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# Awesome 8-bit Game Dev



A curated list of awesome resources for 8-bit retro game development.



## Table of Contents



- [Home Consoles](#home-consoles)

  - [Fairchild Channel F](#fairchild-channel-f)

  - [Bally Astrocade](#ball-yastrocade)

  - [Atari 2600](#atari-2600)

  - [APF MP-1000](#apf-mp-1000)

  - [Magnavox Odyssey²](#Magnavox-Odyssey²)

  - [Intellivision](#intellivision)

  - [ColecoVision](#colecovision)

  - [Vectrex](#vectrex)

  - [NES](#nes)

  - [Atari 7800](#atari-7800)

  - [Sega Master System](#sega-master-system)

- [Home Computers](#home-computers)

  - [Apple I](#apple-i)

  - [Commodore PET](#commodore-pet)

  - [TRS-80](#trs-80)

  - [Apple II/II+/IIe](#apple-ii)

  - [Atari 400/600/800/XL/XE](#atari-8-bit)

  - [TI 99/4](#ti-99-4)

  - [Commodore VIC-20](#commodore-vic-20)

  - [Acorn](#acorn)

  - [Sinclair](#sinclair)

  - [Commodore 64](#commodore-64)

  - [MSX](#msx)

  - [Amstrad CPC](#cpc)

- [Arcade Games](#arcade-games)

- [Hardware](#hardware)

  - [6502](#6502)

  - [Z80](#z80)

  - [TMS9918A](#tms9918a)

  - [FPGA/HDL](#fpga-hdl)

  - [Microcontrollers](#microcontrollers)

- [Development Tools](#development-tools)

  - [Assemblers](#assemblers)

  - [Compilers](#compilers)

  - [Emulators](#emulators)

  - [IDEs](#ides)

  - [Graphics](#graphics)

  - [Libraries](#libraries)

- [BASIC Programming](#basic)

- [Books](#books)

- [Community](#community)

- [Contributing](#contributing)



## Home Consoles



### Fairchild Channel F



* [VES Wiki](http://channelf.se/veswiki/index.php?title=Main_Page) and [tutorial](http://channelf.se/veswiki/index.php?title=Tutorial:Beginner%27s_Guide_to_the_Channel_F)



* [Sean Riddle's Channel F Info](http://seanriddle.com/chanfinfo.html) including a homebrew Tetris clone



* [Fairchild F8 Info](http://www.nyx.net/~lturner/public_html/Fairchild_F8.html) and [instruction set](http://www.nyx.net/~lturner/public_html/F8_ins.html)



### Bally Astrocade



* [Bally Alley](https://ballyalley.com/) - An archive of all things Bally Astrocade.



* [The Better Bally Book](http://metopal.com/projects/ballybook/doku.php) - A wiki dedicated to organizing, annotating, and improving Software and Hardware for the Bally Arcade, a technical manual for the Bally Home Computer/Arcade/Astrocade originally published in 1978 by Dave Nutting Associates. 



* [hxlnt's Astrocade Dev](https://github.com/hxlnt/astrocade) - Z80 demos and graphics tools for the Astrocade. Also see this [thread](https://atariage.com/forums/topic/251416-programming-the-bally-arcadeastrocade/).



### Atari 2600



* [Stella Programmer's Guide](https://alienbill.com/2600/101/docs/stella.html) - The official guide to programming the Atari 2600, from Atari employee Steve Wright. 



* [Atari 2600 Advanced Programming Guide](http://www.qotile.net/minidig/docs/2600_advanced_prog_guide.txt) - Paul Slocum compiled this list of Atari 2600 programming techniques, including an HMOVE timing chart.  Also see this [list of tricks](http://www.qotile.net/minidig/tricks.html).



* [TIA Hardware Notes](http://www.atarihq.com/danb/files/TIA_HW_Notes.txt) - A detailed analysis of the TIA chip by Andrew Towers.



