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Mark Moxon (markmoxon@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 15:34:31 UTC Mark Moxon

It's taken 6 months, but my latest labour of love is finally complete! You can now explore fully documented and annotated source code for Elite on the #NES, reconstructed by hand from a disassembly of the original ROM. Please enjoy!
#retrocomputing #8bit
https://github.com/markmoxon/nes-elite-beebasm

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- Mark Moxon (markmoxon@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 15:34:30 UTC Mark Moxon
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  And for fans of the 1984 Acornsoft version of Elite, you'll be glad to know that the core of the 1991 #NES version (around 30% of the 128K ROM) is essentially the original #BBCMicro code - the first (and best!) version. See the code in banks 0, 1, 2 & 7 at https://github.com/markmoxon/nes-elite-beebasm/tree/main/1-source-files/main-sources
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    https://github.com/markmoxon/nes-elite-beebasm/tree/main/1-source-files/main-sources
- Mark Moxon (markmoxon@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 15:34:31 UTC Mark Moxon
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  Clocking in at over 112,000 lines of 80-column text, the annotated source code can be a bit overwhelming, so my next plan is to add the #NES version to https://www.bbcelite.com along with lots of deep dives into how this masterpiece of 6502 works under the hood. Watch this space!
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  1. Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro - Elite on the BBC Micro
    
    from @markmoxon
    
    Fully documented source code for Acornsoft Elite on the BBC Micro, with more than 60 deep dive articles explaining how every aspect of this iconic game works.
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- Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 15:43:25 UTC Bernie
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  This video explains why porting #Elite to the #NES hardware was deemed impossible:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCqXIX84YNA
  @markmoxon
  #famicon #retrogaming
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  1. The Amazing NES Elite - The Impossible Port?
    
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- Mark Moxon (markmoxon@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 15:59:40 UTC Mark Moxon
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  @codewiz Yeah, that’s a great video! It’s part of the reason why I did this disassembly - to fill in the blanks and explain *exactly* how this impossible port works. 😀
  
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- Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 15:59:40 UTC Bernie
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  @markmoxon Thank you for preserving this historic code.
  
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