That's always been my take on it, but it's innovative, and it makes the most of what's there. I like how the article essentially points out that the cartridge,

That's always been my take on it, but it's innovative, and it makes the most of what's there. I like how the article essentially points out that the cartridge, for all its primitive functionality, is essentially a BASIC IDE. Another great example of pulling functionality out of its rear end is BASIC for the Bally Astrocade, where they basically intercalate the bits of BASIC program space with bits of video memory. Of course, this also hamstrings your ability to take full advantage of the hardware, but hey, everything has its price.