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April 25, 2002  





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Emulators, ROMs, FrontEnds, Tools - you'll find it all here. If you're new to emulation, we suggest you read the Beginner's Guide to Emulation to give you an idea of what you're looking at. If you're an emu pro, then dig in to our juicy emulation archives below.




Game ROMs:
ROMs are binary versions of your favorite classic games, they contain the actual code of the original cartridge. In order to enjoy emulation, you will need to download an emulator and the game ROMs that you want to play.

Click here for our extensive searchable ROM archive.


Emulators:

The following are the most popular Atari 2600 emulators available.  All are of high quality, and I suggest you try them all before choosing your personal preference. These are all off-site links to ensure you download the latest version.

Stella - Popular 2600 emulator that's been ported to many systems.
Stella.pro - Download the latest Stella.pro file from Voch's Stella Profile Page.

DOS/Windows Emulators

PC Atari - Easy to use, popular emulator.  DOS and Windows versions available.
StellaX - Stella ported to Windows 9x with a nice user interface.
z26 - DOS, Windows 9X.  A high quality emulator with many options and is frequently updated.  DOS based.

Macintosh Emulators

Stella - Macintosh port of Stella.


Utilities:
Utilities are not a necessity, but can sometimes help an emulator function better, add features, or change the user interface. If all you want to do is play games, you just need to pick an emulator and download ROMs.

AtariFrontz - front end for z26
FEFA 2.1 - nice front end for 2600 emulators
FEFA Labels - cartridge label scans for use with FEFA
FEFA Screen Shots - game screen shots for use with FEFA
FEZ26 - front end for z26.
Good 2600 V. 0999.3 - ROM renamer/fixer by Matt Cowering, it knows over 1200 games/hacks/versions
Z-Launch - front end for z26.  (3.2MB download with pics and text)


You can help AtariAge:

We're looking for the following ROM files - these ROMs have not been made publicly available and one of our goals is to preserve these games in binary format due to the possibility of bit rot on actual cartridges. If you have any of these ROMs, please contact us so that they may be permanently archived with other 2600 ROMs:

Prototypes:
- AD&D: Tower of Mystery
- AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin
- Anteater
- Crack'ed
- Funky Fish
- Good Luck, Charlie Brown
- In Search of the Golden Skull
- Loco-Motion
- Pink Panther
- Pleiades
- Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Snow White

We have the ability to extract the ROM from a cartridge, so if you have an actual prototype cartridge we can work with you to preserve the ROM. We are also interested in any international ROMs that are missing from our database.

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