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CHIP-8
PONG CHIP8.png
CHIP-8 implemention of Pong
Developer Joseph Weisbecker
Release date 1977 or 1978
Emulated ✓
Note: The terms 'emulator', 'interpreter' and 'simulator' are used interchangeably by developers of CHIP-8 interpreters.

CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by Joseph Weisbecker. Designed to be easy to program for and to use less resources than programming languages like BASIC. [1]

Microcomputers with CHIP-8 support are listed here, for other implementations see interpreters

Adoption

There have been multiple communities that have used CHIP-8.

In the late 1970s to 1980s microcomputer kit communities are where CHIP-8 was first popular.

This is due to systems like the COSMAC VIP endorsing and including CHIP-8 programs.[2] In these communities CHIP-8 programs and extensions were being shared with newsletters, like 'DREAMER' and 'VIPER magazine'

Later, in the 1990s CHIP-8 began to be popular on graphing calculators. This community started when a CHIP-8 interpreter called CHIP-48, the origin the 'CHIP-48' extension was released on the HP-48 in 1990. In 1991 the 'SUPER-CHIP' interpreter was created, with the 'SUPER-CHIP' (A.K.A S-CHIP or SCHIP) extension being a derivative of CHIP-48.[3]

There have been other communities that have created and ported interpreters, devices such as consoles. With interpreters still being made for consoles and computers, as well as many other old and new devices. In the 2010s the Octojam competition started with the creation of XO-CHIP, which was created in 2014[4]. Octojam ran from 2014-2023, [5] had dozens of CHIP-8, S-CHIP, and XO-CHIP programs created for it.

CHIP-8 extensions

For detailed information on CHIP-8 extensions see: CHIP-8 extensions and compatibility
Extensions to CHIP-8 have existed since the 1970s.

CHIP-8, and its extensions are based on implementing opcodes in interpreters.[6] The original CHIP-8 being the most supported, with the most supported extensions being S-CHIP and XO-CHIP.

When extensions change the behavior of an opcode it makes the specific opcode when used incompatible with other extensions, most derivative extensions try to maintain backward compatibility with 'parent' extension. If commonly used or many opcodes' behavior is change it will large incompatibilities with extensions.

List of notable extensions

For the COSMAC VIP: CHIP-10, Hi-res CHIP-8, CHIP-8E, CHIP-8X
For the HP-48: CHIP-48, SUPER-CHIP (1.0 and 1.1)
For other platforms: XO-CHIP

Computers with CHIP-8 support

For more information on these computers, see List of computers.
Devices with official/endorsed or other well-known CHIP-8 support.

These devices include: DREAM 6800, COSMAC VIP, HUG1802/ETI-660, Oscom Nano, Telmac 1800, Telmac 2000, V-ELF, VIP2K Membership Card.

Contents
Extension support
Descriptions
See also
External links
References

Interpreters

Computers Windows, Linux, macOS, DOS, etc.
Mobile \ ARM Mobile / ARM devices
Web Browser Web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, etc.)
Other computers Classic Mac OS, Amiga, etc.
Consoles Home consoles, handheld consoles
Other devices Calculators, microcontrollers, firmware, etc.
Other platforms Plug-ins, extensions, addons, etc.

Computers

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Cadmium Windows Linux macOS 1.1.8 ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP
Others 		Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
C-Octo Windows Linux macOS git ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		High ✓ ✓ ✓
CubeChip-SDL Windows Linux macOS git ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP
Others 		High ✓ ✓ ✓
JAXE Windows Linux [N 1] git
libretro core 		✓ CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		High ✓ ✓ ✓
chip8swemu Windows Linux git ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
DSP Windows Linux macOS git ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
Fish 'N' Chips Windows 2.1.5
1.21 source code 		✗ CHIP-8
CHIP-8X
SCHIP 		High ? ✗ ✓
InfoChip8 Windows 0.1J ✗ CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ~
shmip8 Windows Linux git ✗ CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ~
Vision-8 Windows MS-DOS UNIX 1.0 ✗ CHIP-8 High-Mid NC ✗ ~
SVision-8 Windows MS-DOS UNIX ? ✗ S-CHIP High-Mid NC ✗ ~
C8 MS-DOS git ✗ CHIP-8 High ? ✗ ~
CHIP-8 Interpreter MS-DOS git ✗ CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ~
Chip8 MS-DOS 2.2.0 ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✗ ✗ ~
DOS Chip-8 / VChip-8 MS-DOS 1.1 ✗ CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Low-Mid ? ✗ ~
chip8-asm64-emu Linux git ✗ CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✗
OmniChip-8 Windows Linux git ✗ CHIP-8 Low ✓ ✓ ✗
CowChip Windows 9x Windows 3.1 0.2 ✗ CHIP-8 Low-Mid ✗ ✗ ✗
Chip8-DOS MS-DOS git ✗ CHIP-8 Low-Mid ✓ ✗ ✗
Pin8 Haiku git ✗ CHIP-8 TBD NC ✗ !
CHIP-8 Emulator KolibriOS git ✗ CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
CHIP-8 ZealOS git ✗ CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Emu OS x86 CPUs git ✗ CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !

