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My first computer was an Atari 800XL with 1050 disk drive. Over several years, I accumulated dozens of programs for it. Although it is locked away in storage, I can still play the great games and other programs on my PC Thanks to the miracle of emulation.
This page is evolving. It originally only covered Atari emulation on the PC, it now covers it on any platform. I don't have time to keep on top of everything, so please send me any news that you do not see here, as well as anything else, 8-bit information, good links, graphics, animation. If it's relevant to the topic, I will gladly put it here.
NEW! News has been moved to its own page here
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Put your favorite emulator through its paces. Try one of the demos below to see how accurate the emulation really is.
Music Master This is an old demo which includes music extracted from several games such as M.U.L.E, Boulderdash, Archon and many others. They can be played and changed on demand. Try it under XL-it and Rainbow! (Just make sure you limit the emulation to 50 or 60fps) This is an autobooting .xfd File size: 19K.
If you'd like to develop your own emulator. This is a good place to start.
6502 Emulator Written by Ivan Mackintosh. Using an off the shelf CPU emulator can save you a LOT of time developing an emulator. Don't re-invent the wheel if you don't have to. File size: 7K.
Multi 6502 Emulator Written by Neil Bradley. This 6502 emulator is apparently designed to be used in multiprocessor emulations. It also claims to run as fast as a 10Mhz 6502 on a P-60. File size: 120K.
6502 Emulation PackageAnother 6502 emulator, written by emulator wizard Marat Fayzullin. This one has been around awhile and has been used in several emulators, so it's known to be reliable. File size: 12K.
Pokey Emulation Routines. Written by Ron Fries. Atari Sound has been something that most emulator writers have had trouble implementing correctly. Now you don't have to. These routines are close to perfect! You can hear how they sound in XL-it. The author encourages new emulator authors to use these. File size: 38K.
Some people started making an online version of the book "Mapping the Atari". If the URL for this exists yet, can someone please let me know? Send me E-mail
This is a section of links to programs that make using an Atari 8-bit emulator just a little bit easier.
Xfdtools are a small set of utilities to copy individual files to, from, and get a listing of .XFD images. They should work on any Unix platform.
Imageman This is a utility to convert between XFD, ATR and DCM format.
Anadisk and Deana Are two utilities that allow you to read in single density Atari floppy disks on your PC in a 5.25" drive, and convert them to an XFD/ATR. (Note: This is a link to the directory ONLY, the filenames are anad207.zip and deana.com, respectivly)
Atari Software
Some of the software found at the following links were commercial products in the early 1980's. Although they are no longer available commercially and they have little market potential today, they do remain under copyright.
Whether or not to download such software is a value judgement. You won't be hurting anyone financially (since you can't buy these). Software companies won't prosecute you for copying old 8-bit stuff, most don't even seem to be concerned about the distribution of 8-bit software on the internet. However, most haven't given permission for such a distribution *yet*.
Keep in mind that I don't run any of the following sites, I only link to them, so if you have a serious objection to any of the material found there, please complain to the administrator of that particular site.
That being said, here are the sites:
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| ftp.hackerz.com | Atari 8-bit Games |
Not Specific to Atari 8-bit:
STonX -- Atari ST Emulator.
 Links2Go Atari |
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All original images on this page were created using a combination of xv, xpaint, gifmerge, and The Gimp running under the Linux Operating System. ATASCI art was created using the "Atari Memo Pad" under the "Atari800" emulator. Comments? Questions? Drop me a line at asmolar@ma.ultranet.com |