You are THE MAN! This frustrated the hell out of me and the raspberry pi documentation out there on the net didn't help at all. They skip the part where you should run the ROMs from the F1 menu. If you don't do that your controller is useless and you can only use the keyboard. DROVE ME NUTS! I was so mad I couldn't play Gremlins, my favorite 5200 title. This video solved the problem. Thanks so much!
AMAZING TUTORIAL!! You speak so clearly and it's a beautiful step by step that works with the new RP update 4 as well. The nice thing is that the new update allows you to simply load the BIOS files the way you instruct and then the games simply load up on command. I'm so glad I found your channel! SUBSCRIBED!!!
This works! You have to pay very close attention to every little detail. I was stuck for 2 weeks on this project, and this tutorial is amazing!! THANK YOU!! GREAT WORK!!!
Hi it's me, from the future. This video is still helpful, as I struggled all evening to get this thing running on RetroArch for Windows. To run newer games than the 5200, one needs to manually select the Machine Type after loading the rom each time. Apart from that, the instructions are more or less still spot on. Thanks
thank you for this! it works with retropie 3.8. i have noticed that after getting everything configured and running the games, most times i can launch the games from the retropie menu! you should also note that while "F4" does start the game usually, some games require you to press "F3" or "F2" first for "select" or "option" (i can't remember which is which) also, "F5" resets the game and "F9" exits to retropie menu. do not press "F8"..i am not sure which function it performs but so far i have found that the only way to get back to retropie after pressing it is to cut the power. thanks again!!! (also note that you may have to reconfigure your controller within the atari 800 emulator)
You're a legend, man. I subbed cause I love your tech reviews, so I was kinda surprised to see you had a guide for the atari 800. You made this beyond easy to get working, thanks.
Thanks man! It worked! Although I don't plan on doing so much just to start a game so I will just stay away from 5200. It made atari 800 work, and without a keyboard, so I'm pretty happy!
I appreciate your videos so much man, especially ones like this that detail exactly what to do to get stuff working. I set up RetroPie on my rpi4 and got a bunch of different systems going....I never got the 5200 to work because of that "real is needed screen". I gave up because I already had too many games to play anyways. The other day I was trying to get games running to play at a family event and 5200 was still not set up right. Now I can get it going and my aunt can show off her alleged frogger skills👍❤️
On a side note, you can simplify the process for running 5200 games after the initial setup if you run a game, go into retroarch, then settings, then change the system emulation to 5200, and set it to select the cartridge type automatically-- make sure you save the configuration. Once you do that, you can choose your game in EmulationStation from the menu like you would for other consoles and it will go straight to the game. You still have to press F4 for it to start, but at least there are fewer steps.
It can easily be run from Emulation Station, just have to edit each rom individually. For example with Pitfall go to Cartridge Management -> Create Cartridge From Rom File - > Find your Pitfall rom -> then choose One chip 16 KB 5200 cartridge -> Then overwrite the rom in your directory Now it'll load directly into the rom when you launch it You can also play without a keyboard if you install jfroco's atari800-rpi and overwrite the original atari800 emulator, it maps the emulator to your controller
Great video and step by step help. This is a wonky setup. You need a wired controller and a keyboard to play these games. However, I enjoyed experiencing the wonders of the 5200 as I never had one as a kid.
ETA Prime, I know this video is old as all get, apologies for replying to it... I wanted to share that, in order to use a controller with the 5200 with lr-atari800 - you can go into the retroarch settings, under input, where it lists all the different controllers, you can set it to Atari Joystick, and you can press start on the controller and everything and not have to press F4, you can exit like any other emulator based on libretro, its beautiful.
Thanks :) . My first time play Atari 5200 games (I was born in the early 90's). First impressions -- surprised how responsive Pitfall is ... I was expecting it to be like Prince of Persia not Donkey Kong :P It's fun
The emulator = Atari800. I'm sure ETAPrime burned the midnight oil getting this emulator to work. Remember, there are several Atari 800/5200 emulators in the wild. I was mixing instructions and could not play games. The PC only emulator, Altirra, is recommended. Thank you for giving the emotionally abused 5200 some love.
