After successfully porting M.A.M.E. to the Sony PlayStation 2 I just had to try and port my generic Atari VCS 2600 emulator. The results are good. I’ve mapped the video display on to a cube that can be rotated around as you play. With VSync turned off the emulator runs at well over 300 frames per second, and whilst I have yet to do it, I could conceivably place different games on each side of the cube and still have it run at 60 fps with a little optimisation.

I took a few pictures of the Atari VCS emulator with a handheld digital camera — sorry about the camera shake and poor lighting. ^_^;

Note that “Wizard of Wor” and “Space Invaders” are rotated around on the cube. Makes it difficult to play but interesting to watch. Hmmm… that gives me an idea for a game design! =^_^=

SCREENSHOTS

Activision’s Pitfall running on a SONY PlayStation 2.
The SONY PlayStation 2 development hardware, a DTL-1000, tucked away under the desk. “Would you like that SONY super-sized for only $18,000 more?”
Atari’s Space Invaders mapped on to a spinning cube. The lights of the PS2 devkit glow eerily beneath the desk.
Playing Atari’s Space Invaders properly.
Wizard of Wor.
Wizard of Wor mapped on to a rotating cube.

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