chip8

A CHIP-8 emulator written in Rust

Goal

The goal of this project is to build a fully functional emulator (but I should name it an interpreter) of the virtual CHIP-8 device. Moreover, it has (and still serves) as a great sandbox to learn and experiment about the Rust language.

The source code is voluntarily and extensively commented for educational purposes.

Help

USAGE:
    chip8.exe [OPTIONS] <ROM_PATH>

ARGS:
    <ROM_PATH>    Path to the ROM file

OPTIONS:
    -h, --help          Print help information
    -s, --super-chip    Run as the SUPER-CHIP
    -V, --version       Print version information

State of the project

The program is "opcode complete" and runs correctly even though some improvements remain to be done (see issues).

Screenshots

IBM Logo

Test opcode

Space Invaders

Disclaimer

The source code found in this repository is original and I'm its sole author. But, a lot a comments are copied from or inspired by Tobias V. Langhoff's guide to making a CHIP-8 emulator.

fvilers / chip8

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