CHIP-8 emulators

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CHIP-8
PONG CHIP8.png
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

Contents

Interpreters

Computers

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Cadmium       1.1.8 Cycle
chip8swemu     git Mid
DSP       git Mid
JAXE     [N 1] git
libretro core
High
Vision-8       1.0 Mid NC ~
CowChip     0.2 Low-Mid
OmniChip-8     git ? ?
CHIP-8 Interpreter   git Mid ?
Chip8-DOS   git Low-Mid ?
shmip8     git Mid ?
CubeChip-SDL   git ? ?
chip8-asm64-emu   git Low ?
Pin8   git ? NC ?
CHIP-8 Emulator KolibriOS git ? ?
CHIP-8 ZealOS git ? ?
Emu OS x86 CPUs git ? ?
Home computers
Chip-8 Atari 8-bit git ? ?
Chip09 Tandy CoCo 2
Dragon 32/64
git ? ? ?
Vision-8       1.0 Mid NC ?
CHIP-OTTO  
ZX Spectrum Next
Cambridge Z88
? ? ?
Chip8   ? ? ? ?
C64 Chip-8   git ? ?
OmniChip-8   git ? ?
Chip-8 Emulator   ? ? ?
MoeCHIP-8 for C64   git ? ? ?
Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator   1.11 ? ?
CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master  
BBC Master
? ? ?
Chip-8   26-Jan-98 ? ? ?
Portable computers
CHIP8-100 TRS-80 Model 100 git ? ? ?

Other devices

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
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 ? ?
Consoles
Chip8 Xbox One   ? Mid
Chip8x   v5 ? ?
CHIP8 Emulator   2.2 Mid
Chippy   1.0 ?
Chip 8 Emulator   1.0a ?
Chip8-n64   git Mid
chip-64   git ? ? ?
PsChip8   git Mid
Super Chip8x   git
ROM
Mid
CHIP8 TO SMD   2.0 Mid
CHIP-8 GENESIS   git ? ?
NES-CHIP-8   git
ROM
High[N 3] [N 3]
Chip8-NX   git Mid ~
Chip8 Emulator   POC Low ? ~
CHIP8  
 
v1 Mid ? ?
Chip8-3DO   git Low-Mid ~
Whack-a-Mole   0.900 ? ? ?
CrabEmu   0.2.0 ? ?
SMS Chip-8 interpreter   git
0.21
? ?
CHIP-8 emulator   ? ? ?
chipce8   git ? ?
CHIP-F8   git Mid ?
Handhelds
Chip8me   1.0 ?
DrChip 8   09/20/02 ?
Chip-3DS   1.0 Mid ? ~
GB-8   git Mid
damaged chip8   git ? ?
Vision-8 for Gameboy   1.0 Mid NC ?
OmniChip-8   git ? ?
PSPChip8   1.0 Low ~
Chip8 Emulator   1.0 Beta Low
DreamChip   V4 Low
MicroCHIP   1.0 ? ? ?
VITA-8   git ? ? ?
CEightY   git
PND
Mid ?
Dingux-chip8   ? ? ? ?
gpchip   ? ? ? ?
Chips1   git ? ?
Chip8Pd   git ? ? ?
C8   0.2 ? ? ?
EFCS   0.1 ? ? ?
Chip8   ? ? ?
Chip-8-Pokitto Pokitto git ? ? ?
CHIP-8 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 ? ?
CHIP48 HP48GX
HP48SX
GX
SX
?
S-CHIP 49G S-CHIP 1.1 ?
Vinegar TI-83
TI-83 Plus
1.1 ? ?
CHIP-8 N0110 Upilson
git
? ? ~ ?
Microcontrollers
8boy   git ? ?
ESPboy CHIP8 ESPboy git ? ?
ESP32TinyChip8 ESP32 git ? ?
chip8-esp8266 ESP8266 git ? ?
Tjipp8 PIC16F17xx 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   ? ? ?
Fantasy computers/consoles
minimicro-chip8 MiniMicro git ? ?
CHIP-8 Emulator   1.5 ?
CHIP-80   Update 4 ?
Chip-8 emulator Vircon32 ? ? ?
Other
chip8 Sharp PC-1350
PC-1360
PC-2500
git ? ?
flipper-chip Flipper Zero git ?
CHIP-8 console on FPGA TinyFPGA BX git ? ?
ICED Potato ICE40UP5K git ? ?
chip8swemu Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros git Mid

Other platforms

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
Web browsers
Octo   Website
git
Cycle
Cadmium   Website
git
Cycle
Silicon8   Website
git
High
Chip8.js   Website
git
? ~
Flip8 Redux   NewGrounds ?
Text editor
chip-8.nvim NeoVim git ? ?
chip8.el Emacs git ? ? ?
Game Engine / Mod
chip8emu-agk AppGameKit 2 git ? ?
CHIP8-GM GameMaker git High-Mid
Godot CHIP-8 Emulator Godot (GDScript) git ? ?
E2-CHIP-8-interpreter Garry's Mod git ? ? ?
Chip8Unity Unity git ? ?
Chip8Interpreter4Unity Unity git ? ? ?
Blit-8 Minecraft 1.0 ? ?
Megazeux CHIP-8 Emulator Megazeux ? ? ? ?
Other
SuperCHIP emulator   git ? ?
Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition Rainmeter git ? ? ?
cl-chip8 Common Lisp git ? ?

