Wow, programming in Assembly is so much easier now than it was then. Imagine the luxury of having source files that you could modify in a text editor. Joy.
I remember my first LDA's on the Commodore 64, directly in the console, having to assign a memory location to each and every line as you went along, and woe unto you if you didn't NOP yourself out enough extra space from time to time to be able to insert code (or at least JMPs) as you added features. I'm not complaining, mind you. At least we had 3 letter codes we could use for instructions instead of having to memorize hex codes for everything.
But yeah, even a simple assembler that handled the line numbers for you would have made me the happiest 13 year old around.
I remember my first LDA's on the Commodore 64, directly in the console, having to assign a memory location to each and every line as you went along, and woe unto you if you didn't NOP yourself out enough extra space from time to time to be able to insert code (or at least JMPs) as you added features. I'm not complaining, mind you. At least we had 3 letter codes we could use for instructions instead of having to memorize hex codes for everything.
But yeah, even a simple assembler that handled the line numbers for you would have made me the happiest 13 year old around.