Stella (emulator)

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Stella
Developed by Bradford W. Mott
Latest release 2.6.1 / May 23, 2008
OS Windows
Macintosh
Mac OS X
Linux
eComStation
Windows CE/Mobile
GP2X
Genre Console emulator
License open-source non-commercial
Website stella.sourceforge.net

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, Linux, Windows CE/Mobile, Sega Dreamcast, and GP2X. Stella was originally written in 1996 by Bradford W. Mott and was originally known as Stella 96. [1]

Stella is written in the C++ programming language and thus is highly portable. [2] 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. [3]

JStella, a translation of Stella into Java, allows the Stella emulation engine to run as a Java applet on a web page.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Bradford Wayne Mott (1996-5-16). "Stella 96 - An Atari 2600 Emulator". rec.games.video.classic. (Web link). Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
  2. ^ Stella - A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
  3. ^ Stella - A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator (User's Guide - Release 2.3.5). Retrieved on 2007-08-04.

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