Stella (emulator)

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Stella

Macintosh GUI of the Stella emulator
Developer:	Bradford W. Mott
Latest release:	2.3.5 / January 17, 2007
OS:	Macintosh Mac OS X Linux
Use:	Console emulator
License:	open-source non-commercial
Website:	[1]

Stella is an emulator for the Atari 2600 game console. It is open source, and runs on most major modern platforms including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Stella was originally written in 1996 by Bradford W. Mott and was originally known as Stella 96 [2].

Stella is written in the C++ programming language and thus is highly portable. [3] The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge bank switching schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles.

The emulator emulates most Atari 2600 peripheral devices, including standard joysticks, paddle controllers, the Atari Video Touch Pad, the Atari Keyboard Controller, Atari Indy 500 Driving Controllers, and the CBS Booster-Grip controller. Stella does not have support for the CommaVid RAM-cart or the Spectravideo Compumate computer keyboard. Stella does not support cassette-based titles designed to work with the Coleco KidVid cassette player but does have support for titles designed to work with the Starpath Supercharger. [4]