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Atari officially halted support of the venerable Atari 2600/VCS and
7800 ProSystem at the turn of this decade, and things seemed quiet
on the development front until Ed Federmeyer created Edtris 2600, a
Tetris clone that paved the way for other dedicated Atari fans to
follow suit with creations of their own. However, although the 2600 is
a very simple system from a hardware standpoint, it is considered
by many as one of the most difficult to program for. Therefore
the involvement in 2600 game programming has been thus far limited
to the few and the dedicated.
Recently, however, several development tools have been designed
to work with the Supercharger attachment, and this may perhaps lead
to more assembly coders to try their hand at programming on the VCS.
For aspiring 2600 game programmers, we highly recommend that you
join the GameTech mailing list, where you can discuss programming with
other coders. Discussions of all classic game systems are welcome,
whether it's for the 2600, 5200, Vectrex and even the Microvision.
Anything classic is fair game.
If you wish to join the list, just e-mail
Kevin Horton your e-mail
address with:
Subscribe gametech
in the subject line and he'll get you right on the list.
The Stella List, maintained by Glenn Saunders, is a
2600-only mailing list. For more information on how to join,
please contact Glenn at
krishna@cnmnetwork.com.
GAMES RELEASED ON CARTRIDGE, CD OR TAPE
1995
SoundX w/DazzleDemo (Ed Federmeyer) - Cartridge
Edtris 2600 (Ed Federmeyer) - Cartridge
1996
Okie Dokie (Retroware) - Cartridge, CD
1997
Stell-A-Sketch (Retroware) - CD, Tape
1998
Oystron (Piero Cavina) - Cartridge
This Planet Sucks! (Greg Troutman) - Cartridge
Alfred Challenge (Eric Bacher) - Cartridge
1999
Merlin's Walls (Ebivision) - Cartridge
Pesco (Ebivision) - Cartridge
Pac-Man (Ebivision) - Cartridge
2000
Thrust (Thomas Jentzsch)
Z-Blocks (Demonix)
GAMES IN DEVELOPMENT
"Untitled" (Retroware)
AVAILABLE AS A ROM IMAGE
The Dark Mage (Greg Troutman)
Elk Attack (Mark R. Hahn)
INV (Eric Mooney & Piero Cavina)
Mondo Pong (Piero Cavina)
Tetris26 (Colin Hughes)
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