewhat differently. But these are details... 🙄

Probably no other language / VM has been implemented that often and in pretty much every programming language. No matter whether your current topic of interest is Assembly, CPU Design or Digital Architecture, somewhere you always make a turn into the Chip8 street.

So it has happened for Kurtis Dinelle. His DIY Chip8 Handheld is not only open source. It is also beautiful in addition to being complete and minimal. A red PCB might have suited the console skeleton even better, but add a transparent case, and the dream DIY console is ready.

If you are still looking for a hardware project for the summer, you might find it here. If you've never written a Chip8 emu before ... you're only a Google search away from an exciting project.