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Programs from Computer Animation Primer were available on a disk called Animation Magic, which was available from Adventure International. All software from the book can be downloaded here.

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PRIMER1.DCM: All programs from Computer Animation Primer, disk 1 of 2. DCM format. Download
PRIMER2.DCM: All programs from Computer Animation Primer, disk 2 of 2. DCM format. Download

PRIMER1.ATR: All programs from Computer Animation Primer, disk 1 of 2. ATR format. Download
PRIMER2.ATR: All programs from Computer Animation Primer, disk 2 of 2. ATR format. Download

EX1.BAS: Flying Bird. Demonstration of character set animation using Atari's built-in graphics characters. Download | Jump to text

EX2.BAS: Walking Man. Animation with a user-defined character set. Download | Jump to text

EX3.BAS: Galloping Horse. Animation with flipping through multiple character sets. Download | Jump to text

EX4.BAS: Exploding Bomb. Demonstration of ANTIC 4 three color text mode. Download | Jump to text

EX5.BAS: Moving Color Curtain. Color Register Animation in GRAPHICS 10. Download | Jump to text

EX6.BAS: The Trench. Create the illusion of flying through a trench by rotating the color registers in GRAPHICS 7. Download | Jump to text

EX7.BAS: Autumn Waterfall. Motion using color registers. Download | Jump to text

EX8.BAS: Bouncing Ball. Player-Missile Graphics using string manipulation. Download | Jump to text

FLASH.BAS: Flash. Demonstration of the Memory Fill Machine Language Routine. Download | Jump to text

MFILL.ASM: Memory fill assembly language routine. Download | Jump to text
MFILL.OBJ: Object code for MFILL routine. Download
MFILL2.ASM: Version 2 of MFILL, which works with Atari BASIC and Atari Microsoft BASIC. Download | Jump to text
MFILL.DAT: Data for MFILL routine. Download
MFILL.STR: String Loader program for MFILL routine. Download

PMOVER.ASM: Routine for moving players horizontally. Assembly language code. Download | Jump to text
PMOVER.OBJ: Object code for PMOVER routine. Download
PMOVER.DAT: Player move routine data for PMOVER routine. Download
PMOVER.STR: String Loader program for PMOVER routine. Download

EX9.BAS: Bouncing Ball 2. Player Missile Graphics with PMOVER machine language routine to move players. Download | Jump to text

ANIMATE.ASM: Automatic cyclic animation. Assembly language code. Download | Jump to text
ANIMATE.OBJ: Object code for ANIMATE routine. Download
ANIMATE.DAT: Data for ANIMATE routine. Download
ANIMATE.STR: String Loader program for ANIMATE routine. Download

EX10.BAS: Walking Man Player Demo. Using ANIMATE machine language routine to animate players. Download | Jump to text

AUTOMOVE.ASM: Assign a horizontal velocity to a player and automatically move it. Assembly language code. Download | Jump to text
AUTOMOVE.OBJ: Object code for AUTOMOVE routine. Download
AUTOMOVE.DAT: Data for AUTOMOVE routine. Download
AUTOMOVE.STR: String Loader program for AUTOMOVE routine. Download

EX11.BAS: Running Boy Player Demo. Use AUTOMOVE machine language routine to animate a running boy with players. Download | Jump to text

EX12.BAS: Player Foreground Demo. Use all four players to create animated foreground. Download | Jump to text

SCROLL.ASM: Horizontal scroll routine. Assembly language code. Download | Jump to text
SCROLL.OBJ: Object code for SCROLL routine. Download
SCROLL.DAT: Data for SCROLL routine. Download
SCROLL.STR: String Loader program for SCROLL routine. Download

DLIROUT.ASM: Display List Interrupt Routine. Change hardware color registers to add colors. Assembly language code. Download | Jump to text
DLIROUT.OBJ: Object code for DLIROUT routine. Download
DLIROUT.DAT: Data for DLIROUT routine. Download
DLIROUT.STR: String Loader program for DLIROUT routine. Download

EX13.BAS: Scrolling Street Scene. Horizontal fine scrolling and display list interrupts. Download | Jump to text

EX14.BAS: The Great Movie Cartoon. Combination of PM Graphics, Fine Scrolling, and Display List Interrupts. Download | Jump to text
EX14.32K: 32K version of The Great Movie Cartoon. Download

STRLOADR.BAS: String Loader program. Convert data to strings. Download | Jump to text

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