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Classic game Programming on the NES: Make your own retro video
Current price: $49.99
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Classic game Programming on the NES: Make your own retro video
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Do you have an amazing idea for a NES game you’ve been itching to turn into reality?
will show you how. This all-practical beginner's guide is full of step-by-step guidance on everything from graphics and music, to enemy AI, to the 6502 Assembler language you need to get the most out of the NES.
Inside
you’ll learn how to:
When you’re developing retro games, it’s dangerous to go alone—so take this essential guide!
is an all-in-one handbook to the resources you need to start building for the NES. You’ll learn to understand modern emulators and discover the secrets of programming in ages past. Best of all, you won’t need any specialist experience! Even highly technical elements are broken down into step-by-step instructions, and fully illustrated with easy-to-follow diagrams.
Foreword by Philip and Andrew Oliver.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games like Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda shaped the video game industry and defined childhood for millions of gamers worldwide. Bring back the magic by creating your own NES games! All you need is this book and your imagination––no game dev experience or specialist programming skills required.
distills the scattered secrets of NES development into clear instructions for building your first games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. You’ll learn about the NES’s unique design, the surprisingly simple 6502 Assembly language, and more. As you go, you’ll create a simple space-based shoot-em-up that gives you a pattern you can follow to build anything you can dream up on your own.
No game programming experience required.
is a legend in the field of retro games. In the 80’s he programmed games for 8-bit systems; now he creates resources for developers working with 8 and 16-bit systems.
The technical editor on this book was
.
1 Let’s program games!
2 Getting set up
3 Starting 6502 Assembler
4 Math, loops, conditions, and bits
5 Starting somewhere
6 Starting a game
7 Move and shoot
8 Enemy movement
9 Collision detection
10 Keeping score
11 Player collisions and lives
12 More enemies
13 Animations and more
14 Sound effects
15 Music
16 Where to from here?