6502 Assembly Language Programming
6502 Assembly Language Programming by Lance A. Leventhalby Lance A. Leventhal
Shares rank 21 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended as a comprehensive, readable 6502 assembly book that people learned from and used for Apple II programming.
Recommended as a comprehensive, readable 6502 assembly book that people learned from and used for Apple II programming.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Taught people 6502 assembly
“I have learned 6502 assembler (and assembler) in general with”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II” “This is how I learned. This book is great.”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II”
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| 6502 Assembly Language Programmingby Lance A. LeventhalThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I have learned 6502 assembler (and assembler) in general with”
“This is how I learned. This book is great.”
“Lance Leventhal's CPU books are pretty comprehensive and make it easy to switch from one architecture to another.”
“Randy Hyde the creator of the Lisa assembler.”
“This is the book I used when I was writing serial drivers for Apple II ProDOS”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.