chewbasta Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Hi, these were my 2 all time favorite games for the Atari 2600. I have Stella as well as MAME, however I cannot get pitfall2 to play at all on either, and Raiders won't go past the starting screen. I got the roms here, and am completly incapable of using a dos emulator. :-( Any help or direction would be VERY much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 The Pitfall 2 cartridge had a special chip inside (for the music), making the ROM unplayable in Stella. (I'm mad about it too!) As for Raiders... I don't know. You could always try playing the 5200 version in Jum52 (or another 5200 emulator). I have tried that and it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 You need to try PCAEWin which runs it with poor sound but it does work and has a good Windows interface. You're best bet would be to download the Windows version of Z26: http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html While it doesn't have any GUI yet you can take a copy of your Pitfall II rom and just drag it over to the Z26.exe file, it will run it and it handles the game pretty well. There's a front-end on that page too, didnt see it before, might be worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbasta Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 I am going off to try right now. God, I haven't played pitfall 2 in years, my old 2600 died that long ago... I will be back, smee likes this forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 The Pitfall 2 cartridge had a special chip inside (for the music), making the ROM unplayable in Stella. (I'm mad about it too!) As for Raiders... I don't know. You could always try playing the 5200 version in Jum52 (or another 5200 emulator). I have tried that and it works. You right if you have a Mac you can't play the 2600 Pitfall II anywhere. I prefer Atari800OSX for my 5200 emulation but that is the best solution to play that game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbasta Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 Works just ducky. I started checking out the front end bit, says it has a GUI, Right now I am off to beat smee game. RAIDERS, the game did the same thing on my old 2600, somewhere there is a glitch. Oh, well, THANKS AGAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 For Raiders of the Lost Ark you need the second joystick. So you must see, what the emulator has for keys for the second joystick. On german keyboard you must use "k" left "l" down "ö" right "o" up and "j" for Fire (when I not wrong, or maybe a bit differnet). With the first joystick you just switch between the items, and drop them away. With the second joystick you can walk and use items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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