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Category: Emulators

Listen to Atari 8-Bit Computer Chiptunes (10-15 minutes)

December 12, 2021 moorejh Demos, Emulators, Sound

Task: Listen to Atari 8-Bit Computer Chiptunes Needed: Web Browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction Sound on the Atari 8-bit computers was produced using the Pokey chip which output four channels each with a square waveform. Emulators of the Pokey chip have allowed modern Atari sound

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Purchase an Evercade Retro Handheld Console (10-15 mins)

April 16, 2021 moorejh Emulators, Games, Hardware

Task: Purchase an Evercade Retro Handheld Console Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction Playing Atari games on modern handheld devices has a lot of appeal. I have been particularly excited about the cartridge-based Evercade handheld device which was released in 2020. I got one

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Purchase a Retron77 Gaming Console for Emulating the 2600 (15-30 mins)

December 31, 2019 moorejh Emulators, Hardware

Task: Purchase a Retron77 Gaming Console for Emulating the 2600 Needed: Web browser Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction One of the most frustrating aspects of retrocomputing and retrogaming is getting old hardware to play nice with HDTVs over HDMI. This is especially true for the Atari

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Install an Atari 7800 Emulator (10-15 mins)

October 25, 2019 moorejh Emulators, Games, Software

Task: Install an Atari 7800 Emulator Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction Emulation software for the 7800 is not as far along as for other Atari consoles and computers. I have tried two emulators that I recommend for those wanting to play 7800 games

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Edit ATR Disk Images (10-15 mins)

January 1, 2019 moorejh Emulators, Software

Task: Edit ATR Disk Images Needed: Altirra emulator Time: 10-15 mins Introduction I have previously posted about backing up floppy disks to ATR files on your PC using the Atarimax ProSystem software. This process can also be reversed allowing you to write ATR files from your

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Play Atari 2600 Games in Your Web Browser (10-15 mins)

December 8, 2018 moorejh Emulators, Games

Task: Play Atari 2600 Games in Your Browser Needed: Web browser and Atari 2600 ROMs  Time: 10-15 mins Introduction Emulation has been a lifesaver for bringing Atari goodness to the masses without the need for original hardware. The Stella emulator for the Atari 2600 is

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Install the Stella Atari 2600 Emulator (10-15 mins)

November 10, 2018 moorejh Emulators, Software

Task: Install the Stella Atari 2600 Emulator Needed: Stella Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction The Atari Video Computer System (VCS) or 2600 was released in 1977 and took the world by storm. It is hard to believe that Atari sold the 2600 in its different forms

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Connect Your Atari Joystick to a PC (10-15 mins)

November 9, 2018 moorejh Emulators, Games, Hardware

Task: Connect Your Atari Joystick to a PC Needed: Atari Joystick and a USB adapter Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction The Atari 400 and 800 were by far the best gaming computers when they hit the market. This was largely due to the awesome ANTIC graphics chip

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Save an ATR File from Altirra to Your PC (10-15 mins)

October 21, 2018 moorejh Emulators, Programming, Software

Task: Save an ATR File from Altirra to Your PC Needed: Altirra emulator Time: 10-15 mins Introduction When I first started using the Altirra 8-bit emulator I decided I wanted make ATR floppy disk images that I could then save to my hard disk for

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Install the Altirra Emulator (10-15 mins)

August 11, 2018 moorejh Emulators

Task: Install the Altirra Emulator Needed: PC running Windows Time: 10-15 mins Introduction I very much enjoy running software on original Atari home computer hardware. However, it is also nice from time to time to be able to run something on my Windows-based PC. This

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