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Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:48 am**

Just a heads-up that I've posted a video of an Atari 2600 version of Boulder Dash on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbiH4jFpfb0

This was quite a technical challenge, as the machine has no hardware video memory (all updates to screen are on-the-fly as the TV beam sweeps), single-colour background, and only 40 pixel horizontal resolution for background graphics. Overall I think the result, given the hardware limitations, are amazing.

Cheers
A

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:11 pm**

Wow, great job!

Just wondering, what time was the game released for this machine? Or did you code it yourself?

Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:11 pm**

Arno wrote:Wow, great job!
Just wondering, what time was the game released for this machine? Or did you code it yourself?

I coded it myself. I'm still doing a bit of improvement to it. It has not been released.

Cheers
A

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:48 pm**

This project didn't die. A demo has just been released of FUNNEL and APOCALYPSE caves. Visit http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/18 ... o-release/ to download the binary. You'll also need the 'stella' Atari 2600 emulator.

Posted: **Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:56 pm**

Nice work Andrew! Awesome

I should get the stella emulator so I can try it out - I've never played on an Atari 2600 before

PS. I notice you live in Tasmania...so do I!

cheers,
Paul

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