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
Contents
Interpreters[edit]
| 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 |  Windows 3.1 |
0.2 | ✗ | Low-Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| 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 |
✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cadmium |
|
Website git |
✗ | Cycle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Silicon8 |
|
Website git |
✗ | High | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| Chip8.js |
|
Website git |
✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ||
| Flip8 Redux |
|
NewGrounds | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Consoles | |||||||||
| Chip8 Xbox One | 
|
? | ✗ | 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 ROM |
✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CHIP8 TO SMD | 
|
2.0 | ✗ | Mid | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| NES-CHIP-8 | NES | 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 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-8 emulator | 
|
? | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ||
| chipce8 | PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-F8 | Channel F | git | ✗ | Mid | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| 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 | ✗ | Mid | 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 | ✗ | Mid | NC | ✗ | ? | ||
| CHIP-OTTO | ZX Spectrum ZX Spectrum Next Cambridge Z88 |
? | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ||
| Chip8 |
|
? | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ||
| C64 Chip-8 | 
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| OmniChip-8 |
|
git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ||
| Chip-8 Emulator |
|
? | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ||
| 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 | Update 4 | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Text editor | |||||||||
| chip-8.nvim | NeoVim | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| chip8.el | Emacs | git | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ? | ? | ||
| Game Engine / Mod | |||||||||
| CHIP8-GM | GameMaker | git | ✗ | High-Mid | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ||
| chip8swemu | Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros | git | ✗ | Mid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Extension support[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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip8 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 | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-84 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 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 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-8 Emulator (Commodore 64) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 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 | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Blit-8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| chip8 (PC-1350/PC-1360/PC-2500) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Chip-84 Rainmeter Edition | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| flipper-chip | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| fpga-chip8 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Comparisons[edit]
- Multi-system / PC
- Cadium The GUI is hard to navigate to a new user but has many emulation options, supports the most CHIP-8 extensions out of any interpreter see list here. Also great debugger. (PC, Web)
- chip8swemu Simple GUI with, easy to navigate. (PC, G&W)
- CowChip Sensitive to illegal function calls and crashes due to them. (PC)
- JAXE Defaults to S-CHIP mode[9]. (PC)
- Vision-8 Blurry resolution scaling (Windows). (PC, Gameboy, Coleco, Amiga)
- Octo IDE and interpreter, allows for sprite, audio and supports multiple multiple extensions and custom compatibility options and compatibility profile for specific extensions. (Web)
- Silicon8 allows selecting supported extensions (original, S-CHIP and XO-CHIP) and emulation speed. (Web)
- Chip8.js can not load custom ROMs, new instance has to be made to add games. (Web)
- flipper-chip does not support any controls/input[10] (Flipper Zero)
- 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)
Needs recompilation for custom ROMs: Super Chip8x(asar), NES-CHIP-8 (cc65), Chip-f8 (dasm).
Can't load custom ROMs: Flip8 Redux,CHIP-80, CHIP-8 Emulator (PICO-8).
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
- ↑ JAXE: troubleshooting
- ↑ Flipper-chip issue #1
- Notes
- ↑ Only available outside of Windows and Linux as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
- ↑ DALE-8 is public domain
- ↑ 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.
- Notes
