CHIP-8 emulators
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| Screenshot of Pong implemented in CHIP-8 | |
| Developer | Joseph Weisbecker |
|---|---|
| Type | Interpreted programming language |
| Release date | 1976[1] (original) |
| Emulated | ✓ |
- WIP Note: needs accuracy testing and checking for licensing
- For emulators for computers dedicated to running CHIP-8, see List of computers.
- Note: The terms 'emulator', 'interpreter' and 'simulator' are used interchangeably by developers of interpreters of CHIP-8.
CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by Joseph Weisbecker.
Most CHIP-8 interpreters are Homebrew emulators for their system, devices with official/marketed with CHIP-8 support include: the DREAM 6800, COSMAC VIP, Telmac 1800 and ETI-660.
Extensions to CHIP-8 have existed since the 1970s, With some conflicting with each-other.[2][3] Most extensions have limited support outside of the interpreter they were made for. The most supported extensions are S-CHIP and XO-CHIP.
For information on CHIP-8 extensions see: CHIP-8 extensions and compatibility by the CHIP-8 Research Facility
Interpreters[edit]
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||||
| Cadmium |   
|
1.1.8 | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| chip8swemu |
|
git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DSP |
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| JAXE | [N 1]
|
git libretro core |
✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Vision-8 |  
|
1.0 | ✗ | ? | NC | ✗ | ? | ||
| CowChip |  Windows 3.1 |
0.2 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| OmniChip-8 |
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Pin8 | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | NC | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 Emulator | KolibriOS | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 | ZealOS | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Mobile / ARM | |||||||||
| ChipChip | 
|
1.8.0 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chip8 | 
|
? | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ||
| iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ||
| PalmChip8 | 
|
1.0 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| DALE-8 | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓[N 2] | ✗ | ? | ||
| Pico-CHIP8 | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| MeltChip | BlackBerry PlayBook | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Web browsers | |||||||||
| Octo | 
|
Website git |
✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cadmium |
|
Website git |
✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Silicon8 |
|
Website git |
✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chip8.js |
|
Website git |
✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Flip8 Redux |
|
NewGrounds | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Consoles | |||||||||
| CHIP Emulator | 
|
1 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chip8x | 
|
v5 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP8 Emulator | 
|
2.2 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chippy | 
|
1.0 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chip 8 Emulator | 
|
1.0a | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chip8-n64 | 
|
git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| PsChip8 | 
|
git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Super-Chip8x | 
|
git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CHIP8 TO SMD | 
|
2.0 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| NES-CHIP-8 | NES | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8-NX | 
|
git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ||
| Chip8 Emulator | 
|
POC | ✗ | Low | ? | ✗ | ~ | ||
| CHIP8 |  
|
v1 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8-3DO | 
|
git | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ||
| Whack-a-Mole | 
|
0.900 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| CrabEmu |
|
0.2.0 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 emulator | 
|
? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ! | ||
| chipce8 | PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||
| CHIP-F8 | Channel F | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Handhelds | |||||||||
| Chip8me | 
|
1.0 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| DrChip 8 | 
|
09/20/02 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chip-3DS | 
|
1.0 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ~ | ||
| GB-8 | Game Boy | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Vision-8 for Gameboy | Game Boy | 1.0 | ✗ | ? | NC | ✗ | ? | ||
| OmniChip-8 | Game Boy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| PSPChip8 | 
|
1.0 | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ||
| Chip8 Emulator |
|
1.0 Beta | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| DreamChip |
|
V4 | ✗ | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Chips1 | WonderSwan | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Chip8Pd | Playdate | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| C8 | 
|
0.2 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8 | Atari Lynx | ? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip-8-Pokitto | Pokitto | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 mini | Pokemon Mini | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Calculators | |||||||||
| Chip8Emu | 
|
1.2.2 | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Schip8fx | Casio AFX Fx-9860 |
1.11.0 | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| C8SALT | TI-84 series | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chip-84 | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip84CE |
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8-TI68k | TI-68k | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Vinegar | TI-83 TI-83 Plus |
1.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Microcontrollers | |||||||||
| 8boy | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| ESPboy CHIP8 | ESPboy | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| ESP32TinyChip8 | ESP32 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Chip-8 STM32 | STM32 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| chip8-stm32 | STM32 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| TIVA8 | TM4C123 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| ByteBoy | MSP430 | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Firmware | |||||||||
| CHIP-8 UEFI | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| GPCHIP | Miyoo | 0.0.1 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| PluginChip8 | RockBox | ? | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ||
| Home computers | |||||||||
| Chip-8 | Atari 8-bit | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Chip09 | Tandy CoCo 2 Dragon 32/64 |
git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Vision-8 |  ColecoVision Coleco ADAM |
1.0 | ✗ | ? | NC | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-OTTO | ZX Spectrum ZX Spectrum Next Cambridge Z88 |
? | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8 |
|
? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| C64 Chip-8 | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| OmniChip-8 |
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator | VIC-20 | 1.11 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master | BBC Micro BBC Master |
? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip-8 | 
|
