Other EMUs

[Boz]

Just curious what most other people are using for Intellivision, NES, and Atari. Nostalgia works well enough for Intellivision games, but the emulation is quite slow. Suggestions?

[Zeppo]

fceu for NES
Zsnes for SNES
Daphne for laserdiscs
Z26 for the Atari 2600

I am looking for a good emulator for the Atari 800 that I can use with mamewah.
I have Atari800Win, but it won't work from the command line. Or if it does, I haven't figured it out.

Try this for ini files for the various emulators.
http://www.emuchrist.org/cpviewer/mamewahinifiles.htm

[unclet]

This question gets asked a lot so I thought I would post all my emulators I have with the associated software I use in parenthesis ():

Mame (command line mame.exe)
3DO (freedo)
Adventure Vision (mess)
Arcadia (mess)
Astrocade (mess)
Atari 2600 (stella)
Atari 5200(atari800WinPlus4.0)
Atari 7800 (mess)
Atari 800XL (atari800WinPlus4.0)
Atari Jaguar (virtualJaguar)
Atari Lynx (handy)
Channel-F (mess)
Colecovision (mess)
Commodore Amiga (winuae)
Daphne (daphne.exe)
Future Pinball (futurePinball.exe)
Gameboy (visualBoyAdvance)
Gameboy Color (visualBoyAdvance)
Gameboy Advance (visualBoyAdvance)
Intellivision (nostalgia)
Neo Geo Pocket - Mono (neoPop)
Neo Geo Pocket - Color (neoPop)
Nintendo (fceUltra)
Nintendo 64 (Project64)
Odyssey2 (o2em)
Passigar Scumm (scummVm)
Sega 32x (fusion)
Sega CD (fusion)
Sega Dreamcast (chankast)
Sega Gamegear (fusion)
Sega Genesis (fusion)
Sega Master System (fusion)
Sega SC3000 (fusion)
Sega SG1000 (fusion)
Super Nintendo (zsNes)
SuperVision (mess)
Vetrex (mess)
Virtualboy (realityBoy)
Visual Pinball (vpinball.exe)

[unclet]

Zeppo
I had the same problem when trying to run my Atari800XL games .....

Try this version and see if it works for you:

- Goto http://atariarea.krap.pl/PLus/index_us.htm
- Click the "Atari800Win PLus 4.0.exe" link

This is the only version I found which works for me via command line (read below).

PS:  Also, this software pretty much runs all of my 90+ Atari5200 games (except for 3) as well, which MESS and jum52 could not do ...... 

Here is information from the MALA-How-To Guide I wrote a while back:

Atari800WinPlus emulator (Atari 5200 and Atari800XL)

I discovered the "Atari800WinPlus4.0" emulator and it plays all the Atari 5200 games for me (except Pitfall, Wizard of Wor, Star Trek) ..... it also plays all the Atari 800XL games and most importantly ........ interfaces with my TV in fullscreen excellently.

Thing is ..... I could not figure out what the command line parameters were for this emulator.  It originally seemed like a windows only GUI application, however, I looked at the source code and found the following command line options were available:

-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 <fil> 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"


Important ROM file Information:
When I tried to play some Atari 5200 games, the emulator would make me choose whether the game was a "One chip 16KB 5200 cartridge" or "Two chip 16KB 5200 cartridge".  After making the correct selection, the game would start, however, the prompting for information before a game starts is not nice for an arcade cabinet.   Anyway, I found out that the ROM fiels I had were not in “true” cartridge format.  Some of the game files were missing cartridge-specific file header information.  Anyway, this emulator allows you to convert the game files so they have the proper header information.  Once this conversion is completed, then the games start up right away without prompting for information.  The next paragraph explains how to convert the files, which is very easy.

Originally my Atari 5200 game roms had an extension of "bin" (or "a52").   What you need to do is start each game in the Atari800Win emulator manually by starting the emulator and going into the "File\Attach Cartridge" menu and selecting the bin (or a52) game file.  If the game is not considered a "true" cartridge file (ie: does not have specific cartridge header information included) then the emulator will ask you to select whether the game is a "One chip 16KB 5200 cartridge" or "Two chip 16KB 5200 cartridge".   You can try either selection and see which one works.   Once you find which one works you can go into the "Misc\Convert" menu and select "ROM to CART" option.  This will allow you to convert a BIN (or a52) file to a cartridge (CAR) file by appending the correct header cartridge information to your file.  Dont worry, it will not overwrite your existing ROM file but will instead ask you to save it to a different file ..... just save it to have a CAR extension.  Once the file has been converted you can try to "attach" the cartridge (CAR) file via the menu and will now see that the emulator starts the game automatically.

Converting does not take long since the Atari5200 only has about 90+ games...... and the actual conversion is super quick.....

[Thenasty]

This question gets asked a lot so I thought I would post all my emulators I have with the associated software I use in parenthesis ():

add to the list

Commodreo 64 = Vice

[unclet]

I only listed the emulators I use ......  I had a heck of time trying to set up Commodore 64 so I decided it was not worth my effort ......   

PS:  I do not think I tried "vice" though ... I think I tried something called CCS64 ...

[Zeppo]

Zeppo
I had the same problem when trying to run my Atari800XL games .....

Try this version and see if it works for you:

- Goto http://atariarea.krap.pl/PLus/index_us.htm
- Click the "Atari800Win PLus 4.0.exe" link

This is the only version I found which works for me via command line (read below).

PS:  Also, this software pretty much runs all of my 90+ Atari5200 games (except for 3) as well, which MESS and jum52 could not do ...... 

Ok, I am finally getting a chance to work with this emulator.
Got it downloaded, got an ini from another thread : http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=112374&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

Got all the roms and some .atr games.
Mamewah will even generate the game list.
But when I go to run the program from Mamewah, it locks up with a black screen.

I need to know how to:
Make it exit on ESC.
Configure the control keys, i.e. map it to MAME defaults, like Player 1 button to start, etc..
And, of course, how to make the games play when selected.

I'm sure I am missing some kind of /switch or something in the ini, and I will keep working on it.
Here is the .ini I am using in Mamewah:

### Atari800.ini (mamewah v1.62) ###

emulator_title                            Atari800XL

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\emulators\atari800winplus\disks
rom_extension                             atr
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      c:\emulators\atari800winplus\Atari800Win.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       c:\emulators\atari800winplus\snap
movie_preview_path                        c:\emulators\atari800winplus\previews
movie_artwork_no                          1
enable_fuzzy_search                       0
history_dat_file                          auto
history_dat_artwork_no                    2

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
select_random_game                        0
saver_type                                gamelist_slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
saver_commandline                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
description_display                       [description]{scroll}

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0




Thanks

[Marky_1979]

How well does Chankast the Dreamcast emulator work?

[muzland]

Slightly off-topic,

But has anyone managed to get a ZX Spectrum emulator to work with GameEx?

I have tried several times but cannot get it to work.

I have posted on the Gamex forum with no success as well.

Cheers
Muzland