chip8-emulator

A Chip8 emulator written in C++ for learning and fun.

It should run most classic Chip8 roms.

Audio works but not every ROM uses audio. Only Tank rom will use it at the beginning.

Screenshots

Dependencies

• C++17
• CMake >= 3.16
• pkg-config
• SDL2
• SDL2_mixer

How to run

1. git clone https://github.com/Jadamka/chip8-emulator.git
2. cd chip8-emulator
3. mkdir build
4. cd build
5. cmake ../
6. cmake --build .
7. cd ..
8. ./build/Chip8 roms/<ROM_FILE>

• Be sure to run it like ./build/Chip8 since my path to get sounds looks like sounds/SOUND

Controls

Keypad

1	2	3	4
Q	W	E	R
A	S	D	F
Z	X	C	V

References

Cowgod's Chip-8 Technical Reference

Wikipedia Chip-8