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How to Make your own Atari 2600 games using BASIC

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It's hard to believe that gaming consoles have been around for almost forty years. It seems like only yesterday that we all needed a tempermental joy stick to play Atari Space Invaders or were dying to get our hands on a Game Genie so we could beat Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. If you are nostalgic for the good old days and can't seem to get your old console to work, check out this tutorial.

This step by step from Tinkernut will show you how to use Batari Basic on your PC to create a playable Atari 2600 game. This game is playable on most Atari emulators that you can download online.

So, upgrade your old joystick to a computer keyboard and get started rebuilding your childhood memories.

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