The RetroConsole: 2600 Edition

[The RetroConsole: 2600 Edition]

way cool!!

 

way cool!!

 

please make sure that the audio is switchable between mono and stereo!

 

very important to those of us that use the 2600 for noiz!!!!!!!!!

 

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CyberTech S-Video Card now available!!!]

i will be getting one of these as soon as i can!!!!!!

 

in fact i have a 2600 waiting for this!

 

VERY KEEN!!!!!!!!!!

[S-Video Card very cool but wondering...]

why only s-video?

 

how come there isn't a composite video output as well??

 

i really like the fact that you don't have to cut up the 2600 at all!!!

[Jag Encryption - Round 2]

neato neato cool!!!!!

 

now let's see some games!

 

and can someone PLEASE make an audio input for the VLM??

 

[We'll meet again]

ACK!!

 

please come back soon!!!!!

 

don't leave us in the Binary Void!!

 

thanks for all of the wonderful info!!

[WHAT'S UP WITH THE 2600 TO GP32 EMU??]

Have you looked here already? :wink:-

 

oh yeah!

 

your EMU port for the GP is the best one!

 

do you still have my list of bugs from other games that i sent ya a while back?

 

i have a new list.

should i send it over?

[WHAT'S UP WITH THE 2600 TO GP32 EMU??]

Hi Spike!

 

Which emulator do you mean, VCS32 or gp2600?

 

If it's the former, then I can help

 

Let's first say that "complete" is a vague status.. right now, it's "complete" in its 0.1 version

 

i guess i should have been a bit more clear, eh?

 

i just havn't seen anything from anyone with regards to the 2600 emu so i was just being a squeaky wheel!

 

thanks for the update!!

[WHAT'S UP WITH THE 2600 TO GP32 EMU??]

does anyone know what is going on with this?

 

is anyone going to complete it?

 

it's the main reason why i bought a GP32 to begin with!

 

thanks!!!

[Book?]

Should this tutorial be tidied up, turned into a book and hawked to a publisher for release in hard-copy format?

 

YESSSS!!!!!!!

 

that would be great!

 

i would buy 2 copies!

 

[First word on AGE]

AGE was a blast!!!!

 

it was so cool to meet Albert, Paul, Scott, Dale, and everyone else!!!

 

can't wait till next year!!!!!!

 

more noiz!

[Session 19: Addressing modes]

can't get around it...

i just have to print everyone of these.......

 

have to highlight it, and then study each lesson........

[Black Background problem...]

did ya get a chance to try it out yet??

[Fresh Gear on Tech TV talking about a 2600]

just saw Fresh Gear today and they mentioned that their next show will tell people how to make the 2600 portable....

 

so it's either Ben's machines or the VCS32 that Fabrizio Zavagli(rasty) is working on.

 

keep on the lookout!

[great price on GP32........]

I think you'll have to wait a long time

 

(the GP32 has dropped only one time, at the beginning in fact, and it will only drop again if it's released wordlwide at the end of the year)

 

200 or $150 is not much if you consider it plays games, MP3 and DivX, etc

 

i keep this thing with me all the time.

 

hell i would take it to work.....but that would be REALY distracting!

 

having a portable 2600 for under $400 is just too keen!

[Black Background problem...]

i have a couple of 2600's with the Ben Heckendorn A/V mod.

 

generally my games look ok but i just pulled out Adventure and discovered a problem....

 

all of the backgrounds are black!

 

is there something i did wrong withthe A/V mod?

 

it's not easy to see the Black Castle on a black background!

kinda like playing Adventure if it was at night.

(i think i have a new game idea! ..."Night Adventure")

anyways.........

 

i have two machines with the same mod and i have the same results.

even tested two TV's.

 

(and please forgive me if this was answered elsewhere but i couldn't find it in a forum search.)

 

thanks!!!!!

[Book?]

Should this tutorial be tidied up, turned into a book and hawked to a publisher for release in hard-copy format?

 

i think it would be EXCELLENT.

 

i have been laying out the pages in Pagemaker.

(i'm on a Mac)

 

i have an Atari binder i have been filling up with info from the web for quite sometime. (schematics, OpCodes, bankswitching, source code, mods, etc.)

your info is going in the front with the Stella Programmer's manual.

 

what would be REALLY nifty is if the book also feature Mods and hack info as well.

maybe a CD with code, tools, and other things.

 

a really nice compendium for the 2600 fanatic!!!

[Session 5: Memory Architecture]

i am setting up all the lessons in anther program so i can have a hardcopy to flip through and study as i stumble along.

 

please keep the info pouring in!

 

this is great!

[great price on GP32........]

bought my backlit GP32 from Play-Asia.com

 

$209.00 + $8.40 ship

 

http://www.play-asia.com/paos-13-30b58007.html

 

playing 2600 games and arcade(MAME) games while waiting for a movie to start is just too cool!!!!

[Introduction: 2600 Programming for Newbies]

* If you would be interested in participating, post a reply to this

 

COUNT ME IN!!!!

 

* What particular areas of progamming would you like to see covered

 

starting from scratch.......

how to make any game idea a reality through the 2600.

(of course given the limitations of the 2600)

 

it would be nice if it started with only 2k and 4k size games.

 

* what level of knowledge should be assumed

 

no assumptions.

 

* any comments?

 

I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS!

i have been struggling with the info on "How to Program" the 2600 that i have gathered for quite some time. i understand a lot but then it just becomes a mess after a while.

 

hacking games is one thing but making a game from scratch is the only TRUE personal endeavor in the Atari 2600 that i would REALLY like to pursue.

[burned my first Eprom....]

You mean 0's and 1's, right ?  

 

heh heh!

oh yeah....just binary.

no replicants here....

not yet.

 

What did you burn and what did you do with it ?  

 

Wall Defender

it's a great little game.

i think i am going to add it to my 'wanna hack' game list!

 

[burned my first Eprom....]

woo hoo!!!!!

 

i love the Pocket Programmer 2!

 

i know for many of you it's no big deal but it's just so cool!

(it's that thrill of the first one)

 

 

now back to the 1's and 0's.............

[Ben's new Portable Atari...]

now that he found a better way to make them i hope they will be a bit more affordable!

 

i REALLY want one of these.

 

it would be nice to have a black and silver one!

[Infogrames changes it's name to Atari]

I have yet to see Infrogames do ANYTHING worthwhile with their game products. So ATARI may just be in the wrong hands still.

 

ATARI needs to be in the hands of another Bushnell.

[Moderated: Links for Programmers]

This is a great idea.  I would ultimately like to create a 2600 Programming section on AA

 

..Al

 

YAY!!!!!

 

it's always a bummer to find out a link you have been using for lot's o' 2600 info to be dead.

because of that i have printed out tons of stuff over the last couple of years for fear i couldn't find all that info again.

 

i found a great Atari binder to put it all in.

[GP32 Atari 2600 Emulator Released]

way cool!!!!!

 

now i need to save up for a GP32!!!!!!