TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk
[Core Port Req.] Various Atari Emulators. (Based on the systems from 1977 and 1992)
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- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
Right, this is the big one I'm going to list out three two potential emulators, they all share the same Atari Systems and listing it out mainly for which is considered as the "non-spaghetti code".
Also cheating by using this section from TASVideos that's convenient in the potential ones.
Altirra
- Website
- Target platforms: Win7+ (and Linux via WINE)
- Source distributed as archives
- Language(s): C / C++
- License: GPLv2
- Systems: Atari 400/800, 1200XL, 600/800XL, 130XE, XEGS, and 5200
Atari800
- Website
- Target platforms: Android, Linux, Win7+, several others
- Source repo
- Language(s): C
- License: GPLv2
- Systems: Atari 400/800, 600XL/800XL, 130XE and Atari 5200
Other emulators
- Atari++: available only as source archives; C++; choice of (butchered MPL) or (GPL, unspecified version)
- kat5200: source distributed as archives; C/C++; GPLv1+
Merits
Honestly it would be nice to have that middle gap between the 2600 and the 7800 be filled out by getting 5200 in the emulator, and these two do that and more.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Atari800 and Altirra sources linked in the issue, then compare the listed Atari systems and licensing details with BizHawk's existing core-port requirements. Done would mean selecting and integrating an emulator for the requested Atari systems, but the issue does not name BizHawk files, tests, or a specific implementation scope.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, cpp
- Domain
- game-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 18/100