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chip-8 ibm test rom

Chip-8 emulator (C# OpenTK, Avalonia)

I wanted to get into emulator development, online it’s recommended to start with Chip-8 to understand the basics. Since I hadn’t used C# in a while I decided to use it for practice, to get OpenGL bindings I used OpenTK. Avalonia was added later to improve usability. Resources Tobiasvl’s blog - most info about the emulator and how to implement it comes from here Cowgod’s technical reference - used as reference for all the instructions (some descriptions don’t satisfy the emulation quirks) Timendus test suite - very useful to check if the emulator is running as intended Avalonia OpenTK example - how to integrate Avalonia UI with OpenTK Chip8 roms - various roms for the emulator Keypad 1-1 2-2 3-3 4-C...

16 Oct 2024