Chip 8

CHIP - 8 emulator written in golang

Installing and running

Download sdl drivers for your operating system.

• clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/shivamanipatil/chip8.git

• Running

go run main.go <modifier> <rom path>

Modifier is used to set logical size to pixel.Default chip8 resolution was 64x32 so e.g modifier of 10 will make window size 640x320

• example running

go run main.go 10 ~/roms/pong.c8

Bindings

Chip8 keypad         Keyboard mapping
1 | 2 | 3 | C        1 | 2 | 3 | 4
4 | 5 | 6 | D   =>   Q | W | E | R
7 | 8 | 9 | E   =>   A | S | D | F
A | 0 | B | F        Z | X | C | V

Todo

• Compile to WebAssembly or js

Sources

• skatiyar repo for sdl code inspiration
• How to write an emulator chip-8 interpreter
• Cowgod's Chip-8 Technical Reference
• Chip-8 opcode table