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About Atari800
Atari800 emulates the Atari 8-bit computer line and the 5200 game console. Originally written by David Firth in 1995 and released under the GPL, it has since been maintained by a group of developers who merged their separate updates.
The main build uses SDL2 and runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. It is also available on Android under the name Colleen, and there are curses, X Window and older ports for Amiga, MS-DOS and Atari machines.
Strengths
- Covers Atari 8-bit computers and the 5200
- Very portable, with many ports
- Long history of community maintenance
Limitations
- Plain interface compared with newer emulators
- Android version goes under a different name
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- The Atari800 contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Running Atari 400, 800, XL and XE software and 5200 games
- Categories
- Emulators
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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