Atari 2600, 5200, 7800 Emulators?


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Are there any Atari 2600, Atari 5200 & Atari 7800 emulators out there? I looked on the archive and I couldnt find any. Did I miss them somewhere?
 
MrPepper posted on Mar 24 2007 at 06:24 PM said:
Are there any Atari 2600, Atari 5200 & Atari 7800 emulators out there? I looked on the archive and I couldnt find any. Did I miss them somewhere?
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The Atari800 emulator does them all.

Select the system/amount of memory you want to emulate from the main menu in the emulator.

It works great :)
 
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nubie posted on Mar 24 2007 at 09:31 PM said:
MrPepper posted on Mar 24 2007 at 06:24 PM said:
Are there any Atari 2600, Atari 5200 & Atari 7800 emulators out there? I looked on the archive and I couldnt find any. Did I miss them somewhere?
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The Atari800 emulator does them all.

Select the system/amount of memory you want to emulate from the main menu in the emulator.

It works great :)
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I can't remember if Atari800 does the 7800 but gp2xmess does. I also do not think it does the 2600 unless it has changed. Stella is a good choice for the Atari 2600. Atari800 from what I remember does all of the 800/XL/XE series as well as the 5200 (which is very similar to an 800 supposedly).

~telengard
 
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telengard posted on Mar 24 2007 at 08:01 PM said:
I can't remember if Atari800 does the 7800 but gp2xmess does. I also do not think it does the 2600 unless it has changed. Stella is a good choice for the Atari 2600. Atari800 from what I remember does all of the 800/XL/XE series as well as the 5200 (which is very similar to an 800 supposedly).

~telengard
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Yah, 1088XE and 5200 and all the XE and XL's apparently (130/320/576 600XL OS/a and OS/B).

So I guess it is MESS for the 7800.
 
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MrPepper posted on Mar 25 2007 at 01:24 AM said:
Are there any Atari 2600, Atari 5200 & Atari 7800 emulators out there? I looked on the archive and I couldnt find any. Did I miss them somewhere?
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You cant have looked very hard !

Theres a very good Atari VCS (2600) emulator on page 4 of the emulators - VCS 2600
 
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psj3809 posted on Mar 25 2007 at 09:19 AM said:
MrPepper posted on Mar 25 2007 at 01:24 AM said:
Are there any Atari 2600, Atari 5200 & Atari 7800 emulators out there? I looked on the archive and I couldnt find any. Did I miss them somewhere?
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You cant have looked very hard !
Theres a very good Atari VCS (2600) emulator on page 4 of the emulators - VCS 2600
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Seriously Mr Pepper! You didn't look very hard at all!

Atari 400/800 emulation on atari800gp2x v1.0:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMAfPTRWVg

Atari 7800 via gp2xmess:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTgVxg99r_E

Stella v2.2r1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdg5fV_8w6U

Stella running on split screen on a gp2x, ds, and gba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPU8U8xy5Go
 
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First off, I’ve never even played an Atari game system before. I’ve only been only familiar with the 3 systems that I wrote in the original post, the 2600, 5200 and the 7800. The Atari 800 emulator doesn’t mention any of the 3 systems that I had heard of in the title or in the written description. So how would I know what it plays? The gp2xmess only contains one of the systems I wanted and I don’t really want the other emulators that are included. As for “Stella v2.2r1” that also doesn’t mention the 3 systems I had known of and doesn’t even include the word “Atari” in the title or the description. So how would I know what the hell it even plays? Yeah, there are some videos on youtube that show emulators being played. What is easier, asking a simple question on a forum, or filing through 382 videos for over 80 different emulators for game systems I don’t even want to know about?
 
MrPepper posted on Mar 26 2007 at 04:40 PM said:
First off, I’ve never even played an Atari game system before. I’ve only been only familiar with the 3 systems that I wrote in the original post, the 2600, 5200 and the 7800. The Atari 800 emulator doesn’t mention any of the 3 systems that I had heard of in the title or in the written description. So how would I know what it plays? The gp2xmess only contains one of the systems I wanted and I don’t really want the other emulators that are included. As for “Stella v2.2r1” that also doesn’t mention the 3 systems I had known of and doesn’t even include the word “Atari” in the title or the description. So how would I know what the hell it even plays? Yeah, there are some videos on youtube that show emulators being played. What is easier, asking a simple question on a forum, or filing through 382 videos for over 80 different emulators for game systems I don’t even want to know about?
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Hi MrPepper,

Unfortunately there is currently no other Atari 7800 emulator other than gp2xmess. You can use it just for the Atari 7800 emulation and not use the other systems. Each system is started with a different gpe file so you'll never know that it supports other systems. :)

~telengard
 
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MrPepper said:
First off, I’ve never even played an Atari game system before. I’ve only been only familiar with the 3 systems that I wrote in the original post, the 2600, 5200 and the 7800. The Atari 800 emulator doesn’t mention any of the 3 systems that I had heard of in the title or in the written description. So how would I know what it plays? The gp2xmess only contains one of the systems I wanted and I don’t really want the other emulators that are included. As for “Stella v2.2r1” that also doesn’t mention the 3 systems I had known of and doesn’t even include the word “Atari” in the title or the description. So how would I know what the hell it even plays? Yeah, there are some videos on youtube that show emulators being played. What is easier, asking a simple question on a forum, or filing through 382 videos for over 80 different emulators for game systems I don’t even want to know about?
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You're right, many of the descriptions in the archive are very poor and assume that everyone knows what the program is. This makes it very confusing for newbies.
 
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Stella was the official nickname for the Atari VCS 2600.

like this:
inside-dvd-streetcar2.jpg

STELLLLA!
 
I haven't tried it, so I'm just going to be lazy and ask if it's possible to use 2600 games with the 7800 emulation on Mess. I know my real life 7800 plays 2600 games. Does it have like both systems in there or something?
 
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I haven't tried it, so I'm just going to be lazy and ask if it's possible to use 2600 games with the 7800 emulation on Mess. I know my real life 7800 plays 2600 games. Does it have like both systems in there or something?
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That's a great question. I did the gp2xmess development and I never thought to try that. Given the speed of 7800 emulation (not 100% speed, more like 75% most games) Stella or the other 2600 emulator would probably be a better bet.

~telengard
 
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MESS doesn't support 2600 from within 7800 emulation.

There is a separate 7800 emu released by ZX-81 called gp2x7800.

It was recently updated to gain some more speed. It's got good computability, though not stunning. Some games do not work but this because the original PC version of the emulator does not support 100% of the 7800 game catalog.
Speed it okay, but I was a but surprised to find that it's not full speed for many games. Overclocking should fix that.
 
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