Retropie - my beginnings

Robinson

@Robinson said in Retropie - my beginnings:

Q 1) About 35 years ago I used to have Atari 65XE. There is no separate emulator for it though. If I wanted to play the same old games should I go for Atari 2600 games or something else?

Use lr-atari800 or the standalone Atari 800 emulator.

I have found some ROMs with the games I played 30 years ago but most of them give me "Atari800/OS Emulation halted" screen.
"Sorry, this program needs a real Atari/OS ..."
https://i.imgur.com/PxpqTD2.png

Does it mean they are not playable in the emulator?

YFZdude

@Robinson
Have you obtained the BIOS files for the system?

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Atari-800-and-5200/

A Former User

@Robinson Q 2 - Use hotkey and start to exit a game or hotkey and x to enter the retroarch menu for the current emulator/core your using.

Q 4 - for the button assignments go into the main menu on the home screen by pressing [START] on your controller and choose configure input, then hold any button on the controller while it is connected to start configuring your controller.

Hope This Helps @Robinson

-Dominic

Robinson

@YFZdude said in Retropie - my beginnings:

@Robinson
Have you obtained the BIOS files for the system?

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Atari-800-and-5200/

I certainly haven't.
Thanks. I'll give it a try tonight.
Can BIOS files be legally acquired from Retropie website?
Or do I need to look for a different source?

Robinson

@DominicSD said in Retropie - my beginnings:

@Robinson Q 2 - Use hotkey and start to exit a game or hotkey and x to enter the retroarch menu for the current emulator/core your using.

Q 4 - for the button assignments go into the main menu on the home screen by pressing [START] on your controller and choose configure input, then hold any button on the controller while it is connected to start configuring your controller.

Hope This Helps @Robinson

-Dominic

Thanks.

YFZdude

@Robinson
The BIOS files are much like roms. Can't provide links here but I'm sure your favorite search engine can find them in a hurry.

Robinson

Am I right in thinking that Atari 800 needs BIOS files but Atarii 2600 doesn't?

abj

@Robinson You need Bios and for Atari 5200 : 5200.rom

Robinson

@abj said in Retropie - my beginnings:

@Robinson You need Bios and for Atari 5200 : 5200.rom

You were so quick before my edit.
I meant 2600.

abj

@Robinson You don't need a bios for 2600, see : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Atari-2600/