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Play Bowling on the Atari 2600 (10-15 mins)

June 7, 2020 moorejh Games

Task: Play Bowling on the Atari 2600 Needed: Bowling cartridge or Altirra emulator Time: 10-15 mins Introduction Everyone has played classics like Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Missile Command on the Atari 2600. But, have you played Bowling? If not, you are missing out on one

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Purchase a Retron77 Gaming Console for Emulating the 2600 (15-30 mins)

December 31, 2019 moorejh Emulators, Hardware

Task: Purchase a Retron77 Gaming Console for Emulating the 2600 Needed: Web browser Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction One of the most frustrating aspects of retrocomputing and retrogaming is getting old hardware to play nice with HDTVs over HDMI. This is especially true for the Atari

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Play Haunted House on the Atari 2600 (15-30 mins)

October 31, 2019 moorejh Games

Task: Play Haunted House on the Atari 2600 Needed: Atari 2600 or emulator Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction Last year for Halloween I did a post on drawing pumpkins on the Atari 8-bit computer using re-defined characters sets in BASIC. This year I thought I would

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Install the Stella Atari 2600 Emulator (10-15 mins)

November 10, 2018 moorejh Emulators, Software

Task: Install the Stella Atari 2600 Emulator Needed: Stella Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction The Atari Video Computer System (VCS) or 2600 was released in 1977 and took the world by storm. It is hard to believe that Atari sold the 2600 in its different forms

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Purchase a Harmony Cartridge for the Atari 2600 (10-15 mins)

October 7, 2018 moorejh Hardware

Task: Purchase a Harmony Cartridge for the Atari 2600 Needed: Harmony Cartridge With SD or microSD Card Time: 10-15 mins Introduction When I was programming my Atari 2600 game “Gene Medic” I wanted to be able to test it on original hardware since there are

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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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