chip-8-tvOS
A Chip-8 emulator for tvOS written in Swift. (by ryanggrey)
chip-8-watchOS
A Chip-8 emulator for watchOS written in Swift. (by ryanggrey)
| chip-8-tvOS | chip-8-watchOS | |
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| 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 3 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 3 years ago | about 3 years ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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chip-8-tvOS
Posts with mentions or reviews of chip-8-tvOS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-27.
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Chip-8 emulator for watchOS, macOS and tvOS
Once that was done it was quite easy to get a tvOS version working which uses the same package. At this point I refactored the watchOS input control mapping to allow different platform inputs to be mapped to the curated ROMs/controls. This allowed control pad support (PS4 controller etc) to be added.
chip-8-watchOS
Posts with mentions or reviews of chip-8-watchOS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-27.
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Chip-8 emulator for watchOS, macOS and tvOS
I then thought it might be nice to see it running on an Apple Watch. This was initially done by a copy and paste of the core emulator logic and wrapping watchOS specific stuff. The interesting bit here for me was how to map Apple Watch controls to 16 keys and the answer to that was that I didn't! Instead I curated ROMs and their controls to find ones that could be controlled with 4 inputs (crown up, crown down, tap and long press). This has the downside of meaning you cannot play any old ROM on it, but the upside that the curated ROMs have relatively nice watchOS controls.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing chip-8-tvOS and chip-8-watchOS you can also consider the following projects:
Chip8EmulatorPackage - A Chip-8 emulator Swift package. For use in macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS projects.
chip-8-macos - A Chip-8 emulator for macOS written in Swift.