c8 is an emulator for the CHIP-8 microprocessor.
You can find example CHIP-8 programs to run here.
You can also use this CHIP-8 compiler to write and compile programs.
- SFML 3
- C++20
Ensure libsfml-dev is installed, then:
cmake -B build
cmake --build build
The executable will be at build/bin/c8.
Running ./build/bin/c8 by itself will start the emulator with a default program loaded into memory that prints "C8" onto the screen.
To run a CHIP-8 program:
./build/bin/c8 yourProgram.bin
To start paused, use the -p flag:
./build/bin/c8 -p yourProgram.bin
- Pause and resume emulation at any time
- Step through CPU cycles one at a time
- Rewind execution up to 1,000 cycles
- Real-time CPU frequency and FPS display
- Start paused with the
-pflag