+Andrew Davie Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 I'm tempted to start an interactive course/dialog to help newcomers to '2600 programming get up and running. Just wondering how many people would follow such a happening. * If you would be interested in participating, post a reply to this * What particular areas of progamming would you like to see covered * what level of knowledge should be assumed * any comments? My tentative title for the course would be "000001010 00101000 00000000 01100101" - 10 points to the first person who can tell me what on earth this means Cheers A 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 * raises hand I forgot to take down the Christmas lights? j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizoc Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Only 2 points for figuring that out? A little binary humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 D'oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 2600: 101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 i will only be learning mc68000 from the jaguar. and next to that . i also want another system to program for. so count me in for the atari 2600. however. i nwould aprreciate it. if you made an .txt/.word file of everything you described. that would be much better than all the topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 I would like to try it although I have almost no programming knowledge at all so I imagine I won't last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Hi Guest! It's been a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Hi Guest! It's been a while! Oops says Albert as he runs to fix the posting permissions for this forum.. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 My tentative title for the course would be "000001010 00101000 00000000 01100101" - 10 points to the first person who can tell me what on earth this means It means the name of your course in decimal is 170,393,701? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPIKE Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 * 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 I'm interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Excellent! It'll be interesting to see some information above and beyond the (wonderful and useful) Space Invaders graphics mod pdf that is out there. I'll be tuning in! Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jredant Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 I'm working on something similar. So I'm definately going to snag some ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Im interested. Course I hope the teachings are compatible for MAC users using hex editors and hack-o-matic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted May 27, 2003 Author Share Posted May 27, 2003 Im interested. Course I hope the teachings are compatible for MAC users using hex editors and hack-o-matic! We are not going to learn how to hack existing programs. We're big boys now, and we can put the toys away. Nothing I'm teaching should be platform-specific, so MAC users are very welcome to come along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Cool. Glad we don't have to use the toys anymore! Thanks again for replying back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Count me in Andrew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Count me in Andrew! andrews avatar looks more scarier than the avatar fro the guy that drinks blood from his hands. anyhow ron. nice avatar. just wanted to say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 anyhow ron. nice avatar. just wanted to say that. Thank you sir. It comes from the Atari Collection Vol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 oooompa loompa doopity do - you can count me in if I were you. responce inspired by Buck's avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 Im interested too! But I dont a very little or none at all about assembly language programming but im very eager to learn. Plus if I felt if I can learn how to successfully program the 2600, I feel like im then capable of learning anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 good point sharky - it looks well complicated - I'm gunna give it ago - but it's about time a vintage 2600 programmer-programmed some sort of developement suite - there will be new games all over the place then. If I can do it my first game is gunna be called atari safari, Ive designed the cover already & got the concept - no-one will guess, it's to obscure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 The designed for game/cartridge would obviously be the easy part, hopefully you make soon be able to make your Safari a reality. How come its copyrighted 1981 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Oh it was in another thread - I just copied an old cart & pasted my stuff over it - thats all - plus it gives a proper 'retro' look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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