REFORGE
Atari 2600 / F165
CORRECTED / SUPERSEDED

F164 MODEL CORRECTED: the freeze is a JMP ($E5) KERNEL SELF-CYCLE, not an in-function spin

STATUS
CORRECTED / SUPERSEDED
AREA
CPU
RECORDED
2026-06-12
PUBLIC SOURCE
Research dossier / finding 165
RECORD ID
atari2600-f165
SNAPSHOT
a58ea4ac37c644e9

CORRECTED FREEZE MODEL: from f=668 the dispatch chain still cycles — kernel → JMP ($E5) → kernel — but the selector never matches (TYA's band value vs $83+X ages), so neither the renderer nor the logic segment ever runs again: empty world AND frozen ager are the same symptom. THE DEADLOCK: the ages that would satisfy the match are advanced by the ager, which lives behind the match.

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