Editing CHIP-8 (section)

{{Short description|Interpreted programming language}}
[[Image:PONG CHIP8.png|framed|Screenshot of ''[[Pong]]'' implemented in CHIP-8]]
[[File:Space intercept.png|thumb|[[Telmac 1800]] running CHIP-8 game Space Intercept (Joseph Weisbecker, 1978)]]

'''CHIP-8''' is an [[interpreter (computing)|interpreted]] [[programming language]], developed by [[Joseph Weisbecker]] on his [[RCA 1802|1802]] microprocessor. It was initially used on the [[COSMAC VIP]] and [[Telmac 1800]], which were [[8-bit]] [[microcomputer]]s made in the mid-1970s.

CHIP-8 was designed to be easy to program for and to use less memory than other programming languages like [[BASIC]]. <ref>{{cite magazine|title=An Easy Programming System |magazine=[[Byte_(magazine)|BYTE]] |volume=3 |issue=12 |publisher= |date=December 1978 |page=108}}</ref>

Interpreters have been made for many devices, such as [[home computer]]s, [[microcomputer]]s, [[graphing calculator]]s, [[mobile phone]]s, and [[video game console]]s. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://pong-story.com/chip8/ | title=The CHIP-8 Emulator HomePage }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url=https://liliputing.com/nintendo-games-watch-hacking-scene-brings-pokemon-chip-8-and-more-to-the-50-handheld/ | title=Nintendo Game & Watch hacking scene brings Pokémon, CHIP-8 and more to the $50 handheld | date=8 December 2020 }}</ref>