nibble8 0.1.3

Yet another Rust implementation of a Chip-8 interpreter, using sdl2.
nibble8-0.1.3 is not a library.

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nibble8

an image showing the output of a chip 8 rom, i.e. the letters C8

Yet another Rust crate for a Chip-8 interpreter, using sdl2.

Prerequisites

The Rust toolchain should be installed.

SDL2 development library >= 2.0.5 must also be installed. See here for installation instructions.

Usage

From source

git clone https://github.com/hgrsd/nibble8
cargo run --release <path_to_rom.ch8>

Install binary

cargo install nibble8
nibble8 <path_to_rom.ch8>

Running the test suite

cargo test

Todo

  • Improve keyboard input
  • Use a texture to draw rather than copying bit-by-bit
  • Improve timers
  • Make screen size configurable (?)
  • Sound

Literature

See the following articles on the Chip 8 instruction set.