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Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene
angryflute writes "'Have you played Atari today?' was an ad jingle for the Atari 2600 VCS game console during its reign in the early years of the video game industry, from the late 1970s to early 1980s. That question that could apply even now, according to an O'Reilly Network article, thanks to the passion of programmers who've continued to make new Atari 2600 games for the past few years."
Those were the simple days... here's my first game. I called it "Watch the aliens locking down your Atari" 10 PRINT " -^- " 20 GOTO 10
Do they code these games sitting on broken glass whilst being branded with hot pokers whilst listening to Celine Dion?
No accounting for taste, I suppose.
The resolution is great but so flickery bright that it hurts my eyes. I sure would like to have a screen upgrade to OLED so I can play it again, it would also increase battery lifetime.
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Why? Well two-player Lemmings sucked on my Atari ST, it's not available for my 2600. Wait that would also mean that I need a Lynx bluetooth module as I can't be bother to hook up wires
Dennis
and that is no different than php hacking?
You're new here, aren't you?
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ping -f 255.255.255.255 # if only
No, but he is!
I know the 2600 market collapsed in the eighties but there is a bright light on the horizon. If you read the article you'll learn that in 2003 they found a way to display color pictures on a 2600! By flickering three dithered bitmaps your eyes will blend the the red green and blue lines into a color picture. Do you know what that means? Strippoker could be released on the 2600, and we all know which industry drives sales of computer inovations!
Color pictures will revolutionize the 2600 market. I can't wait for the Hilton Cartridge, this will be so much better than that hentai stuff on the NES.
Dennis
I've been waiting for this article for years and now it is finally up, i am at a loss for words *sniffle*