Why program retro machines?

Aren't they obsolete?

Why not do something more constructive?

We need to remember where we came fromNothing pushes a computer to it’s limits like a video gameGreat mental exercise

The 3 laws of video game programming

All that a computer ever does is move and manipulate bits of binary dataThe way that we understand our world is based on illusionsCommunication is key

Everything that a computer does is the result of manipulating data

Much of our reality is based on illusions

The brain has to put images together

The brain has to put animations together

Communication is key

The basic workings of a game

1) Put something on the screen2) Do some stuff in the background3) Put something on the screen again

Video modes

1)Alpha numeric modes

2)Graphic modes

Understanding memory maps video memory

Animation

Double buffering

Buffer 1 Buffer 2

Getting the players inputGame A.I.

Game Physics

The nature of assembly language

Questions?