Private imports
Choose one .ch8 or .c8 file with Android's system picker. No broad storage permission.
ANDROID ALPHA / BUILD TRACK
Your library.
Not our cloud.
ArcadeShelf Player begins with a compact, offline CHIP-8 core for legal homebrew and personal files. Imports stay in memory on your device, and the app ships without commercial ROMs or BIOS files.
ALPHA PRINCIPLES
Simple controls.
Honest boundaries.
Auditable core
A dependency-free CHIP-8 interpreter, test suite, and CC0 original cabinet demo.
No network permission
The Alpha cannot upload a ROM, create an account, fetch ads, or bundle commercial games.
Alpha 0.1 is ready
Download Android Alpha Read the import guide Development-signed APK · 843 KiB · Android 8.0+ · no declared permissions. Built, installed, cold-launched, and local-import tested on an Android 16 ARM emulator on July 24, 2026.
SHA-256: b5a08f59a2f9044ce78026febbd08f7344f879afd4906f1fc4b590f4b7f013c4
ClamAV 1.5.3 scan: clean, using 3,627,927 known-virus signatures. The certificate is Android's development-only debug signer, not a Play Store production identity.