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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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curious question about sprite alignment Started by grafixbmp, 9 May 2009	7 replies 1,065 views	Omegamatrix 11 May 2009
Programming on Linux? Started by TriumphantVCS, 1 Feb 2009	3 replies 1,025 views	littleman jack 6 May 2009
Reading the paddle controlers Started by Primordial Ooze, 29 Mar 2009	10 replies 964 views	Wickeycolumbus 31 Mar 2009
Ball Object has holes in it Started by Primordial Ooze, 28 Mar 2009	3 replies 955 views	Nukey Shay 28 Mar 2009
Session 9: 6502 and DASM - Assembling the Basics Started by Andrew Davie, 25 May 2003 1 2	Hot 30 replies 13,930 views	thegoldenband 13 Mar 2009
6 digit bcd score Started by Primordial Ooze, 18 Feb 2009	13 replies 1,560 views	supercat 11 Mar 2009
Moving a missile Started by Primordial Ooze, 22 Feb 2009	14 replies 1,264 views	Primordial Ooze 27 Feb 2009
NUSIZx pixel positions Started by jrok, 19 Jan 2009	6 replies 949 views	Nukey Shay 13 Feb 2009
Stella Developers List Started by Primordial Ooze, 12 Feb 2009	2 replies 807 views	Primordial Ooze 12 Feb 2009
Joystick Input Started by Primordial Ooze, 10 Feb 2009	2 replies 783 views	Primordial Ooze 10 Feb 2009
Pranks, Jokes, and April Fools... Enough already! Started by grafixbmp, 25 Jan 2009	1 reply 736 views	grafixbmp 8 Feb 2009
Can you run non-cycle-predictable code in the VBL and/or overscan? Started by Sdw, 12 Jan 2009	2 replies 680 views	Sdw 16 Jan 2009
Help debugging Started by DtY, 1 Jan 2009	8 replies 802 views	Nukey Shay 1 Jan 2009
The 2600 is truly challenging Started by johncl, 23 Dec 2008	18 replies 1,382 views	SpiceWare 30 Dec 2008
Having problems with programming (asm) Started by phider, 2 Dec 2008	3 replies 680 views	phider 2 Dec 2008
confusion with sprites Started by klokwrkblu, 17 Oct 2008	15 replies 1,032 views	Random Terrain 2 Nov 2008
atari question for the atari dunce Started by klokwrkblu, 3 Oct 2008	6 replies 1,164 views	klokwrkblu 14 Oct 2008
playfield extraction? Started by eegad, 27 Sep 2008	0 replies 664 views	eegad 27 Sep 2008
DASM has moved Started by Andrew Davie, 20 Sep 2008	2 replies 928 views	Andrew Davie 20 Sep 2008
Please HELP! Started by kamakazi, 5 Aug 2008	5 replies 1,023 views	Thomas Jentzsch 5 Aug 2008
Computer systems to program on and hardware Started by DreamQuake, 24 Sep 2006	7 replies 3,703 views	kamakazi 31 Jul 2008
Positioning p0 sprite horizontally according to variable (0-150)? Started by Propane13, 2 May 2008	7 replies 1,895 views	supercat 24 May 2008
I don't understand extra cycles for crossing Page boundaries Started by Propane13, 16 May 2008	5 replies 2,206 views	supercat 18 May 2008
I know nothing - where to start for 7800 Started by the.golden.ax, 8 May 2008	0 replies 1,256 views	the.golden.ax 8 May 2008
how do I? Started by midnight8, 17 Apr 2008	6 replies 1,487 views	midnight8 17 Apr 2008
question for beginner Started by midnight8, 7 Apr 2008	6 replies 1,613 views	midnight8 7 Apr 2008
Session 12: Initialisation Started by Andrew Davie, 27 May 2003 1 2	Hot 34 replies 9,767 views	kamakazi 27 Mar 2008
Session 14: Playfield Wierdness Started by Andrew Davie, 1 Jun 2003 1 2	Hot 40 replies 10,011 views	kamakazi 26 Mar 2008
Just Getting Started Started by catbox_9, 5 Mar 2008	6 replies 1,571 views	stephena 13 Mar 2008
Newbie with questions Started by slonda828, 29 Jan 2008	2 replies 1,383 views	Nukey Shay 29 Jan 2008
Keypad + Joystick Together; Is it Possible? Started by Gemini, 17 Jan 2008	3 replies 1,457 views	Gemini 18 Jan 2008
Possibly stupid question about vcs.h Started by Devin, 23 Dec 2007	6 replies 2,497 views	SeaGtGruff 18 Jan 2008
I Can't Get DASM to Run Started by R. Jones, 4 Aug 2006	8 replies 5,251 views	Cybergoth 13 Jan 2008
Anyone have any 5k+roms dissembled? Started by wogihao, 6 Jan 2008	4 replies 1,463 views	wogihao 7 Jan 2008
DASM Link Unavailiable Started by Primordial Ooze, 25 Dec 2007	3 replies 1,379 views	Primordial Ooze 25 Dec 2007
Blank pixels after HMOVE Started by Devin, 21 Dec 2007	3 replies 2,527 views	Devin 21 Dec 2007
New 2600 Programmer Confused by Player Positioning Started by brainwagon, 8 Sep 2005	5 replies 4,220 views	Devin 21 Dec 2007
2600 Programming For Newbies as Wikibook Started by anarkavre, 11 May 2007	2 replies 2,750 views	Fort Apocalypse 22 Sep 2007
Question from a beginner Started by rosutokami, 27 Aug 2007	2 replies 1,785 views	rosutokami 28 Aug 2007
Beginning Programming for the 2600 Started by Kamaria, 15 Aug 2007	3 replies 2,303 views	CurtisP 19 Aug 2007
Has anyone gone through Andrew's tutorial? Started by godzillajoe, 1 Nov 2006	7 replies 3,453 views	SeaGtGruff 14 Aug 2007
Problem with vertical sprite positioning. Started by R. Jones, 5 Aug 2007	2 replies 2,006 views	R. Jones 6 Aug 2007
a better programing enviroment Started by grafixbmp, 24 Jul 2007	5 replies 2,027 views	BigO 30 Jul 2007
another compiling question Started by meshounah, 17 Jul 2007	2 replies 1,942 views	meshounah 18 Jul 2007
Session 3: The TIA and the 6502 Started by Andrew Davie, 22 May 2003	2 replies 8,643 views	supercat 8 May 2007
Is there a limit to sprite size? Started by godzillajoe, 18 Apr 2007	4 replies 3,226 views	godzillajoe 20 Apr 2007
I am need some direction Started by \|BILLY$CLINT\|, 12 Apr 2007	4 replies 2,134 views	\|BILLY$CLINT\| 12 Apr 2007
Any more complete examples of drawing playfields? Started by godzillajoe, 1 Apr 2007	11 replies 3,125 views	godzillajoe 1 Apr 2007
Getting ahead of myself but is this possible on a 2600? Started by godzillajoe, 28 Mar 2007	10 replies 3,463 views	godzillajoe 30 Mar 2007
My horrid attempt at TIA audio. Started by atari2600a, 27 Mar 2007	0 replies 1,638 views	atari2600a 27 Mar 2007