+atari2600land Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I just have a bare 800XL. What would I need to get a cassette working? Sorry, I'm still new at this Atari 800 stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Only one cassette player (datasette). For example XC12 or 1010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Only one cassette player (datasette). For example XC12 or 1010. and one SIO-Cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 I prefer XC12. You don't need an additional sio cable, because it is built-in. And you don't need a PSU. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 But 1010 is more old school... 1010 was my first storage system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 20th game registered Jumpsheep by fdingler Paddleship by Bill Kendrick Sijmen by me Squirrel by fdingler Shmup by Bill Kendrick Colfusion by Irgendwer Planets by Bill Kendrick Slice by Bill Kendrick GozMind by gozar Retracted Carrera by Daniel Serpell Minijong by Bill Kendrick Jump! by Xuel Count1ing Zoo by 1NG Hanged Man by Jakub Husak Gwobby Micro by Jason Kendall Minidash by Bill Kendrick Puzzler 2014 by Sleepy Drunk Pistol by mgr inz. Rafal Crack My Luggage by gozar Roguelike by ilmenit Nimx by Cliff Hatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hello Gunnar Every entry would have a loading time of approximately 1,5 minutes. In the manual the authors could explain line by line how the program works. And you could use the second track on the tape for a short audible explanation of the program. Not line by line, but stuff like "Press this to do that", "you get points for ...", etc. 1,5 Minutes should be enough for that. And it adds some extra retro-feeling. You can't do that with floppies. Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I have a question. Say I made a game and entered it, but later I decided I wanted to change it. Can I do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I have a question. Say I made a game and entered it, but later I decided I wanted to change it. Can I do that? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchcliff Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I really like the 10-Liner concept. Whether you are learning to program or reliving the creative anarchy of the 1980’s, these small projects are very compelling. My contribution is Nimx: Nimx.pdfNimx Code Description.pdfNimx.ATR It qualifies for the competition as a game, but it's also intended to be a bit of fun with computer history. It crams a 113 year old algorithm into a few lines of code on a 30 year old Atari to imitate the 60+ year old Nimatron and Nimrod - gaming machines from the dawn of the computer age. The Nimatron created great excitement at the 1940 New York World’s Fair, and when Nimrod was exhibited at the Berlin Trade Fair in 1951 it was reported to be so popular that the visitors "entirely ignored a bar at the far end of the room where free drinks were available". More details are in the manual. Thanks to everyone at NOMAM for running the competition! Best Regards Cliff 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 But 1010 is more old school... 