26-Jan-98 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Fantasy Computers | |||||||||
| minimicro-chip8 | MiniMicro | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 Emulator | PICO-8 | 1.5 | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-80 | TIC-80 | ? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Text editor | |||||||||
| chip-8.nvim | NeoVim | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| chip8.el | Emacs | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | ? | ||
| Game Engine | |||||||||
| CHIP8-GM | GameMaker | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| E2-CHIP-8-interpreter | Garry's Mod | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8Unity | Unity | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8Interpreter4Unity | Unity | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Megazeux CHIP-8 Emulator | Megazeux | ? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| chip8 | Sharp PC-1350 PC-1360 PC-2500 |
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition | Rainmeter | git | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| flipper-chip | Flipper Zero | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 console on FPGA | TinyFPGA BX | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
Comparisons[edit]
| Interpreter | CHIP-8 | S-CHIP | XO-CHIP | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadium | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[4] |
| chip8swemu | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DSP | ✓ | ✓[5] | ✗ | ✗ |
| JAXE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[6] |
| Vision-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CowChip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| OmniChip-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pin8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 emulator (KolibriOS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 (ZealOS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ChipChip | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓[7] |
| iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PalmChip8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DALE-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pico-CHIP8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MeltChip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Octo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? |
| Silicon8 | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ |
| Chip8.js | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Flip8 Redux | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP Emulator (Xbox one) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8x | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP8 Emulator (Wii U) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chippy | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip 8 Emulator (GameCube) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8-n64 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PsChip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Super-Chip8x | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP8 TO SMD | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NES-CHIP-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8-NX | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-8 emulator (PS4) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8 (PS2/PS3) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8-3DO | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Whack-a-Mole | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CrabEmu | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 emulator (DreamCast) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| chipce8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-F8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8me | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DrChip 8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-3DS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GB-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| pspchip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8 Emulator (PSP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DreamChip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chips1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Chip8Pd | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| C8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8 (Lynx) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-8-Pokitto | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 mini | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8Emu | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Schip8fx | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| C8SALT | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip84CE | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8-TI68k | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vinegar | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8boy | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESPboy CHIP8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESP32TinyChip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-8 STM32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[8] |
| CHIP 8 emulator (STM32) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TIVA8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ByteBoy | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 UEFI | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GPCHIP | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PluginChip8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-8 (Atari 8-bit) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip09 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-OTTO | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8 (Amiga) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| C64 Chip-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-8 (RISC OS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| minimicro-chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-8 Emulator (PICO-8) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP-80 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| chip-8.nvim | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ |
| chip8.el | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CHIP8-GM | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| E2-CHIP-8-interpreter | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8Unity | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8Interpreter4Unity | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Megazeux CHIP-8 Emulator | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| chip8 (PC-1350/PC-1360/PC-2500) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| flipper-chip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| fpga-chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- CHIP-8 Archive - CHIP-8, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP programs licensed under the CC0 license.
- CHIP-8 Public Domain ROMs - Zophar's Domain - CHIP-8 and S-CHIP programs that are Public Domain.
References[edit]
- ↑ Joseph Weisbecker - Wikipedia
- ↑ https://chip-8.github.io/extensions/
- ↑ https://github.com/trapexit/chip-8_documentation
- ↑ Cadium supported CHIP-8 variants - Cadium Github
- ↑ dsp-emulator/src/misc/init_games.pas - DSP GitHub
- ↑ JAXE Features - JAXE GitHub
- ↑ ChipChip description - Google Play
- ↑ CHIP-8 STM32 README
- Notes
- ↑ Only available outside of Windows and Linux as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
- ↑ DALE-8 is public domain
