Atari800 Emu Help...

[airwolf]

Hello. I am running the latest version of the Atari800 emu on firmware version 1.0.1. I have all the paths correctly set for everything, but when I try to load a 5200 rom, it says 'Can't load mnt/sd/...a800/roms/asteriod.bin'. I am trying to load the rom for Asteriods that comes with the emu.

All my other roms for Atari5200 have .52 extensions. Will those work? Can I just rename the extention to .bin if .52 does not work? Am I loading up the rom incorrectly? I use 'run atari program' and then select my rom, but nothing will load.

I tried to do 'cartridge management', 'insert cartridge', then the type. This is confusing. I just want to play atari5200 games. Please help...

 

[TelcoLou]

Hello. I am running the latest version of the Atari800 emu on firmware version 1.0.1. I have all the paths correctly set for everything, but when I try to load a 5200 rom, it says 'Can't load mnt/sd/...a800/roms/asteriod.bin'. I am trying to load the rom for Asteriods that comes with the emu.

All my other roms for Atari5200 have .52 extensions. Will those work? Can I just rename the extention to .bin if .52 does not work? Am I loading up the rom incorrectly? I use 'run atari program' and then select my rom, but nothing will load.

I tried to do 'cartridge management', 'insert cartridge', then the type. This is confusing. I just want to play atari5200 games. Please help...

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Yeah, you need to load them in cartridge management ... they can be tricky to run ... try different "types" of carts ... one of 'em should work.

 

[airwolf]

So, the .52 extension on my roms is OK? The readme says that cartridges are .bin format.

And if I load the correct cartridge, the game will start right away, correct? Or do I need to perform some other task after selecting the type?

Thanks.

 

[TelcoLou]

So, the .52 extension on my roms is OK? The readme says that cartridges are .bin format.

And if I load the correct cartridge, the game will start right away, correct? Or do I need to perform some other task after selecting the type?

Thanks.

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Yep, all my 5200 games are in .52 format ...

Just choose "Cartridge Management" then "Insert Cartridge" ... and for an example, I used Montizuma's Revenge and to get it to work, I selected "Two Chip 16 KB 5200 Cartridge", then from the main menu, chose "Reboot (Cold Start)"

You should then be greeted with Joe's little theme tune and the starting screen

*Note: If after you do a cold reboot, you are presented with an error screen, just get back into the main menu (using the left shoulder button) and choose a different cart type.

*Note²: After getting the cart to run, you may find the controls are stuck (you can press the A button, but the joystick doesn't work) ... in this case, press and hold X, select 5200 joy, move right and navigate down to "digital" then let go of the X button.

Good luck

 

[airwolf]

Just tried it the way you suggested. Works like a charm. Wish those instructions were in the readme....Thanks alot.