From c7fd0fee7ad2581889e84748ab64e10003d9d526 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Arver Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:54:53 +0000 Subject: Patch[1430311] by Henrico Witvliet. Split plugins to individual files. Proper naming of the targets. git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@8763 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657 --- manual/plugins/chip8emulator.tex | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 manual/plugins/chip8emulator.tex (limited to 'manual/plugins/chip8emulator.tex') diff --git a/manual/plugins/chip8emulator.tex b/manual/plugins/chip8emulator.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1c8575b687 --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/plugins/chip8emulator.tex @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +\subsection{\label{ref:Chip8emulator}Chip{}-8 Emulator} +The Chip{}-8 Emulator allows you to play many old chip8 games found on +the Net. It modifies Rockbox, so file extensions .ch8 will be +recognised as chip8 games. Just press PLAY on a .ch8 file to start a +game. + +There are lots of tiny Chip8 games (usually only about 256 bytes to a +couple of KB) which were made popular by the HP48 +calculator's emulator for them. The original Chip8 had +64x32 pixel graphics, and the new superchip emulator supports 128x64 +graphics, which almost fits on the Recorder's display. +The only problem is they are based on a 4x4 keyboard, but since most +games do not use all of the buttons, this can easily be worked around. + +Some places where can you can find .ch8 files: + +\begin{itemize} +\item The original chip8 patch had several attached: +\url{http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=628509&group_id=44306&atid=439120} +\item Check out the HP48 chip games section: +\url{http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/chip/} +\item Check out the PC emulator by the guy who wrote the HP48 emulator: +\url{http://www.pdc.kth.se/~lfo/chip8/CHIP8.htm} +\item Links to other chip8 emulators: +\url{http://www.zophar.net/chip8.html} +\end{itemize} + + -- cgit v1.2.3