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Ham Pastrami: /* Reception */ oops

Posted: September 20th, 2009, 9:13pm PDT by Ham Pastrami

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	==Reception==		==Reception==
-	Use of PC Atari was covered in the book ''Retro Gaming Hacks''.{{cite book \|title=Retro Gaming Hacks \|last=Kohler \|first=Chris \|authorlink=Chris Kohler \|year=2006 \|publisher=O'Reilly \|location=Sebastopol \|isbn=0596009178 \|pages=144-145}}	+	Use of PC Atari was covered in the book ''Retro Gaming Hacks''.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Retro Gaming Hacks \|last=Kohler \|first=Chris \|authorlink=Chris Kohler \|year=2006 \|publisher=O'Reilly \|location=Sebastopol \|isbn=0596009178 \|pages=144-145}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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Ham Pastrami: added source

Posted: September 20th, 2009, 9:12pm PDT by Ham Pastrami

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	The emulator emulates most Atari 2600 peripheral devices, including standard [[joystick]]s, [[Paddle (game controller)\|paddle controller]]s, the Atari Video Touch Pad, the Atari Keyboard Controller, Atari Indy 500 Driving Controllers, the CBS Booster-Grip controller, the CommaVid RAM-cart, and the Spectravideo Compumate [[computer keyboard]]. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.classicgaming.com/pcae/main.html\|accessdate=2007-05-04\|title=pc atari emulator}}</ref> The emulator does not have support for [[Compact Cassette\|cassette]]-based titles designed to work with the [[Starpath Supercharger]] or the Coleco KidVid cassette player. If you play Starpath Supercharger, it will only play the first game on the tape. You cannot advance the tape to play another title on the same tape. Also, as Starpath Supercharger ROMs have an extension of .a26, you must change that to .bin to get them to play at all.		The emulator emulates most Atari 2600 peripheral devices, including standard [[joystick]]s, [[Paddle (game controller)\|paddle controller]]s, the Atari Video Touch Pad, the Atari Keyboard Controller, Atari Indy 500 Driving Controllers, the CBS Booster-Grip controller, the CommaVid RAM-cart, and the Spectravideo Compumate [[computer keyboard]]. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.classicgaming.com/pcae/main.html\|accessdate=2007-05-04\|title=pc atari emulator}}</ref> The emulator does not have support for [[Compact Cassette\|cassette]]-based titles designed to work with the [[Starpath Supercharger]] or the Coleco KidVid cassette player. If you play Starpath Supercharger, it will only play the first game on the tape. You cannot advance the tape to play another title on the same tape. Also, as Starpath Supercharger ROMs have an extension of .a26, you must change that to .bin to get them to play at all.
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	+	==Reception==
	+	Use of PC Atari was covered in the book ''Retro Gaming Hacks''.{{cite book \|title=Retro Gaming Hacks \|last=Kohler \|first=Chris \|authorlink=Chris Kohler \|year=2006 \|publisher=O'Reilly \|location=Sebastopol \|isbn=0596009178 \|pages=144-145}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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Lightbot: Date audit per mosnum/overlink/Other

Posted: November 11th, 2008, 6:18pm PST by Lightbot

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-	'''PC Atari Emulator''' is a software [[emulator]] for running [[Atari 2600]] videogame console programs in [[Microsoft Windows]] or in [[MS-DOS]]. The latest versions of PC Atari Emulator released were 2.5 (for MS-DOS) and 2.6 (for Windows). PC Atari Emulator was originally written by John Dullea in [[1996]]. <ref>{{cite newsgroup\|title= PC Atari Emulator Homepage!\|author=Matthew P. Conte\|date=1996-10-29\|newsgroup=comp.emulators.misc\|url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emulators.misc/browse_thread/thread/c699b4610d8c93c6/5c0f1615c53ba919?lnk=st&q=2600+%22John+Dullea%22&rnum=7#\|accessdate=2007-08-05}}</ref>	+	'''PC Atari Emulator''' is a software [[emulator]] for running [[Atari 2600]] videogame console programs in [[Microsoft Windows]] or in [[MS-DOS]]. The latest versions of PC Atari Emulator released were 2.5 (for MS-DOS) and 2.6 (for Windows). PC Atari Emulator was originally written by John Dullea in 1996. <ref>{{cite newsgroup\|title= PC Atari Emulator Homepage!\|author=Matthew P. Conte\|date=1996-10-29\|newsgroup=comp.emulators.misc\|url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emulators.misc/browse_thread/thread/c699b4610d8c93c6/5c0f1615c53ba919?lnk=st&q=2600+%22John+Dullea%22&rnum=7#\|accessdate=2007-08-05}}</ref>

