Hatari (emulator)
Hatari is an open-source emulator of the Atari ST 16/32-bit computer system family. It emulates the Atari ST, Atari STe, Atari TT, and Atari Falcon computer series and some corresponding peripheral hardware like joysticks, mouse, midi, printer, serial and floppy & hard disks. It supports more graphics modes than the ST and does not require an original TOS image as it supports EmuTOS. The latest version has no reported issues with the ST/STe/TT applications emulation compatibility and also most of the ST/STe games and demos work without issues.[1]
| Original author(s) | Thomas Huth |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Nicolas Pomarède, Eero Tamminen, others |
| Initial release | 30 May 2001 |
| Stable release | 2.2.1
/ 8 February 2019 |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | POSIX (Linux, BSD, macOS, other Unix-like), AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS, Windows, BeOS, AmigaOS |
| Available in | C |
| Type | Emulator |
| License | GNU General Public License (Free Software) |
| Website | hatari |
Development
Hatari uses source code from several other emulators: WinSTon (Atari ST peripherals), UAE (Motorola 680x0 CPU), WinUAE (more accurate Motorola 68030 CPU + MMU), STonX (BLiTTER), ARAnyM (Motorola 56001 DSP, Videl, NVRAM).[2][3]
Hatari uses the SDL library for graphics, is developed on Linux and has been ported to many OSes such as AmigaOS 4, AROS, BSD, BeOS, RISC OS, MorphOS, macOS, AmigaOS, Windows.
Criticisms
Hatari is one of a "handful" of Atari emulators and can be described as "works really well" but the initial "look and feel" might dissuade some first time users.[4] alternative Atari emulators include Aranym,[5] WinSTon,[6] and STonX.[7]
References
- "Hatari Atari Software Compatibility List". hg.tuxfamily.org.
- "Hatari sources and authors list".
- "hatari/hatari: files". hg.tuxfamily.org.
- "Atari ST Emulation Guide". Vintage is the new old. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "ARAnyM has moved to GitHub!". aranym.sourceforge.net.
- "WinSTon Official Homepage". www.atari.st.
- "STonX Homepage". stonx.sourceforge.net.
External links
Further reading
- "How to call a BBS using the Hatari emulator". Atari User. Vol. 2 no. 23. Anglo Internet Press. 29 April 2013.