This is a list of all currently available free or shareware Atari emulators that I could find. Most emulate Atari machines on other platforms, but a couple emulate other machines on Atari computers.
I have not used most of these emulators and have had to go by other's opinions, the emulator web sites, or press releases. If you have any corrections or additions to this list of emulators, please let me know. If you maintain any of these emulators, please contact me about being placed on your release notification list.
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| ARAnyM (Atari Running on Any Machine) | 0.9.6beta2 | Atari ST | GNU/Linux OSX Win32 | ARAnyM is an acronym: Atari Running on Any Machine. It is a virtual machine software for running the Atari ST/TT/Falcon operating systems (TOS, FreeMiNT, MagiC and others) and TOS/GEM applications on any kind of hardware. This release: much faster graphics output, Mac OS X supported better than ever (JIT on IntelMac, networking and more!), coming with ARAnyM logo+icons and usual bunch of bug fixes and improvements. |
| Atari++ | 1.51 | Atari 400 800 400XL 800XL 130XE 5200 | Unix Linux Solaris Windows | The Atari++ Emulator is a Unix based emulator of the Atari eight bit computers, namely the Atari 400 and 800, the Atari 400XL, 800XL and 130XE, and the Atari 5200 game console. The emulator is auto-configurable and will compile on a variety of systems (Linux, Solaris, Irix). |
| Atari800 | 2.0.2 | Atari 400 800 600XL 800XL 130XE 5200 | Debian DOS Win WinCE MacOSX/PPC TOS BeOS OS/2 Amiga | Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator for Unix, Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari TT/Falcon, SDL and WinCE. Our main objective is to create a freely distributable portable emulator (i.e. with source code available). |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| Atari800MacX | 3.8.1 | Atari 800 800XL 130XE 320XE 5200 | Mac OS X | Atari800MacX now supports emulation of the XEP80 80 Column Display Adapater, and Sio2OSX adds 850 emulation to allow internet modem capability and the ability to connect serial devices, as well as the ability to swap disks between any two drives. |
| Atari800PSP | 2.0.3.2 | Atari 800 800XL 130XE 5200 | PSP | Uberjack has released a new version of his Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator for PlayStation Portable. |
| Atari800Win Plus | 4.0 | Atari 800 800XL 130XE 320XE 5200 | Win9X/NT/2000 | Jaskier/Taquart has just finished and published the final version of our beloved emulator Atari800WinPLus - version 4.0. This is the final of my year's work on perfectioning the emulator - as the author says. |
| CaSTaway/GP | 16.1 | Atari ST | GP32 | My tribute back to the days of old is porting the keen Castaway Atari ST emulator to the GP32. The port is actually of CastCE (for the Pocket PC :), and has turned out *very* well if I do say so myself. Really shows off what the GP32 can accomplish. -- Jeff |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| DreamCaSTaway | RC4 fix1 | Atari ST | Dreamcast Windows Linux | DCaSTaway is the result of the effort done to bring to DC this excellent Atari ST emulator in 3 flavours, Dreamcast, Windows and GNU/Linux. |
| EMU7800 | 0.71 | Atari 2600 7800 | PC .NET | an Atari 7800 emulator implemented using Microsoft's .NET platform. Most VCS (2600) and ProSystem (7800) titles work well, with 2600 support featuring authentic HMOVE emulation, per Andrew Tower's paper "A Small Opus on the TIA." |
| EmuTOS | 0.8.3 | TOS replacement | Atari ST Falcon | EmuTOS version 0.8.3 has been released. EmuTOS is an open source replacement of the original TOS, and can be used with almost all available Atari ST emulators. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| GP2X-2600 | 1.0.3 | 2600 | GP2X | GP2X-2600 is a port on GP2X of my previous port to PSP. My PSP version is based on the work of Aenea who was the first to port Stella to PSP, and David Voswinkel who's now in charge of the PSP port in Stella team. |
| GP2X-7800 | 1.0.3 | 2600 | GP2X | ProSystem is the best emulator of Atari 7800 game console, running on Windows system. Here is a port on GP2X of the version 1.2 that I had previously ported to PSP. |
| HandyPSP | v0.95.1 | Atari Lynx | PSP | Uberjack has shared the initial release of Handy PSP, an Atari Lynx emulator for PlayStation Portable. It's written in C and C++, and uses GU (Graphical Utility toolkit) for rendering. |
| Hatari | 1.0.1 | Atari ST STE TT Falcon | PC | Hatari is a cycle-accurate Atari ST emulator for Linux and other systems that are supported by the SDL multimedia library. Hatari is designed for running old ST games and demos, but of course you can also run GEM applications with it. Now updated to v1.0.1 |
| Handy | 0.95 | Atari Lynx | Win32 | "Handy" is an Atari Lynx Emulator for Windows 95/98/NT/2000. Handy was the original name of the Lynx project that was started at Epyx and then finished by Atari. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| JStella | 0.8 | Atari 2600 | Java Virtual Machine | JStella is a Java-based Atari 2600 VCS emulator. This release has arbitrarily been designated a beta release. Please report any bugs. |
| Jum52 v0.8 MC | 0.8a | Atari 5200 | PS2 | Atari 5200 emulator (Jum52) is available as a 32-bit MSDOS application, or a Windows application (tested on Windows 98, 2000 and XP). There are also Mac, BeOS, QNX and Playstation 2 ports, and a DC port is (was?) in development. |
| kat5200 | 0.2.3 | Atari 5200 | Windows and Linux (i386) | kat5200 is an emulator for the Atari 5200 Super System. It currently runs on Windows and Linux (i386). |
