ABBUC in the German Press

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Published: Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:00

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Atari Video Games - The Rise and Fall of a Cult Brand (German) was published mid of December in the German online news portal www.spiegel.de. The public relations manager of the ABBUC was asked to contribute some lines and I'm very happy to see the ABBUC mentioned including the link to the home page. Great job Florian!

Silly Venture 2k16 - Justice Done!

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Published: Thursday, 29 December 2016 23:08

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Silly Venture 2016 is over and it was simply great again. Here are some videos to show you what you missing, in case you haven't been there. And what you will remember in case you have been there :-)

• Video Invitation #1
• Video Invitation #2
• Preparations to Devil's Show with our pretty dancer
• HARD greetings! with Teli Sandor from HARD
• Silly Venture 2k16 Trip and Party Summary by Piotr Nowicki
• Live performance during Atari 8-bit Covox MSX Compo

And ultimately my absolutely favorite video of the party: Justice Done!. With this journalistic masterpiece Grey finally proved that this post from Commodore is fake news.

And that in reality the auto repair shops has been working with a genuine Atari 65XE for the past 25 years. Of course, as you can see in this video report ;-)

8bitworkshop.com - Making Games for the Atari 2600

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Published: Thursday, 29 December 2016 00:00

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Steven Hugg has released something really nice for Christmas: The book Making Games for the Atari 2600 which is available as paperback via Amazon.

The book targets the absolute beginner and builds up the required knowledge step by step. it is very well written and structured with plenty of illustrations. Starting with the basics of the 6502, assembly language, the VCS and TV hardware the you gain more and more insight into coding for the Atari 2600. And because the best way learn coding is not to read about but to simply do it, the author also provided a very nice WebIDE where you can just play around with the source code in your browser and run it immediately in the browser based emulator called JAVATARI.JS. The WebIDE is available for free under http://8bitworkshop.com.

I'm very happy to see this book and hope it attracts more people to coding for the Atari 2600 by lowering the barriers to just get started even further. And once you have become familiar with coding for the VCS, WUDSN IDE can be used mange the more complex projects with multiple files, includes, graphics conversions and leverage Stella and its excellent debugger. So I'm looking forward to see your first Atari VCS project come alive!

Spielentwicklung in 6502 Assembler für 8-Bit Heimcomputer (German)

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Published: Monday, 10 October 2016 00:00

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Thomas Schulz (8bitjunkie) explains the basics of game development for 8-bit home computers in 6502 assembly. He explains it using modern tools like Raster Music Tracker, WUDSN IDE and cool retro T-shirts with source code prints. Video is in German and was recorded at the Vintage Computing Festival Berlin (VCFB) 2016.

Thomas Schulz (8bitjunkie) erklärt die Grundlagen für die Entwicklung von Spielen für 8-Bit Heimcomputer in 6502 Assembler. Hierbei helfen moderne Tools wie Raster Music Tracker,  WUDSN IDE und coole Retro-T-Shirts mit Source Code darauf.

• Um was geht es überhaupt?
• Vorstellung des Spiels "GetUp!" (Live Demo)
• Übersicht über die Vorgehensweise und die Werkzeuge
• Der Hauptprozessor (CPU)
• Die Unterbrechungen (Interrupts)
• Die Grafik
• Die Musik
• Hilfreiche Quellen