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Title: Atari2600 emulator out of sync in arcade monitor **FIXED!**
Post by: amiga500 on June 29, 2008, 12:08:29 am

I have installed MAME 0.125 working great and now I want to install 'Stella' an emulator for the Atari 2600 system.

I'm using Maximus Arcade as the front end.

The problem is when I launch an Atari game the monitor gets out of sync/resoution. I tried the few different options that the emulator shows but nothing fix it.

I have installed Soft15Khz, only the 15Khz mode, hace not installed the 25 and 31khz mode because the monitor had a double image with them.

I don't know if it possible to run atari2600 games on an arcade monitor.

I copy and paste here the .ini file for stella.exe:

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;  Stella configuration file
;
;  Lines starting with ';' are comments and are ignored.
;  Spaces and tabs are ignored.
;
;  Format MUST be as follows:
;    command = value
;
;  Commmands are the same as those specified on the commandline,
;  without the '-' character.
;
;  Values are the same as those allowed on the commandline.
;  Boolean values are specified as 1 (or true) and 0 (or false)
;
video = soft
dirtyrects = 0
gl_filter = linear
gl_aspect = 2.0
gl_fsmax = 1
gl_lib = libGL.so
gl_vsync = 1
scale_ui = zoom2x
scale_tia = zoom2x
fullscreen = 0
center = true
grabmouse = false
palette = standard
colorloss = 0
sound = true
fragsize = 2048
freq = 31400
tiafreq = 31400
volume = 100
clipvol = true

sa1 = left
sa2 = right
p0speed = 50
p1speed = 50
p2speed = 50
p3speed = 50
pthresh = 600
showinfo = false
ssdir = .\
sssingle = false
romdir = c:\
rombrowse = true
lastrom =
modtime =
debugheight = 0
launchersize = 2
uipalette = 0
autoslot = false

Thanks :cheers:

Title: Re: Atari2600 emulator out of sync in arcade monitor HELP
Post by: EVEGames on July 01, 2008, 03:09:07 pm

Amiga500,
You might want to give Z26 a try: http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html
I've had no problems running it on an arcade monitor.
-EVEGames

Title: Re: Atari2600 emulator out of sync in arcade monitor HELP
Post by: massive88 on July 01, 2008, 03:35:51 pm

I dont have an arcade monitor, but wouldnt Mess be a good choice for compatibility?

Title: Re: Atari2600 emulator out of sync in arcade monitor HELP
Post by: amiga500 on July 02, 2008, 01:09:43 am

Ok, I'll try those emulators.
thanks :cheers:

Title: Re: Atari2600 emulator out of sync in arcade monitor HELP
Post by: EVEGames on July 02, 2008, 12:33:43 pm

Amiga500,
I almost forgot, the "official" version of Z26 is not 100% cab friendly, but there is an alternate version that is.  Get it here:
http://www.localarcade.com/screenshotarchive/downloads_emus.htm

Massive88,
I may be out of the loop with the latest MESS developments, but last time I looked, their Atari2600 emulation left much to be desired.  Unlike their Colecovision and Vextrex which are spot-on.

-EVEGames

Title: Re: Atari2600 emulator out of sync in arcade monitor HELP
Post by: amiga500 on July 02, 2008, 03:13:22 pm

Quote from: EVEGames on July 02, 2008, 12:33:43 pm

Amiga500,
I almost forgot, the "official" version of Z26 is not 100% cab friendly, but there is an alternate version that is.  Get it here:
http://www.localarcade.com/screenshotarchive/downloads_emus.htm

Massive88,
I may be out of the loop with the latest MESS developments, but last time I looked, their Atari2600 emulation left much to be desired.  Unlike their Colecovision and Vextrex which are spot-on.

-EVEGames

Thanks man, it works on my arcade!
 :cheers: