6502 Disassembler + C Recompiler — working demo

Built as a feasibility demonstration for a custom decompiler/recompiler project. All output generated by real working code, not mocked.

Example 1: copy loop

Input: a9 00 85 40 a2 05 e8 8a d0 fd

Step 1: Disassembly

8000  a9 00    LDA #$00
8002  85 40    STA $40
8004  a2 05    LDX #$05
8006  e8       INX
8007  8a       TXA
8008  d0 fd    BNE $8007

Step 2: Recompiled to C

void block_8000(cpu_t *cpu) {
    uint8_t *M = cpu->mem;
    /* 8000 */ cpu->A = 0x00; set_nz(cpu, cpu->A);
    /* 8002 */ M[0x40] = cpu->A;
    /* 8004 */ cpu->X = 0x05; set_nz(cpu, cpu->X);
    /* 8006 */ cpu->X++; set_nz(cpu, cpu->X);
L_8007:;
    /* 8007 */ cpu->A = cpu->X; set_nz(cpu, cpu->A);
    /* 8008 */ if (cond_bne(cpu)) goto L_8007;
}

Example 2: array walk with indirection

Input: a0 00 b1 f0 18 69 05 c8 c0 0a d0 f5

Step 1: Disassembly

8000  a0 00    LDY #$00
8002  b1 f0    LDA ($F0),Y
8004  18       CLC
8005  69 05    ADC #$05
8007  c8       INY
8008  c0 0a    CPY #$0A
800A  d0 f5    BNE $8001

Step 2: Recompiled to C

void block_8000(cpu_t *cpu) {
    uint8_t *M = cpu->mem;
    /* 8000 */ cpu->Y = 0x00; set_nz(cpu, cpu->Y);
    /* 8002 */ cpu->A = M[M16(cpu, 0xF0) + cpu->Y]; set_nz(cpu, cpu->A);
    /* 8004 */ cpu->C = 0;
    /* 8005 */ adc(cpu, 0x05);
    /* 8007 */ cpu->Y++; set_nz(cpu, cpu->Y);
    /* 8008 */ set_nz(cpu, cpu->Y - 0x0A); /* CPY */
    /* 800A */ if (cond_bne(cpu)) goto L_8001;
L_8001:;
}

Runtime helpers referenced: M16(cpu, zp) builds a 16-bit pointer from a zero page location; set_nz, adc, cond_bne model flags exactly as the hardware does.

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