Robinson Cruzoe?...

[matzieq]

You know what I got to know last times?...

 

I spent some time looking for another people interested in 2600 and programming it in my country, and I learned that:

 

1) There are around 100(!) users of Atari 2600 that really do know "what blues is all about" in Poland...

 

2) I am probably ONLY ONE (in Poland) who EVER DID write a single line of code to make the 2600 do anything...

 

It makes me a bit sad...

[Thomas Jentzsch]

It makes me a bit sad...

Looks like you are still paying the prize for being on the wrong side of the iron curtain.

[highinfidelity]

Yep! No offense intended, fellow, but recalling what we used to hear from your gorgeous country back in the 70s, I'm already surprised that you knew what the 2600 was at all! How was the history, instead?

 

Nice to have you here dude!

[AtariBuff]

hmm, the atari 800/600xl and xe scene in Poland was (and is) pretty strong. many talented programmers did many great games. but you folks got them ataris a few years later when the 8-bit scene was already cooling down in the rest of the world and the 16-bitter (like the amiga) arose.

 

sent you a PM

[mika]

you are wrong, matzieq!

i'm from Poland, and i've already did a single line of code

[NovaXpress]

So how many Poles does it take to write code for the 2600?

 

(if I used smiley faces, I would insert one here)

[Thomas Jentzsch]

(if I used smiley faces, I would insert one here)

Let me help you there:

 

[matzieq]

As mentioned above, Atari Computers scene is really strong here; in the Atari Age we had a considerable number of companies that wrote and published great games & programs. I think the greatest achievment was LK Avalon's adventure games like Klatwa (Curse) and Wladcy Ciemnosci (The Lords Of Darkness). At that time, I was a happy owner of C64, but, happily, they also released Commodore versions of these games:)

But Atari consoles - that's a different thing. We simply missed them:( The most popular 8-bit console here was (is?) Pegasus - a pirate Famicom clone, but very good (I still have one, it's around 10 years old and works like new:) For a clone it's quite impressive I think). From time to time you met someone who had an Atari clone, but that's it - no original ataris, no cartridges at all:(

[highinfidelity]

no original ataris, no cartridges at all:(

Time to fix the problem with some bulk purchase on the internet!