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Amiga Cracktro Programming
- 2. About me • Developer at www.userlike.com • Hobby projects at www.optixx.org • Gaming consoles • Micro controller • Retro computing
- 3. Motivation • Learned programming on the Amiga 500 • Use modern development tools • Interesting platform • Total control • Batteries included
- 4. Whats is a Cracktro? • Spread with pirated games released by cracker groups • via mail letters , later via modem • Mostly logo, text and music • Demonstrate technical skills • Competition & fame
- 5. Cracktros come in many form • Small, packed, absolute or relocatable • Standalone, injected or in bootloader • Compilations / Trainers
- 7. Quartex
- 8. The Company &Vision Factory
- 9. Amiga History • 1985: Amiga 1000 • 1987: Amiga 500 & Amiga 2000 • 1990: Amiga 3000 • 1992: Amiga 1200 & Amiga 4000 • 1994: Bankruptcy of Commode Inc
- 10. Amiga 500 • 16/32bit Motorola 68000 CPU • 32bit registers • 16bit databus • 24bit external address bus • 7 MHz • 512KB RAM Chip Ram • OCS • Price 800 DM in 1988
- 11. Amiga 1200 • Motorola 68EC020 CPU • 32bit register • 32bit databus • 24bit external address bus • 14 MHz • 2MB RAM • AGA • Price 900 DM in 1992
- 12. Custom Chips • Original Chip Set (OSC) • Enhanced Chip Set (ESC) • Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) • Advanced Amiga Architecture (AAA)
- 14. Agnus • Controls Chip RAM • DMA • Access only 512KB of Chip RAM • Hosts the Blitter and Copper
- 15. Blitter • BLock Image Transfer - Blit • 4 Channels, boolean combination • Copy, clear and fill • Draw lines
- 16. Copper • Co-processor • Commands: MOVE,WAIT and SKIP • Programs are copperlists • Set video hardware registers • Change color registers mid-frame • Create rasterbars
- 17. Denise • Display encoder • Lowres 320x256 @50Hz PAL 32 Colors of 4096 palette • Hires 640x256 @50Hz PAL 16 Colors of 4096 palette • Interlaced • Extra-HalfBrite (EHB) • 64 Colors • Hold-and-Modify (HAM) • 4096 Colors • Dual playfields • 8 Sprites 16 pixel width
- 18. Paula • Audio and peripheral • IO • Floppy controller • Serial port • Mouse / Joystick inputs
- 19. Chunky vs. Planar • Planar • Represents pixels with layered bitplanes • Info spread on different planes / RAM locations • Chunky • Packed pixel • Pixel are grouped together in RAM
- 20. Emulate vs Hardware • Emulator • WinUAE, FS-UAE • Lots of emulated hardware • Hardware • Real hardware with Gotek floppy emu • MIST FPGA
- 21. Coding 1988 • Seka assembler (later ASMone) • IDE, compiler and debugger in one • Project management • Floppy disks • Paper & pen • Pocket calculator • Documentation • Books & Printouts • Word of mouth (phone calls)
- 22. Load & compile
- 23. Run
- 24. Debug
- 25. Coding 2016 • Crosscompiler: vbcc, vasm68k and linker • Texteditor + Git • Emulators • FS-UAE • WIN-UAE • Documentation • Blogs & Forums
- 26. Hack…
- 27. Compile
- 28. Emulate
- 29. Debugger
- 30. Code Flow • Save system state • Turn system off • SetupVBI • Mainloop • Jump to effects routine • Jump to music play routine inVBI • Restore system state
- 31. Effect Explained • Logo Wobbel • Create a copperlist that manipulates the image • Static vs. dynamics • Update copperliste • Use sine LUT • Use hardware scroll register for < 16px • Bitplane scroll register for >16px
- 33. Getting Started • Photon’s ASMSKOOL videos & resources • http://coppershade.org/ • Amiga Cross Dev • https://github.com/kusma/amiga-dev
- 34. My Cracktro • Logo with wobble effect • Horizontal rasterbars • 2-pixel sinescroller • Sinescroller mirror with water effect • Background starfield
- 35. Now Live Demo!