PuppetDungeon M.U.L.E. is one of the best games EVER! I remember playing it when it was first released and thinking at the time how terrible the graphics looked. Still ended up playing it for months with a couple of friends though! Multiplayer was great fun. I've tried playing it on pc with my son, he loves the game but frustratingly we can only play single player mode as the second joystick won't work! I'm going to try this on my pi zero and see if I get any joy... See you on Irata! Also, many thanks ETA Prime for all your excellent videos. We really appreciate them and I wouldn't have a clue where to start without them!
men, i know how launch the games from your theme in retropie!!!!you don´t have to enter atari5200 frontend. I will explain you..you have to go into CARTRIDGE MANGEMENT, and then you have to create a cartridge from ROM image. The system will ask you for the rom file. You have to enter the right one, the one you knows that works perfect. For example, for jr.pacman i choose the rom "Jr Pac-Man (1984)[a1].bin. This one i know that works good, and then i choos the right cartridge for the game. For example in jrpac-man i choose standard two chips, because it´s the only one that works good oon this game if you choose one chip, you will not be able to play it. So, and then you have a.52 file that works good launching from retropie. Thumbs up
ETA, I think this video isn't up to date, because I Saw Somewhere else a dude that managed to launch Atari 5200 directly from ES. Dunno if he uses atari800 emu or another emu. I just asked him and waiting for his answer. I love Atari 5200 and I think this system is really lacking on most retropie images, it's just to Bad. I'm making my own retropie image and I really need to include Atari 5200 in it. But atari800 emu is just a pain in the ass ! I'm now sure there's another way and I'll tell you.
I can't believe there is a simpler process... Most of these steps could be automatized by retropie, like automatically finding the roms in the BIOS folder, and allowing to launch the games from emulationstation.
Great video thanks. I have a whole pile of atr roms. Can't seem to get any to work. Any bins I have will work. But with any atr I get "need real Atari os. " tia
Does anyone know how to map the controller for 5200? More specifically, I need the Y button to be the same as pressing "0" on the keyboard to allow for hyperspace in Defender..
I was never able to get the Atari games to load before. I'm going to check mine now and I'll let you know what happens. Not that you'll answer because you haven't answered or replied to anyone else.
Don't follow these instructions with Retropie 4.5. I did and it was totally hosed. Just follow what it says for the installation on GitHub. Just copy system and game roms, make the configuration file, set default system to 5200 like it says. Everything you need is on the GitHub site. I actually followed this and wound up going all the way back to the beginning of burning the retropie image and just followed GitHub. Can start the games from ES and never needed to go into the magenta screens.
Your guides are great ETA Prime, thank you for all of your help. I am having a lot of trouble with setting up and using the Intellivision emulator. I've scoured the net and spent hours trying to get it to work but can't figure it out. Can you do a video featuring a walk through of this system? Thanks!!
Hi ETA Prime, thanks for this guide. I'm currently stuck and am hoping you can help. I was using a different guide at first (before I found this one) and it went through some of the steps but not all of them. This has left me stuck at the point where the keyboard is frozen (the part in the video where you say you think it's a bug - 12:08 in video). The issue is that the previous guide didn't put me through ALL the steps you have outlined here, so when I press F5 to bypass my keyboard being frozen, I am taken to the screen that states "sorry this program needs a real Atari/OS"...etc. I have tried deleting all of the ROMs and starting over but still the same issue.... Any ideas? Thanks in advance for ANY help!!!
Funny things is, when I followed these instructions, the games do launch from the main game menu selection but some of them crash before starting. Some do work, even without unzipping as well. In addition, I cannot access the select cartridge type screen. Anythoughts?
Thanks I got this to work. But I'm now trying to run atari st. but games won't recognise Tos.img even though I've copied both over and placed them in the Rom folder. is there any chance we could get a video for atari st ?
