2016-10-09 09:30:47 +00:00
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This is an Apple II port of **Conway's Game of Life**.
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It should build with no modification on Linux, macOs and Windows 10 (using the bash).
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2016-10-16 22:11:23 +00:00
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2017-02-07 23:03:46 +00:00
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It will produce the file *gol.a2*, which is an Apple II executable
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**Prerequisite in order to build:**
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* The [cc65 compiler suite](https://github.com/cc65/cc65), with the environment variable *CC65_HOME* set to its folder
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**Prerequisite in order to produce the disk image**
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* Java Runtime
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* [*AppleCommander*](http://applecommander.sourceforge.net/)
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**Embedding the Apple 2 binary into the disk image**
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Run the *add-to-disk.sh* script.
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2017-02-07 23:03:46 +00:00
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**Splash screen**
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2016-12-13 00:45:27 +00:00
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The splash screen art is located in the *assets* folder. **It has to be
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manually loaded** on the disk image using the *AppleCommander's GUI*, for the
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command line loads a corrupted file!
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This screen was converted from a PNG using [*Rgb2Hires*](https://github.com/Pixinn/Rgb2Hires).
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2016-10-16 22:11:23 +00:00
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---
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2016-10-09 09:30:47 +00:00
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For more information, you can refer to these posts on [my blog](https://www.xtof/info/blog/).
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* [Coding in C for a 8 bit 6502 CPU](https://www.xtof.info/blog/?p=714)
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* [Coding in Assembly for an Apple II](https://www.xtof.info/blog/?p=745)
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* [HIRES Graphics on the Apple II](https://www.xtof.info/blog/?p=768)
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* [Making the Apple II sing](https://www.xtof.info/blog/?p=807)
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* [A Game of Life](https://www.xtof.info/blog/?p=837)
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