# Chip-8 Emulator and c8-disassembler

> The c8-disassembler in Chip-8 Emulator translates CHIP-8 ROM opcodes into assembly instructions. Its source and sample Pong ROM listing show the supported output; the repository also contains a companion emulator whose SDL2 display is marked as work in progress.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Game
- Category: Game analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/lem2clide/Chip8-Emulator>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/lem2clide/Chip8-Emulator/blob/a863770a6fea6f673357e4836c189ee63f63eb50/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chip8-emulator-disassembler/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chip8-emulator-disassembler/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chip8-emulator-disassembler/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** CMake 3.9 or newer is required to build the disassembler; the emulator also requires SDL2.
- **Limits:** Super Chip-48 instructions are listed as unsupported.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/lem2clide/Chip8-Emulator/blob/a863770a6fea6f673357e4836c189ee63f63eb50/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/lem2clide/Chip8-Emulator/blob/a863770a6fea6f673357e4836c189ee63f63eb50/tools/README.md>

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