2600 Programming For Newbies

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1. Atari 2600 Ghosting Images :(

   By Drewy, February 23, 2017
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   • Drewy
   • February 23, 2017

2. Detecting long-presses

   By nsn, February 22, 2017
   • 2 replies
   • 850 views
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   • nsn
   • February 23, 2017

3. Bankswitching playfields

   By WizardBone, November 9, 2016   

   • Banks
   • 10 replies
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   • Nukey Shay
   • February 20, 2017

4. Some early DASM help please. :)

   By doctorclu, February 19, 2017
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   • SpiceWare
   • February 19, 2017

5. Help an artist animate a double sprite

   By WizardBone, October 3, 2016   

   • sprite
   • multi
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • sprite
     • multi
     • animation
   • 9 replies
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   • MayDay
   • January 14, 2017

6. Session 20: Asymmetrical Playfields - Part 3 1 2 3

   By Andrew Davie, July 11, 2003
   • 53 replies
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   • SpiceWare
   • January 3, 2017

7. Sprite Flicker Question

   By MayDay, January 1, 2017
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   • MayDay
   • January 1, 2017

8. How do you begin?

   By CXK, November 16, 2016
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   • undeadbobop
   • November 28, 2016

9. T•Rex aka First Attempt at 6507 1 2

   By Secamline, October 26, 2016
   • 36 replies
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   • Secamline
   • November 7, 2016

10. vbb crashes on image conversion

    By Ethaniel, October 6, 2016   

    • vbb
    • batari
    • 1 reply
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    • gauauu
    • October 9, 2016

11. Pseudo-Ops

    By Engeliron, September 26, 2016
    • 1 reply
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    • alex_79
    • September 26, 2016

12. 2x BALL in one line

    By Lazycow, September 24, 2016
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    • Lazycow
    • September 25, 2016

13. Why the ripple upward? 1 2

    By tschak909, September 4, 2016
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    • Thomas Jentzsch
    • September 15, 2016

14. Explanation os pfheight?

    By Captain Spazer, September 10, 2016
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    • Captain Spazer
    • September 10, 2016

15. Leaving VBLANK on?

    By gauauu, May 6, 2016
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    • gauauu
    • September 7, 2016

16. help novice

    By Fedebox, September 5, 2016
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    • Fedebox
    • September 6, 2016

17. Finding enough 2LK kernel time...

    By tschak909, May 31, 2016
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    • DEBRO
    • August 30, 2016

18. Drawing the playfield

    By atari2600land, July 29, 2016
    • 16 replies
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    • MacrosCode
    • August 11, 2016

19. Hello, world!

    By Xenomech, July 13, 2016
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    • MacrosCode
    • July 18, 2016

20. Hello World! Program- Critiques Welcome

    By Just Jeff, June 11, 2016
    • 17 replies
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    • MacrosCode
    • July 14, 2016

21. doing some tank-pong like logic for ball/missile. help!

    By tschak909, July 10, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 888 views
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    • SpiceWare
    • July 12, 2016

22. Stella Lines and FPS

    By Just Jeff, July 11, 2016
    • 0 replies
    • 792 views
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    • Just Jeff
    • July 11, 2016

23. Asymetrical Reflected Playfield

    By Just Jeff, July 10, 2016
    • 5 replies
    • 818 views
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    • SpiceWare
    • July 10, 2016

24. Need a short "blip" sound for menu selection

    By dmk, June 18, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 827 views
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    • dmk
    • June 19, 2016

25. Reset vector with 2K ROM

    By FizzyChicken, June 15, 2016   

    • reset
    • vector
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • reset
      • vector
      • 2k
      • rom
    • 10 replies
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    • tschak909
    • June 18, 2016

26. Begginer questions to get me started

    By awsm, May 31, 2016
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    • awsm
    • June 6, 2016

27. Dodgeball: Working kernel but...

    By tschak909, June 5, 2016
    • 4 replies
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    • tschak909
    • June 5, 2016

28. can vector graphics be done on the 2600?

    By xxx, June 1, 2015
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    • gauauu
    • May 31, 2016

29. Simple kernel for playfield

    By tschak909, May 27, 2016
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    • tschak909
    • May 29, 2016

30. DASM in Linux Mint 17.3

    By AtariFan2001, February 3, 2016   

    • Linux
    • Atari 2600
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Linux
      • Atari 2600
      • Programming.
      • dasm
    • 6 replies
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    • Gip-Gip
    • May 5, 2016

31. In what language were programmed the Atari 2600 games in 1982?

    By lorillo19, April 14, 2016
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    • lorillo19
    • May 5, 2016

32. Kool Aid Man Score Position Timing Qeustion

    By AlyoshaTAS, April 21, 2016
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    • AlyoshaTAS
    • April 21, 2016

33. What is a cycle?

    By Random Terrain, March 23, 2016
    • 17 replies
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    • SeaGtGruff
    • March 28, 2016

34. What is a page boundary?

    By Random Terrain, March 23, 2016
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    • Mr SQL
    • March 24, 2016

35. Another beginner project

    By Svetlana, March 10, 2016
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    • LS_Dracon
    • March 13, 2016

36. How are you guys sequencing your music?

    By hendersonn, January 15, 2016
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    • Kylearan
    • March 12, 2016

37. Need info on zero page loading of index registers

    By Engeliron, March 9, 2016
    • 11 replies
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    • SpiceWare
    • March 9, 2016

38. Can dasm be run in android?

    By STGraves, March 4, 2016
    • 0 replies
    • 988 views
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    • STGraves
    • March 4, 2016

39. A Newbie needing some help.

    By 4bitguy, February 12, 2016
    • 1 reply
    • 803 views
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    • gauauu
    • February 12, 2016

40. Testing on Hardware

    By gauauu, December 15, 2014
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    • gauauu
    • February 2, 2016

41. IDE Set up

    By Mountain King, January 17, 2016
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    • SpiceWare
    • January 25, 2016

42. Is there a name for a 60th of a second (an NTSC/PAL60 cycle)? 1 2

    By Random Terrain, December 31, 2015
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    • alex_79
    • January 23, 2016

43. Having some trouble with AUDV0

    By TheHoboInYourRoom, January 13, 2016
    • 6 replies
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    • TheHoboInYourRoom
    • January 14, 2016

44. DASM Warning: Unable to open 'myfile.asm'

    By Lillapojkenpåön, December 21, 2015   

    • dasm
    • unable to open
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • dasm
      • unable to open
      • warning
    • 9 replies
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    • Lillapojkenpåön
    • January 4, 2016

45. Any way to simplify this code? Thanks!

    By Snestalgia, December 9, 2015
    • 7 replies
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    • bogax
    • December 30, 2015

46. Need help: checking for new high score

    By Lumi, December 17, 2015
    • 7 replies
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    • Nukey Shay
    • December 19, 2015

47. Is it just too hard to learn atari 2600 assembly as first language?

    By ClintTX, December 6, 2015
    • 15 replies
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    • Random Terrain
    • December 15, 2015

48. help with movable objects

    By ClintTX, December 7, 2015
    • 6 replies
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    • SpiceWare
    • December 10, 2015

49. Need a tutorial on HMOVE... in the form of these questions

    By TheDickChuck, November 30, 2015
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • SpiceWare
    • December 4, 2015

50. Sprite placement help needed

    By TheDickChuck, November 26, 2015   

    • sprite
    • RESPx
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Omegamatrix
    • December 1, 2015