How to Make an Atari Game

Step 7 Write Your Code

Now to the fun, and the work. There is no simple way to do this, but if you want to create your own game, you have to code the kernel. Creating the logic is by far the most fun and most frustrating part of creating your game. Think of it like learning to play golf. If you have ever tried to learn, you've probably felt the same frustration at times that you will trying to code your game.

There is another option besides assembly editing that I only mentioned in passing up to this point. It is batariBasic, which takes pre-existing kernels and allows you to modify them with code written in Basic instead of assembly. It then takes this new code, and transforms it into a playable binary file. But, since this is the stage where I am the least amount of help, wander over to cNet and watch this five minute video I ran across that's about halfway down the page and talks about how some of the games have been made.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Games_and_gear/9602-12576_7-0.html?messageID=2506030

Below is a small sample of some code I have in my collection. Offhand, I think it was something I was working on given the filename, but can't say with certainty I wrote or if I even modified this code in any way from something I found online. As you can see, Notepad is my text editor of choice for code.