	PC Atari Emulator was written in a combination of [[Turbo Pascal\|Borland Pascal]] and [[x86]] [[assembly language]] for the MS-DOS version and a combination of [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]] and x86 assembly language for the Microsoft Windows version. The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge [[bank switching]] schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles.		PC Atari Emulator was written in a combination of [[Turbo Pascal\|Borland Pascal]] and [[x86]] [[assembly language]] for the MS-DOS version and a combination of [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]] and x86 assembly language for the Microsoft Windows version. The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge [[bank switching]] schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles.

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Posted: July 20th, 2008, 8:07am PDT by Furrykef

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	PC Atari Emulator was written in a combination of [[Turbo Pascal\|Borland Pascal]] and [[x86]] [[assembly language]] for the MS-DOS version and a combination of [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]] and x86 assembly language for the Microsoft Windows version. The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge [[bank switching]] schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles.		PC Atari Emulator was written in a combination of [[Turbo Pascal\|Borland Pascal]] and [[x86]] [[assembly language]] for the MS-DOS version and a combination of [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]] and x86 assembly language for the Microsoft Windows version. 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 [[joystick]]s, [[Paddle (game controller)\|paddle controller]]s, the Atari Video Touch Pad, the Atari Keyboard Controller, Atari Indy 500 Driving Controllers, the CBS Booster-Grip controller, the CommaVid RAM-cart, and the Spectravideo Compumate [[computer keyboard]]. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.classicgaming.com/pcae/main.html\|accessdate=2007-05-04\|title=pc atari emulator}}</ref> The emulator does not have support for [[Compact Cassette\|cassette]]-based titles designed to work with the [[Starpath Supercharger]] or the Coleco KidVid cassette player. If you play [[Starpath Supercharger]], it will only play the first game on the tape. You cannot advance the tape to play another title on the same tape. Also, as [[Starpath Supercharger]] ROMs have an extension of .a26, you must change that to .bin to get them to play at all.	+	The emulator emulates most Atari 2600 peripheral devices, including standard [[joystick]]s, [[Paddle (game controller)\|paddle controller]]s, the Atari Video Touch Pad, the Atari Keyboard Controller, Atari Indy 500 Driving Controllers, the CBS Booster-Grip controller, the CommaVid RAM-cart, and the Spectravideo Compumate [[computer keyboard]]. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.classicgaming.com/pcae/main.html\|accessdate=2007-05-04\|title=pc atari emulator}}</ref> The emulator does not have support for [[Compact Cassette\|cassette]]-based titles designed to work with the [[Starpath Supercharger]] or the Coleco KidVid cassette player. If you play Starpath Supercharger, it will only play the first game on the tape. You cannot advance the tape to play another title on the same tape. Also, as Starpath Supercharger ROMs have an extension of .a26, you must change that to .bin to get them to play at all.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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Grundle2600: /* External links */ I don't think that old link has the actual emulator anymore. It seems to be just a bunch of ads now.

Posted: September 15th, 2007, 4:34pm PDT by Grundle2600

External links: I don't think that old link has the actual emulator anymore. It seems to be just a bunch of ads now.

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	==External links==		==External links==
-	* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]	+	* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage] (Note: This link may be out of date)
-	* [pcae.vg-network.com] A more recent official webpage]	+	* [pcae.vg-network.com] A more recent official webpage] (As of September 15, 2007, this link has the actual emulator)
	* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)		* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)
	*"Retro Gaming Hacks" by Chris Kohler - Oct. 2005 (1st ed.), p. 143 [www.oreilly.com] [www.oreilly.com]		*"Retro Gaming Hacks" by Chris Kohler - Oct. 2005 (1st ed.), p. 143 [www.oreilly.com] [www.oreilly.com]

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Grundle2600: /* External links */ added newer link to official webpage - the older one may be outdated

Posted: September 15th, 2007, 10:19am PDT by Grundle2600

External links: added newer link to official webpage - the older one may be outdated

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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]		* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]
	+	* [pcae.vg-network.com] A more recent official webpage]
	* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)		* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)
	*"Retro Gaming Hacks" by Chris Kohler - Oct. 2005 (1st ed.), p. 143 [www.oreilly.com] [www.oreilly.com]		*"Retro Gaming Hacks" by Chris Kohler - Oct. 2005 (1st ed.), p. 143 [www.oreilly.com] [www.oreilly.com]

