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nescript/examples/fade_demo.ne
Claude e0b268eea9
compiler: GNROM / debug port / sprite flicker / fade / sprite-0 split + docs
Another batch from the cc65/nesdoug gap catalogue. All six items
gated on marker labels (or default-false attributes) so existing
programs produce byte-identical ROMs — every pre-existing .nes
file round-trips unchanged.

**Language / runtime additions:**

- `mapper: GNROM` (iNES 66). Combines AxROM's 32 KB PRG pages with
  CNROM's 8 KB CHR banks in a single `$8000` register. Linker
  pads single-page ROMs to 32 KB to match mapper-66 expectations.
- `game { debug_port: fceux | mesen | 0xXXXX }`. `debug.log`,
  `debug.assert`, and the `__debug_halt` sentinel now target a
  user-selected address. `fceux` (default, $4800) and `mesen`
  ($4018) are named aliases; custom hex addresses are accepted
  for unusual debuggers.
- `game { sprite_flicker: true }`. IR lowerer injects an
  `IrOp::CycleSprites` at the top of every `on frame` handler,
  which flips on the rotating-OAM NMI variant with no per-site
  boilerplate. Default false so existing ROMs keep their layout.
- `fade_out(step_frames)` / `fade_in(step_frames)` builtins.
  Blocking helpers that walk brightness 4 → 0 or 0 → 4 with
  `step_frames` frames between each step. Runtime splices
  `__fade_out`, `__fade_in`, and a callable `__wait_frame_rt`
  helper when the builtin is used. Zero-guard on step_frames
  prevents a pathological 256-frame spin when the caller
  accidentally passes 0.
- `sprite_0_split(scroll_x, scroll_y)` intrinsic. Emits a
  two-phase busy-wait on `$2002` bit 6 (wait-for-clear,
  wait-for-set) then writes the new scroll values to `$2005`.
  Works on any mapper — unlike `on_scanline(N)` which requires
  MMC3. Enables HUD-over-playfield scrolling on NROM/UxROM/MMC1.

**Docs:**

- New paragraph in the language guide explaining the no-recursion
  design choice and the explicit-stack workaround pattern.
- `future-work.md` updated to mark the shipped items out of the
  catalogue; remaining items reshuffled in the priority ranking.
- README + examples/README updated with the new mapper and
  builtins.

**Tests:**

- 12 new integration tests covering: GNROM header emission,
  debug-port targeting (fceux/mesen/custom), unknown-alias
  rejection, sprite_flicker on/off/bad-value, fade_out JSR + marker
  coupling, fade omitted-when-unused, fade-in-expression rejected,
  sprite_0_split byte-level busy-wait verification, sprite_0_split
  arity enforcement, sprite_0_split omitted-when-unused, and an
  extended void-intrinsic-in-expression-position test covering the
  three new void builtins.
- `nes2_mapper_high_nibble_in_byte_8_is_zero_for_small_mappers`
  extended to include GNROM.
- Four new examples with committed .nes ROMs + pixel/audio
  goldens: `gnrom_simple`, `auto_sprite_flicker`, `fade_demo`,
  `sprite_0_split_demo`.

All 752 tests pass. Clippy clean. 44/44 emulator goldens match.
2026-04-18 19:31:55 +00:00

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// Fade demo — blocking fade_out / fade_in builtins cycle between
// normal and black every few seconds. Exercises the runtime fade
// helper that walks 5 brightness levels with a user-controlled
// step delay between each.
game "Fade Demo" {
mapper: NROM
}
var frame: u8 = 0
on frame {
frame += 1
// Every 120 frames (~2 sec), fade out and back in. Each fade
// takes 5 steps × 6 frames = 30 frames.
if frame == 30 {
fade_out(6)
}
if frame == 120 {
fade_in(6)
frame = 0
}
draw Ball at: (120, 100)
}
start Main