Hmm. I was not able to get it to work. 1st I am running the latest Retropie ver. I transferred the 5 Bios files over via network like you did. 2nd I did not have a folder called atari5200 folder on the Pi like you did so I had to create it. I had the other Atari folders just not that one. I reset the system and can not get the Atari logo from Retropie to show up in the banner to continue your steps. I even tried removing the files I placed via Network and placed them on a usb stick to try the original way of placing roms into retropie and still does not work. The Raspberry Pi does auto transfer the BIOS files and creates the atari5200 folder and moves the 5 or so roms I wanted to install that ends with .a52 extension but for me to get any further I need to see the Atari 5200 logo in the Retropie banner to continue. Is there something in the video that I missed? All I have on my banner is Retropie and "Playstation" which was my first successful BIO install and Game installs. The only other thing I can think of is my BIOS files are corrupt but they matched the files sizes you have in your video.
Retropie 4.1 may not have the emu installed by default. ruclips.net/video/bLHh5b2IWxQ/видео.html this is video on installing missing emulators, let me know if you get it working
Ugh, appreciate the video since I have not been able to get this to work. Not sure if it is worth it to have to have a keyboard plugged it at all times to be able to play 5200 games.
I hope they update it , but there might not be much of a demand for the 5200 , the emulator works great I just wish we could map the controller to work in the menus.
+ETA PRIME Great videos.... I modified Atari800 emulator with full joystick support for the 5200 for RetroPie. Hope this helps: github.com/jfroco/atari800-rpi
Hi there, I followed all your instructions to the letter, however when i finally launch a game, I get a slightly scrambled Atari logo screen (weird exclamation points that don't belong there) then the emulator crashes every time. I've tried on multiple games to no avail. Any ideas?
once game loads, I hit F4 to start game but does nothing and then takes me to " The atari computer has crashed ", obviously i did something wrong but not sure what it is.
I've done all That you recommend re: roms, Atari bios etc. I DO get the Atari option from Retropi. I DO get to the first Atari screen BUT "F1" does NOT get me to the Atari emulator menu screen????? Help?
I have a Pi3 running the latest RetroPie 4.1 release. Most of the installed emulators, and a couple of extra I've added work very well. However, I find this 'atari800' emu to be problematic. I find that out of about 20 ROMs for the 5200 I've tried, perhaps three or four launch successfully. The rest just display the rainbow Fuji, but not the name or the last 2 digits of the copyright year, and then the emu crashes.I've tried using these same ROMs with the KAT5200 emu in Windows 10, and the ROMs all work great. I've watched this video, read through the wiki articles, etc. I even grabbed another MicroSD card, installed RetroPie from scratch and did nothing to it except configure a generic gamepad and install the Emulator as per this video. The same issues.I am thinking that maybe these are wonky ROMs or something, but they work great with KAT5200...
For any and all cartridge games it is best to stick with the No Intro sets not those ancient goodsets. The ancient goodsets have bad copies of games,, and hacked copies etc. The No Intro sets are verified perfect copies of each game, you get 1 game for each region (USA, Europe, Japan). The No Intro sets that you find can be trimmed down to what region want. In summary, just grab the no intro roms and it should play right out of the box
I installed both the Atari 5200 and Atari 800 emulator on the latest version of RetroPie. I first started an Atari 800 game. Works Then I went to play an atari 5200 game. Chose stand 8 kb 5200 cartridge. Startyed to play Missile Defender. Cools works. BUT... Then I quit. Want to go play an Atari 800 game. Go to the Atari 800 menu and choose a game, and the Atari 5200 Missile Defender loads. No matter what Atari 800 game I choose it always loads Atari 5200 Missile Defence (which is in a different directory - the atari5200 directory) What do I do? THANKS
Figured it out myself: The play an Atari 800 game after playing an Atari 5200 game: When the Atari 5200 Missile Defense loaded, I pressed F1 Then used down arrow on keyboard to scroll down to SYSTEM SETTINGS Then first line changed from Atari 5200 (16 KB) -> to Atari 800XL (64 KB)
Followed your instructions to the letter and got pitfall to run but had no controller working, also never saw the 'select cartridge type' screen. There's gotta be an easier way in 2019 (yeah, saw the year this was uploaded AFTER all this configuring lol)
switched 'retropad'? (i think it is) to 'atari joystick' and had control. Having to press 'F1' after 'atari computer - memo pad' forces one to have a keyboard connected =(
thanks for the guide, it works pretty well. I have an issue with the Atari 800 roms though. I can only load roms with extension bin. Files with extension "atr" won't load, the emulator loads the previously loaded bin rom. Any idea why?