Mobile \ ARM

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Mobile / ARM
Chip8 Android 0.7.1
git 		CHIP-8 High ✓ ✗ ✓
ChipChip Android 1.8.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP
MegaChip 		Mid ✗ ✓ ✓
C-Octo Linux ARM git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		High ✓ ✓ ✓
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator iOS git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✗ ✗ ~
WinRT-CHIP8 Windows 8 Phone git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
PalmChip8 PalmOS 1.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✗ ✗ !
DALE-8 KaiOS git CHIP-8 TBD PD ✗ !
Pico-CHIP8 Linux ARM git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
MeltChip BlackBerry PlayBook git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !

Browser

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Web browsers
Octo Web Website
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		High ✓ ✓ ✓
Cadmium Web Website
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP
Others 		Cycle ✓ ✓ ✓
Silicon8 Web Website
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		High ✓ ✗ ✓
Chip-8 Web Website
git 		CHIP-8 High ✓ ✓ ✓
Chip8.js Web Website
git 		CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ ~
Flip8 Redux Web NewGrounds
src 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid* ✓ ✗ ✗

Other computers

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Computers / m68k, PPC
Vision-8 AmigaOS 1.0 CHIP-8 High-Mid NC ✗ ✓
Chip-8 for Suns SunOS ? CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Crazy-8 Classic Mac OS 1.0.4 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
MacVision-8 Classic Mac OS 1.0 CHIP-8 TBD NC ✗ !
ChipEm AmigaOS 0.4 Beta CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chip8 AmigaOS ? CHIP-8 TBD NC ✗ !
Home computers
Chip-8 Atari 8-bit git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✓ !
Chip09 Tandy CoCo 2
Dragon 32/64 		git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Vision-8 ColecoVision Coleco ADAM MSX 1.0 CHIP-8 TBD NC ✗ !
SVision-8 Coleco ADAM MSX ? S-CHIP TBD NC ✗ !
CHIP-OTTO ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum Next
 ? CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ !
ZX Chip8 ZX Spectrum git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
C64 Chip-8 Commodore 64 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
OmniChip-8 Commodore 64 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✓ !
Chip-8 Emulator Commodore 64 ? CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ !
MoeCHIP-8 for C64 Commodore 64 git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator VIC-20 1.11 CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ !
CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master BBC Micro
BBC Master 		? CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ !
Chip-8 RiscOS 26-Jan-98 CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Portable computers / Pocket computers
SCHIP Windows CE 1.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✗ ✗ !
chip8 Sharp PC-1350
PC-1360
PC-2500 		git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
CHIP-850 PC-G850 ? CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
LXV8 HP 95LX
HP 100LX
HP200LX 		? CHIP-8 High-Mid NC ✗ !
CHIP8-100 TRS-80 Model 100 git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
IC35 Chip8 emulator Siemans IC35 0.1 CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !

