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  [Tools] [Editors] [Batari Basic] [Emulators]

Programming/Hacking Tools - Below are the tools I've used to Hack Atari 2600 Games, and some other useful applications. A Link to the original location of the file is provided, if available.
 
 Tool (Download)  

 Description

    Link
 BitHacker  

 BitHacker - Point & Click graphic hacking (Edwin Blink)

    AA Link
 Hack-O-Matic  

 The Orginal Hack-O-Matic (by Rob Kudla)

    AA Link
 Hack-O-Matic 2  

 The updated Hack-O-Matic, Windows Native.

    Link
 Hack-O-Matic 3  

 The updated Hack-O-Matic, by Jeff Wierer (version 3.030)

    Link
 DASM 2.12  

 DASM - The 6502 Assembler.

    DASM Homepage
 Tia Playfield painter  

 Khryssun's TIA Playfield Painter

    Link
 DiStella  

 DiStella - Disassemble Atari Roms (by Rob Colbert)

    Link
 MakeWAV  

 Convert Roms to WAVs for the supercharger (R. Colbert)

    Link
 VCS/Macro.H 1.10  

 You need these support files to go along with DASM.

    DASM Homepage
 Edit/ShowGFX  

 Dumps contents of ROM to text file for graphics editing

    Link Unavailable
 StellaGraph  

 Atari2600 Playfield Tool (by Christopher James Pepin)

    Link Unavailable
 MusicSequencer  

 Paul Slocum's Music Sequencer Kit

    Qotile
 AHD  

 Atari Hacking for Dummies Tool, with AHD Files

    Link | Link
 PFPainter  

 Playfield Painter for Mac Classic OS, by Emehr

    Link
 VaderMatic.zip  

 DOS Space Invaders batch hacking tool (by G. Zumwalt)

    Link
Tune2600.zip  

 Determine Distortion & Pitch Values (by T.J.)

    Link
ST Animation Tool   An Atari 7800 Animation Tool for the Atari ST   Link Unavailable
ST Dev System   An Atari 7800 Development System for the Atari ST   Link Unavailable
AtariVox Includes   AtariVox Include Files   Link
AtariVox Editor   AtariVox Editor .bin file, for use on real hardware   Link

Editors - Graphics Editors from past AtariAge Contests.

 Tool (Download)  

 Description

    Link
Combat Editor   Edit the playfield in Combat. AA Link
Indy 500 Track Editor   Create new tracks in Indy 500. AA Link

Batari Basic - Batari Basic is Fred "Batari" Quimby's BASIC compiler for creating Atari 2600 games.  official homepage is located here, where you can download the latest versions of everything listed below.  There is also an AtariAge thread dedicated to it, with lots of sample games posted by the AA community.  The files below are an early beta release, go to bataribasic.com for the latest downloads.

 Application  

 Description

  
DOS/Win .Zip v.35a   Includes .exe, README, sample, etc  
C Source   For use on other systems  
AA BASIC Forum   The best source of discussion and the latest happenings  
README.txt   Required reading  
FAQ   Frequently Asked Questions  
Helpfile   Alphabetical Reference  
2600IDE   An all-in-one IDE for Windows  

Emulators
 
 Application  

 Description

  
z26   Very accurate Atari 2600 emulator.  
Stella   Very good multiplatform emulator, includes debugger  
PCAE 2.2   Hasn't been updated in a while, includes debugger  
PCAEWin_2.7   PCAE 2.7  

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