To newcoleco:

[Aswald]

Unfortunately, it's become obvious that the computers in this section are unable to properly run that complier. I'll have to wait until Monday, at the earliest, before I can try it there.

However, I HAVE had more luck running more and more things at your website here, including that little graphics program (Sprites).

What does a compiler do, exactly? GUI? What is that?

Which emulators are good for actually programming ColecoVision games? The easier, the better.

Last night, I was able to do a few small machine language subroutines on the Commodore 64. This is for the title screen for "Island of Foxes." It's been years, though, and I do NOT have an assembler. I just POKE the numbers directly into memory, and then use a SYS command to go there. It won't be much longer before I can program it in earnest- at least on a Commodore 64. Note, however, that this version takes several things into account: the 24X32 space set-up, for example. I do not know enough about a ColecoVision to know if I can use that 40 column Text Mode; remember, the game itself is all-text. Does Chateau Du Dragon use this mode?

[newcoleco]

GUI = Graphic User Interface

A compiler is a software. It reads the source code to create a binary file based on the processor instructions with some extra informations. A compiler creates OBJ files. A linker is a software. It reads the result of the compiler (OBJ files) to create a binary file to execute. A linker create binary code like bin, rom, com, exe, etc.

CCI is a GUI interface to use Hi-Tech C compiler for CP/M and the 22NICE emulator for DOS. If you use a Windows like Windows98, NT, 2002, etc.. you can use CCI to compile Coleco projects. Doesn't work on Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.x

BASIC for the C64 is not a compiled language. When you type RUN, the BASIC interpreter read your BASIC code and execute a set of machine instructions to execute your command. There are at least one BASIC compiler for the C64. The compiler try to replace the basic coding by some machine instructions to run faster your programs.

Good emulators to test your Coleco projects? The easier? for you it's the VirtualColeco because it's a windows application. VirtualColeco is not fully compatible with all the commercial roms. The best Coleco emulators are MESS and ADAMEM. Colem and Meka are good ones too.