Consoles

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Consoles
Chip8 Xbox One Xbox One ? CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
CHIP8 Emulator Wii U 2.2
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ? ✗ ✓
Chippy Wii 1.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ ✓
Chip 8 Emulator GameCube 1.0a CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ ✓
Chip8-n64 Nintendo 64 git CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
PsChip8 PlayStation git CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
Super Chip8x Super Nintendo git
ROM 		CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
CHIP8 TO SMD Genesis 2.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
CHIP8 PlayStation 3
PlayStation 2 		v1 CHIP-8 Mid ? ✗ ✓
Chip8-NX Switch git CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ~
Chip8x Xbox v5 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Low-Mid ✗ ✗ ~
Chip8-3DO 3DO git CHIP-8 Low-Mid ✓ ✗ ~
Chip8 Emulator PlayStation 4 POC CHIP-8 Low ? ✗ ~
chip-64 Nintendo 64 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✓ ✗
CHIP-8 GENESIS Genesis git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ ✗
NES CHIP-8 Nintendo Entertainment System git
ROM 		CHIP-8 High ✓ ✗ ✗[N 2]
Sega Genesis CHIP-8 Genesis git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ ✗[N 2]
CHIP-F8 Channel F git CHIP-8 Mid ? ✗ ✗[N 2]
Chip-8 XNA Xbox 360 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Whack-a-Mole Dreamcast 0.900 CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
CrabEmu Dreamcast 0.2.0 CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
SMS Chip-8 interpreter Master System git
0.21 		CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
CHIP-8 emulator Saturn ? CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ !
chipce8 PC Engine git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Chippi Intellivision ? CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ !
Handhelds
Chip8me Nintendo DS 1.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✗ ✗ ✓
DrChip 8 GameBoy Advance 09/20/02 CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ ✓
CEightY Pandora git
PND 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ? ✗ ✓
Chip-3DS Nintendo 3DS 1.0
git 		CHIP-8 Mid ? ✗ ~
MicroCHIP Vita 1.0
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid* ? ✗ ~
VITA-8 Vita git CHIP-8 Low* ? ✗ ✗
PSPChip8 PSP 1.0 CHIP-8 Low ✗ ✗ ~
DreamChip PSP V4 CHIP-8 Low ✗ ✗ ✗
GB-8 GameBoy git CHIP-8 High ✓ ✗ ✗[N 2]
damaged chip8 GameBoy git CHIP-8 High ✓ ✓ ✗[N 2]
Vision-8 for Gameboy GameBoy 1.0 CHIP-8 TBD NC ✗ !
OmniChip-8 GameBoy git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✓ !
GB-Chip8 GameBoy 0.6 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✗ ✗ !
Dingux-chip8 Dingoo ? CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
gpchip Dingoo ? CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chips1 WonderSwan git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✓ !
Chip8Pd Playdate git CHIP-8 Mid ? ✗ !
C8 GP32 0.2 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
EFCS GP2X 0.1 CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chip8 Lynx ? CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
Chip-N N-Gage 0.1 CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
CHIP/8 P/ECE 20040504 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
Chip-8-Pokitto Pokitto git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
CHIP-8 mini Pokemon Mini git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !

Other devices

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Calculators
SUPER-CHIP HP48SX 1.1 S-CHIP TBD NC ✗ ✓
CHIP48 HP48GX
HP48SX 		GX
SX 		CHIP-48 TBD ✗ ✗ ✓
Chip8Emu TI-Nspire git CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
Schip8fx Casio AFX
Fx-9860 		1.11.0 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ? ✗ ✓
C8SALT TI-84 series git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ ✓
Chip-84 TI84+CE git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
Chip84CE TI84+CE git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Chip8-TI68k TI-68k git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✓ !
Chip83 TI-83 0.1 CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chip8/SChip8 Emulation Library TI-92
TI-92 Plus 		0.9 Beta CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
CP300 Chip8 Casio ClassPad 300 1.03 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
Vinegar TI-83
TI-83 Plus 		1.1 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
uChip8 TI-85 0.1 CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
HP Prime Chip8 Emulator HP Prime 1.6 CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
CHIP-8 N0110 Upilson
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
Microcontrollers
8boy Arduino git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
ESPboy CHIP8 ESPboy git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✓ !
ESP32TinyChip8 ESP32 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✓ !
chip8-esp8266 ESP8266 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Tjipp8 PIC16F17xx git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
Chip-8 STM32 STM32 git CHIP-8
CHIP-48
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✓ !
chip8-stm32 STM32 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
chip8stm32 STM32 git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
TIVA8 TM4C123 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
ByteBoy MSP430 git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Firmware
CHIP-8 UEFI UEFI git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
GPCHIP Miyoo 0.0.1 CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ ✓
PluginChip8 RockBox ? S-CHIP TBD ✓ ? ✓
Fantasy computers/consoles
CHIP-8 Emulator PICO-8 1.5 CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ ✗
CHIP-80 TIC-80 Update 4 CHIP-8 TBD ✗ ✗ ✗
CHIP8 Emulator LowRes NX ? CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chip-8 emulator Vircon32 ? CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
chip8uxn Uxn git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
minimicro-chip8 MiniMicro git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Other
chip8swemu Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
flipper-chip Flipper Zero git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ ✗
FPGA
ICED Potato ICE40UP5K git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
CHIP-8 console on FPGA TinyFPGA BX git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
FpChip8 Altera DE1 git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
FPGA Chip-8 Emulator Zedboard FPGA git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Clash CHIP-8 Nexys A7-50T git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
FPGA SuperChip Digilent Nexys 3
MiST 		git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
CHIP-8 for FPGA Arty A7-100T git CHIP-8 TBD PD ✗ !

