Re: [stella] Obfusicated code contest?

Subject: Re: [stella] Obfusicated code contest?
From: Glenn Saunders <cybpunks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 01:16:35 -0700
At 08:48 AM 5/9/00 +0200, you wrote:
An absolute max could be given (I would say much less than 512 bytes, maybe
64 or 96..), just pull out the coolest looking thing from the 2600 (not
necessarily a game) with the smallest code.

It is possible to write a partial kernel that still displays something interesting even if it doesn't time properly with the TV.


Isn't that how Robot Tank does its effects?

Sometimes just pulling a cartridge out of the 2600 when it's on can produce interesting effects, and that's just the default behavior of the TIA with random stuff in the registers.


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