From Z80 To EZ80: Porting 8-bit Sonic 2 To The TI-84+ CE
hackaday.com
An unwritten rule is that if two systems runs even roughly the same CPU, you are obligated to port software between them, or at least give it a fair shake. This led [grubbycoder] down the path of p…
  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    The calculator has no sound, so those routines had to go

    It’s got a USB port. I mean, I’d believe that it doesn’t have the spare cycles to emulate the sound hardware, but in theory, I’d think that it could talk to sound hardware, as long as the OS permits for it.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    I had a Z80 based Ti84 so I was able to play Game Boy games on it. If I had Sonic 2 that would have been nice too.

  • GFGJewbacca@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    7 months ago

    What the hell, calculators with color screens? Back in my day our graphing calculators were black and gray and we were told to be happy, damn it.