PSP2600: Atari 2600 emulator for PSP v1.1.0 (final)

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October 3rd, 2007, 20:40
zx-81

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PSP2600: Atari 2600 emulator for PSP v1.1.0 (final)

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/images/psp2600-snap-v5.jpg

Hi All,

For those who has missed the beginning, Stella is on of the best emulator of Atari 2600
game console, running on many different systems, such as Linux, Solaris, Windows,
MacOS/X, WinCE, OS/2, GP2X.

It has been written initially by Bradford Mott, see http://stella.sourceforge.net/ for details.

PSP2600 is a port on PSP of the version v2.2 of Stella. It's based on the work
of Aenea who was the first to port Stella to PSP, and David Voswinkel
who's now in charge of the PSP port in Stella team.

It has been developped on linux for Firmware 3.x-OE and for PSP-slim.

What's new in this version (i hope the last) ?

- Display and save thumbnail images for each save state
- New graphics
- Option to prevent the blue led to be displayed when
L or R are pressed

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

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

You can download it on my blog :
http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/

Enjoy,

Zx.

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October 3rd, 2007, 20:43
Sonicboy 101

Fantastic, time to play E.T! :p
Seriously, great work zx.
October 3rd, 2007, 22:49
carpy

crashes and lock-ups all over the place.

H.E.R.O doesnt' run.
October 3rd, 2007, 23:41
brunobelo

The situation here:

Using the 3.xx eboot, the emulator boots, I can see the gui of the emulator, but when I load a game, the sound of the game is played, but the image not.

Using the 1.5 eboot, the emulator boots but I can't see the gui, plus, my PSP menu button can't exit of the emulator. None of the keys pressed works in this mode.

And, as far as I could see, still doesn't run Pitfall 2, so I'll stay with the 1.04 version.

Anyway, thanks zx-81, I'm a big fan of you! :-D

PS: I'm still using 3.40 OE-A.
October 4th, 2007, 01:03
Veskgar

Thank you zx-81, your emulator releases have always made the scene more exciting. I'm so glad you are working on emulators for the Slim PSP.

Can't wait to try it out.
October 4th, 2007, 01:24
fucht017

Memory lane

Yes yes..Thank you very much for this zx-81...The PSP realy is a (games)time machine..I was crazy about the Atari 2600..Payed a lot of money for it back then..:thumbup:
October 4th, 2007, 04:19
ish420ism

I remember growing up, playing atari. thanks for the release.

PS. I guess i need to check the forums, but is there a 7800 version play both 2600 and 7800 games?TNX N ADVNCE
October 4th, 2007, 07:40
zx-81

Quote:

Originally Posted by brunobelo

The situation here:

Using the 3.xx eboot, the emulator boots, I can see the gui of the emulator, but when I load a game, the sound of the game is played, but the image not.

You may change the smooth mode to off, and see what happens ?
I can't reproduce this bug, so it will be hard to fix :(.

@ish420ism:

There is another emu for 7800 (i'm working on a new version).
October 4th, 2007, 09:27
Poem58

Quote:

Originally Posted by zx-81

David Voswinkel
who's now in charge of the PSP port in Stella team.

Zx..I've told you before and tell you again...
YOU ARE FREAKIN AWSOME!! Thanks again so much for bringing the good ol' 2600 to our PSP's.

Will these new modifications be added to the old Fatty's or is all new stuff just gonna be for slim (in any case I'm happy)

But as for this David Voswinkle..no offense to him but what could he possibly be in charge of...you have picked up Aenea's port and made it play as accurately as the console itself (granted the PSP has no paddle etc..and it seems ONLY Pitfall2 has a problem although I think it works fine on my fatty) what would he be in charge of?

I was surprised to see this update as the one I downloaded from you early this year worked fine...
I'm wondering will it ever be possible (or has it been fixed and I missed it) to just exit from the home button without locking the PSP up? Is that the kind of stuff the Stella Team guy will work on....If so I hope he builds off your port as it's nearly perfect (I only say nearly cause the minor issues)

In any case thanks again for letting me crash on the couch and relive my days a 10 year old boy sitting on the floor staring at missile command until 3 in the morning!

My Dream for PSP Stella (would be helpfull someday for tv out Slim PSP's ) even on my fatty I would love an adaptor(or directions to make one like the stelladaptor) to the usb to hook up a paddle/joystick...that would be sweet...probably not possible though :-(
October 4th, 2007, 12:29
zx-81

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poem58

Will these new modifications be added to the old Fatty's or is all new stuff just gonna be for slim (in any case I'm happy)

All those modifications work for both fat and slim.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poem58

But as for this David Voswinkle..no offense to him but what could he possibly be in charge of...you have picked up Aenea's port and made it play as accurately as the console itself (granted the PSP has no paddle etc..and it seems ONLY Pitfall2 has a problem although I think it works fine on my fatty) what would he be in charge of?

