Hi Jon, one of my favourite 2600 games was Dig Dug. Many countless hours spent play it. But also loved H.E.R.O. What a fantastic game with so many levels crammed into such a short amount of memory. The 2600 was my first computer/console, I had the Darth Vader version, and will never be forgotten.
H.E.R.O. is a longtime fave of mine, too, Alan. Many years ago I introduced it to Mo here on the channel. It was the Atari 8-bit flavor, but the spirit is the same! ruclips.net/video/EgdixvE59Ow/видео.html
Great video and in this case “tutorial” per the usual, Jon. You’re a master! I’m a middle school technology teacher and we are so going to try this next school year. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the great content!
Good afternoon, thank you for taking time to do this tutorial for all of us who did not grow up with a computer at home. Unfortunately I am unable able to enjoy this because of course I found it after an update so now I can’t make it work for me. Sad that I can’t make it work for me but happy for people like you that share.
FYI - The HC Roms folder is for users that have a Harmony Cartridge which is basically an EverDrive or SD Card Multi Cart. The folder structure is a little more organized for easier navigation when playing on a Harmony Cart on real hardware.
Stella is pretty good, but the EMU7800 is even easier to set up and use. I like both it and Stella, but I find myself playing on the EMU7800 more because it's so easy. You don't have to mess around with looking for files in it like you do with Stella. It's also My Hyperkin Retron 77 quit working a few days ago. Worked great for several years, but won't even turn on anymore. It used Stella to great effect and has an easier interface than the PC version does, but something has gone wrong with mine. I was despondent about it until I discovered that I can use a USB gamepad to play the games on EMU7800 and Stella. Now, I don't miss my Retron77 as much. EMU7800 doesn't have saves or rewind and the visuals aren't as adjustable as they are on Stella but you can make it look a little fuzzy to make it more nostalgic. It does play both Atari 2600 and 7800 games though, so that's a bonus over Stella. It also has some of the prototypes and PAL games but not as many as you can get from Atarimania for Stella. Thanks for this tutorial on how to use Stella. I know a lot of people download it and are baffled when they open it and don't see a list of games to click on right away. Stella needs to work on this as players shouldn't have to dig around for the games like they do.
Great video and easy to understand! Thx a ton :-). Just one question : Did you find a solution to play raiders of the list arc (with the second joystick to change your equipped items)?
Thanks, glad it helped you get going. No problem with multi-joystick games. Just pop into Options->Input and configure what you'd like to map to a second controller.
You should make a MISTer FPGA. I read somewhere the DS card, or whatever it's called . . the main card . . is supposed to be dropping in price to 100 dollars? Do a short to the point HowTo video on that. You made this one perfect and to the point, no long winded opinions or thoughts. Thank you for that!
I've had a problem that I can't google how to fix, so I really hope you could help me: I can't seem to play any of the games against the computer. It always thinks I'm trying to play against another person. Do you know how to switch it from 2 player to 1 player?
Which game? Not all games have a computer opponenet option. For those that do, you'll need to use the GAME SELECT key to cycle from the default to another variation.
ah ... did you do this for the atari800, hatari emulators ...i started playing with these, basic ... i was having trouble with getting basic to save programs to disks virtual ... stella looked odd on the steamdeck
Are all these titles on STELLA? Qberts Cubes PlayAround titles Porkys Tx Chainsaw Massacre Alien (movie) Halloween Ghost Manor Krull Gremlins Ghostbusters Fantastic Voyage King Kong The Towering Inferno James Bond 007 Superman Spiderman Custars Revenge ( just for collectibility )
'when i tried downloading the Stella zip file I received : "A virus has been detected", should I use the Microsoft Windows workarounds guide? or it might be a real virus ?
There's a big problem with this tutorial: It doesn't use the Windows Search even once! Everyone knows that it's now impossible to use a Windows computer without using Windows Search for everything! In fact, I hear that the next version of Windows isn't going to have icons or a Start menu, just a Search box in the middle of the screen. :) Seriously though, one change I'd recommend people make is to go into the Input section and map keys for toggling the Color/BW switch, and the two Difficulty switches. While having keys to set the switches to specific positions may make sense for making sure that a game is set to one difficulty level or another, for the games that use those switches for game input, it's much more convenient to be able to press one key and toggle them. For example, the game Starmaster by Activision uses the Color/BW to switch between the star map and the action screen, while Phaser Patrol uses the left Difficulty switch for the same purpose, while the Color/BW switch turns your shields on/off. In the middle of a game, it's much easier to just hit one key, rather than remembering which key you need to use to set the switch to a specific position.
