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by Syniphas
Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:43 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Learning ASM
Replies: 13
Views: 13731

Well, I can easily understand Genesis structure, but how (other than giving me the hardware references) would it help me about the ASM language itself?

EDIT: Nevermind, hadn't checked that 68k quick reference. That helps a lot. So now only 2 questions remain: What kind of compiler should I use? One ...
by Syniphas
Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:12 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Learning ASM
Replies: 13
Views: 13731

Thanks for the link, Jorge. And yes, I know that ASM is really hard to learn, but I figured I might give it a shot. :P

Plus, I chose ASM over C because it's more powerful on the MD when it comes to a lot of instructions (for example, a complex game).
by Syniphas
Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:25 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Learning ASM
Replies: 13
Views: 13731

Learning ASM

I've been looking after programming for consoles since long ago. I've decided to start on the Mega Drive then, but not knowing either C or ASM (only thing I know is BASIC, heh) this is obviously going to be a hard task. Even if I don't really like to, I can understand and learn new programming ...