Heaven/TQA Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 i have spent today afternoon to create this little intro to show how easy it is to code on 7800... i can not understand why the hell all newbies start with 2600 and not with more interesting machines like 5200,800 or 7800... you'll find the archive with all necessary files in the programming forum. cheers, ps. intro is not tested on real 7800 just on mess 0.78... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Do you have the bin file so we can test it on a real 7800? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 12, 2004 Author Share Posted January 12, 2004 just uploaded in the programming forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 i can not understand why the hell all newbies start with 2600 and not with more interesting machines like 5200,800 or 7800... Well, isn't it obvious? The 2600 is easier to code for, that's why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 13, 2004 Author Share Posted January 13, 2004 apolloboy... i am sorry...i totally disagree... 2600 is a pain for newbies.... i can not understand why the hell a lot of guys & girls "i want to write videogames" wannabies start with the 2600... which is really hard coming from PC...or even never touched programming at all (except the VCR or the mobile phones.... ) i am just the simple excersice "putting a sprite" on screen seems quite complicated with the kernel stuff... (i might be sarcastic here... ) the 800, 5200 or even 7800 make your live easier with imho quicker success so for more motivation... not to mention c64 or GBA... i guess most guys start on 2600 because they think "wow...here i can get famous...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Thanks, that's cool, I'll have to check it out (especially since I'm one of the lucky people with a 7800 dev kit, so I can try it on a real 7800). I still think the Lynx is the place to start for newbies...the C compiler is at least adequate, and the sprite engine is powerful and easy to use. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 This intro is GREAT! When are we going to get a game out of you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 This intro is GREAT! When are we going to get a game out of you? Mappy on 7800, Mappy on 7800... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 apolloboy... i am sorry...i totally disagree... 2600 is a pain for newbies.... I think it was sarcasm... i can not understand why the hell a lot of guys & girls "i want to write videogames" wannabies start with the 2600... which is really hard coming from PC...or even never touched programming at all (except the VCR or the mobile phones.... ) i am just the simple excersice "putting a sprite" on screen seems quite complicated with the kernel stuff... (i might be sarcastic here... ) the 800, 5200 or even 7800 make your live easier with imho quicker success so for more motivation... not to mention c64 or GBA... i guess most guys start on 2600 because they think "wow...here i can get famous...) Or they just have fond memories of it. No one wants to make, say, a homebrew Virtual Boy game. Well, some do, but most have nothing but hatred for the VB and anything related to it. They want to start with what they love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 jb, fully understood. but i love every atari machine so my approach is build skills on atari machines and then switch back to 2600 as real challenge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Mappy on 7800, Mappy on 7800... If I ever get going on 7800 programming that will be my first game. But at the rate I'm getting around to things that may be around 2015... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 after spending additional 3 hours... here is the new version with some additional oldschool effects... a scroller... can someone check it on real hardware as mess does not run smooth on my machine and i don't know if the scroller flickers... next will be music... 7800 is really easy to code... and it helps coming from other 8bit machines like c64 & atari 800... swing1b.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I'll test it when I get some time. Probably tomorrow night. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 i can not understand why the hell all newbies start with 2600 and not with more interesting machines like 5200,800 or 7800... Well, isn't it obvious? The 2600 is easier to code for, that's why. That's the wrongest thing I've read all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 OK, I just tried to test it and quickly ran into a problem, the BIN is only 44k. You will want to bump it up to 48k to play on a real 7800. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 No one wants to make, say, a homebrew Virtual Boy game. Well, some do, but most have nothing but hatred for the VB and anything related to it. They want to start with what they love. Actually I tried my hand at coding for the VB,(im strange like that) but not enough documentation ....thanks to the people around here I have gotten a decent grip on the Atari computer/5200 and someday would like to code a little something....I think the Atari computers are the best way to start if you want to code for the consoles, its a good place to learn.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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