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Mean Hamster Power Engine for Atari 8-Bit
Coming soon: Doom, Atari 7800 emulation, and an optional HamsterOS desktop with mouse support, powered by new firmware for A8Pico.
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An optional HamsterOS desktop
The screenshot above is an emulator preview of HamsterOS on Atari 8-bit. Choose the optional graphical desktop with windows, menus, and mouse support, or keep the familiar A8Pico text menu.
Doom on a stock Atari 800XL
We recently got Doom running smoothly on a stock Atari 800XL with 64 KB of RAM. It requires an A8Pico cartridge with our new firmware. We will be providing that firmware update soon.
Atari 7800 emulation
Power Engine also brings an Atari 7800 emulator to Atari 8-bit. Here is a first look at Ballblazer and Double Dragon.
More from your A8Pico
The firmware update also includes:
- 1 MB Mega Cart support.
- .CAS and .BIN support for standard boot cassette images and BIN cartridge or executable files.
- An optional HamsterOS GUI with mouse support.
- Firmware updates from the cartridge menu. After the initial MPE firmware installation, compatible future updates can be installed from the menu instead of opening the cartridge and connecting it to a computer to flash it.
Mean Hamster Power Engine for Atari 8-Bit is coming soon. Firmware and release details will follow.
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