General Atarian Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 I am interested in how the atari games are made. Can you guys suggest a link on where I can go to learn about "Stella code" I think it is called. I think it would be fun and educational. I would like to venture into the next step in my Atari world. I think reading about programming would be a good expireience I would like to read about what the games I try to collect are "made of" Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 This subject has come up many times in the past. I suggest you use the Search feature of the new forum software and look for "Atari 2600 Programming". Make sure you click on the "Search for all terms" button. Here is a recent thread that has a wealth of information: Topic: Fine Then Hope this helps, ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Or this recent success story http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3289 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Atarian Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 Guys, please don't get me confused with Idea revolutions. i just wanted to read on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 No confusion, General. The "Fine then" thread named above has a bazillion links on where to go for 2600 programming info. As heated as it got, it's a great one-stop location for info. Have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 remember that magical phrase: dasm mycode.asm -f3 -omycode.bin Maybe you already know all about assembling bin files tho, and you are into the coding part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Hey General Atarian, here's something that you MIGHT find useful. It isn't assembly, but it is the showgfx, editgfx stuff that will edit an existing Binary (BIN). http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/chan...he_easy_way.pdf you need acrobat reader installed to view it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 I had a rough time finding a working distella link....but finally here's one for anyone that needs it, or cares: http://members.cox.net/rcolbert/distella.htm I think distella makes a text file, it goes in the reverse direction that dasm does it. Goes from binary to asm....and then you rename it a text file. I'm still new at this tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 If you didn't find it already, try The Dig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 The dig doesn't have working downloads...I couldn't get anything off the site, except just read stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I am interested in how the atari games are made. Can you guys suggest a link on where I can go to learn about "Stella code" I think it is called. I think it would be fun and educational. I would like to venture into the next step in my Atari world. I think reading about programming would be a good expireience I would like to read about what the games I try to collect are "made of" Thanks guys. Distella will spit out a text file so you can see what the BIN files are made of. Or showgfx will tell you what they look like in binary form. Either way, you could potentially edit them from either. I'm just passing along information that I've learned in just the last couple days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 The dig doesn't have working downloads...I couldn't get anything off the site, except just read stuff Sample code downloads work fine! rasty.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 The dig doesn't have working downloads...I couldn't get anything off the site, except just read stuff That's not true, you can download everything there. Just use the right mouse click and select "Save As...". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 He might be right about The Dig's links...I use to be able to get them, but now I just get a message saying that the internet connection can't be found (both right and left clicking, and copy/paste as well). I tried disabling my firewall, and reducing IE internet security to medium...still no luck. I'm in Minnesota as well, so maybe it's just a problem with Charter. Anyone else have these problems? Anyway, you can get most of the tools found at The Dig at Bob Colbert's page, as well. http://members.cox.net/rcolbert/distella.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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