On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Glenn Saunders wrote:
> I'd like to take a poll:
This is a good idea..
> How many people on the list are planning to write a 2600 game?
Me.
> Describe the game you are planning (genre, size/#loads, level of
> graphical detail, controller type).
It's actually not a game, but a terminal program.. I don't know if its
been attempted or done before, but basically the cartridge will have a
cheap 2400bps modem module inside, and a keyboard connecting to the
joystick port (not sure if its possible - haven't looked at the tech
specs lately). I guess I'd have to so software-driven interrupts, etc.
but thats the gist of it.
> What level of skill are you at in 6502 assembly?
>
> Beginner
I have experience with many other types of processors, and have played
around just a bit with 650x.
> What level of skill are you at working on the 2600 in particular?
>
> Beginner
I'm working on it..
> How much time do you have to reach your goals in 2600 programming?
I haven't set any kind of deadlines.. I'm basically just doing research
until I can find a large chunk of time to start my journey. :)
> What could be done to create more of an incentive to learn and program
> more aggressively?
Hmm. I'd have to think about this one.
That's it.. I wanted to do something out of the ordinary for the 2600,
since its internals seem interesting to work with, and its common enough
that people will be like "cool!" when I show them what I'm doing..
Joe
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