1010 was my first storage system. as we know 410a is real old school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well, at school our maths teacher played NIM with us, but he always used a pyramid: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O and he used sticks or matches (or painted sticks on the chalk board) -Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Count me in for a tape release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchcliff Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well, at school our maths teacher played NIM with us, but he always used a pyramid: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O and he used sticks or matches (or painted sticks on the chalk board) -Andreas Koch. The game can be played with any number of different starting positions. I think you get the equivalent of the pyramid by changing the DATA statement in line 0 to: DATA 4,1,3,5,7. If I remember rightly, my brother and I first played it with matches too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I have not written a game for the Atari since 1982... but this event makes me want to fire one up. Great Idea!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 21st game registered Jumpsheep by fdingler Paddleship by Bill Kendrick Sijmen by me Squirrel by fdingler Shmup by Bill Kendrick Colfusion by Irgendwer Planets by Bill Kendrick Slice by Bill Kendrick GozMind by gozar Retracted Carrera by Daniel Serpell Minijong by Bill Kendrick Jump! by Xuel Count1ing Zoo by 1NG Hanged Man by Jakub Husak Gwobby Micro by Jason Kendall Minidash by Bill Kendrick Puzzler 2014 by Sleepy Drunk Pistol by mgr inz. Rafal Crack My Luggage by gozar Roguelike by ilmenit Nimx by Cliff Hatch Catch by Chris Read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchcliff Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Ooops, I discovered that I had accidentally left a couple of ENDIFs out of Nimx. I had noticed that the line indentation looked a bit strange, but I didn't immediately realise the system was trying to tell me that something was mismatched. Amazingly this didn't stop the program running as intended, but here's the corrected version: Nimx.pdf Nimx Code Description.pdf Nimx.ATR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) I've been lurking on this thread for some time, and it's inspired be to begin learning atari basic (finally, after 30 years, right?). I'm still in my first week, but I have a 10-line game--Grue Killer. It's my attempt to fit as much of a turn-based battle system into 10 lines as I can. A few things got left out...like any sort of graphics. Anyway, somebody's got to come in last for this thing, so I figure that it might as well be me. I mean, there's a full roguelike in the contest already--holy cow, ilmenit. Also, please let me know if I broke any of the contest rules. This is my first time around. Grue Killer.atr GRUEKILL.BAS Code below: Spaghetti Code: 1 DIM K$(1):DIM Y$(13):Y$="FINAL SCORE: ":DIM U$(13):U$="HIGH SCORE: ":B=0:S=0:H=100:P=4:E=100:GOTO 9 2 OPEN #5,4,0,"K:":I=PEEK(764):IF I=255: CLOSE #5:GOTO 2:ENDIF:GET #5,I:CLOSE #5:K$=CHR$(I):RETURN 3 PR.:PR."HEALTH: ";H:PR."SCORE: ";S:PR."POTIONS: ";P:PR.:PR. "(A)TTACK OR (H)EAL?":D=RAND(48):M=RAND(25) 4 GOSUB 2:IF K$="H" AND P>0 THEN Z=D+M:H=H+Z:PR."HEALED FOR ";Z;" HIT POINTS":P=P-1 5 IF K$="A" THEN E=E-D:H=H-M:PR.:PR."YOU DID ";D;" DAMAGE, BUT WERE HIT FOR ";M:IF D>40 THEN 10 6 IF E<1 AND H>0 THEN PR.:PR."YOU HAVE DEFEATED THE GRUE!":S=S+100:E=100:IF D>40 THEN P=P+1:PR."FOUND A POTION!" 