Other platforms

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Extension(s) Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Text editor
chip-8.nvim Neovim git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
chip8.el Emacs git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ? !
Game Engine / Mod
CHIP8-GM GameMaker git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		High-Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
MegaZeux CHIP-8 Emulator MegaZeux 1.0 CHIP-8 Mid ? ✗ ✓
Blit-8 Minecraft 1.0 CHIP-8 High ✓ ✗ ~
chip8emu-agk AppGameKit 2 git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
Godot CHIP-8 Emulator Godot (GDScript) git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
E2-CHIP-8-interpreter Garry's Mod git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chip8Unity Unity git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Chip8Interpreter4Unity Unity git CHIP-8 TBD PD ✗ !
VChip8 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Programming language
CHIP-36 Java git CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP 		High ✓ ✗ ✓
SnxChip8 Java ? CHIP-8 Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
SuperCHIP Emulator Java git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
DALE-8A AWK git CHIP-8 High-Mid PD ✗ ✓
awk-chip8 gawk git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ? ✗ ✓
00SChip8 PureBasic 2016
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		High-Mid ✓ ✗ ✓
Project Cherry FreeBASIC git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid NC ✗ ✓
VB Chip-8 Visual Basic 6 ? CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid ? ✗ ~
VChip 8 Visual Basic 6 git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		Mid* ? ✗ ~
chip-8-vba Visual Basic for Applications git CHIP-8 Mid* ✓ ✗ ✗
Chip8VB Visual Basic .NET git CHIP-8 Low* ? ✗ ✗
Chip8 SmallBasic SmallBasic git CHIP-8 Low* ? ✗ ✗
chip8 BlitzMax git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ✓ ✗ !
WAVE Multi-Emulator Scratch 1.1.2
git 		CHIP-8
S-CHIP
XO-CHIP
Others 		TBD ? ✗ !
emuchip8me J2ME git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !
cl-chip8 Common Lisp git CHIP-8 TBD ✓ ✗ !
Other
LOVE-8 LÖVE git CHIP-8 TBD ? ✗ !
Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition Rainmeter git CHIP-8
S-CHIP 		TBD ? ✗ !

