Rightris

Rightris

An Atari 2600 game

Introduction

A tribute to the classic game Tetris for the beloved Atari 2600. Features Korobeiniki as background music.

Controls

• Joystick: Moves the piece left, right and down.
• Joystick Up: Rotates de piece clockwise.
  
• Fire button: Rotates de piece counter clockwise.

Game mode

• One player

Game objective

• Beat your own record.

Scoring

• Each line cleared grants 1 point.

Extra difficulty

For more experienced players, the difficulty can be increased. Switching the left difficulty switch to position "A" the pieces get faster speed each 5 lines instead of 10.

Console setup

1. Choose your options: level, garbage, down speed (slow or fast)
2. Press the Fire button to start the game.
3. Press Reset to go to the initial screen.
4. Adjust the Left difficulty switch (See Extra difficulty).
5. Adjust the Right difficulty switch to turn the music on or off.
6. Adjust the Color/BW switch to show, or not, the next piece.

Acknowledgments

• https://bataribasic.com/
  • Awesome easy to learn basic-like language
• https://www.randomterrain.com/ 
  • Amazing documentation on how to program the Atari 2600
• AtariAge members for their feedback and support
  • In no particular order: Living Room Arcade, LatchKeyKid, Philsan, zylon, GamerGrampa, alfredtdk, Karl G. Thank you guys!
• https://onlinesequencer.net/1322988
  • Korobeiniki MIDI
• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/297927-miditari-midi-to-tia-converter-tool/
  • Excellent tool for converting MIDI files to batari Basic data format
• https://www.labelmaker2600.com/
  • Easy to use and flexible Atari 2600 label generator
• OpenAI image generator
  • Cool label image.