http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-13T12:25:50 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-13T10:03:30 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-12T11:40:26 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20 Originally posted by: jdheins

To Echo what others have said, the PowerPak is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Get one and you won't be disapointed. And even if you don't get around to programming, you have something pretty useful.

Thanks to your post, I finally placed my order for one. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-06T20:47:43 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-06T11:40:01 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-06T06:46:51 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20
http://www.obelisk.demon.co.uk/6502/

Then read on the next few lessons about the NES PPU and making a program and search here for more in-depth information about them:

http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Nesdev_Wiki ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-06T05:34:48 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20
i feel like i saw a big list of 6502 commands and explinations or something somewhere, but i couldve dreamed that. its been a long week and im low on sleep. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-05T23:07:17 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-05T22:53:21 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20
i do have an earthbound chipset allegedly on the way and an appropriate donor at home to test my soldering skills out. i figure if i can do that without screwing up, a programmer is the next purchase. then ill start focusing a bit more all the coding stuff. my brother and another buddy of mine are kinda into the idea as well, so i figure once a week three people with a 12 pack and all the great tutorials and explinations on here we should be able to at least get something simple going.

thank you for helping me understand a bit more about my needs to get started in all this. hopefully this helps some other people as well.

-phil ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=50093 2011-05-05T21:39:15 -05.00 fatalfuryspecial 20
Its also a great way to tell what is wrong if you make a repro and it fails. Dump it, step through the code, or view graphics to see if something is wired wrong.

Writing a game that uses battery RAM? Use the CopyNES to upload or download save images for testing. Or change the data on the cart directly.

Almost all hardware is unneeded for a homebrewer, but its certainly not useless. ]]>