PSPAtari: Atari 800/130/5200 Emulator for PSP v1.0.2

[zx-81]

Hi All,

Here is a new version of PSPAtari the emulator of Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 series.

What's new in version 1.0.2 :

- Sound support
- Add various render modes (normal/fit/x1.25 ...)
- Code cleaning and bug fix
- New virtual keys

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

In the main emulator window you can only load Atari 800 roms ...
If you want to load 5200 roms, please use the "Original" Atari800 menu
(the yellow option in the emulator menu, or the UI key on the virtual keyboard).

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.


Enjoy,

Zx.

[Vanden]

kool it runs great

to bad it doesnt have any great games like et

[ByteMaster]

Great! Thanks! I've been waiting for a good Atari 800/XL/XE Emulator, I've been using Aenea's (who seems to have disappeared...) A800 Emu until now. Montezuma's Revenge 48K (see the snapshot with the article) is indeed a great old Atari 800 classic, can't wait to play it again!)

[zx-81]

the sound is not so good, but i've spent so many hours to try to make it better without any success, so i've released it as is ...

[Nikitis]

ZX-81 Wow, cool emulator. Hey I gotta know what game that is in the picture. It's one of my childhood favorites, but It's been sooooo long since i've played it I forgot the name!

- Nikitis

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by Nikitis

ZX-81 Wow, cool emulator. Hey I gotta know what game that is in the picture. It's one of my childhood favorites, but It's been sooooo long since i've played it I forgot the name!

- Nikitis

Thanks . this is "Montezuma's Revenge" :icon_smil

[dalton4life]

How do I load 5200 ROMs? I tried following the Read me, but it's not working. Thanks.

[Glynnder]

nice! sorrhy, cant merember (yes, i said merember) if this worxors on 2.01+?

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by dalton4life

How do I load 5200 ROMs? I tried following the Read me, but it's not working. Thanks.

For those who wonder how to use 5200 Roms :

You have to load them using the original atari800 emulator menu (the yellow "Atari800 menu" option in the emulator window ).

Then select "Cartridge management" then "Insert cartridge" and choose your disk image file (using the file requester stuff), then choose the cartridge type corresponding to your ROM and go back to the emulator using LTrigger.

It should then reboot, and start your game :mrgreen:

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by Glynnder- PSPro

nice! sorrhy, cant merember (yes, i said merember) if this worxors on 2.01+?

It works on all FW ...

[Vanden]

omg you got it working on 2.71 jok/ing i know you ddient get it working there

also game you name some good games i can get for this

[dalton4life]

Originally Posted by zx-81

For those who wonder how to use 5200 Roms :

You have to load them using the original atari800 emulator menu (the yellow "Atari800 menu" option in the emulator window ).

Then select "Cartridge management" then "Insert cartridge" and choose your disk image file (using the file requester stuff), then choose the cartridge type corresponding to your ROM and go back to the emulator using LTrigger.

It should then reboot, and start your game :mrgreen:

Thanks for answering so quicky. I did all that and the screen turned green when I went back with L, but the game didn't start. I tried with multi extensions: .a52, .bin, .rom and .zip and ROMs from multiple sources. I'm on 2.60 if that makes a difference.

[AhMan]

This is very nice. zx-81, have you ever thought of adding a WiFi keyboard to your emulator.

Let me elaborate a bit on this WiFi keyboard idea. For all these emulators you make, they all use the danzeff keyboard which is okay if you don't have a real keyboard. I'm thinking of using my PC keyboard, whatever I type on the PC will get interpreted by the emulator as the native key input. This can be done by having an application on Windows reading all keyboard input. It will then send these keys via WiFi (TCP/IP) to a PSP application which will then pass it to the emulator (similar to the way danzeff is working). Pls let me know what you think.

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by dalton4life

Thanks for answering so quicky. I did all that and the screen turned green when I went back with L, but the game didn't start. I tried with multi extensions: .a52, .bin, .rom and .zip and ROMs from multiple sources. I'm on 2.60 if that makes a difference.

Try to reset the emulator (using the reset menu). On which game ?

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by AhMan

This is very nice. zx-81, have you ever thought of adding a WiFi keyboard to your emulator.

Let me elaborate a bit on this WiFi keyboard idea. For all these emulators you make, they all use the danzeff keyboard which is okay if you don't have a real keyboard. I'm thinking of using my PC keyboard, whatever I type on the PC will get interpreted by the emulator as the native key input. This can be done by having an application on Windows reading all keyboard input. It will then send these keys via WiFi (TCP/IP) to a PSP application which will then pass it to the emulator (similar to the way danzeff is working). Pls let me know what you think.

It's funny :mrgreen: ... But if i'm in front of my PC, i will run all those emulators on their windows or linux version rather than using the keyboard of my PC to play this emulator on a very small screen (compared to my PC monitor).

But technicaly, it should be possible ... even if latency may be a bit annoying .

