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	* '''''[http://www.c.r.dewhurst3.freeuk.com/bbc/books/pdfca.zip Creative Assembler]'' by Jonathan Griffiths'''		* '''''[http://www.c.r.dewhurst3.freeuk.com/bbc/books/pdfca.zip Creative Assembler]'' by Jonathan Griffiths'''
	*:Seemed a good one from what I've seen. - AndrewW		*:Seemed a good one from what I've seen. - AndrewW
-	* '''''[http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~bbcdocs/library/pubs/Discovering_BBC_Micro_MC.zip Discovering BBC Micro Machine Code]'' by A P Stephenson'''	+	* '''''[http://www.bbcdocs.com/filebase/library/pubs/Discovering_BBC_Micro_MC.zip Discovering BBC Micro Machine Code]'' by A P Stephenson'''
	* '''''[http://www.c.r.dewhurst5.freeuk.com/bbc/books/pdfmastac.zip Mastering Assembly Code]'' by Richard Vialls'''		* '''''[http://www.c.r.dewhurst5.freeuk.com/bbc/books/pdfmastac.zip Mastering Assembly Code]'' by Richard Vialls'''
	* '''''[http://www.c.r.dewhurst3.freeuk.com/bbc/books/pdfbmmcp.zip The BBC Micro Machine Code Portfolio]'' by Bruce Smith'''		* '''''[http://www.c.r.dewhurst3.freeuk.com/bbc/books/pdfbmmcp.zip The BBC Micro Machine Code Portfolio]'' by Bruce Smith'''
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	=== Disc Filing Systems (Advanced) ===		=== Disc Filing Systems (Advanced) ===
-	* '''''[http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~bbcdocs/hardware/AdvDiskUG.zip Advanced Disk User Guide]'' by Colin Pharo'''	+	* '''''[http://www.bbcdocs.com/filebase/hardware/AdvDiskUG.zip Advanced Disk User Guide]'' by Colin Pharo'''
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	=== Sound & Music ===		=== Sound & Music ===
-	* '''''[http://www.bbcmicro.net/old-8bs/othrdnld/manuals/musicmasterclass/bbc_mm.htm BBC Micro Music Masterclass]'' by Ian Ritchie'''	+	* '''''[http://www.8bs.com/othrdnld/manuals/musicmasterclass/bbc_mm.htm BBC Micro Music Masterclass]'' by Ian Ritchie'''

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Revision as of 13:21, 15 August 2011

Contents 1 Useful Docs 1.1 User Guides 1.2 Assembly Language Programming 1.3 Basic Programming (Advanced) 1.4 Machine Architecture/Technical Information 1.5 Disc Filing Systems (Advanced) 1.6 Graphics (Advanced) 1.7 Sound & Music 1.8 Adventure Design and Programming 1.9 Game Disassemblies 1.10 File Formats 1.11 Games with Source Code

Useful Docs

User Guides

• The BBC Microcomputer User Guide by Gray, Dickens & Holmes (Browsable HTML version)

  The original User Guide - everything starts here. - Samwise

• Advanced User Guide for the BBC Micro by Gray, Dickens & Holmes

  The essential companion volume to the User Guide. - Samwise

• New Advanced User Guide by Mark Holmes & Adrian Dickens

  Covers Masters etc. quite well. A good contender for people wanting to push their game to it's limits. - SteveO

• Electron Advanced User Guide by Mark Holmes & Adrian Dickens

Assembly Language Programming

• Creative Assembler by Jonathan Griffiths

  Seemed a good one from what I've seen. - AndrewW

• Discovering BBC Micro Machine Code by A P Stephenson
• Mastering Assembly Code by Richard Vialls
• The BBC Micro Machine Code Portfolio by Bruce Smith

Basic Programming (Advanced)

• Advanced Programming for the BBC by Mike James and S M Gee
• The Super-User's BBC Micro Book by Brian James and Graham Keeler

Machine Architecture/Technical Information

• The BBC Micro Revealed by Jeremy Ruston

Disc Filing Systems (Advanced)

• Advanced Disk User Guide by Colin Pharo

Graphics (Advanced)

• Advanced Graphics with the BBC Model B Microcomputer by I O Angell and B J Jones

Sound & Music

• BBC Micro Music Masterclass by Ian Ritchie

Adventure Design and Programming

• Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer by Tim Hartnell
• Creating Adventure Programs on the BBC Micro by Ian Watt
• Playing, Studying and Writing Interactive Fiction (Text Adventure Games) by Dennis G. Jerz

  Quite an interesting resource about text adventures and features a number of useful links - Francis G. Loch

Game Disassemblies

According to Christopher Dewhurst: these disassemblies "are great way of learning 6502 assembly language, even if a little daunting at first, but particularly rewarding if you come across a piece of code and are able to say to yourself, I can do that more efficiently!"

• Grabit
• Siege
• Swoop

File Formats

Some details of reverse engineered file formats for various games:

• Repton Infinity by tautology
• Hobgoblin by Cybershark and tautology
• Shark by DavidB
• Epic Adventure version 1 (Castle Frankenstein) by tautology (work in progress)

Games with Source Code

• Jet Set Miner by Tom Walker
• Sparse Invaders by Neil Beresford - fully commented GPL source code of a simple P65 assembler Space Invaders clone designed for use with the SWIFT IDE as an extensible base for further projects.