A simple emulator for the Intel 8080, along with other parts of the Space Invaders arcade system. Tested with the CPUDIAG routine, and Space Invaders.
Tested with:
- x86_64 Linux Ubuntu 21.04 (gcc & glibc)
- armhf Raspberry Pi OS Buster (gcc & glibc)
Anything with a C compiler and SDL backend will probably work fine.
- LibSDL 2
To install on Ubuntu: $ sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev.
Run $ make release in the project directory to build, it puts the executable at bin/i8080e
I can't distribute the ROM here for obvious copyright reasons, but it's not particularly hard to find.
Once you have it, extract it to <project_directory>/rom. The directory should look something like this:
i8080e/rom
├── invaders.e
├── invaders.f
├── invaders.g
└── invaders.h
Simply execute the binary from the project directory to run.
$ bin/i8080e
no arguments or flags are needed and it'll pick up and load the ROM from its directory.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| c | Insert coin |
| 1 | Start 1-player game |
| 2 | Start 2-player game |
| ← | Move left (player 1) |
| → | Move right (player 1) |
| ↑ | Shoot (player 1) |
| a | Move left (player 2) |
| d | Move right (player 2) |
| w | Shoot (player 2) |