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Roadmap - Regenerator 2000

🎯 Vision

Regenerator 2000 aims to be the ultimate interactive disassembler for retro computing systems. Our philosophy is visual fidelity and system-native idioms. We do not want to just say "we support Commodore 64" because it uses a 6502; we want the disassembler to understand each target system—its memory maps, its specific graphics modes, custom chips, and hardware registers.

To achieve this without compromising code quality, the core architecture has been modernized with a zero-cost TargetSystem domain model, modular action handlers, unified sparse address metadata (AnnotationManager), and an SRP-compliant 5-module binary unpacker.

📅 Development Status & Phases

✅ Shipped: Commodore 8-Bit Machine Suite (v0.9.x)

Full native support for the entire Commodore 8-bit machine family is 100% Shipped:

  • Commodore 64 (C64): Full RAM/ROM banking, VIC-II, SID, CIA 1/2, PETSCII/Screencode.
  • Commodore 128 (C128): MMU banking, 80-column VDC, BASIC 7.0 ROM vectors.
  • VIC-20: Unexpanded & expanded RAM configurations, VIC-I character maps.
  • Plus/4 & C16: TED chip memory maps, 121-color palettes, BASIC 3.5.
  • PET (BASIC 2.0 and 4.0): Monochrome PETSCII, non-standard memory origins.
  • Disk Images (D64 / D71 / D81): Track/sector directory parsing and binary file extraction.

📦 v1.0 - Polishing & Stability (Current Focus)

Target: Q3 2026

  • Finalize release readiness checklist and full test coverage.
  • High-grade architecture modernization across regenerator2000-core and regenerator2000-tui.
  • Cycle-accurate binary unpacker sandbox with 100% UNP64 benchmark parity.
  • Production-grade MCP server for automated AI agent collaboration (stdio and HTTP transports).
  • Final UX polish, documentation alignment, and roundtrip assembler verification.

🏗️ v2.0 - Plugin System Architecture

To scale to non-Commodore systems cleanly without code duplication:

  • Decoupled System Definitions: Abstract TargetSystem memory maps, I/O registers, and ROM definitions into plugin descriptors.
  • Modular Visual Views: Abstract Charset, Sprites, and Bitmap renderers to accommodate non-Commodore pixel ratios and palette formats.
  • Custom Unpacker Extensions: Expose trait-based unpacker interfaces for third-party packers.

🕹️ Phase 3 - Expanding the 6502 Family

Once the v2.0 plugin architecture is in place:

  • Apple II / IIe: Text, Lo-Res, and Hi-Res graphics visualization.
  • NES (Nintendo Entertainment System): PPU visualization, Pattern/Name tables, CHR ROM.
  • Atari 8-bit family (2600 / 400 / 800 / XL / XE): TIA/ANTIC/GTIA graphics visualization.
  • BBC Micro & Oric-1: System memory maps and character renderers.

🚀 Phase 4 - 65xx Architecture Extensions

  • 65C816 (Apple IIgs / SNES): 16-bit registers, 24-bit linear addressing.
  • CSG 4510 (Mega65 / Commodore 65): Quad-banking and extended instruction sets.

🌌 Phase 5 - 68k & Beyond

  • Motorola 68000 (68k) (Commodore Amiga 500/1000/1200): Copper/Blitter visual state tracing and 32-bit disassembly.