The objective of this project is to get some understanding in how emulators work and use it as an opportunity to learn and play a little with Rust lang.
libsdl2-gfx-dev
Debug: cargo build
Release: cargo build --release
cargo run -- [OPTIONS] --game <FILE>
-g, --game <FILE>: Path to the game-r, --renderer <terminal | sdl>: Render method to use. Default is SDL.-h, --help: Prints help information-V, --version: Prints version information
NOTE: You need to be root in order to run the terminal front end, root privileges are needed to detect KEY_UP and KEY_DOWN events in a terminal environment
The emulator has the following keymappings
Chip8 Keypad PC Keyboard
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|1|2|3|C| |1|2|3|4|
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|4|5|6|D| |Q|W|E|R|
+-+-+-+-+ => +-+-+-+-+
|7|8|9|E| |A|S|D|F|
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|A|0|B|F| |Z|X|C|V|
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To exit emulator, press 'o' key.