Thanks everyone, these are all great ideas!

On the C64, a very easy way to "profile" code is to change the border color at the start and end of different sections of code. That way, you can see how many scanlines your code is taking in real time. Is there a similar trick available on the NES? Near as I can see, there are no register...

My art skills are even worse than my musical ones sadly

I'm not musician, but wanted to get a feel for the 2A03 APU, so I smashed this together with FamiStudio as a learning project.

If you like repetitive music, portamento, and square waves, this is for you I guess..

Just commenting to say, FamiStudio is awesome! I used trackers back in the day, but don't have the patience for them now. I'd never used anything with a piano roll before, but with a simple goal in mind and some quick experimentation I was able to pick up FamiStudio fairly quickly, even with my shor...

Thank you for the detailed reply! That's very helpful. The Everdrive N8 looks perfect, but a bit out of my price range, especially with the $US being what it is at the moment :( If my budget was in that ballpark though, it would do exactly what I want. I think the NESMaker option with an adapter mig...

Hi all. I bought an old Famicom and a Family Basic with a keyboard on a whim, and have been enjoying the rabbit hole that is getting it working, playing old games, buying cartridges, emulators etc. The wiki is very useful, and I've started experimenting with C and neslib. Seems like a great communit...