c64tools

c64tools is a Python library that helps in dealing with Commodore c64 graphics and memory.

You may find more information at http://www.krajzewicz.de/docs/c64tools/index.html.

The major module is named “c64tools.py”. It contains classes that represent major c64 artifacts — memory, bitmap, char, screen, etc. These classes usually support loading, drawing, and being extracted from a pygame surface.

In addition, you may find some applications which use this module:

• a charpacker
• a c64 memory dump to png renderer
• a charset from memory dump extractor
• a linking tool

Download and Installation

The current version is c64tools-0.20.0.

You may install c64tools using

python -m pip install c64tools

You may download a copy or fork the code at c64tools's github page.

Besides, you may download the current release here:

• c64tools-0.20.0.zip
• c64tools-0.20.0.tar.gz

Links

• A complete documentation is located at:
  • https://c64tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ and
  • https://krajzewicz.de/docs/c64tools/index.html
• Discussions are open at https://github.com/dkrajzew/c64tools/discussions
• The github repository is located at: https://github.com/dkrajzew/c64tools
• The issue tracker is located at: https://github.com/dkrajzew/c64tools/issues
• The PyPI page is located at: https://pypi.org/project/c64tools/

Changes

c64tools-0.20.0 (31.03.2025)

• Working on the documentation
• added type hints (where possible)
• replaced OptionParser by ArgumentParser
  • some of the options have been transferred to arguments
• changes in charset2png.py
  • the option --quiet has been replaced by the option --show
• changes in charpacker.py
  • added the option --show
  • short options for --screen-output and --charset-output are now named -S and -C, respectively
• added some tests
• debugged command line execution after install

Note

Let me know if you need any further information or advice. I am not actively developing c64tools currently.