<s>
BASIC	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
is	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
called	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
cartridge	O
that	O
teaches	O
simple	O
computer	O
programming	O
using	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
BASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
by	O
Warren	O
Robinett	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1979	O
,	O
this	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
is	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
non-game	O
cartridges	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
's	O
RAM	B-Architecture
size	O
of	O
128	O
bytes	O
restricts	O
the	O
possibilities	O
for	O
writing	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BASIC	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
display	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
six	O
regions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Stack	B-General_Concept
shows	O
temporary	O
results	O
of	O
what	O
the	O
program	O
does	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
Pong	B-Application
game	O
is	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
