badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Is there a good 2600 emulator (that uses joysticks!) that takes screen shots? Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwobbler Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 http://www.classicgaming.com/pcae/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 I could never get that one to work on my system, it just locks up. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky817 Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 what OS are you running, i cant run PCAE on windows XP but it runs perfectly on 98... *shrugs* just my situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 yup. XP. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smada Bez Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 I use StellaX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 I just need to find a way to take screenshots. I'm kickin' ass with Dragster! Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Most of the 2600 screenshots on AtariAge were taken with StellaX. Some screenshots were taken with z26. It seems that XP sucks if you're trying to run Atari 2600 emulators, as I've heard many people complain about it. I personally run Windows 2000 (I am not a fan of XP at all). ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Okay, I use Stella X! How do you take screenshots with it? I've tried, maybe it's just way too obvious. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 i dont think its possible to take screenshots in stellax (well not directly) it used to be f12 in the dos version but it doesnt seem to work for stellax. pcaewin works fine under xp don't know why people have had problems with it. in pcaewin there is a menu option which says "save screenshot" for z26 which also works under windows xp simply press the = key to take screenshots another method which works for most emulators and games in general is the printscreen key, simply press the printscreen key when the game is running (fullscreen is best) then load up a program like paint shop pro or even ms paint and go to edit > paste and theres your screenshot! course if you want to take several screenshots of one game this way isnt the best but if you do get emulators with no built in screenshot support its a good method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Okay, I use Stella X!How do you take screenshots with it? I've tried, maybe it's just way too obvious. Press F12 to take screenshots in StellaX. You can press F12 to take repeated screenshots, and it makes sure the filenames are unique. You should end up with PCX files in the same directory that StellaX is located in. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 ok, this is getting stupid in a hurry. F12 does nothing in StellaX (xp) I can't seem to get the joystick to work in Z26 Pressing PrintScreen in StellaX gives me a black nothing when I paste. I think I'll just have to hook up a video capture card and run my atari through there. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 no f12 does nothing for me in stellax either under xp, the printscreen key should work for you though...not sure why it wouldn't work for you... as for the joystick problem with z26 which joystick do you have? you are probably best off usin pcae which should should solve all screenshot and joystick problems that you have, personally i wouldn't use anything other than z26 as it is the best 2600 emulator by a long long way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 I'm using a sidewinder, I don't know, maybe I have it configured wrong, but it shouldn't be THIS hard for me to figure it out. I figure it should work with the joystick right out of the box. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 sidewinders arent "normal" joysticks and are definitly not dos friendly, still if you want to play games with a joystick stick to stella but if you want to take screenshots use z26. there are also programs that capture joystick movements and translate them to keyboard commands, im ok as the software comes with my gravis xterminator but you would have to look for another one and im afraid i cant remember the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Well, I think I still have a Gravis Gamepad around here somewhere, maybe that would work.... I'll give it a try, thanks for all the advice. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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