Step One

Step One: Download the tools

First, we have to get some tools. This is going to take a while, but if you want to do something, you should do it right. The link to MPW changed on 1/26/99, and wasn't updaated on this site until 1/30/99. If you had trouble with the page before, give it another shot! Sorry about that.


  • Download Macstella, the Atari 2600 emulator that creates with software the hardware of the Atari 2600 on your Macintosh. This link has been fixed, again. Not so permanently after all on 1/6/99. Again on 7/10/2009.
        MacStella
  • Download Disk Copy 6.3. This will allow you to mount virtual disk images on your computer.
        Disk Copy (fixed 7/10/2009)
  • Download the Macintosh Programmers' Workshop virtual disk image. It's pretty big (about 19 megs).
        MPW image (link updated 6/29/2006)
  • Download the Mactools folder, which has the Atari 2600 specific tools you'll need to make a game!
        Mactools Folder (fixed 7/10/2009)
    Go on to Installation