stella - Atari 2600 emulator (SDL version)

xstella - Atari 2600 emulator (X11 version)

stella [-display display] [-fps number] [-owncmap] [-zoom size] [-fullscreen] [-grabmouse] [-hidecursor] [-center] [-volume number] [-paddle <0|1|2|3|real>] [-showinfo] [-ssdir path] [-ssname name] [-sssingle] [-pro propsfile]

stella is a freely distributed multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator.

stella accepts the following options:

-display display

Connect to the designated X display

-fps number

Display the given number of frames per second

-owncmap

Install a private colormap

-zoom size

Makes window be size times normal (1-4)

-fullscreen

Play the game in fullscreen mode (SDL version only)

-grabmouse

Keeps the mouse in the game window

-hidecursor

Hides the mouse cursor in the game window

-center

Centers the game window onscreen

-volume number

Explicitly select theccSet the volume (0-100)

-paddle <0|1|2|3|real>

Indicates which paddle the mouse should emulate or that real Atari 2600 paddles are being used (defaults to paddle 0)

-showinfo

Shows some game info on exit

-ssdir path

Sets the directory to save snapshot files to

-ssname name

Selects how to name the snapshot (romname or md5sum)

-sssingle

Generate single snapshot instead of many

-pro propsfile

Use the given properties file instead of stella.pro

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

~/.stellarc

can contain your default options, and eliminates the need to specify them on the command line. Any options specified on the command line will override those in this file. The syntax is very straightforward. Any line starting with a ';' character is considered a comment and is ignored. Other lines must be of the form: command = value, where command is the same as that specified on the command line (without the '-' character), and value is dependent on the command.

/etc/stellarc

can contain global default options. Read if ~/.stellarc isn't found.