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Status Updates posted by Andrew Davie
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I'm no longer an active participant on the forums. I'll be posting my own Atari stuff elsewhere. But, having said that... feel free to PM me here - I'm always happy to answer questions.
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If you anticipate wanting to contact me, please note my email address andrew@taswegian.com
Although a knee-jerk reaction, I have considered how I would respond once this sale/acquisition was confirmed. I'm not interested in any way supporting Atari. They did wrong by me and it still smarts.
So I expect I may disappear from this site. I'll mull over it for a few days. But basically, fuck it.
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As I like to point out, is the "Atari" that hurt you THIS current Atari, or one of the various Ataris in the past?
I learned somewhere along the way, probably around 2008, that the childhood memories I had with Atari stuff, and the corporation calling itself "Atari" was not the same.
So I get in a minor way the "did wrong by me" comment. I remember when the Atari back then came down on some people wanting to develop games and getting the good ole C&D. Was a valuable reminder that these memories were not just fun in our heads, but active properties still of some people still hoping to make a buck.
Selling this place to Atari is about akin to crossing the streams. It is good to separate what you care about from business. And very rarely do hobby and corporate money mix well.
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Here's my interview with @ZeroPage Homebrew...
I thought it went OK, although I would have chosen a different cover photo. To be honest, I make an excellent subject for interviewing. Engaging. Funny. Knowledgeable. Modest. Free. And I'm considerate towards cats. What more could one want in a guest?
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Look at those declarations! This is what OCD does to your programming...
void processSpeech() { static const unsigned short *const sp = (const unsigned short *)__SPEECH_ADDRESS; const unsigned char *const s = (const unsigned char *)(int) sp[speakWord]; if ((RAM[_BUF_SPEECH] = s[spk]) != 0xFF) spk++; }
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Pulled the trigger on a MacBook Air M2, 512GB SSD.
My beloved 2013 Macbook Pro was getting slightly long in the tooth and couldn't keep up with the frame rate required to emulate my new '2600 work at sufficient speeds.
Gotta wait 3 weeks or so for delivery!
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I need a job.
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The irony of wondering how to do something with the TIA, and searching online for it, only to find the first link explaining how it works was written by me... 20 years ago. Thank you, me.
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I've collated links to some of my Atari work into a FB group...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/drboo/
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I am selling my only copy of '2600 Boulder Dash.
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The very first video game I ever ever played was released in 1974. Here's a video (not mine) of it in action. Ah, the memories...
Game runs on pure logic... no CPU or ROMS.
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I have just discovered "PoC||GTFO" hacker journal. Amazing.
There's one issue that deals with disassembly of Star Raiders for Atari, worth a read. -
I just read someone's top-5 Atari 2600 homebrew games list, the top 4 of which are ARM games.
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@doctorclu - DPC+ games use an ARM processor on the cartridge (e.g., SPACE ROCKS by @SpiceWare, which is an awesome game, by the way).
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It only JUST occurred to me. All my life I've been saying "Zed-80" and "6502", whereas probably most Americans say "Zee-80". Never thought about it before... how weird... "zee 80" WTF is that?
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I recall that I paid about AUS$400 for a 16KB RAM cartridge for my Atari 800 computer back in 1981 or so. In today's dollars that's about $1600. Now, I just purchased a pack of three 32GB USB sticks for around AUS$14.
Bits back then were over 7 billion times more expensive each, than now! Pretty much the origin of "every bit is sacred"! -
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If only someone with oodles of $ could pay me some of them to write something '2600 for them. I'm looking for work, so if you're rolling in $ and lacking in cycle counting skills... hit me up!
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Have you ever tried pitching media companies? I've often thought a company like Netflix, for example, could have benefitted from the promotional value of a Stranger Things game on the 2600 (both digital and physical). Ditto for something like Ghostbusters, there should be a 2600 game in limited edition boxes and placed on a Flashback to essentially advertise next year's entry. Also, consumer foodstuff concerns could promote products like in the old days with games adapting their trademarks. Just a thought...
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I think I may be the only homebrew author with a game that's NOT findable by a search on AtariAge. Clear discrimination.
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A couple years ago.... just stumbled on this http://prelive.themercury.com.au/article/2012/05/01/323811_tasmania-news.html
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That's a weird-looking Atari 2600.
If you don't look, you won't know how your name is being used.
I check my name about once a week:
https://www.google.com/search?q="Duane+Alan+Hahn"&num=100
And I check for my name in books a few times a year:
https://www.google.com/search?q="Duane+Alan+Hahn"&num=100&tbm=bks&tbs=sbd:1
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I reject your morality and substitute my own.
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Could I please have an HP Prime Calculator?
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Pastel colours. Can't stand them. What's up with these awful UI and hardware designs? First Ubuntu, now IOS7. Awful, putrid design. Can't wait till pastels are out of vogue.
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Please, oh please let the number of re-discovered Doctor Who episodes be large. Can't wait for the announcement later today.
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visit images.google.com and search for "atari breakout". enjoy.
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Have an itch...
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Basically I'd like a 2600 fan to hire me for a few years and let me write '2600 games. Limited editions. One copy... all I want is a reasonable income and throw away all the crap I deal with in day to day 9 to 5.