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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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Newb Question: Variables Started by SuperNESFreak, 30 Dec 2010	14 replies 769 views	SuperNESFreak 1 Jan 2011
Two-line kernel and sprite motion weirdness Started by Luigi301, 21 Nov 2010	1 reply 483 views	Luigi301 21 Nov 2010
problem with DASM in OSX and DOS Started by deto, 30 Oct 2010	12 replies 1,114 views	GroovyBee 30 Oct 2010
Beginner question Started by Killer-Duck, 5 Oct 2010	12 replies 899 views	SeaGtGruff 17 Oct 2010
Atari 2600 IDE in Linux? Started by PSW, 9 Sep 2010	3 replies 836 views	ZagNut 9 Oct 2010
Probably a Simple Question... Started by Octavio, 4 Oct 2010	1 reply 413 views	SeaGtGruff 4 Oct 2010
need help with my game Started by Inferno7600, 28 Sep 2010	9 replies 738 views	Nukey Shay 1 Oct 2010
Storing certain bits of playfield registers. Started by Animan, 25 Sep 2010	3 replies 521 views	Nukey Shay 26 Sep 2010
Homebrewing Started by Videogamecollector123, 10 Apr 2010	3 replies 995 views	SeaGtGruff 21 Sep 2010
Session 13: Playfield Basics Started by Andrew Davie, 30 May 2003 1 2	Hot 43 replies 9,834 views	SeaGtGruff 21 Sep 2010
Session 15 - Playfield Continued Started by Andrew Davie, 9 Jun 2003 1 2	Hot 39 replies 9,650 views	kamakazi 19 Sep 2010
BASIC Computing language Started by delmero, 29 Aug 2010	1 reply 619 views	Animan 29 Aug 2010
"Fatal assembly error" when opening dasm? Started by O'Bobson, 2 Aug 2010	6 replies 847 views	O'Bobson 4 Aug 2010
Session 7: The TV and our Kernel Started by Andrew Davie, 23 May 2003	4 replies 6,571 views	SeaGtGruff 1 Aug 2010
Hidden Cover When Player Graphic is Moved Left Started by Primordial Ooze, 7 Apr 2010	4 replies 837 views	Nukey Shay 7 Jun 2010
some DASM help Started by rpgfaker, 1 May 2010	7 replies 1,017 views	Nukey Shay 1 Jun 2010
Starting 2600 programming Started by Orion_, 23 Apr 2010	7 replies 1,305 views	GroovyBee 24 Apr 2010
Need my code scrutinized >.> Started by johnon, 6 Apr 2010 1 2	Hot 28 replies 1,815 views	cd-w 8 Apr 2010
Calculating current position Started by johnon, 6 Apr 2010	4 replies 688 views	SeaGtGruff 7 Apr 2010
Different ways to handle movement Started by johnon, 31 Mar 2010	11 replies 886 views	johnon 6 Apr 2010
Collision detection registers Started by johnon, 6 Apr 2010	2 replies 661 views	johnon 6 Apr 2010
What am I doing wrong with skipdraw Started by yllawwally, 2 Apr 2010	4 replies 664 views	Omegamatrix 5 Apr 2010
More complex kernels? Started by johnon, 31 Mar 2010	4 replies 675 views	johnon 1 Apr 2010
DASM issues Started by johnon, 30 Mar 2010	19 replies 1,383 views	Omegamatrix 30 Mar 2010
Help with Distella and/or DASM Started by RobR, 23 Mar 2010	3 replies 863 views	SeaGtGruff 24 Mar 2010
sprite display not as expected Started by yllawwally, 3 Feb 2010	7 replies 814 views	yllawwally 18 Mar 2010
Converting diffrent base numbers for newbies Started by grafixbmp, 21 Nov 2008	15 replies 3,033 views	grafixbmp 9 Mar 2010
Programming Template Started by ScumSoft, 16 Sep 2009	9 replies 1,410 views	ScumSoft 27 Jan 2010
PAL60 & NTSC in one .asm file? Started by eshu, 8 Jan 2010	3 replies 644 views	eshu 12 Jan 2010
tryin to learn something Started by Tr3vor, 19 Nov 2009	4 replies 852 views	grafixbmp 8 Jan 2010
reseting player sprites Started by swiley, 16 Dec 2009	4 replies 893 views	SeaGtGruff 16 Dec 2009
Design #1: Primordial Ooze Started by Andrew Davie, 9 Sep 2003 1 2 3	Hot 50 replies 12,588 views	bizarrostormy 12 Dec 2009
Stack confusion Started by eshu, 26 Nov 2009	5 replies 724 views	GroovyBee 26 Nov 2009
Bankswitching Demos/Templates Started by Wickeycolumbus, 31 Mar 2009 1 2 3 4	Hot 79 replies 5,494 views	Willsy 23 Nov 2009
New developer Started by bizarrostormy, 19 Nov 2009	2 replies 748 views	bizarrostormy 19 Nov 2009
In Game Sound Engine Started by Richi_S, 27 Jul 2009	9 replies 2,257 views	Random Terrain 19 Nov 2009
I hope I got this right Started by grafixbmp, 20 Oct 2009	5 replies 914 views	grafixbmp 27 Oct 2009
quickest check for a missle Started by grafixbmp, 13 Oct 2009	6 replies 809 views	Ben_Larson 16 Oct 2009
Killing 2 birds with 1 stone Started by grafixbmp, 13 Oct 2009	5 replies 858 views	grafixbmp 16 Oct 2009
My head hurts. Started by Fischer500, 6 Oct 2009	5 replies 951 views	ScumSoft 7 Oct 2009
Branches? how do these really breakdown Started by grafixbmp, 8 Sep 2009	6 replies 1,006 views	AtariLeaf 9 Sep 2009
The BIT instruction... does it do anything useful? Started by Richi_S, 9 Sep 2009	8 replies 832 views	Richi_S 9 Sep 2009
Hello World? Started by yuppicide, 10 Aug 2009	5 replies 1,152 views	yuppicide 12 Aug 2009
DASM Documentation Started by Richi_S, 28 Jun 2009	2 replies 1,670 views	Richi_S 28 Jun 2009
Starfield with positioning glitch Started by Richi_S, 18 Jun 2009	4 replies 1,114 views	grafixbmp 20 Jun 2009
Ature - An adventure game WIP Started by beoran, 5 Jun 2009	20 replies 1,489 views	beoran 14 Jun 2009
usage of datatypes/structures in dasm possible? Started by roland p, 23 May 2009	6 replies 747 views	roland p 27 May 2009
Playfield Question Started by Primordial Ooze, 21 May 2009	5 replies 855 views	Primordial Ooze 25 May 2009
Collision Not Working Started by Primordial Ooze, 16 May 2009	4 replies 840 views	SeaGtGruff 16 May 2009
Ball Movement Started by Primordial Ooze, 12 May 2009	Hot 24 replies 1,309 views	SeaGtGruff 14 May 2009