CHIP-8 emulators

CHIP-8

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.

Adoption

For more information on computers with CHIP-8 support, see List of computers.

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, on systems such as the DREAM 6800, COSMAC VIP, HUG1802/ETI-660, Oscom Nano, Telmac 1800, Telmac 2000, and V-ELF

This is due to systems like the COSMAC VIP endorsing and including CHIP-8 programs with the machine. 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.

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. Octojam ran from 2014-2023, had dozens of CHIP-8, S-CHIP, and XO-CHIP programs created for it.

Accuracy is tested with the CHIP-8, to test CHIP-8, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP.

Interpreters

Computers

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Libretro Core	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Cadmium		git	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Others	Cycle	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
C-Octo		git	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
CubeChip-SDL		git	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Others	High	MPL 2.0 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
JAXE		git libretro core	✓	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
MegaJIT-8		git	✗	CHIP-8	High	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
Dorito		git	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	?	✗	✓
chip8swemu-sdl2		git	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✓
DSP		git	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	Non-commercial	✓	✓
Fish 'N' Chips		2.1.5 2.1.5 source code	✗	CHIP-8 CHIP-8X S-CHIP	High	?	✗	✓
Pin8		git	✗	CHIP-8	Mid	Non-commercial	✗	✓
InfoChip8		0.1J git (fork)	✗	CHIP-8	Low-Mid Mid	Apache 2.0 (Permissive)	✗	~
shmip8		git	✗	CHIP-8	Low-Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	~
Vision-8		1.0	✗	CHIP-8	Mid	Non-commercial	✗	~
SVision-8		?	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	Non-commercial	✗	~
CHIP-8 Interpreter		git	✗	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	~
C8		git	✗	CHIP-8	Low	?	✗	✗
Chip8		2.2.0	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Low	Proprietary	✗	✗
DOS Chip-8 / VChip-8		1.1	✗	CHIP-8 S-CHIP*	Low-Mid	?	✗	✗
OmniChip-8		git	✗	CHIP-8	Low	BSD-2-Clause (Permissive)	✓	✗
CowChip		0.2	✗	CHIP-8	Low-Mid	Proprietary	✗	✗
Chip8-DOS		git	✗	CHIP-8	Low	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
CHIP-8 Emulator		git	✗	CHIP-8	Low-Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
CHIP-8	ZealOS	git	✗	CHIP-8	Low	Unlicense (Public domain)	✗	✗
Emu OS	x86 CPUs	git	✗	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!

Mobile/ARM

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Chip8		0.7.1 git	CHIP-8	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
ChipChip		1.8.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP MegaChip	Mid	Proprietary	✓	✓
C-Octo		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	3.0 (Non-commercial)	✗	~
WinRT-CHIP8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
PalmChip8		1.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
emuchip8me	J2ME	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
DALE-8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	Unlicense (Public domain)	✗	!
Pico-CHIP8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
MeltChip	BlackBerry PlayBook	git	CHIP-8	TBD	zlib License (Permissive)	✗	!

Browser

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Octo		Website git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
Cadmium		Website git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Others	Cycle	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
Silicon8		Website git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
Chip-8		Website git	CHIP-8	High	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
Chip8.js		Website git	CHIP-8	Mid*	MIT (Permissive)	✗	~
Flip8 Redux		0.9 (Newgrounds) SourceForge 0.9 (Website)*	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid*	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗

Other computers

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Computer /m68k, PPC
Vision-8		1.0	CHIP-8	Mid	Non-commercial	✗	✓
Chip-8 for Suns	SunOS	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Crazy-8		1.0.4	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
MacVision-8		1.0	CHIP-8	Mid*	Non-commercial	✗	!
ChipEm		0.4 Beta	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip8		?	CHIP-8	TBD	Non-commercial	✗	!
Home computers
CHIP-8 emulator	Acorn Electron	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	High	Proprietary	✓	✓
Chip-8	Atari 8-bit	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	Unlicense (Public domain	✓	!
Chip09	Tandy CoCo 2 Dragon 32/64	git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Vision-8	MSX	1.0	CHIP-8	High-Mid*	Non-commercial	✗	!
SVision-8	MSX	?	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	High-Mid*	Non-commercial	✗	!
beeb-chip8		git	CHIP-8	High	?	✓	~
CHIP-OTTO	ZX Spectrum Next	?	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
ZX Chip8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	!
C64 Chip-8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
OmniChip-8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	BSD-2-Clause (Permissive)	✓	!
Chip-8 Emulator		?	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
MoeCHIP-8 for C64		git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator		1.11	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
CHIP-8 Simulator BBC/Master	BBC Master	?	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
Chip-8		26-Jan-98	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Portable computers/Pocket computers
SCHIP		1.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
chip8	Sharp PC-1350 Sharp PC-1360 Sharp PC-2500	git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
CHIP-850	PC-G850	?	CHIP-8	TBD	BSD-2-Clause (Permissive)	✗	!
LXV8	HP 95LX HP 100LX HP 200LX	?	CHIP-8	Mid*	Non-commercial	✗	!
CHIP8-100	TRS-80 Model 100	git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
IC35 Chip8 emulator	Siemans IC35	0.1	CHIP-8	TBD	TBD	✗	!

