Ray Gillman Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I missed that old gauntlet game. Excellent with an Xbox controller as a joystick in A8 jukebox - fun I am lazy so I play hit and run mode so I can run to the next screen. My biggest gripe has always been playing MULE on an XBOX homebrew because the computer gets what feels like more time than players. Actual original hardware human players could easily complete two plots and had slight chance at a third. All of the emulations seem to make it go too fast and humans can's hardly complete a second plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 52 minutes ago, Ray Gillman said: I missed that old gauntlet game. Excellent with an Xbox controller as a joystick in A8 jukebox - fun I am lazy so I play hit and run mode so I can run to the next screen. My biggest gripe has always been playing MULE on an XBOX homebrew because the computer gets what feels like more time than players. Actual original hardware human players could easily complete two plots and had slight chance at a third. All of the emulations seem to make it go too fast and humans can's hardly complete a second plot. The problem is two fold, emulation plus display input lag (monitor image delay matters) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) Yup, input and display lag are a royal pain, hence I love to use a crt rather than an LCD / LED. I'm sure if you pay BIG bucks you will find a monitor with super fast transistor switching (if that is even still used). If you are playing on the original Xbox then the emulator won't be fully optimised (and lacking many features). I used to load up my Xbox with emulators but, as always the one's on the PC were superior. I can't speak for the other emulators but I do know that Phaeron is constantly trying to get Altirra's latency down and is doing a wonderful job, but we will always have some latency lag via emulation but I have to say it's not very noticeable on Altirra, unlike when I swap on to my C64 from the two emulators I use, you can feel the difference.. Edited December 15, 2022 by Mclaneinc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusfalkirk Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) On 8/20/2022 at 7:56 AM, Mclaneinc said: UPDATE The original link for the download has now died, here is my own copy. I can't update the main page as it was composed by Starwindz. Both me and Starwindz took a step back from the project because I had / have health issues, and he was / is a very busy team leader in South Korea. https://mega.nz/file/0xQn2BgQ#piHWwHpSjqXqImAGAXAkXT949ywvtDyqagxeNgW4F0g Have fun with it.. Paul.. Thank you for posting the link to your own copy of this. I'm primarily an Apple II guy, but was given an Atari 400 by a friend a few months ago and have since bought an Atari 800xl. I saw this thread and decided to check it out. Tried links on the main post and most of them went to some Asian language site. Decided to look towards the end of the thread and that's when I ran across your link. Just finished downloading the .rar. So thanks again am looking forward to seeing what all is in this. magnus Edited January 5 by magnusfalkirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 My pleasure, it's a very nice little thing If I may say so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroSteven Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 1/5/2023 at 4:06 PM, magnusfalkirk said: Thank you for posting the link to your own copy of this. I'm primarily an Apple II guy, but was given an Atari 400 by a friend a few months ago and have since bought an Atari 800xl. I saw this thread and decided to check it out. Tried links on the main post and most of them went to some Asian language site. Decided to look towards the end of the thread and that's when I ran across your link. Just finished downloading the .rar. So thanks again am looking forward to seeing what all is in this. magnus Hello, I have version v1.2.0 Beta 3. Is the link provided a more upto date version? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroSteven Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I went a head and downloaded the file and it is a more up to date version. Thanks! Here's a full collection -Atari 8bit BIOS for various emulators. Atari 8bit BIOS Full pack for Altirra etc List of latest emulators for various systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 hours ago, RetroSteven said: I went a head and downloaded the file and it is a more up to date version. Thanks! Here's a full collection -Atari 8bit BIOS for various emulators. Atari 8bit BIOS Full pack for Altirra etc List of latest emulators for various systems My pleasure.. Have fun with it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Just trying this out now. Every time I try to PLAY a game, it opens up Altirra and shows this: If I go into System, Configure System, Firmware... I see this: I have found that if I set Operating System to Altirra OS 3.34 for XL/XE/XEGS, the game will run. But it's not keeping this so next time I run a game, it's the same thing again where there is no Operating System selected. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/17/2023 at 11:09 PM, chad5200 said: I have found that if I set Operating System to Altirra OS 3.34 for XL/XE/XEGS, the game will run. But it's not keeping this so next time I run a game, it's the same thing again where there is no Operating System selected. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! If you have another version of Altirra installed or using one at another path. the new ROM path needs to scanned with the firmware manager so they are verified and stored in the Altirra.ini. C:\gamepack\emul\altirra\Altirra.ini download and put the BIOS files in the rom folder, and scan the gamepack path. C:\gamepack\emul\altirra\rom\ 800XL.ROM BASIC-A.ROM BASIC-B.ROM BASIC-C.ROM OSAPAL.ROM OSBNTSC.ROM this will be written to the ini file... [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Specific] "XLOS rev 2" = "92f8813549cf78e9" "BASIC rev A" = "a3f3935cb75bc8c5" "BASIC rev B" = "c750c865a241a674" "BASIC rev C" = "aadb4f57ff225133" "OS-B" = "b1e0bb5c64ac7bf1" [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\EAA4231039DEACB2] "Name" = "Atari XL/XE OS ver.3" "Path" = "rom\\800XE.ROM" "Type" = "kernelxl" "Flags" = 0 [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\92F8813549CF78E9] "Name" = "Atari XL/XE OS ver.2" "Path" = "rom\\800XL.ROM" "Type" = "kernelxl" "Flags" = 0 [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\A3F3935CB75BC8C5] "Name" = "Atari BASIC rev. A" "Path" = "rom\\BASIC-A.ROM" "Type" = "basic" "Flags" = 0 [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\C750C865A241A674] "Name" = "Atari BASIC rev. B" "Path" = "rom\\BASIC-B.ROM" "Type" = "basic" "Flags" = 0 [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\AADB4F57FF225133] "Name" = "Atari BASIC rev. C" "Path" = "rom\\BASIC-C.ROM" "Type" = "basic" "Flags" = 0 [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\CB71011655049B3D] "Name" = "Atari 400/800 OS-A PAL" "Path" = "rom\\OSAPAL.ROM" "Type" = "kernel800_osa" "Flags" = 0 [User\Software\virtualdub.org\Altirra\Firmware\Available\B1E0BB5C64AC7BF1] "Name" = "Atari 400/800 OS-B NTSC" "Path" = "rom\\OSBNTSC.ROM" "Type" = "kernel800_osb" "Flags" = 0 then it should start to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/7/2023 at 4:29 AM, RetroSteven said: I went a head and downloaded the file and it is a more up to date version. Thanks! Here's a full collection -Atari 8bit BIOS for various emulators. Atari 8bit BIOS Full pack for Altirra etc List of latest emulators for various systems Got a trojan warning off of the first link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFELD2021 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Maybe take a look at the vast array of helpful BIOS files for Atari 800 and many other computer & game consoles. https://github.com/archtaurus/RetroPieBIOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gillman Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) This is the same A8 system which seems to work fine. You can edit the MDB database crudely with Microsoft Access. But some of the games (which launch with Altirra may or may not be relevent) the xbox360 USB joystick works for a couple of minutes then quits. If I launch the same game directly with Altirra instead of through the A8 menu system the joystick works fine as long as needed. Edited August 20 by Ray Gillman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gillman Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 On 8/20/2023 at 2:50 PM, Ray Gillman said: This is the same A8 system which seems to work fine. You can edit the MDB database crudely with Microsoft Access. But some of the games (which launch with Altirra may or may not be relevent) the xbox360 USB joystick works for a couple of minutes then quits. If I launch the same game directly with Altirra instead of through the A8 menu system the joystick works fine as long as needed. I think I figured out why the xbox360 USB controller is quitting more quickly - it draws a lot of power and when it loads through a USB hub with a power booster charger it seems to behave better for longer - fewer issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFELD2005 Posted yesterday at 02:34 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:34 PM Hyperkin Trooper 2 Premium Controller for PC/Mac - PC; Mac; Linux This joystick works really well with Altirra and a lot of other emulators for PC. Available on Amazon (and many other sites) for around $20.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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