Ramblings of a teenage Atari fan

It's cancelled

Posted by ApolloBoy, 18 August 2007 · 94 views

Unfortunately, I have decided to pull the plug on the Cordoba Chronicles project. Why? Well, 6502 assembly is still too complicated for me to understand, and since I have recently converted to a MacBook, I can't find any good programming tools I could use on the Mac. Sigh...

I'll still probably keep the storyline going, perhaps as a series of short...

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As I look over my left shoulder...

Posted by ApolloBoy, 18 August 2007 · 74 views

...I can see my game setup. I'm just amazed at how much it has grown this year, especially considering the fact that I've recently gotten myself into the wonderful world of import gaming. Just this year, I've acquired a Famicom and Famicom Disk System, Intellivision II, TG-16, and a Japanese Sega Master System, not to mention the buttload of...

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Looking for some games?

Posted by ApolloBoy, 02 May 2007 · 48 views

Since I'm bored right now, I thought I might as well post this for people who might be looking for games for one of the 8-bit era (NES, SMS, 7800) systems. Here are some of my recommended games for each system.

NES
Super Mario Bros. series
Metroid
The Legend Of Zelda
Mega Man series
Castlevania series
Gradius
GI Joe
Ninja Gaiden series
Bionic...

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7800 programming

Posted by ApolloBoy, 26 April 2007 · 73 views

First blog entry. Cool, I guess.

Anyway, as most of you guys know, I'm getting into programming for the Atari 7800 (and maybe the 5200 as well), and I've already proposed making a Mega Man-type game which I've called Cordoba Chronicles as my first project. I've actually spent a fair amount of time figuring out the storyline and...

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