Consoles

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Consoles
Chip8 Xbox One		?	CHIP-8	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
CHIP8 Emulator		2.2 git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	?	✗	✓
Chippy		1.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	✓
Chip 8 Emulator		1.0a	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	✓
Chip8-n64		git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	✓
PSCHIP8		git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	✓
Super Chip8x		git ROM	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	✓
CHIP8		v1	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	✓
Chippi+	Intellivision	?	CHIP-8	High	Proprietary	✗	✓
CHIP8 TO SMD		2.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Low	Proprietary	✗	~
Chip8-NX		git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	~
Chip8x		v5	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Low-Mid	Proprietary	✗	~
Chip8-3DO		git	CHIP-8	Low-Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	~
Chip8 Emulator		POC	CHIP-8	Low	?	✗	~
chip-64		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✗
CHIP-8 GENESIS		git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	✗
NES CHIP-8		git ROM	CHIP-8	Mid	zlib License (Permissive)	✗	✗*
Sega Genesis CHIP-8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗*
CHIP-F8		git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	✗*
Chip-8 XNA		git	CHIP-8	TBD	AGPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
Whack-a-Mole		0.900	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
CrabEmu		0.2.0	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	!
SMS Chip-8 interpreter		git 0.21	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
CHIP-8 emulator		?	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	!
chipce8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
Handhelds
Chip8me		1.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	Proprietary	✗	✓
CEightY		git PND	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	?	✗	✓
GB-CHIP8		git 0.6	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
Vision-8 for Gameboy		1.0	CHIP-8	Mid	Non-commercial	✗	✓
Chip-3DS		1.0 git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	~
XOVITA		git	CHIP-8	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	!
MicroCHIP		1.0 git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid*	?	✗	~
PSP-Chip8		1.0	CHIP-8	Low	Proprietary	✗	~
Chip-8 Emulator		1.0 Beta	CHIP-8	Low	?	✗	~
VITA-8		git	CHIP-8	Low*	?	✗	✗
DreamChip		V4	CHIP-8	Low	Proprietary	✗	✗
GB-8		git	CHIP-8	High*	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗*
damaged chip8		git	CHIP-8	High*	?	✓	✗*
Cobalt		git	CHIP-8	High*	Apache 2.0 (Permissive)	✗	✗*
DrChip 8		09/20/02	CHIP-8	✗	Proprietary	✗	✗*
Chip8Adv		git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
OmniChip-8		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✓	!
Dingux-chip8		?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
gpchip		?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Chips1		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✓	!
Chip8Pd		git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	!
C8		0.2	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
EFCS		0.1	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip8		?	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		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!

