[atari7800] Re: Test..
- From: Lance Wessel <lance.wessel@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <atari7800@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:36:44 -0600
Way cool!
I'm trying to catch myself up on the "breaking developments" Curt posted
about and wrap my head around the various possibilities of the 7800
Expansion Module. I vaguely recall from 1989 Atari having all these
awesome "and also available soon *" advertisements in magazines,
pamphlets, etc. and never being able to find them. Thank goodness for the
Interwebs.
I've been checking through the Atari Age forums and from some of the pics
of the 7800 Expansion Modules, it looks as if someone ha themselves quite
a collection of Amiga 3000s if my memory isn't way off.
Lance
On 11/18/11 9:52 AM, "Adam Thornton" <adam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 09:40:10AM -0600, Lance Wessel wrote:
>> Have you actually tinkered with coding anything for the Atari 2600?
>>I've
>> only went as far as to read through the machine/assembler command codes
>> list, various techniques which were used, reading of actual code, and
>> other documentation available online.
>
>I have.
>
>It's cartridge ID 2023 on atariage.com (I think, and it's blocked from
>work, so can't easily check). The Fellowship of the Rings text
>adventure.
>
>Admittedly, I cheated--I used Greg Troutman's _Dark Mage_ as a starting
>point, so I didn't have to write the display kernel, which is certainly
>the hardest part, and so I could just focus on the game logic and text.
>
>It's a delightfully weird system.
>
>I absolutely recommend Ian Bogost's and Nick Montfort's book _Racing
>the Beam_ as a really nifty look at the Atari 2600 and its development
>culture and techniques. It's got an analysis of the Pitfall! PRNG room
>generation that's really magnificent.
>
>Adam
>
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