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; an Atari 2600 programming site based on Garon's "The Dig" ;
; which is now dead. The content here is made up mostly of .;
; selected posts from the [stella] mailing list.............;
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; If you're new to 2600 programming, you'll want to start ..;
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| disassemblies | tricks | demos | tools | docs | links |
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tools:
site info
DASM The assembler everyone uses for 2600 development plus vcs.h and macro.h, which you'll need to compile most 2600 source.
Distella Atari 2600 disassembler.
Batari Basic Basic compiler for the 2600. Very limited compared to straight assembly, but a good way to get started or write simple programs.
Z26 Very accurate Atari 2600 emulator. Has the ability to display the number of scanlines (use -n).
PC Atari Emulator (PCAE) Includes a simple debugger. This emulator appears to no longer be in development and the page hasn't been updated in a while. The last version of the emulator can be downloaded on Christian Bogey's webpage.
Stella Emulator Windows/DOS/Linux/Mac.
VCS32 Atari 2600 emulator for the GP32 portable.
Playbin for windows
Playbin for windows CE
Streaming player to load 2600 binaries into a Supercharger or Cuttle Cart.
Music Sequencer Kit My kit to make music on the 2600.
Makewav Bob Colbert's utility to convert 2600 binaries to WAV files that can be loaded onto a Supercharger.


site maintained by Paul Slocum -- Contact me with any corrections or potential additions.