2600 Programming For Newbies

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1. Leaving VBLANK on?

   By gauauu, May 6, 2016
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   • gauauu
   • September 7, 2016

2. help novice

   By Fedebox, September 5, 2016
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   • Fedebox
   • September 6, 2016

3. Finding enough 2LK kernel time...

   By tschak909, May 31, 2016
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   • DEBRO
   • August 30, 2016

4. Drawing the playfield

   By atari2600land, July 29, 2016
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   • MacrosCode
   • August 11, 2016

5. Hello, world!

   By Xenomech, July 13, 2016
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   • MacrosCode
   • July 18, 2016

6. Hello World! Program- Critiques Welcome

   By Just Jeff, June 11, 2016
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   • MacrosCode
   • July 14, 2016

7. doing some tank-pong like logic for ball/missile. help!

   By tschak909, July 10, 2016
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   • SpiceWare
   • July 12, 2016

8. Stella Lines and FPS

   By Just Jeff, July 11, 2016
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   • Just Jeff
   • July 11, 2016

9. Asymetrical Reflected Playfield

   By Just Jeff, July 10, 2016
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   • SpiceWare
   • July 10, 2016

10. Need a short "blip" sound for menu selection

    By dmk, June 18, 2016
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    • dmk
    • June 19, 2016

11. Reset vector with 2K ROM

    By FizzyChicken, June 15, 2016   

    • reset
    • vector
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • reset
      • vector
      • 2k
      • rom
    • 10 replies
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    • tschak909
    • June 18, 2016

12. Begginer questions to get me started

    By awsm, May 31, 2016
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    • awsm
    • June 6, 2016

13. Dodgeball: Working kernel but...

    By tschak909, June 5, 2016
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    • tschak909
    • June 5, 2016

14. can vector graphics be done on the 2600?

    By xxx, June 1, 2015
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    • gauauu
    • May 31, 2016

15. Simple kernel for playfield

    By tschak909, May 27, 2016
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    • tschak909
    • May 29, 2016

16. DASM in Linux Mint 17.3

    By AtariFan2001, February 3, 2016   

    • Linux
    • Atari 2600
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Linux
      • Atari 2600
      • Programming.
      • dasm
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    • Gip-Gip
    • May 5, 2016

17. In what language were programmed the Atari 2600 games in 1982?

    By lorillo19, April 14, 2016
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    • lorillo19
    • May 5, 2016

18. Kool Aid Man Score Position Timing Qeustion

    By AlyoshaTAS, April 21, 2016
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    • AlyoshaTAS
    • April 21, 2016

19. What is a cycle?

    By Random Terrain, March 23, 2016
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    • SeaGtGruff
    • March 28, 2016

20. What is a page boundary?

    By Random Terrain, March 23, 2016
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    • Mr SQL
    • March 24, 2016

21. Another beginner project

    By Svetlana, March 10, 2016
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    • LS_Dracon
    • March 13, 2016

22. How are you guys sequencing your music?

    By hendersonn, January 15, 2016
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    • Kylearan
    • March 12, 2016

23. Need info on zero page loading of index registers

    By Engeliron, March 9, 2016
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    • SpiceWare
    • March 9, 2016

24. Can dasm be run in android?

    By STGraves, March 4, 2016
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    • STGraves
    • March 4, 2016

25. A Newbie needing some help.

    By 4bitguy, February 12, 2016
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    • gauauu
    • February 12, 2016

26. Testing on Hardware

    By gauauu, December 15, 2014
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    • gauauu
    • February 2, 2016

27. IDE Set up

    By Mountain King, January 17, 2016
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    • SpiceWare
    • January 25, 2016

28. Is there a name for a 60th of a second (an NTSC/PAL60 cycle)? 1 2

    By Random Terrain, December 31, 2015
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    • alex_79
    • January 23, 2016

29. Having some trouble with AUDV0

    By TheHoboInYourRoom, January 13, 2016
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    • TheHoboInYourRoom
    • January 14, 2016

30. DASM Warning: Unable to open 'myfile.asm'

    By Lillapojkenpåön, December 21, 2015   

    • dasm
    • unable to open
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • dasm
      • unable to open
      • warning
    • 9 replies
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    • Lillapojkenpåön
    • January 4, 2016

31. Any way to simplify this code? Thanks!

    By Snestalgia, December 9, 2015
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    • bogax
    • December 30, 2015

32. Need help: checking for new high score

    By Lumi, December 17, 2015
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    • Nukey Shay
    • December 19, 2015

33. Is it just too hard to learn atari 2600 assembly as first language?

    By ClintTX, December 6, 2015
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    • Random Terrain
    • December 15, 2015

34. help with movable objects

    By ClintTX, December 7, 2015
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    • SpiceWare
    • December 10, 2015

35. Need a tutorial on HMOVE... in the form of these questions

    By TheDickChuck, November 30, 2015
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    • SpiceWare
    • December 4, 2015

36. Sprite placement help needed

    By TheDickChuck, November 26, 2015   

    • sprite
    • RESPx
    • 7 replies
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    • Omegamatrix
    • December 1, 2015

37. dec $2E - what is it doing?

    By TheDickChuck, November 29, 2015
    • 2 replies
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    • Omegamatrix
    • November 30, 2015

38. Pepsi Invaders Graphic Mystery

    By jeff20, April 17, 2015
    • 15 replies
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    • Nukey Shay
    • November 28, 2015

39. Stella vs. A Real TV

    By Lumi, November 26, 2015
    • 4 replies
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    • Lumi
    • November 27, 2015

40. Visual bB version for Mac?

    By DarkCart, November 25, 2015
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    • SpiceWare
    • November 25, 2015

41. Playfield collision query

    By keitaro, November 18, 2015
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    • keitaro
    • November 19, 2015

42. Bank Switching Madness - I just don't get it why it won't work!

    By Pixman, September 25, 2015   

    • bank
    • switching
    • 10 replies
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    • SeaGtGruff
    • September 26, 2015

43. PreProcess.exe not Working with Windows 10 64bit

    By Andman17, September 14, 2015
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    • Andman17
    • September 14, 2015

44. Atari 2600 Memory map and the ROM

    By unebonnevie, September 11, 2015
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    • alex_79
    • September 11, 2015

45. how is a 16K/32K cartridge wired?

    By unebonnevie, September 7, 2015
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    • unebonnevie
    • September 7, 2015

46. Microsoft Excel

    By Syzygy1, July 30, 2015
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    • Mountain King
    • July 31, 2015

47. Do Atari 2600 colors have official names?

    By Random Terrain, August 6, 2005
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    • Syzygy1
    • July 30, 2015

48. Demo Scroller Tutorial

    By Mr SQL, July 11, 2015   

    • Virtual World BASIC
    • Scroller tutorial
    • 0 replies
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    • Mr SQL
    • July 11, 2015

49. [SOLVED] Issues with DASM

    By Ideka, May 23, 2015
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    • Andrew Davie
    • June 4, 2015

50. is it possible to do full screen color images in assembler?

    By xxx, May 31, 2015
    • 16 replies
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    • SpiceWare
    • May 31, 2015