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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.

744 topics in this forum

  1. About the pixels computation and the logic computation

    By Dong,   
    • 6 replies
    • 633 views

  2. Instructions affected by BCD

    By FizzyChicken,
    • 2 replies
    • 452 views

  3. Session 11: Colourful Colors 1 2

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 37 replies
    • 18.2k views

  4. Session 1: Start Here

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 20 replies
    • 29.6k views

  5. Re-post of Andrew Davie workshops (updated with post-migration links)

    By ForceInfinity,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  6. NOP and timing

    By ufosolar,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  7. Trouble resetting default playfield position after using pfscroll (BBasic)

    By freshbrood,   
    • 0 replies
    • 420 views

  8. Session 8: Our First Kernel 1 2

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 35 replies
    • 25.1k views

  9. Session 21: Sprites

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 24 replies
    • 17.6k views

  10. PCB with only one eprom. exist?

    By coderbr,
    • 2 replies
    • 949 views

  11. How do i hack Atari 2600 games?

    By alexjigglypuff,
    • 1 reply
    • 635 views

  12. Using Wave Samples for VCS programming

    By MemberAtarian,
    • 12 replies
    • 1.3k views

  13. Assembly Language Programming - Lesson 7 - State Machines

    By Robert M,
    • 5 replies
    • 6.3k views

  14. Squeezing 220kb into a cartridge possible?

    By Franky666,
    • 4 replies
    • 593 views

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

    By George Washingtoad,
    • 1 reply
    • 528 views

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

    By sm3,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

  17. My first journey in homebrew

    By acsabo,   
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views

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

    By samcan,
    • 3 replies
    • 571 views

  19. Paddles

    By Just Jeff,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.1k views

  20. Just started with assembly programming, Playfield generation difficulties

    By George Washingtoad,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

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

    By Just Jeff,
    • 69 replies
    • 6.1k views

  22. Session 5: Memory Architecture 1 2

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 33 replies
    • 24.6k views

  23. Atari 2600 will not work on Samsung TV

    By stuckinthe80s,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  24. Looking to make Atari 2600 style games

    By square arrow,
    • 1 reply
    • 523 views

  25. Vertical movement, shooting + other issues

    By TXC,
    • 0 replies
    • 443 views

  26. Four-Way Gravitational Engine

    By Darkcoucou,
    • 0 replies
    • 402 views

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

    By Coolcrab,
    • 6 replies
    • 688 views

  28. Larger PF in Bb?

    By Coolcrab,
    • 4 replies
    • 802 views

  29. Horizontal Positioning Issue

    By Karl G,
    • 2 replies
    • 442 views

  30. Blocking things that can move on the PF

    By Coolcrab,
    • 3 replies
    • 766 views

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

    By Jinroh,
    • 7 replies
    • 885 views

  32. enemies shooting

    By goofyblocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 982 views

  33. Multiple sprites question

    By OldAtAtari,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.3k views

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

    By OldAtAtari,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

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

    By MemberAtarian,
    • 1 reply
    • 911 views

  36. Commands for running Distella

    By TonyA,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.9k views

  37. Session 2: Television Display Basics

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 24 replies
    • 18.7k views

  38. Session 23: Moving Sprites Vertically 1 2

    By Andrew Davie,
    • 42 replies
    • 20.1k views

  39. Pointers to data?

    By Karl G,
    • 2 replies
    • 907 views

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

    By SupremeRuler,
    • 5 replies
    • 977 views

  41. Playfield anomoly

    By Karl G,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views

  42. Three 10 line Games to learn programming from

    By Mr SQL,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  43. What programmes do I need?

    By Pixel Toad,
    • 2 replies
    • 862 views

  44. How do games draw the score counter?

    By StinkerB06,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  45. Constants place in assembler code?

    By zilog_z80a,   
    • 4 replies
    • 879 views

  46. Bankswitching Demos/Templates 1 2 3 4

    By Wickeycolumbus,
    • 82 replies
    • 13.4k views

  47. [Newbie] DASM fatal errors

    By Fuselage,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views

  48. Getting random value between 10-110

    By atari2600land,
    • 7 replies
    • 862 views

  49. player vs playfield coordinates

    By Coolcrab,
    • 4 replies
    • 1k views

  50. struggling with horizontal positioning/ hmove

    By easmith,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

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