@@GenXGrownUp Well, technically those WERE toggle switches in that they had two positions and moving the switch would change between them. You're right that it wasn't a single button you press to change the mode though. While having a single key to change the state of those switches may not mimic the real world exactly, it's actually closer than having two distinct keys for the positions. To translate that into the real world, the VCS would have needed two mutually exclusive pushbutton switches for each function, one to push for Color, a second to push for B/W, one to push for left Difficulty A, a second to push for left Difficulty B, etc. And once you pressed the one for the Color setting, you would need to remember to push the one for the B/W setting in order to change it, because pressing the Color one again wouldn't do anything. While the actual switches on the VCS provided a visual reference for which mode each one was in, it was still easier to just reach for the single switch and move it to the opposite position. It's not as if anyone truly looked at the console and thought "The switch is in the Color mode setting, so I need to set it to B/W mode to change back to the main game screen." They just thought "I need to change screens, so I'll flip the switch." Especially as Starmaster really didn't care about the initial position of that switch. On the 4-switch models, the difficulty switches were moved to the back and became slide switches, so you usually couldn't even see them all that well when playing a game, you'd just feel for the switch and move it to the other position.
I love emulation and I was around to play the original Atari 2600... But I do not want any scan line filters. I like to play retro games on a modern screen and up the resolution
That's interesting. I also don't use scanlines, but I definitely do a bit of softening and CRT bloom. It just makes the images look more like I remember them. I was thinking of doing a video about the "right" way to play VCS in emulation. 😀
My memory of playing the 2600 was thinking that I wish the video game could have a more crisp image. I'm kind of disappointed by Atari's new VCS computer system from a couple years ago. I never imagined it would be a full-on gaming PC but 16 gig of dual channel ram and a little bit of a processor upgrade would have went a long way.
@@shawnwade302 Cool. I get that. If what you longed for ages ago was to see every pixel in its crunchy glory, clean emulation with no filters is just what the doctor ordered!
You're welcome to be that guy. As you know (which is what prompted your question), the issue of ROM image legality is often a gray area. Most vintage 2600 ROMs are considered abandoned, though the Atari brand name and many of Atari owned games are still being made available in Flashback and other products. So far the rights holders have not taken interest in ordering ROMs removed on this public site which has offered them up for years.
@@GenXGrownUp ok cool. I was asking mostly to make sure your channel wouldn’t get in trouble for posting this. I know Nintendo keep a tight grip on their games, I wasn’t sure about Atari 2600. Thanks for answering.
Dig Dug, Berzerk, Vanguard, Dark Cavern, Empire Strikes Back, Wizard Of Wor, ROTJ Death Star Battle, Moon Patrol, Pac Man, Combat (of course). Dare I say it, always found Pit Fall and Yar's Revenge a bit over-rated. Eeeeeekkk.
Are you trying to start a fight? 😉 *Pitfall* is pretty universally loved, but *Yars'* can be somewhat polarizing. I'd take the latter over the former any day. Lots of good ones in your list, though!
@@GenXGrownUp I think it's very linked to what you were exposed to first and foremost, when you were impressionable. Isn't it great that we're still lovin' on it 45 years later!
It can create some very convincing CRT effects. It's great. I've long been planning for a video just talking about those effects and whether the vintage look or modern crisp look are the better way to experience these games in the modern era.
Respectfully disagree. It just not practical for everyone to be able to hook up a 40+ year old console to a older TV to play. I love this emulator and I play it with my real CX-40 whenever I want to remember those fun times.
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Great video! I am curious on whats on that King Kong Media drive though!
