Atari 2600 emulators
Ah yes, the Atari 2600. Many people’s first video game system, including mine. Released in the USA in 1977, Europe in 1980, and Japan in 1983, I got my Atari 2600 in 1978. Amazingly the Atari 2600 had commercial games made for it in the 70s, 80s, and the 1990s! I don’t think any system will ever have COMMERCIAL games (not just homebrew) made for it over a span of *3* decades. The Atari 2600 has these tech specs:
- Processor: 6507 (A slightly stripped down version of the 6502)
- Speed: 1.19Mhz
- RAM: 128 bytes
- ROM: 4K Cartridge ROM space without bankswitching
- Sound: TIA custom Atari graphics/sound chip
- Graphics: A custom chip named Stella, hence the name of one of the popular Atari 2600 emulators
- Graphics RAM: None
- Colors: 128
- Sprites: 2, 8 bit wide; 2, 3, 1 bit wide; All sprites full screen height
- Background Graphics: 40 pixels wide by 192 lines high.
- I/O: Joystick and console switch IO handled byte 6532 RIOT and TIA
- Ports: 2 Joystick ports, 1 Cartridge port, Power in, RF output
Atari 2600 emulators
| PC Atari Emulator |
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| Great Atari 2600 emulator. Nice GUI, fast emulation, and supports all cartridge types. |
| Stella |
| Atari 2600 emulator ported to many platforms. |
| Z26 |
| One of the more perfect Atari 2600 emulators available for Windows. |
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