chippy

CHIP-8 interpreter written in Rust. Targets CHIP-8, SUPER-CHIP (Modern), SUPER-CHIP (Legacy), and XO-CHIP.

Options

  // The CHIP-8 ROM to load
  -i, --input <INPUT>

  // Number of instructions to run per frame, defaults are different depending on the target
  -c, --clock <CLOCK>

  // The platform to target
  -t, --target <TARGET>  [default: super-modern] [possible values: chip, super-modern, super-legacy, xo]

Build requirements

• Rust/Cargo
• Node.js if building for web

Run interpreter (native)

cargo run -- <options>

Run interpreter (web)

cd web/view
npm install
npm run dev:full

To rebuild wasm only: npm run build:wasm

Build & run (release, native)

cargo build --release
./target/release/chippy.exe <options>

Build & run (release, web)

cd web/view
npm install
npm run build:full
npm run preview

Run test suite

cargo test

Debugging in VSCode

There is a VSCode launch config for debugging using LLDB in .vscode/launch.json. To use it, modify the args in .vscode/launch.json with the options you want from above and run the configuration Debug with CHIP-8 ROM in the Run and Debug sidebar tab.