I pressed F1 on the keyboard to get the emulator menu. Then selected run atari program and manually located the rom I wanted to launch (goonies.atr) and then it worked. After that I had no more issues, I can launch the games from the retropie menu.
I want to play to my atari game with a real atari 2600 controller. i got the usb adaptop and all work well. but i have problem to launch the game or get out because the atari controller just have 1 button. did you have any solution ? thx a lot.
You are THE MAN! This frustrated the hell out of me and the raspberry pi documentation out there on the net didn't help at all. They skip the part where you should run the ROMs from the F1 menu. If you don't do that your controller is useless and you can only use the keyboard. DROVE ME NUTS! I was so mad I couldn't play Gremlins, my favorite 5200 title. This video solved the problem. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much it work, after 35 years i was able to play my Atari 5200 favarite games you help me bring old memories back in 2020
AMAZING TUTORIAL!! You speak so clearly and it's a beautiful step by step that works with the new RP update 4 as well. The nice thing is that the new update allows you to simply load the BIOS files the way you instruct and then the games simply load up on command. I'm so glad I found your channel! SUBSCRIBED!!!
This works! You have to pay very close attention to every little detail. I was stuck for 2 weeks on this project, and this tutorial is amazing!! THANK YOU!! GREAT WORK!!!
AMAZING!! You're the only person I found on the internet who had the correct instructions. Thank you!!
Thanks ETA Prime! Got the Atari working a treat on original pi zero with retropie 4.2. Thanks to you I have my old games back and more, kudos!
i see why 5200 is not pre installed any longer. great work ETA PRIME, I would have never thought to do all this on my own.
Hi it's me, from the future. This video is still helpful, as I struggled all evening to get this thing running on RetroArch for Windows. To run newer games than the 5200, one needs to manually select the Machine Type after loading the rom each time. Apart from that, the instructions are more or less still spot on. Thanks
Thanks for explaining it so well. I've been inspired to remove this from my retropie.
thank you for this! it works with retropie 3.8. i have noticed that after getting everything configured and running the games, most times i can launch the games from the retropie menu! you should also note that while "F4" does start the game usually, some games require you to press "F3" or "F2" first for "select" or "option" (i can't remember which is which) also, "F5" resets the game and "F9" exits to retropie menu. do not press "F8"..i am not sure which function it performs but so far i have found that the only way to get back to retropie after pressing it is to cut the power. thanks again!!! (also note that you may have to reconfigure your controller within the atari 800 emulator)
You're a legend, man. I subbed cause I love your tech reviews, so I was kinda surprised to see you had a guide for the atari 800. You made this beyond easy to get working, thanks.
Thanks for the fond memories of my first computer, the Atari 800.
Sir You are My Hero!!!! Thank you and your team for all the hard work... Just finished setting it up !!!.01/01/18 with launch box and retroarch!!!
Thanks man! It worked! Although I don't plan on doing so much just to start a game so I will just stay away from 5200. It made atari 800 work, and without a keyboard, so I'm pretty happy!
I appreciate your videos so much man, especially ones like this that detail exactly what to do to get stuff working. I set up RetroPie on my rpi4 and got a bunch of different systems going....I never got the 5200 to work because of that "real is needed screen". I gave up because I already had too many games to play anyways. The other day I was trying to get games running to play at a family event and 5200 was still not set up right. Now I can get it going and my aunt can show off her alleged frogger skills👍❤️
On a side note, you can simplify the process for running 5200 games after the initial setup if you run a game, go into retroarch, then settings, then change the system emulation to 5200, and set it to select the cartridge type automatically-- make sure you save the configuration. Once you do that, you can choose your game in EmulationStation from the menu like you would for other consoles and it will go straight to the game. You still have to press F4 for it to start, but at least there are fewer steps.
