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CREATING A COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR IN GAMEMAKER – PART 5

Sep 21, 2022 mikedailly

In this part, I’m going to start looking at sprites, and see if there’s anything I can do in order to display “something” so I can better see games running.…

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CREATING A COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR IN GAMEMAKER – PART 4

Sep 12, 2022 mikedailly

In this part, I’m going to start discussing how I handled the screen at the start of this process, and the reasons behind these choices. I said in the first part…

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CREATING A COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR IN GAMEMAKER – PART 3

Sep 5, 2022 mikedailly

The next part deals with tracking down CPU bugs, and ways to log quickly, and we also take a look at C64 memory mapping.

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Game In A Day

Aug 31, 2022 mikedailly

So here I’ll start linking all my #GameInADay streams, and list all the suggestions for future ones.Patreon’s will be able to vote on which one I decide to do, picked…

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C64 Emulator Article Series

Aug 31, 2022 mikedailly

A series of articles about how I created a C64 emulator in GameMaker Studio

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The DMA Logos

Aug 31, 2022 mikedailly

A history of the DMA Design Logo

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CREATING A COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR IN GAMEMAKER – PART 2

Aug 29, 2022 mikedailly

A look at the 6502 CPU's flags and how to actually emulate CPU instructions in any emulator.

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CREATING A COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR IN GAMEMAKER – PART 1

Aug 22, 2022 mikedailly

These articles were first published at the start of 2015, and GameMaker has changed a lot since then – not least with the release of GameMaker Studio 2. Fortunately nothing…

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GTA 16/32Bit discussion

Aug 17, 2022 mikedailly

Part of the GTA 1 story, is how the 16/32bit high colour modes came about. This engine, came about with me speaking to the SCITECH guys. There was a message…

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DMA Staff Pictures

Aug 16, 2022 mikedailly

DMA Design staff pictures as of 1996

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