Working on my first Atari 2600 game - Bitcoin Coaster

[Robert Gremillion]

I started learning Assembly in early 2020, then Covid hit and I got dismayed for a while.

 

But I am back into it and starting to make a little progress.

 

My initial game idea is to turn the Bitcoin Roller coaster Meme into a game.

 

It will be a side scroller game in the style of Moon Patrol.

 

My first objective was to get a workable track that goes up and down.

 

I've blown over half the memory making the track work. ?

 

Here's a video of the progress so far.

 

 

 

Added a Demo binary.

 

Joystick 1 - Fire button - jumps the coaster. Joystick left and right moves the coaster horizontally on the track within a range.

 

Joystick 2 - Fire button - starts / stops the track. Joystick up and down move the track up and down (10 pixels). Joystick left and right - adds and subtracts holes.

 

I was able to get this binary to work in Stella.

bcoaster_20220426.bin

Edited April 27, 2022 by Robert Gremillion

[Glenn Main]

‘I’ve blown over half the memory making the track work.’

 

First days with asm I had the screen stable with everything I needed to that point, it was really coming together.

 

I was astonished to see I had no memory left for a play pattern, joystick inputs, sound or a scoreline or even one of those nifty titles glued at the front of the thing. A harsh couple of weeks followed lol.

 

I really like your game so far.

[+Karl G]

That is pretty cool! It definitely has a unique visual style for a 2600 game. Looking forward to seeing more.

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

21 hours ago, Robert Gremillion said:

I started learning Assembly in early 2020, then Covid hit and I got dismayed for a while.

Oh yes! I remember seeing this when you posted it 2020 and thought it was a great looking idea for a game.

 

Glad you're back working on it and I can't wait to play it on ZPH when it's ready.

 

- James

[Robert Gremillion]

3 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said:

Oh yes! I remember seeing this when you posted it 2020 and thought it was a great looking idea for a game.

 

Glad you're back working on it and I can't wait to play it on ZPH when it's ready.

 

- James

I love watching the videos on your channel.

 

Now I have to make something worthy. ?

 

Thanks!

Edited April 27, 2022 by Robert Gremillion

[Robert Gremillion]

18 hours ago, Glenn Main said:

I was astonished to see I had no memory left for a play pattern, joystick inputs, sound or a scoreline or even one of those nifty titles glued at the front of the thing. A harsh couple of weeks followed lol.

 

I really like your game so far.

I have a bunch of flags I need to consolidate into one byte to save some space.

 

Thanks for the comment!!!

[Robert Gremillion]

4 hours ago, Karl G said:

That is pretty cool! It definitely has a unique visual style for a 2600 game. Looking forward to seeing more.

Thank you. My goal is to make it so that you control 2 players at once, the coaster and the rider.

[Robert Gremillion]

4 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said:

Oh yes! I remember seeing this when you posted it 2020 and thought it was a great looking idea for a game.

 

Glad you're back working on it and I can't wait to play it on ZPH when it's ready.

 

- James

I attached a binary demo. Thanks.