boomlindea month ago
You can chain handlers by simply rewriting the interrupt vector. Something like this (for a sequence of two handlers):
handler1
; ...
lda #<handler2
sta $fffe
lda #>handler2
sta $ffff
lda #line2
sta $d012
rti
handler2
; ...
lda #<handler1
sta $fffe
lda #>handler1
sta $ffff
lda #line1
sta $d012
rti
I've only skimmed through the article so maybe there's a reason the author considered this and opted not to. Running out of memory maybe?
classichasclassa month ago
Nitpick: I think he still has the Kernal banked in, so he'll need to use the soft vector at $0314. But that is exactly how I've done chained raster splits otherwise. It's really the most straightforward approach.
neonz80a month ago
If you put both handlers in the same 256 byte page you can get away with only updating the low byte of the address.
schlauerfoxa month ago
I'm ignorant of most C64 stuff being an Atari kid, but I did find this pretty impressive (it's a cheat) with seemingly 9 sprites at once. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4twUyt-MY
Tuna-Fisha month ago
The demo has brilliant pacing. When it starts with the sprites moving in a big circle, initially I'm not impressed at all, because C64 has 8 sprites per line, and changing the sprites to be drawn when the screen is halfway drawn is pretty much the first trick you learn. Then the sprites move to the top of the screen, where they are all on the same line together, and my jaw drops.
classichasclassa month ago
Plus, Linus did it in the border, where only sprites can be, so it can't be a trick with bitmap graphics or custom characters.
Fr0styMatt88a month ago
That music too! Dang the SID sounds good.
kickahaa month ago
I have been waiting forty years to learn how to do this.