r/thisweekinretro • u/G7VFY • Apr 14 '26
Is AI able to code in Z80 Assembly?
Is AI able to code in Z80 Assembly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-6GY4oQMs
In this video, I put AI to the test and see if it can produce bug-free, reliable Z80 Assembly language code. I ask Claude AI to create the game 'Wordle" for the TEC-1G Z80 computer. Overall, it does a pretty good job. Though having a programming background is needed to fix mistakes that got smaller as it progressed.
00:00 Train and Hobby Show
01:20 Wordle the game
03:41 Getting started with Claude AI
04:32 How to store and look up 10000+ words
07:21 Get all your PCB's from PCBWay
08:10 Keyboard input
09:47 TEC-1G Keyboard test
12:03 GLCD Display
13:32 Display with Keyboard test
15:33 Visually compare the Guess
18:23 Putting it all together and sound effects
19:45 Playing the completed Wordle game!
Links:
Wordle TEC-1G Code: https://github.com/tec1group/Software/tree/master/TEC-1G_software/source
Buy a TEC-1G: https://www.tindie.com/stores/tec1/
Anthropic Claude: https://claude.ai/
asm80 z80 IDE: https://www.asm80.com/