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.