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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. Having some issues with define space (ds) and Playfield

    By George Washingtoad,
    • 1 reply
    • 485 views

  2. Programming Games for the Atari 2600.... Udemy.com course

    By sm3,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  3. My first journey in homebrew

    By acsabo,   
    • 9 replies
    • 2.3k views

  4. Session 15 - Playfield top wall displaying 2x as large

    By samcan,
    • 3 replies
    • 532 views

  5. Paddles

    By Just Jeff,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.9k views

  6. Just started with assembly programming, Playfield generation difficulties

    By George Washingtoad,   
    • 5 replies
    • 985 views

  7. WIP Battle Pong- Questions, Comments, Snide Remarks Welcome 1 2 3

    By Just Jeff,
    • 69 replies
    • 5.8k views

  8. Session 5: Memory Architecture 1 2

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 33 replies
    • 24.1k views

  9. Atari 2600 will not work on Samsung TV

    By stuckinthe80s,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  10. Looking to make Atari 2600 style games

    By square arrow,
    • 1 reply
    • 489 views

  11. Vertical movement, shooting + other issues

    By TXC,
    • 0 replies
    • 410 views

  12. Four-Way Gravitational Engine

    By Darkcoucou,
    • 0 replies
    • 356 views

  13. Yars revenge 'safe zone' effect in player sprite?

    By Coolcrab,
    • 6 replies
    • 580 views

  14. Larger PF in Bb?

    By Coolcrab,
    • 4 replies
    • 767 views

  15. Horizontal Positioning Issue

    By Karl G,
    • 2 replies
    • 406 views

  16. Blocking things that can move on the PF

    By Coolcrab,
    • 3 replies
    • 730 views

  17. Optimal way to Direct/Indirect Address from another bank?

    By Jinroh,
    • 7 replies
    • 837 views

  18. enemies shooting

    By goofyblocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 898 views

  19. Multiple sprites question

    By OldAtAtari,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.1k views

  20. "Stranded" - My first ever attempt at writing an an Atari 2600 game.

    By OldAtAtari,
    • 2 replies
    • 985 views

  21. Removing the gap between pf and score (Batari Basic + Assembly)

    By MemberAtarian,
    • 1 reply
    • 869 views

  22. Commands for running Distella

    By TonyA,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.8k views

  23. Session 2: Television Display Basics

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 24 replies
    • 18.3k views

  24. Session 23: Moving Sprites Vertically 1 2

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 42 replies
    • 19.7k views

  25. Pointers to data?

    By Karl G,
    • 2 replies
    • 826 views

  26. Hi, I'm working on a project for school, and im unskilled with coding.

    By SupremeRuler,
    • 5 replies
    • 943 views

  27. Playfield anomoly

    By Karl G,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.2k views

  28. Three 10 line Games to learn programming from

    By Mr SQL,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  29. What programmes do I need?

    By Pixel Toad,
    • 2 replies
    • 825 views

  30. How do games draw the score counter?

    By StinkerB06,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  31. Constants place in assembler code?

    By zilog_z80a,   
    • 4 replies
    • 838 views

  32. Bankswitching Demos/Templates 1 2 3 4

    By Wickeycolumbus,
    • 82 replies
    • 12.7k views

  33. [Newbie] DASM fatal errors

    By Fuselage,
    • 3 replies
    • 968 views

  34. Getting random value between 10-110

    By atari2600land,
    • 7 replies
    • 800 views

  35. player vs playfield coordinates

    By Coolcrab,
    • 4 replies
    • 933 views

  36. struggling with horizontal positioning/ hmove

    By easmith,
    • 2 replies
    • 997 views

  37. Batari Basic a Self Teaching Guide Book? Does anyone else want one?

    By George Washingtoad,   
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  38. My first 2600 game: Guau!

    By Fdx,
    • 15 replies
    • 2.4k views

  39. Can't get paddle working

    By xucaen,
    • 2 replies
    • 969 views

  40. Games that one day will end..

    By Fdx,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.3k views

  41. PF scrolling but I am not sure why.

    By arkleyjoe,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  42. Session 16: Letting the Assembler do the Work

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 20 replies
    • 10.8k views

  43. testing a Sears heavy sixer

    By falconfan5832,
    • 0 replies
    • 755 views

  44. testing a Sears heavy sixer

    By falconfan5832,
    • 0 replies
    • 642 views

  45. The Celery Game (was:"Screen rolls at the start") 1 2 3 4 7

    By atari2600land,
    • 152 replies
    • 10.3k views

  46. TIA sound polynomial counters?

    By StinkerB06,   
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views

  47. Comparing variables to each other

    By atari2600land,
    • 2 replies
    • 656 views

  48. My history teacher ate lemons.

    By atari2600land,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  49. I'm getting 3 different results

    By Kiwi,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.7k views

  50. Is Java any benefit to programming for the 2600?

    By Fr0st,
    • 21 replies
    • 1.5k views

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