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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.

730 topics in this forum

  1. Bank switching scheme for multicart bootloader

    By HappyCactus,
    • 1 reply
    • 229 views

  2. 2600 Programming with ARM chip

    By rjedwards70,   
    • 1 reply
    • 363 views

  3. display 12 char text

    By jab,
    • 2 replies
    • 349 views

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

    By Retrogamerrhys1,
    • 4 replies
    • 506 views

  5. Jumpy Screen Noob Blues

    By CobraYouFools,
    • 13 replies
    • 712 views

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

    By splendidnut,
    • 0 replies
    • 224 views

  7. From PAL to NTSC

    By alfredtdk,
    • 2 replies
    • 346 views

  8. Hello 2600 Homebrewers 1 2

    By The Brew that is True,
    • 43 replies
    • 1.8k views

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

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 27 replies
    • 1.1k views

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

    By Dave C,
    • 13 replies
    • 931 views

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

    By carlappis,
    • 5 replies
    • 413 views

  12. understanding number-size registers

    By JohnGri,   
    • 3 replies
    • 335 views

  13. Drop Curtain Effect

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

  14. sample kernel question

    By ultima,
    • 2 replies
    • 198 views

  15. Indirect index pointer offset

    By grafixbmp,
    • 1 reply
    • 242 views

  16. stella programmers guide

    By ultima,
    • 3 replies
    • 438 views

  17. Increment in every frame

    By Cisano,
    • 1 reply
    • 229 views

  18. Questions about Buttons and Double Jumping

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 1 reply
    • 299 views

  19. Counting CPU cycles and RAM usage

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 7 replies
    • 465 views

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

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 7 replies
    • 787 views

  21. Technique for Pitfall style music/effects coding?

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 4 replies
    • 291 views

  22. how is this possible?

    By JohnGri,
    • 3 replies
    • 327 views

  23. sprite editor for Atari dev export

    By JohnGri,
    • 2 replies
    • 336 views

  24. sprite editor feature for Atari dev studio extension

    By JohnGri,
    • 1 reply
    • 275 views

  25. Sprite Color swap triggers collision detection/death?

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 0 replies
    • 194 views

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

    By LatchKeyKid,
    • 10 replies
    • 632 views

  27. Vector FMV solution?

    By Trip2018,
    • 0 replies
    • 276 views

  28. MaskDraw Simple Example

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 1 reply
    • 227 views

  29. Checking a bit - cannot get this to work

    By Robert Gremillion,
    • 6 replies
    • 300 views

  30. Doubt about code

    By jofrem,
    • 1 reply
    • 239 views

  31. Did I miss something while doing this dump? 1 2

    By coderbr,
    • 33 replies
    • 2.6k views

  32. Little scratch noise

    By Cisano,
    • 0 replies
    • 203 views

  33. Sprite Stretching

    By Mallard Games,
    • 1 reply
    • 361 views

  34. Is It Possible to Draw p0 In The Center of the Screen?

    By gagebair,
    • 1 reply
    • 328 views

  35. DASM Documentation

    By Richi_S,
    • 6 replies
    • 3.8k views

  36. Windows Installer for all necessary Atari Tools

    By rallyrabbit,
    • 1 reply
    • 452 views

  37. Different results using driving controllers on Stella vs hardware

    By quohog,
    • 24 replies
    • 1.1k views

  38. DASM/stella profiling tools?

    By Dave C,
    • 3 replies
    • 382 views

  39. Extract sound effects from existing ROMs

    By Al_Nafuur,
    • 5 replies
    • 839 views

  40. They are here (WIP)

    By Darthtom,
    • 2 replies
    • 609 views

  41. Stack Pointer Initialization?

    By Dave C,
    • 3 replies
    • 472 views

  42. No Illegal Opcodes Message from Dasm and Compile makes text file?

    By marienbad,
    • 8 replies
    • 822 views

  43. I have 2 atari games MADE IN MEXICO.

    By Gabriel LP,
    • 2 replies
    • 641 views

  44. Dopey Novice Questions

    By MrTrust,
    • 10 replies
    • 699 views

  45. Racing the Beam Explained (Retro Game Mechanics Explained)

    By Preppie,
    • 19 replies
    • 1.1k views

  46. Multi-Sprite Trick behavior

    By shazz,   
    • 13 replies
    • 5.4k views

  47. MULTIPLE SPRITES IN ATARI 2600 - VISUAL BB

    By MiranDaniel129,   
    • 3 replies
    • 739 views

  48. help for code

    By Rayback,   
    • 10 replies
    • 632 views

  49. Title Screen Tutorial

    By CrowFoxOctopus,   
    • 0 replies
    • 488 views

  50. How does the TIA actually do the collision check?

    By marienbad,
    • 6 replies
    • 875 views

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