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Bumm13: changed first reference link to different newsgroup article (dated Oct. 1996)

Posted: August 5th, 2007, 12:23am PDT by Bumm13

changed first reference link to different newsgroup article (dated Oct. 1996)

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-	'''PC Atari Emulator''' is a software [[emulator]] for running [[Atari 2600]] videogame console programs in [[Microsoft Windows]] or in [[MS-DOS]]. The latest versions of PC Atari Emulator released were 2.5 (for MS-DOS) and 2.6 (for Windows). PC Atari Emulator was originally written by John Dullea in [[1996]]. <ref>{{cite newsgroup\|title=PC Atari Emulator v1.2 Released\|author=James Chiu\|date=1996-11-04\|newsgroup=comp.emulators.game-consoles\|url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emulators.game-consoles/msg/49c85b7d74104676?hl=en&\|accessdate=2007-05-04}}</ref>	+	'''PC Atari Emulator''' is a software [[emulator]] for running [[Atari 2600]] videogame console programs in [[Microsoft Windows]] or in [[MS-DOS]]. The latest versions of PC Atari Emulator released were 2.5 (for MS-DOS) and 2.6 (for Windows). PC Atari Emulator was originally written by John Dullea in [[1996]]. <ref>{{cite newsgroup\|title= PC Atari Emulator Homepage!\|author=Matthew P. Conte\|date=1996-10-29\|newsgroup=comp.emulators.misc\|url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emulators.misc/browse_thread/thread/c699b4610d8c93c6/5c0f1615c53ba919?lnk=st&q=2600+%22John+Dullea%22&rnum=7#\|accessdate=2007-08-05}}</ref>

	PC Atari Emulator was written in a combination of [[Turbo Pascal\|Borland Pascal]] and [[x86]] [[assembly language]] for the MS-DOS version and a combination of [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]] and x86 assembly language for the Microsoft Windows version. The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge [[bank switching]] schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles.		PC Atari Emulator was written in a combination of [[Turbo Pascal\|Borland Pascal]] and [[x86]] [[assembly language]] for the MS-DOS version and a combination of [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]] and x86 assembly language for the Microsoft Windows version. The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge [[bank switching]] schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles.

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Bumm13: /* Links */ changed Links section name to External links

Posted: August 4th, 2007, 10:41pm PDT by Bumm13

Links: changed Links section name to External links

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-	==Links==	+	==External links==
	* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]		* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]
	* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)		* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)

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Bumm13: /* Links */ added Gauntlet (University of Calgary) article link

Posted: August 4th, 2007, 10:40pm PDT by Bumm13

Links: added Gauntlet (University of Calgary) article link

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	* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]		* [www.classicgaming.com] Official webpage]
	* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)		* [www.gooddealgames.com] Good Deal Games] - "Changing Atari VCS Graphics - The Easy Way" (PDF file)
	+	* [gauntlet.ucalgary.ca] Gauntlet Web (University of Calgary publication)] - "Classic video gaming for all ages"

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PC Atari Emulator - Revision history (9 unread)

Ham Pastrami: /* Reception */ oops

Posted: September 20th, 2009, 9:13pm PDT by Ham Pastrami

Ham Pastrami: added source

Posted: September 20th, 2009, 9:12pm PDT by Ham Pastrami

Lightbot: Date audit per mosnum/overlink/Other

Posted: November 11th, 2008, 6:18pm PST by Lightbot

Furrykef: rm overlinking

Posted: July 20th, 2008, 8:07am PDT by Furrykef

Grundle2600: /* External links */ I don't think that old link has the actual emulator anymore. It seems to be just a bunch of ads now.

Posted: September 15th, 2007, 4:34pm PDT by Grundle2600

Grundle2600: /* External links */ added newer link to official webpage - the older one may be outdated

Posted: September 15th, 2007, 10:19am PDT by Grundle2600

Bumm13: changed first reference link to different newsgroup article (dated Oct. 1996)

Posted: August 5th, 2007, 12:23am PDT by Bumm13

Bumm13: /* Links */ changed Links section name to External links

Posted: August 4th, 2007, 10:41pm PDT by Bumm13

Bumm13: /* Links */ added Gauntlet (University of Calgary) article link

Posted: August 4th, 2007, 10:40pm PDT by Bumm13