Other devices

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Calculators
SUPER-CHIP	HP48SX	1.1	S-CHIP	High	Non-commercial	✗	✓
CHIP-48	HP48GX HP48SX	GX SX	CHIP-48	High	Non-commercial	✗	✓
Chip8Emu		git	CHIP-8	Mid	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
Schip8fx	Casio AFX Casio Fx-9860	1.11.0	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	?	✗	✓
C8SALT	TI-84 series	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Low-Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✓
Chip-84		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip84CE		git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
Chip8-TI68k	TI-68k	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP*	High*	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	!
Chip83	TI-83	0.1	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip8/SChip8 Emulation Library	TI-92 TI-92+	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+	1.1	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
uChip8	TI-85	0.1	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
CHIP8	SwissMicros DM42	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
CHIP8	SwissMicros DM41X	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
HP Prime Chip8 Emulator	HP Prime	1.6	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
CHIP-8	N0110	Upilson git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
Microcontrollers
8boy		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
ESPboy CHIP8	ESPboy	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	TBD	?	✓	!
ESP32TinyChip8	ESP32	git	CHIP-8	TBD	WTFPL 2.0 (Public domain)	✓	!
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	AGPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	!
chip8-stm32	STM32	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
chip8stm32	STM32	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
TIVA8	TM4C123	git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
ByteBoy	MSP430	git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Firmware
CHIP-8 UEFI		git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	!
GPCHIP	Miyoo	0.0.1	CHIP-8	Low	?	✗	✓
PluginChip8		?	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid*	Non-commercial	✗	✓
Fantasy computers/consoles
MegaZeux CHIP-8 Emulator	MegaZeux	1.0	CHIP-8	Mid	Proprietary	✗	✓
CHIP-8 Emulator		1.5	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	✗
CHIP-80		Update 4	CHIP-8	TBD	Proprietary	✗	✗
CHIP8 Emulator	LowRes NX	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
SCHIP Interpreter	LowRes NX	Play Dev	S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip-8 emulator	Vircon32	?	CHIP-8	TBD	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✗	!
chip8uxn	Uxn	git	CHIP-8	TBD	ISC (Permissive)	✗	!
minimicro-chip8	MiniMicro	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
Uze8	Uzebox	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	?	✗	!
FPGA
ICED Potato	ICE40UP5K	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
CHIP-8 console on FPGA	TinyFPGA BX	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
FpChip8	Altera DE1	git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
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	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
CHIP-8 for FPGA	Arty A7-100T	git	CHIP-8	TBD	Unlicense (Public domain)	✗	!
Other
thumby-silicon8	thumby	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
chip8swemu	Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)	✗	✓
fz-schip	Flipper Zero	git	S-CHIP	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	?
flipper-chip	Flipper Zero	git	CHIP-8	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
Chip-8-WatchOS	WatchOS	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!

Other platforms

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
Text editor
chip-8.nvim	Neovim	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
chip8.el	Emacs	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	?	!
Game Engine/Mod
CHIP8-GM	GameMaker	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	High-Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✓
Blit-8	Minecraft	1.0	CHIP-8	High	MIT (Permissive)	✗	~
Godot CHIP-8 Emulator	Godot (GDScript)	git git (fork)	CHIP-8	Low Low	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗
CHIP-8 MC	Minecraft	git	CHIP-8	Low-Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✗
chip8emu-agk	AppGameKit Classic	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
chip8	Garry's Mod	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	!	!
E2-CHIP-8-interpreter	Garry's Mod	git	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip8Unity	Unity	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
Chip8Interpreter4Unity	Unity	git	CHIP-8	TBD	Public domain	✗	!
LOVE-8	LÖVE	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
VChip8	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
Other
chipception	XO-CHIP	git Itch.io	CHIP-8	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✗
chip8.deck	Decker	? git	CHIP-8	Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!
CHIP-8 Interpreter	Desmos	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition	Rainmeter	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	TBD	Non-commercial	✗	!
chip8	MRE	1 and 2	CHIP-8	Low	?	✗	!

Name	Programming Language	Latest version	Extension(s)	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
CHIP-36		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	?	✗	✓
SnxChip8		?	CHIP-8	Mid	GPLv2 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
SuperCHIP Emulator		git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	✓
DALE-8A	AWK	git	CHIP-8	High-Mid	Unlicense (Public domain)	✗	✓
awk-chip8	gawk	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	?	✗	✓
fc8	Fortran	git	CHIP-8	High	GPLv3 (Copyleft)	✓	✓
AuChip	Processing	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP	High	?	✓	✓
00SChip8	PureBasic	2016 git git (fork)	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	High-Mid High	MIT (Permissive)	✗	✓
Project Cherry	FreeBASIC	git git (fork)	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Low-Mid Mid	Non-commercial	✗	✓
Odin Chip-8 Emulator	Odin	git	CHIP-8	Mid	?	✗	✓
Chip8	Visual Basic .NET	git	CHIP-8	Mid	MIT (Permissive)	✓	✓
chip8	SpecBAS	git	CHIP-8	High	Public domain	✓	✓
chip8	BlitzMax	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	?	✗	✓
VB Chip-8	Visual Basic	?	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Mid	?	✗	~
Chip8 SmallBasic	SmallBasic	git	CHIP-8	Low*	?	✗	✗
WAVE Multi-Emulator	Scratch	1.1.2 git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP XO-CHIP Others	High	CC BY-SA 2.0	✗	✗
chip-8-vba	Visual Basic for Applications	git git (fork)	CHIP-8	Very Low Mid	WTFPL 2.0 (Public domain)	✗	✗
VChip 8	Visual Basic	git	CHIP-8 S-CHIP	Very Low*	?	✗	✗
Chip8VB	Visual Basic .NET	git	CHIP-8	Low	?	✗	✗
Chip8 Interpreter	PureBasic	?	CHIP-8	TBD	?	✗	!
PHP Chip-8 Emulator	PHP	git	CHIP-8	TBD	AGPLv3 (Copyleft)	✗	!
cl-chip8	Common Lisp	git	CHIP-8	TBD	MIT (Permissive)	✗	!

