latin625 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) Ok, I came back to Retroarch after a 10 month hiatus and OMG! They friggin rocked it out! Got rid of the crappy controls and made it super simply and SUPER FAST in loading! WOW I might be getting rid of ALL my emulators and sticking with RA! As I go through the emulator and roms, I notice that Atari 5200 does not load or work with the Atari800 core. Has anyone gotten this to work? Thanks! Edited September 2, 2018 by latin625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBlue Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) I normally use Kat5200 to play my Atari 5200 roms. but I do have retroarch setup as a secondary option (using RA 1.74 and the latest core for Atari800). I just tried mine and it works fine in RetroArch. Make sure you have the latest core downloaded (either through RA's interface or via the buildbot site - https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/ or if you have a x86 processor - https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86/latest/), and the correct BIOS files needed for the Atari 800 core to work properly (https://docs.libretro.com/library/atari800/) Edited September 2, 2018 by CDBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warped Polygon Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) I have the same issue, getting the Emulation Halted screen. Tried messing with the settings a lot but no joy. I have the bios too. Only since I updated RA. Edited September 2, 2018 by normchomsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBlue Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Interesting. Tested several games and they all work fine for me with the latest atari800 core and 1.74 nightly RetroArch. Do you have your games files zipped or in the unzipped .a52 file type? Mine are not in a zipped file, I wonder if maybe that's the issue? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon57 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Do your roms have the headers included? The Atari800 core under RetroArch requires those type of 5200 roms, at least it seems to here. Like CDBlue said, everything is working here with that core and the latest RetroArch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latin625 Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Hi, Where do you put the bios? Do you create a folder in the system folder or just drop them there. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBlue Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Bios files typically just go in the retroarch system folder most times. There are a few exceptions that require their own sub-folder in the systems folder, but this isn't one of them. Many emulators are very picky when it comes to needing certain bios dumps. For example, the atari800 bios core in question here is looking for several bios files with certain MD5SUM checksums (https://docs.libretro.com/library/atari800/). Make sure you check the files you have to make sure they match what's listed on the core info page for libretro to make sure you don't have issues due to having the wrong bios files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crush Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 From the libretro forums: Load any atari800 or 5200 with Atari800 3.1.0 core. does not matter if your game does not work, we just need to be able to enter the menu. when game is loaded, press F1 (this is quick-menu, just cancel or press F1 again or whichever is your quickmenu hotkey) - this will show you Atari800 menu(use joystick/gamepad to navigate. On Xbox 360 controller. button B is OK while Y is back. if nothing is working, go to quick menu-Controls and choose ATARI Joystick for User 1 Device Type While im Menu, goto Emulator Configuration -> System ROM Settings then Find ROM images in a directory Locate your atari5200 and atari800 bios roms. these roms have to be uncompressed. -Atari400/800 - atariosb.rom -XL/XE - atarixl.rom -Basic - ataribas.rom -5200 - 5200.rom Once rom folders are set, press SPACEBAR to save location. 5.go back to Emulator Settings and then choose Save Configuration file. goto quick menu and close content. By this time, you can now play games. do note that the games has to be extracted and uncompressed too. You can use Load Content method in Retroarch. if you load a compressed rom, your game will not play and you are stuck in Self Test mode. When you do load a game, and see only black screen, just press Enter or OK on your gamepad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latin625 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 Thanks. Still cant get it to run in Retroarch. No videos of "how to" on Launchbox or youtube too. =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundogak Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 @latin625 I had some screenshots of working 5200 install on another thread. Might check and see if anything jumps out on your setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 All you really need for 5200 using the 800 core in RA is a properly setup .atari800.cfg file in the main folder where the retroarch.exe is and the correct bios files. Here is my .atari800.cfg file, just put your bios in the /system folder. .atari800.cfg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_ayres@msn.com Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 You need to put the Bios files in the system folder before you run the 800 emulator if Atari800.cfg exists delete it and run emulator again after bios files are in the system folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) I got Atari 5200 working on Retroarch by putting bios 5200 in system folder Then launching a game i press F1 go down to options There i change Atari 800 to 5200 on Atari System But when i launch Atari 5200 games with Retroarch the sound cracks up at the beginning If i run games with Altirra emulator i got no issues with sounds running same games Maybe the sound issues can be fix in settings in Retroarch? Edited November 10, 2018 by Zeaede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuxcolors Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Blah!!! Keep getting a blank black screen. If I hit F1 the menu pops up, but I can't get the game to run... Also, RA seems to hang quite often beyond A5200 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBlue Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) I'm not a big fan of the Atari 5200 core in retroarch, as I always seem to have one issue or another with it. Although those issues can be overcome, I generally just use a stand-alone emulator for Atari 5200 games now as it's just easier. I'm not sure how many of them are out there for the Atari 5200, but here are a couple that I know of that work well: Kat5200 - http://kat5200.jillybunch.com/index.html Altirra - http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html They're both relatively easy to setup (the controller bindings can be a little odd to setup at first). I know it doesn't directly help with your issue, but if you're willing to try a stand-alone emulator, then this might help. Edited January 13, 2019 by CDBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I also would recommend Kat5200 for most users, simple to setup and yet powerful enough to have some advanced features such as limited RA shader support and custom palette support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuxcolors Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I installed kat5200 and set it up. It's easier, and works. Thanks for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koringaxp Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Em 27/10/2018 às 12:54, steve_ayres@msn.com disse: Você pode acessar os arquivos do Bios na pasta do sistema antes de executar o 800 ou o Atari800.cfg existir, excluindo e executando o sistema depois dos arquivos do BIOS. Perfeito .. Linux Mint 19.1 exclui o aquivo .atari800.cfg da pasta /home/user coloquei as bios na pasta system do retroarch e depois o retroarch abriu os jogos normalmente com o core atari800_libreto... devo ter tentado rodar os jogos sem a bios e o .atari800.cfg ficou errado.... Agora resolvido Edited January 16, 2019 by koringaxp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieO Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I've tried almost every suggestion listed here to be able to play my beloved Atari 8bit games on my Nvidia Shield via RetroArch but nothing seems to work Where to now? i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 35 minutes ago, FreddieO said: I've tried almost every suggestion listed here to be able to play my beloved Atari 8bit games on my Nvidia Shield via RetroArch but nothing seems to work Where to now? i Try the Retroarch forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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