1/20/07

Tonight I finished what was originally planned to be the final tutorial, An Introduction to z80 Assembly.  It is my longest tutorial yet at a length of nearly seven pages and over 2300 words.  When I first started doing assembly programming, I was frustrated because I couldn't get the assembler set up properly, so in this tutorial I did my best to adequately describe how to set up the programming environment and actually write and execute a working assembly program.

In the latest tutorial, there are several new terms that I haven't added to the glossary yet, so I'm planning on updating/adding appendices in the coming weeks.  I am also seriously considering adding a "Putting It All Together" tutorial, though I'm not sure exactly how I should go about it or what I should include.  As far as long-term prospects go, I may add tutorials on stat plot sprites and scrolling homescreen maps, but I'll have to find out more about these topics first.  It should be possible to scroll the screen up using Disp, though I haven't tried it yet.  As for scrolling the screen down, I have no clue how to do that, but I know it can be done.

You can download my tutorials here.

-MDR Falcon