Chipped 8 is a Chip-8 emulator written in Python. It is designed to have the GUI decoupled from the core system allowing different GUI's to be used.
There have been multiple revisions / versions of Chip-8 that introduce incompatibilities with each other. Most Chip-8 versions are supported via specifying the target platform when starting the application.
Choices are:
- originalChip8
- hybridVIP
- modernChip8
- chip48
- superchip1
- superchip
- xochip
The default is originalChip8. The platform specifies behavior flags as defined by the Chip-8 Research Facility.
The GUI is a work in progress and uses Qt. It supports basic features such as emulation automatically pausing if focus is lost and few key controls.
In order to make the Chip-8 0-1 and A-F keys easier to use on a keyboard the following mapping is used.
Chip-8 | Keyboard
--------|---------
1 2 3 C | 1 2 3 4
4 5 6 D | Q W E R
7 8 9 E | A S D F
A 0 B F | Z X C V
Emulator Controls
| Key | Modifier | description |
|---|---|---|
P |
Pause and unpause emulation. | |
| Left arrow | Rewind 1 frame | |
| Left arrow | Shift | Rewind 60 frames (1 second) |
Basic rewind is supported for 30 seconds.
$ python -m venv c8venv
$ source c8venv/bin/activate
$ cd chipped8
$ pip install .
$ chipped8 rom.ch8
Use -e with the pip step if installing for development where you will be able
to edit the source without running pip again.
Also, if testing new entry point, the following can be used:
python -m chipped8.main_new_testing rom.ch8