Descriptions

PC/Multi-system

Interpreters that support PC (x86), includes alternative systems the interpreter supports.

Cadmium (PC, Web)

By far the most comprehensive interpreter for CHIP-8 and its extensions, with profiles and options for specific extensions and implementations, full list here. Cadmium does however have a hard to navigate GUI for a new users.

C-Octo (PC, Raspberry Pi, PocketCHIP)

Simple GUI to enable compatibility with CHIP-8, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP.

CubeChip-SDL (PC)

Drag and drop to load ROMs.

JAXE (PC, Libretro)

Good selections of options for emulation, Defaults to S-CHIP mod.

DSP (PC)

Hard to navigate GUI.

Fish 'N' Chips (Windows)

Simple GUI with, easy to navigate.

Pin8 (Haiku)

Can use either in-app buttons or keyboard keys for input.

InfoChip8 (Windows)

Rainbow color palette, odd key-mapping. Nothing else notable, command line/Terminal. The fork uses the standard keymapping.

shmip8 (PC)

Needs ROM to be specified in command line/terminal.

Vision-8 (PC, Coleco, Amiga, MSX)

Blurry resolution scaling (Windows).

SVision-8 (PC, Coleco, Amiga, MSX)

Adds S-CHIP support to Vision-8

CHIP-8 Interpreter (DOS)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal.

C8 (DOS)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal.

Chip8 (DOS)

Odd key-mapping. Nothing else notable, command line/Terminal.

DOS Chip-8 / VChip-8 (DOS)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal.

OmniChip-8 (PC, Commodore 64, Game Boy)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal (PC). Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using z88dk (Game Boy), cc65 (Commodore 64)

CowChip (Windows)

Sensitive to illegal function calls and crashes due to them.

Chip8-DOS (DOS)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal.

CHIP-8 Emulator (KolibriOS)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal.

CHIP-8 (ZealOS)

Simple ROM selection, using the Escape key or double-clicking when the ROM is highlighted to run.

Mobile / ARM

Chip8 (Android)

Touchscreen buttons for keys.

ChipChip (Android)

Touchscreen buttons for keys.

Web

Octo

IDE and interpreter, multiple extension support, compatibility profile for specific extensions (customizable).

Silicon8

allows selecting supported extensions (original, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP) and emulation speed.

Chip-8

currently only supports the original CHIP-8, load custom ROMs with the load button

Chip8.js

Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs, new instance has to be made to add games. Good GUI inside a browser.

Flip8 Redux

Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs.

Computers (PPC, m64k)

Chip09 (Tandy CoCo 2, Dragon 32/64)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using [http:://www.lwtools.ca/ LWTOOLS].

CHIP-OTTO (ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum Next)

Includes games, no ROM selection interface (press J to go to next game). Can load games from a different tape.

MoeCHIP-8 for C64 (Commodore 64)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using KickAssembler.

Vic-20 Chip-8 Emulator (VIC-20)

Separate floppy disk for games, instructions in manual for custom ROMs.

Chippy (Wii)

Very simple interface. Loads ROMs from CHIP8 folder in your storage device. Unless you use an ancient HBC, you might receive a invalid elf error. The elf-dol_converter should workaround this.

Chip8-n64 (Nintendo 64)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using Libdragon.

PsChip8 (PlayStation)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PSYQ SDK and GNU Make

Super Chip8x (Super Nintendo)

Can remap buttons on a per ROM bases. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using asar.

Chippi+ (Intellivision)

Comes bundled with CHIP-8 ROMs, aswell as a python program to convert them to ECS tapes. The interpreter is written in IntyBASIC.

Chip8x (Xbox)

Good interface. Can load ROMs from disk, HDD or any other storage device

Chip8-3DO (3DO)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using 3DODev.

chip-64 (Nintendo 64)

Doesn't work in tested emulators. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using bass.

NES CHIP-8 (Nintendo Entertainment System)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using cc65.

Sega Genesis CHIP-8 (Genesis / Mega Drive)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using SGDK

CHIP-F8 (Channel F)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using dasm.

chipce8 (PC Engine / Turbo Grafx 16)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PCEAS.

Handheld console

Chip8me (Nintendo DS)

Simple, easy to use GUI, loads ROMs from SD card.

GB-Chip8 (Game Boy)

Uses a included DOS program (Use DOSBox or Similar software to run this.), to save the ROMs to a Game Boy ROM file, with up to 11 ROMs being able to be saved onto it, with key customization available in the menu.

