Hacking your Nintendo with JavaScript.

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A toolchain in JavaScript that reads ROM headers, rips and reinserts sprite sheets, compiles JS to 6502 assembler, and plays chiptune via an emulated APU; it runs in an emulator and can run on real hardware with an EverDrive though an AC adapter failure breaks one demo. Modules include Nestle, nestle-split and nestle-meld for sprites, nestle-sound for four-channel music, and a JS 6502 assembler/parser; most pieces work, some parsing and polish remain.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:57Impossible tasks worth trying
3. 5:46Nintendo hardware internals
4. 9:17Nintendo 64 basics
5. 11:45JavaScript compiler with Nestle
6. 15:25Breaking burnout
7. 16:52Sound support with Nestle Sound
8. 21:16Transcribing music
9. 24:11Assembler toolchain challenges
10. 26:226502 assembler in JavaScript
11. 27:46Four years progress
12. 29:10Closing remarks and Q&A

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