Commandcracker8 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Hello! This is my first time on this forum so sorry if this is in the wrong place or something. I'm looking for some advice on how to get started, without having to read a 100 page manual. My goal is to create a pong game. I'm good with working with assembly, I just don't really know how to do Atari 2600 specific assembly and graphics. Actually, I have started trying to do it and graphics are my main struggle at the moment. Any and all help is appreciated! Thanks, Cracker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevKelley Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 36 minutes ago, Commandcracker8 said: Hello! This is my first time on this forum so sorry if this is in the wrong place or something. I'm looking for some advice on how to get started, without having to read a 100 page manual. My goal is to create a pong game. I'm good with working with assembly, I just don't really know how to do Atari 2600 specific assembly and graphics. Actually, I have started trying to do it and graphics are my main struggle at the moment. Any and all help is appreciated! Thanks, Cracker I am not sure about assembly, as I have yet to learn it, but have you seen batari Basic? For something like a Pong game it may be an easy start as bB does a lot of the heavy lifting for things like graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandcracker8 Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, KevKelley said: I am not sure about assembly, as I have yet to learn it, but have you seen batari Basic? For something like a Pong game it may be an easy start as bB does a lot of the heavy lifting for things like graphics. Yeah I have seen batari Basic, but I don't want to use it. I do quite a lot of programming and I'm doing this to challenge myself. I'll definitely give it a go though! But yeah I'm looking to make this entirely in assembly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Check out Collect, my tutorial on writing a 2K game from scratch. Once you've gone thru that check the Paddle Demo on my website as you'd want to use paddles for Pong. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandcracker8 Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 The Stella Programmer's Guide is actually an interesting read. I read it without knowing any assembly at the time. It's not 100 pages- more like 35 pages of actual reading. I recommend reading it for understanding- No need to commit all of it to memory. https://atarihq.com/danb/files/stella.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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