== NES DEVELOPMENT - Avik Das ==========================================

A collection of programs written for the Nintendo Entertainment System
(NES). Due to the limitations of the hardware, all the programs must be
relatively small, so it makes sense to keep them all in the same
repository.

The included programs are described briefly below, while more elaborate
descriptions are provided inside the corresponding directories.

~~ PREREQUISITES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The programs are written in 6502 assembly, using the Ophis Assembler,
which may be found at https://github.com/michaelcmartin/Ophis .  The
Makefiles assume that the assembler is on the PATH.

To run the programs after assembly, an NES emulator is required. The
programs are tested on FCEUX, which is available at
http://fceux.com/web/home.html .

The programs are written in vim, and a modeline is present in the source
files that gives them the appropriate syntax highlighting. The syntax
file is available on the vim scripts website as asmM6502.vim
(https://github.com/vim-scripts/asmM6502.vim).

~~ INCLUDED PROGRAMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More detailed descriptions are available in the README files inside the
directory containing each program.

sprite - A simple test program that demonstrates a wide variety of
  hardware-provided functionality and general programming techniques.

money-run - A side-scrolling platformer with an emphasis on simplicity.
  A collaboration with Israel Jacques, with the goal of creating an
  actual game, instead of just a tech demo, albeit one simple enough to
  complete in one week.