#atari-8-bit — Public Fediverse posts

Scriptee development post part 11 is published which introduces the POKE, BACK, and WAIT commands.

https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/08/20/scriptee-part-11/

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Bit more progress on Scriptee. Put an exclusion on the XE box style when inverse is turned on (doesnt draw anywhere near a box). Fixed the ERROR message alignment. Fixed a bug where the script would never end if no EXIT command was given.

Test results:

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Lunchtime testing of Scriptee's INVerse command. Looks like box styles BLOCK and XE aren't really suitable for inversing.

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Dive and ETari, #Atari8bit computers pixel art presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition #atari #ettheextraterrestrial #pixelart

Another Scriptee test of box drawing with different styles. This time testing text placement within box specifying relative coordinates instead of absolute screen positions.

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ATASCII art for #Atari8bit computers presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition. The entry that took first place dedicated to Jack Tramiel, Clive Sinclair and Nolan Bushnell is really beautiful. #atari #ascii

Orbitron Galactico, #Atari8bit computers game presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition. Download: https://sillyventure.eu/en/671-sv-2k26-se-stuff #atari

Installment 10 of the Scriptee implementation has been published - GOXY command:

https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/08/17/scriptee-part-10/

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SAM2601, an online application that lets you convert WAV files to ROMs for #Atari2600 console (and to executables for #Atari8bit computers) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392057-new-speech-codec-synth-for-the-2600/ #atari

FujiATC, air traffic viewer for #Atari8bit computers with FujiNet device https://github.com/HanJammer/FujiATC #atari #fujinet

Progress with Scriptee tonight. Testing box styles. XE style upper right is character 10 and cprintf (cc65) is throwing a newline when it shouldn't (bug). Newline on Atari 8 is character 155 (edited). I'll have to use a put instead or poke it into screen memory directly for this one case.

The BOX MENU is a submenu of Scriptee script. What you see is all composted by Scriptee, and it is uses the previously documented LABEL/GOTO LABEL, and PICK/IFP commands, as well as POKE, BACK(ground), and TEXT(E).

Currently sitting at 12K in size. The script processed here is 1.3K in size:

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Koniki, a new horse racing game for #Atari8bit computers that allows up to 20 people to place bets. It uses a new accelerator and audio enhancement cartridge that connects to the SIO port. https://www.youtube.com/live/1ZqESbOW9yI?si=lQYw1zzMl9P9G5xR&t=858 #atari

Scriptee, part 9 is published and surfaces a variant of TEXT (TEXTE) to add capability for new lines.

https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/08/15/scriptee-part-09/

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Forgot to mention that Scriptee part 7 and 8 have been posted to my blog. Starting the parser and implementing the LABEL / GOTO LABEL commands.

https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/08/10/scriptee-part-07/

https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/08/14/scriptee-part-08/

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New issue 165 of ABBUC Magazin, quaterly magazine dedicated to #Atari8bit computers #atari

ATRaction, web-based floppy disk image manager for #Atari8bit computers https://www.atari.org.pl/atraction/ #atari #ai

Silly Summer by Misza / PTODT, #Atari8bit computers 1KB intro presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/ohwnNjlmyxA #atari #demoscene

Robotron 256 by Krzyś, #Atari8bit computers 256 bytes game presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH8MrsDr070 #atari #demoscene #retrogames

Serca For Gorgh And His Book by Misza / PTODT, #Atari8bit computers 1KB intro presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/iXubYxC2M4c #atari #demoscene

Breathe 2 by Misza / PTODT, #Atari8bit computers 1KB intro 2nd place at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/WlLg8Sd7KYE #atari #demoscene

Fujitzee (non-patent-infringing Dice Game!) now ported to the #Intellivision #FujiNet. Seen here playing against an #Atari8bit and four bot players!

Atari Pixel Editor, new Windows graphics editor for #Atari8bit computers https://ape.atarianin.pl/index.php #atari #pixelart

Geometry by Kermit83, #Atari8bit computers 1KB intro 1st place at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/7VWoXCSIefU #atari #demoscene

Sun League HR Derby, an AI-generated base for an #Atari8bit computers game inspired by Gamestar's Star League Baseball https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391958-august-ai-project-sun-league-hr-derby/ #atari #claudeai

ColonyX, Mars colonization game for #Atari8bit computers made with AI https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391743-colonyx-game-in-progress/ #atari #ai

GhostRider by JAM, #Atari8bit computers tune 3rd place at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/-B19MeU2gME #atari #chiptune

Wakeup Atari by MCS, #Atari8bit computers 256 bytes intro presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/zPopVV00w7Q #atari #demoscene

Intro of Kovalsky, work in progress game for #Atari8bit computers https://youtu.be/1BMRnWs0hd8 #atari #retrogames

UHUHU by drunkeneye, #Atari8bit computers demo presented at Silly Venture 2026 Summer Edition https://youtu.be/2oAXEKLcbmY #atari #demoscene