CHIP-8 emulators
Screenshot of Pong implemented in CHIP-8 | |
Developer | Joseph Weisbecker |
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Release date | 1977[1] |
Emulated | ✓ |
- 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. CHIP-8 interpreters have been official endorsed/made by some hardware developers, while most interpreters are considered homebrew or hobbyist software.
- 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 including CHIP-8 programs in instruction manuals.[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 'S-CHIP' interpreter released on HP-49G, with the 'S-CHIP' extension being a derivative of CHIP-48.[3]
Since then there have been other communities that have created and ported interpreters, devices such as home computers and consoles have been hardware targeted by some software developers. 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 which has ran from 2014-2023, [5] with had dozens of CHIP-8, S-CHIP, and XO-CHIP programs created for it.
- CHIP-8 extensions
- For information on CHIP-8 extensions see: CHIP-8 extensions and compatibility by the CHIP-8 Research Facility
- 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.
- Computers with supporting CHIP-8
- 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
Interpreters
Computers
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Libretro Core | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | ||
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PC / x86 | |||||||||
Cadmium | 1.1.8 | ✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
C-Octo | git | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
CubeChip-SDL | git | ✗ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
JAXE | [N 1] | git libretro core |
✓ | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
chip8swemu | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |||
DSP | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
shmip8 | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | |||
Vision-8 | 1.0 | ✗ | Mid | NC | ✗ | ~ | |||
SVision-8 | ? | ✗ | Mid | NC | ✗ | ~ | |||
CHIP-8 Interpreter | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | |||
chip8-asm64-emu | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
OmniChip-8 | git | ✗ | Low | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |||
CowChip | 0.2 | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
Chip8-DOS | git | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
Pin8 | git | ✗ | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP-8 Emulator | git | ✗ | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP-8 | ZealOS | git | ✗ | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||
Emu OS | x86 CPUs | git | ✗ | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Computers / m68k, PPC | |||||||||
Crazy-8 | 1.0.4 | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
MacVision-8 | 1.0 | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | ||||
Chip8 | ? | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | ||||
Vision-8 | 1.0 | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | ||||
Home computers | |||||||||
Chip-8 | Atari 8-bit | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | |||
Chip09 | Tandy CoCo 2 Dragon 32/64 |
git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Vision-8 | MSX | 1.0 | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | |||
SVision-8 | MSX | ? | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP-OTTO | ZX Spectrum Next Cambridge Z88 |
? | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | |||
C64 Chip-8 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
OmniChip-8 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ||||
Chip-8 Emulator | ? | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | ||||
MoeCHIP-8 for C64 | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator | 1.11 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | ||||
CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master | BBC Master |
? | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip-8 | 26-Jan-98 | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
Portable computers / Pocket computers | |||||||||
chip8 | Sharp PC-1350 PC-1360 PC-2500 |
git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP-850 | PC-G850 | ? | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
LXV8 | HP 95LX HP 100LX HP200LX |
? | Mid | NC | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP8-100 | TRS-80 Model 100 | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! |
Other devices
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mobile / ARM | |||||||||
Chip8 | 0.7.1 | High | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
ChipChip | 1.8.0 | Mid | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
C-Octo | git | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator | git | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ||||
PalmChip8 | 1.0 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | ||||
DALE-8 | git | TBD | PD | ✗ | ! | ||||
Pico-CHIP8 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
MeltChip | BlackBerry PlayBook | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Consoles | |||||||||
Chip8 Xbox One | ? | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
CHIP8 Emulator | 2.2 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Chippy | 1.0 | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Chip 8 Emulator | 1.0a | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Chip8-n64 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
PsChip8 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Super Chip8x | git ROM |
Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
CHIP8 TO SMD | 2.0 | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Chip8-NX | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ||||
Chip8 Emulator | POC | Low | ? | ✗ | ~ | ||||
Chip8-3DO | git | Low-Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ||||
chip-64 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ||||
CHIP-8 GENESIS | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
NES-CHIP-8 | git ROM |
High[N 2] | ✓ | ✗ | ✗[N 2] | ||||
CHIP-F8 | git | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
CHIP8 | |
v1 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip8x | v5 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | ||||
Whack-a-Mole | 0.900 | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
CrabEmu | 0.2.0 | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
SMS Chip-8 interpreter | git 0.21 |
TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
CHIP-8 emulator | ? | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | ||||
chipce8 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
Chippi | Intellivision | ? | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ! | |||
Handhelds | |||||||||
Chip8me | 1.0 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
DrChip 8 | 09/20/02 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
GB-8 | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
CEightY | git PND |
Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Chip-3DS | 1.0 git |
Mid | ? | ✗ | ~ | ||||
PSPChip8 | 1.0 | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ||||
DreamChip | V4 | Low | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
damaged chip8 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ||||
Vision-8 for Gameboy | 1.0 | TBD | NC | ✗ | ! | ||||
OmniChip-8 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ||||
MicroCHIP git |
1.0 | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
VITA-8 | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
Dingux-chip8 | ? | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
gpchip | ? | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
Chips1 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | ||||
Chip8Pd | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
C8 | 0.2 | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
