An experimental cross-platform CHIP-8 interpreter built with Dart and Flutter.
NOTE: The project is still not complete. There are some render issues and input does not work quite yet.
CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language, developed by Joseph Weisbecker. It was initially used on the COSMAC VIP and Telmac 1800 8-bit microcomputers in the mid-1970s. CHIP-8 programs are run on a CHIP-8 virtual machine. It was made to allow video games to be more easily programmed for these computers
There are a number of classic video games ported to CHIP-8, such as Pong, Space Invaders, Tetris, and Pac-Man. There are also applications like a random maze generator and Conway's Game of Life.
The gallery above highlights iteration on development for the project.
For classes, use PascalCase. For variables and and methods, use CamelCase. Constants should be upper case.
Clone the project, checkout to a new branch, and submit a PR which will then be reviewed before being merged into master. A PR must address an issue. If there isn't one, create a new issue and mention it in your PR.
1). Ensure that you have the Flutter SDK installed and configured on your machine.
2). Clone this project and run flutter pub get to install dependencies.
3). To run on a device, run flutter run -d [your device].
This is purely intended as a learning experience, so I am borrowing code and ideas from other resources:
Additional useful resources:
Packages used:
- flutter
- statsfl
- file_selector
- device_info_plus
- provider
- page_transition
- desktop_window
- path_provider
PortaChip is licensed under GPL-3 license for more details