CHIP-8 Interpreter

This is a CHIP-8 interpreter written in Rust.

Requirements

Requires sdl2 and sdl2-gfx libraries installed.

Usage

This repository does not contain any games to run on the interpreter. I tested this interpreter on the ROMs found on this site.

To start the interpreter, run it with a CHIP-8 ROM file: chip8 ROM_FILE

Additional parameters are available, including verbose debug output and a step-mode for executing instructions only on press of a key. List them with chip8 --help

Controls

The 12-key keypad that the CHIP-8 requires is mapped to:

2	3	4	5
W	E	R	T
S	D	F	G
X	C	V	B

Other key mappings:

• Backspace: Reset interpreter
• Space: Execute next instruction in step mode
• Escape: Quit