Apple 1 "Worple"

A Wordle-style puzzle game for the Apple 1. Features over 850 words, but small enough to run on systems with as little as 4K of RAM.

Files in the Repo:

• worple.asm

  • The 6502 assembly language source code
  • I used dasm to assemble this, but other 6502 assemblers should work without too much tweaking

• worple.bin

  • Assembled binary file
  • The first two bytes in the file are the (little-endian) origin address of the code: $0300

• worple.js

  • Javascript "tape file" format, compatible with Will Scullin's Apple 1js emulator
  • You can use this with a local copy of the emulator by putting the file in the /tapes directory and adding a reference to it in apple1.htm

• worple.txt

  • Typed version of program in "Woz Monitor" hex format
  • Many emulators will let you copy/paste or otherwise load this in
  • You can also send this over to a real Apple 1 (or replica/clone) via serial connection

• words.txt

  • Text file of words used by the game

• words_0.bin and words_1.bin

  • Compressed binary versions of the word list, split into two parts (A-P and Q-Z)

• packer.py

  • Python utility that creates the compressed binary word files

Modifying the Word List

• Edit words.txt as you see fit. (If your list exceeds 866 words, more than 4K of RAM will be required.)
• Run packer.py to shuffle the word list and rebuild the two binary word files
• Reassemble worple.asm to build a new executable binary with the new words in it