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A curated list of available fantasy consoles/computers.
https://paladin-t.github.io/fantasy/index
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Octo not a FC #74

Closed kiedtl closed 2 years ago

kiedtl commented 2 years ago

Octo isn't a fantasy console itself, but rather a suite of development tools (a high-level language, IDE, and debugging utilities) for CHIP-8, which is a fantasy console, supposedly the first to be called so.

My suggestion is to replace the Octo link with CHIP-8, linking to its Wikipedia article or perhaps Awesome CHIP-8.

paladin-t commented 2 years ago

We had a similar conversation #66, CHIP-8 is listed as a link. Considering CHIP-8 doesn't offer an official release, I prefer to mention it as is, and keep the more approachable implementation (Octo) on the list.

kiedtl commented 2 years ago

Hm, yes, there's definitely something to be said for not confusing people who are used to single-implementation fantasy consoles. And Octo is the only web CHIP-8 implementation I'm aware of.

That said, I think displaying the link as "Octo" is misleading at best. Perhaps the link text could be changed to "CHIP-8" but the link to Octo could remain?

PureAsbestos commented 2 years ago

Perhaps something like Octo (CHIP-8) or CHIP-8 (Octo) would do the trick

paladin-t commented 2 years ago

Using Octo (CHIP-8) now, it's better for any upcoming CHIP-8 compatibles/derivatives in future.