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2600 Programming For Newbies

The aim of this forum is to provide insight into programming the Atari 2600 for people who've always been curious about it, but haven't yet made the leap. Andrew Davie will provide a series of lessons and will gladly answer questions as they arrive.

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Pinned Sorted Table of Contents Started by kisrael, 5 Sep 2003	12 replies 26,153 views	Random Terrain 6 Feb 2012
Pinned Introduction: 2600 Programming for Newbies Started by Andrew Davie, 21 May 2003 1 2 3	Hot 70 replies 37,978 views	John Chubb 27 Nov 2011
Pinned Book? Started by Andrew Davie, 26 May 2003 1 2 3 4	Hot 89 replies 24,697 views	IAMAMRA 23 Nov 2011
Pinned Atari Programming Workshop Chapter links Started by flavoredthunder, 4 Apr 2004	Hot 24 replies 39,631 views	Random Terrain 24 May 2011
suggestion for next tutorial thread Started by Syntaxerror999, 15 Dec 2011	4 replies 222 views	Omegamatrix 5 Feb 2012
Is the tutorial source code broken? Started by TerryMasters, 3 Feb 2012	3 replies 89 views	SpiceWare 4 Feb 2012
Building DASM on Linux Started by 1FF8, 27 Jan 2012 1 2	Hot 38 replies 406 views	1FF8 2 Feb 2012
Session 8: Our First Kernel Started by Andrew Davie, 24 May 2003 1 2	Hot 27 replies 11,321 views	Pioneer4x4 26 Jan 2012
Space invaders shooting Started by rsb0204, 25 Jan 2012 game 2600 atari sixer vader	3 replies 125 views	stephena 25 Jan 2012
2600 sound problem Started by rsb0204, 25 Jan 2012 problem 2600 sixer vader jr	1 reply 72 views	Lodmot 25 Jan 2012
Any suggestions? Started by Lodmot, 23 Jan 2012	2 replies 151 views	jdrose 25 Jan 2012
6507 Opcodes Crossword Puzzle Started by jdrose, 23 Jan 2012	1 reply 148 views	eshu 24 Jan 2012
More than Two Sprites? Started by jdrose, 11 Jan 2012	2 replies 211 views	SpiceWare 11 Jan 2012
Interlace problem Started by jbs30000, 10 Jan 2012	5 replies 198 views	jbs30000 10 Jan 2012
Assembly Language Programming - Lesson 7 - State Machines Started by Robert M, 15 May 2011	4 replies 615 views	Sheddy 8 Jan 2012
Quadrun Voice Synthesis - How much space needed Started by jdrose, 3 Jan 2012	6 replies 329 views	Rybags 6 Jan 2012
DASM IDE Started by tuxadecimal, 1 Jan 2012	3 replies 230 views	tuxadecimal 1 Jan 2012
Old Timer - New to 2600 Programming Started by jdrose, 30 Dec 2011	9 replies 326 views	jdrose 31 Dec 2011
Moving around code causes bugs? Started by Andrew Re, 25 Dec 2011	3 replies 235 views	Andrew Re 27 Dec 2011
What's going on with my code? Started by jbs30000, 14 Dec 2011	17 replies 400 views	RevEng 19 Dec 2011
One last question for a while - Timing Started by jbs30000, 4 Dec 2011	9 replies 321 views	jbs30000 6 Dec 2011
Fastest way for a 15 year old to learn 6502? Started by esplonky, 15 Jul 2011	20 replies 1,169 views	GonzoGamer 5 Dec 2011
Quick & easy (I think) Dasm DS question Started by jbs30000, 3 Dec 2011	6 replies 355 views	jbs30000 3 Dec 2011
Asymmetric playfield problem Started by jbs30000, 1 Dec 2011	13 replies 331 views	jbs30000 2 Dec 2011
ROM PAL to NTSC conversion needed or...? Started by Silntdoogood, 10 Nov 2011	6 replies 464 views	CPUWIZ 11 Nov 2011
Playfield/ score help Started by 8bitgnome, 22 Oct 2011	3 replies 272 views	Random Terrain 22 Oct 2011
Problem with displaying the score Started by Kevin Holditch, 30 Sep 2011	5 replies 368 views	SpiceWare 11 Oct 2011
Dasm linux help Started by _shameless_, 8 Oct 2011	1 reply 243 views	Tjoppen 9 Oct 2011
Problem with vertical shifting Started by joelm, 19 Sep 2011	3 replies 290 views	RevEng 19 Sep 2011
Playfield Collision Problem Started by boski, 15 Sep 2011	3 replies 455 views	boski 15 Sep 2011
Lightgun Documentation Started by Primordial Ooze, 1 Sep 2011	1 reply 272 views	GroovyBee 2 Sep 2011
Atari Roguelikes Started by DJT, 10 Aug 2011 1 2 3	Hot 72 replies 2,024 views	Asaki 22 Aug 2011
simple music player Started by chupathingy, 14 Aug 2011	2 replies 252 views	chupathingy 14 Aug 2011
Coding tricks Started by ScumSoft, 2 Mar 2011 1 2 3	Hot 57 replies 2,894 views	ScumSoft 29 Jun 2011
Session 1: Start Here Started by Andrew Davie, 21 May 2003	13 replies 14,820 views	esplonky 5 Jun 2011
Assembly Language Programming - Lesson 6 - Binary Logic Started by Robert M, 11 Dec 2003	17 replies 6,356 views	Random Terrain 19 May 2011
Repeating double/quad sied players Started by JAC!, 13 May 2011	13 replies 569 views	SeaGtGruff 15 May 2011
The Andrew Davie Sessions Started by Random Terrain, 6 Apr 2011	7 replies 786 views	NE146 5 May 2011
What are the must-have links for newbies and pros? Started by Random Terrain, 21 Apr 2011	11 replies 674 views	Random Terrain 27 Apr 2011
Request for programming tips Started by grafixbmp, 19 Apr 2011	6 replies 487 views	Omegamatrix 22 Apr 2011
Session 24: Some nice code Started by Andrew Davie, 5 Apr 2004 1 2	Hot 36 replies 10,917 views	Thomas Jentzsch 20 Apr 2011
Require some dumbed down definitions Started by Random Terrain, 7 Apr 2011 1 2	Hot 30 replies 1,265 views	Random Terrain 15 Apr 2011
Programing trouble Started by Joecl93, 5 Apr 2011	4 replies 523 views	ScumSoft 7 Apr 2011
Putting a ROM on the Cart Started by oz1980, 21 Mar 2011	2 replies 418 views	oz1980 22 Mar 2011
Comments or Suggestions for newbie game? Started by petik1, 8 Mar 2011	6 replies 474 views	GroovyBee 17 Mar 2011
How to save in Stella Started by Davidjess, 8 Mar 2011	1 reply 359 views	stephena 9 Mar 2011
Session 2: Television Display Basics Started by Andrew Davie, 22 May 2003	23 replies 10,392 views	Nukey Shay 15 Feb 2011
Determining the bits needed Started by Tl20N, 12 Feb 2011	4 replies 826 views	diogoandrei 12 Feb 2011
Making a game Started by Reinhardt, 6 Jan 2011	5 replies 892 views	gHan2000 6 Feb 2011
Session 20: Asymmetrical Playfields - Part 3 Started by Andrew Davie, 11 Jul 2003 1 2	Hot 38 replies 6,717 views	Manticore 19 Jan 2011