ChibiAkumas

The Large Print A4 version of Volume 3 is now also available!

Volume 3 is in the same format as volumes 1 and 2.
The first chapter is the assembly introduction which is basically the same as Volumes 1+2 (So you can read Volume 3 without having read the other volumes)

Volume 3 covers MIPS, TMS9900, SuperH, IBM370 and PowerPC CPUs

The book is around 50 pages longer than the previous volumes, so the price is slightly higher due to printing costs - In many countries I'm actually making slightly less money on this book.

The book is out now in B4 sized Hardback and A5 sized paperback...

Get the A5 Paperback Here: amzn.to/3y4hAfP
Get the B4 Hardback Here: amzn.to/3woRgwL

Large Print A4 paperback is also available Here: amzn.to/44wfTnW

Due to piracy problems and relatively low sales of Vol 2, I'm not planning to offer a Kindle version this time (I'm pretty sure there's bot scripts automatically ripping off the new releases), however I will be offering 'Buyers remorse' PDFs, and any of my patreons who signed up before 2024 will be offered a PDF copy too - I will post an update about this in the next couple of months once the dust has settled from the book release.

If you've not seen Volumes 1 or 2 yet, you can get them here:
Volume 1 covers Z80, 6502, 68000, 8086 and ARM CPUs: amzn.to/4dkBLXo
Volume 2 covers ARM Thumb, 65816, 6809, PDP-11 and Risc-V CPUs: amzn.to/3QmZITO

1 year ago | [YT] | 31

ChibiAkumas

Volume 3 of Learn Multiplatform Assembly with ChibiAkumas is out now!

Volume 3 is in the same format as volumes 1 and 2. The first chapter is the assembly introduction which is basically the same as Volumes 1+2 (So you can read Volume 3 without having read the other volumes)

Volume 3 covers MIPS, TMS9900, SuperH, IBM370 and PowerPC CPUs

The book is around 50 pages longer than the previous volumes, so the price is slightly higher due to printing costs - In many countries I'm actually making slightly less money on this book.

The book is out now in B4 sized Hardback and A5 sized paperback... A4 paperback will be available in a couple of weeks (Just waiting for the proof to arrive!)

Buy Volume 3 Here: amzn.to/3y4hAfP

Due to piracy problems and relatively low sales of Vol 2, I'm not planning to offer a Kindle version this time (I'm pretty sure there's bot scripts automatically ripping off the new releases), however I will be offering 'Buyers remorse' PDFs, I will post an update about this in the next couple of months once the dust has settled from the book release.

Volume 1 can be found here: amzn.to/4dkBLXo
Volume 2 can be found here: amzn.to/3QmZITO

For some reason the Collection is currently messed up, with Volume 2 showing twice in the list... I've reported it and Amazon are looking at it.

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 52

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Future Plans: ChibiVM!

Thought I'd write a summary of ChibiVM plans to try to make things clearer, both for current backers and potential ones!

The project I'm currently working on is my so called 'ChibiVM'

ChibiVM is my little virtual machine, there are currently implementations for Z80,6502,68000, C++ and C#
ChibiVM has its own assembly language and assembled programs can run on any platform without changes.
ChibiVM is intended to allow me to write little multiplaform games without rewriting game logic code for different systems.
The ChibiVM CPU is kind of like a mix of a Z80 and 6809.
Graphics, IO and other 'time critical' functions are provided via native code (Z80,6502,68000 etc) which ChibiVM 'calls' via SysCalls.
My plan going forwards is to write two kinds of tutorials:
1. Native Z80,6502 and 68000 assembly modules like the current AdventureEngine*, NativeSprite, MaxTile, QuadTreeVideo etc.
*The 'AdventureEngine' is the shared code which I had planed to use for the now 'on hold' z80 assembly adventures book
2. ChibiVM games that implement those modules into little playable demos.
In the past I've written things like Yquest, Photon and Grime which were 6502,68000 and Z80, but these took a lot of time and didn't bring significant youtube views or new donors, I've also written games like ChibiFighter and SuckHunt, which I found amusing, but were too complex to port to anything beyond the Z80...
My hope is that ChibiVM will allow for the best of both worlds, Little multplatform games which don't need porting... and reusable Z80,6502 and 68000 modules which make good examples for the viewers.

Attached is an example of a ChibiVM pong game running on the C# assembler/simulator/debugger, and on the Master system. It's the same program bytes interpreted by the virtual machine in either case.


The game logic is in ChibiVM code, the IO and graphics are handled by the 'adventure engine'
ChibiVM code can be assembled with the C# assembler (Left), or by vasm using macros (with the macro sysntax - right)

1 year ago | [YT] | 67

ChibiAkumas

Chibiakumas transparency report!!! Future plans!
Here are my current plans for Chibiakumas over the 2024. I've made a detailed public post on patreon, which non patreons can also read:
www.patreon.com/posts/chibiakumas-83394984

1 year ago | [YT] | 13

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Finally my publishers copies of the A4 and hardback versions of my books have arrived!
so I've taken some photos to compare the size, and show them off!

You can buy them here: amzn.to/3hgETuM

Large print links:
Vol 1 A4: amzn.to/3T8WzFG
Vol 2 A4: amzn.to/3WC9jaM

2 years ago | [YT] | 34

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Book Update! I've released a few new versions of my existing books:

Firstly the second edition of 'Volume 1' is out now - this is basically the same as the 'Buyers Remorse' edition I've been distributing since around April, it contains the same updated Chapter 1 of 'Volume 2', and various tweaks to the content of the other chapters.

No need to buy it if you have the original print of Volume 1, see my 'Buyers Remorse' offer to get the updated PDF:
www.chibiakumas.com/book/#Remorse

Secondly I now have some 'new formats' for both volumes of my book.
The first is a Paperback A4 'Large Print Edition' - I've had a few people comment that the smallish A5 book is hard on their eyes, so I've had a 'scaled up' A4 version released so you can get something that suits your optical needs!

The second is a 'Hardback' version (around B5 size), I guess this is for the collectors! - Hardback is in 'Beta' on Amazon, so may not be available in all stores, Again, the content is identical to the regular A5 version.

The best link for all the versions is this one: amzn.to/3hgETuM

The Large print versions can be a little hard to find - they are shown as 'related content' in the link above, but often get 'buerried' by kindle recommendations... so the
direct links are here:
Vol 1 A4: amzn.to/3T8WzFG
Vol 2 A4: amzn.to/3WC9jaM

NOTE 1: if you recieved the 'Buyers Remorse PDF' a long time ago the download details are still the same, so feel free to download the updated version

NOTE 2: There is no Kindle or Hardback version of the A4 'Large print edition' - Amazon has detected the books are the same, and is linking the regular version's
Kindle and Hardback on the A4 Paperback page (I didn't ask them to - they did this themselves).

I'll be doing some 'promo videos' comparing the versions as soon as I can get my author copies delivered (as I published through the non-Japan kindle store, I have to get them delivered from the US)

2 years ago | [YT] | 18

ChibiAkumas

Happy Halloween!
For some slightly spooky fun, I've made a video on my little collection of 80s hologram toys - the SuperNaturals Ghostlings on my 2nd channel:

https://youtu.be/RV6ox69fbqE

2 years ago | [YT] | 4