Found an AliExpress games console based on a blob 8MHz 65c02

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Found an AliExpress games console based on a blob 8MHz 65c02

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As title. It's got a 24MHz SPI flash chip for storage and a fast connection to a 160x128 ST7735 screen. There's 2kB of internal RAM and an 8kB ROM containing graphics and sound routines. I think the chip even has a bus interface --- I suspect the ST7735 is connected up to it. Sadly, I don't think anything more than D0-7 and a single address line are exposed to the outside world.

I think it's a GeneralPlus part, based on nothing more than a hunch based on finding similar blobs in the past. I don't know if this is NOS or not, but if this is still in current production it does show that the 6502 isn't as obsolete as people think it is!

I built a basic SDK for the device: https://github.com/davidgiven/tony-sdk

...and here's my video where I reverse engineer it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ0XmZvR4bU
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Re: Found an AliExpress games console based on a blob 8MHz 6

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I haven't yet finished watching the video, but what a splendid adventure!
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Re: Found an AliExpress games console based on a blob 8MHz 6

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You had far too much fun doing that, hjalfi! :mrgreen:

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Re: Found an AliExpress games console based on a blob 8MHz 6

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Indeed!

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In 1988 my 65C02 got six new registers and 44 new full-speed instructions!
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