the cutting room mirror

Rolloverture

An action-puzzle game with a musical theme.

Development Text#

A large chunk of Atari 800 Z80 assembler code and leftover build text can be found in the ROM, starting at 0x3ACB:

HOLD
.BS 1
PORTA 
 .EQ $D300
PORTB 
 .EQ $D301
PORTC 
 .EQ $D302
PORTD
 .EQ $D303
OR $600

6502 MACHINE CODE TO LOAD OBJECT FILE
TO SHARED RAM
.HS A5F4D008A93085F4A910 
.HS 85F6A205B5F195F8CA10 
.HS F9AD02D329FB8D02D3AD 
.HS 03D329FB8D03D38E00D3 
.HS 8E01D3AD02D309048D02 
.HS D3AD03D309048D03D3A2 
.HS F78E01D3A00084FE20C5 
.HS 06B1FA8D00D3EAEAEAA9 
.HS E78D01D38E01D320E606 
.HS D0E8C6FDD0E4A205B5F1 
.HS 95F8CA10F9A2F7A000AD 
.HS 02D329FB8D02D3A9FF8D 
.HS 00D3AD02D309048D02D3 
.HS 20C506AD02D329FB8D02 
.HS D3A9008D00D3AD02D309 
.HS 048D02D3A9F38D01D3AD 
.HS 00D38E01D3D1FAF00100 
.HS 20E606D0BEC6FDD0BAA2 
.HS FF8E01D3AD03D329FB8D 
.HS 03D3E88E01D300A5F88D 
.HS 00D3EAEAEAA9F68D01D3 
.HS 8E01D3A5F98D00D3EAEA 
.HS EAA9F58D01D38E01D360 
.HS E6FAD002E6FBE6F8D002 
.HS E6F9C6FC60A00188D0FD
.HS 60
LI,OFF


ROLL OVERTURE 
VSS 26, MUSIC GAME
DATE COMPILED: NOV 23,1983
IN,"D1:SYSRAM.INC"
IN,"D1:USERAM.INC"
IN,"D1:CARTHEAD.INC"
MAINLOOP
MAINLP
LOOPSET
TURN

Other parts of the assembler can be found in Sir Lancelot, another VSS game, as well as the unreleased Atari 2600 game Squoosh.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

References#


  1. VSS - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. AVAILABILITY UPDATE - Computer Entertainer, Volume 3, Number 2, May 1984↩︎