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by mrcactu5 2407 days ago
if all I want to to is build a Super Mario clone is the knowledge of the 6502 assembly language still necessary ?
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It'd be helpful, but not strictly necessary.

Here's an extremely well commented disassembly of Super Mario Bros.

https://gist.github.com/1wErt3r/4048722

No, you can just make it in your language of choice. If you'd like to emulate it then you'll probably need to learn it.