I would love one with a menu. Shawn Kelly's you must use DIP switches to set
the game before you turn it on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Slocum" <paul-slocum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: [stella] CLD
> I'm working on a 255 game menu multicart, and during testing, every game
> worked except for Rescue Terra I. I was looking through the Rescue Terra
I
> code, and noticed the suspicious absence of the SEI and CLD commands at
the
> start of the code. Sure enough, using the PCAEWin debugger, if you set
the
> decimal flag before the program runs, it crashes that same way as on my
> multicart.
>
> So apparently the Atari normally starts up with the decimal flag clear. I
> assumed that since every program I've ever disassembled cleared it, that
it
> started out in a set state. So I had my menu program set it before
> switching to the game.
>
> I guess this is why the Stella Programming Guide tells you to assume that
> the Atari starts up in a completely random state. Gotta follow the rules,
> Dan Oliver, where ever you are.
>
> -Paul
>
>
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