Stella 2014 Atari 2600 Core for RetroArch: Supported Features and File Types

Stella 2014 is a RetroArch core for the Atari 2600. The official libretro documentation describes it as a port of Stella, the Atari 2600 VCS emulator, forked from the main Stella codebase around 2014 (Stella 3.9.3). This article summarizes what the documentation states about the core's origin, file support, license and feature set.

What Stella 2014 is

The core is a port of Stella, the Atari 2600 VCS emulator. It was forked from the main Stella codebase around 2014, corresponding to Stella 3.9.3, so it represents a snapshot of that era's features and compatibility rather than current Stella development.

ROM files and database

• The documentation lists these supported ROM extensions: .a26 and .bin. It also references an Atari - 2600 database (an .rdb file) used for content identification.

Documented feature support

The official feature table marks Restart, Screenshots, States, Rewind, Netplay, Core Options, Memory Monitoring for achievements, Controls and Remapping as supported. It marks Saves, RetroArch Cheats and Native Cheats as not supported. The table also lists Multi-Mouse, Rumble, Sensors and Camera as not supported.

License

The core is distributed under GPLv2.

Known limitations

• No save-file support and no cheat support (RetroArch or native). As a 2014-era fork of Stella 3.9.3, it reflects the compatibility of that snapshot rather than later Stella releases. Several feature-table entries could not be independently confirmed beyond the source table.