Thanks, Aaron! That's my unRAID server that holds all my stuff. 😁
Hi Jon, one of my favourite 2600 games was Dig Dug. Many countless hours spent play it. But also loved H.E.R.O. What a fantastic game with so many levels crammed into such a short amount of memory. The 2600 was my first computer/console, I had the Darth Vader version, and will never be forgotten.
H.E.R.O. is a longtime fave of mine, too, Alan. Many years ago I introduced it to Mo here on the channel. It was the Atari 8-bit flavor, but the spirit is the same! ruclips.net/video/EgdixvE59Ow/видео.html
Great video and in this case “tutorial” per the usual, Jon. You’re a master! I’m a middle school technology teacher and we are so going to try this next school year. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the great content!
Glad you dug it, Buzz. Atari 2600 for the middle schoolers? Now THAT'S a real education! 😀
how'd it go in the classroom
Awesome. Thanks Jon. Now I have something to do tonight. Looking forward to this.
How did it go?
Well I got it all downloaded. Lol 🤷🏻♂️ working on the rest of it tonight maybe. 😎
Stellar work with Stella! Sweet Atari hat too btw. I’m going to snag one of those!!
Thanks, Tree! As for the hat... MAKE IT SO! amzn.to/3MfGkDA (affiliate)
Your delivery is absolutely outstanding. Very easy to follow, great attitude. Thank you sir!
I appreciate that!
Good afternoon, thank you for taking time to do this tutorial for all of us who did not grow up with a computer at home. Unfortunately I am unable able to enjoy this because of course I found it after an update so now I can’t make it work for me. Sad that I can’t make it work for me but happy for people like you that share.
Thanks for watching. What's not working for you?
GREAT tutorial
Glad you think so, Marcus! Thank you for the kind words and the tip! 🥰
FYI this also works on a Linux system, since I am trying to work more with Linux I thought I would give this a try and it worked perfectly!
Fantastic to know. Thanks! 😀
Wow, finally a explanation for me! 😁
Glad it helped!
Yes indeed! This video should be linked to on the Stella website. Their instructions aren't very good.
FYI - The HC Roms folder is for users that have a Harmony Cartridge which is basically an EverDrive or SD Card Multi Cart. The folder structure is a little more organized for easier navigation when playing on a Harmony Cart on real hardware.
Indeed. That was far outside the scope of this tutorial, so I chose not to even dive into that topic. Thanks for watching.
@@GenXGrownUp No worries. Just letting you know in case others were wondering what that folder is for.
I figured it someone had a Harmony cart, they likely wouldn't need this tutorial. 😄 Thanks.
Thanks I booted up Atlantis and Star Raiders!
Those are a couple good ones to start with! 😀🕹️
Gonna want to do this on my anbernic device when it arrives. Thanks
Stella is pretty good, but the EMU7800 is even easier to set up and use. I like both it and Stella, but I find myself playing on the EMU7800 more because it's so easy. You don't have to mess around with looking for files in it like you do with Stella. It's also
My Hyperkin Retron 77 quit working a few days ago. Worked great for several years, but won't even turn on anymore. It used Stella to great effect and has an easier interface than the PC version does, but something has gone wrong with mine. I was despondent about it until I discovered that I can use a USB gamepad to play the games on EMU7800 and Stella. Now, I don't miss my Retron77 as much.
EMU7800 doesn't have saves or rewind and the visuals aren't as adjustable as they are on Stella but you can make it look a little fuzzy to make it more nostalgic. It does play both Atari 2600 and 7800 games though, so that's a bonus over Stella. It also has some of the prototypes and PAL games but not as many as you can get from Atarimania for Stella.
Thanks for this tutorial on how to use Stella. I know a lot of people download it and are baffled when they open it and don't see a list of games to click on right away. Stella needs to work on this as players shouldn't have to dig around for the games like they do.
Great video and easy to understand! Thx a ton :-). Just one question : Did you find a solution to play raiders of the list arc (with the second joystick to change your equipped items)?
Thanks, glad it helped you get going. No problem with multi-joystick games. Just pop into Options->Input and configure what you'd like to map to a second controller.
OMG jon you are the best gen x thank you soo much.
