Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
An IDE with a cycle column for every 2600 instruction
A free, cross-platform native IDE for making Atari 2600 games in assembly, batari Basic, or C for ELF cartridges.
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- For
- Atari 2600 game developers
- Worth noticing
- Its knowledge base covers all 256 6502 opcodes, TIA and RIOT registers, cartridge formats, and TV standards.
Field notes
The editor includes completion, definition jumps, hover help, and cycle totals for selected code. Its space report covers bytes per bank, stack RAM, cartridge RAM, and flash and RAM for ELF cartridges; the graphics tools include sprites, playfields, animations, and kernels. The site says its program and icon use GPL-3.0-or-later, while project templates and examples are CC0.
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●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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