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There are, but if you don't want to use a single board computer which gives you easy access to a HDMI output you might have to make a circuit yourself. Its not that hard to interface with a VGA monitor, there are lots of examples on the internet how to do this, I prefer videos so that is what I will provide links for.
Bitluni: [video
Ben Eater: [video
James Sharman: [video
Bitlunis approach is the most approachable since he uses a SoC/SoM (ESP32) which is a ready made microcontroller (with wifi/bluetooth) and some external chips or resistors, can't remember exactly. Ben Eater and James have built their own 8 bit computers, which as you might can imagine, is a bit of a learning curv…