vine
VINE is an in-browser ternary fantasy console where you write actual assembly language.
documentation
specifications
VINE is roughly based on the 4th generation of consoles:
- 9-trit word size
- 243x243 display
- 9k work ram
who is it for?
VINE is intended for people who:
- Want to learn assembly language
- Are interested in trying balanced ternary in practice
- Like PICO-8 but want to write assembly instead / don’t want to spend $14.99
acknowledgments
- The Ternary Manifesto of Douglas W. Jones
- Retro Game Mechanics Explained’s SNES Features series
- Donald Knuth - called balanced ternary “perhaps the prettiest number system of them all” in TAOCP