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How could you do this to me on a work day?
Call in sick. I faked a stomach ache when my parents got me Apple //c
Shhh! Don't give away our secrets.
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I've worked through all the 2600 programming books, including the authors. I've yet to start on anything of my own worth while. At one point I thought maybe I could start reverse engineering some games for some inspiration. Didn't get more than a few hours into it before I decided I'd just rather watch other people do great things with the 2600.
You may want to give Batari Basic a look. In the early 00's one enthusiast had the idea to make a simple BASIC compiler for the 2600. I was one of the early testers and the first thing I did was make a functional "BREAKOUT", bounce the ball off the bat to eliminate bricks in a wall game. It took a couple hours and was, I think, the first (and buggy) playable program authored by someone other than the language author.…
I just now recalled the author of Batari Basic, and he is Fred Quimby. That bothered me, and now it does not.
Fred did a lot of great work along with some others to create both Batari Basic and the Harmony cartridge, both of which mean mere mortals can have a little fun programming for the 2600.