mohammedhashim44 / Chip-8-Emualtor-with-Python

Chip 8 Emualtor with Python and Pygame

Python Version Used : 3.8

Libraries Used:

• pygame : Version: 2.0.1

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Resources and guides :

Chip-8 Technical Reference

How to write an emulator

Mastering CHIP‐8

I used this project do debug my own : Python-CHIP8-Emulator

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How to run:

• In the prject directory type: python3 app.py games/maze.ch8

• To change the game, instead of games/maze.ch8 just write any other game in games directory, e.g python3 app.py games/wall.ch8

• To change the colors (colors in RGB), speed or size of screen : change these variables in chip8/constants.py:

  • BACKGROUND_COLOR = (61, 31, 43)
  • ACTIVE_COLOR = (255, 255, 255)
  • SCREEN_SCALE = 15
  • CLOCK_SPEED = 500

• The control keys are: 1,2,3,4 Q,W,E,R A,S,D,F Z,X,C,V

• To Change it ,change the my_keyboard_keys in chip8/keys.py, then run python3 app.py games/keypad_test.ch8 to make sure it's working.

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