christo930 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I'm looking for a good Atari 8bit emulator with 5200 support that runs under windows (7) and doesn't need any additional libraries installed and is portable (meaning it doesn't have to be installed, just unzipped to a directory). Does any such emulator exist? If so, does anyone have a link. If there is NO portable emulator, I guess I would be willing to install one, but I don't like the way they want to stick files in your personal directory and install shit into your windows directory and aren't easily moved. Even my browser is portable (Pale Moon Portable) and it makes my life easier. Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 no doubts: http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 all i know is i use that atari800 win with xp most emulators need a bios rom to work it can be frustrating for todays gamers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I never got any emulator to work right. At least 5200 wise. KAT5200 was the closest. http://kat5200.jillybunch.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 no doubts: http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Thanks. It seems to work well so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 I never got any emulator to work right. At least 5200 wise. KAT5200 was the closest. http://kat5200.jillybunch.com/ The first one recommended to me is running 5200 games no problem. You do have to set the machine type and controller type which isn't particularly intuitive, but if I figured it out, you should have no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannibalCat Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I was using Atari800Win, but now switched to Altirra. I guess it depends what you want out of it... Atari800Win seems to "play" better for the casual gamer, but Altirra is a programmer/homebrewers delight, with the excellent debugger and suite of utils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I use MESS for Atari5200 and Atari7800 emulation. but you need bios files (which are easy to find in the internet). MESS is a multi-emulator for lots of different systems and this two Atari systems work very good with it. But my version of MESS here is older. When i am right, MESS now is combined with the MAME emulator. But i never tried the new combined version, because i am satisfied with my MESS V0.84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.E.R.O. Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Altirra works very well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Kat5200 runs on Windows 10. I just don't like how the ghost-eating sound in Pac-Man sounds like my speakers are being ripped to shreds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixMoonPatrol Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) I use Kat5200,works well but like someone above said you can't exactly jump in and play. You have to tell the emulator what control type and which system you wish to emulate,the menus are abit confusing but its all trial and error and you get the hang of it eventually. I just wish my X-Arcade stick would work with this thing. I program it to read the inputs but I get no response. And I do have the emulator set to keyboard inputs as thats how my PC reads the X-arcade anyways,as basically a giant keyboard,but still the emulator doesn't respond with it. Other emulators i don't have this problem. Its frustrating because the joystick and arcade buttons on the X-Arcade would be just perfect for 5200 emulation. Edited September 22, 2015 by PhoenixMoonPatrol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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