* [Kirk Israel's 2600 Programming Page](https://alienbill.com/2600/) - A bunch of links by a 2600 homebrew developer. Also see his [2600 Cookbook](http://alienbill.com/2600/cookbook/),

[webTune2600](http://alienbill.com/2600/basic/music/tune2600.html),

and

[playfieldpal](http://alienbill.com/2600/playfieldpal.html) tools



* [Random Terrain 2600 Page](https://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories.html) - Includes [Atari 2600 Programming for Newbies](https://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-tutorial-andrew-davie-01.html), batariBasic info, programming tools, and much more.



* [BJARS Atari Archives](http://www.bjars.com/) - Steve Engelhardt's site full of homebrew, hacks, online tools, references, and disassembled code.



* [Stellerator](https://6502ts.github.io/typedoc/stellerator-embedded/) - An online Atari 2600 emulator.



### AFP MP-1000



* [AFP MP-1000 Programming](https://orphanedgames.com/APF/index.html) - AFP/6800 programming tools for Windows, and documentation.



### Intellivision



* [jsintv](http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/) - Portable Intellivision emulator and programming tools



* [IntyBASIC](https://nanochess.org/intybasic.html) - a BASIC compiler for Intellivision



### ColecoVision



* [ColecoVision Tech Info](http://www.atarihq.com/danb/files/CV-Tech.txt) and [Sound Info](http://www.atarihq.com/danb/files/CV-Sound.txt).



* Philipp Klaus Krause's [tutorial](http://www.colecovision.eu/ColecoVision/development/tutorial1.shtml) on using [libCV](http://www.colecovision.eu/ColecoVision/development/libcv.shtml) to develop games in C using SDCC. Also includes graphics conversion and compression tools.



* [ColecoVision.dk](http://www.colecovision.dk/tools.htm) - Tools and homebrew source code.



## Vectrex



* [Setting up a modern toolchain for Vectrex development with CMOC](https://vandenbran.de/2016/02/01/a-modern-toolchain-for-vectrex-development/)



### Sega SG-1000



* [Sega Game 1000 Specifications](http://www.smspower.org/uploads/Development/sg1000.txt) - by Omar Cornut / Zoop



### NES



* [NesDev Wiki](http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Nesdev_Wiki) - Comprehensive site with NES programming tutorials, reference guides, and homebrew.



* [Shiru's Stuff](https://shiru.untergrund.net/software.shtml) - Shiru has lots of NES programming tools, and the article [programming NES games in C](https://shiru.untergrund.net/articles/programming_nes_games_in_c.htm).



* [Dustmop's NES Graphics](http://www.dustmop.io/blog/2015/04/28/nes-graphics-part-1/) - Describes NES graphics in detail.



* [nesdoug](https://nesdoug.com/) - Step-by-step tutorial on making a NES game in C.



* [Lizard NES](http://lizardnes.com/) - Homebrew game with a great development blog.



* [Mega Cat Studios](https://megacatstudios.com/blogs/press/tagged/nes-graphics) - Some good blog posts about efficiently managing NES graphics assets.



* [Nerdy Nights](http://nintendoage.com/auth/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=7155) NES programming tutorials



* [FamiStudio](https://famistudio.org/) - NES Music Editor

  

* [NESFab](https://pubby.games/nesfab.html) - A NES-specific programming language with advanced 6502 optimizations and automatic bank placement.



### Atari 7800



* [Atari 7800 (Dan Boris)](https://atarihq.com/danb/a7800.shtml) - System Specs, Cartridge Information, Links, The 'Encryption' Issue, Technical Files, and more.



* [Atari 7800 Software Guide](http://7800.8bitdev.org/index.php/7800_Software_Guide) - 7800 hardware description, registers, DMA timing, and more.



* [Atari 7800 Programming Wiki](https://sites.google.com/site/atari7800wiki/) - This site is intended to be a reference for the Atari 7800 Programming mailing list, with information culled from the mailing list archives and other sources (i.e. Atari Age forums)



* [CC7800](https://github.com/steux/cc7800) - A C-inspired compiler for the Atari 7800.

 

### Sega Master System



* [SMS Power](http://www.smspower.org/Development/Index) - This area is dedicated to studying, programming, hacking of Sega 8-bit hardware and software.

