Project title : CHIP-8 emulator

This is a CHIP-8 emulator made with C++ and SDL2 . CMake is used to compile the project. A learning project.

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Pre-requisites

GCC (C++ compiler), SDL2 (a graphics library), CMake (a build file generator)

Clone the project and type following commands to build the project

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

You should have an executable named mainBinary .

Run it like this

./mainBinary <chip8_rom_path>

Screenshots

Some games that can be run on this emulator:

• Tank
• Tetris
• Tic tac toe
• Space invaders

Also used chip8 test suite to test the emulator

References and sources :

1. https://tobiasvl.github.io/blog/write-a-chip-8-emulator
   • Used it as the main refrence for the project, it tells everything you need to know about CHIP-8 emulator.
2. http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/C8TECH10.HTM
   • Used it as second reference.
3. https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2
   • Used to refer to SDL2 API.
4. https://chip-8.github.io/extensions
   • Used to differentiate between original and modern version, helpful in correcting ambiguous instructions.
5. https://github.com/Timendus/chip8-test-suite
   • Used to test CHIP-8 emulator, very helpul in getting the expected behaviour from instructions.