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sprite calculator for c64 basic

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I was doing some c64 BASIC sprite programming and wanted a way to create the DATA statements for my sprites so I made this. It is just a simple spreadsheet for drawing your sprite (put an x where you want a pixel) and calculating the data.

You can get the files from my site in two flavors:

Note: this spreadsheet was created in OpenOffice and tested on an older copy of Excel at work. I have no idea if it breaks in the latest version.