Studying the code
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:31 am
Hi, I'm an amateur web developer, used to play BT a ton when I was a kid. Wondering if anyone here is familiar with the original code (ie: the DOS or C64 versions, etc.) and could offer some guides for how to go about understanding it. I don't really know anything about lower-lever programming (ie: anything closer to the machine than Javascript) but it seems like a fun way to learn.
Particularly I'm wondering what language(s) this was originally written in. (I may look into finding a decompiler.) In this interview:
https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic ... 6ccaee8c14
Cranford says he wrote in "machine language", but I'm not sure if perhaps he's referring to assembly language. Or perhaps there were multiple languages involved such as a version of Basic? Or was it in fact all just typed out by hand in Hexadecimal?
Thanks for any thoughts on this!
Particularly I'm wondering what language(s) this was originally written in. (I may look into finding a decompiler.) In this interview:
https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic ... 6ccaee8c14
Cranford says he wrote in "machine language", but I'm not sure if perhaps he's referring to assembly language. Or perhaps there were multiple languages involved such as a version of Basic? Or was it in fact all just typed out by hand in Hexadecimal?
Thanks for any thoughts on this!