8-Bit Show And Tell | "Programming Pitfall Harry" C64 Booklet - BASIC & Machine Language Code Analysis @8_Bit | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
A detailed look at the "Programming Pitfall Harry" booklet by David Crane for Commodore 64 published by Activision in 1984.

Watch me type in the BASIC listing on my 2nd channel: youtu.be/in7tHizJA10

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Thanks to Peter, Silas, Dad, and Ben for their help with the intro!

End credits music by bedfordlevelexperiment.bandcamp.com

Index:
0:00 Intro
1:38 Looking at the booklet
4:16 RUNning Pitfall Harry
5:58 BASIC code walkthrough 1
8:35 Changing sprite parameters
12:18 BASIC code walkthrough 2
17:10 Changing Harry's speed
18:34 Fixing David Crane's bug :)
21:53 Sprite Monitor
23:12 Disassembling the interrupt machine language
27:24 Making Harry moonwalk
28:24 How Harry stands still
29:40 In conclusion...
31:07 Thanks!