Stella Atari 2600 VCS Emulator

debilater · 03:26 PM

I'm happy to announce the first public BETA of

Stella Atari 2600 VCS Emulator

Brought to you by debilater.

First Thanks goes to my beloved wife Leo, without her patience and support I couldn't ever make this happen! Thanks goes to the Stella development team for this awesome emulator! And Thanks to the webos-internals team for their hard work on WIDK!

The Stella emulator plays all ROM files for Atari 2600, in fact I haven't found one which doesn't work yet.

Before you start testing/playing please read the official Wiki page about Stella:

Application:Stella - Webos-Internals

Do not post links to ROM files in this thread!

There is a german support forum here.

Current Bugs/Problems:
- Stella crashes if you switch from portrait mode (the default) to landscape mode. Open bug reported to stella maintainer (debilater)

- taking screenshots with the palm (orange+@+p) produces empty images

- if you put stella into the background, the command menu appears

- switching to landscape view from stella freezes the app (it works from commandline though)

Screenshots:

ROM Launcher:

About Dialog:

Settings Dialog:

Game: Mario Bros:

Game: Quadrun:

Update 10.Feb2010 22:25: It's available via Preware now!

OK_01 · 02/10/2010, 07:27 AM

Looks cool.. Now if only there was a way to plug the Atari joystick into the Pre!

debilater · 02/10/2010, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OK_01

Looks cool.. Now if only there was a way to plug the Atari joystick into the Pre!

Well, the funny thing is that stella discovers the accelerometer as joystick

But I was unable to figure out how to play games by shaking the phone

rogerkang · 02/10/2010, 07:50 AM

awesome! now I can relive my youth. I used to have the Atari 2600 (and Commodore Vic 20). Wow, I love all this porting that is going on. Keep up the great work!

debilater · 02/10/2010, 03:29 PM

Stella is available via Preware now.

joselito1976 · 08:41 PM

colecovision or TurboGrafx-16 yeaaaa.i neo geo

richkee · 02/10/2010, 04:09 PM

Stella!!!! Very cool, man. Looking forward to playing some Combat on my phone!

fastamx79 · 02/10/2010, 06:18 PM

This is freakin sweet!! I was getting ready to install MHS into my phone, and when I added in a new custom feed, I saw this app appear. So I searched the forums and found this!

Way to go debilater (and of course props to the wife for supporting you)!!!!! I'm going to be installing this and throwing some ROMs onto my Pre. All we need now is a SNES and Genesis emulator and I'll be in hog heaven!!!

zer00x · 02/10/2010, 06:43 PM

I downloaded the atari emulator and can't get it to launch I uninstalled and reinstalled and still no launch any ideas it never told me of any other service I needed to install.
thanks

arkieboy · 02/10/2010, 07:05 PM

upstart manager service is what Preware said it had to download when I downloaded it.

tennenho · 10:08 PM

Is there a list of keyboard controls somewhere in English?

{EDIT} Never mind

Malakun · 02/12/2010, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the2ndflood

Why isn't this emulator in Preware?

Is in Preware

the2ndflood · 02/12/2010, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malakun

Is in Preware

Where? I have looked through every app listed and I check for updates a bunch of times a day. I have my Preware settings set to check all of the different feeds.

OK_01 · 02/13/2010, 06:51 AM

Yes I found it really difficult to find too.

On the first page of Preware, select 'List of Everything'. Then type 'stella' to search, and it should be the first/only item shown.

the2ndflood · 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OK_01

Yes I found it really difficult to find too.

On the first page of Preware, select 'List of Everything'. Then type 'stella' to search, and it should be the first/only item shown.

I found it! I had tried downloading this emulator before, but it didn't install. But that still caused it to be listed as being installed in Preware. Once I updated to the latest version of Preware; I was able to delete the emu and reinstall it. I'm just glad there is an ever growing list of emulators for the WebOS!

Oh, and are you also planning on adding a Touch-Screen toggle?

debilater · 02/20/2010, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the2ndflood

Oh, and are you also planning on adding a Touch-Screen toggle?

What do you mean? An "on-screen controller" thing like in VBA?

mjkjr · 02/20/2010, 08:27 AM

I'm going to assume the pre supports this fine but the pixi doesn't. Is that correct?

debilater · 02/20/2010, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjkjr

I'm going to assume the pre supports this fine but the pixi doesn't. Is that correct?

Well, I don't know if the pixi actually supports SDL, but if it does all you might have to do is to modify the Stella config.

