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A curated list of original and reverse-engineered vintage 6502 game sourcecode.

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RetroRE 6502

A brief and incomplete list of reverse-engineered and original vintage-gaming sourcecode for systems based on my favourite CPU, the 6502.

Acorn Electron

Crazee Rider (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Galaforce 1 (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Planetoid (1983) - Disassembly.

Planetoid (1983) - Disassembly.

Apple II

Bilestoad, The (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Bomber (1978) - Commented disassembly.

Deathmaze 5000 (1980) - Commented disassembly.

Elite (1985) - Partially commented disassembly.

Epoch (1981) - Commented disassembly.

Phantom's Five (1980) - Commented disassembly.

Pinball Construction Set (1982) - Original sourcecoce.

Prince of Persia (1989) - Original sourcecode.

Robotron 2084 (1983) - Commented disassembly.

Scott Adams Adventures (1981) - Commented disassembly.

Space Eggs (1981) - Commented disassembly.

Stellar 7 (1983) - Commented disassembly.

Arcade

Asteroids (1979) - Original sourcecode.

Asteroids (1979) - Fully commented disassembly.

Atari 2600

MULTIPLE - Many Atari games disassembled in this repo!

A-Team (19xx) - Partially commented disassembly.

Air Sea Battle (1977) - Fully commented disassembly.

Berzerk (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Combat (1977) - Fully commented disassembly.

Cosmic Ark (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Donkey Kong (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Dragonfire (1982) - Commented disassembly.

Dragster (1980) - Commented disassembly.

Freeway (1981) - Fully commented disassembly.

Haunted House (1982) - Partially commented disassembly (WIP).

Indy 500 (1977) - Partially commented disassembly.

Jawbreaker (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Kaboom (1981) - Fully commented disassembly.

Outlaw (1978)- Fully commented disassembly.

Pitfall! (1982) - Commented disassembly.

Pitfall! (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Red vs. Blue (1981) - Fully commented disassembly.

Riddle of the Sphinx / Dank Tower (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

River Raid (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Space Jockey (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Star Master (1982) - Fully commented disassembly.

Surround (1977) - Fully commented disassembly.

Venture (1981) - Fully commented disassembly.

Atari 7800

Asteroids (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Centipede (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Commando (1989) - Original sourcecode.

Crossbow (1988) - Original sourcecode.

Dig Dug (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Food Fight (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Galaga (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Hat-Trick (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Joust (1988) - Original sourcecode.

Ms. PacMan (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Robotron 2084) (1987) - Commented disassembly.

Robotron: 2084 (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Sphinx - Original sourcecode.

Super Stunt Cycle (1989) - Original sourcecode.

Xevious (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Atari 8-bit

Anteater (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Blue Max (1983) - Original source code in this thread.

Bruce Lee (1984) - Commented disassembly.

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom - Original source code listing from paper.

Dandy (1983) - Original sourcecode.

Donkey Kong (1983) - Original sourcecode.

Fort Apocalypse (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Getaway! (1982) - Original sourcecode.

M.U.L.E. (1983) - Commented disassembly. + Comprehensive document

PAC-MAN (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Pinball Construction Set (1983) - Original sourcecode.

Preppie! (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Preppie! II (1983) - Original sourcecode.

Princess and the Frog, The (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Sea Chase (1983) - Original sourcecode.

Sea Dragon (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Star Raiders (1979) - Fully commented disassembly.

Star Raiders (1979) - Original source code listing from paper.

Up'n Down (1983) - Original source code listing from paper.

BBC

Aviator (1983) - WIP.

Crazee Rider (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Exile (1988) - Fully commented disassembly.

Elite (1984) - Original sourcecode.

Galaforce (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Manic Miner (1984) - Fully commented disassembly.

Revs (1985, 1986) - Fully commented disassembly.

Stunt Car Racer (2019) - 6502. BBC Micro port of Stunt Car Racer.

Thrust (1986) - Fully commented disassembly.

Commodore 64

Alien 3 (1992) - Original sourcecode.

Altered Beast (1989) - Original sourcecode.

Atomic Robokid (1990) - Original sourcecode.

Attack of the Mutant Camels (1983) - Fully commented disassembly.

Beach Head (1983) - Fully commented disassembly.

Bounty Bob Strikes Back (1984) - Fully commented disassembly.

Castles of Dr. Creep III (1984) - Fully commented disassembly.

Commando (1985) - Fully commented disassembly.

Elite (1985) - Commented disassembly and patches.

Habitat (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Hunchback (1984) - Fully commented disassembly.

Gridrunner (1983) - Fully commented disassembly.

Kickman (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Laser Zone (1983) - Commented disassembly. WIP.

Le Mans (1983) - Fully commented disassembly.

Lode Runner (1983) - Fully commented disassembly.

Miner 2049'er (1983) - Fully commented disassembly.

Nemesis the Warlock (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Omega Race (Ultimax) (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Rampage (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Slaine (1987) - Original sourcecode.

Skool Daze (1984) - Commented disassembly.

Stunt Car Racer (1989) - Partially commented disassembly, from the BBC port project.

Wizard of Wor (Ultimax) (1982) - Original sourcecode.

Wizard of Wor (Commodore) (1983) - Commented disassembly.

NES

Akira (1988) - Partially commented disassembly.

Backgammon (1990) - Partially commented disassembly.

Balloon Fight (1984) - Commented disassembly.

Chip'n'Dale 2 (1992) - Partially commented disassembly.

Contra (1987) - Fully commented disassembly.

Days of Thunder - Unreleased (1990) - Original sourcecode. Game was never released.

Dragon Warrior (1987) - Fully commented disassembly.

Final Fantasy (1987) - Fully commented disassembly.

Green Beret (1987) - Partially commented disassembly.

HeroQuest (Unreleased) - Original sourcecode.

Jackdal (1988) - Fully commented disassembly.

James Bond Jr. (1991) - Original sourcecode.

Magician (1990) - Original sourcecode.

Mega Man 3 (1990) - Partially commented disassembly.

Mega Man 4 (1991) - Partially commented disassembly.

Mega Man 5 (1992) - Partially commented disassembly.

Mega Man 6 (1993) - Partially commented disassembly.

Metroid (1986) - Fully commented disassembly.

Mike Tyson's Punch Out! (1987) - Partially commented disassembly.

New Ghostbusters II (1992) - Partially commented disassembly.

Ninja Hattori Kun (1986) - Original sourcecode.

Robocop 3 (1992) - Partially commented disassembly.

Sim City (Unreleased, 1991) - Partially commented disassembly.

Super Mario Bros (1985) - Fully commented disassembly.

Super Mario Bros 3 (1990) - Commented disassembly.

Tetris (1989) - Commented disassembly.

Zelda, The Legend Of (1985) - WIP, partially commented disassembly.

Zelda, The Legend Of (1985) - Fully commented disassembly.

Other links, resources, sources

http://bringerp.free.fr/RE/index.php5 - MULE and others.

https://github.com/milkeybabes - C64 original sources.

https://github.com/billbudge - Author of Pinball Construction Set.

http://www.qotile.net/minidig/index.html - Several Atari 2600 disassembly sources.