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- v2600 - Virtual 2600, An Atari 2600 Emulator
- ============================================
- Amiga version 0.7
-
- USAGE
-
- v2600 [options] filename
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- v2600 is an emulation of the Atari 2600 video game system. It can take
- cartridges as either .bin binary images (2K or 4K), Commodore .prg format
- files, Activision Action Pack .bin files, and the new .c26 Common 2600 file
- format files.
-
-
- OPTIONS
-
- -f <number>
- Set the refresh rate. (1=default)
- Example: -f 2 = skip one frame
-
- -n
- Emulate an NTSC 2600. (default)
-
- -p
- Emulate a PAL 2600.
-
- -h
- Show usage information.
-
- -v
- Show version.
-
- -l <type>
- Left controller. 0=JOY (default), 1=PADDLE (use the mouse!)
-
- -r <type>
- Right controller. 0=JOY (default), 1=PADDLE (use the mouse!)
-
- -b <type>
- Bank switching scheme. 0=NONE (default), 1=Atari 8k, 2=Atari 16k,
- 3=Parker 8k, 4=CBS, 5=Atari Super Chip
-
- -s
- Turn ON sound. This will slow down emulation a bit, and may sound a bit
- choppy on slow machines.
-
- -S
- Turn OFF sound. (default)
-
- -w
- Swap the left and right control methods.
-
- -j
- Use real joysticks. (default)
-
- -k
- Use keyboard for joystick.
-
- -y
- Use the mouse y-location instead of x-location as a paddle.
-
- -V <mode>
- Set the video mode. 0=custom screen (default), 1=window,
- 2=custom screen, fast but ugly
-
-
- CONTROLS
-
- Joysticks will be used unless the -k option is used. The mouse is used as
- the paddle.
-
- The default keys are:
-
- Joystick movement - Arrow keys
- Joystick fire - Right Alt
- Reset - F2
- Select - F3
- Color/BW - F4 Toggle
- Player 1 difficultly - F5=Amature F6=Pro
- Player 2 difficultly - F7=Amature F8=Pro
- Quit - F10
-
-
- BUGS and LIMITATIONS
-
- The sound support only plays the pure tone noises. The bank switching is
- fairly unstable. Keypad support doesn't work.
-
-
- COPY POLICY
-
- Virtual 2600 is copyright 1995/96 Alex Hornby.
-
- Virtual 2600 is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General
- Public License. See the file COPYING for details.
-
-
- AUTHOR
-
- Alex Hornby
- <ahornby@zetnet.co.uk>
- Check my web site at http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahornby for updates.
-
- Amiga version 0.6 by Matthew Stroup
- <stroupm@jps.net>
- Check my web site at http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~stroupm for updates.
-