WLA DX For Linux

Here are some key features of "WLA DX":

� Fast � SNES support � SMS/GG support � Gameboy support � PC-Engine support � NO$GMB symbol file writing � Support for object and library files � You can patch ROM images with code � WLA GB-Z80 disassembler included � Numerous ways to comment code away � ROM image and program file compiling � Multilevel macros (actually, functions)

� 6502 (NES, etc.) � 65C02 (VIC-20, etc.) � 6510 (C64, etc.) � 65816 (SNES, etc.) � GB-Z80 (Game Boy) � HuC6280 (PC-Engine) � SPC-700 (SNES sound chip) � Z80 (GG, SMS, MSX, Spectrum, Ti86, etc.)

� AmigaOS 1-3 (680x0) � AmigaOS 4 (PPC) � Linux � MSDOS � Un*x � Win32

Currently WLA can also be used as a patch tool. Just include the original ROM image into the project with .BACKGROUND and insert e.g., OVERWRITE .SECTIONs to patch the desired areas. Output the data into a new ROM image and there you have it. 100% readable (asm coded) patches are reality!

Note that you can directly compile only object and library files. You must use WLALINK to link these (or only one, if you must) into a ROM/program file.

About the names... WLA DX means all the tools covered in this documentation. So WLA DX includes WLA GB-Z80/Z80/6502/65C02/6510/65816/HUC6280/SPC-700 macro assembler (what a horribly long name), WLAB, WLAD and WLALINK GB-Z80/Z80/6502/65C02/6510/65816/HUC6280/SPC-700 linker. I use plain WLA to refer to the macro assembler.

What's New in This Release:

� This version fixes some small bugs, adds filter macros to .db, .dw, and .incbin, and incorporates a Mersenne Twister. � This release also changes the way label addresses are calculated inside branch opcodes' pending calculations.