Cheatsheet for 6502 assembly development - contains 6502, 65C02 and 6280 opcodes - also some 65816

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Learn the basics of using VASM as an assembler, We'll cover the 'template' ASM file used by these tutorials, and look at the basic registers and numbers. Well also look at ADDition and SUBtraction, Jumping to subroutines (JSR), labels and moving data between registers with TXA,TYA,TAX,TAY. We'll also cover Loading and saving to and from memory.
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The 6502 has a wide variety of 'addressing modes' - Each addressing mode will change the way the final address a command loads from or saves to works, we can used fixed addresses, registers and many clever combinations!... we'll look at each with practical examples
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We'll cover starting a program with ORG, labels, SEI for disabling interrupts, symbols with EQU, INC and DEC for + or - 1...
Branches: BEQ BNE, BCS,BCC and many more! Compare with CMP, CPX, CPY... Jump with JMP, or subs with JSR... using BVC to simulate missing BRA
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The Stack is a temporary store we can transfer data into with PHA/PLA or PHP/PLP.. we'll also look at negative numbers, Conditional assembly with IFDEF, macros, and using 16 bit on the 8 bit 6502... also we'll take a look at how to effect simple multiplication or division on the 6502
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Logical Operations AND, ORA and EOR... bit rotation with ROL, ROR, ASL and LSR... bit test with BIT.. doing nothing with NOP
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Defining data with DB, DW and DS...reading values Lookup tables, jumping to locations in Vector Tables, Self Modifying code - code that rewrites itself!
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Many useful commands were added to the 6502. Lets learn about the extra commands that were added to the successor to the 65c02 and and 6280
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Classic BBC Micro, we'll learn how to write the code, compile it with VASM, convert it to a disk image, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Commodore 64, we'll learn how to write the code, compile a .PRG with VASM, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the VIC-20, we'll learn how to write the code, compile a .PRG with VASM, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Atari 800 or Atari 5200, we'll learn how to write the code, compile a ROM with VASM, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Commodore 64, we'll learn how to write the code, compile it with VASM, transfer it to a disk image, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Atari Lynx, we'll learn how to write the code, compile an unencrypted object file (.o) with VASM, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Nintendo Entertainment system, or Nintendo Famicom, we'll learn how to write the code, compile a NES ROM with VASM, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (AKA Super Famicom), we'll learn how to write the code, compile a SFC ROM, and load it on an emulator
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Lets learn how to make a simple 'Hello World' on the PC Engine (sold as the TurboGrafx 16 in the west), we'll learn how to write the code, compile a .PCE ROM with VASM, and load it on an emulator
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The PET is the predecessor of the VIC-20, it's only capable of 'text graphics' and cannot allow custom characters. Lets learn how to make the PET to say 'Hello'

Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the bitmap screen
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the bitmap screen... we'll test this in 2 and 4 color mode
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using custom VIC 20 characters.
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the bitmap screen in 4 or 2 color
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the bitmap screen.
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the bitmap screen.
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the Tile map.
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the Tile map.
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Lets look at a simple example of drawing an 8x8 smiley, and a 48x48 bitmap of our mascot using the Tile map.
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We're going to extend the previous simple bitmap example, and add joystick reading to allow a player sprite to be moved around the screen.
Lets learn how to add some control to our game!
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Lets take our previous Bitmap Smiley example, and extend it out into a joystick controlled movable object - we could use this as the starting point for a simple game.
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The VIC-20 uses a digital joystick, and we can read it's directions in from a pair of ports... Lets enhance our previous bitmap example, and make it move!
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Joystick reading on the Atari is easy... or a pain!... it just depends if you're programing for the Atari 800 (which has a digital input via the PIA) or the 5200 (which has no PIA, so only has analog via the POKEY!) Either way, We'll figure it out... Here we go!
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Reading the Apple II Joystick is a serious pain! We have to read a single bit from the ports - and wait until it changes to get the analog values, then convert them to digital. Lets figure it out!
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The Lynx makes joypad reading easy for us... we can just read the keypresses in from port $FCB0. Lets make it happen!
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The Famicom/NES have digital joysticks... we can read the buttons in, but we have to do this a single key at a time... Let get it working!
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The Famicom/NES have digital joysticks... we can read the buttons in, but we have to do this a single key at a time... Let get it working!
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The PC-Engine uses a single port with  4 bits to send the joypad buttons - it also supports up to 5 joypads via a multitap.
We'll need to reset the multitap, and read in Joypad 1 - Lets get started.
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Let's use the keyboard to move a simple character block 'sprite' around the screen of the Commodore Pet!
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We've looked before at drawing a bitmap to the screen, but there's a challenge! For many games we'll need to be able to draw sprites that are 'partially off' the screen, We'll clip off the offscreen part. Lets look at the upgraded code.
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We've looked before at drawing a bitmap to the screen, but we need to do better! For many games we'll need to be able to draw sprites that are 'partially off' the screen, We'll clip off the offscreen part. Lets look at the upgraded code.
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We've looked before at drawing a bitmap to the screen, but we need to do better! For many games we'll need to be able to draw sprites that are 'partially off' the screen, We'll clip off the offscreen part. Lets look at the upgraded code.
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Lets port our sprite clipping routine to the Atari systems, We'll 'upgrade' our previous sprite routine, so it can crop the sprites so they are partially offscreen.
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The Apple II screen is kind of Black and white - and Kind of color!... depending on the combination... lets learn what it all means, and get a smiley onscreen!
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We drew a sprite to the screen before, now lets upgrade it with some sprite clipping.
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We drew our 'Chibiko' mascot on the NES using the tilemap before, this time we'll improve the code, allowing the image to be clipped. Lets have a go!
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Using the Tilemap isn't so useful for moving objects, as we can't shift the co-ordinates at the pixel level,
This time, lets do the same as last time, but we'll make our 48x48 pixel sprite out of 6x6 hardware sprites for smooth moves!
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We drew our 'Chibiko' mascot on the SNES using the tilemap before, this time we'll improve the code, allowing the image to be clipped.
Lets have a go!
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Using the Tilemap isn't so useful for moving objects, as we can't shift the co-ordinates at the pixel level,
This time, lets do the same as last time, but we'll make our 48x48 pixel sprite out of 6x6 hardware sprites for smooth moves!
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We drew our 'Chibiko' mascot on the PC-Engine using the tilemap before, this time we'll improve the code, allowing the image to be clipped.
Lets have a go!
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Using the Tilemap isn't so useful for moving objects, as we can't shift the co-ordinates at the pixel level,
This time, lets do the same as last time, but we'll make our 48x48 pixel sprite out of 3x3 hardware sprites (16 pixel square) for smooth moves!
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Lets alter our previous bitmap drawing routine, and allow it to be clipped so it can be partially offscreen.
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