Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by ppeccin » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 10:50 PM UTC

Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java
javatari.org

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by gkarness » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 11:05 PM UTC

Awesome interface! You have to find your own ROM files to play, but its easy... Just drag and drop ROM links from websites directly over the screen and BAM!

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by cintiapersona » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 12:00 AM UTC

Playing space invaders at the office with friends right now

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by carolsales » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 12:12 AM UTC

Wow that IS vintage :-)))

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by willhsiung » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 12:21 AM UTC

Thanks - been many years since playing the 2600 and brings back memories!

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by nnnnni » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 1:38 AM UTC

COMBAT!!

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by saddino » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 3:11 AM UTC

Such a nice project, but both the name and logo infringe on Atari trademarks. Why risk it?

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by eric_bullington » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 4:10 AM UTC

I would love nothing more than to play Defender or Yar's Revenge, but I can't bring myself to execute arbitrary binaries downloaded off the internet. Any safe place where one can download or buy roms? If whoever owns Atari now were smart, they'd sell them through a legitimate online marketplace so we could safely run them on very nice 2600 emulators like this one.

EDIT: Found an answer, waking up half my family in the process (Yar's revenge is not a low-volume game). Atari does, in fact, both sell and offer some of their old 2600 games for free: http://atari.com/arcade/arcade/yars-revenge

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by adgar » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 4:13 AM UTC

eric_bullington wrote: post #8

I would love nothing more than to play Defender or Yar's Revenge, but I can't bring myself to execute arbitrary binaries downloaded off the internet. Any safe place where one can download or buy roms? If whoever owns Atari now were smart, they'd sell them through a legitimate online marketplace so we could safely run them on very nice 2600 emulators like this one. EDIT: Found an answer, waking up half my family in th…

Use a virtual machine.

Re: Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

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Post by eric_bullington » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 4:20 AM UTC

adgar wrote: post #9

eric_bullington wrote: post #8

I would love nothing more than to play Defender or Yar's Revenge, but I can't bring myself to execute arbitrary binaries downloaded off the internet. Any safe place where one can download or buy roms? If whoever owns Atari now were smart, they'd sell them through a legitimate online marketplace so we could safely run them on very nice 2600 emulators like this one. EDIT: Found an answer, waking up half my family in th…

Use a virtual machine.

That's true, I run XP on virtualbox (linux host) almost every day, and could just make a throw-away copy with no network access. I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that.

Thanks!