COSMAC Elf Group

Group for discussion of the COSMAC Elf, as well as anything else RCA 1802-related, including COSMAC VIP and CHIP-8.

#chip8 channel on the Emulation Development Discord server

Chat for discussing development of CHIP-8 emulators/interpreters.

OctoJam

An Octo-centric game jam held every October.

Mastering CHIP-8

In-depth overview of the CHIP-8 instruction set.

CHIP-8 Instruction Set

Quick cheat sheet for CHIP-8 instructions.

Chip-8 on the COSMAC VIP

An in-depth disassembly and analysis of the original CHIP-8 interpreter on the COSMAC VIP.

HP48-Superchip

An in-depth look at CHIP48 and Super-CHIP for the HP48 calculators, and modifications to make them CHIP-8 compatible.

Octo Extensions

Specification for Octo's XO-CHIP extension.

How to write an emulator (CHIP-8 interpreter)

A guide to developing a CHIP-8 interpreter in C/C++.

Emulator 101: CHIP-8

A guide to developing a CHIP-8 disassembler and interpreter in C.

Chip 8 Instruction Scheduling and Frequency

Timing of CHIP-8 instructions on the COSMAC VIP.

High-level guide to making a CHIP-8 emulator

A guide for developing a CHIP-8 interpreter, without code.

chip8-test-rom

corax89's CHIP-8 test program, which tests most instructions for correct (Super-CHIP compliant) behavior.

CHIP-8 test suite

Timendus' collection of tests, including an improved version of corax89's test rom, a test for the behaviour of the flags and a CHIP-8 / Super-CHIP / XO-CHIP quirks test.

Mastering CHIP-8

In-depth overview of the CHIP-8 instruction set.

Octo

An IDE for development of CHIP-8, Super-CHIP and XO-Chip games.

Emma02

An emulator for many old microcomputers, including COSMAC VIP, Telmac 1800 and ETI 660, which ran early CHIP-8 interpreters (which are included in the emulator).

Super-Chip8x

CHIP-8 emulator for the SNES.

CHIP-8 console on FPGA

A CHIP-8 emulator for the TinyFPGA BX chip.

Vinegar

CHIP-8/Super-CHIP interpreter for TI-83 (Plus) calculators.

LowResNX

CHIP-8 interpreter and debugger programmed in BASIC inside another retro fantasy console.

Octo

A high-level assembler for CHIP-8, Super-CHIP and XO-CHIP, complete with an environment for testing programs, and tools for sharing your creations.

wernsey chip8

A CHIP-8 assembler/disassembler.

EZ-Bake Animator

A graphics preparation tool that creates XOR-ed animations.

EZ-Writer

A tool for converting text into CHIP-8 sprites.

EZ-Pack

An image slicing/repaletting tool.

Chipify

A script that filters and encodes mono-channel WAV audio to XO-CHIP audio.

octofont

Convert TrueType (ttf) fonts to Octo code for CHIP-8.

Octo manual

The manual for Octo.

A Beginner's Guide to Programming with Chip8

An introductory guide to CHIP-8 programming in Octo.

An Intermediate Guide to Game Development with Chip8

Remaking the Atari 2600 game "Outlaw" for CHIP-8 in Octo.

Chip8 Programming Techniques

Many different programming tips for CHIP-8.

Octo Metaprogramming Cookbook

How to use Octo's assembly directives for meta-programming.

Mastering SuperChip

How to make games compatible with CHIP-8 and Super-CHIP, as well as some Super-CHIP specific techniques.

Adventures in Sorting

Implementing efficient sorting algorithms in Octo for CHIP-8.

chip8-multiply

Multiplication routines for CHIP-8, written in Octo.

Inside Eaty the Alien

Octopeg Post Mortem

CosmacCalc: The COSMAC VIP's place in Spreadsheet History

Inside Cave Explorer

Inside Black Rainbow

Postmortem: Mini Lights Out

CHIP-8 Archive

A collection of public domain (CC0) games, all playable online.

Mastering CHIP-8

In-depth overview of the CHIP-8 instruction set.