A big part of the appeal of the 6502 is with the retro community. If your goal is write an NES game (and there’s quite an active community doing just that) then you have no other choice than to learn the 6502.
That’s fine though. The 6502 is a classic CISC processor with a fairly high level instruction set. This makes it fun for humans to program. I think where people get into trouble is when they try to bring up these complicated tool chains and high level languages. That’s a mistake. Program the 6502 directly in assembly with a nice macro assembler. It’s the best way to go.
That’s fine though. The 6502 is a classic CISC processor with a fairly high level instruction set. This makes it fun for humans to program. I think where people get into trouble is when they try to bring up these complicated tool chains and high level languages. That’s a mistake. Program the 6502 directly in assembly with a nice macro assembler. It’s the best way to go.