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A chip8 emulator that I implemented in C++. It only implements the SCHIP instruction set, and can play many modern roms found online. There's a basic memory viewer and debugger available as well.
This is a CHIP-8 emulator that I implemented in C++!
Right now it only emulates the SCHIP instruction set, but it can already play many modern roms found online. There's a basic memory viewer and debugger available as well.
My goal is not to create an extremely fast or optimized emulator, but be easy to read and understand for those who wish to
create their own CHIP-8 emulator.
![example result](misc/output.png)
# Usage
It should compile out of the box on Windows, macOS and Linux and it includes a basic [dear imgui interface](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui). There's also
some ROMs included in the repository for convenience. Once you click on a ROM, it will start immediately.
## Debugger
Using the debugger you can step instruction by instruction, stop or restart the program and see the instruction being
executed and the surrounding program. Unfortunately it's not very advanced at the moment.
## Compiler
This emulator also comes with a basic compiler that takes a C-style language as input and can spit out valid CHIP-8 code:
```
var count = 3;