A7800 emulator

[d8thstar]

i had this working, had a bit of an issue and have been rebuilding some things.  i'm using A7800 specifically for lightgun games.  from a command line, this works:

a7800 a7800 -joy1 lightgun -cart "D:\ROMS\Console\Atari 7800\Alien Brigade (USA).7z"

within LB, this does not and I can't figure out why.

a7800 -joy1 lightgun -cart

i've tried all the different combos of the tick boxes.  i'm stumped!

Edited August 24 by d8thstar

[JoeViking245]

Can you share a screenshot of your emulator settings (in LaunchBox)?

The main Details section and the Associated Platforms section.

[d8thstar]

you know, sometimes it just takes venting the issue and someone responding to finally figure where the issue was.  it was my associated platform, i had "a7800" one too many times on the command line.

thanks and apologies for the waste of time

if i may ask...  cant get A7800 to exit with back+start but it is set correctly in LB...  i even tried resetting the button presses...

 

[JoeViking245]

On 8/24/2025 at 11:29 AM, d8thstar said:

if i may ask...  cant get A7800 to exit with back+start but it is set correctly in LB...  i even tried resetting the button presses...

It should Just Work©.  The emulator is a derivative of MAME and pressing Escape on your keyboard will exit it.  Which is what "Exit Game" is 'pressing' via the controller.  I presume the controller Exit works with stand-alone MAME?

Make sure you're pressing/holding the buttons in that order.

Last resort:  add a Running Script

$Esc::WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}

 

[d8thstar]

hey joe!  yup, i did, proof! 

this is an odd one...

 

[d8thstar]

anyone willing to give it a shot for me?  see if it works on your end?  i’ll try to get A7800 to spit out a log file.

thanks for your time!

[d8thstar]

fyi this did it for me.

 

$Esc::
{
    Process, Close, {{{A7800.EXE}}}
} 

Add the following to the Exit AutoHotKey Script tab:
 

Process, Close, {{{A7800.EXE}}}

Edited Saturday at 04:32 AM by d8thstar