"...'cause I'm the unknown stunt man that makes Breakout look so fine."

Flight of Icarus, work in progress game for #Atari2600 console https://youtu.be/OTZ9Dk8lwr8?si=Nakzs_Z4Ne0S4Ohu&t=3763 #atari #retrogames

Not only has the Frob #Atari2600 #Gamedev System for #Apple2 been #reveng, Golden Child from #MAMEDEV has emulated it in MAME!
https://youtu.be/FkfZBKysvFE

Do you want to program #Atari2600 console like it used to be done back then on an #AppleII computer? Now you can do it thanks to FROB card and associated software https://gitlab.com/retroabandon/apple2-re/-/tree/main/frob #atari #retrogames #retroprogramming

The #Frob PCB rev-eng is done. Now we make some test boards.

Now this rare PCB is preserved for any1 who wants one.

Available on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/retroabandon/apple2-re/-/tree/main/frob?ref_type=heads

(The #Frob was an #Atari2600 #GameDev system for #Apple2)

Star A.D., work in progress game for #Atari2600 console https://forums.atariage.com/topic/316188-star-ad-like-a-gradius-game/#findComment-5647596 #atari #retrogames

Things you do for #Atari2600 #GameDev that you do nowhere else: COUNT CYCLES.

The pictured code being developed on the #Apple2 using a Frob, implements the 6 digit score display by utilizing the unique VDEL registers for players which allowed you to get enough time to write 6 different player images very close together.

This is important because there is only 76 cycles on a scanline, and you're changing things as the raster sweeps.

Chase Tag, new game for #Atari2600 console. Info & download: https://abudev.itch.io/chase-tag Gameplay: https://youtu.be/vJJwesFW3e8 #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

There is a rev-eng effort for The Frob, an #Atari2600 #gamedev system for #Apple2, happening on the VCFed forums: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/the-frob-it-needs-some-rev-eng-love.1252421/

Now available Galactic Intrusion for #Atari2600 console https://www.kiki2600.com/galactici.html #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

Does anyone have contemporary (As of 1983) invoices or pricing information on mask ROM production?

I am compiling research for my Frob video.

While I do know these figures anecdotally, am looking for citation.

(The Frob was an #Atari2600 #Gamedev system for #Apple2)

Seaquential, early work in progress for #Atari2600 console programmed with batariBasic https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355050-seaquential/ #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

Unveiled the 5 new Atari cartridges for 2600/7800 original and plus consoles: Avalanche, Counter Measure 2, Dark Chambers, Super Circus Atari and Tiger-Heli https://atari.com/collections/physical-cartridges #atari @atari #retrogames #atari2600 #atari7800

Jeff Piepmeier and Ben Krein will be at VCF East Apr. 4-6 showing off #FujiNet and its progress, this year. Including the #RS232 version, the #Atari2600 version (based on PlusCart) and more! #retrocomputing #retrogaming

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

Erfahre zum ersten Mal mehr über die Geschichte des Atari VCS / #atari2600 , und bin ganz begeistert von den kargen, fantasieanregenden Spielen. Aber koof mir keen Kasten für, watt...100 Euro? Trotzdem, tolle, tolle Sachen. Ich mag diese reduzierten "spieligen" Spiele, die dennoch ganze Welten aufmachen. #retrogaming

Now available scans of carts, box and manuals of #Atari2600 Universal Appliances prototype games R2D Tank, Spiders, Hobo, Car Trax, Funky Fish and Pleiades https://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-ua-limited_publisher_2406_2_G.html #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

Race Race race, new batariBasic game for #Atari2600 console https://artefacto.itch.io/race-race-race #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

#Frob #GameDev #Apple2 #Atari2600 Current status, reading and comparing the implementation of EXPLORER's embedded FMON, versus the FMON that gets loaded by AMON. There are some differences, need to understand why EXPLORER works and FMON doesn't (even though FMON is being called from the vblank).
(talked with @burgerbecky today and she suggested explicitly calling FMON from the vblank. not working though, something very subtle.)