Best Atari 5200 emulator: what do you suggest?

[legolas119]

Hi, 

I would like to try some Atari 5200 games on my pc. Whicih is the best emulator for this console? Currently I'm using Altirra 3.90 with this configuration in ordert to emulate Atari 800.

 

thank you!

[mimo]

I don't emulate 5200 often but Altirra is my go to 

[Gavin1968]

Stella hands down.  

[+Stephen]

14 minutes ago, Gavin1968 said:

Stella hands down.  

You'd have to run two to add up to 5200 would you not?

[roadrunner]

I use Atari800Win Plus 4.0

 

[legolas119]

On 10/11/2020 at 9:56 PM, mimo said:

I don't emulate 5200 often but Altirra is my go to 

ok, how I have to configure it in order to emulate Atari 5200 games? I posted above my current config in order to emulate Atari 800. >What I have to change?

Many thanks

[legolas119]

I configured in this way: 

HARDWARE: 5200 SuperSystem / Video: NTSC

CPU: 6502

FIRMWARE: Atari 5200 OS (4-port)

BASIC: Atari BASIC Rev C

It seems ok, but loading some games, it always ask me this pop up:

How can I avoid this? It seems that this issue appears only loading some games...

Thanks

[jamm]

Have you considered asking this question in the 5200 forum?  I imagine there are more people with 5200-specific experience there.

[Mclaneinc]

Altirra every time....Pretty much all of the other (few) emulators have not been updated in a long time, MAME, Altirra and A800 are the only 3 with regular updates, MAME is messy, A800 is fine but I don't like the interface and Altirra is very easy to use and works as should.

[Wrathchild]

16 hours ago, legolas119 said:

How can I avoid this? It seems that this issue appears only loading some games...

The file loaded is going to have and extension of either BIN or ROM and, in the example's case, be exactly 32K in length.

So the emulator doesn't know what to run this with and so needs that confirmed.

 

Once you have done that and the cartridge image is running, use the 'File / Save firmware / Save cartridge...' menu option and then save with the 'Cartridge image with header (*.car)' extension.

This places 16 bytes at the start of the binary image which, when opened with the emulator, will run directly.

Edited October 13, 2020 by Wrathchild
missing apostrophe

[zzip]

I've found atari800 a little bit weird when it comes to the 5200, and had better results with an atari800 spinoff called atari++

[NE146]

I use Altirra on the PC.. works great.  That said, if you ever play around with a MiSter, the fpga 5200 on that aint too bad either. 

[legolas119]

thank you! ok i'm using Altirra, perfect.  I have only an issue with some games like Super Cobra, Pacman and Ms Pacman, with the directions buttons. It seems that they don't work very well and I don0t understand the reason. I have configurd in this way my Logiteth rumble pad:

 

 

but when i try to move pacman, it doesn't move correctly in the 4 directions: come times I'm able to move it, but after some secondis, it seems that it is locked and I can't move it... If I use the directions button on the keyboard, it works correctly

 

do you know how can I solve this issue?

thank you

Edited October 14, 2020 by legolas119