Haha! No problem; happy to help. 😀
You should make a MISTer FPGA. I read somewhere the DS card, or whatever it's called . . the main card . . is supposed to be dropping in price to 100 dollars? Do a short to the point HowTo video on that. You made this one perfect and to the point, no long winded opinions or thoughts. Thank you for that!
Thanks for watching! I've been exploring a MISTer but not really sure where to start.
Sweet. Thanks!
I've had a problem that I can't google how to fix, so I really hope you could help me:
I can't seem to play any of the games against the computer. It always thinks I'm trying to play against another person. Do you know how to switch it from 2 player to 1 player?
Which game? Not all games have a computer opponenet option. For those that do, you'll need to use the GAME SELECT key to cycle from the default to another variation.
Great work!
How to use Stella in Fullscreen?
Alt+Enter
hi i emulated river raid and its not able to run it just stops as the plane is about to enter
Press GAME RESET, and then tap the fire button to begin.
ah ... did you do this for the atari800, hatari emulators ...i started playing with these, basic ... i was having trouble with getting basic to save programs to disks virtual ... stella looked odd on the steamdeck
No, I didn't.
Thanks
No problem
Hiya jon I'm a John as well and I was an 80's kid so I won't to play way with the games I once did ok so thanks jon
Make it happen, and enjoy! 😎
Are all these titles on STELLA?
Qberts Cubes
PlayAround titles
Porkys
Tx Chainsaw Massacre
Alien (movie)
Halloween
Ghost Manor
Krull
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
Fantastic Voyage
King Kong
The Towering Inferno
James Bond 007
Superman
Spiderman
Custars Revenge ( just for collectibility )
Yes. Well, sort of. There's nothing "on" Stella - it's just the emulator, But yes, if you obtain the ROM image, then Stella will allow you to play it.
Hello, how are you today?Thank you for the information.But I was wondering I wanted to kno.Could you do this to add the games on an nintendo switch
Hi there. That's an entirely different process that doesn't relate to this tutorial.
Is there a way to change the aspect ratio on Stella to 4:3 like a crt?
By default, Stella is in the native aspect ratio. If you need to adjust it for your monitor or display, just click into Options > Video & Audio.
@@GenXGrownUp I appreciate your quick response, thank you and awesome channel
stella!
But can you play on a "streetcar?"
'when i tried downloading the Stella zip file I received : "A virus has been detected", should I use the Microsoft Windows workarounds guide? or it might be a real virus ?
I've not seen that myself. Could be a false positive, but be cautious.
There's a big problem with this tutorial: It doesn't use the Windows Search even once! Everyone knows that it's now impossible to use a Windows computer without using Windows Search for everything! In fact, I hear that the next version of Windows isn't going to have icons or a Start menu, just a Search box in the middle of the screen. :)
Seriously though, one change I'd recommend people make is to go into the Input section and map keys for toggling the Color/BW switch, and the two Difficulty switches. While having keys to set the switches to specific positions may make sense for making sure that a game is set to one difficulty level or another, for the games that use those switches for game input, it's much more convenient to be able to press one key and toggle them. For example, the game Starmaster by Activision uses the Color/BW to switch between the star map and the action screen, while Phaser Patrol uses the left Difficulty switch for the same purpose, while the Color/BW switch turns your shields on/off. In the middle of a game, it's much easier to just hit one key, rather than remembering which key you need to use to set the switch to a specific position.
Good suggestion. I always stick with the discrete pre-mapped F-keys, myself. My VCS didn't have a toggle button, and neither does my emulator! 😜
@@GenXGrownUp Well, technically those WERE toggle switches in that they had two positions and moving the switch would change between them. You're right that it wasn't a single button you press to change the mode though. While having a single key to change the state of those switches may not mimic the real world exactly, it's actually closer than having two distinct keys for the positions.
To translate that into the real world, the VCS would have needed two mutually exclusive pushbutton switches for each function, one to push for Color, a second to push for B/W, one to push for left Difficulty A, a second to push for left Difficulty B, etc. And once you pressed the one for the Color setting, you would need to remember to push the one for the B/W setting in order to change it, because pressing the Color one again wouldn't do anything.