7 IF H<1 THEN PR.:PR."SORRY, YOU DIED!":PR.Y$;S:PR.U$;B:GOSUB 2:S=0:H=100:P=4:E=100:GR.0:SE.2,0,0:GOTO 9 8 IF H>99: H=100:ENDIF:PR.:PR."PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE":GOSUB 2 9 IF S>B:B=S:ENDIF:GR.0:SE.2,0,0:PR."IT IS PITCH BLACK.":PR."YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE EATEN BY A GRUE.":GOTO 3 10 PR. "CRITICAL HIT!":SE.2,3,4:SO.0,150,8,4:FOR L=1 TO 499:NEXT L:SOUND 0,0,0,0:SE.2,0,0:GOTO 6 Variable List: K$= (KEYBOARD CHR) Y$= "FINAL SCORE: " U$= "HIGH SCORE: " S = SCORE B = BEST SCORE H = HEALTH (100 MAX) P = #POTIONS (POTIONS DROPPED ON CRITICAL HIT KILL) Z = AMOUNT HEALED BY POTION (D+M VALUE) E = ENEMY HEALTH I = INKEY VALUE D = DAMAGE ROLL (41+ IS CRITICAL HIT) M = DAMAGE ENEMY DOES L = SOUND LOOP Edited March 3, 2014 by Reaperman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmsc Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hi! I finished my second game: "Joyas" You play with the joystick, join more than three pieces of the same type to make points. The game is over if you have less points than moves, press any key to start again. I tried to make the game faster, but it's really difficult with the slowness of basic joyas.atr 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuel Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I finished my second game: "Joyas" Spectacular! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 23th game registered Jumpsheep by fdingler Paddleship by Bill Kendrick Sijmen by me Squirrel by fdingler Shmup by Bill Kendrick Colfusion by Irgendwer Planets by Bill Kendrick Slice by Bill Kendrick GozMind by gozar Retracted Carrera by Daniel Serpell Minijong by Bill Kendrick Jump! by Xuel Count1ing Zoo by 1NG Hanged Man by Jakub Husak Gwobby Micro by Jason Kendall Minidash by Bill Kendrick Puzzler 2014 by Sleepy Drunk Pistol by mgr inz. Rafal Crack My Luggage by gozar Roguelike by ilmenit Nimx by Cliff Hatch Catch by Chris Read Grue Killer by Reaperman Joyas by Daniel Serpell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Well, another day, another game. I think I'm picking Turbo Basic up pretty fast, but I've still got a long way to go. Dodge Racer is a fairly fast-paced action game Fire button starts, stick steers, and points are awarded as each new obstacle is placed. Can you make it to level 2? Dodge Racer runs a bit too fast when compiled, but there's tons of space to build in a time-waster if these need to compile. DODGER.BAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNoh6ZH2gw CODE 0D=1:W=0:F=1:P=0:H=0:DIM G$(44),J$(7),Q$(7),U$(18):G$="DODGE RACER (PRESS FIRE)":J$="SCORE: ":Q$=" HIGH: " 1GR.7:C=80:V=66:X=80:Y=66:CO.1:PL.3,70:DR.155,70:DR.155,33:DR.112,33:DR.112,4:DR.3,4:DR.3,70:PL.18,55:DR.140,55 2DR.140,48:DR.97,48:DR.97,19:DR.18,19:DR.18,55:CO.2:PAI.0,0:SO.:POKE 752,1:? G$ J$;P:?Q$;H:PAI.19,20:GOTO 4 3V=40:CI.45,36,20:CI.45,36,35:CI.113,36,20:CI.113,36,35:CO.0:PL.79,29:DR.79,43:SO.:CO.2:PAI.0,0:PAI.45,35:PAI.113,35 4T=STRIG(0):IF T=0:SO.0,60,2,2:POKE 77,0:GOTO 5:ENDIF:U$="WELCOME TO LEVEL 2":GOTO 4 5S=STICK(0):IF S=7:D=1:ENDIF:IF S=11:D=2:ENDIF:IF S=14:D=3:ENDIF:IF S=13:D=4:ENDIF:A=RAND(155) 6B=RAND(70):IF D=1:X=X+1:ENDIF:IF D=2:X=X-1:ENDIF:IF D=3:Y=Y-1:ENDIF:IF D=4:Y=Y+1:ENDIF 7LOCATE A,B,L:IF L=0 AND F>10:CO.1:PLOT A,B:SO.1,50,4,4:F=1:P=P+10:CLS:IF P>=H:H=P:ENDIF:SO.1,0,0,0:ENDIF 8LOCATE X,Y,W:IF W=1:GOTO 9:ENDIF:IF F=0:P=0:ENDIF:CO.2:PL.X,Y:CO.0:PL.C,V:C=X:V=Y:F=F+1:GOTO 5 9SO.0,20,0,6:F=0:D=1:W=0:G$="GAME OVER":CO.1:IF P>799:GR.7:POKE 