Atari ST-Emualtion

[McTrinsic]

Hi all,

I got a question for you.

I am looking for an Atari-ST-emulator for an Amiga with ECS and 68030 <= 50 Mhz

I found an overview (well, sort of) here:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/emulators-faq/part1/

However, I didnt find it really useful. Which of the emulators is actually useful? I am admittedly interested in playing these old games. I happen to have a "Medusa" 2.0 emulator here (A2000 Version). Anyone have some experience with it? The manual indicates that harddisk-use requires a special driver. Someoen know something about it?

Anyway - ideal would be an emulator to go with disk-images (just like UAE).

ST4Amiga looks interesting. Anyoe know this?

Have fun,
McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

Sorry, can't tell you much about the names.

For once, I am interested in Ultima IV and The Bard's Tale, as well as The Rebel Universe (Star Trek game).

I played them with a friend back then. And, there were some "action"-games: shoot'em ups, and the like. I have to go through what I find in the sites preserving info on the games from back then.

I'd appreciate any help with the Medusa, anyway. Am I really able to use HDDs only with these special, few HDD-controlers named in the manual?

Have fun,
McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

@Cass

Thanks fo rthe answer...

But STonAmiga is too slow I heard. I don't have a GFX-Card.

I do have a "fallback"-switch to go from 68030 to 68000 (selectable at 7/14 MHz; memory 8Fast / 2 Chip)).

Would that be sufficient in speed to emulate the Atari?

Have fun,
McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

@Crumb
Well, two things keep me from Chamaeleon:

1) I don't have access to the hardware.

2) Quoting from the Amiga Hardware database:
does not simulate the Atari hardware registers
programs hitting the hardware do not run
copy protected software and games generally do not work
a patch is supplied to run important software like Signum 2, TurboC 2.0 or Stad
hard disk support needs special drivers - hardfiles are not supported, the emulation requires dedicated Atari partitions
cannot read the special hyperformatted (>720 kB) floppy disks .

[McTrinsic]

@ilwrath:
Yes both have an Amiga port.

But I am looking for something to quench my collector's thirst. And I am after the "original".

I like the Atari version of Ultima IV slightly better. And, there is no Rebel universe (as stated above) for the Amiga.

Finally, i am not going to spend really much time with the games. Just fiddling around. Meaning: no new games for me. Just dont have the time.

Though I would love to!

Have fun,
McTrinsic