Stella Alternatives
Stella is described as 'Multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Stella was originally developed for Linux by Bradford W. Mott, and is currently maintained by Stephen Anthony' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are eight alternatives to Stella for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Stella alternative is ProSystem, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Stella are Javatari, Z26, Hataroid and Steem Engine.
- 11 ProSystem alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Game Emulator
- Windows
The ProSystem Emulator is an Atari 7800 emulator for the PC and Windows OS. The emulator was written in C++ using the Windows API and DirectX. It emulates the Atari 7800 NTSC and PAL TV standards.
- - ProSystem is the most popular Windows alternative to Stella.
- - ProSystem is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Stella.
- 8 Javatari alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Game Emulator
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Javatari is a multiplayer Atari 2600 emulator written in pure Java with no external libs. Just open it! Needs Java 6 or greater and Atari ROMs.
- - Javatari is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Stella.
Javatari Features
- 8 Z26 alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Game Emulator
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Z26 is one of the best emulators for the Atari 2600. The author reports that the graphics part of the emulator is nearing perfection to a point that there's little more to fix.
- - Z26 is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Stella.
Z26 Features
- 10 Hataroid alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Game Emulator
- Android
- Android Tablet
Hataroid is an Atari ST emulator for Android based on Hatari .
- - Hataroid is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Stella.
- 13 Steem Engine alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Steem is an open source Atari STE emulator for Windows and Linux. It 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...
Steem Engine Features
DiscontinuedLast news on the official website dates back to 11th August 2011
- 4 jGameBase alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Game Emulator
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
jGameBase is a fully-featured retro-gaming emulator frontend and game database utility. It is a sister application to the Windows program GameBase (without "j"), the official frontend for the GB64 Collection.
jGameBase Features
- 13 Atari800MacX alternatives
- Free • Proprietary
- Game Emulator
- Mac
This is the the Macintosh OSX Port of David Firth's Fantastic Atari 800 Emulator. Ported is the SDL version of the Atrari800 emulator to Mac OSX, and added a full native Cocoa interface, including Preferences, Menus, File Associations, Help and more.
Hatari is an Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows and other systems which are supported by the SDL library.