Ohmnivore / FireCHIP-8

:tv: Cross-platform CHIP-8 emulator

Demo

• http://fouramgames.com/swf/FireCHIP8.swf
• P1 controls: 1 and Q
• P2 controls: 4 and R

Background

• CHIP-8 is the interpreted language designed for an early virtual machine which enabled games to run on a wide variety of hardware
• Wikipedia entry

What's FireCHIP-8?

• A CHIP-8 emulator
• Written in Haxe, and is cross-platform
• The core, contained in the src/emu package, is independant from any framework/engine/renderer.
• The src/engine package contains classes that interface the core with the OpenFL framework.
• You'll notice that some sprites on the screen flicker noticeably. This is according to the specification. Historically, CHIP-8 implementations have usually added workarounds for this issue, and the "ghosting" effect on old screens made it less obvious.

TODO:

• Figure out why the Stars demo isn't working, and why the Division Test program isn't finishing correctly
• Embedded program selector and load program from disk functionalities
• Test the rest of the games

References used:

• http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/C8TECH10.HTM
• http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/chip8/chip8def.htm
• http://www.multigesture.net/articles/how-to-write-an-emulator-chip-8-interpreter
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8#Opcode_table