Can I improve this simple Sprite Editor?
Join me as I dissect and "re-feature" this BASIC program by Nick Marentes.
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0:00 Intro: Back to the BASICs
1:19 A look at Nick's program
3:02 Examining the code
3:27 NEWJOY: a neat party trick!
8:52 So, how do we fix it?
13:48 First test: Taking the bad with the good
14:49 Let's work on those glitches
15:02 Fixing Launch corruption
16:45 Second Test: One bug squashed
18:08 Fixing Exit corruption
19:32 Diagnosing Sprite copy & border corruption
21:46 Fixing Sprite Copy corruption
24:00 Final Test?
27:53 All Fixed! So let's keep going!
32:11 Everything is under Control!
34:13 One final addition...
35:35 Fishing touches and thoughts
35:55 Benchmarking the cursor draw
36:10 And one final fix...
37:50 Fixed!
Featuring "La Villa Strangiato" by Rush