EFCS | 0.1 | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | ||||
Chip8 | ? | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
CHIP/8 | P/ECE | ? | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip-8-Pokitto | Pokitto | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP-8 mini | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
Calculators | |||||||||
S-CHIP | HP48SX | 1.1 | TBD | NC | ✗ | ✓ | |||
CHIP48 | HP48GX HP48SX |
GX SX |
TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | |||
Chip8Emu | 1.2.2 | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Schip8fx | Casio AFX Fx-9860 |
1.11.0 | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✓ | |||
C8SALT | TI-84 series | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |||
Chip-84 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
Chip84CE | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
Chip8-TI68k | TI-68k | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | |||
Vinegar | TI-83 TI-83 Plus |
1.1 | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
HP Prime Chip8 Emulator | HP Prime | 1.6 | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
CHIP-8 | N0110 | Upilson git |
TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Microcontrollers | |||||||||
8boy | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
ESPboy CHIP8 | ESPboy | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | |||
ESP32TinyChip8 | ESP32 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | |||
chip8-esp8266 | ESP8266 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Tjipp8 | PIC16F17xx | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip-8 STM32 | STM32 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✓ | ! | |||
chip8-stm32 | STM32 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
TIVA8 | TM4C123 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
ByteBoy | MSP430 | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Firmware | |||||||||
CHIP-8 UEFI | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
GPCHIP | Miyoo | 0.0.1 | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |||
PluginChip8 | ? | TBD | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ||||
Fantasy computers/consoles | |||||||||
CHIP-8 Emulator | 1.5 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
CHIP-80 | Update 4 | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
Chip-8 emulator | Vircon32 | ? | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
minimicro-chip8 | MiniMicro | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Other | |||||||||
chip8swemu | Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros | git | Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |||
flipper-chip | Flipper Zero | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
CHIP-8 console on FPGA | TinyFPGA BX | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
ICED Potato | ICE40UP5K | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
Other platforms
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Web browsers | |||||||||
Octo | Website git |
High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Cadmium | Website git |
Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Silicon8 | Website git |
High | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||||
Chip8.js | Website git |
TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ||||
Flip8 Redux | NewGrounds | TBD | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||
Text editor | |||||||||
chip-8.nvim | NeoVim | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
chip8.el | Emacs | git | TBD | ✓ | ? | ! | |||
Game Engine / Mod | |||||||||
CHIP8-GM | GameMaker | git | High-Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |||
chip8emu-agk | AppGameKit 2 | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Godot CHIP-8 Emulator | Godot (GDScript) | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
E2-CHIP-8-interpreter | Garry's Mod | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip8Unity | Unity | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip8Interpreter4Unity | Unity | git | TBD | PD | ✗ | ! | |||
Blit-8 | Minecraft | 1.0 | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | |||
Megazeux CHIP-8 Emulator | Megazeux | ? | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Other | |||||||||
SuperCHIP emulator | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! | ||||
emuchip8me | J2ME | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition | Rainmeter | git | TBD | ? | ✗ | ! | |||
cl-chip8 | Common Lisp | git | TBD | ✓ | ✗ | ! |
Extension support
Computer | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Interpreter | CHIP-8 | S-CHIP | XO-CHIP | Other |
Cadmium | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[7] |
C-Octo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
CubeChip-SDL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[8] |
JAXE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[9] |
chip8swemu | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
DSP | ✓ | ✓[10] | ✗ | ✗ |
shmip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Vision-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
SVision-8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 Interpreter (DOS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
chip8-asm64-emu | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
OmniChip-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CowChip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8-DOS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pin8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 emulator (KolibriOS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 (ZealOS) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Emu OS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Crazy-8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MacVision-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8 (Amiga) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-8 (Atari 8-bit) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip09 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-OTTO | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-850 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
LXV8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP8-100 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Mobile | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Interpreter | CHIP-8 | S-CHIP | XO-CHIP | Other |
ChipChip | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓[11] |
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
PalmChip8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
DALE-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pico-CHIP8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MeltChip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Console | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Interpreter | CHIP-8 | S-CHIP | XO-CHIP | Other |
Chip8 Xbox One | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP8 Emulator (Wii U) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chippy | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip 8 Emulator (GameCube) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8-n64 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
PsChip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Super-Chip8x | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP8 TO SMD | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8-NX | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-8 emulator (PS4) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8-3DO | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
chip-64 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 GENESIS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
