C64 Studio
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| Developer | Georg Rottensteiner | |
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| Release | 2011 | |
| Licence | Freeware, Open Source | |
| Platform | PC (Windows, .NET) | |
| Genre | Cross-Development IDE | |
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C64 Studio is a useful Commodore development environment for Windows, which has been actively developed by Georg Rottensteiner since 2011.The program is focused on supporting C64 assembler and Basic V2, but also includes a number of handy tools as listed below.
It is published as Freeware, and the source code can be downloaded at GitHub (https://github.com/GeorgRottensteiner/C64Studio/).
The current version is 7.6, which was released on 13th October, 2023.
The user manual of C64 Studio and other documentation (http://unusedino.de/ec64/technical/aay/c64) is included in the offline help (available with the function key F1 ).
Overview[edit | edit source]
The main programming tools in C64 Studio are:
- Assembler and disassembler for MOS 6510
- Character editor for HiRes, multicolor and EMC mode
- Sprite editor
- Screen designer for text- and bitmap screens
- Map editor for tile basic
- Debugger used with VICE until version 5.2
- File manager (import and export for (.prg, .T64 or .D64/.D71/.D81)
- Assembling tape, disk and cartridge formats
- Import and -export dual code
Debugging[edit | edit source]
A special feature of C64 Studio is the debugging function with the remote monitor of VICE (step in, step over, step out). Also shown are register and memory contents.
Assembler[edit | edit source]
The assembler syntax used in C64 Studio is similar to the standard configuration of ACME. The assembler also supports other syntaxes (PDS, DASM, etc.).
