Z26 Alternatives

Z26 is described as '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' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are eight alternatives to Z26 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Z26 alternative is Stella, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Z26 are ProSystem, Javatari, Hataroid and Steem Engine.

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Z26

Free • Open Source
Game Emulator

Z26 is one of the best emulators for the Atari 2600. The author reports that the graphics part of the emulator is nearing...

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Stella
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
8 Stella alternatives
Stella is a 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.
- - Stella is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Z26.
- - Stella is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Z26.
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ProSystem
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Windows
11 ProSystem alternatives
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.
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Javatari
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Online
Self-Hosted
8 Javatari alternatives
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 Z26.
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Javatari Features
1. MultiplayerJavatari offers a game mode for more than one player.
Hataroid
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Android
Android Tablet
10 Hataroid alternatives
Hataroid is an Atari ST emulator for Android based on Hatari .
- - Hataroid is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Z26.
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Steem Engine
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
13 Steem Engine alternatives
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...
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Steem Engine Features
1. PortableSteem Engine can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
Last news on the official website dates back to 11th August 2011
jGameBase
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Mac
Windows
Linux
4 jGameBase alternatives
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.
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jGameBase Features
Multi System Emulator
Atari800MacX
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Free • Proprietary
Game Emulator
Mac
13 Atari800MacX alternatives
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.
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Hatari
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Free • Open Source
Game Emulator
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
11 Hatari alternatives
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.
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