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I don't suppose any user-commented disassemblies of commercial code are available anywhere on this site? Seeing Maxim's example with the Color/Switch test got me thinking, and I know Bock mentioned in another thread that he had partially gone over Phantasy Star (which I'm particularly interested in). I know my self-education would definitely benefit from such a resource.

I have Columns source code among other things.
The thing is, to learn the basis I think you don't want to be reading source code of this era. People were pretty much isolated, code optimized but often very personal, barely commented, messy.

Maxim did a partial (complete?) disassembly of Phantasy Star. This kind of thing may end being better than the actual original source code of the game (which was probably lost).

You can learn better from modern documentation and active developpers (this site, but also probably other Z80-machine scene that are more active, probably MSX scene, but I haven't checked it).

Yes, that's what I meant, comments on user disassembly. If you get around to it, Maxim, I'd like to see any you've made on P-Star, since I've been examining that one myself.

Thanks for the tip, Bock, I'll give the MSX boards a shot too.

http://svn.smspower.org

I didn't do anything on it in years, but it's not too hard to pick it up.

Maxim wrote

http://svn.smspower.org

I didn't do anything on it in years, but it's not too hard to pick it up.

I was looking for a documented disassembly (done by hand) of an official SMS game (doesn't have to be a specific one). Your Phantasy Star disassembly seems to be offline since quite a long time now, is there any chance to obtain your commented disassembly?

I'm currently working on a SMS emulator (just for fun and learning purposes), I found some documented BIOS-disassemblies which helped me a lot (for learning and debugging).

Is there some other disassembly-project online I could consider?

Thanks + bye!

https://github.com/maxim-zhao/psrp/tree/master/psrp/Phantasy%20Star%20disassembl... - still quite abandoned
https://github.com/maxim-zhao/micromachineseditor/tree/master/Analysis - quite close to complete
https://github.com/sonicretro/s2smsdisasm
https://github.com/Kroc/Sonic1-Z80-ASM

Not games but at least complete - and maybe what you already found:

https://github.com/maxim-zhao/smsbioses

Thank you very much Maxim, exactly what I was looking for!

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Zepik Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 37 Location: USA	Game Disassemblies Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:39 pm
Zepik Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 37 Location: USA	I don't suppose any user-commented disassemblies of commercial code are available anywhere on this site? Seeing Maxim's example with the Color/Switch test got me thinking, and I know Bock mentioned in another thread that he had partially gone over Phantasy Star (which I'm particularly interested in). I know my self-education would definitely benefit from such a resource.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8651 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:16 am
	I have Columns source code among other things. The thing is, to learn the basis I think you don't want to be reading source code of this era. People were pretty much isolated, code optimized but often very personal, barely commented, messy. Maxim did a partial (complete?) disassembly of Phantasy Star. This kind of thing may end being better than the actual original source code of the game (which was probably lost). You can learn better from modern documentation and active developpers (this site, but also probably other Z80-machine scene that are more active, probably MSX scene, but I haven't checked it).

Zepik Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 37 Location: USA	Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:41 pm
Zepik Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 37 Location: USA	Yes, that's what I meant, comments on user disassembly. If you get around to it, Maxim, I'd like to see any you've made on P-Star, since I've been examining that one myself. Thanks for the tip, Bock, I'll give the MSX boards a shot too.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14741 Location: London	Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:20 pm
	http://svn.smspower.org I didn't do anything on it in years, but it's not too hard to pick it up.

Knaeckebrot Joined: 03 Aug 2017 Posts: 61 Location: Munich	Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:52 pm
	Maxim wrote http://svn.smspower.org I didn't do anything on it in years, but it's not too hard to pick it up. I was looking for a documented disassembly (done by hand) of an official SMS game (doesn't have to be a specific one). Your Phantasy Star disassembly seems to be offline since quite a long time now, is there any chance to obtain your commented disassembly? I'm currently working on a SMS emulator (just for fun and learning purposes), I found some documented BIOS-disassemblies which helped me a lot (for learning and debugging). Is there some other disassembly-project online I could consider? Thanks + bye!

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14741 Location: London	Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:52 pm
	https://github.com/maxim-zhao/psrp/tree/master/psrp/Phantasy%20Star%20disassembl... - still quite abandoned https://github.com/maxim-zhao/micromachineseditor/tree/master/Analysis - quite close to complete https://github.com/sonicretro/s2smsdisasm https://github.com/Kroc/Sonic1-Z80-ASM Not games but at least complete - and maybe what you already found: https://github.com/maxim-zhao/smsbioses

Knaeckebrot Joined: 03 Aug 2017 Posts: 61 Location: Munich	Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:55 pm
	Thank you very much Maxim, exactly what I was looking for!

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