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  • HATARI 1.6.1 DBG - Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon Emulator

    Atari fans rejoice, because developer Rtype has compiled and released a port of hatari Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon Emultor for use on JB/CFW PS3 consoles. You can find out more about this program below, as well as known problems and how to install the app properly.


    What?: A quick port of hatari 1.6.1 to ps3 using PSL1GHTV2.
    Why ?: Because i like old atari computer
    Who ?: Rtype

    So far ,i ve only compil the lastest hatari src (1.6.1) with psl1ghtv2 (SDL used) and i only make few hacks to done it work (a little) .
    So dont expect to much ...

    All the credit to the HATARI TEAM and to the PS3DEV team .


    Know Problems:

    - Works only with a keyboard & a mouse cnx to the ps3 !

    - Some pb with SDL1.2 hatari code (ex: code Keysym 1.2 different from 1.3) so i make quick dirty hack , not all the keys are working and it's seem to break a lot keyrepeat .

    - Hatari & sdlgui use partial screen update , and PS3 SDL don't have hardware cursor code , so i make another quick & very bad hack to show something we can call a mouse pointer (hum i know it's a square) and force the gui redraw , this make the gui very bad and slow, and there is a big lag between mouse action and screen update. Apologize for this.

    - In fullscreen mode Gui seem not working correctly so change to desktop mode if needed.

    - XMB seem to freeze PS3 when calling from home button so exit from the gui or AltGr-Q combo.

    - I ve not tested all the option , just few games , so maybe other pb around ...

    Sorry for all this problems but i hope you enjoy anyway ( i mean Atari lovers ) somes old good games .


    Quick Install & Start:

    - Create somes dir in /dev_hdd0/ :

    /dev_hdd0/HOMEBREW and /dev_hdd0/HOMEBREW/ST/ and /dev_hdd0/HOMEBREW/ST/TOS/ and /dev_hdd0/HOMEBREW/ST/CONF/

    - Put a valid tos named "rom" in:

    /dev_hdd0/HOMEBREW/ST/TOS/

    - Put some ST/MSA dsk in :

    /dev_hdd0/HOMEBREW/ST/

    - Install the pkg .


    INGAME CONTROLS :

    works only with a keyboard & a mouse !
    joystick:LSTICK= JOY MOVE CROSS= Button1 SQUARE= button2

    Guide to Compiling Hatari for PS3:

    Click to View!



    Download: ps3release.zip via PSX-Scene
    Source Code: ps3diffhatari-1 6.1.zip via PSX-Scene

    Introduction by tthousand


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    This article was originally published in forum thread: HATARI 1.6.1 DBG started by rtype View original post
    Comments 13 Comments
    1. rstabbs71's Avatar
      rstabbs71 -
      Nice to see some development on the emulator side. Looking forward to seeing if you can get controller support working at some time (have no keyboard and mouse to test it)
      But looks very promising. Don't think there's another port for the Atari ST out there til now.
    1. Mjollnir-PSG's Avatar
      Mjollnir-PSG -
      i love my old Atari ST games.. was one of the first machines i learned to program on with STOS then moving onto the machine code

      a few years back i downloaded every Atari Disk i could find.. got a few thousand
    1. LilGrim's Avatar
      LilGrim -
      This is a real good start for Us retro gamer's
      (Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon) Wow what a Nice pack of classic hit's
      Hope to see the next update from them soon with controller support
      Thank's
    1. CrashSerious's Avatar
      CrashSerious -
      Link to source? (since Hatari is GPL2)
    1. ieder-zijn-meis's Avatar
      ieder-zijn-meis -
      ^ yeah, release source as license requires and I might like it, otherwise it is just 'stealing' and I cannot like that

      Atari-Forum • View topic - Stealing Hatari code
    1. rtype's Avatar
      rtype -
      fixed added the modified src files to the orignal post.
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand -
      Thanks for adding the source code with the release. Added it to the article!
    1. ieder-zijn-meis's Avatar
      ieder-zijn-meis -
      can't seem to get download working:

      ps3diffhatari-1 6.1.zip links to http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/...emulator-2038/ instead of attachement
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand -
      Thank you @ieder-zijn-meis. The link should be working correctly now.
    1. CrashSerious's Avatar
      CrashSerious -
      hatari/hatari: files seems to be a bit of code missing, is this just a changed files archive @rtype?
    1. rtype's Avatar
      rtype -
      Yes it's just the modified file . you have to download the hatari 1.6.1 original src before .
      I would like to add a quick howto to build from source ( because some boring step required )

      but always failed posting with :
      An error has occurred rtype! You must have 30 posts and be a member for 30 days in order to post links. Your current post count is 4.

      if someone can help me to post this !
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand -
      Let me work on this for you Rtype. By the end of the day you should be good to go.
    1. rtype's Avatar
      rtype -
      tks a lot , added quick help to build the ps3 release .