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Atari 2600 Programming Tutorial

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the beyond-berzerk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Anyone want to learn how to program the Atari 2600? 128 bytes of RAM, and you feed the TV each scanline yourself! There's a tutorial running on AtariAge. So far, its being updated every day. Good stuff." Sure, it might not be the most practical of platforms, but what other 20 year old platform is so dear to our hearts?

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  1. Answer to CoboyNeal's question by peel · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Sure, it might not be the most practical of platforms, but what other 20 year old platform is so dear to our hearts?"

    Well the NES only has two years to go and it will be 20 years old. In three years it will legally be able to drink in the US. -peel

  2. Re:Great! by lightspawn · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's OK if the ghosts flicker. That's what ghosts do, you know.

  3. Peeking and poking by GuyMannDude · · Score: 2, Funny

    I will never again in my life program in Assembly (Too much peeking and poking for my tastes.)

    Too bad we can't get some of those Japanese subway molesters to follow your example. From what I've heard, these guys spend the entire ride peeking up girls' skirts and poking them in naughty places.

    GMD

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