Descriptions

PC/Multi-system
Interpreters that support PC (x86), includes alternative systems the interpreter supports.
  • Cadmium The GUI is hard to navigate, many emulation options, Best CHIP-8 extension support, Great debugger. (PC, Web)
  • C-Octo Simple GUI to enable compatibility with CHIP-8, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP. (PC, Raspberry Pi)
  • CubeChip-SDL Drag and drop to load ROMs. (PC)
  • JAXE Good selections of options for emulation, Defaults to S-CHIP mod. (PC, Libretro)
  • chip8swemu Simple GUI with, easy to navigate. (PC, G&W)
  • DSP Hard to use and run games.(PC)
  • Fish 'N' Chips Simple GUI with, easy to navigate. (Windows)
  • InfoChip8 Rainbow color palette. Nothing else notable, command line/Terminal. (Windows)
  • shmip8 Needs ROM to be specified in command line/terminal. (PC)
  • Vision-8 Blurry resolution scaling (Windows). (PC, Coleco, Amiga, MSX)
  • SVision-8 Adds S-CHIP support to Vision-8 (PC, Coleco, Amiga, MSX)
  • C8 Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (DOS)
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (DOS)
  • Chip8 Odd key-mapping. Nothing else notable, command line/Terminal. (DOS)
  • DOS Chip-8 / VChip-8 Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (DOS)
  • chip8-asm64-emu Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (Linux)
  • OmniChip-8 Nothing notable, command line/Terminal (PC)
  • CowChip Sensitive to illegal function calls and crashes due to them. (Windows)
  • Chip8-DOS Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (DOS)
  • Pin8 Placeholder text. (Haiku)
  • CHIP-8 Emulator Placeholder text. (KolibriOS)
  • CHIP-8 Placeholder text. (ZealOS)
  • Emu OS Placeholder text. (x86 CPU)
Mobile / ARM
  • Chip8 Touchscreen buttons for keys. (Android)
  • ChipChip Touchscreen buttons for keys. (Android)
  • iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator Placeholder text. (iOS)
  • WinRT-CHIP8 Placeholder text. (Windows Phone)
  • PalmChip8 Placeholder text. (Palm)
  • DALE-8 Placeholder text. (KaiOS)
  • Pico-CHIP8 Placeholder text. (Raspberry Pi Pico)
  • MeltChip Placeholder text. (BlackBerry PlayBook)
Web
  • Octo IDE and interpreter, multiple extension support, compatibility profile for specific extensions (customizable). (Web)
  • Silicon8 allows selecting supported extensions (original, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP) and emulation speed. (Web)
  • Chip-8 currently only supports the original CHIP-8, load custom ROMs with the load button (Web)
  • Chip8.js Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs, new instance has to be made to add games. (Web)
  • Flip8 Redux Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs. (Web)
Computers (PPC, m64k)
  • Chip-8 for Suns Placeholder text. (SunOS)
  • Crazy-8 Placeholder text. (Classic Mac OS)
  • MacVision-8 Placeholder text. (Classic Mac OS)
  • ChipEm Placeholder text. (Amiga)
  • Chip8 Placeholder text. (Amiga)
Home computers
  • Chip-8 Placeholder text. (Atari 8-bit)
  • Chip09 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using LWTOOLS. (Tandy CoCo 2, Dragon 32/64)
  • CHIP-OTTO Includes games, no ROM selection interface (press J to go to next game). Can load games from a different tape. (ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum Next)
  • ZX Chip8 Placeholder text. (ZX Spectrum)
  • C64 Chip-8 Placeholder text. (Commodore 64)
  • OmniChip-8 Placeholder text. (Commodore 64)
  • Chip-8 Emulator Placeholder text. (Commodore 64)
  • MoeCHIP-8 for C64 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using KickAssembler. (Commodore 64)
  • Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator Separate floppy disk for games, instructions in manual for custom ROMs. (VIC-20)
  • CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master Placeholder text. (BBC Micro, BBC Master)
  • Chip-8 Placeholder text. (RISC OS)
Portable computers
  • SCHIP Placeholder text. (Windows CE)
  • chip8 Placeholder text. (Sharp PC-1350, PC-1360, PC-2500)
  • CHIP-850 Placeholder text. (PC-G850)
  • LXV8 Placeholder text. (HP 95LX, HP 100LX, HP 200LX)
  • CHIP8-100 Placeholder text. (TRS-80 Model 100)