It can easily be run from Emulation Station, just have to edit each rom individually. For example with Pitfall go to Cartridge Management -> Create Cartridge From Rom File - > Find your Pitfall rom -> then choose One chip 16 KB 5200 cartridge -> Then overwrite the rom in your directory
Now it'll load directly into the rom when you launch it
You can also play without a keyboard if you install jfroco's atari800-rpi and overwrite the original atari800 emulator, it maps the emulator to your controller
Great tutorial! I got it working with Atari 800 XL emulation on Raspberry PI 3 and Retropie 4.1.
Thank you soo much man. Your videos are an extremely valuable resource when setting up my RetroPie system!
Many thanks for making this great help to set up Atari 5200 for Retropie, you're the guy, cheers!!!!
Excellent tutorial. Thanks! This will help me relive the days of my Atari 130XE.
"So when you rip your Atari Games, they will come.... zipped."
Sure, "ripped".
Great video and step by step help. This is a wonky setup. You need a wired controller and a keyboard to play these games. However, I enjoyed experiencing the wonders of the 5200 as I never had one as a kid.
Thx bro. This worked for me to play Atari 800XL on PS Classic ;-)
ETA Prime, I know this video is old as all get, apologies for replying to it... I wanted to share that, in order to use a controller with the 5200 with lr-atari800 - you can go into the retroarch settings, under input, where it lists all the different controllers, you can set it to Atari Joystick, and you can press start on the controller and everything and not have to press F4, you can exit like any other emulator based on libretro, its beautiful.
Thanks :) . My first time play Atari 5200 games (I was born in the early 90's).
First impressions -- surprised how responsive Pitfall is ... I was expecting it to be like Prince of Persia not Donkey Kong :P
It's fun
Man, you're my hero! Thanks a lot!
The emulator = Atari800. I'm sure ETAPrime burned the midnight oil getting this emulator to work. Remember, there are several Atari 800/5200 emulators in the wild. I was mixing instructions and could not play games. The PC only emulator, Altirra, is recommended. Thank you for giving the emotionally abused 5200 some love.
Hello, you know how to configure a joystick control to play atari 800, my control is a usb joystick ...I have retropie
Wow, i finally can play them!! Thank you so much!
Wow! Just wow, again. Thank you.
Thanks a million. I got to play my games today. I was siked. Great job as always.
Thanks heaps, I had no chance of working that out unaided. Where do you dig this information up from?
Thanks for the tutorial. Really helped out alot. I just don't like all the extra work just to play the Atari 5200 games.
gracias por tus aportes, no sabia como hacer para arrancar el atari 5200 en el batocera, eres un Genio
Thanks a million... playing M.U.L.E. on the 800 emu as I type this... brilliant!
PuppetDungeon M.U.L.E. is one of the best games EVER! I remember playing it when it was first released and thinking at the time how terrible the graphics looked. Still ended up playing it for months with a couple of friends though! Multiplayer was great fun. I've tried playing it on pc with my son, he loves the game but frustratingly we can only play single player mode as the second joystick won't work! I'm going to try this on my pi zero and see if I get any joy... See you on Irata!
Also, many thanks ETA Prime for all your excellent videos. We really appreciate them and I wouldn't have a clue where to start without them!
Thanks ETA for your tutorials.
men, i know how launch the games from your theme in retropie!!!!you don´t have to enter atari5200 frontend.
I will explain you..you have to go into CARTRIDGE MANGEMENT, and then you have to create a cartridge from ROM image.
The system will ask you for the rom file.
You have to enter the right one, the one you knows that works perfect.
For example, for jr.pacman i choose the rom "Jr Pac-Man (1984)[a1].bin.
This one i know that works good,
and then i choos the right cartridge for the game.
