December 2019 – Catrin Labs

Advanced Audio for Compy: FM synthesis and more

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019| fcatrin

As I said in my post about the dual POKEY included with Compy, I’ve been in the search of the advanced audio option for this 8 bit computer and I finally have made a decision! But as I love telling stories and retrieving some knowledge from them I will explain the whole process, the candidates […]

Porting games to Compy and its dual CPU

December 12, 2019| fcatrin

One of the goals for Compy is not only to provide a computer for new retro-games, but also to port existing games from different computers of the 8-bit era adding improved options for graphics and sound. One of the key elements to help on this goal is the dual CPU feature, the system will boot […]