  • IC35 Chip8 emulator Placeholder text. (Siemans IC35)
Console
  • Chip8 Xbox One Placeholder text. (Xbox one)
  • CHIP8 Emulator Placeholder text. (Wii U)
  • Chippy Very simple interface. Loads ROMs from CHIP8 folder in your storage device. (Wii)
  • Chip 8 Emulator Placeholder text. (GameCube)
  • Chip8-n64 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using Libdragon. (Nintendo 64)
  • PsChip8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PSYQ SDK and GNU Make (PlayStation 1)
  • Super Chip8x Can remap buttons on a per ROM bases. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using asar. (Super Nintendo)
  • CHIP8 TO SMD Placeholder text. (Genesis / Mega Drive)
  • CHIP8 Placeholder text. (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3)
  • Chip8-NX Placeholder text. (Switch)
  • Chip8x Good interface. Can load ROMs from disk, HDD or any other storage device (Xbox)
  • Chip8 Emulator Placeholder text. (PlayStation 4)
  • Chip8-3DO Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using 3DODev. (3DO)
  • chip-64 Doesn't work in tested emulators. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using bass. (Nintendo 64)
  • CHIP-8 GENESIS Placeholder text. (Genesis / Mega Drive)
  • NES CHIP-8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using cc65. (Nintendo Entertainment System)
  • Sega Genesis CHIP-8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using SGDK (Genesis / Mega Drive)
  • CHIP-F8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using dasm. (Channel F)
  • Chip-8 XNA Placeholder text. (Xbox 360)
  • Whack-a-Mole Placeholder text. (Dreamcast)
  • CrabEmu Placeholder text. (Dreamcast)
  • SMS Chip-8 interpreter Placeholder text. (Master System)
  • CHIP-8 emulator Placeholder text. (Saturn)
  • chipce8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PCEAS. (PC Engine / Turbo Grafx 16)
  • Chippi Comes bundled with a program to convert CHIP-8 ROMs to be able to run on tapes. Written in IntyBASIC (Intellivision)
Handheld console
  • Chip8me Simple, easy to use GUI, loads ROMs from SD card. (Nintendo DS)
  • DrChip 8 Placeholder text. (Game Boy Advance)
  • CEightY Placeholder text. (Pandora)
  • Chip-3DS Placeholder text. (3DS)
  • MicroCHIP Simple ROM selection. (PlayStation Vita)
  • VITA-8 Placeholder text. (PlayStation Vita)
  • PSPChip8 Basic ROM selection interface. (PlayStation Portable)
  • DreamChip Placeholder text. (PlayStation Portable)
  • GB-8 Basic ROM selection interface. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS v0.5.0. (Game Boy)
  • damaged chip8 Uses SELECT to switch ROMs. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS v0.3.10. (Game Boy)
  • Vision-8 for Gameboy Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using GBDK. (Game Boy)
  • OmniChip-8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using z88dk(Game Boy)
  • Dingux-chip8 Placeholder text. (Dingoo)
  • gpchip Placeholder text. (Dingoo)
  • Chips1 Placeholder text. (WonderSwan)
  • Chip8Pd Placeholder text. (Playdate)
  • C8 Placeholder text. (GP32)
  • EFCS Placeholder text. (GP2X)
  • Chip8 Placeholder text. (Lynx)
  • Chip-N Placeholder text. (N-Gage)
  • CHIP/8 Placeholder text. (P/ECE)
  • Chip-8-Pokitto Placeholder text. (Pokitto)
  • CHIP-8 mini Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PMAS. (Pokemon Mini)
Calculator
  • SUPER-CHIP Placeholder text. (49G)
  • CHIP48 Placeholder text. (HP48GX, GP48SX)
  • Chip8Emu Placeholder text. (TI-Nspire)
  • schip8fx Placeholder text. (Casio AFX, Fx-9860)
  • C8SALT Placeholder text. Written in TI-BASIC (TI-84+ CE)
  • Chip-84 Placeholder text. (TI-84+ CE)
  • Chip84CE Placeholder text. (TI-84+ CE)
  • Chip8-TI68k Placeholder text. (TI68k)
  • Chip83 Placeholder text. (TI-83)
  • Chip8/SChip8 Emulation Library Placeholder text. (TI-92, TI-92 Plus)
  • CP300 Chip8 Placeholder text. (Casio ClassPad 300)
  • Vinegar Placeholder text. (TI-83, TI-83+)
  • uChip8 Placeholder text. (TI-85)
  • HP Prime Chip8 Emulator Placeholder text. (HP Prime)
  • CHIP-8 Placeholder text. (N0110)
Microcontrollers
  • 8boy Placeholder text. (Arduino)
