Atari VCS/2600 - 10 TECHNICAL Things You Didn't Know

"The tricks we were pulling were truly insane!" - David Crane. In my original Atari VCS/2600 video, I had way more to talk about than 10 things. This time I cover some of the technical oddities of programming games and why some quirks of the system came into being.

Original "10 Things" video: https://youtu.be/1LSL_dq9h9A
"Stella At 20" videos: https://archive.org/details/StellaAt20
Retro Video Game Mechanics Explained: https://youtu.be/sJFnWZH5FXc

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - 128 Bytes
05:49 - Racing The Beam
07:44 - Blinking, Blinds, And Bars
11:57 - It's Not A Bug. It's A Feature!
13:04 - Pseudo Random Numbers
16:01 - Two Minutes Sixteen Seconds
17:24 - Speakers And Sounds
18:29 - Loading From Cassette
20:02 - Pausing Your Game
21:18 - Flat Music Notes
22:54 - Pitfall II
25:33 - What Is A Heavy Sixer?

Music used by permission:
“Rise And Shine” by Malmen
https://soundcloud.com/malmen

"Frappe Snowland - Smooth McGroove Remix" by Tee Lopes
https://music.gamechops.com

"City Limits" by Lakey Inspired
https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired

"Ice Cleam" by CL Collaboration
https://soundcloud.com/clcollab

Other music from the YouTube Audio Library

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