For example in jrpac-man i choose standard two chips, because it´s the only one that works good oon this game if you choose one chip, you will not be able to play it.
So, and then you have a.52 file that works good launching from retropie.
Thumbs up
ETA, I think this video isn't up to date, because I Saw Somewhere else a dude that managed to launch Atari 5200 directly from ES.
Dunno if he uses atari800 emu or another emu. I just asked him and waiting for his answer.
I love Atari 5200 and I think this system is really lacking on most retropie images, it's just to Bad.
I'm making my own retropie image and I really need to include Atari 5200 in it. But atari800 emu is just a pain in the ass ! I'm now sure there's another way and I'll tell you.
I can't believe there is a simpler process... Most of these steps could be automatized by retropie, like automatically finding the roms in the BIOS folder, and allowing to launch the games from emulationstation.
Great video thanks. I have a whole pile of atr roms. Can't seem to get any to work. Any bins I have will work. But with any atr I get "need real Atari os. " tia
Thanks ETA. Already linked your post.
DUDE, you're Awesome thanks man for the in-depth tutorial!
Well done. Thank you. I got my favorit game running.
Perfect. Thank you for this
Any updates to this with the recent 4.3 Retropie update?
thank you so much and it's still working with retroarch PC too atari 8 bit games issue solved here....
Does anyone know how to map the controller for 5200? More specifically, I need the Y button to be the same as pressing "0" on the keyboard to allow for hyperspace in Defender..
I was never able to get the Atari games to load before. I'm going to check mine now and I'll let you know what happens. Not that you'll answer because you haven't answered or replied to anyone else.
Very helpful vid, but this process seems unnecessarily complicated, if a more elegant solution pops up, I hope you update this vid, thanks sir!
Thanks, bud. Your step by step worked well! Did you do one on getting Neo Geo to work?
Thanks bro, it works fine with Batocera!
"Can't load, incorrect file size". Sometimes "incorrect checksum".
I tried BIOS from different sources, same thing.
Don't follow these instructions with Retropie 4.5. I did and it was totally hosed. Just follow what it says for the installation on GitHub. Just copy system and game roms, make the configuration file, set default system to 5200 like it says. Everything you need is on the GitHub site. I actually followed this and wound up going all the way back to the beginning of burning the retropie image and just followed GitHub. Can start the games from ES and never needed to go into the magenta screens.
Your guides are great ETA Prime, thank you for all of your help. I am having a lot of trouble with setting up and using the Intellivision emulator. I've scoured the net and spent hours trying to get it to work but can't figure it out. Can you do a video featuring a walk through of this system? Thanks!!
Works perfectly!
How to accomplish the steps from 7:21 for Retroarch instead of Retropie? And are we going into our system's bios or the emulator's bios?
6:31, mine does not show that screen, it says "ATARI COMPUTER - MEMO PAD"
Thanks for this video!
Hi ETA Prime, thanks for this guide. I'm currently stuck and am hoping you can help. I was using a different guide at first (before I found this one) and it went through some of the steps but not all of them. This has left me stuck at the point where the keyboard is frozen (the part in the video where you say you think it's a bug - 12:08 in video). The issue is that the previous guide didn't put me through ALL the steps you have outlined here, so when I press F5 to bypass my keyboard being frozen, I am taken to the screen that states "sorry this program needs a real Atari/OS"...etc. I have tried deleting all of the ROMs and starting over but still the same issue.... Any ideas? Thanks in advance for ANY help!!!
Great video. Thank you.
Funny things is, when I followed these instructions, the games do launch from the main game menu selection but some of them crash before starting. Some do work, even without unzipping as well. In addition, I cannot access the select cartridge type screen. Anythoughts?
damn, the 7800 didnt require anywhere near that much work to set up
I know it's kind of ridiculous
Thanks I got this to work. But I'm now trying to run atari st. but games won't recognise Tos.img even though I've copied both over and placed them in the Rom folder. is there any chance we could get a video for atari st ?
