A Chip-8 interpreter written in python.

This goal of this project was to learn more about low-level programming and emulator development. The interpreter employs the common fetch, decode, and execute cycle. It uses Pygame to render graphics to the screen and accept user input.

If you would like to try this interpreter yourself, first make sure you have Pygame installed.

$ pip install pygame

Next, clone the repo into a directory of your choice.

$ git clone https://github.com/euanblackstone/chip-8-python.git

Next, run the make file and run the executable, supplying the directory to the ROM you wish to use

$ make
$ ./chip8 ./roms/IBM

• Flickering
  • With some roms, notably Pong, the screen will flicker. This is natural with the original Chip-8 specifications. To fix this, one could use a double buffering technique to make rendering appear seamless.