CHIP-8 Emulator

A simple CHIP-8 emulator written in C++.

Description

This project is an implementation of a CHIP-8 virtual machine. CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by Joseph Weisbecker. It was initially used on the COSMAC VIP and Telmac 1800 8-bit microcomputers in the mid-1970s. CHIP-8 programs are run on a CHIP-8 virtual machine. It was made to allow video games to be more easily programmed for these computers.

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Building and Running

This project uses Meson as its build system.

Prerequisites

• A C++ compiler (supporting C++20)
• Meson
• Ninja

Building

1. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd path/to/chip8

2. Create a build directory (if it doesn't exist) and configure Meson:

   meson setup build

   (Note: Your existing build directory is named build. If you prefer a different name like builddir, you can use that instead, but be consistent.)
3. Compile the project:

   meson compile -C build

   Alternatively, you can navigate into the build directory and run ninja:

   cd build
   ninja

Running

After a successful build, the executable chip8 will be located in the build directory.

./build/chip8