I cannot navigate through this menu with the keyboard. I press the down key once and it flies way down the menu.
thanks for the helpful info
Hmm. I was not able to get it to work. 1st I am running the latest Retropie ver. I transferred the 5 Bios files over via network like you did. 2nd I did not have a folder called atari5200 folder on the Pi like you did so I had to create it. I had the other Atari folders just not that one. I reset the system and can not get the Atari logo from Retropie to show up in the banner to continue your steps. I even tried removing the files I placed via Network and placed them on a usb stick to try the original way of placing roms into retropie and still does not work. The Raspberry Pi does auto transfer the BIOS files and creates the atari5200 folder and moves the 5 or so roms I wanted to install that ends with .a52 extension but for me to get any further I need to see the Atari 5200 logo in the Retropie banner to continue. Is there something in the video that I missed? All I have on my banner is Retropie and "Playstation" which was my first successful BIO install and Game installs. The only other thing I can think of is my BIOS files are corrupt but they matched the files sizes you have in your video.
Retropie 4.1 may not have the emu installed by default. ruclips.net/video/bLHh5b2IWxQ/видео.html this is video on installing missing emulators, let me know if you get it working
You have to download the Atari 5200 emu, its not there by default :) Tested that... Also thanks for this video, everything works great!
Thx for the video going to try on my tinker board
Ugh, appreciate the video since I have not been able to get this to work. Not sure if it is worth it to have to have a keyboard plugged it at all times to be able to play 5200 games.
I hope they update it , but there might not be much of a demand for the 5200 , the emulator works great I just wish we could map the controller to work in the menus.
+ETA PRIME Great videos.... I modified Atari800 emulator with full joystick support for the 5200 for RetroPie. Hope this helps: github.com/jfroco/atari800-rpi
+jfroco AWESOME! I'll have to try this out. THANKS!
Hi there, I followed all your instructions to the letter, however when i finally launch a game, I get a slightly scrambled Atari logo screen (weird exclamation points that don't belong there) then the emulator crashes every time. I've tried on multiple games to no avail. Any ideas?
once game loads, I hit F4 to start game but does nothing and then takes me to " The atari computer has crashed ", obviously i did something wrong but not sure what it is.
Try miner 2049eer one of my favorites.
Fantastic!!!!
Is there a date from then to now? Using Retropie 4.2... or it's still the same!
I've done all That you recommend re: roms, Atari bios etc.
I DO get the Atari option from Retropi.
I DO get to the first Atari screen BUT "F1" does NOT get me to the Atari emulator menu screen?????
Help?
I have a Pi3 running the latest RetroPie 4.1 release. Most of the installed emulators, and a couple of extra I've added work very well. However, I find this 'atari800' emu to be problematic. I find that out of about 20 ROMs for the 5200 I've tried, perhaps three or four launch successfully. The rest just display the rainbow Fuji, but not the name or the last 2 digits of the copyright year, and then the emu crashes.I've tried using these same ROMs with the KAT5200 emu in Windows 10, and the ROMs all work great. I've watched this video, read through the wiki articles, etc. I even grabbed another MicroSD card, installed RetroPie from scratch and did nothing to it except configure a generic gamepad and install the Emulator as per this video. The same issues.I am thinking that maybe these are wonky ROMs or something, but they work great with KAT5200...
For any and all cartridge games it is best to stick with the No Intro sets not those ancient goodsets. The ancient goodsets have bad copies of games,, and hacked copies etc.
The No Intro sets are verified perfect copies of each game, you get 1 game for each region (USA, Europe, Japan). The No Intro sets that you find can be trimmed down to what region want.
In summary, just grab the no intro roms and it should play right out of the box
The "Select Cartridge Type" screen does not come up for me automatically. How can I call it up manually?
I installed both the Atari 5200 and Atari 800 emulator on the latest version of RetroPie.
I first started an Atari 800 game. Works
Then I went to play an atari 5200 game. Chose stand 8 kb 5200 cartridge. Startyed to play Missile Defender.
Cools works.
BUT...
