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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. Re:OK, a little nostalgia is fine by mnmn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A little nostalgia is fine, any more is not?

    I used to try and program my Commodore 64. Now I sometimes develop for embedded applications. Its nice to go back to old game consoles which some people still use, and develop something for it. For our expertise, the 2600 is quite easy and a nice way to relax for embedded developers, who knows, maybe it would be incorporated into cell phones.

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  2. Re:Don't bother unless you're REALLY interested by david+duncan+scott · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It wasn't all that hard. I'd wager any good programmer could pick it up, and I know at least one not-so-good programmer who managed to get out a game.

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