NES-CHIP-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-F8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8 (PS2/PS3) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8x | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Whack-a-Mole | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CrabEmu | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 emulator (DreamCast) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 emulator (Saturn) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
SMS Chip-8 interpreter | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
chipce8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chippi | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8me | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
DrChip 8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
GB-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CEightY | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-3DS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
damaged chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8 Emulator (PSP) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
DreamChip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
MicroCHIP | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
VITA-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Dingux-Chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
gpchip (Dingoo) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chips1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Chip8Pd | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
C8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
EFCS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8 (Lynx) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP/8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-8-Pokitto | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 mini | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Calculator | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Interpreter | CHIP-8 | S-CHIP | XO-CHIP | Other |
S-CHIP | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP48 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8Emu | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Schip8fx | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
C8SALT | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-84 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip84CE | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8-TI68k | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Vinegar | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
HP Prime Chip8 Emulator | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-8 (N0110) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Microcontroller | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Interpreter | CHIP-8 | S-CHIP | XO-CHIP | Other |
8boy | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
ESPboy CHIP8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
ESP32TinyChip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
chip8-esp8266 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Tjipp8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-8 STM32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[12] |
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 |
CHIP-8 Emulator (PICO-8) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP-80 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-8 emulator (Vircon32) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
minimicro-chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
CHIP8-GM | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
chip8emu-agk | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Godot CHIP-8 Emulator | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
E2-CHIP-8-interpreter | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8Unity | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip8Interpreter4Unity | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Blit-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Megazeux CHIP-8 Emulator | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
SuperCHIP emulator | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
emuchip8me | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
cl-chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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)
- 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)
- CHIP-8 Interpreter nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (DOS)
- chip8-asm64-emu nothing notable, command line/Terminal. (Linux)
- OmniChip-8 Needs ROM to be specified in command line/terminal. (PC)
- CowChip Sensitive to illegal function calls and crashes due to them. (PC)
- 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)
- 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)
- Computers (PPC, m64k)
- Crazy-8: Placeholder text. (Classic Mac OS)
- MacVision-8: Placeholder text. (Classic Mac OS)
- 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. (Amiga, ColecoVision, ADAM) - 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
- CHIP-850 Placeholder text. (PC-G850)
- LXV8 Placeholder text. (HP 95LX, HP 100LX, HP 200LX)
- CHIP8-100 Placeholder text. (TRS-80 Model 100)
- Mobile / ARM
- ChipChip Placeholder text. (Android)
- Chip8 Placeholder text. (Android)
- 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)
- 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 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using asar. (Super Nintendo)
- CHIP8 TO SMD Placeholder text. (Mega Drive)
- Chip8-NX Placeholder text. (Switch)
- Chip8 Emulator Placeholder text. (PlayStation 2)
- 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)
- NES-CHIP-8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using cc65. (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- CHIP-F8 Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using dasm. (Channel F)
- CHIP8 Placeholder text. (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3)
- Chip8x Good interface. (Xbox)
- 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. (Intellivision)
- Handheld console
- Chip8me Placeholder text. (Nintendo DS)
- DrChip 8 Placeholder text. (Game Boy Advance)
- CEightY Placeholder text. (Pandora)
- GB-8 Basic ROM selection interface. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS. (Game Boy)
- Chip-3DS Placeholder text. (3DS)
- PSPChip8 Basic ROM selection interface. (PlayStation Portable)
- DreamChip Placeholder text. (PlayStation Portable)
- damaged chip8 Uses
SELECT
to switch ROMs. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS. (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)
- MicroCHIP Simple ROM selection. (PlayStation Vita)
- VITA-8 Placeholder text. (PlayStation Vita)
- 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 Placeholder text. (P/ECE)
- Chip-8-Pokitto Placeholder text. (Pokitto)
- CHIP-8 mini Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PMAS. (Pokemon Mini)
- Calculator
- S-CHIP Placeholder text. (49G)
- CHIP48 Placeholder text. (HP48GX, GP48SX)
- 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)
- Vinegar Placeholder text. (TI-83, TI-83+)
- 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)
- 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)
- Chip-8 emulator Custom ROMs need to use this ROM conversion tool. (Vircon32)
- minimicro-chip8 Placeholder text. (MiniMicro)
- Other
- chip8 Placeholder text. (Sharp PC-1350, PC-1360, PC-2500)
- flipper-chip does not support any controls/input.[13] (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
- Chip-8 Database - Games, Programs and demos for: CHIP-8, CHIP-8X, SCHIP, XO-CHIP and MegaCHIP.
- 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
- ↑ Mentioned in Super ELF Manual, in 1977
- ↑ COSMAC VIP Instruction Manual
- ↑ S-CHIP 1.1 documentation
- ↑ CHIP-8 extensions and compatibility#XO-CHIP
- ↑ https://beyondloom.com/blog/octojam.html
- ↑ https://chip-8.github.io/extensions/
- ↑ Cadmium supported CHIP-8 variants - Cadmium Github
- ↑ CubeChip README
- ↑ JAXE Features - JAXE GitHub
- ↑ dsp-emulator/src/misc/init_games.pas - DSP GitHub
- ↑ ChipChip description - Google Play
- ↑ CHIP-8 STM32 README
- ↑ Flipper-chip issue #1
- Notes