Making Mutatis // My First Minikernel! // Using Assembly with bAtari BASIC

#Atari2600 #bAtariBASIC #Homebrew #GameDev #IndieGame Watch out, I have officially raced the beam... how do you combine Assembly with bAtari BASIC? Like this (kinda). Did I use an accurate metaphor to describe the famous Atari 2600 Comb Effect (aka HMOVE Lines)? Not sure! Find MUTATIS on Itch // https://byWilliamJMeyer.itch.io/Mutatis Find xbattlestation's 'I, Rebel Game Jam Collection' on Itch // https://itch.io/c/5660983/i-rebel-2025-atari-game-jam Atari I, Rebel Game Jam // https://atari.com/pages/i-rebel-a-jeff-minter-game-jam Atari I, Rebel Game Jam Winners // https://youtu.be/GeHie-2Jvlw?si=9kaU76hvAm2V9j15 Chapters___________________________ 00:00 — Introduction 00:37 — Title Screen, Game and Level Select 01:37 — Removed Temporarily 01:51 — Using Player0 For Playfield Detail 02:10 — Using Player1 For Explosions 02:21 — New Enemy Types 03:15 — Biota Mechanic 03:51 — D7-Class Klingon Battlecruiser 04:11 — Biota Bug Flight Path // Data Arrays 05:49 — Spawn Side Flip 06:09 — Collecting the Biota 07:29 — Biota Bug Flip 07:45 — Grabber Y Spawn Value // Array Woes 09:28 — Racing the Beam 10:13 — Making a Minikernel 11:32 — The Comb 12:25 — Single Scanlines 13:42 — HMOVE Lines 14:44 — Clock Cycle Demands 15:24 — The Future Resources___________________________ Grab my Atari 2600 NTSC TIA Stella Color Palette Values (free) from my Patreon // https://www.patreon.com/posts/telemachus-114255493 @ZeroPageHomebrew James and Tanya of ZPH play this build of MUTATIS here // https://youtu.be/piSwg03l1Mg?si=yottUD2INLnP5A0E @GenXGrownUp Atari 2600 STAR TREK: Strategic Operations Simulator // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqkMUHJtbc @RGMechEx Racing the Beam Explained // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFnWZH5FXc Karl G Minikernel Developer's Guide // https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282518-minikernel-developers-guide/ bAtari BASIC // Created by Fred Quimby-- https://github.com/batari-Basic Atari Dev Studio // Created by chunkypixel-- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chunkypixel.atari-dev-studio bAtari BASIC Commands // My main cheat-sheet, by alienbill— https://alienbill.com/2600/basic/downloads/0.35/help.html Check out my Atari 2600 Programming Videos! Making Mutatis // https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhL9Yzj4EDu5A7HG-bN50-d3keeIBIBbq&si=a_ypylKdldIwuoQj Making Telemachus // https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhL9Yzj4EDu4q7-ojkY7-rxLzXdZM1yBZ&si=zscyYw6QRSyOXHKf // Me Links Join My Storytelling Patreon // http://patreon.com/bywilliamjmeyer Treat Me To A Coffee On Ko-Fi // https://ko-fi.com/bywilliamjmeyer Play My Games On Itch // https://bywilliamjmeyer.itch.io/ Read My Plays On NPX // https://newplayexchange.org/users/24949/william-j-meyer Me // https://byWilliamJMeyer.com