Yes you're right, btw he doesn't even appear in the
Stella team list (on the official web site) , and the PSP part is not any longer part of the Stella project :

Quote:

Originally Posted by from_stella_web_site

Removed PSP support, since it hasn't been updated in over a year, and someone else is maintaining another port elsewhere.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poem58

I'm wondering will it ever be possible (or has it been fixed and I missed it) to just exit from the home button without locking the PSP up?

This bug appears on all my psp port, i never spent time on it, but may be one day i will fix it. Nevertheless, you can still exit using the home button but only in the emulator menu.
October 4th, 2007, 16:57
Poem58

Thanks for your reply...yeah I was looking right after my post and couldn't find that guy listed...they probably saw your release and said "Why bother, that works great" and moved on!

As for shutting down in the menu....yeah I forget all your emu's did that...cause soon as the 2600 emu came out I stopped playing the others!
My only problem is everything BUT these emu's shuts down with the button so I just instinctively do it then go ..."Oh that right!" and groan at myself for forgetting and reset the PSP....
It's no big deal really...I am curious though...since all/most other emu's and progs exit by the home button...what kept you from getting that to work?
I notice that all the emu's seem to have the same general loading/setting/control screens (which looks like a template or something) How did you make them obviously different emulations but in the same appearance....just remember don't be TOO technical...I don't know how to code...it's just a curiosity seeing as how so many others projects have always seemed to look way different.
It just made me wonder if you had a master emulation program and each old system "plugged into" that environment....

In any case thanks again...and if I ever get healthy enough to work again...and you have a donation link...I feel I owe you for making the easiest most accurate 2600 I have ever played Not on the system or sitting in front of my PC...(tried Pocket PC, but it seemed off and was difficult to setup well)
October 4th, 2007, 22:41
Illegal Machine

Ok now Im confused...

Because the home key has worked for this and the intellivision emulators for this and the previous release.

So why exactly is it not working for you or even ZX truley perplexes me

and this rocks... loads up everything just fine... How do you re-edit the source to include simultaneous D-pad and analog support?
October 5th, 2007, 08:02
zx-81

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poem58

What kept you from getting that to work?

I've tried several times to figure out what's going on, but without any success. It seems that a thread doesn't succeed to termitate properly, and then the psp stay stucked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poem58

I notice that all the emu's seem to have the same general loading/setting/control screens (which looks like a template or something) How did you make them obviously different emulations but in the same appearance....just remember don't be TOO technical...I don't know how to code...it's just a curiosity seeing as how so many others projects have always seemed to look way different.
It just made me wonder if you had a master emulation program and each old system "plugged into" that environment....

It's the same "front end" with minor differences between each of my emulator ports. They all use the same kind of user interface template.

:)
October 5th, 2007, 12:51
Poem58

Thanks Zx...for the info...I only wish I understood more...I loved to program stuff when I was younger sitting many hours in front of the TV with my SVI-328 and cassette drive (ugh!) and trying to learn Basic...I got quite decent enough I could translate most Apple II language programs to Extended basic 1.1 and the reverse...but never made a game...let alone an emulator...I always regret not going further with programming and I am always awed by what you guys do...
October 5th, 2007, 17:54
mehmeh

I was excited to find this emulator, thanks for making a native 3.x kernel version. I know that your post says that this is the final version. However, I was wondering if the possibility exists that you'll someday add support for ZIPped ROMs. All of my ROM names are in TOSEC format and are ZIPped. The games aren't working in the ZIPs, but if I extract them to the BIN files, they work just fine. Both the ZIP and BINs inside them are in TOSEC format. Thanks.
October 5th, 2007, 18:58
zx-81

Zip file are supported, but rom files should have .rom extention in the zip file. This is a little bug, and i've uploaded a new version on my blog (and here also) if you want, but it's not a new release
October 5th, 2007, 19:51
mehmeh

Quote:

Originally Posted by zx-81

Zip file are supported, but rom files should have .rom extention in the zip file. This is a little bug, and i've uploaded a new version on my blog (and here also) if you want, but it's not a new release

Wow, that was quick. Thanks for the fix, it works great now. I can play games right out of the ZIPs.

BTW, can we expect that the next version of your Atari 800 Emulator with run on the PSP Slim under M33 firmware?