CHIP-8 Emulator

A complete CHIP-8 emulator implementation in C with SDL2, demonstrating low-level systems programming expertise.

Features

• Accurate CPU emulation with all 35 original opcodes
• Memory management system (4KB RAM)
• Graphics rendering with SDL2 (64x32 monochrome display)
• Input handling for 16-key hexadecimal keypad
• Sound system implementation
• Comprehensive game/program compatibility

Technical Implementation

This emulator showcases deep understanding of:

• CPU architecture and instruction decoding
• Memory-mapped I/O
• Graphics rendering pipeline
• Real-time input processing
• Binary file parsing and ROM loading

The emulator can run classic CHIP-8 games including Pong, Space Invaders, Tetris, and many others from the 1970s-80s era.

Links

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