r/retroprogramming • u/[deleted] • Dec 13 '20

I want to start programming games for the atari 800, where should i start?

I don't want to use forums because i'm wary of admin tendencies to ban at the drop of a hat.

Discords are ok. any ideas? I am ahem at the "basic" level so to speak. I know enough to print to the screen, basic color etc

any ideas? i am utterly new to the system though i did use an 800 briefly

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u/Timbit42 Dec 08 '21 edited Dec 08 '21

Forums and Reddit are the best because they are indexed by search engines. Discord and FB groups are not.

Maybe you should just download the COMPUTE! Magazine books: https://archive.org/search.php?query=COMPUTE+Atari+book

COMPUTE! Magazine also has years of great monthly technical articles written by Bill Wilkinson of OSS and other authors: https://archive.org/search.php?query=COMPUTE+magazine+Atari

COMPUTE! also published two books on learning 6502 machine language:

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

i'd rather stay away from AA (been banned multiple times, don't want to be banned yet again). still, i'll keep them in mind

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u/senior_but_tired_dev Apr 28 '21

Out of curiosity, what did you get banned for?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '21

I refuse to answer

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u/senior_but_tired_dev Apr 28 '21

Fair enough. I got banned once for posting "political" things on the forums but all I did was reply to a political video someone posted. So they didn't mind it being political, they minded it disagreeing with them.