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2600 Programming For Newbies

The aim of this forum is to provide insight into programming the Atari 2600 for people who've always been curious about it, but haven't yet made the leap. Andrew Davie will provide a series of lessons and will gladly answer questions as they arrive.

702 topics in this forum

  1. Atari Programming Workshop Chapter links 1 2

    By flavoredthunder,
    • 30 replies
    • 57.4k views

  2. Book? 1 2 3 4 5

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 103 replies
    • 42.3k views

  3. Introduction: 2600 Programming for Newbies 1 2 3 4 8

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 175 replies
    • 80.3k views

  4. Sorted Table of Contents

    By kisrael,
    • 12 replies
    • 73.8k views

  5. Stella issues

    By jaymz887,
    • 6 replies
    • 145 views

  6. Atari Flashback X

    By yelrah39,
    • 1 reply
    • 40 views

  7. collision detection for dummies

    By bigmessowires,
    • 7 replies
    • 317 views

  8. Difficulty Switches??

    By yelrah39,
    • 4 replies
    • 146 views

  9. flickering sprites - is there more than one way to do this?

    By bigmessowires,
    • 7 replies
    • 108 views

  10. Multi-Sprite Trick Emulation Bug in Javatari.js?

    By bigmessowires,
    • 4 replies
    • 131 views

  11. Elevator gane

    By jab,
    • 4 replies
    • 687 views

  12. Pitfall 2 & Spelunker

    By alfredtdk,
    • 1 reply
    • 110 views

  13. What is the best way to learn batari Basic?

    By grayescu,
    • 2 replies
    • 107 views

  14. A 4K textual adventure experiment

    By MS77,   
    • 10 replies
    • 832 views

  15. DASM On DOS

    By pettapatta,
    • 6 replies
    • 174 views

  16. Question about RAM usage

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 2 replies
    • 98 views

  17. i would like to learn how to make a game for atari 2600 but idk anything about programming

    By Achillebrac,
    • 5 replies
    • 222 views

  18. TIA timing not working as expected

    By lucienEn,
    • 2 replies
    • 76 views

  19. RTS jumps to unintended location

    By xX_pokeman2003_Xx,
    • 9 replies
    • 166 views

  20. Bank switching scheme for multicart bootloader

    By HappyCactus,
    • 1 reply
    • 71 views

  21. 2600 Programming with ARM chip

    By rjedwards70,   
    • 1 reply
    • 172 views

  22. display 12 char text

    By jab,
    • 2 replies
    • 134 views

  23. Joint project an Atari 2600 game and disassembly resources.

    By Retrogamerrhys1,
    • 4 replies
    • 242 views

  24. Jumpy Screen Noob Blues

    By CobraYouFools,
    • 13 replies
    • 331 views

  25. Example Code: Timing Atari 2600 display frame using RIOT timer

    By splendidnut,
    • 0 replies
    • 75 views

  26. From PAL to NTSC

    By alfredtdk,
    • 2 replies
    • 164 views

  27. Hello 2600 Homebrewers 1 2

    By The Brew that is True,
    • 43 replies
    • 1.3k views

  28. How can I draw my sprites in less cycles? 1 2

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 27 replies
    • 599 views

  29. Atari Bank switching - 'best' scheme for homebrew?

    By Dave C,
    • 13 replies
    • 289 views

  30. i wanna make an atari game but i need help

    By carlappis,
    • 5 replies
    • 196 views

  31. understanding number-size registers

    By JohnGri,   
    • 3 replies
    • 118 views

  32. Drop Curtain Effect

    By The Brew that is True,
    • 9 replies
    • 261 views

  33. sample kernel question

    By ultima,
    • 2 replies
    • 106 views

  34. Indirect index pointer offset

    By grafixbmp,
    • 1 reply
    • 137 views

  35. stella programmers guide

    By ultima,
    • 3 replies
    • 179 views

  36. Increment in every frame

    By Cisano,
    • 1 reply
    • 124 views

  37. Questions about Buttons and Double Jumping

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 1 reply
    • 152 views

  38. Mastermind game

    By jab,
    • 1 reply
    • 302 views

  39. Counting CPU cycles and RAM usage

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 7 replies
    • 277 views

  40. Programming 2021 style -- new revision of all sections coming

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 7 replies
    • 606 views

  41. Technique for Pitfall style music/effects coding?

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 4 replies
    • 129 views

  42. how is this possible?

    By JohnGri,
    • 3 replies
    • 209 views

  43. sprite editor for Atari dev export

    By JohnGri,
    • 2 replies
    • 160 views

  44. sprite editor feature for Atari dev studio extension

    By JohnGri,
    • 1 reply
    • 114 views

  45. Sprite Color swap triggers collision detection/death?

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 0 replies
    • 91 views

  46. N00b questions about Pitfall Hack starting point...

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 10 replies
    • 347 views

  47. Vector FMV solution?

    By Trip2018,
    • 0 replies
    • 176 views

  48. MaskDraw Simple Example

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 1 reply
    • 135 views

  49. Checking a bit - cannot get this to work

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 6 replies
    • 152 views

  50. Doubt about code

    By jofrem,
    • 1 reply
    • 145 views

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