CHIP8 Emulator

Arnav Sankaran

Functionality

• Supports all 35 opcodes from the original CHIP8 standard. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8#Opcode_table)
• Graphical interface and keyboard input are supported.

Keyboard Input

Keys are mapped as such:

Original               Emulator
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

Keyboard mapping and font provided by http://www.multigesture.net/articles/how-to-write-an-emulator-chip-8-interpreter/.

Using the Emulator

• Place a 10 by 10 pixel black image named PixelBlack.bmp in the same folder as the executable.
• Place a 10 by 10 pixel white image named PixelWhite.bmp in the same folder as the executable.
• Run programs by passing them as a command line argument. ./<executable-name> <program-name>

Known Issues

• Scoring in games such as pong and brix is not properly updated.