Dionoid

For the body text I used the "Times New Roman" font, which was the default in the Lulu 6" x 9" template I downloaded. The assembly is using "Courier New Bold" (code) and "Consolas Italic" (comments).

FYI: I just published a revised version of the book "Atari 2600 Programming for Newbies" on Lulu.com. It's only $4.69. http://www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-davie/atari-2600-programming-for-newbies-revised-edition/paperback/product-23644281.html The revised book has these improvements: added page numbers better formatting of text, assembly code and images (no more images are cut off) contains the additional post "Session 25: Advanced Timeslicing" from 2012 addendum with the 6502 opcodes a nice cover with Andrew's avatar on the back Read more in this post: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278820-atari-2600-programming-for-newbies-the-book/ Cheers! --Dion

[edited: link to PDF added] Hot news: the book Atari 2600 Programming for Newbies - Revised Edition by Andrew Davie is now available on Lulu.com for only $4.69. Order your copy here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-davie/atari-2600-programming-for-newbies-revised-edition/paperback/product-23644281.html Basically this book is the printed version of the Atari 2600 programming tutorials by Andrew Davie that he originally posted on these forums between 2003 and 2004 (and one extra session posted in 2012). Editing and formatting was done by yours truly. Note that in 2011 someone already bundled these tutorials into a book and published it on Lulu.com, but IMO there are a lot of issues with that version (e.g. no page numbers, missing session no. 25, images cut off on the end of the page, outlining issues, code samples hard to read because of wrapping). That's why I decided to call my version the "Revised Edition" :-) I formatted all code samples to make them readable in print-format, fixed a few spelling errors and also did some editing where the original text was clearly assuming the reader is reading the text online. Note that I'm not making a single dollar-cent on this; you only pay for the printing of the booklet. The consequence is that Andrew Davie is also not making any money from this, but knowing that in 2011 he was OK with the other published book on Lulu.com, I hope he's also OK with this new "Revised Edition". The binding and printing of this book is really nice. The pages are black & white, but the cover is full color (see attached images). I also added Andrew's avatar on the back of the book :-) And Lulu.com regularly has these promotions where they offer free shipping, making this a real bargain! Here is a link to the PDF for your convenience: Atari_2600_Programming_for_Newbies_Revised_Edition.pdf Cheers, Dion

[edited: link to PDF added] Hi there! I just joined AtariAge a few months ago because I bought an old Atari VCS and now want to write my own game(s). I did some C64 assembly before, but programming for the Atari 2600 is a real challenge! While browsing for good technical documentation, I noticed a lot of people recommended to read the "Stella Programmer's Guide" by Steve Wright, which can be downloaded as PDF. I thought it would be nice to have this guide as an actual booklet, so I took the PDF, cropped and scaled it for printing on US Trade Size (6" x 9"), then added a nice book-cover and finally uploaded it to lulu.com (the on-demand printing company). You can order it for $2.45 here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/steve-wright/stella-programmers-guide/paperback/product-23612618.html (in Europe the price is somewhat higher: €3.45) Note that I'm not making a single dollar-cent on this; you only pay for the printing of the booklet. And lulu.com regularly has these promotions where they offer free shipping, making this a real bargain. The booklet has a full-color cover (showing a heavy sixer) and looks and feels really nice - if I may say so myself. Please see the attachments. PDF can be downloaded here: Stella_Programmers_Guide.pdf Cheers, Dion P.S. On the back of the booklet, I added a little photo of a bike. I think you can guess the brand :-)

I ordered the book from Lulu and I'm happy to read the Newbie-sessions on paper instead of staring at my screen. And for the price you pay this is an excellent deal! Some minor issues: The images at the start of sessions 14 and 18 are cut off. I think it makes sense to rotate those 90 degrees so they fit on the page. The printed color palettes in session 11 don't make much sense as the book is B/W only. Maybe better to leave them out. Session 25 (Advanced time-slicing) is missing, which I found a real interesting session. Anyone got the source document containing the combined sessions? If so, I could make some changes and upload a v2 version to Lulu.com. Note: I found a link to a word document on this thread, but that doesn't contain any images. Cheers, Dion