Comments on: Programming the NES in BASIC? http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/ Learning Games for Radically Affordable Computers Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: nitrofurano http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-25100 nitrofurano Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:58:10 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-25100 an important url about Bob Rost's nBasic: <a href="http://bobrost.com/nes/files/nbasic_manual.html" rel="nofollow">http://bobrost.com/nes/files/nbasic_manual.html</a> an important url about Bob Rost's nBasic: http://bobrost.com/nes/files/nbasic_manual.html

]]> By: nitrofurano http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-25097 nitrofurano Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:12:02 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-25097 would be great contacting Bob Rost, specially if he can be part of this <a href="http://playpower.org" rel="nofollow">playpower.org</a> project. His nBasic is awesome and very useful (Cory Arcangel did 'Super Mario Clouds' with nBasic, for example) - but it lacks in some issues:<br>- there are not so many snippets available to work on (i want to contribute with my own, but it were very hard to start)<br>- some 6502asm code sequences could be simplified with commands like 'poke', 'vpoke' (poke on video memory, like msx-basic), 'vpokehex' (would allow you to poke a hexdump string starting on an address, like at namespace or palette area) would be great contacting Bob Rost, specially if he can be part of this playpower.org project. His nBasic is awesome and very useful (Cory Arcangel did 'Super Mario Clouds' with nBasic, for example) - but it lacks in some issues:
- there are not so many snippets available to work on (i want to contribute with my own, but it were very hard to start)
- some 6502asm code sequences could be simplified with commands like 'poke', 'vpoke' (poke on video memory, like msx-basic), 'vpokehex' (would allow you to poke a hexdump string starting on an address, like at namespace or palette area)

]]> By: nitrofurano http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-25096 nitrofurano Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:52:16 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-25096 Awesome! But anyway, we must have some care about the 'open source' term - for example, Microsoft created recently some open source licences (some related with Mono, i think) which none are software-libre like GNU-GPL. Awesome! But anyway, we must have some care about the 'open source' term - for example, Microsoft created recently some open source licences (some related with Mono, i think) which none are software-libre like GNU-GPL.

]]> By: Playpower Foundation http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-25095 Playpower Foundation Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:33:49 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-25095 Bob Rost is a very nice guy--he works downtown in Pittsburgh. The code is<br>open source and I'm sure he'd be thrilled to have someone port it to linux. Bob Rost is a very nice guy–he works downtown in Pittsburgh. The code is
open source and I'm sure he'd be thrilled to have someone port it to linux.

]]> By: nitrofurano http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-25094 nitrofurano Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:24:59 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-25094 would be great nBASIC being gpl-license, ported to Linux, etc. ! :) would be great nBASIC being gpl-license, ported to Linux, etc. ! :)

]]> By: Doc Van Thorp http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-25072 Doc Van Thorp Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:38:44 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-25072 This basic compiler would speed cross-development of NES software useing PCs, but a worthy goal would be compilers and tools for creating games natively on the NES itself.<br><br>What kind of storage should the $12 machine have? Low-capacity SD cards are getting pretty cheap, and are fairly easy to interface to. You don't have to pay licensing if you don't use the encrypted file mode (which hardly anyone does anyway). You can fit hundreds of NES games into a pretty small SD card, and the SD card would be extremely useful for native software development that requires compilation from source files. For a small system like an NES, this would be better than a hard drive. This basic compiler would speed cross-development of NES software useing PCs, but a worthy goal would be compilers and tools for creating games natively on the NES itself.

What kind of storage should the $12 machine have? Low-capacity SD cards are getting pretty cheap, and are fairly easy to interface to. You don't have to pay licensing if you don't use the encrypted file mode (which hardly anyone does anyway). You can fit hundreds of NES games into a pretty small SD card, and the SD card would be extremely useful for native software development that requires compilation from source files. For a small system like an NES, this would be better than a hard drive.

]]> By: Doc Van Thorp http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Doc Van Thorp Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:12:16 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-33 This basic compiler would speed cross-development of NES software useing PCs, but a worthy goal would be compilers and tools for creating games natively on the NES itself. What kind of storage should the $12 machine have? Low-capacity SD cards are getting pretty cheap, and are fairly easy to interface to. You don't have to pay licensing if you don't use the encrypted file mode (which hardly anyone does anyway). You can fit hundreds of NES games into a pretty small SD card, and the SD card would be extremely useful for native software development that requires compilation from source files. For a small system like an NES, this would be better than a hard drive. This basic compiler would speed cross-development of NES software useing PCs, but a worthy goal would be compilers and tools for creating games natively on the NES itself.

What kind of storage should the $12 machine have? Low-capacity SD cards are getting pretty cheap, and are fairly easy to interface to. You don’t have to pay licensing if you don’t use the encrypted file mode (which hardly anyone does anyway). You can fit hundreds of NES games into a pretty small SD card, and the SD card would be extremely useful for native software development that requires compilation from source files. For a small system like an NES, this would be better than a hard drive.

]]> By: Matthew Swank http://playpower.org/blog/2008/08/programming-the-nes-in-basic/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Matthew Swank Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:38:54 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=24#comment-8 High level options could include FORTH-- interactive but still efficient and close to the metal, or if you want even higher level facilities, Lisp. See http://www.6502.org/source/ for a 6502 Forth interpreter See http://zwizwa.be/archive/staapl.html for an example scheme/forth compiler for an 8 bit PIC microcontroller. High level options could include FORTH– interactive but still efficient and close to the metal, or if you want even higher level facilities, Lisp.

See http://www.6502.org/source/ for a 6502 Forth interpreter
See http://zwizwa.be/archive/staapl.html for an example scheme/forth compiler for an 8 bit PIC microcontroller.

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