[resolved]Atari 7800

[sms2169]

Is there another emulator for atari 7800, pro system has been said to be noncompitable with windows 7 64 bit and is the only one listed in gameex. I get it loaded with sound but never shows a posture. Ive tried to set up mess to take care of half a dozen emulators or so but is way to nvolved for my experience, not nearly as easy as mame but have also never come across any good tutirials or videos. Emu7800 seems fairly new and compatible but it's not listed in gameex but I think I can import it if someone has advice. I think I set it up and put it in my emulators folder and import or something like that. Thanks

[nullPointer]

I have ProSystem working just fine through Windows 7 x64. It's noteworthy that this emulator doesn't support zipped ROMs though (all mine have a *.a78 file extension). In GameEx you could get around this limitation by enabling Zip/7-Zip/GoodMerge/RAR support if you didn't want to unzip all your ROMs. I have noticed that (on my system at least) this emulator takes a while to load. Here's my emulator config if it's helpful:

[Emulator]
RomsInFolders=False
imagenotfound=E:\Emulation\Assets\no_img.png
MergeSets=True
CDCheckFile=
CDCheck=False
RandomMostPlayed=True
ShowMostPlayed=True
PlayInScreenSaver=True
GamesIn7Zips=False
PCGame=False
SelectionMusicFolder=
PlaySelectionMusic=False
DontShowInfo=False
PlayMusic=False
CustomBackground=
ExcludedFiles=
LaunchAfter=
LaunchBefore=
OLDatZip=
AlsoLaunch=
Debug=False
ShowDesktop=True
RemoveBrackets=True
Capitals=False
ReplaceUnder=True
ReplaceDash=False
SendKeys=
WaitBeforeKeys=
MapKeys=True
WorkingPath=E:\Emulation\Emulators\ProSystem_13
ControlPanelPath=
ManualPath=
CartPath=E:\Emulation\Assets\Atari_7800\Cart
BoxPath=E:\Emulation\Assets\Atari_7800\Box
TitlePath=E:\Emulation\Assets\Atari_7800\Title
SnapPath=E:\Emulation\Assets\Atari_7800\Video_AVI
RomPath=E:\Emulation\Roms\Atari_7800[TO]
MapFile=
ConfigFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (Process Close)
Database=[Console] Atari 7800
RomFilter=
Command=ProSystem -Fullscreen 1 -MenuEnabled 0 -Zoom 2 "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"
StartPageLogo=7800
StartPageName=[Console] Atari 7800
TitleText=Atari 7800
Info=Atari 7800 emulator
Website=https://home.comcast.net/~gscottstanton/
RequiredFiles=
DownloadUrl=http://www.gamesdbase.com/setupwizard/emulators/download/ProSystem.7z
Rating=
Enabled=True
System=Atari 7800
Category=Console
Emulator=ProSystem
Version=1.3
lastgame=

[sms2169]

Thanks I will compare. I can't get it to run in pro7800, just black screen with sound so might be plug in issue. I might try to reinstall because I have it working on my xp cabinet but one guy here or byoac had said it wasn't compatible. My files are a78 also

[sms2169]

Could you email or post your pro system setup outside of game ex if not I should be able to track it down on Google

[Tempest]

He did. It's in the spoiler.

[nullPointer]

Here's the contents of my ProSystem.ini

[Recent]

Recent0=E:\Emulation\Roms\Atari_7800[TO]\Mario Bros. (1988)(Atari)(NTSC).a78

Recent1=E:\Emulation\Roms\Atari_7800[TO]\Ms. Pac-Man (1987)(Atari)(NTSC).a78

Recent2=

Recent3=

Recent4=

Recent5=

Recent6=

Recent7=

Recent8=

Recent9=

[Display]

Fullscreen=false

MenuEnabled=true

Mode.Height=480

Mode.Width=640

Mode.BPP=8

Palette.Default=true

Palette.Filename=

Stretched=false

Screenshot1=false

Screenshot2=false

Zoom=2

[sound]

Mute=false

Sample.Rate=44100

Latency=1

[Emulation]

Region=2

Frame.Skip=0

Bios.Filename=

Bios.Enabled=false

Database.Filename=E:\Emulation\Emulators\ProSystem_13\ProSystem.dat

Database.Enabled=true

[input]

Key0=17

Device0=0

Key1=30

Device1=0

Key2=31

Device2=0

Key3=16

Device3=0

Key4=18

Device4=0

Key5=32

Device5=0

Key6=38

Device6=0

Key7=36

Device7=0

Key8=37

Device8=0

Key9=23

Device9=0

Key10=50

Device10=0

Key11=49

Device11=0

Key12=4

Device12=0

Key13=3

Device13=0

Key14=2

Device14=0

Key15=45

Device15=0

Key16=44

Device16=0

User_Key0=1

User_Device0=0

User_Modifier0=0

User_Key1=62

User_Device1=0

User_Modifier1=56

[Console]

Save.Path=E:\Emulation\Roms\Atari_7800[TO]\ProSystem Emulator - Mario Bros..sav

Window.Left=0

Window.Top=0

Window.Right=649

Window.Bottom=497

At first I thought that maybe I had this set to run in Compatibility Mode, or to Run as Administrator (it's been a long time since I've set this one up), but turns out the answers are nope and nope respectively. I'm running version 1.3 if that helps. Maybe I just got lucky with this one?

Edit:

Interestingly my ProSystem.log shows the following, but like I say the games play fine ... so weird

[Tue Dec 02 20:35:59 2014][ERROR] Direct sound has not been initialized.

[Tue Dec 02 20:35:59 2014][ERROR] Direct draw has not been initialized.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:01 2014][ERROR] Direct draw offscreen surface is invalid.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:01 2014][iNFO ] Opening cartridge file E:\Emulation\Roms\Atari_7800[TO]\Pole Position II (1987)(Atari)(NTSC).a78

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:01 2014][iNFO ] It is not a valid zip file: E:\Emulation\Roms\Atari_7800[TO]\Pole Position II (1987)(Atari)(NTSC).a78

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:01 2014][iNFO ] Accessing database ProSystem.dat

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:03 2014][ERROR] Failed to lock the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:03 2014][ERROR] 0x887601c2

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:03 2014][ERROR] Failed to restore the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:03 2014][ERROR] 0x8876024b

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:08 2014][ERROR] Failed to lock the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:08 2014][ERROR] 0x887601c2

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:08 2014][ERROR] Failed to restore the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:08 2014][ERROR] 0x8876024b

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] Failed to lock the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] 0x887601c2

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] Failed to restore the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] 0x8876024b

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] Failed to lock the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] 0x887601c2

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] Failed to unlock the offscreen surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] 0x88760248

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] Failed to blit the offscreen surface data to the primary surface.

[Tue Dec 02 20:36:09 2014][ERROR] 0x887601c2

[Tue Dec 02 20:39:17 2014][ERROR] Direct sound has not been initialized.

[Tue Dec 02 20:39:17 2014][ERROR] Direct input has not been initialized.

[nullPointer]

A wild double post appears!

Well I never like seeing a bunch of errors appearing in any log, and I didn't realize that the Pro System emulator hadn't been updated since 2008(!) Looks like it's time to go on the hunt for an update. I'm a little bit tied up at the moment, but when I get a couple of free seconds I'm going to take this one for a spin to see how she goes

[sms2169]

Yeah me too because my log looks error filled and mine won't show picture only sound, I tried bios and no bios no intro sets good sets nothing changes maybe gameex could update the emulator download and setup I noticed most of them are way behind on updated versions and that's what I've been trying to do lately is get the new version as my graphics have definitely improved with those and certain bugs.