  • ESPboy CHIP8 Placeholder text. (ESPboy)
  • ESP32TinyChip8 Placeholder text. (ESP32)
  • chip8-esp8266 Placeholder text. (ESP8266)
  • Tjipp8 Placeholder text. (PIC16F17xx)
  • Chip-8 STM32 Placeholder text. (STM32)
  • chip8-stm32 Placeholder text. (STM32)
  • chip8stm32 Placeholder text. (STM32)
  • TIVA8 Placeholder text. (TM4C123)
  • ByteBoy Placeholder text. (MSP430)
Firmware
  • CHIP-8 UEFI Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using EDK II. (UEFI)
  • GPCHIP Placeholder text. (Miyoo)
  • PluginChip8 Due to systems having less buttons than the original CHIP-8 key mapping there is a custom system for changing the key mapping. (Rockbox)
Fantasy consoles/computers
  • CHIP-8 Emulator Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs. (PICO-8)
  • CHIP-80 Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs. (TIC-80)
  • CHIP8 Emulator Placeholder text. (LowRes NX)
  • Chip-8 emulator Custom ROMs need to use this ROM conversion tool. (Vircon32)
  • chip8uxn Placeholder text. (Uxn)
  • minimicro-chip8 Placeholder text. (MiniMicro)
Other
  • flipper-chip does not support any controls/input. [7] (Flipper Zero)
FPGA
  • ICED Potato Placeholder text. (ICE40UP5K)
  • CHIP-8 console on FPGA Placeholder text. (TinyFPGA BX)
  • FpChip8 Placeholder text. (Altera DE1)
  • FPGA Chip-8 Emulator Placeholder text. (Zedboard FPGA)
  • Clash CHIP-8 Placeholder text. (Nexys A7-50T)
  • FPGA SuperChip Placeholder text. (Digilent Nexys 3, MiST)
  • CHIP-8 for FPGA Placeholder text. (Arty A7-100T)
Text editor
  • chip-8.nvim Placeholder text. (Neovim)
  • chip8.el Placeholder text. (Emacs)
Game Engine
  • CHIP8-GM F1 to show prompts (buttons for actions) and key mappings (GameMaker)
  • MegaZeux CHIP-8 Emulator Loads games in the same root folder, case-insensitive. (MegaZeux)
  • Blit-8 Requires the Computer Craft mod, saved in the world folder in a subfolder of the computer folder. (Minecraft)
  • chip8emu-agk Placeholder text. Written in AppGameKit 2 BASIC (AppGameKit 2)
  • Godot CHIP-8 Emulator Placeholder text. (Godot)
  • E2-CHIP-8-interpreter Placeholder text. (Garry's Mod)
  • Chip8Unity Placeholder text. (Unity)
  • Chip8Interpreter4Unity Placeholder text. (Unity)
  • VChip8 Placeholder text. (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Programming languages
  • CHIP-36 Simple GUI. (Java)
  • SnxChip8 Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (Java)
  • SuperCHIP Emulator Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (Java)
  • DALE-8A Displays inside terminal. Nothing else notable, command line/Terminal. (AWK)
  • awk-chip8 Displays inside terminal. Nothing else notable, command line/Terminal. (gawk)
  • 00SChip8 Simple GUI. (PureBasic)
  • Project Cherry Nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (FreeBASIC)
  • VB Chip-8 Remappable keys, slows down when debug option is enabled. (Visual Basic 6)
  • VChip 8 Placeholder text. (Visual Basic 6)
  • chip-8-vba Placeholder text. (Visual Basic for Applications)
  • Chip8VB Placeholder text. (Visual Basic .NET)
  • Chip8 SmallBasic Placeholder text. (SmallBasic)
  • chip8 Placeholder text. (BlitzMax)
  • WAVE Multi-Emulator Placeholder text. (Scratch)
  • emuchip8me Placeholder text. (J2ME)
  • cl-chip8 Placeholder text. (Common Lisp)
Other
  • Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition is blurry when set to a resolution higher than the original CHIP-8 due to Rainmeter not supporting nearest neighbor pixel interpolation. (Rainmeter)
  • LOVE-8 Placeholder text. (LÖVE)

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "An Easy Programming System" BYTE volume. 3, issue 12. December 1978.
  2. ↑ COSMAC VIP Instruction Manual
  3. ↑ SUPER-CHIP 1.1 documentation
  4. ↑ CHIP-8 extensions and compatibility#XO-CHIP
  5. ↑ https://beyondloom.com/blog/octojam.html
  6. ↑ https://chip-8.github.io/extensions/
  7. ↑ Flipper-chip issue #1
Notes
  1. ↑ Only available outside of Windows and Linux as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Due to limited number buttons on the system the interpreter is on certain CHIP-8 buttons are not usable
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