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                  Release 2.1 for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows
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The Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), introduced in 1977, was the most 
popular home video game system of the early 1980's.  Now you can enjoy all of 
your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to Stella! 

Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator.  It allows you to play all
of your favorite Atari 2600 games again!  Stella was originally developed for
Linux by Bradford W. Mott, however, it has been ported to a number of other
platforms.

This is the 2.1 release of Stella for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.  Distributions
for other operating systems will appear as they become available. The
distributions currently available are:

  * Binary distribution in RPM format for Linux (stella-2.1-1.i586.rpm)

  * Binary distribution for Mac OSX (StellaOSX2.1.dmg.gz)

  * Binary installer (exe) for Windows (stella-2.1-win32.exe)

  * Binary zip for Windows (stella-2.1-win32.zip)

  * Source code distribution for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows (stella-2.1-src.tar.gz)

  * Source code in SRPM format for Linux RPM-based systems (stella-2.1-1.src.rpm)

PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ASKING FOR ROM IMAGES TO USE WITH STELLA! ALL SUCH
REQUESTS WILL BE IGNORED!


Distribution Site
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The Stella distributions can be obtained from the Stella Website at:

  http://stella.sourceforge.net