| MESS | 0.112 | 400/800/XL 2600 5200 7800 Jaguar | PC Unix Amiga | Updated yet again, and probably once more by the time you read this. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| MSX Emulator | 0.10b | MSX | Atari ST | This emulator, which is written in GFA basic(!) emulates all aspects of the MSX-1 series: the processor (the Z80), the graphical processor (VDP), etc. It even emulates the cassette-device. Also implemented is some MSX-2 functionality (some graphical modi, some I/O) and a little of the MSX Turbo-R things. Do not really expect something blazingly fast; it emulates the MSX at aprox. 1% (when running on a original Atari ST running at 8MHz). |
| NoSTalgia | 1.42 | Atari ST | MacOS | NoSTalgia is an Atari ST emulator for Power Macintosh (Mac OS 8.x, 9.X and Mac OS X). |
| PC Atari Emulator (PCAE) | 2.2 | Atari 2600 | MS-DOS | The PC Atari Emulator, or PCAE, is an MS-DOS program designed to emulate the famous Atari 2600 Video Computer System on PC's compatible with the Intel 80486 CPU or better. It accomplishes this with an emulation engine that is written almost entirely in assembly language, with extra features written in Borland Pascal 7.0 for DOS. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| PLynx: Lynx Emulator for PSP | 0.9 | Atari Lynx | PSP | PLynx is a new PSP port of the excellent Windows Handy Lynx emulator. |
| Project Tempest | 0.95 | Atari Jaguar | Win 9x/2000/XP | It runs in Windows 9x/2000/XP and currently emulates many commercial games, some even with sound. However, you need a quite fast computer to run it at full speed. A 2+ GHz processor is needed to run the games with sound. |
| ProSystem emulator | 1.0 | Atari 7800 | Windows | The ProSystem emulator was written in the C/C++ language and uses the Windows API and DirectX to help emulate the display, sound and input. It emulates both the NTSC and PAL consoles. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| PSP2600 | 1.1.3 | Atari 2600 | PSP | Version 1.1.3 features various performance-related optimizations and includes new EBOOT music courtesy of electro-industrial music band Observe & Control. |
| PSP7800 | 1.1.2 | Atari 7800 | PSP | Zx-81 has released the latest version of his PSP-based Atari 7800 emulator. This is possibly the last version. |
| PSPAtari | 1.1.1 | Atari 800 130 5200 | PSP | PSP emulator of Atari800, 800 XL, 130 XE, and 5200 series.
PSPAtari is actually a port on the PSP version 2.0.2 of Atari800 from Petr Stehlik.
What's new in version 1.1.1:
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| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| PVCS 2600 | 1.3 | Atari 2600 | Playstation2 | PVCS is a port of virtualVCS by Dan Boris and Alex Hornbey's code from Virtual VCS. Both PVCS and Virtual VCS sources are available under the GNU license. |
| Rainbow w/ Emulator Enhancer | 1.5.5 | Atari 8-Bit/5200 | Mac OS X 10.2+ | Rainbow was one of the first emulators available for Macintosh. Despite this, it has fairly good compatibility with original software. The Mac OS X version adds an improved GUI and significantly improved sound to the original version. |
| Saint | 2.00 | Atari ST | PC | SainT is a Windows based cycle accurate ATARI-ST emulator, written by James Boulton and Arnaud Carré. Many new features. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| Steem | 3.2 | Atari ST | Win32 | Steem is a Freeware Atari STE emulator for Windows and Linux. It is being updated regularly and runs almost every ST program ever made without any problems. Steem is designed to be easy to use and has many unique features. Whether you want to run great old games, use MIDI apps just like you did on the ST or you have some other, more sinister motive, Steem is the emulator for you! |
| Stella | 2.4.2 | 2600 | Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. | Changes since 2.4.1: Made usage of 'GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB' extension configurable, and have it default to off. This should take care of the black/white screen many people were experiencing with ATI video hardware. This is accessible using the 'gl_texrect' commandline argument). Set it to 'true' or 'false' to enable/disable the extension. |
| Stella DS | v0.71 | 2600 | Nintendo DS | The Chuckster has released a much needed update to StellaDS - an Atari 2600 emulator. The new build includes support for all the latest flash carts, faster speed as well as compatibility with sound! |
| STYXDS | 0.1a | Atari ST | Nintendo DS | STYXDS is an Atari ST emulator programmed by Kyuran, the author of Croco DS and PenkoDS. The very first release 0.1a is able to run most games at 60% speed allowing you to enjoy Xenon 2, Rick Dangerous, David Braben's Virus and many more... |
| VCS32 for GP32 | 0.1 | Atari 2600 | GP32 | VCS32 is an Atari 2600 emulator for the GP32 handheld console. It's a porting of Daniel Boris' Virtual VCS emulator and it can currently run a good amount of roms. VCS32 is released under the GPL. |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
| Virtual Jaguar GCC/SDL | 1.0.7 | Jaguar | Windows MacOSX | Virtual Jaguar GCC/SDL portable Jaguar emulator which is based on the source code released by David Raingeard (Cal2) of what used to be Potato Emulation. |
| Virtual Super System | 0.82 | Atari 5200 | DOS | VSS is an Atari 5200 Super System emulator for MSDOS. The current version runs about 95% of the ROM images I have almost flawlessly, and at a reasonable speed. |
| z26 | 2.13 | Atari 2600 | Win DOS Linux NetBSD | An Atari 2600 Emulator by John Saeger. z26 is released subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPL). |
| Name | Version | Emulates | Runs on | Description/Comments |
