Atari 2600 Emulators for Windows 10
Stella Atari 2600 emulator
Stella is the best Atari 2600 emulator we have encountered so far to play Atari 2600 games on a Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista or XP computer.
Latest version 6.5 (9 January 2021)
- Works on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP (32/64 bits)
- Emulates the Atari 2600
- Supports .BIN and .ROM cartridge image files
- Comments: It is maintained regularly. It has a nice, vintage looking point and click interface. Since the Atari 2600 is a game computer, the program starts with a folder explorer from which you can launch your games. As simple as that.
- Project website https://stella-emu.github.io
Play Atari 2600 games with the Stella emulator on Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7
So, what do you need to do to play Atari 2600 games (like River Raid) on Windows with the Stella emulator?
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- Download the Stella Binary zip
- Windows 32 bits: Stella-6.x.x-win32.zip
- Windows 64 bits: Stella-6.x.x-x64.zip
- Copy the contents of the zip file to an empty folder of choice
- Create a folder for your Atari games in the Stella folder
- Search for an Atari game file and copy it to the game folder you've created
- Start Stella with Stella.exe (in either the 32 or 64-bit folder)
- Click the Options button
- Click the Config files button
- Click the Rom path button and click to the folder you've created for your games
- Click on the Ok button and exit the menu
- Double click on the game file (riverraid.bin) to start the game
In-game options
When playing a game, you can enter the options menu by pressing the tab key. For in-game functions (which are essential when you want to start playing a game), you need to familiarize yourself with the function shortcut keys. Those are:
- F1 - Select
- F2 - Reset / Start game
- F3 - Color TV
- F4 - Black & White TV
- F5 - Port 0 difficulty A
- F6 - Port 0 difficulty B
- F7 - Port 1 difficulty A
- F8 - Port 1 difficulty B
- F9 - Save state
- F10 - Change state number (0 to 9)
- F11 - Load state
- F12 - Snapshot image