Amiga · Assembly · 68000
Amiga assembly
Learn 68000 assembly by building games
Where you are
04 · Machine track
Amiga assembly is the concrete 68000 and custom-chip route.
This is the application layer: 68000 instructions, memory, Copper lists, Blitter operations, DMA, Paula audio, frame timing, and complete games under real Amiga constraints.
- AMOS or Blitz experience helps with the machine, but neither is required.
- You should be comfortable with variables, loops, branches, and binary or start with Foundations.
- Use The Craft when the game pauses on reusable ideas such as timing, collision, state, motion, or feel.
Before you begin
You'll need an assembler and an emulator. Both are free and take five minutes to install.
Set up your tools →Games
Each game teaches new skills while building something you'll want to play. Start with Game 1 and work through in order — each builds on what came before.
What you'll master
By the time you've built all the games, you'll have deep knowledge of Amiga hardware and 68000 assembly.
Copper programming
Program the co-processor to change colours mid-frame, create gradient skies, and achieve effects impossible on other machines. The Copper runs in parallel with the CPU.
Blitter operations
Hardware-accelerated graphics: copy, fill, and combine bitmaps at speed. Understand DMA, channels, and how the Amiga achieves smooth scrolling and sprite movement.
68000 assembly
The instruction set that powered Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Genesis, and early Macintosh. Clean orthogonal design with 32-bit registers and flexible addressing modes.
Paula audio
4-channel 8-bit PCM audio at 28 kHz. Mix samples, create tracker music, and achieve sound quality that made the Amiga legendary.
Custom chipset
The Amiga's custom chips work in parallel, giving you hardware-accelerated graphics, sound, and I/O. This is what made the Amiga the ultimate games machine.
Ready to start?
Game 1 starts with the Copper — a coloured display built from a Copper list. By the end of Unit 1, you'll have gradient bands on screen controlled entirely by the custom chipset.
Start Game 1: Exodus →