You love the games, the look, everything.
You may be asking what a homebrew game is.
The Atari 2600 has a devoted homebrew base and several homebrew games are released every year.
Here is a list of some current games being worked on by people for the system.
There is a snag though.
Programmers were a lot more patient.
Assembly for the Atari 2600 may seem daunting and for a novice programmer it is.
That was until now!
In 2007, some Atari 2600 fans wrote a BASIC compiler for the 2600.
Just follow the instructions for your platform.
Next you will need an emulator to play your games after you compile them.
Stella is a good one, but there are some others out there.
Stella and z26 are both linked to on the batari website, also under “Download”.
If you’re proficient at the command line, then you’re good to go.
All you’ll need beyond that is some sort of text editor, like notepad on any Windows machine.
To set up Visual bB you just need to start the program.
It will then ask for the path to the compiler and emulator.
Just go through the folders on your PC to the executable for the compiler and then for your emulator.
Batari Basic is heavily documented and the documentation is linked to on the batari website.
it’s possible for you to view thatherealso.
If you have some prior programming knowledge, it shouldn’t be too hard to pick it up.
This is where it gets fun.
Let your imagination run wild!
batari Basic makes Atari 2600 programming approachable for the masses.
So, why not give it a try?
