Atari Coarse Scroll Demo
Ever since I first learned about display lists on my Atari 65xe computer, I realized that one day I wanted to create my own Atari Coarse Scroll Demo with an…
Ever since I first learned about display lists on my Atari 65xe computer, I realized that one day I wanted to create my own Atari Coarse Scroll Demo with an…
The Atari home computer has the capability to scroll lines of text on the screen. This was first made popular from the game Eastern Front and the rest as they…
The Atari joystick is a controlled device that can be used to manipulate raster dots on the screen that move objects. Essentially these were made popular ever since the first…
Atari Colors Ever since the dawn of the Atari 2600 consoles and arcades, video games have constantly been thriving to push the limit of extending colors in machines. See the…
I can't say it enough. The Atari 8-bit computers are amazing in so many ways. In this example, we are going to explore how the Atari can utilize dots on…
Atari 65xe Redefined Characters I am convinced you are going to find this tutorial interesting. In this session, we will finally get down to creating our own Atari 65xe Redefined…
Atari Graphics 1 Mode The Atari computer utilizes multiple graphics modes. Several of these can display text and ascii characters, and others can show pixels. Although it is important to…
When the Atari personal computer was first launched in December of 1978, the first units shipped did not include a monitor. Rather a TV/Switch box unit was packaged with the…
For this session I'd like to shed some light on how the Atari screen is generated learning about the Atari display list. When you first turn on the computer, it…
The History of Atari Incorporated In the beginning before we had a true game console, two engineers were discussing plans to create an incredible game machine. Their names were Nolan…