2600 Programming For Newbies

749 topics in this forum

1. Doubt about code

   By jofrem, April 19, 2022
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   • Karl G
   • April 22, 2022

2. Little scratch noise

   By Cisano, March 18, 2022
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   • Cisano
   • March 18, 2022

3. Sprite Stretching

   By Mallard Games, February 13, 2022
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   • Andrew Davie
   • February 13, 2022

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

   By gagebair, January 11, 2022
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   • Karl G
   • January 17, 2022

5. DASM Documentation

   By Richi_S, June 28, 2009
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   • zilog_z80a
   • December 15, 2021

6. Windows Installer for all necessary Atari Tools

   By rallyrabbit, November 3, 2021
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   • ianoid
   • December 8, 2021

7. Different results using driving controllers on Stella vs hardware

   By quohog, June 16, 2020
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   • MissCommand
   • October 19, 2021

8. DASM/stella profiling tools?

   By Dave C, October 11, 2021
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   • Dave C
   • October 12, 2021

9. Extract sound effects from existing ROMs

   By Al_Nafuur, September 28, 2021
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   • stephena
   • September 28, 2021

10. They are here (WIP)

    By Darthtom, August 8, 2021
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    • gorgh
    • September 12, 2021

11. Stack Pointer Initialization?

    By Dave C, September 7, 2021
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    • Thomas Jentzsch
    • September 8, 2021

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

    By marienbad, March 27, 2021
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    • Mr SQL
    • September 1, 2021

13. I have 2 atari games MADE IN MEXICO.

    By Gabriel LP, July 20, 2021
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    • alex_79
    • July 21, 2021

14. Dopey Novice Questions

    By MrTrust, July 10, 2021
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    • mzxrules
    • July 17, 2021

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

    By Preppie, June 17, 2021
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    • Keatah
    • June 22, 2021

16. Multi-Sprite Trick behavior

    By shazz, August 21, 2013   

    • sprite
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    • Omegamatrix
    • May 22, 2021

17. MULTIPLE SPRITES IN ATARI 2600 - VISUAL BB

    By MiranDaniel129, April 10, 2021   

    • atari 2600
    • atari
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      • atari
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      • program
      • game
      • games
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    • Gemintronic
    • May 11, 2021

18. help for code

    By Rayback, April 25, 2021   

    • newbie
    • 10 replies
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    • SpiceWare
    • May 3, 2021

19. Title Screen Tutorial

    By CrowFoxOctopus, April 28, 2021   

    • newbie
    • assembly
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    • CrowFoxOctopus
    • April 28, 2021

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

    By marienbad, March 25, 2021
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    • SpiceWare
    • March 26, 2021

21. 3 questions

    By marienbad, March 22, 2021
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    • Andrew Davie
    • March 23, 2021

22. Top two lines of playfield not showing

    By marienbad, March 20, 2021
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    • marienbad
    • March 20, 2021

23. Turtorials

    By sparkplug.0128, March 2, 2021
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    • SpiceWare
    • March 2, 2021

24. Help Character Position

    By sparkplug.0128, February 27, 2021
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    • Andrew Davie
    • February 27, 2021

25. Help Programming a bullet

    By sparkplug.0128, February 26, 2021
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    • CapitanClassic
    • February 26, 2021

26. Session 9: 6502 and DASM - Assembling the Basics 1 2

    By Andrew Davie, May 25, 2003
    • 41 replies
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    • SpiceWare
    • February 21, 2021

27. no controls working on emulator

    By BM6JConnect, February 18, 2021
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    • BM6JConnect
    • February 18, 2021

28. The exact speed of the TIA

    By Magnus Clyde, February 2, 2021
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    • alex_79
    • February 7, 2021

29. Session 14: Playfield Wierdness 1 2 3

    By Andrew Davie, June 1, 2003
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    • RevEng
    • January 30, 2021

30. Transfer directly to Stack?

    By JohnnyRockets, January 19, 2021
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    • JohnnyRockets
    • January 19, 2021

31. Help with Skip Draw

    By j00sebox, December 2, 2020   

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    • zeurt
    • December 29, 2020

32. What is the best hex editor for Atari 2600?

    By u/usertheloset, October 12, 2020
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    • Dionoid
    • December 15, 2020

33. how to create controller atari wirelless

    By Ronaldo, November 25, 2020
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    • Ronaldo
    • November 25, 2020

34. Session 25: Advanced Timeslicing

    By Andrew Davie, May 20, 2012
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    • zilog_z80a
    • October 13, 2020

35. Game copier

    By Gwrmd911, October 12, 2020
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    • Gwrmd911
    • October 12, 2020

36. How do I use DASM on Linux?

    By Marcos Moutta, September 20, 2020
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    • zilog_z80a
    • October 9, 2020

37. What's up with the arm chip inside some recent homebrew?

    By Marcos Moutta, September 17, 2020
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    • SpiceWare
    • September 18, 2020

38. Session 22: Sprites, Horizontal Positioning Part 1 1 2

    By Andrew Davie, August 29, 2003
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    • juanitogan
    • September 13, 2020

39. How does the SBC command work?

    By Marcos Moutta, September 5, 2020
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    • zbyti
    • September 5, 2020

40. Need help (btw i'm new)

    By kinetic, August 10, 2020
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    • Karl G
    • August 10, 2020

41. How did Freeway draw 2p scores?

    By quohog, July 21, 2020
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    • quohog
    • July 22, 2020

42. empty lines on playfield

    By Sendraz, July 9, 2020   

    • help needed
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    • Andrew Davie
    • July 17, 2020

43. Any way to remember controller settings between compiles?

    By quohog, July 12, 2020
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    • mksmith
    • July 14, 2020

44. how do I know if sum is <0 or >255?

    By quohog, July 3, 2020
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    • quohog
    • July 4, 2020

45. Question about DPC+ kernel and playfield resolution

    By Tickled_Pink, June 30, 2020
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    • Random Terrain
    • July 1, 2020

46. Newbie Problems with getting started VisualBB/Stella

    By GreenNerdyFrog, June 17, 2020
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    • GreenNerdyFrog
    • June 22, 2020

47. Looking for a tutorial on programming Indy 500 Driving controllers

    By quohog, June 3, 2020
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    • quohog
    • June 3, 2020

48. Session 17: Asymmetrical Playfields - Part 1 1 2 3

    By Andrew Davie, June 25, 2003
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    • its-a-feature
    • May 29, 2020

49. how to get rid of ticks in audio?

    By quohog, May 26, 2020
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    • quohog
    • May 26, 2020

50. My assembly questions thread 1 2 3

    By Lillapojkenpåön, October 30, 2018
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    • Andrew Davie
    • May 23, 2020