+Philsan Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 The official Android port of the Atari800 open source emulator has returned to Google play (Android market) with a new name: Colleen. https://play.google....e=search_result 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Cool. I'm looking to get a 'droid phone some time - part of the criteria will be the minimal requirement to run some emulators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 it's sad that development has stopped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Part of the problem is there seems little interest and when non-PC emulators of the A8 do appear they don't seem to have local optimizations. Nintendo DS is a good example - we have an 800 emu but it runs maybe 75% of the real speed, yet there's SNes and Megadrive emulators that perform better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 it's sad that development has stopped Droid800 development has stopped. As far as I know Colleen is still developped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 it's sad that development has stopped Droid800 development has stopped. As far as I know Colleen is still developped. 11.3.2012 - no news, only new name and reupload to google play.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 it's sad that development has stopped Droid800 development has stopped. As far as I know Colleen is still developped. 11.3.2012 - no news, only new name and reupload to google play.. Only new name and reupload? Changes for version 1.4: * Android port renamed to Colleen * Implemented paddle emulation * Allow file selector to roam outside the directory provided by the OS (allows for weird mount points on some devices) * Support for saving and loading the emulator state * Various small bug fixes and improvements Months ago I contacted the author and he told me he was still developing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Nintendo DS is a good example - we have an 800 emu but it runs maybe 75% of the real speed, yet there's SNes and Megadrive emulators that perform better. I think that the problem with the DS port (PokeyDS) was that the developer dropped the DS totally in favour of the Dingoo, he didn't just dump the Atari emulator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 BTW, where can I download the emulator for Dingoo? - Y - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 BTW, where can I download the emulator for Dingoo? - Y - http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 What I like of Nintendo's PokeyDS emulator, is the on-screen keyboard: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 PokeyDS was shaping up to be a really nice emulator. Shame it died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telengard Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Loaded this up on my Xperia play and am getting a very high pitched noise constantly. Anyone else getting this? Still fiddling with the settings but it has been doing this since the first time I ran it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 today i download new version from googe play market.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klankster Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Yup, new version of Colleen released today, with some new functionality that allows us to write new Atari 800 games using touchscreen input and Internet linkage! Kostas has bundled my Planetary Defense 2012 executable, a new, improved version of the ANALOG Computing type-in program that uses the touchscreen feature and submits scores to an Internet leaderboard. Colleen Link This has been a very fun collaboration, and I'm looking at other programs that we can upgrade to the improved functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 please, improve speed.. very slow on xperia x8 (500mhz cpu ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 I've just installed the new version of Colleen on my Google Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean. In my opinion it's not easy to show console keys, in landscape mode especially. Often I get the action bar instead of console keys overlay. Moreover, console keys descriptions are too small to read. It would be nice to display the real Atari keyboard instead of Android one. Marvin, Android ZX Spectrum emulator, displays Spectrum's keyboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup8pdct Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 tried it today. discovered keyboard input doesnt work properly. real pain when trying to enter name for plantery defence high score list. could only enter numbers or period. ended up with name of 8888. cannot load files from disk etc. why??? james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 tried it today. discovered keyboard input doesnt work properly. real pain when trying to enter name for plantery defence high score list. could only enter numbers or period. ended up with name of 8888. cannot load files from disk etc. why??? james It's been reported that some built in keyboards on android devices have incompatibilities with Colleen. You can solve this problem by installing Hacker's keyboard (available on Play Store), or using a normal hardware keyboard. By the way, I've contacted the author to report other compatibility issues, such as the 16-bit sound, which is unavailable on latest Android OS (i.e. 4.1, 4.2). First time it works, but if you exit the application and run it again it is gone. And 8-bit sound is terrible on modern devices. You can fix this reinstalling the app or cleaning the data from Application Manager. But it's a pain to lose your custom settings everytime you want to play again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 death project.. most slowest emulator on world on 1ghz - slow, freezing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I find on-screen touch-controls too difficult to use. Sometimes I just want to pull out a nice joystick and connect it into my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricortes Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Has anyone tried it with a blue tooth kb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 death project.. most slowest emulator on world on 1ghz - slow, freezing Open source project - patches welcome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricortes Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I took a look at CPU.C and it regressed to a slower form for reasons unknown. I am assuming the emulators for various platforms all use the same core files and just add their hardware specific bits i.e. touch screen or keycodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 It runs pretty well on my Nexus 7 (2012). My only problem so far is the keyboard. I can't figure out how to do control keys or shift-control keys. I already had the Hacker keyboard installed,which still doesn't work. In fact, some things are worse. Trying to do a control sequence and nothing gets typed plus the keyboard hides. Planetary Defense 2012 is awesome though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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