A CHIP-8 emulator written in Python
To use, you need some CHIP-8 ROMs, which can be downloaded here: https://www.zophar.net/pdroms/chip8/chip-8-games-pack.html. Simply run main.py with the path to a CHIP-8 ROM as a positional argument, like so:
$ python3 main.py c8games/PONG
2020-01-01 05:55:26 PM - root - INFO - Initializing display
2020-01-01 05:55:26 PM - root - INFO - Initializing sound mixer
2020-01-01 05:55:26 PM - root - INFO - Initialized!
2020-01-01 05:55:26 PM - root - INFO - Loading c8games/PONG
2020-01-01 05:55:26 PM - root - INFO - Loaded c8games/PONG into memory!
2020-01-01 05:55:26 PM - root - INFO - Begin main event loop
Of course, there are additional arguments for customization:
positional arguments:
rom_path Path to CHIP-8 rom to play
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-r RESOLUTION, --resolution RESOLUTION
Window multiplier for window resolution (default 18)
-p PITCH, --pitch PITCH
Pitch in Hz for sound to be played (default 440 Hz)
-c PX_COLOR, --px-color PX_COLOR
Color for pixels in hex (ex. FFFFFF for white)
(default DDDDDD)
-b BG_COLOR, --bg-color BG_COLOR
Color for background in hex (ex. 000000 for black)
(default 222222)
-f FRAMERATE, --framerate FRAMERATE
Framerate in FPS for gameplay (default 120 FPS)
-d, --debug Debug logging (default false)
To install dependencies, clone the repository and run pip install -r requirements.txt.