Edit the file /media/internal/stella/config/stellarc and set the following parameters as such:

Code:

fullres = 320x400
launcherres = 320x400

It should work, but since I don't have access to a pixi and no one reported if it works yet, it might be possible that it doesn't work. If it works for you, could you tell me please? Thanks!

mjkjr · 09:21 AM

I would love to test it out on a pixi and will provide you with some feedback. But I don't think it will feed to a pixi through preware, is there somewhere I can download this from my PC and install through other means?

I read the wiki on it but didn't see anything to download it there.

debilater · 02/20/2010, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjkjr

I read the wiki on it but didn't see anything to download it there.

The actual package is here. You'll need to install the "Upstart Manager Service" (via Preware or WOQI) too.

02/10/2010, 06:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
debilater Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 145 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked 59 Times in 23 Posts	Stella Atari 2600 VCS Emulator I'm happy to announce the first public BETA of Stella Atari 2600 VCS Emulator Brought to you by debilater. First Thanks goes to my beloved wife Leo, without her patience and support I couldn't ever make this happen! Thanks goes to the Stella development team for this awesome emulator! And Thanks to the webos-internals team for their hard work on WIDK! The Stella emulator plays all ROM files for Atari 2600, in fact I haven't found one which doesn't work yet. Before you start testing/playing please read the official Wiki page about Stella: Application:Stella - Webos-Internals Do not post links to ROM files in this thread! There is a german support forum here. Current Bugs/Problems: - Stella crashes if you switch from portrait mode (the default) to landscape mode. Open bug reported to stella maintainer (debilater) - taking screenshots with the palm (orange+@+p) produces empty images - if you put stella into the background, the command menu appears - switching to landscape view from stella freezes the app (it works from commandline though) Screenshots: ROM Launcher: About Dialog: Settings Dialog: Game: Mario Bros: Game: Quadrun: Update 10.Feb2010 22:25: It's available via Preware now! Last edited by debilater; 02/10/2010 at 03:26 PM.
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02/10/2010, 07:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
OK_01 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 5 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 13 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Looks cool.. Now if only there was a way to plug the Atari joystick into the Pre!
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02/10/2010, 07:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
rogerkang Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 402 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 43 Thanked 46 Times in 41 Posts	awesome! now I can relive my youth. I used to have the Atari 2600 (and Commodore Vic 20). Wow, I love all this porting that is going on. Keep up the great work!
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02/10/2010, 03:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
debilater Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 145 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked 59 Times in 23 Posts	Stella is available via Preware now.
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02/10/2010, 03:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
joselito1976 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 134 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 55 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	colecovision or TurboGrafx-16 yeaaaa.i neo geo Last edited by joselito1976; 02/10/2010 at 08:41 PM.
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02/10/2010, 04:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
richkee Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Stella!!!! Very cool, man. Looking forward to playing some Combat on my phone!
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02/10/2010, 06:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
fastamx79 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago, IL / Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 366 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 46 Thanked 47 Times in 40 Posts	This is freakin sweet!! I was getting ready to install MHS into my phone, and when I added in a new custom feed, I saw this app appear. So I searched the forums and found this! Way to go debilater (and of course props to the wife for supporting you)!!!!! I'm going to be installing this and throwing some ROMs onto my Pre. All we need now is a SNES and Genesis emulator and I'll be in hog heaven!!!
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02/10/2010, 06:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
zer00x Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	atari I downloaded the atari emulator and can't get it to launch I uninstalled and reinstalled and still no launch any ideas it never told me of any other service I needed to install. thanks
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02/10/2010, 07:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
arkieboy Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 157 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 16 Thanked 45 Times in 31 Posts	upstart manager service is what Preware said it had to download when I downloaded it.
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02/10/2010, 10:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
tennenho Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 321 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 27 Thanked 44 Times in 28 Posts	Is there a list of keyboard controls somewhere in English? {EDIT} Never mind Last edited by tennenho; 02/10/2010 at 10:08 PM. Reason: Found it
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02/13/2010, 06:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
OK_01 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 5 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 13 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Yes I found it really difficult to find too. On the first page of Preware, select 'List of Everything'. Then type 'stella' to search, and it should be the first/only item shown.
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02/20/2010, 08:27 AM	#17 (permalink)
mjkjr Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kansas City Missouri Posts: 1,045 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 1,197 Thanked 259 Times in 200 Posts	I'm going to assume the pre supports this fine but the pixi doesn't. Is that correct?
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02/20/2010, 09:12 AM	#19 (permalink)
mjkjr Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kansas City Missouri Posts: 1,045 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 1,197 Thanked 259 Times in 200 Posts	I would love to test it out on a pixi and will provide you with some feedback. But I don't think it will feed to a pixi through preware, is there somewhere I can download this from my PC and install through other means? I read the wiki on it but didn't see anything to download it there. Last edited by mjkjr; 02/20/2010 at 09:21 AM.
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