20+ Free Atari Gaming Emulators, Run Atari Games on Every System
Atri Gaming Emulators is a collection of software emulators that allow you to play games from various gaming systems on your computer. These can range from classic consoles like the NES and Sega Genesis to more modern systems like the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS.
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In this list, you will find a free open-source Atari game emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS.
Stella
Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator which allows you to play all of your favourite Atari 2600 games on your PC.
stella-emuA7800 - the Atari 7800 Emulator
A7800 is a fork of the MAME Atari 7800 driver with added enhancements, including support for various controllers and improved Maria DMA timing. A bug in the existing RIOT emulation has also been fixed.
Features
- Support for emulation of Proline Joysticks, VCS Joysticks, Lightguns, Paddles, Driving Controllers, Keypads, Trak-Balls, Amiga Mice, and ST Mice.
- Maria DMA timing has been improved further, with the addition of accurate DMA hole penalties.
- A bug in the existing RIOT emulation has been fixed.
- POKEY sound emulation improvements.
- SALLY (CPU) and MARIA (Graphics chip) performance adjustments.
- Selectable and improved palettes with enhanced screen options.
- Audio indication of no ROM loaded silenced.
- BIOS file(s) no longer required and made optional.
- Streamlined UI including menu options to have an Atari 7800 system focus.
- Implementation of XM control registers updated.
- Graphical register updates made mid-scanline are now displayed mid-scanline.
- Bankset bankswitching support added.
- POKEY@800 added for non-banked, supergame, and bankset formats.
- Machine targets a7800dev and a7800pdev added, which display DMA usage per-scanline.
7800-devtoolsGopher2600
Gopher2600 is a highly accurate Atari 2600 emulator written in Go. It supports many cartridge formats, Supercharger emulation, ARM7TDMI and preliminary ARMv7-M emulation, network access through PlusROM, AtariVox and SaveKey support, speech support via Festival, CRT TV effects, screenshot features, accurate audio reproduction, TIA revisions, and the implementation of Movie Cart.
Features
- High accuracy with no known issues in emulating 6507, TIA, or RIOT chips
- Support for various cartridge formats
- Supercharger emulation with support for loading from WAV files
- Emulation of the ARM7TDMI, found in the Harmony cartridge
- Preliminary support for the ARMv7-M used in the UnoCart and PlusCart
- Network access through PlusROM emulation
- AtariVox and SaveKey support
- Speech support via Festival
- CRT TV effects
- Flexible screenshot features
- Accurate audio reproduction with optional stereo output
- Support for common TIA revisions
- Implementation of Movie Cart
- Gameplay rewinding
- Tracker/Piano Keys visualization
- Gameplay recording and playback
- Support and auto-detection for stick, paddle, keypad, and Sega Genesis style controllers
- ROM selector with live emulation preview and optional support for boxart and stella.pro file
- Graphical debugger with CPU and Color Clock level interaction
- Breakpoints, traps, watches on CPU, TIA, and RIOT targets
- Terminal interface with optional headless operation
- Advanced ARM monitoring
- Performance profiling
- Source code inspection and breakpoints
- DWARF support for global & local variable inspection
JetSetIllyWebAssembly / AssemblyScript Atari 2600 Emulator
The project involves creating an Atari 2600 emulator using AssemblyScript compiled to WebAssembly, with features implemented as they appear in the Atari 2600 Programming for Newbies guide. The project serves as an exploration of the 2600 and AssemblyScript.
ColinEberhardtJavaTari
Javatari is a cross-platform Atari 2600 emulator designed for web use. It allows for games to be displayed within webpages and can be launched with a single link. It supports touch controls for Android/iOS devices and includes a NetPlay! function for multiplayer gaming.
The latest version, 5.0, includes a peer-to-peer connection with automatic network discovery and a user interface for selecting Cartridge Mapper type among other improvements.
Features
- Cross platform HTML5/JS. Runs in any Browser, tested in Chrome/Firefox/Safari
- Support for mobile iOS and Android devices
- Finally enjoy Atari 2600 games on your iPhone/iPad
- Customizable Touch Controls for mobile devices with Haptic feedback
- Real Atari 2600 Console panel for a nostalgic feel!
- Install as a WebApp on iOS/Android/Desktop, then run offline!
- Put Atari 2600 games in webpages easily
- Show games running with a single link to the Javatari page
- Drag & Drop system for loading files
- Open files from local storage, iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, web links
- Savestates support. Export and share Savestate files
- Fully customizable Joysticks, Joykeys and Touch controllers
- Adjustable speed, Pause and Frame-by-frame advance
- Screen Capture and Debug modes
- Resizable Screen, Full Screen mode
- Javascript API for loading ROMs and Console control
ppeccinBevy-atari - Good Enough Atari XL/XE Emulator
Bevy-atari is a cross-platform Atari XL/XE emulator written in Rust using the Bevy Game Engine. It's designed to run Atari software directly in a browser window and requires no pre-configuration. While it's not as advanced as some competitors, it's already capable of running many Atari programs.
Features
- Cross-platform - primary target is wasm32 running in the browser, but native executables for Linux / Windows / MacOSX can also be build.
