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Real sports baseball Atari 2600

I was just thinking that baseball for the Atari 2600 was one of the games I played a lot for that console. Then I thought don’t I say that about all the games I played on the console.

I remember playing the game. i don’t remember how good I was at the game. I was probably not very good. I don’t know a lot about the game.

How many levels were there? Could I beat the game? I don’t even know if I made it though a complete game.

I thought it was more realistic than either real sports football or basketball. That’s all I can think of to write about the game right now.

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I read a few chapters of

The Art of Assembly Language programming. I don’t remember exactly how much of the book I read but, I do remember reading it.

I had wanted to read the book ever since I learned about High level assembly language. So one day I installed the software on my computer. Assembly language is so cool. I like learning about all the registers and the hardware of the computer.

But,  I never attempted to wrote my own program in high level assembly. And that is what I needed to do so I could remember what I read.

That is the problem the whole time I have been trying to program. I don’t make software. And to me that is the whole point of learning to program. And if I write a program then I will be able to know what I don’t know so I can get better as a programmer.

They only way to get better at designing and making games it to make a video game.

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Space Invaders, Atari 2600

I played space invaders on the Atari 2600. I played the game but, I was not good. The best I could do was maybe on a good day make it to the second level of the game. I have no idea how many levels the game has. I don’t even remember the highest score I got. It was probably not very high.

I probably hit more of the 3 objects that are still than any of the moving space invaders. Maybe I could have practiced more. It probably would not have helped.

To me it did not matter that the graphics were not that realistic. I liked the sound of the space invaders moving on their march toward the ground.

 

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Volleyball Atari 2600

I played Real sports volleyball on the Atari 2600. It was probably the game I played the most on the console. I don’t remember how good I was at it. All I remember is that I had fun playing the game.

I don’t know anything about the game. By that I mean I don’t know how many games a person needed to win to beat the game or even if I could have beaten the game. I do remember that there you could choose two or four players per side. I like two players per side.

I liked the sound that the game made when I hit the ball with a player. It was so fun to play.

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Football: Atari 2600

I played football on Atari 2600 a lot. I think the game was a on 8. You would not confuse the football you see on TV with Atari football. I was good at playing the game because you did not have to have any skill to beat the computer.

I never thought about it before but, how many game did you have to win to beat the game. Could you beat the game? Was there a season of 16 games? I am not even sure if I played through a whole game.

So many questions. I have no answers.

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BasketBall: Atari 2600

Today I am going to write about Atari 2600 basketball. I always want to write more about the games but, I can’t think of anything. I will do my best that is all I can asked my myself, probably.

I thought about Atari 2600 basketball. The ball that the players dribble remind me of a sugar cube. I remember playing the game. I just don’t remember if I was good at playing the game. I probably was not good at playing the game.

For the Atari 2600 games I had the no sports games looked better than the sports games.

That is all I have to write about Atari basketball for now.

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Atari 2600: Frogger

One of my favorite games for the Atari 2600 was Frogger. To me it did not matter that the graphics were not that great. I enjoyed playing frogger but, I did not get past maybe the 2nd level.

It was fun trying to make it past the cars and then go onto the logs. My favorite sound in the game was when the frog died. Which happened a lot when I played the game.

That’s all I have to write about frogger for the Atari 2600.

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Battle zone is an Atari 2600

game I played a lot. I don’t remember how much I played it but, play it I did.

Its another video game that I was not good at. That did not stop me from playing it. I don’t know much about the game. I don’t know how many levels it had.

I thought that Atari 2600 games never ended but, maybe they did. But, the way I played them there was no hope of me getting to the end of any game.

I liked the sound of the tank you drive in battle zone. I also like the radar that showed you where the enemies were. The enemy I remember most was the white plane that would fly at the tank. I also liked the sound of the plane.

I have read that battle zone was one of the more popular or better games for the Atari 2600.

It is one of my favorites I know that for sure.

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Pitfall Atari 2600

As I remember it I got pitfall for the Atari 2600 as a birthday present when I was young.  I have read that it was one of the better Atari 2600 games.

I played the game but, I never know what I was supposed to do. I have no idea how many levels the game has. I am sure I got nowhere near beating the game. I did like the game.

I liked swinging from the rope over the lakes that if you fell in you died. I think they were lakes. If anyone has read any of my blog by now you know I was not destined to be a professional video game player. The controller was not my friend.

I am a terrible video game player. Maybe I need to think about the games I am playing. There are worse things in the world than being bad at playing video games. But, I want to be a great video game player. Maybe there is hope for me yet.

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Stella: Atari 2600 emulator

At one time I had dreams of making an Atari 2600 game for Stella an Atari 2600 emulator. And that dream came to nothing.

i think I downloaded some documentation. I maybe read a page or two. And then promptly forgot about Stella. I read somewhere that there was a better possibility of selling a game if you made games for vintage. Something to that effect.

Sure that may or may not be true. I do know one thing for certain and that is the fact that I have not made any video games means that I can’t sell any video games that I made because I have never made a video game.

I do think it would be fun to make a game for the Atari 2600. So that I can say I made one. If I will ever make one I don’t know? I can always try.

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