Elite on the 6502: The original 6502 assembly source, heavily commented

Re:Elite on the 6502: The original 6502 assembly source, hea... by cookiengineer on Friday January 31, 2025 @03:40PM (#42891704)

The map overview is so well done. The comments are so nice and thoroughly explaining what is stored in which register and what's being manipulated.

I wish all codebases were like this. This must have taken months to document it.

[1] https://elite.bbcelite.com/c64/articles/map_of_the_source_co...

[2] https://elite.bbcelite.com/c64/main/subroutine/tactics_part_...

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Re:Elite on the 6502: The original 6502 assembly source, hea... by MarkMoxon on Saturday February 01, 2025 @06:36AM (#42897636)

Glad you like it! I’ve been working on this for nearly five years, along with my other software archaeology projects - I started in May 2020, back in lockdown. It’s a true labour of love.

Here’s a timeline of the project so far:

https://elite.bbcelite.com/about_site/site_history.html

I’m sure it will keep growing, there’s always something more to write about…

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