diamant3/chip-walo

CHIP-8 Interpreter

chip-walo

Introduction

CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language which was initially used in the late 1970s.

It was made to allow more easily programed game for those computers. All programs written in CHIP-8 are run on a virtual machine which interprets each instruction.

Reference: Wikipedia

The word walo is tagalog of number 8

Features

• Working sound
• Cross-platform

Samples

Building

Download the repo:

git clone https://github.com/diamant3/chip-walo.git

Requirements:

• CMake
• vcpkg
• SDL2

build chip-walo:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

For Windows User, Type vcpkg integrate install and then build it using -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake or path to the toolchain file of vcpkg.

Usage

Run

.\Debug\chip-walo "PATH OF THE ROM"

Input

CHIP-8 Keypad

Image source: Tobiasvl

PC Keyboard

This is the key mappings of the chip-walo.

Credits

• SDL2
• xmake
• Cowgod
• Wikipedia
• Multigesture
• Tobiasvl
• Chip-8
• Zophar.net
• chip8-test-suite by Timendus

Contribution

This is an educational project and feel free to contribute!