[Technical info](http://www.smspower.org/uploads/Development/richard.txt), 

[VDP info](http://www.smspower.org/uploads/Development/msvdp-20021112.txt),

[SN76489 sound chip info](http://www.smspower.org/uploads/Development/SN76489-20030421.txt)



## Home Computers



### Apple I



* [Understanding the Apple I](https://www.applefritter.com/replica/chapter7)



* Signetics [2513](https://www.applefritter.com/files/signetics2513.pdf), [2504](http://retro.hansotten.nl/uploads/6502docs/signetics2504.pdf), and [2519](http://retro.hansotten.nl/uploads/6502docs/signetics2519.pdf) datasheets



### Commodore PET



* [Commodore PET Programming Model](http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/progmod.html) - The PET's memory map.



### TRS-80



### Apple II



* [The Big PEEKs, POKEs and CALLs list](http://apple2.org.za/gswv/USA2WUG/FOUNDING.MEMBERS/HOME.PAGES/EDHEL/texts/pokes.html) - Compiled by Edhel Iaur, Esq.



* [HIRES Graphics on Apple II](https://www.xtof.info/blog/?p=768) - Detailed explanation of the Apple II's convoluted graphics scheme, including the [Rgb2Hires](https://github.com/Pixinn/Rgb2Hires) conversion utility.



### Atari 8-bit



* [ANTIC, GTIA and timing info](https://www.atarimax.com/jindroush.atari.org/atanttim.html)



* [Reverse engineering Atari 8-bit video](http://www.virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=243)



* [ANTIC Timings](http://www.beipmu.com/Antic_Timings.txt)



* [ANTIC Registers](https://user.xmission.com/~trevin/atari/antic_regs.html) and [Instructions](https://user.xmission.com/~trevin/atari/antic_insns.html); [GTIA Registers](https://user.xmission.com/~trevin/atari/gtia_regs.html)



* [TRANSPORTING ATARI COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO THE ATARI 5200](http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/conv_to_5200.html) - A.N.A.L.O.G. #15, January 1984



* [Atari Cartridge Images](https://github.com/dmlloyd/atari800/blob/master/DOC/cart.txt)



* [Atari 5200 Memory Map](http://atariage.com/forums/topic/169971-5200-memory-map/)



* [Player/Missile Podcast Tutorials](https://playermissile.com/index.html#tutorials)



* [Altirra Hardware Reference Manual](https://www.virtualdub.org/downloads/Altirra%20Hardware%20Reference%20Manual.pdf)



### TI 99/4



### Commodore VIC-20



### Acorn



* [The BBC and Master Computer Public Domain Library](http://8bs.com/) and [8-Bit Acorn Webring](http://8bs.com/webring.htm) (Webrings still exist?!?)



* [Acorn Atom Technical Manual](http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Acorn_AtomTechnicalManual.pdf) (PDF)



### Sinclair



* [World of Spectrum](http://www.worldofspectrum.org/) - The official world archive for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the largest on-line gaming center on the Internet (*Yup, I think the site's great - Cliff Lawson*)



* [16K/48K ZX Spectrum Reference](http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/48kreference.htm#ZXSpectrum) and [128K](http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/128kreference.htm)



* [How to Write ZX Spectrum Games](https://chuntey.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/how-to-write-zx-spectrum-games-chapter-1/) - Converting a simple BASIC program to Z80, by Jonathan Cauldwell



### Commodore 64



* [C64 Wiki](https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/C64)



* [C64 Programmer's Reference Guide](http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/c64/c64prg.txt)



* [The MOS 6567/6569 video controller (VIC-II)](http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/c64/vic-ii.txt)



* [C64 Memory Map](http://sta.c64.org/cbm64mem.html)



* [accurately reproducing the Video Output of a Commodore C64](http://hitmen.c02.at/temp/palstuff/)



* [The CIA 6526](https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/CIA)



* [Reading the C64 Keyboard](https://codebase64.org/doku.php?id=base:reading_the_keyboard) and [How the C64 Keyboard Works](http://www.c64os.com/post/?p=45)



