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Racing the Beam Explained - Atari 2600 CPU vs. CRT Television38:26

Racing the Beam Explained - Atari 2600 CPU vs. CRT Television

400K views • 5 years ago
Retro Game Mechanics Explained
Retro Game Mechanics Explained shows how the Atari 2600 draws images with almost no video memory, by having the CPU race the CRT beam line by line. It walks through the techniques in detail.
Atari's Quadrascan Explained20:57

Atari's Quadrascan Explained

239K views • 5 years ago
Retro Game Mechanics Explained
Retro Game Mechanics Explained dissects how Atari's Quadrascan vector displays and vector generator hardware drew games like Asteroids and Tempest.