752,1:?U$:?J$;P:?Q$;H:X=68:C=68:Y=40:GOTO 3:ENDIF:GOTO 1 Variables: X = X POSITION Y = Y POSITION C = 'OLD' X POSITION V = 'OLD' Y POSITION D = DIRECTION (1=RIGHT, 2=LEFT, 3=UP, 4=DOWN) W = COLOR VARIABLE FOR CRASH LOCATOR L = COLOR VARIABLE FOR JUNK PLACEMENT S = STICK 0 T = TRIG 0 P = POINTS H = HIGH SCORE F = FRAME DELAY A = RANDOM X VALUE B = RANDOM Y VALUE G$ = "DODGE RACER"/"GAME OVER" J$ = "SCORE: " Q$ = " HIGH: " U$ = "WELCOME TO LEVEL 2" Edited March 5, 2014 by Reaperman 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi! I finished my second game: "Joyas" pantalla.png You play with the joystick, join more than three pieces of the same type to make points. The game is over if you have less points than moves, press any key to start again. I tried to make the game faster, but it's really difficult with the slowness of basic joyas.atr Wow. In ten lines of BASIC. Just Wow. I was thinking of trying to throw my hat in the ring with something, but entries like this are a bit intimidating! Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Indeed, im continually impressed with these postings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Well, another day, another game. I think I'm picking Basic up pretty fast, but I've still got a long way to go. Dodge Racer is a fairly fast-paced action game Fire button starts, stick steers, and points are awarded as each new obstacle is placed. Can you make it to level 2? Dodge Racer runs a bit too fast when compiled, but there's tons of space to build in a time-waster if these need to compile. DODGER.BAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNoh6ZH2gw CODE 0D=1:W=0:F=1:P=0:H=0:DIM G$(44),J$(7),Q$(7),U$(18):G$="DODGE RACER (PRESS FIRE)":J$="SCORE: ":Q$=" HIGH: " 1GR.7:C=80:V=66:X=80:Y=66:CO.1:PL.3,70:DR.155,70:DR.155,33:DR.112,33:DR.112,4:DR.3,4:DR.3,70:PL.18,55:DR.140,55 2DR.140,48:DR.97,48:DR.97,19:DR.18,19:DR.18,55:CO.2:PAI.0,0:SO.:POKE 752,1:? G$ J$;P:?Q$;H:PAI.19,20:GOTO 4 3V=40:CI.45,36,20:CI.45,36,35:CI.113,36,20:CI.113,36,35:CO.0:PL.79,29:DR.79,43:SO.:CO.2:PAI.0,0:PAI.45,35:PAI.113,35 4T=STRIG(0):IF T=0:SO.0,60,2,2:POKE 77,0:GOTO 5:ENDIF:U$="WELCOME TO LEVEL 2":GOTO 4 5S=STICK(0):IF S=7:D=1:ENDIF:IF S=11:D=2:ENDIF:IF S=14:D=3:ENDIF:IF S=13:D=4:ENDIF:A=RAND(155) 6B=RAND(70):IF D=1:X=X+1:ENDIF:IF D=2:X=X-1:ENDIF:IF D=3:Y=Y-1:ENDIF:IF D=4:Y=Y+1:ENDIF 7LOCATE A,B,L:IF L=0 AND F>10:CO.1:PLOT A,B:SO.1,50,4,4:F=1:P=P+10:CLS:IF P>=H:H=P:ENDIF:SO.1,0,0,0:ENDIF 8LOCATE X,Y,W:IF W=1:GOTO 9:ENDIF:IF F=0:P=0:ENDIF:CO.2:PL.X,Y:CO.0:PL.C,V:C=X:V=Y:F=F+1:GOTO 5 9SO.0,20,0,6:F=0:D=1:W=0:G$="GAME OVER":CO.1:IF P>799:GR.7:POKE 752,1:?U$:?J$;P:?Q$;H:X=68:C=68:Y=40:GOTO 3:ENDIF:GOTO 1 Variables: X = X POSITION Y = Y POSITION C = 'OLD' X POSITION V = 'OLD' Y POSITION D = DIRECTION (1=RIGHT, 2=LEFT, 3=UP, 4=DOWN) W = COLOR VARIABLE FOR CRASH LOCATOR L = COLOR VARIABLE FOR JUNK PLACEMENT S = STICK 0 T = TRIG 0 P = POINTS H = HIGH SCORE F = FRAME DELAY A = RANDOM X VALUE B = RANDOM Y VALUE G$ = "DODGE RACER"/"GAME OVER" J$ = "SCORE: " Q$ = " HIGH: " U$ = "WELCOME TO LEVEL 2" You should mention here that this is in Turbo-BASIC (I know you did in your video description), just for clarity. Also, I wouldn't call it "Atari BASIC" at the same time, it's a little confusing. Interesting little game. Not bad for your first time programming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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