Want a copy of my CGE vacation videos?

[Snider-man]

Hey gang,

 

Well, so many folks have been wondering what CGE was like, that I decided to make copies of my vacation videos available. These videos are not edited and were made just for my own personal video vacation collection. If you want a dub, I’d be happy to make one for you. Here’s what I have.

 

+ CLASSIC GAMING EXPO HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO +

This video contains highlights and sights from the weekend Expo. Some of the highlights are:

* Southern California Classic Collectors’ room party, including Atari 2600 Joyboard Combat and a display of an Atari Music Machine up-and-running

* The Dragon’s Lair autograph session with Don Bluth and the gang

* A walkthrough of the Classic Videogame Museum (some good stuff there)

* A song or two performed by The 8-Bit Weapon

* A few rounds of the CGE Jeopardy competition

* Some of Saturday night’s auction

* Some of the Twin Galaxies High Score Competition

* And many, many scenes of classic video games in play and a ton of wandering the show floor while the Expo was in full swing.

As an extra bonus, I also managed to tape the CNN segment of their CGE coverage on CNN Headline News. This extra 5-minute "special" will be tacked on at the end.

 

+ ATARI 2600 PROGRAMMER/DEVELOPER’S KEYNOTE PRESENTATION +

This video is the full talk on programming the Atari 2600 given by Joe Decuir, one of the developers of the 2600 and programmer of that stalwart favorite "Combat." Joe’s presentation covered everything the aspiring homebrew author should know, including:

* Requirements for Program Development

* Objectives for Development

* Hardware Limitations

* 6502 Tools

* Ways to Test Game Code

* PCAE 2.2 Debug Features

* Lots of info on the TIA Register Maps

* Game Design, Architecture, and Timing

* And Display Kernels.

The presentation also featured a discussion of the newly released Cuttle Cart and its use in programming. Several homebrew authors also discussed "how they did it." The presentation came with a 6-page handout that I will send along with the video.

 

Running time for each video is about an hour. Both videotapes are VHS, SP dubs on high-quality tape in NTSC format. I will not make DVDs, CD-Rs, or PAL format videos, nor will I grab screenshots or dump video into an AVI, MPG, or other computer file. (It’s a copy of these or nothin’.)

 

I’m charging only $10 for one tape, $15 for both. Priority Mail shipping is including in that cost. (Overseas folks will need to contact me for foreign shipping.) I’m not doing this as a commercial venture and God knows this ain't for the money. I just wanted folks who may want a copy to be able to get their hands on one.

 

If interested, e-mail me and I’ll send my address to you. Thanks,

 

Tim Snider – "Snider-man"

"MST2600, Blair Witch, HQ, and Venture II programmer"

[blyind]

ok, will you still be offering these in like a week?

i just spent my last 5 bucks on a road runner cart.

 

but i know i'll have atleast $20.00 usd by a week from today.

 

thanks for offering copies of these tapes, i wanted to go but since im only 15 my parents wouldnt let me, heh.

[skyrank]

please email me. i'm interested in both tapes! skyrank@adelphia.net

[blyind]

by the way Snider-man, you are the nicest 2600 programmer i know of.

i want to program for the 2600 also, thats one of the reasons im gonna order both ur tapes.

 

well, dad just got home with subway, im gonna go eat all i can, then goto bed. :

[rolenta]

Hi Tim,

 

I was considering just getting one video, but I do want to see how foolish I looked 'moderating' the Joe Decuir speech. so put me down for both and tell me what I have to do.

 

[ 09-08-2001: Message edited by: rolenta ]

[jahfish]

hi tim

 

i'd love to include these videos in our trade

 

greetings