README.md

# Chip Ahoyto 🍪

CHIP-8 emulator written in rust 🦀.

The goal of this project is purely experimental and a learning tool for rust.

The work of this emulator was inspired/started by [jc-chip8](https://github.com/joao-conde/jc-chip8).

## Goals

* Performance 🏎
* Separation of concerns 🖖
* Simplicity 😀
* Compatibility 🪛

## Features

* Drag and drop support for ROMs
* Pallet switching
* Visual diagnostics
* Variable CPU frequency
* RAM snapshot saving and loading - (TODO)
* Multiple implementations (classic and neo)

## Reason

And... yes this is the real inspiration behind the emulator's name:

<img src="resources/chips-ahoy.jpeg" alt="Chips Ahoy" width="200" />

## Inspiration

* [Guide to making a CHIP-8 emulator](https://tobiasvl.github.io/blog/write-a-chip-8-emulator)
* [Writing a CHIP-8 emulator with Rust and WebAssembly](https://blog.scottlogic.com/2017/12/13/chip8-emulator-webassembly-rust.html)
* [Wikipedia - CHIP-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8)