Hacking the NES With Lisp 80
Andy Hefner has a detailed blog post covering his quest to program an NES with the assistance of Common Lisp. He developed a new 6502 assembler, a mini-language for composing musical sequences, and a neat demo (rom image).
Re:Nostalgia is a powerful force... (Score:3, Insightful)
Are you kidding?! There are probably more working NES consoles out there than N64 or Nokia N-gages.
thats b/c "this stuff" became illegal (Score:5, Insightful)
if you tried to do what this guy is doing for NES with a Sony Playstation or IPhone you would sued and threatened with millions in legal bills. If you don't believe me, ask George Hotz.
slashdot didn't move away from geeky stuff... certain corporate interests decided to attack the entire principle of DIY at its core. you can't expect slashdot to be silent about that.
Comment removed (Score:4, Insightful)