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{{emuinfobox
[[File:Atari 7800 logo.jpg|center|frameless|511x511px]]
|title = Atari 7800
[[File:Alien Brigade-01.png|frame|Alien Brigade ]]
|logo = Atari 7800 logo.jpg
Five classic lightgun games are playable in EMU7800 out of the box, which appears to be the only 7800 emulator to currently support lightgun play.
|category = Emulator
|system = Atari 7800
|download = [https://emu7800.github.io/ emu7800 website]
|license = Free
|developer = EMU7800
|gameplayshot = Alien Brigade-01.png
|note =
|gameplayshot2=Sentinel-01.jpg}}


Five classic lightgun games are playable in EMU7800 out of the box, which appears to be the only 7800 emulator to currently support lightgun play.
== '''SETUP''' ==
'''Emulator''' – Download EMU7800 from https:://emu7800.github.io - Emulator comes with it’s own front end that must be used to load games, scripts to load games directly do not appear to work with this emulator.


==SETUP==
* Start each of the 5 light gun games to populate a recently played game list for easy rom access
'''Emulator''' – Download [https://emu7800.github.io/ EMU7800] from github - Emulator comes with it’s own front end that must be used to load games, scripts to load games directly do not appear to work with this emulator.


*Start each of the 5 light gun games to populate a recently played game list for easy rom access
[[File:Sentinel-01.jpg|thumb|321x321px|Sentinel]]


* Cursor removal with nomousey and recommend a delayed script to activate allowing time to select the game from the game menu
*Cursor removal with nomousey and recommend a delayed script to activate allowing time to select the game from the game menu


''**Note – All the games play well but this a rough solution and not very front end friendly so any script updates that launch the game directly are welcome.**''
''**Note – All the games play well but this is a rough solution and not very front end friendly so any script updates that launch the game directly are welcome.**''


== '''PLAYABLE GAMES''' ==
==PLAYABLE GAMES==


* Alien Brigade
*Alien Brigade
* Barnyard Blaster
*Barnyard Blaster
* Crossbow
*Crossbow
* Meltdown
*Meltdown
* Sentinel
*Sentinel


== '''SAMPLE AHK SCRIPT''' ==
==SAMPLE AHK SCRIPT==
Use the sample script below if you want to remove the cursor with a delay plus proper escape/shut down. Add your drive letter and escape quite function and a delay that works for you to launch a game prior to nomousy (set to 12 seconds):
Use the sample script below if you want to remove the cursor with a delay plus proper escape/shut down. Add your drive letter and escape quit function and a delay that works for you to launch a game prior to nomousy (set to 12 seconds):


<syntaxhighlight lang="ahk">
<nowiki>#</nowiki>SingleInstance Force
#SingleInstance Force


sleep, 12000
sleep, 12000
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$Esc::
$Esc::


Process,Close,EMU7800.exe
Process,Close,EMU7800.exe


Run,taskkill /im "EMU7800.exe" /F
Run,taskkill /im "EMU7800.exe" /F


Run G:\nomousy\nomousy.exe
Run G:\nomousy\nomousy.exe


sleep, 500
sleep, 500


ExitApp
ExitApp


Return
Return
</syntaxhighlight>


[[Category:Emulators PC]]
[[Category:Emulators PC]]
[[Category:Console Games]]
[[Category:Console Games]]
[[Category:Atari 2600 Games]]
[[Category:Atari 7800 Games]]

Latest revision as of 20:02, 12 August 2025



Emulator
Emulates: Atari 7800
Download: emu7800 website
License: Free
Developer: EMU7800
Alien Brigade-01.png
Sentinel-01.jpg

Five classic lightgun games are playable in EMU7800 out of the box, which appears to be the only 7800 emulator to currently support lightgun play.

SETUP

Emulator – Download EMU7800 from github - Emulator comes with it’s own front end that must be used to load games, scripts to load games directly do not appear to work with this emulator.

  • Start each of the 5 light gun games to populate a recently played game list for easy rom access
  • Cursor removal with nomousey and recommend a delayed script to activate allowing time to select the game from the game menu

**Note – All the games play well but this is a rough solution and not very front end friendly so any script updates that launch the game directly are welcome.**

PLAYABLE GAMES

  • Alien Brigade
  • Barnyard Blaster
  • Crossbow
  • Meltdown
  • Sentinel

SAMPLE AHK SCRIPT

Use the sample script below if you want to remove the cursor with a delay plus proper escape/shut down. Add your drive letter and escape quit function and a delay that works for you to launch a game prior to nomousy (set to 12 seconds):

#SingleInstance Force

sleep, 12000

Run, G:\nomousy\nomousy.exe /hide



$Esc::

 Process,Close,EMU7800.exe

 Run,taskkill /im "EMU7800.exe" /F

 Run G:\nomousy\nomousy.exe

 sleep, 500

ExitApp

Return