Atari800 Changelog

What's new in Atari800 2.1.0

Mar 27, 2009
  • New features:
  • added Axlon and Mosaic RAM expansions for Atari 400/800
  • added emulation of 1400XL, 1450XLD, MIO and Black Box
  • added support of .PRO copy-protected disk images
  • implemented tape loading with variable bitrates
  • implemented cassette writing via hardware registers
  • added switching between NTSC and PAL color palettes
  • added emulation of XEP80 and a prototype 80 column card for the Atari 1090 (SDL only currently)
  • added emulation of CX85 numeric keyboard (Java and SDL only)
  • event recording added (-record, -playback): save your game walkthrough using the "-record mygame.dat" and later impress your friends by your game skills or highest score using the "-playback mygame.dat"
  • NTSC Filter option added to UI
  • -directmouse added to SDL and X11 (used for -mouse pad or koala)
  • monitor supports arrow keys - e.g. up-arrow for history
  • SDL: interpolated scanlines (use -scanlinesnoint to disable)
  • SDL: added -mouse, -mousespeed, -grabmouse (also Alt+M)
  • SDL: visual configuration of keyboard joysticks layout in the UI (F1 -> Controller Configuration -> Define layout) default mapping changed to 4,8,6,5 (joy0) and A,W,D,S (joy1)
  • R: device can be serial-only, network-only or both (selectable)
  • R: device now supported on MS Windows and Dreamcast as well
  • a completely new port to Java using NestedVM, running also as an applet
  • Falcon/TT: removed Devpac dependency in asm files (now gcc friendly)
  • Fixes:
  • fix for "Ilusia" demo
  • better GTIA bug mode emulation
  • POKEY sound: nonlinear mixing (not enabled by default), two-tone filter
  • fixed POKEY registers: ALLPOT, IRQEN and STIMER
  • various Atari5200 fixes
  • fixed Atrax cartridge bank switching
  • fixed sound recording to WAV
  • -showspeed fixed, now shows speed