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Show HN: Chip-8 emulator written in JavaScript

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35 points atum47 | 1 comments | 3/30/2025, 7:44:00 PM | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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atum47 ◴[3/30/2025, 7:47:00 PM] No.43526979[source]▶

Hi everyone, this was my first attempt at writing an emulator. I went with the Chip 8 cause it seemed to be the easiest one. I then used tiny.js to manage some aspects of the display; I was trying to emulate that glow from an old monitor

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1. atum47 ◴[3/30/2025, 7:49:00 PM] No.43526992[source]▶

I've used this guide [1] to help me understand the instructions.

1 - https://tobiasvl.github.io/blog/write-a-chip-8-emulator