Web-Chip8

A web-based emulator for the classic Chip-8 virtual machine.

Features and TODO List

• Support for the Chip8Archive ROM library.

• Touchscreen support for input using the virtual keyboard.

• Custom ROM loading.

• Service worker for offline support and PWA.

• Realtime visualization of the the internal state of the emulator including the memory, registers, timers, pointers, and stack.

• Pausing, resuming, step-by-step execution.

• Chip8 emulator quirks.

Getting Started

Cloning the repository

Since the ROM library is included as a Git Submodule, you must clone the repository recursively.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/ManpreetXSingh/Web-Chip8.git

Alternatively, if you cloned without --recursive:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Running a Development Web Server

npm start

Tech Stack

• HTML, CSS - For the layout and styling.
• JavaScript - For the core emulation logic, input handling, and dynamic rendering.
• Express - For the web server.