I just returned from my holidays in Texas and did a quick search on new software for our beloved KIM-1.
Google always spits out the same results. You just cannot use this engine anymore (as I stated in some rantings years ago.)
But a github search brought up some really interesting new things:
1st: Maksim (Codemonkey) coded a small command line KIM-1 simulator. So far I did not notice any flaws. it just works as you would expect it to. As a benefit he added a working version of Jim Butterfields SUPERMON and his own Chess game in a subfolder. Give it a try! https://github.com/maksimKorzh/kim1/tree/main
2nd: In a repo from "gidandridge" I found a working spacegame for the kims display. A small fun little avoid the astroid game. (Here will be a video) Download it and have fun! https://github.com/gidandridge/kim-1/tree/main/spacegame
3rd: Jim Butterfields Supermon has also been ported to the KIM-1 by Andrew Taylor. Other than Maksims port it is being loaded to the lower memory area, so everybody can load it. You can find it here: https://github.com/ataylor284/kim1/blob/main/supermon/supermon-kim.s
4th: Jeremy Starcher, who did some really great things before with the KIM-1 also coded a word guessing game, where random words are being displayed on the KIMs 8 digit display.
The wordlist was randomly chosen from my Linux distro's spelling dictionary and may contain words that will be offensive to someone. Click here to try it: https://github.com/JeremyJStarcher/kim-1_pal-1/tree/main/my_software/guess-word
So dig out you single board computer and have fun!
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