README.md

Chip-8 Emulator

A simple Chip-8 emulator using OpenGL and C++

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Emulator speed is much higher than the speed of the gif

Controls

Chip-8Keys    Keyboard
+-+-+-+-+    +-+-+-+-+
|1|2|3|C|    |1|2|3|4|
+-+-+-+-+    +-+-+-+-+
|4|5|6|D|    |Q|W|E|R|
+-+-+-+-+ => +-+-+-+-+
|7|8|9|E|    |A|S|D|F|
+-+-+-+-+    +-+-+-+-+
|A|0|B|F|    |Z|X|C|V|
+-+-+-+-+    +-+-+-+-+

Dependencies

• GLFW
• glad

Build instructions (for Linux)

After installing CMake and the above dependencies, run the following commands in the src directory

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Run:

./CHIP-8_Emulator <delay> <pathToROM>

References

• https://github.com/tobiasvl/awesome-chip-8
• https://austinmorlan.com/posts/chip8_emulator/
• http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/C8TECH10.HTM
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8