https://github.com/justcabbage/chip-8-emulator

An emulator for CHIP-8 written in C++20 and SFML
https://github.com/justcabbage/chip-8-emulator

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An emulator for CHIP-8 written in C++20 and SFML

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/justcabbage/chip-8-emulator
• Owner: JustCabbage
• Created: 2024-04-12T16:20:58.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-26T12:51:38.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-15T07:33:19.190Z (12 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Size: 123 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# CHIP-8 Emulator [![MIT license](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://lbesson.mit-license.org/)

## What is this

This is a relatively finished implementation of the [CHIP-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8) virtual machine written in C++20 and [SFML](https://www.sfml-dev.org/). 

**This emulator currently does not have any sound output at the moment. This feature will be added at some point in the future.**

## Building

To build this project you must have [CMake](https://cmake.org/) installed. This project should also clone all relevant dependencies for you.

```bash

git clone https://github.com/JustCabbage/CHIP-8-Emulator --recursive

cd CHIP-8-Emulator && mkdir build && cd build

cmake .. && cmake --build .

```

## Controls

```

CHIP-8                  Keyboard

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

```

## Screenshots

![Home](https://raw.github.com/JustCabbage/CHIP-8-Emulator/master/Screenshots/home.png)

![Menu](https://raw.github.com/JustCabbage/CHIP-8-Emulator/master/Screenshots/menu.png)

![Flags](https://raw.github.com/JustCabbage/CHIP-8-Emulator/master/Screenshots/flags.png)

![Keypad](https://raw.github.com/JustCabbage/CHIP-8-Emulator/master/Screenshots/keypad.png)

![SpaceInvaders](https://raw.github.com/JustCabbage/CHIP-8-Emulator/master/Screenshots/space-invaders.png)

## Credits

 - [CHIP-8 Documentation](http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/C8TECH10.HTM)

 - [CHIP-8 Test Suite](https://github.com/Timendus/chip8-test-suite)

 - [SFML](https://www.sfml-dev.org/)