Help with using Stella

[Firegecko]

Whenever I start the Atari 2600 game "Fast Food" using Stella, the game controls itself. Why is this? How do I play the game?

[ulaoulao]

I think you just need to hit f1 or f2. The original atari did that. I think f1 is the reset and f2 is the level select. The game will play until you first hit reset.

[Firegecko]

I pressed F1, now nothing happens at all.

[ulaoulao]

I just tried it on mine, I had to hit f2, then f1, then the fire button. Have you set up your controllers?

[Firegecko]

No, I have to use a keyboard.

[ulaoulao]

press f2 then f1 then fire ( what ever button you mapped to it ). I always found it frustrating to get to work, and I just hit f2 and f1 and fire until it started to work. I never really took the time to learn how the atari was intended to work, and some games just woudl not start at all. Its not the emulators its just common atari knowledge ( that of which most of us dont have or remember ).

[Firegecko]

how do i change my controls?

[ulaoulao]

Well first off you should be using stella 3.3, if not, than try it

Stella 3.3:

run the exe
click the options button below.
click input settings.
pick the control you wish to map in the scroll box.
click map
it will wait for you to press the desired button.

Here is what you should see


Here is the doc for stella
http://stella.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html

[Firegecko]

there are many to choose from, who do I know what one to pick?

[ulaoulao]

P0 stands for the first player so...
"p0 joystick fire"