Vintage Computer Federation | Games Development Back In The Day – Thom CherryHomes - VCF East 2024 @vcfederation | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Game consoles such as the Atari 2600 and 5200 had no ability to develop software on itself, so the software had to be developed on systems with sufficient tooling, disk storage, and RAM. This talk shows how an S-100 based system is used along with a cross-assembler, a text editor, and an Intel HEX loader to produce software that can be uploaded to the target system via a simulated cartridge emulator.