* [Ultimate C64 Reference](https://www.pagetable.com/c64ref/c64mem/)



* [C64 Memory Maps](http://unusedino.de/ec64/technical/project64/memory_maps.html)



### MSX



* [MSX Wiki](https://www.msx.org/wiki/)



* [MSX Assembly Page](http://map.grauw.nl/)



* [Konamiman's MSX page](https://github.com/Konamiman/MSX2-Technical-Handbook)



* [The MSX Red Book](https://github.com/gseidler/The-MSX-Red-Book/blob/master/the_msx_red_book.md) - The aim of this book is to provide a description of the standard MSX hardware and software at a level of detail sufficient to satisfy that most demanding of users, the machine code programmer.



* [awesome-msx](https://github.com/fr3nd/awesome-msx) - an awesome list about MSX!



### CPC



* [cpctelera](https://github.com/lronaldo/cpctelera) - Amstrad CPC game engine for C and Assembler developers, integrated into 8bitworkshop



## Arcade Games



* [Computer Archeology](http://www.computerarcheology.com/Arcade/) - Investigating Asteroids, Crazy Climber, Defender, Frogger (Sound), Galaga, Moon Patrol, Omega Race, Space Invaders, Time Pilot (Sound) and the [Asteroids Digital Vector Generator](http://www.computerarcheology.com/Arcade/Asteroids/DVG.html)



* [Programming the Atari XY Vector Generator](http://arcarc.xmission.com/Tech/neilw_xy.txt)



* Jed Margolin's [The Secret Life of Vector Generators](https://www.jmargolin.com/vgens/vgens.htm) and [The Secret Life of XY Monitors](https://www.jmargolin.com/xy/xymon.htm)



* [Sean Riddle's Williams Game Hardware Info](http://seanriddle.com/willhard.html)



## Hardware



### 6502



* [6502.org Tutorials](http://www.6502.org/tutorials/)



* [6502 instruction set](https://www.masswerk.at/6502/6502_instruction_set.html)



* [NesDev 6502 optimizations](https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/6502_assembly_optimisations) and [synthetic instructions](https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Synthetic_instructions)



* [6502/6510 Maths](https://codebase64.org/doku.php?id=base:6502_6510_maths)



### Z80



* Z80 Heaven - [Tutorials](http://z80-heaven.wikidot.com/system:tutorials) and [instruction set](http://z80-heaven.wikidot.com/instructions-set)



* [Z80 instruction set](http://clrhome.org/table/) - Searchable table



### TMS9918A



* [Texas Instruments TMS9918A VDP](http://bifi.msxnet.org/msxnet//tech/tms9918a.txt) info by Sean Young. Also see [here](http://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/tms9918a.htm).



* [VDP Programming Tutorial](http://map.grauw.nl/articles/vdp_tut.php) - Examples of programming the TMS9918A/v9938/v9958 from Z80 assembly language on the MSX.



* [Convert9918](https://github.com/tursilion/convert9918) - (Windows) This program can convert most modern graphics into a form compatible with the TMS9918A bitmap mode.



* [High-Resolution Sprite-Oriented Color Graphics](http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/byte/Hi-Res%20Graphics%20TMS9918%20BYTE%200882.pdf.pdf) - Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar column in August 1982 BYTE Magazine about the TMS9918.



### AY-3-8910



* [AY-3-8910 Datasheet](http://map.grauw.nl/resources/sound/generalinstrument_ay-3-8910.pdf) - Datasheet for the programmable sound generator.



### FPGA/HDL



* [ATARI PONG E CIRCUIT ANALYSIS & LAWN TENNIS: BUILDING A DIGITAL VIDEO GAME WITH 74 SERIES TTL IC’s.](http://www.pong-story.com/LAWN_TENNIS.pdf) (PDF) - A detailed analysis of the PONG circuits by Dr. H. Holden.



* [Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA](http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/apple2fpga/)



* [fpga-examples](https://github.com/sehugg/fpga-examples) - These are some of the Verilog examples from the book "Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog" ported to CRT monitor timing and tested against the IceStorm tools.



