"Fetch" - simple game program by MSP

[MSP]

Hi all, I just created a simple Atari 2600 program which simulates playing fetch with a dog in a park. There are two versions, one with a score counter (every time the dog finds the ball) and one without.

 

Here's a link to the game page over at my blog: http://www.magicskypublishing.com/p/atari-2600-rom-files.html

 

I plan at some point to create a "deluxe" version of the game which has some hazards, obstacles, and levels, but this is just a hobby for me, so it may be some time before that's published.

 

I'd also really like to thank everyone involved with creating & popularizing the batari Basic language. I'm not a programmer by trade but do have some previous experience using Visual Basic, so using the available tutorials on bB, I was able to create my first, fully functioning Atari 2600 program. The Atari 7800 was my first game console, and of course I played a lot of 2600 games on it, so seeing my own handiwork in that format has been a real trip!

 

 

[Ecernosoft]

On 8/16/2022 at 3:36 PM, MSP said:

Hi all, I just created a simple Atari 2600 program which simulates playing fetch with a dog in a park. There are two versions, one with a score counter (every time the dog finds the ball) and one without.

 

Here's a link to the game page over at my blog: http://www.magicskypublishing.com/p/atari-2600-rom-files.html

 

I plan at some point to create a "deluxe" version of the game which has some hazards, obstacles, and levels, but this is just a hobby for me, so it may be some time before that's published.

 

I'd also really like to thank everyone involved with creating & popularizing the batari Basic language. I'm not a programmer by trade but do have some previous experience using Visual Basic, so using the available tutorials on bB, I was able to create my first, fully functioning Atari 2600 program. The Atari 7800 was my first game console, and of course I played a lot of 2600 games on it, so seeing my own handiwork in that format has been a real trip!

 

 

I see this has no comments, I feel bad!

I too grew up with 7800. My Dad's 7800 to be specific. 

Here's my game on 7800:

Connertime_v1.41 (5) (1).a78

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Fetch on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us!

 

Tue Sep 20, 2022 @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day

WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/
WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/

 

Games:

• Alien Holocaust (2022 Exclusive World Premiere | 2600) by Bitnamic Software / Fernando "Bruce" Salvio
• Fetch (2022 | 2600) by Magic Sky Publishing @MSP
• Snake Fiasco (2022 WIP | 2600) by Fort Apocalypse @Fort Apocalypse
• Top & Tom (2022 WIP | 2600) by Nick Sherman @Arlasoft

[Erik Zimmermann]

Please, a cat attack the dog.