2600 Programming For Newbies

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1. playfield extraction?

   By eegad, September 27, 2008
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   • eegad
   • September 27, 2008

2. DASM has moved

   By Andrew Davie, September 20, 2008
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   • Andrew Davie
   • September 20, 2008

3. Please HELP!

   By kamakazi, August 5, 2008
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   • Thomas Jentzsch
   • August 5, 2008

4. Computer systems to program on and hardware

   By DreamQuake, September 24, 2006
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   • kamakazi
   • July 31, 2008

5. Positioning p0 sprite horizontally according to variable (0-150)?

   By Propane13, May 2, 2008
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   • supercat
   • May 25, 2008

6. I don't understand extra cycles for crossing Page boundaries

   By Propane13, May 17, 2008
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   • supercat
   • May 18, 2008

7. I know nothing - where to start for 7800

   By the.golden.ax, May 8, 2008
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   • the.golden.ax
   • May 8, 2008

8. how do I?

   By midnight8, April 18, 2008
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   • April 18, 2008

9. question for beginner

   By midnight8, April 7, 2008
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   • April 8, 2008

10. Just Getting Started

    By catbox_9, March 5, 2008
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    • stephena
    • March 13, 2008

11. Newbie with questions

    By slonda828, January 29, 2008
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    • Nukey Shay
    • January 30, 2008

12. Keypad + Joystick Together; Is it Possible?

    By Gemini, January 18, 2008
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    • Gemini
    • January 18, 2008

13. Possibly stupid question about vcs.h

    By Devin, December 24, 2007
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    • SeaGtGruff
    • January 18, 2008

14. I Can't Get DASM to Run

    By R. Jones, August 4, 2006
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    • Cybergoth
    • January 14, 2008

15. Anyone have any 5k+roms dissembled?

    By wogihao, January 6, 2008
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    • wogihao
    • January 7, 2008

16. DASM Link Unavailiable

    By Primordial Ooze, December 25, 2007
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    • Primordial Ooze
    • December 26, 2007

17. Blank pixels after HMOVE

    By Devin, December 21, 2007
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    • Devin
    • December 21, 2007

18. New 2600 Programmer Confused by Player Positioning

    By brainwagon, September 8, 2005
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    • Devin
    • December 21, 2007

19. 2600 Programming For Newbies as Wikibook

    By anarkavre, May 11, 2007
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    • Fort Apocalypse
    • September 22, 2007

20. Question from a beginner

    By rosutokami, August 28, 2007
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    • rosutokami
    • August 28, 2007

21. Beginning Programming for the 2600

    By Kamaria, August 15, 2007
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    • CurtisP
    • August 20, 2007

22. Problem with vertical sprite positioning.

    By R. Jones, August 5, 2007
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    • R. Jones
    • August 6, 2007

23. a better programing enviroment

    By grafixbmp, July 24, 2007
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    • BigO
    • July 30, 2007

24. another compiling question

    By meshounah, July 17, 2007
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    • meshounah
    • July 18, 2007

25. Session 3: The TIA and the 6502

    By Andrew Davie, May 22, 2003
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    • supercat
    • May 8, 2007

26. Is there a limit to sprite size?

    By godzillajoe, April 18, 2007
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    • godzillajoe
    • April 20, 2007

27. I am need some direction

    By |*BILLY$CLINT*|, April 12, 2007
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    • |*BILLY$CLINT*|
    • April 12, 2007

28. Any more complete examples of drawing playfields?

    By godzillajoe, April 1, 2007
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    • godzillajoe
    • April 2, 2007

29. Getting ahead of myself but is this possible on a 2600?

    By godzillajoe, March 28, 2007
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    • godzillajoe
    • March 30, 2007

30. My horrid attempt at TIA audio.

    By atari2600a, March 27, 2007
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    • atari2600a
    • March 27, 2007

31. window algorithm

    By tschak909, March 10, 2007
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    • tschak909
    • March 10, 2007

32. playfield not matching up WTF?

    By tschak909, March 10, 2007
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    • tschak909
    • March 10, 2007

33. generating random playfields

    By tschak909, March 7, 2007
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    • tschak909
    • March 7, 2007

34. newbie seeks assistance! 1 2 3

    By MayDay, February 24, 2005
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    • MayDay
    • February 23, 2007

35. How do i disassemble 8kb atari 2600 games?

    By AtariHacker, February 9, 2007
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    • Nukey Shay
    • February 10, 2007

36. Not really a newbie, but...

    By Dragnerok X, November 9, 2006
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    • Dragnerok X
    • November 10, 2006

37. Kernel Timing Problem in my Hack (QuadraTank)

    By starfighter1314, October 30, 2006
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    • starfighter1314
    • November 5, 2006

38. Understanding RESPx

    By andre_nho, September 22, 2006
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    • supercat
    • October 2, 2006

39. SkipDraw

    By ~llama, October 5, 2004
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    • Tom
    • September 19, 2006

40. Utility for Changing Player Objects

    By starfighter1314, September 13, 2006
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    • starfighter1314
    • September 18, 2006

41. Multiple Sprites on a Line

    By wavemotion, September 1, 2006
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    • djmips
    • September 1, 2006

42. OK I think I'm gonna give this a try....a few questions first...

    By godzillajoe, August 29, 2006
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    • SeaGtGruff
    • August 29, 2006

43. Please Help Very Eager

    By programnewb, August 26, 2006
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    • Pixelboy
    • August 27, 2006

44. Bank switching, best practices?

    By moderntimes99, February 21, 2006
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    • xucaen
    • July 21, 2006

45. Multiple game screens

    By nmoog, July 20, 2006
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    • SeaGtGruff
    • July 20, 2006

46. text files for testing out with DASM.

    By TonyA, July 19, 2006
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    • TonyA
    • July 19, 2006

47. Trouble with DASM

    By TonyA, July 18, 2006
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    • TonyA
    • July 19, 2006

48. detecting if a missile goes off the left or right edge

    By xucaen, July 10, 2006
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    • xucaen
    • July 11, 2006

49. Simulating gravity (or, how do you do "timing"?)

    By nmoog, July 3, 2006
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    • nmoog
    • July 10, 2006

50. Is there any easier beginners guides?

    By MikFire, June 5, 2006
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    • danwinslow
    • July 5, 2006