Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFnWZH5FXc

And another must see classic. You know Racing the Beam from Nick Montfort already?

Whether or not, the latest addition of Retro Game Mechanics Explained Youtube channel is still interesting. The Atari 2600 console was released in September 1977. Despite it's massive success it paved the way for modern day game consoles. But with a huge difference. It's technology was so simplistic, that it was a real challenge to program it properly ... and in sync with the raster beam.

This video is an example for outstanding and excellent storytelling, which I would like to find more superlatives for. But I don't.

Check it out, you really don't want to miss this one.

Source: https://github.com/VitorVilela7/wide-snes

Source: https://eclecticlight.co/2021/06/07/code-in-assembly-for-apple-silicon-with-the-asmattic-app

Source: https://feertech.com/legion/software/game/2021/05/21/game-from-scratch-01.html

Source: https://archive.org/details/computer-circuits-for-experimenters

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYom_OBcBCY

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_kEhHAMupU

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