   Retro Game Programming book trouble
  hey i was just wondering if anybody read the book called Retro Game Programming, because i need help with one of the chapters, it tells you to launch some program it has a picture of it with a caption that says ("Screen shot of the Atari 800 work area") but it dosent say where to get it or how to set it up, plus the companion site www.retrogameprogrammingunleashed.com dosent work.  If somebody that has read the book and understands it or got through can help me with the part called Basic 101 or what program to even use i will appreciate it   
  I am sorry to say but this is a valuable lesson to read the reviews for a book before you buy it ;). Checking on Amazon.com reveals that this book has quite a few very low ratings from users with almost exactly the same problems that you are having!With that said this is a link that may help you:http://www.atariarchives.comhope this helps :), research before you buy!   ;  Is it referring to the Atari800 emulator?I have two physical Atari 800XLs, but you can find Atari800 here.I don't have the book, but I have a fair bit of experience programming for 8-bits (probably showing my age here) so if you have any more questions give me a PM or reply to the thread and I'll see if I can suss them out.Grumble grumble.. I should probably write the next version of this book [grin]   