### Microcontrollers



* [Uzebox](https://uzebox.org/) - An open-source micro game platform based on the ATmega644 chip.



## Development Tools



### Compilers



* [CC65](https://cc65.github.io/) - a C compiler, linker, and assembler for 6502 machines. Targets Commodore, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, NES, and more.



* [SDCC](https://sourceforge.net/p/sdcc/wiki/z80/) - Small Device C Compiler and toolchain. Targets Z80 and Gameboy Z80, among others.



* [z88dk](https://www.z88dk.org/forum/) - A Z80 C and assembly toolchain.

There are two C compilers supported (sccz80 and sdcc), two independent C libraries included (the classic and new), an assembler/linker/librarian (z80asm), and a data compression tool (zx7).

Targets over 80 different machine families.



* [CMOC](https://perso.b2b2c.ca/~sarrazip/dev/cmoc.html) - A 6809 cross-compiler for a subset of the C language. Depends on the [LWTOOLS](http://www.lwtools.ca/) toolchain.



* [batariBASIC](https://github.com/batari-Basic/batari-Basic) - BASIC programming for Atari 2600 systems.



* [LLVM-MOS SDK](https://github.com/llvm-mos/llvm-mos-sdk) - A clang-based compiler/SDK for 6502 systems.



### Assemblers



* [DASM](https://dasm-assembler.github.io/) - a versatile macro assembler with support for several 8-bit microprocessors including MOS 6502 & 6507, Motorola 6803, 68705 & 68HC11, Hitachi HD6303 (extended Motorola 6801), and Fairchild F8. Used most often for Atari 2600 development.



* [NESASM3](https://github.com/camsaul/nesasm) - The O.G. NESasm assembler for NES 6502 assembly.



* [ASM6](https://github.com/freem/asm6f) - 6502 assembler primarily targeted at NES/Famicom development.



* [zmac](https://github.com/sehugg/zmac) - Macro cross-assembler for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor, sometimes used for Astrocade development.



### Emulators



* [MAMEDev.org](https://www.mamedev.org/) - Home of the MAME/ MESS mega-emulator.



* [Javatari](https://javatari.org/) - Atari 2600 emulator in JavaScript.



* [JSNES](https://jsnes.org/) - NES emulator in JavaScript.



* [Stella](https://stella-emu.github.io/) - A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).



* [Mesen](https://www.mesen.ca/) - A high-accuracy NES and Famicom emulator and NSF player for Windows and Linux.



* [VICE](http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/) - The Versatile Commodore Emulator.



* https://github.com/floooh/chips - Portable C emulation library for C64, CPC and other microcomputers.



* [jsvecx](http://www.twitchasylum.com/jsvecx/) - Vectrex emulator in JavaScript.



* [Altirra](http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html) - Atari 8-bit family emulator, includes compatible open-source ROM.



### IDEs



* [8bitworkshop](https://8bitworkshop.com/) - An online batteries-included IDE targeting home consoles, home computers, arcade games, and Verilog hardware design.



* [WUDSN](http://www.wudsn.com/index.php/ide) - a free integrated Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, C64 and NES development plugin for Eclipse



* [NESICIDE](https://github.com/christopherpow/nesicide) - multiplatform IDE for NES, includes FamiTracker support.



* [CBM prg Studio](https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/CBM_prg_Studio) - Free C64 IDE for Windows written with C# and VB.NET.



* [Turbo Rascal SE](https://lemonspawn.com/turbo-rascal-syntax-error-expected-but-begin/) - A Pascal -> DASM compiler for 6502/68000 computers -- the C64, C128, VIC-20, PLUS4, NES, PET and Amiga 500.



* [BASIC8](https://paladin-t.github.io/b8/) - A fantasy console supporting a BASIC-like language.



### Graphics



* [Dithertron](https://8bitworkshop.com/dithertron/) - From 8bitworkshop. Downsamples/reduces/converts images into many different retro formats, with lots of tweaking options.



* [mcDRAW](https://mcdraw.xyz/) - Cool online bitmap editor for C-64.



* [retropixels](https://www.npmjs.com/package/retropixels) - A command-line tool and library that converts to C-64 format.



