README.md

#cpp_chip8

CHIP-8, SuperChip and XO-Chip Emulator written in C++

Uses SDL2 to provide graphics and audio processing.

The game loop is strongly related to the way MonoGame/XNA works.

Compiling

Prerequisites

• SDL
• boost

Linux

make

Windows

Compile with Visual Studio 2015 (via the solution)

Running

Arguments

• processor-type (schip) - Processor type. Can be one of chip, schip or xochip
• allow-misaligned-opcodes (false) - Allow instuctions to be loaded from odd addresses
• rom - ROM to use
• graphics-count-row-hits - Graphics: count row hits
• graphics-count-exceeded-rows - Graphics: count exceeded rows
• graphics-clip (true) - Graphics: clip
• cycles-per-frame - cycles per frame

examples

Linux

./cpp_chip8 Roms/SGAMES/ANT

Windows

cpp_chip8 Roms\SGAMES\ANT