Extension support

Computer
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
Cadium [4]
chip8swemu
DSP [5]
JAXE [6]
Vision-8
CowChip
OmniChip-8
CHIP-8 Interpreter (DOS)
Chip8-DOS
shmip8
CubeChip-SDL [7]
chip8-asm64-emu
Pin8
CHIP-8 emulator (KolibriOS)
CHIP-8 (ZealOS)
Emu OS
Chip-8 (Atari 8-bit)
Chip09
CHIP-OTTO
Chip8 (Amiga)
C64 Chip-8
Chip-8 Emulator (Commodore 64)
MoeCHIP-8 for C64
Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator
CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master
Chip-8 (RISC OS)
CHIP8-100
Mobile
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
ChipChip [8]
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator
PalmChip8
DALE-8
Pico-CHIP8
MeltChip
Console
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
Chip8 Xbox One
Chip8x
CHIP8 Emulator (Wii U)
Chippy
Chip 8 Emulator (GameCube)
Chip8-n64
chip-64
PsChip8
Super-Chip8x
CHIP8 TO SMD
CHIP-8 GENESIS
NES-CHIP-8
Chip8-NX
Chip-8 emulator (PS4)
Chip8 (PS2/PS3)
Chip8-3DO
Whack-a-Mole
CrabEmu
CHIP-8 emulator (DreamCast)
CHIP-8 emulator (Saturn)
SMS Chip-8 interpreter
chipce8
CHIP-F8
Chip8me
DrChip 8
Chip-3DS
GB-8
damaged chip8
pspchip8
Chip8 Emulator (PSP)
DreamChip
MicroCHIP
VITA-8
CEightY
Dingux-Chip8
gpchip (Dingoo)
Chips1
Chip8Pd
C8
EFCS
Chip8 (Lynx)
Chip-8-Pokitto
CHIP-8 mini
Calculator
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
Chip8Emu
Schip8fx
C8SALT ~
Chip-84
Chip84CE
Chip8-TI68k
CHIP48
S-CHIP
Vinegar
CHIP-8 (N0110)
Microcontroller
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
8boy
ESPboy CHIP8
ESP32TinyChip8
chip8-esp8266
Tjipp8
Chip-8 STM32 [9]
CHIP 8 emulator (STM32)
TIVA8
ByteBoy
Firmware
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
CHIP-8 UEFI
GPCHIP (Miyoo)
PluginChip8
Fantasy Computer/Console
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
minimicro-chip8
CHIP-8 Emulator (PICO-8)
CHIP-80
Chip-8 emulator (Vircon32)
Other
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
chip8 (PC-1350/PC-1360/PC-2500)
flipper-chip
CHIP-8 console on FPGA
ICED POTATO
Browser
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
Octo
Silicon8 ~ ~
Chip8.js
Flip8 Redux
Program add-on/plugin
Interpreter CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Other
chip-8.nvim ~ ~
chip8.el
chip8emu-agk
CHIP8-GM
Godot CHIP-8 Emulator
E2-CHIP-8-interpreter
Chip8Unity
Chip8Interpreter4Unity
Blit-8
Megazeux CHIP-8 Emulator ~
SuperCHIP emulator
Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition
cl-chip8