Then I quit. Want to go play an Atari 800 game. Go to the Atari 800 menu and choose a game, and the Atari 5200 Missile Defender loads. No matter what Atari 800 game I choose it always loads Atari 5200 Missile Defence (which is in a different directory - the atari5200 directory)
What do I do?
THANKS
Figured it out myself:
The play an Atari 800 game after playing an Atari 5200 game:
When the Atari 5200 Missile Defense loaded, I pressed F1
Then used down arrow on keyboard to scroll down to SYSTEM SETTINGS
Then first line changed from Atari 5200 (16 KB) -> to Atari 800XL (64 KB)
Help .. not running pi, using Mint, no controller, just a keyboard /moose... any tips/ideas ... wasd up down left right / space not working ! Thanks
answered my own question ... in the 800 menu there is a controller submenu with keyboard options
Thanks for the info. I don’t have to use the keyboard to start the games. I guess it’s been updated.
Dude you're links to the files are dead. Can you re-up? I'm nearly finished a Ms Pacman barcade but on the last step
My USB controller doesn't work. I'm guessing i have to set it up within the Atari emulator?
Followed your instructions to the letter and got pitfall to run but had no controller working, also never saw the 'select cartridge type' screen.
There's gotta be an easier way in 2019 (yeah, saw the year this was uploaded AFTER all this configuring lol)
switched 'retropad'? (i think it is) to 'atari joystick' and had control.
Having to press 'F1' after 'atari computer - memo pad' forces one to have a keyboard connected =(
Can do a video to get Atari 800 working on pc? Potentially with LaunchBox?
After trying to run Atari Program and selecting the catridge the emulator says it has crashed and asks me to either hard or soft reset(?)
I'm following your setup, and when I tried to load the ATARIOSA.ROM it says "can't load, incorrect checksum". Any idea what I can do to troubleshoot?
I have raspberry 4 with the latest retopie, I loaded the BIOS but it doesn't work
Is there any way to emulate BOTH fire buttons and the controller keypad? I know that games like RS Baseball and Pole Position need this
It's too bad the MESS 5200 emulation is too slow on Pi because that's a lot easier to implement (at least it was under PS3 'OtherOS').
The Atari emulator doesn't show up on the front end for me. I'm running 4.1 and installed the Atari 800/5200 optional package.
i figured out that you need to unzip the roms then put them in the corresponding atari folder.
I can’t move down to select cartridge type even with a keyboard
thanks for the guide, it works pretty well. I have an issue with the Atari 800 roms though. I can only load roms with extension bin. Files with extension "atr" won't load, the emulator loads the previously loaded bin rom. Any idea why?
never mind, it works now... great!... playing the Goonies at the moment lol
JazzHasLeft how did you fix that? I'm having the same issues. No matter what game I choose it loads defender cause I played that first.
I pressed F1 on the keyboard to get the emulator menu. Then selected run atari program and manually located the rom I wanted to launch (goonies.atr) and then it worked. After that I had no more issues, I can launch the games from the retropie menu.
Can u help me?? My emulation station screen is too large and it cuts off the menu and such in the bottom left hand corner...
i have a question, is atari 800 = atari 800 XL games?
I want to play to my atari game with a real atari 2600 controller. i got the usb adaptop and all work well. but i have problem to launch the game or get out because the atari controller just have 1 button. did you have any solution ? thx a lot.
btw you should be able to use the "find ROM images in a directory" to assign the bios ROMs more quickly.
Tried it several times I could not get it to work correctly it always l bring me back to the , you must have a legal bios page.
+ETA PRIME def worked for me before, but I'll check.
+Jools Wills it worked for me on 3.4 but on 3.6 and 3.7 it just wouldn't work anymore.
UR DA BEST
Is there a way to get Atari 800 to show up in the graphical screen of all the emulators? I can see 5200 but not 800XL
When i try to play Atari 800 games it boots up the last 5200 game i played what am i doing wrong?
Thank you so much man. Been struggling with this for two days. If anyone sees this, is there a way to get the game to load without a keyboard now?