Tag: Programming Assembly
Not too long ago, I decided that I wanted to finally “get serious” with 8-bit programming. I love podcasts, so I went looking for a retrocomputing podcast that focused on programming. Other than the short run of Next Without For, I couldn’t find anything out there. OK, it may be that my Google skills just aren’t that good, I don’t…
I do not remember how I debugged BASIC programs back in the 80s. To be honest, I do not even want to remember. I’m sure it was convoluted, ugly, and painful. You know what’s really nice? Modern development environments where you can step through your program, statement by statement, watch the variables change, maybe even change some yourself as you go,…
Atariteca brought to our attention the release of Saboteur! for the Atari, ported from the original Commodore 64 version. The hero is a ninja who must infiltrate a warehouse and retrieve a disk containing the names of rebel leaders. Along the way, you will face enemies heavily armed and dogs. The game is available for free but you can check…
Lachlan Keown released a new version of his Retro Game Asset Studio (RGAS). With RGAS you can design various asset types (sprites, sound / music, levels) for different retro computers (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum). It is a cross-development tool, which runs on the .NET runtime under Windows and with Mono it can be used under Linux, too. It is…
Tuomas Järvensivu and Harri Salokorpi have written an extensive blog post teaching the basics of assembly programming for the Amiga platform. The crash course walks you through an example that creates graphics on the display with a simple animation. The authors are using FS-UAE as development platform, as it proves very handy for its debugging capabilities. We both hope it provides a…