Comparisons

Multi-system (Includes PC)
  • Cadium The GUI is hard to navigate, many emulation options, Best CHIP-8 extension support, Great debugger. (PC, Web)
  • chip8swemu Simple GUI with, easy to navigate. (PC, G&W)
  • DSP Hard to use and run games (PC)
  • JAXE Good selections of options for emulation, Defaults to S-CHIP mod (PC, Libretro)
  • Vision-8 Blurry resolution scaling (Windows). (PC, Gameboy, Coleco, Amiga)
  • CowChip Sensitive to illegal function calls and crashes due to them. (PC)
  • OmniChip-8 Placeholder text (PC)
  • CHIP-8 Interpreter nothing notable, command line/Terminal (DOS)
  • Chip8-DOS nothing notable, command line/Terminal (DOS)
  • chip8-asm64-emu nothing notable, command line/Terminal (Linux)
  • shmip8 Placeholder text. (PC)
  • CubeChip-SDL Placeholder text. (Windows)
  • Pin8 Placeholder text. (Haiku)
  • CHIP-8 Emulator Placeholder text. (KolibriOS)
  • CHIP-8 Placeholder text. (ZealOS)
  • Emu OS Placeholder text. (x86 CPU)
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)
  • 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)
Home computers
  • Chip-8 Placeholder text (Atari 8-bit)
  • Chip09 Placeholder text (Tandy CoCo 2, Dragon 32/64)
  • CHIP-OTTO Placeholder text (Amiga, ColecoVision, ADAM)
  • Chip8 Placeholder text (Amiga)
  • C64 Chip-8 Placeholder text (Commodore 64)
  • OmniChip-8 Placeholder text (Commodore 64)
  • Chip-8 Emulator Placeholder text (Commodore 64)
  • MoeCHIP-8 for C64 Placeholder text (Commodore 64)
  • Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator Placeholder text (VIC-20)
  • CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master Placeholder text (BBC Micro, BBC Master)
  • Chip-8 Placeholder text (RISC OS)
Portable computers
  • CHIP8-100 Placeholder text (TRS-80 Model 100)
Mobile / ARM
  • ChipChip Placeholder text (Android)
  • Chip8 Placeholder text (Android, Java)
  • iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator Placeholder text (iOS)
  • PalmChip8 Placeholder text (Palm)
  • DALE-8 Placeholder text (KaiOS)
  • Pico-CHIP8 Placeholder text (Raspberry pi Pico)
  • MeltChip Placeholder text (BlackBerry PlayBook)
Console
  • Chip8 Xbox One Placeholder text (Xbox one)
  • Chip8x Placeholder text (XBOX)
  • CHIP8 Emulator Placeholder text (Wii U)
  • Chippy Placeholder text (Wii)
  • Chip 8 Emulator Placeholder text (GameCube)
  • Chip8-n64 Placeholder text (Nintendo 64)
  • chip-64 Placeholder text (Nintendo 64)
  • PsChip8 Placeholder text (PlayStation 1)
  • Super Chip8x Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using asar (Super Nintendo)
  • CHIP8 TO SMD Placeholder text (Mega Drive)
  • CHIP-8 GENESIS Placeholder text (Genesis)
  • NES-CHIP-8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs using cc65 (Nintendo Entertainment System)
  • Chip8-NX Placeholder text (Switch)
  • Chip8 Emulator Placeholder text (PlayStation 2)
  • CHIP8 Placeholder text (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3)
  • Chip8-3DO Placeholder text (3DO)
  • 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 Placeholder text (PC Engine / Turbo Grafx 16)
  • CHIP-F8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs using dasm (Channel F)
Handheld console
  • Chip8me Placeholder text (Nintendo DS)
  • DrChip 8 Placeholder text (Game Boy Advance)
  • Chip-3DS Placeholder text (3DS)
  • GB-8 Placeholder text (Game Boy)
  • damaged chip8 Placeholder text (Game Boy)
  • Vision-8 for Gameboy Placeholder text (Game Boy)
  • OmniChip-8 Placeholder text (Game Boy)
  • PSPChip8 Placeholder text (PlayStation Portable)
  • Chip8 Emulator Placeholder text (PlayStation Portable)
  • DreamChip Placeholder text (PlayStation Portable)
  • MicroCHIP Placeholder text (PlayStation Vita)
  • VITA-8 Placeholder text (PlayStation Vita)
  • CEightY Placeholder text (Pandora)
  • 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-8-Pokitto Placeholder text (Pokitto)
  • CHIP-8 mini Placeholder text (Pokemon Mini)
Calculator
  • Chip8Emu Placeholder text (TI-Nspire)
  • schip8fx Placeholder text (Casio AFX, Fx-9860)
  • C8SALT Placeholder text (TI-84+ CE)
  • Chip-84 Placeholder text (TI-84+ CE)
  • Chip84CE Placeholder text (TI-84+ CE)
  • Chip8-TI68k Placeholder text (TI68k)
  • CHIP48 Placeholder text (HP48GX, GP48SX)
  • S-CHIP Placeholder text (49G)
  • Vinegar Placeholder text (TI-83, TI-83+)
  • 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)
  • TIVA8 Placeholder text (TM4C123)
  • ByteBoy Placeholder text (MSP430)
Firmware
  • CHIP-8 UEFI Placeholder text (UEFI)
  • GPCHIP Placeholder text (Miyoo)
  • PluginChip8 Placeholder text (Rockbox)
Fantasy consoles/computers
  • minimicro-chip8 Placeholder text (MiniMicro)
  • 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)
  • Chip-8 emulator Placeholder text (Vircon32)
Other
  • chip8 Placeholder text (Sharp PC-1350, PC-1360, PC-2500)
  • flipper-chip does not support any controls/input[10] (Flipper Zero)
  • CHIP-8 console on FPGA Placeholder text (TinyFPGA BX)
  • ICED Potato Placeholder text (ICE40UP5K)
  • 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)

See also

External links

References

Notes
  1. Only available outside of Windows and Linux as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
  2. DALE-8 is public domain
  3. 3.0 3.1 most accuracy tests show that it is accurate, other tests can't be done due to controller inputs. Controller inputs are mapped to the Dpad and some games and demos are unplayable due to this.