Vision-8 for Gameboy (Game Boy)

Uses a included DOS program (Use DOSBox or Similar software to run this.), to save the ROMs to a battery save file, with up to 7 ROMs being able to be saved onto it, with key customization for each CHIP-8 ROM. To exit current the ROM and go back to menu press A, B, Start and Select

GB-8 (Game Boy)

Basic ROM selection interface, to exit current the ROM and go back to menu press A, B, Start and Select at the same time. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS v0.5.0.

damaged chip8 (Game Boy)

Uses SELECT to switch ROMs. Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS v0.3.10.

Cobalt (Game Boy)

No ROM selection, have to edit /src/rom.s and re-compile. Needs hardware.inc to compile, Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using RGBDS.

DrChip 8 (Game Boy Advance)

Pressing L and R triggers to exit to menu, can't insert custom ROMs.

CHIP-8 mini (Pokémon mini)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using PMAS.

C8SALT (TI-83+, TI-83+ SE, TI-84+, TI-84+ SE, TI-84+ C SE, TI-84+ CE)

The interpreter is written in TI-BASIC.

Firmware

CHIP-8 UEFI (UEFI)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using EDK II.

PluginChip8 (Rockbox)

Due to systems having less buttons than the original CHIP-8 key mapping there is a custom system for changing the key mapping.

Fantasy consoles/computers

CHIP-8 Emulator (PICO-8)

Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs.

CHIP-80 (TIC-80)

Can't load custom CHIP-8 binaries/ROMs.

Chip-8 emulator (Vircon32)

Custom ROMs need to use this ROM conversion tool.

flipper-chip (Flipper Zero)

does not support any controls/input.

Game Engine

CHIP8-GM (GameMaker)

F1 to show prompts (buttons for actions) and key mappings

MegaZeux CHIP-8 Emulator (MegaZeux)

Loads games in the same root folder, case-insensitive.

Blit-8 (Minecraft)

Requires the Computer Craft mod, saved in the world folder in a subfolder of the computer folder.

Godot CHIP-8 Emulator (Godot)

Needs recompilation for custom ROMs, using Godot 3.0 or a compatible version for custom ROMs.

chip8emu-agk (AppGameKit Classic)

The interpreter is written in AppGameKit 2 BASIC

Odin Chip-8 Emulator (Odin)

Nothing notable, command line/Terminal.

Chip8 (Visual Basic .NET)

The interpreter is a example program for vbPixelGameEngine, a game-engine framework.

chip8 (SpecBAS)

Basic GUI-based ROM selection. The interpreter is a example program written in SpecBAS, a Sinclair BASIC deriviated language.

chip8 (BlitzMax)

Can Loads games via drag-and-drop, exits when illegal opcodes are called.

chip-8-vba (Visual Basic for Applications)

Slow executation in some ROMs, stops execution when a invalid call is made. Only runs in Microsoft Excel.

Extensions

For detailed information on CHIP-8 extensions see: CHIP-8 extensions and compatibility

The original CHIP-8 is more supported than any extension, the most supported extensions are: S-CHIP and XO-CHIP.

Extensions to CHIP-8 since the 1970s, with many with over-lapping features, such as the expansions to the resolution, I/O and other improvements/additions. CHIP-8, and its extensions are based on implementing opcodes in interpreters.

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.

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A summarized list of the CHIP-8 extensions below:

Extensions created for HP-48:

• CHIP-48
• SUPER-CHIP

Extensions created for other systems:

• Mega-Chip
• XO-CHIP

Extensions created for the COSMAC VIP:

Visual: Two-page display for CHIP-8, CHIP-10, Hi-res CHIP-8, CHIP-8E, CHIP-8X, Two-page display for CHIP-8X, Hi-res CHIP-8X

I/O: CHIP-8I, CHIP-8II, CHIP-8III, HI-RES CHIP-8 with I/O, CHIP-8Y

Other: CHIP-8E, CHIP-8M

See also

• Fantasy console emulators

External links

• Chip-8 Database - Games, Programs and demos for: CHIP-8, CHIP-8X, SCHIP, XO-CHIP and MegaCHIP.
  • CHIP-8 Pack - Older version of the above, done by the now offline site chip8.com. Last updated in 2011, no XO-CHIP applications.
• 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.
• Let's Emu Chip-8 Emulator Lists Windows CHIP-8 interpreters not listed here.
• The GitHub topics: CHIP-8 emulator, CHIP-8 and CHIP-8 interpreter. Which may have intepreters not listed here.
• Awesome CHIP-8 - Lists resources for CHIP-8.
• CHIP-8 Test suite - Test suite to see compatibility of interpreters.

References

Notes