Yet another Chip-8 interpreter

Dependencies

Depends on SDL2.

Linux

(or using equivalent package manager for your disto)

apt install SDL2-dev

Windows

You can get SDL2 from https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php

Building

Linux

./build.sh

Windows

There are a few options for building this project on Windows. If building using one of the provided .bat files, you'll need to set SDL2DIR to your SDL2 path. From the Developer Command Prompt for VS, run:

git clone https://github.com/tuckerpo/chip8.git
cd chip8
call build86.bat // 32 bit build
call build64.bat // 64 bit build

You can alternatively build it using CMake from the VS Dev Prompt, specifiying a generator for the build system you'd like to use.

For example, building with CMake using MSVC with the Visual Studio 2019 toolchain installed and in your path:

cd chip8
mkdir build
pushd build
cmake -F "Visual Studio 16 2019"
cmake --build .\ --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -- /maxcpucount:8
popd

You'll need to copy the SDL2.dll shared library to the same directory as the chip8.exe binary.

Roms

There are some Chip8 bytecode ROMs provided in the roms directory. I obtained these from https://www.zophar.net/pdroms/chip8.html

It is able to play all of the Chip-8 games provided in the Chip-8 Games Pack from the above link.