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[Santaaa]

I am not sure where to start with learning to program for the Atari 2600 and could anyone make some suggestions? What is the easiest tool/tools to start with? Is there a how to guide that will take you through all the steps of creating a basic game ,with a suggested tool/tools, and explain what everything does? I have had some programming expierence which is very limited. Visual Basic and really basic C++. Any information would be much appreciated.

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

Santaaa, on Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:13 PM, said:

I am not sure where to start with learning to program for the Atari 2600

First thing I'd suggest is learning to read

Seriously, have you had a look at the very first topic in this forum?

Greetings,
Manuel

[Santaaa]

sorry I saw that a minute later besides I think this is going to be to complicated I just better stick to playing games.

[batari]

Santaaa, on Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:13 PM, said:

I am not sure where to start with learning to program for the Atari 2600 and could anyone make some suggestions? What is the easiest tool/tools to start with? Is there a how to guide that will take you through all the steps of creating a basic game ,with a suggested tool/tools, and explain what everything does? I have had some programming expierence which is very limited. Visual Basic and really basic C++.  Any information would be much appreciated.

The EASIEST tool is undoubtedly batari Basic, which allows you to write Atari 2600 games in Basic.

http://alienbill.com/2600/basic