CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by Joseph Weisbecker made on his 1802 Microprocessor. It was initially used on the COSMAC VIP and Telmac 1800 8-bit microcomputers in the mid-1970s.

Source: Wikipedia

The project's aim is to emulate the behavior of the CHIP-8 and enable the user to run CHIP-8 programs on modern hardware, like PONG or SPACE INVADERS.

Requirements:

• gcc
• SDL2

Download the repo:

git clone https://github.com/galatea21/chip8_interpreter.git

build chip8_interpreter:

cd chip8_interpreter && make

./chip8.out path/to/your/ROM

CHIP-8 Keypad

Source: Tobiasvl's blog

PC Keyboard

The key mappings of the interpreter. Source: chip-walo

• Cowgod
• Tobiasvl
• chip8-test-suite by Timendus
• SDL2
• chip-walo
• EmuDev subreddit