Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Late last year I had been working on several platforming "engines" for the Atari 2600 in batari Basic. After I made a couple (One SuperChip and one DPC+), I tried to figure out what exactly to do with it. When news came out that Disney's Steam Boat Willie was going Public Domain, I had decided to make a kind of Steam Boat Willie Atari game based on the cartoon of the same name.
Following the plot, the goal of the game will probably be feeding the cows wheat so they can be hoisted up on the boat. I will probably have Pete up on the top doing some Brutus or Donkey Kong style shenanigans, like throwing down potatoes or maybe jumping up and down and shaking the boat. Not sure but this looks like it could be some single screen fun.
Late last year I had been working on several platforming "engines" for the Atari 2600 in batari Basic. After I made a couple (One SuperChip and one DPC+), I tried to figure out what exactly to do with it. When news came out that Disney's Steam Boat Willie was going Public Domain, I had decided to make a kind of Steam Boat Willie Atari game based on the cartoon of the same name.
Following the plot, the goal of the game will probably be feeding the cows wheat so they can be hoisted up on the boat. I will probably have Pete up on the top doing some Brutus or Donkey Kong style shenanigans, like throwing down potatoes or maybe jumping up and down and shaking the boat. Not sure but this looks like it could be some single screen fun.
