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So you couldn't have video games, but you could have camels?

I see. Why on earth would anyone say that game is good anyway? I had the misfortune of playing that game on my uncle's VCS and it gave me nightmares! well it is the whole concept of how a programmer could turn out a product like that in 6 1/2 weeks. it's like laser blast, people only hated it because it took more effort to be good at it. But Defender, especially the arcade, took a HUGE amount of effort to be good at, and you'll likely not find many people who hate that game. It's not about how hard the game is to become good at, it's about how hard you have to fight the controls and bad game programming to get good at it. When a game is difficult or unplayable due to either shitty controls or just bad programming, then that's unacceptable. When a game is difficult because it's simply something you have to work at to play well, then that's another story. For the record, I don't think E.T. is the worst game on the system. Not by a long shot. For the time he had, HSW did an amazing job at cobbling it all together. If he'd had another month of time to make it, I'd say it would have been an excellent game. It's just that there are other, far superior games on the system, and I'm not going to waste my time on playing a game that I have to try incredibly hard to squeeze even a modicum of fun out of when I could be playing something incredible like Yar's Revenge or Ms. Pac-Man. a lot of people who talk about defender won't have much good to say about it. a lot of people say the 2600 defender was a terrible game..

I see. Why on earth would anyone say that game is good anyway? I had the misfortune of playing that game on my uncle's VCS and it gave me nightmares! well it is the whole concept of how a programmer could turn out a product like that in 6 1/2 weeks. it's like laser blast, people only hated it because it took more effort to be good at it.

yeah, the Max # is 8.

Ubuntu < Fedora

You should do a thread that has code snippets for intermediate programmers, like ones that use includes and Bit operations etc

I'll be watching it! and we should all take an 18 minute idle berzerk vigil today. I did.

This is awesome! watching live now! http://www.retrocademagazine.com/berzerk.htm

or Pepsi Invaders

Berzerk all the Way, or you could compare E.T. to Howard Scott Warshaws other work by using Yars' Revenge!

Dauber! Nice Ric!

I downloaded all of the games (except the WIP's) and I Put them on my personal network drive at school so when the day comes I'll have them ready to go!

Lol, my A/V teacher freaked out on me already for saying "bitches" in a video.

Yes,21 blue would be

I confirmed it with my teacher today, Yes this is happening. Here is what Im going to have with me: My RCA Tv An iMac purchased by the school in september My Atari A couple of Coleco Games (to show what bad things can be produced with asm also) Frog Pickle A Stelladaptor (if I can buy one soon) 2 Joysticks (if available) My Atari 800xl and a Machine Language Book, plus a Memory Map (to show what you'd need to program back then) Displayed on the iMac will be: Stella ASM, HEX, and bB source code other bB made Games RT's Website Atari Age Forums An Explanation of how the 2600 works and how it's different from most classic systems (NES, ColecoVision, etc.) how the compiler works and if you guys have any ideas for it I'm glad to listen! and also, I would like some FINISHED bB games... here's what I have so far: Frog Pickle Trashmania: REMIX 2012 Seaweed Assault Epic Adventure I need more! Any Suggestions/links would be much much much appreciated.

now how about someone etching boards?

yeah i agree

all but 2 made me laugh in that one!

some of these weren't that good

You are awesome SeaGtGruff!!! Thanks A Bunch!