FPGAwesome / space-invaders8080-rust

Space Invaders 8080 Emulator

A Space Invaders 8080 emulator written in Rust.

Overview

This project is a Rust implementation of an emulator for the classic Space Invaders arcade game, originally developed by Taito in 1978. The emulator is designed to faithfully replicate the original 8080 microprocessor-based hardware, allowing you to play the game just as it appeared in arcades during that era. It's incomplete for now as I didn't feel like implementing sound and I'm using a very basic graphics library. This was mostly meant as an exploration of Rust's capabilities while I learned some more advanced features outside of the simple tutorials.

Features

• Emulates the 8080 microprocessor, audio hardware, and video hardware of the Space Invaders arcade machine.
• Fully written in Rust for performance and portability.

Getting Started

To get started with the emulator, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/FPGAwesome/space-invaders8080-rust.git
   cd space-invaders-emulator

2. Build or run the emulator:

   Build the emulator:
   cargo build --release
   
   Run the emulator:
   cargo run --release