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My spammer senses are still tingling.

Everything depends on the semantics and evaluation strategy of your macro system. Typically though you would identify all the macro arguments before you expand anything. Everything that isn't a macro argument would just be strings to the original code. For example: .define FOO(X, Y) 3 * X + Y would ...

Yeah it's pretty much just skewing the image by changing the horizontal scroll every scanline (a row of pixels). It's the classic background parallax effect.

Sometimes it's easiest to tie the animation to the x/y position. You probably don't need tables/subroutines at all.
If you want it slower, just add another 'lsr' or whatever.

Damn

I can't tell if you guys are joking, but XOR is pronounced "ex or" becuase it an abbreviation of EXclusive OR. Maybe the hamburgers, bikinis, and gun rights are getting to my head but I think it's a reasonable name.

Stick to the convention of 1 thing per line, whether it be an instruction, a label, or a macro invocation. Don't even consider condensing code.

Didn't see a thread so here's this news article... https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-has-reportedly-suffered-a-significant-legacy-console-leak/ Apparently it include some verilog and firmware code, which could be very useful to emulator devs. I guess for the sake of the site, nobody ...

Bubble Bobble does a clever trick of animating the character moving between levels. It's not just for show though. It guides the player where to look at the start of the level.

Multi-cart prizes have been missed two years in a row and I don't think a multi-cart should be offered as a prize if it can't be delivered. Additionally, the website/organization has been sluggish to update. I'd like to see the rules+deadline posted in February or March, and have submissions ready t...

I was disappointed with the last two contests and their delays. The volunteers deserve cheer, but I think they have bitten off more than they can chew. My own motivation for entering is tied to my view of the contest and its prizes, which right now, is poor. I don't think I'll spend more than a few ...

I'm fine with this, but I don't think it will have much of an effect. Work often fills whatever time is allotted to complete it. You don't stop procrastination by adding extra time.

In most assemblers you would write LDA #width

I'm guessing NESASM is the same.

Wow, great little game.

Is the deadline the end of January again?

And you wouldn't just win 1st, but also 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th!