While the actual switches on the VCS provided a visual reference for which mode each one was in, it was still easier to just reach for the single switch and move it to the opposite position. It's not as if anyone truly looked at the console and thought "The switch is in the Color mode setting, so I need to set it to B/W mode to change back to the main game screen." They just thought "I need to change screens, so I'll flip the switch." Especially as Starmaster really didn't care about the initial position of that switch.
On the 4-switch models, the difficulty switches were moved to the back and became slide switches, so you usually couldn't even see them all that well when playing a game, you'd just feel for the switch and move it to the other position.
I love emulation and I was around to play the original Atari 2600... But I do not want any scan line filters. I like to play retro games on a modern screen and up the resolution
That's interesting. I also don't use scanlines, but I definitely do a bit of softening and CRT bloom. It just makes the images look more like I remember them. I was thinking of doing a video about the "right" way to play VCS in emulation. 😀
My memory of playing the 2600 was thinking that I wish the video game could have a more crisp image. I'm kind of disappointed by Atari's new VCS computer system from a couple years ago. I never imagined it would be a full-on gaming PC but 16 gig of dual channel ram and a little bit of a processor upgrade would have went a long way.
@@shawnwade302 Cool. I get that. If what you longed for ages ago was to see every pixel in its crunchy glory, clean emulation with no filters is just what the doctor ordered!
Anyone else find it funny the screenshots took longer to transfer than the ROM’s 😊
LOL! Sign of the times, Jim. Sign of the times.
Dont let me click on image pack ???
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I hate to be that guy… but is this legal?
You're welcome to be that guy. As you know (which is what prompted your question), the issue of ROM image legality is often a gray area. Most vintage 2600 ROMs are considered abandoned, though the Atari brand name and many of Atari owned games are still being made available in Flashback and other products. So far the rights holders have not taken interest in ordering ROMs removed on this public site which has offered them up for years.
@@GenXGrownUp ok cool. I was asking mostly to make sure your channel wouldn’t get in trouble for posting this. I know Nintendo keep a tight grip on their games, I wasn’t sure about Atari 2600. Thanks for answering.
It’s like owning a knife is legal but everything you can do with it isn’t
vc runtime error
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When I click on Stella. My folder looks like yours btw. I get the vcruntime140_1.dll runtime error. I can clearly see the file tho
@@GenXGrownUpnever mind. I’m stupid lol I see what I did. Great work btw. Awesome video
@@Yelnats101 Haha! Glad you're up and running.
I forget there are people who don't know this stuff :P
And they far outnumber those who do. It's easy to forget we live in a very small niche hobby with specialized knowledge.
Dig Dug, Berzerk, Vanguard, Dark Cavern, Empire Strikes Back, Wizard Of Wor, ROTJ Death Star Battle, Moon Patrol, Pac Man, Combat (of course). Dare I say it, always found Pit Fall and Yar's Revenge a bit over-rated. Eeeeeekkk.
Are you trying to start a fight? 😉 *Pitfall* is pretty universally loved, but *Yars'* can be somewhat polarizing. I'd take the latter over the former any day. Lots of good ones in your list, though!
@@GenXGrownUp I think it's very linked to what you were exposed to first and foremost, when you were impressionable.
Isn't it great that we're still lovin' on it 45 years later!
@@talesfromthejundlandwastes5498 Damn straight!
Play fo free!! Dat Uh-tar-i!!
🎶 Have you played Atari today? 🎶
@@GenXGrownUp oh, memories of desire! 🙂
I liked the option to chose different tv effects. The games looked odd being crisp 1080p renders.
It can create some very convincing CRT effects. It's great. I've long been planning for a video just talking about those effects and whether the vintage look or modern crisp look are the better way to experience these games in the modern era.
planet partrol
Planet Patrol?
@@GenXGrownUp yep
Useless if you can’t actually play it on your atari.
Incorrect. I find if useful daily. 😘
Respectfully disagree. It just not practical for everyone to be able to hook up a 40+ year old console to a older TV to play. I love this emulator and I play it with my real CX-40 whenever I want to remember those fun times.
I don't get it 👴🏼
What exactly don't you get, Chris?
It's weird that of all things to blur out you blur your task bar, like what are you hiding lol
You may never know what nefarious things I had to blur out! 😁