Basic Commands. Page last updated on 2. What is batari Basic The amazing batari Basic b. Its the console that stood the test of time longer than any other. Atari 2600 VCS From Warlords, Pole Position, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, and even the. In 1982, Atari Inc. Namcos hit arcade game PacMan for its Atari 2600 video game console. Like the original arcade version, the player. B is a BASIC like language for creating Atari 2. The original beta version was released in 2. Version 1. 0 was released in 2. The average person who wants to make an Atari 2. Basic. And people who can grasp BASIC, but have learning disabilities that keep them from understanding things like assembly language can finally make Atari 2. Complete Atari 2600 Game List' title='Complete Atari 2600 Game List' />Note from Random Terrain I have Aspergers Syndrome, memory problems, and learning disabilities, but I managed to make an Atari 2. Read the Getting Started Section. If you are new to batari Basic or youve been using the Tinkernut installer, be sure to read the Getting Started section. Table of Contents, Index, and Useful Page Links. This page has a table of contents, an index and useful page links to help you find what you are looking for as quickly as possible. Note from RT Since I started working on this page, Ive been trying to make the index less like a boring index from a book and more like a reverse dictionary mixed with an index. Anything you can think of should be in the list and if it isnt there, you need to tell me so I can add it to the index. Complete Atari 2600 Game List' title='Complete Atari 2600 Game List' />As the index grows, it will become quicker and easier for you and others to find things. Link Colors and Info Hover Boxes. Links that jump to other places on this page are blue. Links that lead to other pages online are red. Whenever you see a word or phrase on this page that is underlined with dashes or dots tooltipinfotiphint, you can hover your mouse pointer over it and a definition or explanation of some kind will pop up in a hover box. The Magical Red Rectangle. Inside Game Loop. If you see a red rectangle with the words Inside Game Loop in it, that means the variable or register it is near needs to be inside of your main loop because it will be reset after drawscreen is used. See Ephemeral Variables Registers for more information. About This Page. Probably over 9. Some text is from Atari. Age members such as Sea. Gt. Gruff, Rev. Eng, and Robert M. Random Terrain only maintains this page adapts existing text, adds a bit of new text when needed, and corrects errors when they are pointed out. Random Terrain also adds example programs, interactive charts and other goofy stuff. Getting Started. Click here and download the latest version of batari Basic. It includes DASM, the DPC kernel, bug fixes, and various improvements. STOP Did you download the latest version of b. B If you dont download the latest version, you could have various problems when you try to compile a program. Remember to unzip the folder and put it where you want it. Be sure to check out the installwin. Its important. Remember, if you are using Visual batari Basic Vb. B, it isnt a separate language and batari Basic isnt built into it. Vb. B is an IDEIntegrated Development EnvironmentJust about everything a b. B programmer needs in one place. Basic easier to use. Use Save As and Back Up Your Files. Every time I make a significant change to a program Im working on, I use Save As to save it as a new file so I can go back to a previous working version if I mess something up. If you use Save As before making any major changes, then something stops working correctly, you can use a program like Win. Merge to compare the latest two versions of your program and the differences will be highlighted. To make things much easier, I end my program names with the year, month, day and military time. Heres an example spacemonkey2. Doing that means each file will automatically have a different name and the files will be listed in the order they were created. You can read more about it at Atari. Complete Atari 2600 Game List' title='Complete Atari 2600 Game List' />Were going to warp you going back to the era of one of the best games back then, the Atari Breakout, we will bring back the nostalgic memories of that game. Age. Back up your files. Your hard drive will die one day or get attacked by a virus, so be sure to make backups of your files using an external hard drive or thumb drive or something else that humans have invented for storing data. Various people have posted in the batari Basic forum over the years that they lost everything they were working because they didnt back up their files. Make b. B More Fun with Visual batari Basic. If you are able to run Windows software, youll probably also want to download Visual batari Basic Vb. B. You can read more about it in the next section below which is called IDE for batari Basic. In case its not clear, Vb. B isnt a separate language, its an IDEIntegrated Development EnvironmentJust about everything a b. Driver Scanner Agfa Snapscan E20 Windows 7 more. B programmer needs in one place. Basic easier to use. Double click on the file installwin. Basic folder that you have downloaded and unzipped. It will set b. Bs path and environment variable for you. If you dont do this, youll still be using the previous version of b. B. Selecting the latest version of 2. Vb. B settings page doesnt automatically mean that youll be using that latest version. You must also double click on installwin. Dont Use the Tinkernut Installer. If you downloaded batari Basic from any other source, such as the horribly outdated Tinkernut, get the version linked to above. And please do not use the original Tinkernut World batari Basic program. Please use Tinkernut World Deluxe instead. Again, do not use the Tinkernut installer. It is out of date. Click the link below instead and do what it says How to Install Visual batari Basic on a Windows PCAtari 2. Emulator. If you dont already have the latest version of Stella installed, download it and install it Stella is the most popular Atari 2. Stella isnt a substitute for testing your games on a real Atari 2. Harmony cart, but its great for quick and dirty testing. You might also want to check out JAVATARI. Its a very good emulator and it can also be embedded on your own web site so people can play the games you make online if you like the idea of people playing your games online. If you need more help, check out the batari Basic forum at Atari. Age. Back to Top. IDE for batari Basic. Visual batari Basic Vb. B is an IDEIntegrated Development EnvironmentJust about everything a b. B programmer needs in one place. B games. Vb. B is not the same as Crimison Editor. Besides the Code Editor, Vb. B has a Sprite Editor, a Playfield Editor, a Score Editor, a Music and Sound Editor, a Sprite Animator, a Title Screen Kernel Editor, and a lot more. Visit the Visual batari Basic Guide for more information. Especially check out this section How to Install Visual batari Basic on a Windows PCBack to Top. Useful Atari. Age Links. Official batari Basic Forum at Atari. Age. Posting Tips for New b. B Users. How to Attach Files and Images. Easy Software Versioning. Keeping Track of the Scanline Count with Stella. Back to Top. Download the Manual. Download the ZIP file below once in a while to be sure youll always have the latest version of the official offline HTML manual. The ZIP file includes the HTML manual and a folder that contains files the manual needs. The Zip file is usually updated about once a month. Right click on the link below and select Save Link As or Save Target As to download the ZIP file Right click here to download the latest version of the official manual and updated folder containing images and example programs. Back to Top. Test Your Games on a Real Atari. If youd like to test your games on a real Atari 2. Harmony Cartridge by batari is one of the easiest ways to do that. You dont have to plug or unplug anything. Just leave the Harmony Cartridge.