### Libraries



* [CROSS-LIB](https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB) - Cross platform game library for several 8/16/32-bit computers.



## Open-Source BIOSs



* [apple2go](http://a2go.applearchives.com/roms/) - The Apple\]\[Go ROM is a public domain Apple \]\[ replacement ROM that is capable of running most games not requiring Applesoft. This ROM was written in 2006 by Marc Ressl specifically for use with the Apple\]\[Go Emulator



* [open-roms](https://github.com/MEGA65/open-roms) - A project to create unencumbered open-source ROMs for use on selected retro computers



* [CBIOS](http://cbios.sourceforge.net/) - A BSD-licensed MSX BIOS written from scratch by BouKiCHi (no cassette/disk/BASIC yet)



* [SEBasic](https://www.pledgebank.com/opense) - Open source ZX Spectrum BIOS with BASIC.



* [Altirra](https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html) - Contains Atari 8-bit compatible ROM and BASIC interpreter.



## BASIC



* [Altair 8800 Emulator](https://www.ldx.ca/notes/altair-8800-notes.html) and [BASIC disassembly](http://altairbasic.org/)



* [ECMA-55 Minimal BASIC Compiler to x86](https://buraphakit.sourceforge.io/BASIC.shtml)



* [David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games](https://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/), [more games](http://www.dunnington.info/public/basicgames/)



* [People's Computer Company Archive](https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102661095)



* [Dartmouth Time Sharing System Emulator](http://www.dtss.org/dtss/)



* BASIC Manuals - [4th Edition](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dartmouth/BASIC_4th_Edition_Jan68.pdf), [OS/8](https://www.grc.com/pdp-8/docs/OS8_BASIC_Reference.pdf), [EduSystem](http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/tss8/EduSystemHandbookJan73.pdf), [ECMA-55 (Minimal BASIC)](https://buraphakit.sourceforge.io/ECMA-55.TXT.LPR), [BASIC-80](https://altairclone.com/downloads/manuals/Microsoft%20BASIC-80.pdf), [Altair 8800 BASIC 4.1](http://vtda.org/docs/computing/MITS/MITS_Altair8800Basic4.1Reference_April1977.pdf), [HP2000](http://bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/2000TSB/22687-90001_AccessBasic9-75.pdf), [BASIC-PLUS](https://ia801901.us.archive.org/17/items/bitsavers_decpdp11rsSICPLUSLangManOct72_10455777/DEC-11-ORBPA-A-D_BASIC-PLUS_LangMan_Oct72.pdf)



## Books



* [8bitworkshop Books](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=8bitworkshop) - Books that go along with the [8bitworkshop IDE](https://8bitworkshop.com/): "Making Games for the Atari 2600", "Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C", "Making Games for the NES", and "Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog"



* [Retro Game Dev: C64 Edition](https://www.amazon.com/Retro-Game-Dev-Derek-Morris/dp/0692980652/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=c64+game+dev&qid=1571357742&sr=8-1) - Using modern tools, this introductory book guides you through all the elements required to make two mini games: a space shooter and a platformer, and run them on an emulator or real C64 hardware. Uses CBM prg Studio (Windows IDE)



## Community



* [AtariAge Forums](https://atariage.com/forums/) - Lots of active [programming forums](https://atariage.com/forums/forum/42-game-programming/) for 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, ColecoVision, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, homebrew, hacks and more.



* [NesDev Forums](https://forums.nesdev.com/) - Discussion of NES/Famicom programming, emulation, graphics, music, and more.



* [SMS Power Forums](http://www.smspower.org/forums/) - Discussion of all things SEGA!



* [Lemon64](https://www.lemon64.com/forum/index.php) and [EverythingC64](https://everythingc64.boards.net/) - Forums for the C-64 scene.



## Misc.



* [Lou's Psuedo-3D Page](http://www.extentofthejam.com/pseudo/) - How to draw 3-D roads



* [8bit-tools](https://github.com/sehugg/8bit-tools/) - Command-line tools that go along with 8bitworkshop books



## Contributing



Your contributions are always welcome! Please take a look at the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) first.