A downloadable game

In the depths of madness there is a power beyond fear... beyond love... beyond hate... and only YOU can conquer it...!

I'm making a game for the Atari 2600! The story will include three components.

Read the comic! Play the game! Hear the drama!

I'm chronicling the making of Telemachus in a video series on YouTube. You can also watch the videos in the DevLog entries below.

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CREDiTS
Made by William J. Meyer //

TOOLS
bAtari BASIC //
Atari Dev Studio //
Stella Emulator //

THANK YOU
Peter for starting my bAtari BASIC journey // Chris for his tireless support of my programming adventures // And my kid brother Wayne for playing Atari with me sometime last century

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Human made. This developer assures that no gen AI was used in this indie game.

More information

Updated	17 days ago
Status	In development
Author	byWilliamJMeyer
Genre	Adventure
Tags	2600, atari, atari2600, bataribasic, Retro, Sci-fi
Average session	About a half-hour
Inputs	Keyboard, Joystick
Links	Homepage, YouTube
Content	No generative AI was used

Development log

Walk Cycle + Fixed-Point Math //
Dec 31, 2025
Collisions + Color //
Dec 28, 2025
Sprites + Joysticks //
Dec 26, 2025
Design + IDE //
Dec 22, 2025

Comments

gus0650166 days ago

hey william, how is the game coming along?

byWilliamJMeyer165 days ago

Hi, thx for asking! Slowly, while I work on other games (like Mutatis). But ultimately this will benefit Telemachus as I continue to learn more programming techniques.