Chip8Mini

Introduction

Chip8mini is a CHIP-8 emulator that runs inside the game cabinet.
The focus is on pixel art in game cabinets. Dev notes here.

How to Play

• (a) Install the Python3.8 (python-3.8.9.exe), which can be obtained from here
• (b) Install the Pyxel1.7.0 on Python from the command line:
  • C> pip install pyxel
• (c) Download a sample game (amabie.ch8), which can be obtained from here
• (d) From the command line, run:
  • C> python Chip8Mini.py <ROM file name>
  • Example: C> python Chip8Mini.py amabie.ch8
• (e) Click [x] when finished

How to control

The keys are mapped as follows.

Original |1|2|3|C| Mapping to |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|

Specification

Memory

• RAM (200H - F10H)
• Hexadecimal font (F10H -F60H)

Registers

• Data Registers (V0 .. VF)
• Address Registers (I)
• Timers (Delay and Sound)
• Stack (16 word length and stack pointer)

Graphics

• Sprite (CHIP-8 Mode: 8 x 1 .. 15)
• Collision Flag
• Hexadecimal font

Instruction set

• CHIP-8 instructions (assignment, arithmetic, conditional branch, subroutine call, draw sprite, etc.)

Keyboard

• Hexadecimal keyboard