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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 229 |
Code, how to get started?
An old friend of mine who coded a little in 85-86 was thinking about coding on the c64 again. He was wondering what he needs to get started and began to mumble something about some reference guide. He also wonder what assembler he should use. He will be using VICE. Thanks for heelping out guys.
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QuasaR
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 145 |
Hi!
For a good start use RetroReplay/The Final Cartridge in VICE and the TurboMacroPro ass (find it here: http://turbo.style64.org/tmp.php?cid=about_tmp). Effect ideas you'll find in the VIC-article: http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/~andreasg/c64/vic_artikel/vic_arti..
Then search Google for C-Hacking and off he goes... For linking, I use Beast-Linker (should be on some tool discs on the internet) and for crunching use Exomizer, Pucrunch or AB-Cruncher (there's a nice version by Ninja here on CSDB, I'm too lazy to search for it...).
The best loader is IMHO Dreamload (http://www.the-dreams.de) and that should be enough for a good trackmo... :) |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078 |
For reference, you'll want the official PRG:
http://project64.c64.org/hw/c64.html
and also Mapping the C64:
http://project64.c64.org/misc/index.html
For a quick instruction reference you can't beat Graham's:
http://www.oxyron.de/html/opcodes02.html
and there's also the excellent All About Your 64:
http://www.the-dreams.de/aay.html
A good introduction to demo coding and effects is Puterman's:
http://user.tninet.se/~uxm165t/demo_programming/demo_prog/demo_..
You'll also want to check out the VIC-Article, which explains a lot about how the VIC works:
http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/~andreasg/c64/vic_artikel/vic_arti..
As for the assembler, just pick any competent 6502 cross assembler, there are dozens of them. I like DAsm and CC65 myself, others like ACME, xa, Tass, and more.
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Mihai
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 29 |
I put them all here :D
The Best C64 Ml tutorial collection |
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raven
Account closed
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 137 |
And after u read all those guides, take some demos with
effects that interest u & disassemble, disassemble & then
disassemble some more.
Did i say disassemble? :)
Best way to learn, bar none.
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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 229 |
Great, thanks y'll...
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
Or simply outsource the programming to India :o) |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 2014 |
Disassemble code? Personally I hate reading other people's generate machine code, sources are OK though. Bugging C64-coders on channel #c-64 on ircnet is MUCH more efficient (at least for me). =) |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
Jack, back then there was no IRC man :)
Evem myself had learned fld, raster splitting, and dycp through examining someone else's code in ~90-92 :)
(hm and the tunnel / inner torus from mathematica later)
simple stuff can be quite easily learned from disassembling or the basic concept of the effect. I kept checking code till 2000. Now I rather ask too :) |
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raven
Account closed
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 137 |
What are u guys talking about..
Going through code using a monitor is fun!
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
I have always hated disassembling other peoples code. It's much more fun trying to guess how something is done. And if you're lucky this exercise can also have the side effect that you come up with an even better way of doing it than the routine you tried to figure out. |
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