This programming guide is the complement to the NES reference guide. You will find more in-depth documentation about specific topics, tutorials on the most common problems 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.
Getting started
General reference
Tutorials
Libraries and samples
System
Input
Graphics
Math
Audio
Misc
Examples
Reverse engineered techniques
Useful reference materials
Books
- Cady, Fredrick M. (1997). Microcontrollers and Microcomputers: Principles of Software and Hardware Engineering. New York: Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0-19-511008-0.
- Eyes, David; Lichty, Ron (1986). Programming the 65816 including the 6502, 65C02, and 65802. New York: Brady Books/Prentice Hall Press (Simon & Schuster, Inc).
ISBN 0-89303-789-3. Rights later purchased by Western Design Center.
- Fernandez, Judi N. (1983). 6502 Assembly Language Programming (Self-teaching Guides). John Wiley & Sons Inc.
ISBN 978-0471861201.
- Leventhal, Lance A. (1986). 6502 Assembly Language Programming 2nd Edition. Osborne/McGraw-Hill.
ISBN 0-07-881216-X.
- Zaks, Rodnay (1983). Programming the 6502 (Fourth Edition). Sybex, Inc.
ISBN 0-89588-135-7.
- Zaks, Rodnay (1982). Advanced 6502 Programming. Sybex, Inc.
ISBN 0-89588-089-X.
- Zaks, Rodnay (1980). Programming the 6502 (Third Edition). Sybex, Inc.
ISBN 0-89588-046-6.
Online
- Programming the 65816 (including the 6502, 65C02, and 65802) by Western Design Center
- Programmingthe65816_ProgManual.pdf — 54MBytes, created 2015/03/27.
- This is a full scan of the original Eyes/Lichty book using full images for each page, with the added bonus of OCR being applied so that text is searchable and copy-paste-able. Accurate/reliable given the nature of the scan.
- Programmanual.pdf (a.k.a. WDC65C816_Program_Manual.pdf) — 1.7MBytes, created 2007/04/16.
- This is a "pure text" version of the Eyes/Lichty book, however it is rife with very dangerous typos (wrong opcodes, etc.) in many areas, and contains a large number of formatting/layout mistakes not present in the original book. Bill Mensch (6502/65C02/65816 architect/designer) confirmed these mistakes, stating WDC is in the process of fixing them. If at all possible, use the newer PDF mentioned above.
- It is suspected that WDC has pulled this PDF entirely from their website, instead advocating purchasing a "redone" version of the Lichty/Eyes book via Amazon. Kindle and paperback versions are available, but I (Koitsu) have not reviewed it.
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