Keith J. O'Hara

teaching

CPSC 91S

Games Systems: Platforms, Programs & Power (F2023)

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Resources

• TIC-80 (with external editor)
• Programming in Lua & JavaScript

• 8-bit workshop IDE

• Atari 2600 Emulators: Stella (native) & Javatari (browser)
• DASM 6502 assembler & distella atari 2600 disasembler
• "Stella Programmer's Guide"
• "Atari 2600 Programming for Newbies"
• 6502 Assembler & Compiler: cc65 (templtes: atari & nintendo templates)
• NES assembler & disassembler
• NES NEXXT graphics editor (runs with wine on linux & mac)

• Atari Circuit Emulator (e.g. pong, breakout)
• C64 Emulator
• Apple 2 Emulator
• NES emulator & debugger
• Famistudio (NES/Sound
• NES/SNES/GB/GBC emulator
• Go NES emulator
• GBA emulator

• Put Yourself in Command
• The Linux Command Line
• The Art of the Command Line
• explainshell.com

• GIT Cheatsheet

• GCC and Make

This course is inspired by:

• Atari Hacks, Remakes, and Demakes taught by Ian Bogost
• Halt and Catch Fire by Ashley Brewer