Atari 2600 Programming

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1. Docs Tutorials and Tools for Atari 2600 Programming

   By kisrael, May 19, 2021
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   • Windless
   • January 23, 2023

2. 6502 Killer hacks 1 2 3 4 7

   By djmips, June 12, 2005
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   • Omegamatrix
   • December 20, 2021

3. DASM - New home and new releases! 1 2

   By Dionoid, December 14, 2019
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   • SpiceWare
   • December 6, 2021

4. Clever way to display a two pixels high missil ?

   By Windless, 2 hours ago
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   • Windless
   • 2 hours ago

5. Pac-Line 2600: Atari 2600 Homebrew 1 2 3 4 5

   By ZeroPage Homebrew, March 29
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   • ZeroPage Homebrew
   • 7 hours ago

6. vcsbeatbox - an Atari 2600 drum machine

   By Faux Woodgrain, Monday at 08:48 PM
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   • r_chase
   • 9 hours ago

7. experimental ROM export for furnace tracker 1 2

   By Dave C, October 9, 2022
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   • karri
   • 10 hours ago

8. Atari 2600 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2024 1 2 3 4

   By ZeroPage Homebrew, January 2
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   • ZeroPage Homebrew
   • 17 hours ago

9. Catgirls Carrot Kingdom™ - Work in Progress 32K! - New Demo 10-16-2017 1 2 3 4 14

   By Jinroh, October 10, 2015   

   • catgirls
   • maids
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     • bread cats
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   • r_chase
   • Yesterday at 11:55 AM

10. Quick Questions for Atari 2600 Programmers Thread 1 2

    By Living Room Arcade, February 18
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    • Living Room Arcade
    • Yesterday at 11:39 AM

11. Quick Questions for Atari 2600 Programmers Thread #2

    By Living Room Arcade, Saturday at 08:28 PM
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    • Living Room Arcade
    • Yesterday at 11:27 AM

12. 2600 Gyruss Hack (possible attempt)

    By rallyrabbit, March 3, 2021
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    • Dutchman2000
    • Yesterday at 02:30 AM

13. Berta And Butterflies - in development

    By Dalton, March 4
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    • Dalton
    • Tuesday at 10:28 AM

14. Question about Fujinet and TFNS Servers

    By Sowden, Monday at 04:10 PM
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    • tschak909
    • Tuesday at 01:34 AM

15. Plasma Blast(My First Game).

    By PremiumDays, Friday at 10:59 PM
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    • Silvio Mogno
    • Monday at 05:35 PM

16. Frazzled - WIP Homebrew 1 2

    By DaveM, May 9, 2023
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    • DaveM
    • Sunday at 08:10 PM

17. Gopher2600 (continuing development on Github) 1 2 3 4 21

    By JetSetIlly, January 18, 2020   

    • emulator
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    • Gemintronic
    • April 19

18. Ninja Kombat 2600 work in progress update! 1 2

    By freshbrood, January 28, 2021
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    • freshbrood
    • April 18

19. A silly little project 1 2 3

    By mzxrules, May 23, 2021
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    • freshbrood
    • April 18

20. Boo Fruit RELEASED (Simple game for atari 2600 based on characters from the game Pac-Man.)

    By kikipdph, April 14
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    • GoldLeader
    • April 16

21. Uncle Hairy's Nosehair 1 2 3 4 8

    By atari2600land, October 11, 2020
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    • atari2600land
    • April 16

22. 2600 Catch - a new Keypad controller homebrew for the Atari 2600

    By littaum, January 3
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    • Living Room Arcade
    • April 15

23. Anthony's BIG Adventure

    By phillip_roberts, March 2
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    • phillip_roberts
    • April 15

24. Stellar Drive Mars (Stellar Drive 2) in Development: Atari 2600 Game 1 2

    By kikipdph, February 16
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    • kikipdph
    • April 13

25. In the development of an unnamed game about a police car for the Atari 2600

    By kikipdph, December 13, 2023
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    • Living Room Arcade
    • April 12

26. Book of Five Rings (Atari 2600 homebrew)

    By dmanning23, October 20, 2023
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    • dmanning23
    • April 8

27. Question: Maximum amount of screens the 2600 can handle.

    By Jake Riley, April 7
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    • Gemintronic
    • April 8

28. A remake of Frogger in 4k. 1 2 3

    By splendidnut, April 1
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    • CapitanClassic
    • April 7

29. Most efficient (cycle-wise) way to increment a 16-bit counter?

    By dinox0r, April 7
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    • Thomas Jentzsch
    • April 7

30. Hellway, an Atari 2600 homebrew with love 1 2 3 4 7

    By Octavio Pinho Bokel, January 27, 2021   

    • atari2600
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    • Octavio Pinho Bokel
    • April 7

31. FujiNet for Atari 2600

    By tschak909, January 10
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    • x=usr(1536)
    • April 6

32. Atari 2600 Space Invaders - Extra Score Digits Hack?

    By PengPeng0118, April 5   

    • space invaders
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    • PengPeng0118
    • April 5

33. New Atari 2600 coarse blade 1 2

    By Magovinna, December 28, 2022   

    • homebrew
    • 35 replies
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    • Magovinna
    • April 5

34. Printable Strings in Atari 2600 Games

    By thegoldenband, December 11, 2014
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    • jrhodes
    • April 4

35. Uncancelled: Fruit Fly Fun (Atari 2600) 1 2 3

    By atari2600land, July 16, 2023
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    • TrekMD
    • March 27

36. Defender II Hack Attempt - Trying to find 2 portions of code 1 2 3 4 5

    By rallyrabbit, April 5, 2019
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    • Karl G
    • March 24

37. Jutland Skies RELEASED (game for atari 2600)

    By kikipdph, December 6, 2023
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    • Living Room Arcade
    • March 24

38. I have something prepared to bring the 2 button hack to the next level

    By kramlat0, March 21
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    • Karl G
    • March 22

39. Chaotic Grill flicker management

    By splendidnut, March 13
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    • splendidnut
    • March 21

40. Homebrew WIP: Fly Hunter 1 2 3

    By 8bitPoet, January 11   

    • homebrew
    • testers
    • 55 replies
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    • 8bitPoet
    • March 18

41. Question on AI

    By AAA177, March 11
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    • Verdant
    • March 18

42. Making Bin Files From Source Code (Starpath Betas)

    By Tempest, November 13, 2023
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    • Tempest
    • March 17

43. [CLOSED] I need the expertise of someone experienced with 2600 sound programming for a romhack to edit/replace existing sound. (I'll pay you, too!)

    By Radio F Software, January 23
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    • Radio F Software
    • March 16

44. Chaotic Grill (BurgerTime remake) in progress 1 2 3 4 17

    By splendidnut, December 15, 2015
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    • Stab
    • March 14

45. Kovi Kovi for Atari 2600

    By MarcoJ, March 19, 2023   

    • homebrew
    • 24 replies
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    • Jamtex
    • March 11

46. 2600 Stepping Feet Illusion

    By Coopdevil, March 4
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    • Coopdevil
    • March 4

47. 2kb Music Player demo "danse macabre" with code project

    By Magovinna, March 1
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    • Magovinna
    • March 1

48. Saboteur Cart Chip

    By cpl_klinger, February 28
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    • Kroko
    • February 29

49. asteroids attack Asteroids Attack - 2019 batari Basic Game

    By Ricardo Pim, May 9, 2022   

    • asteroids
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    • alfredtdk
    • February 29

50. Newbie questions on burning... Coleco 2600 "Looping" Cartridge

    By tjrtech, August 5, 2018
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    • tjrtech
    • February 25