scroll: Start with the scrolling examples

This is still work in progress but at least there's some basic structure
to it.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <msabate@suse.com>

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+.segment "CODE"
+
+;;;
+;; Joypad controller code. The following memory addresses are reserved: $21-$23.
+;;
+;; Memory address $21 is used for internal purposes, whereas $22 and $23 contain
+;; the bitmask of the buttons that are pressed from each controller.
+;;;
+
+.scope Joypad
+    ;; Button masks.
+    BUTTON_A      = 1 << 7
+    BUTTON_B      = 1 << 6
+    BUTTON_SELECT = 1 << 5
+    BUTTON_START  = 1 << 4
+    BUTTON_UP     = 1 << 3
+    BUTTON_DOWN   = 1 << 2
+    BUTTON_LEFT   = 1 << 1
+    BUTTON_RIGHT  = 1 << 0
+
+    ;; Port addresses for controllers.
+    JOYPAD1 = $4016
+    JOYPAD2 = $4017
+
+    ;; We keep all the information from controller from mainly two variables:
+    ;; m_buttons1 and m_buttons2; containing respectively the buttons pressed
+    ;; for this frame for both controllers. The m_inv_buttons ($21) is an
+    ;; internal variable and should not be used for anything outside of this
+    ;; usage.
+    m_inv_buttons = $21
+    m_buttons1    = $22
+    m_buttons2    = $23
+
+    ;; READ_CONTROLLER reads the input from the controller mapped into the given
+    ;; port, and saves the state into the given `buttons` address.
+    ;; Implementation taken from NESHacker's example of smb3-like movement.
+    .macro READ_CONTROLLER port, buttons
+        lda m_inv_buttons
+        tay
+        lda #1
+        sta port
+        sta m_inv_buttons
+        lsr
+        sta port
+    :
+        lda port
+        lsr
+        rol m_inv_buttons
+        bcc :-
+        tya
+        eor m_inv_buttons
+        and m_inv_buttons
+        sta buttons
+    .endmacro
+
+    ;; read sets the values for m_buttons1 and m_buttons2 as read from both
+    ;; controllers.
+    .proc read
+        READ_CONTROLLER JOYPAD1, m_buttons1
+        READ_CONTROLLER JOYPAD2, m_buttons2
+        rts
+    .endproc
+.endscope