I want to learn 6502 assembly

aparrish — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:16:32 -0800

Help me identify tools and resources for learning 6502 assembly language. My burgeoning interest in 80s-era home computers and video game consoles (along with an existing interest in programming) compels me to learn 6502 assembly language. There are lots of resources on the web for this—too many, in fact, which is the problem. I'm having trouble sorting through them all.

What I'm looking for is a straightforward tutorial (written for someone with a moderate level of programming experience), coupled with a good tool for assembling 6502 code and some kind of visual debugger/emulator/whatever that will help me see what my code is doing.

I know there are lots of emulators out there for systems that use the 6502, but I'm specifically looking for something that can show me registers and memory contents; I want to be able to run simple assembly programs and see what they're doing without writing graphics code or whatever. (Although I'd like to learn how to do that too, eventually.)

Mac OS X tools are preferred, but I have Boot Camp so XP stuff would also be fine.

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