Atari 2600 emulator PSP2600 v1.0.2

Posted Jan 24, 2007 at 8:10AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Emulators, Emulators Tags: Linux, PSP7800, Zx-81
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PSP2600 - Image 1


Emulation stalwart Zx-81 just released an updated version of his PSP2600. It seems that he's really focused on this one as we all know that he became known all throughout the homebrew community because of another program, PSP7800. But what's new with this program?

A lot, actually. But before we go into that, here's a little refresher for our new readers so we know we're all on the same page. PSP2600 is actually a PSP port of of Stella v2.2. Stella, on the other hand, is one of the best emulators of Atari 2600 game system. The program runs on various operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, Windows, MacOS/X, WinCE, OS/2, GP2X.

Now, probably the most important development with PSP2600 v1.0.2 is the bug fix in its Rom file requester. Accordingly, there have been instances of the PSP hanging with the first version whenever the rom list was big and already sorted. Anyway, you can read about all the fixes in the changelog provided below.

Lastly, take note that PSP2600 was developed on Linux for 1.5 FW. Zx-81 mentioned that he thinks that this would work as well for 2.x using Noobz's eloader.

Changelog:
  • Merge the code from Stella v2.2 (replacing Stella v2.0 b1)
  • Add several Anti-Flicker modes such as: Phosphor (from Stella v2.2), nice but CPU consuming; Simple, very fast and suitable for black background games; Average, it computes average colors between two frames
  • Add paddle support, using Left / Right keys or analog Pad
  • Fix the sound speed/accuracy (For a better quality, set the PSP clock to 333Mhz in the settings menu)
  • Remove Gelon's name from graphics stuff (as he wants to)
  • Add Aenea as the author of the first PSP port (I'm sorry for this mistake !)
Download: [PSP2600 v1.0.2]

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by first - 2007-01-24 03:28
» first *****es

first commment suck a cokc

by KaVaYo - 2007-01-24 04:23
» I'll check it

I'll check if all the flickering issues have been fixed. Thanks zx!

by philly - 2007-01-24 04:54
» flickering has been sorted for me

zx has sorted my emu flickering probs! thanks again

by VGO - 2007-01-24 08:38
» when displaying larger than original size the edges are messed up

no biggie... great emu though.. keep up the great work..





also whenever I load a zipped file it reverts back to Pitfall! any ideas? going to try unzipped roms now

by KaVaYo - 2007-01-24 08:54
» Checked!

Wow, no more flickering! The only thing I miss is a full screen smoothing mode, to avoid those nasty squared pixels, like stella does. Thank you very much Zx!

by VGO - 2007-01-24 08:58
» unzipping the roms fixed it

Also... please make the SWAP ANALOG PAD/DIGITAL PAD option work..I hate the analog pad for emulators

by RIK - 2007-01-24 09:23
» qqqqqqqqqqueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrr!!!!

y play atari games on you're PSP they suck!....





......ps1,sega genesis,snes,gb a/gb, R much better choices to go with!.

by Show some respect! - 2007-01-24 10:00
» Noobs

"we all know that he became known all throughout the homebrew community because of another program, PSP7800. "



Come on now QJ. zx-81 has made other countless contribution other than the recent atari 7800 port. Some noob writing this article?



Great work as always zx.

by zx-81 - 2007-01-24 10:48
» ^^

@all: thanks



You're right lol, i've ported 15 emulators from now



Another version is available on http://zx81.zx81.free.fr, with bug fix in the render mode ... This will be the final release, only if major bugs are found.



Zx

by KaVaYo - 2007-01-24 11:10
» Emulator

I like to use emulators on my PSP not only for playing great games with wonderful-looking graphics and animations, but also to step back a little and remember my childhood. Sure GBA's games are better than 2600's games but playing an 2600 game gives my a sweet taste, a taste that I felt when I was younger and now, thanks to Zx and a whole lot of developers that made some others emulators (Nes, MegaDrive, Master system...) I'm able to feel today. Yes, I'm a nostalgic... THANKS Zx!!!!

by bah - 2007-01-24 11:13
» bah

learn to type...

by lawls - 2007-01-24 12:20
» and all of them can suck it

truth

by raheeda - 2007-01-24 15:16
» someone tell me y

ok got this installed, and for those who enjoy this, we all wish we had full screen... oneday hopefully, but heres my prob, i download da rom, put it in da rom folder and when i turn on da psp, pitfall shows then da atari screen show, when i goto select rom, it doesnt work, i have to go and select reset atari and then da games loads up..... n e one having da same kinda prob??? if not what da story on this one... all my other emulators work fine with da same process this one requires....

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