(COOLLIST) Television -- Episode #3 -- "Debugger"

Opening: Shot of Ben working on an Atari 130XE computer with disk drive.
He is typing on the keyboard.  Shot changes to actual video from computer,
with the standard white on blue text.  "READY" appears.  Ben types the line

	RUN "D:COOLLIST"

This loads a large BASIC program with the requisite beeps.  The program
runs, turning the video off by disabling ANTIC.  This provides video black,
which then fades into the opening credits for the show.

Music is again Pylon, "Cool"

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presents

a surprisingly strong episode of
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(COOLLIST) Television

"Debugger"

<<< IN COLOR >>>
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a video hacking experiment
by Benjamin Combee
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Worldvision International, a charitable religious organization
owned by Aaron Spelling.  Donations will be returned, minus
a 10% handling charge.
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Credits do a smoke fade to the first segment

The Hacker Segment: Cable Television Explained

-- frequency division multiplexing
-- coaxial cable
-- amplifiers
-- tiers of service
	-- basic
	-- standard
-- traps
-- converter boxes
	-- block converters (tape at flea market)
	-- cable-ready sets (show TV/VCR)
	-- standard boxes (show SA box)
-- scrambling

(fade to blue screen)

Other resources for cable TV information

USENET newsgroup: rec.video.cable-tv
Magazines: 2600, Blacklisted 411!, Nuts and Volts

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Video Game Reviews	

Summer Olympics

Video Olympics
Atari
CX2621
1977

Atari's first arcade game was Pong in 1972.  Over the next few years,
they introduced a number of Pong variations.  This early 2600 cart was
Atari's home port of the many Pong-like games.  The variations
included Pong, SuperPong, Soccer, FoozPong, Hockey, and Quadrapong
where four players simultaneously control a paddle on each of the four
sides of the screen.

Decathalon
Activision
AZ-030
1983

The earliest of the games to actually try and model track & field
events was Activision's Decathalon.  This ten event torture test is
responsible for the death of many a joystick.

Track & Field
Atari
CX26125
1984

Summer Games
Epyx
8056100-250
1987

This game started life as Sweat, a sports game for the Starpath
Supercharger.  When Starpath ran out of money, they merged with game
developer Epyx, and Sweat became the basis of Epyx's first 2600 game,
Summer Games. ????

Games and their Sequels

Defender
Atari
CX2609
1982

While many people remember Pac-Man as the biggest Atari home game of
the early 1980's, Defender actually arrived a few months earlier.  It
was quite a good attempt, considering the 2600 programming expertise
of the time.  Atari had to alter the game play from the arcade, since
the arcade console used a up-down joystick with five extra buttons,
but the 2600 was limited to a four directional stick with only one
fire button.  The first change was turn the arcade's mountain terrain
into a city scape because it was easier for the 2600 to draw.  Second,
hyperspace, the button that randomly moved the ship to a new location
was scrapped.  Finally, to use the smart bomb, which destroys all the
enemies on a screen, you had to move into the city and press the fire
button.

Defender II
Atari
CX26120
1987

During the 2600 revitization period of 1986-1988, Atari released this
sequel to Defender.  It was originally called Stargate, but after a
few production runs the name was changed to Defender II because
another company had claimed the name Stargate.  This version is much
closer to the arcade game on which it was based.

Rarity Pile

Quadrun
Atari
CX2686
1984

This game was only released for a very short time here in the US, and
at that point of time, it was only available through the Atari Video
Club.  It bears distinction as being the only game for the 2600 to
feature digitized sound (play "Quadrun, Quadrun, Quadrun").  The play
is interesting.  You shoot creatures that move up or down from the
core, but you also have to jump to the other side to catch your shot.
If you do that successfully, you get to claim a prize from the other
side.  The game play is OK, but this game stands out due to its
rarity.  Thanks go to Alex Bilstein for showing this cart from his
personal collection.