stella
Developer(s) Stella Team
Latest version 7.0 [+]
Active Yes
Platform(s) Multi-platform
Emulates Atari 2600
Accuracy Cycle-Accurate
Website stella-emu.github.io
Support ($) Donations
PayPal
Programmed in C++, C
License GPLv2
Source code GitHub

Stella is an open-source, multi-platform Atari 2600 emulator.

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          Stable Releases

  Windows Dev builds
Compiled by emucr
  FreeBSD port

Overview

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Stella is also available as a libretro core for RetroArch and for the Raspberry Pi OS 3/4.

It has some television filters to up the nostalgia factor.

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SDL 2.0. You need this as it's required to run Stella (and some versions aren't packaged with it.) It's easy to install. It's just a .dll that you drop into your Stella folder.