Rainbow emulator config

[knightCrawler]

I found a Atari emulator called Rainbow

It emulates:

• 400/800 emulation with 48K RAM
• 800XL emulation with 64K RAM
• 130XE emulation with 128K RAM
• 5200 games console

 

and it works great the only issue I have is that the emulator does not run the game file in LB instead it just opens the emulator window..  at the moment I only use it for Atari 5200 so I edited removed  the bios  for other systems so It will just open Atari 5200!!! I want to know is how do I configure in so LB opens the chosen game instead of the emulator window.

Thanks

[DOS76]

I never even heard of it anyone else?

[Lordmonkus]

I just had a look at the docs for Rainbow and couldn't see any command line parameters to help.

I would highly recommend using Altirra though for Atari 8-bit emulation. It's emulation quality is top notch and works well with LB.

http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/273633-altirra-300-released/

Controller setup  guide

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/242107-altirra-26-xbox-360-controller-5200-mode/

 

 

[knightCrawler]

Thanks.. I had a little trouble configuring left stick so I just map inputs to D pad but I wonder how Robotron is going to work as it uses two sticks one for moving and the other one for shooting

 

[Lordmonkus]

The controller setup is a bit annoying but you can have it be the analog stick. I haven't tried to setup dual controllers for Robotron because when I want to play that game I simply play the arcade version in Mame.

Mame is also very good for 5200 emulation and the controller setup in that is super simple but there is a couple a of games that have weird bugs in it.

[knightCrawler]

Last question:  How do I setup for emulator to open in full screen on game load and close with a keyboard button or controller button?

[Lordmonkus]

Just toggle it to fullscreen and close it out and it should load in fullscreen mode the next time you load it, does for me.

I also use this AHK script in the AHK Script tab for my Altirra Edit Emulator window.

$Esc::
{
	Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

 

[knightCrawler]

Toggle does not work in my for me it defaults to windows view

For some reason a box to select cartridge mapper opens with some games