CHIP-8 Emulator

This project is a CHIP-8 emulator written in C. The CHIP-8 is a simple, interpreted programming language used in the 1970s to aid in creating games on early computers.

Features

• Emulates the CHIP-8 instruction set
• Supports loading and executing CHIP-8 programs
• Provides a simple SDL2 display for interacting with the programs

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed on your system:

• C Compiler: gcc or any standard C compiler
• Make: For building the project

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Nathan5563/chip-8.git

2. Navigate to the source directory:

cd chip-8

3. Build the project:

make

Usage

After building the project, you can run the emulator with a CHIP-8 program:

./chip8 path

Replace path with the actual path to the CHIP-8 program you wish to run. The ROMs/ directory contains a list of sample programs.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.