From 8e7e42ae0b962738e3f0ea8b31f1ad10524e0387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thrust26
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@
microprocessor to access the program stored on the cartridge.
In a similar way you must "plug" a copy of a cartridge into Stella when you - want to play it. Having a ROM image / BIN file, of the cartridge allows you to + want to play it. Having a ROM image/BIN file of the cartridge allows you to do this. A ROM image is a file, which contains the actual data and code read from the cartridge. There are several ways to obtain a ROM image of a cartridge:
@@ -733,7 +737,7 @@ -Joystick / BoosterGrip Controller (can be remapped)
+Joystick/BoosterGrip Controller (can be remapped)
Toggle frame stats (scanline count/FPS/bs type/etc.) | +Toggle frame stats (scanline count/FPS/BS type etc.) | Alt + L | Cmd + L |
Other Keys (cannot be remapped, except those marked with '*')
+Other Keys (cannot be remapped, except those marked with (*) )
Switch display format in increasing order (NTSC/PAL/SECAM/etc.) | +Switch display format in increasing order (NTSC/PAL/SECAM etc.) | Control + f | Control + f | ||||||||||||||
Switch display format in decreasing order (NTSC/PAL/SECAM/etc.) | +Switch display format in decreasing order (NTSC/PAL/SECAM etc.) | Shift-Control + f | Shift-Control + f |
✓ | ||||
Trakball/mouse | +Trakball/Mouse | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | @@ -2176,7 +2180,7 @@
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-romviewer <0|1|2> |
- Hide ROM info viewer in ROM launcher mode (0), or use the + | Hide ROM Info Viewer in ROM launcher mode (0), or use the given zoom level (1 or 2). |
Almost every event in Stella can be remapped to another key on the keyboard or @@ -2707,7 +2711,7 @@
To remap an event:
-
- Enter Options menu and click the Input Settings button.
+- Enter Options Menu and click the Input Settings button.
- If you wish to remap emulation events, click the 'Emul. Events' tab. Otherwise, click the 'UI Events' tab for user interface events.
- Select event you want to remap and click the 'Map' button.
@@ -2724,7 +2728,7 @@ -There is also a 'Combo' button in the 'Emulation Events' tab, accessible +
There is also a 'Combo' button in the 'Emul. Events' tab, accessible when a Combo event has been selected from the list of events on the left. Clicking 'Combo' will show a dialog similar to the following:
@@ -2766,12 +2770,14 @@Several options are configurable in the ROM launcher. The size of the - launcher and fonts, as well as the 'ROM info viewer' can be changed in - UI Settings => Launcher dialog, as shown below:
+ launcher and fonts, as well as the 'ROM Info Viewer' can be changed in + UI Settings - Launcher dialog, as shown below:Most of the options are self-explanatory, except for the 'ROM Info viewer', which is described below.
+ROM Info Viewer
+Stella supports viewing snapshots and ROM properties of the currently selected ROM in the ROM launcher. Support is automatic, as long as your snapshot directory contains snapshots in the appropriate format. An @@ -2782,7 +2788,7 @@
Currently, there are several restrictions for this feature:
-
- The ROM info viewer can be shown in 1x or 2x mode only.
+- The ROM Info Viewer can be shown in 1x or 2x mode only.
- To view snapshots in 1x mode, the ROM launcher window must be sized at least 640x480. If the launcher isn't large enough, the functionality will be disabled.
@@ -2794,13 +2800,13 @@The following snapshots illustrate the various font sizes and rom info zoom levels:
-ROM info viewer in 1x mode, UI sized 800x480, small launcher font:
+ROM Info Viewer in 1x mode, UI sized 800x480, small launcher font:
-ROM info viewer in 1x mode, UI sized 1000x760, medium launcher font:
+ROM Info Viewer in 1x mode, UI sized 1000x760, medium launcher font:
-ROM info viewer in 2x mode, UI sized 1400x900, large launcher font:
+ROM Info Viewer in 2x mode, UI sized 1400x900, large launcher font:
The text box in the upper right corner can be used to narrow down the @@ -2813,6 +2819,8 @@ case sensitive, so you don't need to worry about capital or lower-case letters.
+ROM Lauchner Context Menu
+The ROM launcher also contains a context menu, selected by clicking the right mouse button anywhere in the current window. This context menu contains the following items:
@@ -2908,7 +2916,7 @@Stella supports real Atari 2600 joysticks, paddles and driving controllers using the Stelladaptor and - 2600-adaptor devices.
+ 2600-daptor devices.Stella can use up to two adaptors; any extra ones are ignored. Stelladaptor devices will be automatically detected and configured. The @@ -3001,7 +3009,7 @@
Developer Options/Integrated Debugger
-Several developer related settings can be configured in the 'Developer Settings' dialog. +
Several developer related options can be configured in the 'Developer Settings' dialog. Two sets ('Player settings', 'Developer settings') allow easy adjustment of all settings for different use cases (playing or developing games) at once.
@@ -3433,7 +3441,7 @@ Ms Pac-Man (Stella extended codes):@@ -3452,15 +3460,15 @@ Ms Pac-Man (Stella extended codes): Cartridge.Name: Indicates the actual name of the game. When you save snapshots, - load/save state files, or use the 'ROM Audit' functionality, + load/save state files, or use the ROM Audit Mode functionality, this is the name that will be used for the respective file(s). Indicates if the game should use 1 or 2 channels for sound output. All original Atari 2600 machines supported 1 channel only, but some homebrew games have been written to take advantage of stereo - sound. The value must be Mono or Stereo. + sound mods. The value must be Mono or Stereo.Cartridge.Type: Indicates the bank-switching type for the game. The value of this property must be either Auto or one of the following - (for more information about bank-switching see Kevin Horton's 2600 bankswitching - document or the documentation in each cartridges source code file). Types marked + (for more information about bank-switching see Kevin Horton's 2600 bankswitching + document or the documentation in each cartridges source code file). Types marked as (¹) do not currently have reliable auto-detection, those marked as (²) are not fully supported in the debugger: @@ -3558,7 +3566,7 @@ Ms Pac-Man (Stella extended codes):
AmigaMouse Commodore Amiga computer mouse. AtariMouse Atari ST computer mouse. - Trakball Standard Atari 2600 CX22/CX80 'Trak-Ball' controller. + AtariVox A SpeakJet based unlimited-vocabulary speech / sound synthesizer with 32K EEPROM. AtariVox A SpeakJet based unlimited-vocabulary speech/sound synthesizer with 32K EEPROM. SaveKey A 32K EEPROM for saving high scores, etc. (the EEPROM portion of an AtariVox). Genesis Sega Genesis controller, which can be used similar to a BoosterGrip, giving an extra button. CompuMate Spectravideo CompuMate (if either left or right is set, CompuMate is used for both).