Javatari: A multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java

Post by charliesome » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 6:33 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.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 8:05 AM UTC

unwind wrote: post #13

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…

So, uh, you're afraid that someone has introduced malware in Atari 2600 machine code, that can break out of any arbitrary emulator and do Real Damage to a hosting system, and hidden that in what appear to be vintage game ROMs on the Internet? That would be quite the malware, indeed.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 8:06 AM UTC

charliesome wrote: post #12

adgar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use a virtual machine.

Console emulators are virtual machines. I'm not sure what the GP is concerned about.

Post by adgar » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 4:57 PM UTC

charliesome wrote: post #12

adgar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use a virtual machine.

Console emulators are virtual machines. I'm not sure what the GP is concerned about.