Media Summary: Just a quick review of how well the system performs under stress -- that is, at a higher frame rate with lots happening on the screen ... So, does it run on actual hardware? Well, yes. Mostly. First look at new player frames/animations by TIX from AtariAge. It's a bit clunky

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Just a quick review of how well the system performs under stress -- that is, at a higher frame rate with lots happening on the screen ... So, does it run on actual hardware? Well, yes. Mostly. First look at new player frames/animations by TIX from AtariAge. It's a bit clunky I have 12 "dots" which are re-used for all sorts of things. Stuff like the crushers impacting things, and the entangled dogecoin ... The wyrm really does make things way too hard. Generally the mechanism is the wyrm causing things to fall on you - so you need ... A 'reverse-explosion' animation to allow geodoge to evaporate. I have the ation "cranked up" here so it happens a lot.

I "stumbled" on this. It never occurred to me that laying pipes to block off an area could be a useful gameplay mechanic. Have a new sprite-set from , including the great animations for mining up and down, so I've added these actions to gameplay ...

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Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - system speed/stress test
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Racer (prototype) - 1982 - Atari 2600 ( Atari VCS )
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - new player graphics by TIX
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - radiation
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - microbes
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - first (and last?) actual hardware cart
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - too hard for me
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - experimental - evaporating geodoges
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  unexpected game mechanic
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  dig up/down animations
Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  negative gravity
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Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - system speed/stress test

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - system speed/stress test

Just a quick review of how well the system performs under stress -- that is, at a higher frame rate with lots happening on the screen ...

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - "Wen Hop?" - actual hardware

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - "Wen Hop?" - actual hardware

So, does it run on actual hardware? Well, yes. Mostly.

Racer (prototype) - 1982 - Atari 2600 ( Atari VCS )

Racer (prototype) - 1982 - Atari 2600 ( Atari VCS )

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Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - new player graphics by TIX

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - new player graphics by TIX

First look at new player frames/animations by TIX from AtariAge. It's a bit clunky

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - radiation

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - radiation

I have 12 "dots" which are re-used for all sorts of things. Stuff like the crushers impacting things, and the entangled dogecoin ...

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - microbes

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - microbes

Working on the mechanics of various

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - first (and last?) actual hardware cart

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - first (and last?) actual hardware cart

Today a small batch of

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - too hard for me

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - too hard for me

The wyrm really does make things way too hard. Generally the mechanism is the wyrm causing things to fall on you - so you need ...

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - experimental - evaporating geodoges

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - experimental - evaporating geodoges

A 'reverse-explosion' animation to allow geodoge to evaporate. I have the ation "cranked up" here so it happens a lot.

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  unexpected game mechanic

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - unexpected game mechanic

I "stumbled" on this. It never occurred to me that laying pipes to block off an area could be a useful gameplay mechanic.

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  dig up/down animations

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - dig up/down animations

Have a new sprite-set from @TIX, including the great animations for mining up and down, so I've added these actions to gameplay ...

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  negative gravity

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - negative gravity

Propane13 suggested to me that the

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop -  new scheduler

Atari 2600 Prototype Game - Wen Hop - new scheduler

Part of the internals of