68000 - The CPU ahead of its time

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The Motorola 68000 CPU was released in 1979, to compete with the Intel 8086. The chip was designed to be powerful and versatile and made its mark by not only powering some of the most iconic and beloved games in the 1980s and 1990s, but it also ruled in the home and in the arcades. It helped define the gaming experiences of a generation and left a lasting impact on the industry. Today's episode is a love letter to one of the most influential CPU processors ever and one that many still love to write code on. Please Enjoy! Credits/Sources: ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cOjC-nhs_o ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-MqC35aWrQ ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdL-KHtVpSo ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZccnVCU4E ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roASIL7G7XE ► https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/motorolas-68000-series-its-rise-in ► https://compsci04.snc.edu/cs225/2005/TI%20calculators/Website/processor.html ► https://tedspence.com/the-decade-of-arcade-consoles-3627d149ff86 ► https://segaretro.org/Motorola_68000 ► https://archive.org/details/PCW-1980-07-MC68000-Motorola-Sweet-16/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater ► https://web.archive.org/web/20220913122857/https://tekdeeps.com/motorola-was-the-rival-to-beat-and-its-68000-its-greatest-success/ ► https://tinycomputers.io/posts/motorola-68000-processor-and-the-ti-89-graphing-calculator.html ► https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/29/business/motorola-s-powerful-new-chip.html ► https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/ViewFile.aspx?id=9&fileId=88 ► https://www.pagetable.com/?p=1295 ► https://68k-inside.party/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction to the 68000 03:31 - Origins of the Processor 04:59 - 68000 in the Arcades 06:56 - 68000 Home Computers 08:29 - Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 Hardware 09:00 - What makes the 68000 so versatile? 13:49 - The DemoScene 14:44 - GUIs 16:04 - 68000 Game Consoles 18:23 - Demise and Legacy Social Media Links : ► X : https://x.com/ModernVintageG ► Threads : https://threads.net/ModernVintageGamer ► Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ModernVintageGamer ► IG : https://www.instagram.com/modernvintagegamer/ ► BandCamp : https://modernvintagegamer.bandcamp.com/ #68000 #IntelOutside