[HN Gopher] Building a Modern C64 Assembly AI Toolchain
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       Building a Modern C64 Assembly AI Toolchain
        
       Author : 094459
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2025-12-09 10:49 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (medium.com)
        
       | 094459 wrote:
       | Really enjoyed reading this post, and wanted to make it more
       | broadly visible. I am planning on trying this out to see how far
       | I can push it.
        
       | afro88 wrote:
       | Great idea and execution. But please don't get an LLM to write
       | the whole blog post for you. It took the enjoyment out of reading
       | it for me. I want to read about your project in your words.
       | Reading it in LLMs words feels disconnected and not genuine.
        
         | noobermin wrote:
         | the deepest irony of asking someone to write their own blog
         | post when they can't even be bothered to write their own code
        
       | logsr wrote:
       | amazing work!
        
       | linsomniac wrote:
       | I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I'd really
       | like to see something put together for the Commodore 64 Ultimate
       | that is a, likely assembly based, environment that leverages LLMs
       | to be able to build games and demos and the like. Looking back to
       | my VIC-20 (I couldn't afford the C64, but wanted one
       | desperately), the thing I loved the most about it really was the
       | end result.
       | 
       | Don't get me wrong, I loved the process of programming, but these
       | days I have so many things going on that I rarely have the time
       | either during or after work to learn assembly or do any
       | significant low level programming.
       | 
       | I like what they are doing with the C64 now, but for me to get
       | any joy out of getting an Ultimate I'd really need something that
       | would let me play with it at a higher level than assembly or
       | basic. I could see that being a lot of fun for both my 16yo son
       | and myself.
        
         | aduty wrote:
         | https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rosc.vs6...
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         | I haven't tried the support for the C or C++ compilers
         | targeting the C64, but that would set you up for developing
         | with the C64 as a target in a modern environment.
         | 
         | If you're wanting it to be on the C64 Ultimate itself, maybe
         | we'll all be in luck in a year or two.
        
       | erwincoumans wrote:
       | Pretty complex project, brings up C64 assembly programming
       | memories (with some freeze cartridge with monitor to enter asm OP
       | codes). It would be interesting to see all the actual LLM queries
       | to get those results.
        
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