Atari 800xl Help!

[JJRambo]

 
Hello,
  I have been trying for a few days to get the Atari 800xl running in MA. i have the newest version of everything, all roms working, all bios working and the emulators i have are MESS and Atari800win 4.0

On Maximus' site, it said it supports MESS for the atari. Well no matter what i do, it won't show up in MA. I have no other issues with 7-10 other emulators.

PC Set up:
Win XP  (clean install)
Maximus 2.10
7-10 emulaors with even Daphne working

Please help, i want the Atari more than anything.

[popsicle]

I had better luck with Atari800 and gave up on trying to configure MESS (although I'm using Mala). 

Launching game images in the .xex format instead of .atr or cartridge I found to be easiest.  Check this site:

http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Atari/8bit/games

Blue Max, Archon, Mule, and Alley Cat are great with arcade controls!

[JJRambo]

I had better luck with Atari800 and gave up on trying to configure MESS (although I'm using Mala). 

Launching game images in the .xex format instead of .atr or cartridge I found to be easiest.  Check this site:

http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Atari/8bit/games

Blue Max, Archon, Mule, and Alley Cat are great with arcade controls!

Thanks man, but my problem was getting it to to work or show up in the Maxiumus Arcade Frontend. I never shows up after i config any Atari800 emulator......all my emulators work fine for the 800

can you get it to work in MA? what is your config for it?

[Alkis30]

Please if anybody succeded in launching Atari 800 games (with Atari800Win or any other emulator) through Maximus Arcade please let us know !

[JJRambo]

Please if anybody succeded in launching Atari 800 games (with Atari800Win or any other emulator) through Maximus Arcade please let us know !

Yes please! glad i'm not the only one with the problem

Bump

[JJRambo]

Still no help on this issue?

[jimmy2x2x]

Mine work fine, here is my setup.

Preferences\configuration\Atari 800/800XL

Executable: D:\Emulation\Atari800\Atari800Win.exe
Media(roms): D:\Emulation\Atari800\Games\

Launch TAB
CommandLine: -xl -run %file

Scan TAB
Media Extensions: .xex
Force rescan of media folder: <put a tick in this box>

Thats it, works like a dream for me

[JJRambo]

Wait,
  you get atari800win.exe to show up in MAXIMUS ARCADE? i though it didn't support it? i won't show up in my MA.

could you tell me what version of Max A and Atari800win you have?

[jimmy2x2x]

Sure
Max 2.10
Atari 4.0

Just make sure that atari800win works outside of maximus

enter the information as above and it should work just fine.

EDIT: You are making sure that the "Atari800/800XL" is in the display list (preferences/display order/emulator display order)

you should see it in the master menu if you have

[JJRambo]

I have those exact versions and every setting you specified. Still will not show up in MA. This is the only Emulator not working, and the only one i want!! haha.

it just will now show the pic of it in the interface.


the emulator works perfect without MA

im on windows 7
my arcade cabinet is Windows XP
i can't get it to work on either one!

any other ideas?

[jimmy2x2x]

OK, how far do you get:

1) Do you see the picture of the atari800 in MA's main menu?

2) Do the games show up when you select the atari800?

3) What happens when you select a game?

[JJRambo]

Hey jimmy,
  Thanks for all your help, i was able to get it working with your settings. what I found out was, under configuration and media ROM path, I had to keep it the default from Maximus arcade.  When I chose the executable, it automatically filled in the ROM path.  I kept changing this to my game path and it would not work.

Now it shows up in Maximus.
Thanks man I really appreciate it

[jimmy2x2x]

Great stuff!

Glad you got it working, good luck!

[ArminTamzarian]

Sorry to bump up an older post, but here's a bit of info I have come across that might be helpful for others trying to get Atari800Win Plus to work smoothly in Maximus Arcade.

While popsicle noted that .XEX seems to work better than .ATR or cartridges, I have found that .XEX and .ATR work equally well, so long as the two aren't mixed (as in all Atari 800 ROMs to be used within MA should be either .XEX or .ATR, but not a mixture of both, as the command line parameters needed to launch Atari800Win properly are different for each format).  Cartridges are an even bigger pain in the ass, as I have found that, once a cartridge has been loaded, it will continue to launch, even when another (non-cart) ROM is launched, until manually detached.  My workaround for this was not to use .CART images at all.  I am presently using all .XEX format images in my main 800 setup right now (as I have yet to find an uncorrupted .ATR image of Beamrider), though I have a couple of .ATR images that require BASIC to be enabled which must be launched with different parameters (setup as a different console/system in MA).

I also noticed another post that has come in handy (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55491.0), in which unclet (discussing 5200 emulation) posts a list of command line parameters he has found for Atari800Win Plus.  Here is the list he came up with:

-configure       Update Configuration File"
-config <file>   Specify Alternate Configuration File"
-atari           Emulate Atari 800"
-xl              Emulate Atari 800XL"
-xe              Emulate Atari 130XE"
-320xe           Emulate Atari 320XE (COMPY SHOP)"
-rambo           Emulate Atari 320XE (RAMBO)"
-5200            Emulate Atari 5200 Games System"
-nobasic         Turn off Atari BASIC ROM"
-basic           Turn on Atari BASIC ROM"
-pal             Enable PAL TV mode"
-ntsc            Enable NTSC TV mode"
-osa_rom <file>  Load OS A ROM from file"
-osb_rom <file>  Load OS B ROM from file"
-xlxe_rom <file> Load XL/XE ROM from file"
-5200_rom <file> Load 5200 ROM from file"
-basic_rom <file> Load BASIC ROM from file"
-cart <file>     Install cartridge (raw or CART format)"
-run <file>      Run Atari executable file (COM, EXE, XEX)"
-state <file>    Load saved-state file"
-refresh <rate>  Specify screen refresh rate"
-nopatch         Don't patch SIO routine in OS"
-nopatchall      Don't patch OS at all, H: device won't work"
-a               Use OS A"
-b               Use OS B"
-c               Enable RAM between 0xc000 and 0xcfff in Atari 800"
-v               Show version/release number"

Hopefully someone will find some of this useful...it certainly helped me get things running much more hiccup-free in MA.