A PLACE FOR THE EVER CURIOUS
A PROJECT BY THE BIT CULTURE
OPEN SOURCE · ST / MEGA ST / STE

It feels like
1989 again.

Atari System Emulator brings the machines, their quirks and their games to Windows, macOS and Linux. Faithful where it counts; inventive where it can be.

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THE BIT CULTUREST / STE
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Latest ASE release

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MORE THAN ANOTHER EMULATOR

The ST, down to
its character.

ASE recreates the ST F/FM, Mega ST and STE, with their sound, video, MIDI and storage. Then it gives you new ways to enjoy what those machines made possible.

01 / HARDWARE

Built for the details

68000, YM2149, STE DMA sound, blitter, overscan and mid-line palette effects. Floppy, ACSI and GEMDOS drives bring the software with them.

02 / COLLECTION

Your games, in one place

Browse a visual game library, use save states and inspect memory or graphics with the built-in debugger and bitmap explorer.

03 / EXPERIENCE

See and hear more

Choose an Atari monitor, a home TV or pixel-perfect output, and explore two ASE features that take the original artwork and music somewhere new.

01 / PICTURE / COLORIZE DITHERING

Hidden colours,
revealed.

ST artists built shades and gradients from alternating pixels: tiny checkerboards and dot patterns. ASE recognises the repeating pattern and turns it into a real intermediate RGB colour, then smooths the stepped gradient while keeping text and edges crisp.

Drag the divider or use the slider to compare Panza Kick Boxing with the effect off and on.

Read about picture settings
PANZA KICK BOXINGASE / PICTURE TEST 001
OFF / ORIGINALON / COLORIZED
02 / SOUND / MT-32 TOOLBOX

Three voices.
A new orchestra.

ASE includes Roland MT-32 emulation for Atari ST games with MIDI music. Its MT-32 Toolbox goes further: map any of the YM2149's three voices to an MT-32 instrument while a game plays, even if that game never supported MIDI.

Choose a bass, lead or all three. Save the combination as a profile for games launched from the library. Built-in MT-32 emulation requires your own Roland ROM images.

Read about MIDI and MT-32
LIVE AUDIO ROUTINGYM2149 → ROLAND MT-32
YM #1YM #2YM #3MT-32
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Ready to
boot up.

Download the latest release, read the guide and visit the repository to follow ASE development.

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