Fun project which aims to make an emulator for games developed on chip8.
Current implementation based on the the original CHIP-8 interpreter created for the RCA COSMAC VIP by Joseph Weisbecker.
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Pre-Conditions: You MUST have packages inlcluding llvm, clang, cmake (can get these with build-essential not inlcuding llvm). For GUI purposes, you must also have libx11-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxrandr-dev libxext-dev libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev.
- Put desired chip8 file to run into the
filesfolder. (if you don't have any roms, check this out) - Create the emulator binary using
make -C build(use from main directory and not any sub-directory) - Go into the files folder and run the emulator using
./chip8_emulator - Enjoy ٩(˘◡˘)۶
- Currently this can only run on linux systems, however on Windows you can use
wsl(windows subsystem for linux) to run this program or on a Mac getting a linux VM (a docker running a linux VM is another option). - You will at least need CMAKE ver 3.1 (get it using
sudo apt install cmake). If you have trouble with getting the latest version, check this thread out. - If you are missing any libraries or tools, try:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo apt install llvm clang clang-format cmake build-essential libx11-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxrandr-dev libxext-dev libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev
- non-copyright sounds/music
- separate emulator gui
- ability to choose different games from a separate emulator gui
- support for chip-48 and s-chip
- better cross-platform support
https://chip-8.github.io/extensions/#chip-8
http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/C8TECH10.HTM
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2016/4840-spring/designs/Chip8.pdf
http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/C8TECH10.HTM#0nnn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8#CHIP-8_today
Open-Source Libraries Used (in accordance with their license):
GLFW
GLEW