[AhMan]

I know all these EMUs have Windows version, but it would be easier to use a real keyboard to load/start programs/roms/whatever in the emu. Then after the game has started, I can still carry the PSP around the house and play with it. Well, if you're not interested in making it, I guess I'll implement it then. lol

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by AhMan

I know all these EMUs have Windows version, but it would be easier to use a real keyboard to load/start programs/roms/whatever in the emu. Then after the game has started, I can still carry the PSP around the house and play with it. Well, if you're not interested in making it, I guess I'll implement it then. lol

[gottenx]

I can't get the emulator to work on my 2.0 PSP. Any help here will be hot! I'm using eLoader 0.97 without success, also tried it with Choice. I really want to play montezuma!

[zx-81]

I've not tested it on 2.0, but it should work. Did you copy properly the content of the fw2.0/pspatari to your /psp/game/pspatari directory ? Does the emulator run or not ? Does it fail when you try to load a rom ?

[gottenx]

OK, everything is set where it's supposed to be, when loading the following text shows up, PSP Atari v1.0.2: Atari800..... Please Wait now loading !. Then the text suddenly becomes big in the screen (as if a bug in windows when playing old DOS games) and freezes there.

No, the emu doesn't even load, it freezes in "loading" screen (described above)

What can I do?

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by gottenx

OK, everything is set where it's supposed to be, when loading the following text shows up, PSP Atari v1.0.2: Atari800..... Please Wait now loading !. Then the text suddenly becomes big in the screen (as if a bug in windows when playing old DOS games) and freezes there.

Ok i see ... so it runs, initialize the graphical mode, and then hangs

Originally Posted by gottenx

No, the emu doesn't even load, it freezes in "loading" screen (described above) What can I do?

So if it is confirmed on other 2.0 FW, it means that it doesn't work on 2.0 (even if i really don't understand why ...)

The last try, could be to remove completly the pspatari folder on your psp, and retry to unzip it one more time ... may be some files/roms are corrupted ?

[gottenx]

zx-81, I noticed an empty folder called scr and a folder in the zip file called src. I don't know if it's the right way, but I copied the content of src from the zip file to the scr folder and now the emu works. Let me know anyway if there is another problem or if it's that what is correct to have it working.

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by gottenx

zx-81, I noticed an empty folder called scr and a folder in the zip file called src. I don't know if it's the right way, but I copied the content of src from the zip file to the scr folder and now the emu works.

The src directory contains the source code of the emulator (if you want to re-build it by your own ). The scr directory contains the screenshot you can do inside the emulator ...

Originally Posted by gottenx

Let me know anyway if there is another problem or if it's that what is correct to have it working.

What i think (because it happens many times to me) is that some directories on your memory stick are corrupted, and what you have done simply rewrite previous files in other location that aren't corrupted. What i do in that case is to remove the game directory (or only the one i've problem on), and copy back all the contents. It happens also, that i had to re-format my memory stick ...

[gottenx]

Back with a solution. It seems the problem in 2.0 is to start the emulator withou changing the CPU speed. I restarted my PSP and when trying toload the emulator didn't work again, so I reset once more and didn't touch the CPU speed in the eloader. It works fine now.

Thanx for the support anyway, at least we have found the way to make it work!. Sweet, I am now enjoyoing Montezuma! Won't sleep tonight playing the game.

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by gottenx

Back with a solution. It seems the problem in 2.0 is to start the emulator withou changing the CPU speed. I restarted my PSP and when trying toload the emulator didn't work again, so I reset once more and didn't touch the CPU speed in the eloader. It works fine now.

Thanx for the support anyway, at least we have found the way to make it work!. Sweet, I am now enjoyoing Montezuma! Won't sleep tonight playing the game.

Many thanks for your feedback and for that hint ! I'm sure it will be usefull for many other 2.0 FW gamers :icon_smil

[gottenx]

BTW, awesome work! Thank you for bringing me back many memories with the Atari games!

[.slikk66.]

Hi, does this play .EXE games?

I have several games for my Atari800Win emulator that are ".exe" files like Pitfall 2, Pitstop, BC"s Quest For Tires, Jungle Hunt

But they are all executables and your readme doesnt say anything about playing those.

Thanks for the info!

[zx-81]

Originally Posted by .slikk66.

Hi, does this play .EXE games?

I have several games for my Atari800Win emulator that are ".exe" files like Pitfall 2, Pitstop, BC"s Quest For Tires, Jungle Hunt

But they are all executables and your readme doesnt say anything about playing those.

Thanks for the info!

.Exe files are not supported ...

[aDcOoL]

Alrighty, this is weird.

When trying some ROMs that end in .bin and .a52, using the Original menu thing, I get a screen with a green background and says:

Self Test

---------------
Memory
Audio-Visual
Keyboard
All Tests
--------------
Select, Start or Reset


If I let it start, it just flashes a whole bunch of squares across my screen and it doesn't look like it's doing much.....

[venom555]

I'm a new member here and I wanted to ask if there were any atari emulators for the psp fw2.8 that's pretty much it for now