The Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), introduced in 1977, was the most popular home video game system of the early 1980's. Now you can enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to Stella!
Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Stella was originally developed for Linux by Bradford W. Mott, and is currently maintained by Stephen Anthony. Since its original release several people have joined the development team to port Stella to other operating systems such as AcornOS, AmigaOS, DOS, FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, OS/2, MacOS, Unix, and Windows. The development team is working hard to perfect the emulator and we hope you enjoy our effort.
On this site you'll find information about downloading, installing, using, and enhancing Stella. You'll also find useful information about the Atari 2600, emulation and homebrew development.
What's New:
- Added preliminary PlusROM support for saving high scores.
- Added preliminary support for 'MVC' bankswitching scheme by Rob Bairos.
- Added web links for many games.
- Added dead zone and linearity settings for analog controllers.
- Added 'Check for Update' button to Help dialog.
- Added different mask patterns for scanline emulation.
- Fixed MindLink controller.
- Fixed SaveKey not working with QuadTari.
- Added TIA randomization on startup option.
- Added different debug color luminances for player and missile copies.
- Added hotkeys for TV roll speed and toggling 'Developer settings' sets.
- Debugger: enhanced prompt's auto complete and history.
- Debugger: added optional logging of breaks and traps.
- Debugger: added Thumb cycle counting.
