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Make a Playfield in BASIC Using Character Sets (30-60 mins)

September 23, 2018 moorejh Programming

Task: Make a Playfield in BASIC Using Character Sets Needed: BASIC Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction I programmed a game called Gene Medic in assembly language for the Atari 2600 in 2017 and am interested in porting it to the Atari 800. I am starting this

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Mad Magazine BASIC Program (10-15 mins)

September 11, 2018 moorejh Magazines, Programming

Task: Load and Run a BASIC Program from Mad Magazine (1985) Needed: BASIC, ATR File, Altirra Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction I remember reading Mad Magazine as a kid as many did during that time. What I didn’t know until recently is that there was a

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Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours)

September 3, 2018 moorejh Books, Games, Programming

Task: Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours) Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction I had an Atari Video Computer System (VCS) or 2600 before I owned an Atari 400 and then 800 computer. The 2600 was

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Sound Effects in BASIC (30-60 mins)

September 1, 2018 moorejh Programming, Sound

Task: Program Sound Effects in BASIC Needed: BASIC Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction The Atari 8-bit computers had a pretty decent sound chip called the POKEY. POKEY is an acronym for Pot Keyboard Integrated Circuit. The POKEY generated four-voice sound and had some other functions such

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