Code Walk! CPU Cycles and Performance of Mega Man 2 (Bonus: MM3) - Talkin' Code Ep. 4

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Mega Man 2 (1988)
Duration: 27:31
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Code walk of a Mega Man 2 subroutine with cycle counting, execution time as a frame percentage, and improving Mega Man 3.

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0:00 Intro
0:41 Code Walk
14:13 The Math (Percentage of Frame)
17:54 Marked Breakpoints
24:26 Mega Man 3 Performance
27:19 Outro

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Tags:
nes
code walk
assembly
performance
cycles
vertical blank
nmi
bank switching
mega man
slowdown
improvement
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programming
capcom


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