Chip8 is a simple CHIP-8 emulator written in C.

This is currently a WIP. Please check back later for updates.

Requires SDL.

To build on linux run make.

chip8 [-hv] [file]

The keyboard on a CHIP-8 looks resembles the following table:

+---+---+---+---+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | c |
+---+---+---+---+
| 4 | 5 | 6 | d |
+---+---+---+---+
| 7 | 8 | 9 | e |
+---+---+---+---+
| a | 0 | b | f |
+---+---+---+---+

In this emulator the controls match up as seen below:

+---+---+---+---+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+---+---+---+---+
| q | w | e | r |
+---+---+---+---+
| a | s | d | f |
+---+---+---+---+
| z | x | c | v |
+---+---+---+---+

Check out this wikipedia article for more information. Here is the introduction on wikipedia:

CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by Joseph Weisbecker. It was initially used on the COSMAC VIP and Telmac 1800 8-bit microcomputers in the mid-1970s. CHIP-8 programs are run on a CHIP-8 virtual machine. It was made to allow video games to be more easily programmed for said computers.

David Winter has written several games for the CHIP-8 which can be found here.