Programming guide

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The programming guide is the complement to the nes reference guide. You will find more in dept documentation about specific topics, tutorials to the most common problem encountered, a list of existing tools that will assist you during you development phase and more. If you're new to nes development, you should give a look to the getting started section first.

Contents 1 General reference 2 Tutorials (stub) 3 Libraries and samples 4 Links

General reference

• Getting started (not done yet)
• CHR-ROM vs CHR-RAM
• Emulation_Libraries
• Catch-up technique used by emulators
• Buggy PowerPak mappers
• Music: Audio expansion, tools
• Tools
• Graphic tools
• Battery holder (note: must find proper section for this)

Tutorials (stub)

• Compression
  • Fixed Bit Length Encoding
• Programming Mappers
  • UNROM
  • UOROM
• Programming Tricks
  • RTS Trick
• Limitations
• Emulation_Tutorials
• How to organize data (interleaved, column based, screen based compressed etc)
• How to scroll an infinite map
• How to scroll with less artifact
• How to split the screen for a status bar
• How to do parallax scrolling with the scroll register
• How to make raster effects by Bregalad (external link)
• How to keep state
• Frame based algorithm
• PPU_scrolling
• The frame and NMIs by Disch (external link)
• Trick of the trade from well known commercial games
• Music, how to make, to play, sound fx
• NMI, best practices
• Do and don't

Libraries and samples

• Programming Libraries
• Placeholder graphics
• Nerdtracker player in NESASM

Links

http://www.zophar.net/fileuploads/2/10532krzvs/6502.txt for a complete info on the 6502 instructions