24h compo

In February 2026 I decided to take part in this ‘24h compo’ related to Atari. The theme was ‘hardware glitch’. Within a (less than) full day I made a very simple game for the 8‑bit Atari, written in Pascal.

The 24h compo unfortunately got cancelled because there were too few entries. A bit later I expanded the game with some extra levels and added a menu to choose them.

The game

Actually the game didn’t have much real connection with Atari hardware - it used a high level programming language (instead of the 6502 assembler) and only the text mode.

The game rules are simple: you have to collect all items to finish a level (one of three). The main game character - a wrench - is controlled with a joystick.

The items to collect are:

COAL - the real fuel of Atari computers
NOTE - fixes audio glitches
JOYSTICK - fixes problems with controlls
MONITOR - fixes blinking graphics

Latest game binary, and full source code are available under MIT license on GitHub.

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24h compo

The game

Menus

Levels