The topic of a modern equivalent to 8-bit home computers is one coming up, yet and again, – and there’s quite a number of projects and products out there.
A fairly new one is The Cody Computer, and it looks quite interesting: it’s an open source project designed and developed using open source tools. It’s designed around well-known components, like the WDC 65C02 and the matching 65C22 interface adapter, as well as the Parallax Propeller microcontroller to emulate further peripherals. While using through-hole components, the PCB is quite tiny and asks just for a handful of chips.
There is no secret made about the Cody being heavily inspired by the Commodre 8-bits, as it comes with PETSCII characters and VIC II-like graphics (including sprites) and colorful graphics. It uses its own BASIC interpreter, which also looks quite nice on cursory reading of the manual.
(image source: The Cody Computer Site.)
Project homepage:
Manual (The Cody Computer Book), free PDF: https://www.codycomputer.org/TheCodyComputerBook.pdf
Via HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42544336