Hard 2632 - An Atari 2600 VCS Hardware Demo

Release: Deadline 2018, 1st place in wild compo.

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Software

Download the demo only: hard2632.zip (Size: 7650; Date: 2018-10-04, 23:37 CEST)
Easy shot, a bundle for Windows: hard2632_Windows.zip (Size: 1067455; Date: 2018-10-04, 23:17 CEST)
Source code: hard2632.7z (Size: 5185; Date: 2018-10-04, 17:15 CEST)
Cartridge labels: hard2632_Labels.zip (Size: 993285; Date: 2018-10-04, 23:58 CEST)
Slides used for presenting on deadline: HARD2632.pdf (Size: 975277; Date: 2018-10-06, 16:11 CEST)

Hardware

Block diagram: hard2632-160acf6.pdf (Size: 284572; Date: 2018-11-01, 20:06 CET)
Gerber files: hard2632-160acf6.zip (Size: 683911; Date: 2018-11-01, 20:06 CET)

Credits

Imp:: hardware design and soldering
SvOlli:: idea, code and all the rest

This is a demo implemented in 32 bytes. But the main focus is on the hardware: 32 dip-switches with 8 bits each, the demo can be keyed in without any kind of development system. We call it DSPROM (Dip-Switch Programmable Read Only Memory).

Instructions

Insert the 32 bytes ROM and be happy. If it does not work, try the 2k version, which is just the 32 bytes repeating over and over, 64 times in total. (The real hardware does this also: 128 mirrors of the 32 bytes.)

Note: This demo is SuperCharger compatible.

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