CHIP-8 Emulator (or Interpreter)

A CHIP-8 Emulator project to put GoLang in practice and learn how an emulator works.

Blinky [Hans Christian Egeberg, 1991]	Spacefight 2091 [Carsten Soerensen, 1992]

Pong	Single Dragon (Bomber Section) [David Nurser, 1993]

Demo

Chip-8 browser demo available in the following link:

CHIP-8 emulator demo

Keypad Configuration

[Your keyboard] --> [Chip 8]

• 1 --> 1
• 2 --> 2
• 3 --> 3
• 4 --> C
• Q --> 4
• W --> 5
• E --> 6
• R --> D
• A --> 7
• S --> 8
• D --> 9
• F --> E
• Z --> A
• X --> 0
• C --> B
• V --> F

To Do

• Add beep audio
• Run in browser
  • Audio support
  • Select ROM
• Add configuration file to change color and keypad
• Improve unit tests
• Add SUPER-CHIP support
• Add XO-CHIP support

References

This is a list of useful resources that I've consulted for build this project.

• Thomas P. Greene: Cowgod's Chip-8 Technical Reference v1.0

• Tobias V. Langhoff: Guide to making a CHIP-8 emulator

• h4ck3rk3y: go-8

• cassianoperin: CHIP8_GO

• Octo: Mastering SuperChip

• corax89: chip8-test-rom

• Timendus: chip-8 test suite