REFORGE
Atari 2600 / F164
BEING VERIFIED

THE FREEZE IS AN INFINITE LIST-SCAN LOOP, NOT A DISPATCH CYCLE

STATUS
BEING VERIFIED
AREA
CPU
RECORDED
2026-06-12
PUBLIC SOURCE
Research dossier / finding 164
RECORD ID
atari2600-f164
SNAPSHOT
a58ea4ac37c644e9

CORRECTED MODEL: the "display loop" of F162/F163 is not a degenerate dispatch cycle — the CPU is stuck inside ONE C function (sub_0110C0, the same function iter-34's non-TAS natural-exit implicated) in a goto-only infinite loop; frames keep advancing solely because io_tick inside the spinning loop drives the frame clock, and the TIA snapshot state (olive bk, no objects) is whatever the last full frame left behind.

Raw traces, ROM material, local paths, and personal data are not part of this public record.