- No pre-configuration required, images configured via URL parameters (it uses CORS proxy to be able to download images from external services)
- ANTIC / GTIA is emulated on GPU (using this fragment shader), reducing CPU usage of single browser thread. Requires WebGL2 in the browser.
- Cycle-accurate 6502 emulation using emulator_6502, with invalid opcodes and proper DMA cycle stealing.
- Very good POKEY emulation (including stereo) with Web-Pokey
- 256 kB extended memory by default.
- ATR disk image support
- CAR cartrige image support (currently Standard 8k / AtariMax 128k / AtariMax 1M, more will be added if required)
- GamePad support with Gamepad API
mrk-itsAtre
Atre is a free open-source simple 8-bit Atari platform (XL/XE) emulator in C++.
Features
- Full MOS 6502 CPU emulation
- Graphics/IO hardware registers emulation
- boots original Atari XL OS
- runs Atari BASIC
- passes Self Test
- runs a few classic games
mausimusAtari800
Atari800 emulator version 5.2.0 is a free and portable emulator for Atari 8-bit computer and 5200 console. Originally created by David Firth, it is now developed by the Atari800 Development Team and is copyrighted and released under the GPL.
atari800Stellarator
The Atari 2600 emulator project, named 'S', has achieved several milestones including being ported to GLFW, running at the correct frame rate, adding second joystick emulation, motion blur, keypad support, and implementing on-cartridge "Super Chip" RAM and CBS 12K cartridge with 256 bytes of RAM.
The project is currently as complete as intended, with a potential future focus on audio work.
dpiponiASAP - Another Slight Atari Player
ASAP is a free software that emulates the POKEY sound chip and the 6502 processor to play Atari 8-bit chiptunes on modern devices.
It is available for Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and can also run in a web browser. On iOS, it is integrated into Modizer.
EMU7800
EMU7800 is an emulator for the Atari 7800 ProSystem video game console, which is also backward-compatible with the Atari 2600 Video Computer System.
The software runs on Windows 10/11 and does not require administrator permission for installation. It supports Stelladaptor and 2600-daptor, 2600-daptor II, and Xbox 360 controllers for Windows.
Felix
Felix is a free and open-source Atari Lynx emulator.
laooHatari
Hatari is an Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator for various systems, aiming to emulate the hardware as closely as possible to run old ST games and demos. It supports most ST and STE hardware, including special tricks like raster interrupts, border effects, and PSG sample sound.
It also offers the ability to "mount" a host system directory as a ST drive or use images from an original Atari's hard disk. While it can emulate additional hardware of the TT or Falcon machines, this support is still in development and experimental.
ProSystem Emulator
The ProSystem Emulator is an Atari 7800 emulator for the PC and Windows OS. The emulator was written in C++ using the Windows API and DirectX. It emulates the Atari 7800 NTSC and PAL TV standards.
SainT
SainT is a Windows based cycle accurate ATARI-ST emulator, written by James Boulton and Arnaud Carré.
Steem SSE
Steem SSE is an updated version of Steem, aimed at preserving the Atari ST. It features accurate emulation, an intuitive GUI, and supports many disk image formats.
VirtualJaguar
Virtual Jaguar is an open-source a portable emulator for the Jaguar gaming console. The emulator is based on the source code released by David Raingeard (Cal2).
The text also mentions various updates and releases related to Virtual Jaguar, including changes to gamepad support, improvements to sound, and the transition of their repository from SVN to GIT.
Xformer
Xformer is a software that allows users to run Atari 8-bit games and BASIC programs on various Windows platforms. The project started in 1986 and has since been ported to multiple platforms, with nine major releases.
The latest version, Xformer 10, is designed for Windows 10 and requires no configuration. Older versions of Xformer are available for download and use on previous Windows systems, with some limitations.
Mednaffe
Mednaffe is a front-end (GUI) for the mednafen emulator, a portable, argument-driven, multi-system emulator. It supports a variety of systems including Atari Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket, GameBoy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, and Sony PlayStation, among others.
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jGameBase - Universal Emulator Frontend
jGameBase is a Java port of GameBase, an emulator frontend and game database utility for retro-gaming. It supports virtually any emulator for any system and offers versatile database searching and filtering.
Databases for various systems including Apple II, Atari ST, Coleco ColecoVision, Commodore Amiga, Commodore C64, Commodore VIC20, Nintendo NES, Nintendo SNES, and Sinclair ZXSpectrum are available.
Atari 2600 Emulator
Atari 2600 emulator currently under development in C. The author plans to refactor the opcode functions to improve readability and efficiency. The emulator already implements 6502 CPU registers and a tick() function to handle discrepancies between the 1.19Mhz 6502 processor and modern processors.
DumonuAtari2600
Atari 2600 emulator is a free and open-source project aimed at playing a few key games with sentimental value rather than emulating the entire game library. The project is still in progress with several tasks remaining, including improving frame timing, fixing horizontal position bugs, and implementing audio.
ltriantJMStella
JMStella is a J2ME Atari 2600 VCS emulator based on JStella 0.95, enabling the play of Atari 2600 games on java-enabled mobile phones.
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