rxd Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Hi, I was just wondering if there was any patches or anything that I can do about Atari 5200 games that don't start in an emulator. Star Trek and Pitfall imediately come to mind as 2 games that I can't get to start in my 5200 emulator. I was just wondering if there was anything I could do. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eidolon Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 You might get more useful responses if you tell us what emulator you are using on what system. --The Eidolon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxd Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 I've never gotten Star Trek to work in any emulator. I've tried Atari800Win, Atari800DC for Dreamcast, XPorts Atari 5200 emultor for the Xbox, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Star Trek and Pitfall work in my 5200 emulator VSS ( http://atarihq.com/danb ). Star Trek handles the keypad in a funny way that most of the other emulators haven't compensated for. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Star Trek handles the keypad in a funny way that most of the other emulators haven't compensated for. Dan I noticed StarTrek was reading codes directly from KBCODE and not masking them. I didn't go any further to see why the reads failed. I'm guessing it might have to do with the unused bits. -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I noticed StarTrek was reading codes directly from KBCODE and not masking them. I didn't go any further to see why the reads failed. I'm guessing it might have to do with the unused bits. -Bry That is correct. Since the 5200 doesn't have as many keys as the computers there are scanning bits that go unused. The result is that a keypress actually causes 4 different keycodes to come back. Star Trek looks for two for one of the codes, then another, which probably how they handle de-bouncing the keypress. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jum Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Both Star Trek and Pitfall work in Jum52 Atari 5200 emu (V0.7/0.. Dan's right - there's a 'loose bit' in KBCODE that wiggles around and affects the result if not masked. Some other games may not start with the "Start" button, but by pressing a number button, or the fire button, or wiggling the joystick (Beamrider). - jum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Joust doesn't work in Atari800Win for me... the screen just goes black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Joust will work only if you switch Atari800Win to NTSC. You probably have PAL video system set, since it's the default setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Hi, I was just wondering if there was any patches or anything that I can do about Atari 5200 games that don't start in an emulator. Star Trek and Pitfall imediately come to mind as 2 games that I can't get to start in my 5200 emulator. I was just wondering if there was anything I could do. Thanks Get a real Atari 5200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxd Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 Hi, I was just wondering if there was any patches or anything that I can do about Atari 5200 games that don't start in an emulator. Star Trek and Pitfall imediately come to mind as 2 games that I can't get to start in my 5200 emulator. I was just wondering if there was anything I could do. Thanks Get a real Atari 5200 Actually I've had one since it first came out :wink: I just find it easier sometimes to fire up an emulator to get in a couple of quick games.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Zoinks! I've never gotten River Raid to work! Any suggestions on a different EMU or does my ROM have a bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 The latest version of VSS (www.atarihq.com/danb), plays River Raid. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jum Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 AFAIK, the 32k River Raid rom is "bad", so try the 16k rom, which works fine on Jum52 0.8 and 1.0 (in fact it's one of my favourites - jum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sut Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Has anyone got Pitfall to work on an emulator as yet ? If so I would appreciate some advice. I'm using Windows and have tried the following emulators: Atari 800 Plus v4.0 Jum52 v1.0 MESS v1.103b All have the same problem the game loads but doesn't respond when I press start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) I took a crack at fixing the keyboard and initialization bugs in Pitfall. This should work on 2 port or 4 port bios, with kbcode mask applied so it will work in the emulators as well. Steve pitfall__classics_fix_.zip Edited January 13, 2006 by classics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I took a crack at fixing the keyboard and initialization bugs in Pitfall. This should work on 2 port or 4 port bios, with kbcode mask applied so it will work in the emulators as well. Steve 999529[/snapback] Hmm, I wonder how much different your patch is to the previous one someone did a year or two ago. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 someone did a year or two ago. 999764[/snapback] Figures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Hi, I was just wondering if there was any patches or anything that I can do about Atari 5200 games that don't start in an emulator. Star Trek and Pitfall imediately come to mind as 2 games that I can't get to start in my 5200 emulator. I was just wondering if there was anything I could do. Thanks 576415[/snapback] Why don't you just use the XL/XE versions. They should work perfectly fine in any emulator. Why bother, unless there's something special about the 5200 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Beause Big Sexy deserves proper emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Beause Big Sexy deserves proper emulation. 1000143[/snapback] Big Sexy is a Heavy Sixer is it not? A la 2600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Beause Big Sexy deserves proper emulation. 1000143[/snapback] Big Sexy is a Heavy Sixer is it not? A la 2600? 1000370[/snapback] That's a misnomer. The 5200 is the REAL Big Sexy, as the heavy sixer is neither big nor sexy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Beause Big Sexy deserves proper emulation. 1000143[/snapback] Big Sexy is a Heavy Sixer is it not? A la 2600? 1000370[/snapback] That's a misnomer. The 5200 is the REAL Big Sexy, as the heavy sixer is neither big nor sexy. 1000499[/snapback] Yes, but not nearly as sexy as that cute little avatar of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Beause Big Sexy deserves proper emulation. 1000143[/snapback] Big Sexy is a Heavy Sixer is it not? A la 2600? 1000370[/snapback] That's a misnomer. The 5200 is the REAL Big Sexy, as the heavy sixer is neither big nor sexy. 1000499[/snapback] Yes, but not nearly as sexy as that cute little avatar of yours. 1000601[/snapback] But Lucia's not big. She's Little Sexy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Has anyone got Pitfall to work on an emulator as yet ? If so I would appreciate some advice. I'm using Windows and have tried the following emulators: Atari 800 Plus v4.0 Jum52 v1.0 MESS v1.103b All have the same problem the game loads but doesn't respond when I press start. 999508[/snapback] Pitfall works in Jum52 v0.8, but as you said it doesn't work in v1.0. It also works in the current version of VSS (http://danb.atarihq.com/) Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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