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mrcactu5 on Nov 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Visual6502 Remix

if all I want to to is build a Super Mario clone is the knowledge of the 6502 assembly language still necessary ?

monocasa on Nov 9, 2019 | [–]

It'd be helpful, but not strictly necessary.

Here's an extremely well commented disassembly of Super Mario Bros.

https://gist.github.com/1wErt3r/4048722

saagarjha on Nov 9, 2019 | [–]

No, you can just make it in your language of choice. If you'd like to emulate it then you'll probably need to learn it.

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