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Atari ST emulators

A 16/32-bit home computer with the GEM desktop and built-in MIDI ports, which made it a fixture in music studios and home to a lively games and demo scene.

Manufacturer
Atari Corporation
Released
1985
Generation
16-bit
CPU
Motorola 68000 @ 8 MHz
Models
520ST, 1040ST, Mega ST, STE, Mega STE
Atari ST
Photo: © Bill Bertram, 2006 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source

5 emulators

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ARAnyM

Active
  • Falcon
  • Atari ST
  • Open source

Atari Running on Any Machine: a virtual machine for running TOS-compatible operating systems and GEM software at modern speeds, modelled on the Falcon rather than cycle-exact ST hardware.

Accuracy
Moderate
License
Open source
Windows · macOS · Linux
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Clock Signal

Active
  • Archimedes
  • BBC Micro
  • CPC
  • Atari ST
  • Amiga
  • VIC-20
  • DOS
  • MSX
  • Spectrum
  • Open source

A multi-machine emulator that aims to be invisible: open a disk or tape image and it picks the machine. The CPC, Spectrum and Atari ST are mature; Amiga and early PC support is less complete.

Accuracy
High
License
Open source
macOS · Linux
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Hatari

Active
  • Falcon
  • Atari ST
  • Open source

Emulates the Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon, with an integrated debugger and profiler. Ships with EmuTOS, so you can start without an original TOS ROM.

Accuracy
High
License
Open source
Since
2001
Windows · macOS · Linux
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Steem Engine

Discontinued
  • Atari ST
  • Open source

The classic Atari ST/STE emulator for Windows and Linux. Development stopped in 2004 and the source was later released, forming the basis of Steem SSE.

Accuracy
High
License
Open source
Windows · Linux
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Steem SSE

Active
  • Atari ST
  • Open source

A continuation of Steem Engine with much improved hardware accuracy, aimed at demanding demos and copy-protected games.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Windows · Linux

Atari ST hardware

Mini consoles and FPGA hardware that play Atari ST software. About hardware

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MiST

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +10 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

An FPGA board designed by Till Harbaum to re-create the Amiga and Atari ST, later joined by many 8-bit computer, console and arcade cores. It loads software from an SD card and has analog video output.

Released
2013
Launch price
190 EUR
Lotharek
Terasic DE10-Nano

Photo: sorgelig, MiSTer project (DE10-Nano with the MiSTer SDRAM and I/O boards) · GPL-3.0 (project repository) · source

Terasic DE10-Nano

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

The Intel Cyclone V SoC development board that the MiSTer project is built on. Most MiSTer cores also need an add-on SDRAM board, and analog video needs an I/O board.

Released
2017
Launch price
130 USD
Terasic
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Apollo V4 Standalone

Available
  • Amiga
  • Atari ST
  • FPGA
  • Mini

An Amiga-compatible computer built around the Apollo 68080 CPU and SuperAGA chipset in an FPGA, with HDMI, USB and Ethernet. Later cores add an Atari ST mode that runs EmuTOS. The current model is the V4+.

Released
2019
Launch price
549 EUR
Apollo Team
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SiDi

Discontinued
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +13 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A low-cost MiST-compatible FPGA board designed by Manuel Fernández Higueras, with a Cyclone IV FPGA, USB ports for controllers and VGA output. MiST cores are resynthesised for it.

Released
2019
ManuFerHi
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MiSTer Pi

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A low-cost FPGA board from Retro Remake that is compatible with the DE10-Nano used by the MiSTer project. It is sold in production batches, bundled with SDRAM and, in larger packs, an analog I/O board and USB hub.

Released
2024
Retro Remake
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SiDi128

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +15 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

The successor to the SiDi, a MiST-family FPGA board with a larger Cyclone 10 LP FPGA and two SDRAM chips, adding HDMI, optical audio and joystick ports.

Released
2024
ManuFerHi
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MiSTer Multisystem 2

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A ready-built console from Heber that runs the open-source MiSTer FPGA project, with 128 MB SDRAM on board so it plays all standard MiSTer cores. The Analogue model adds RGB and VGA outputs and a cartridge expansion slot.

Released
2025
Launch price
210 GBP
Heber
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SuperStation One

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A MiSTer-compatible FPGA console from Retro Remake styled after the PSone, with ports for original PlayStation controllers and memory cards. It runs the MiSTer cores for other consoles and computers too.

Released
2025
Launch price
179.99 USD
Retro Remake

FPGA cores

Hardware re-creations for FPGA boards such as MiSTer. What's an FPGA core?

  • Atari ST core for MiSTer · The MiSTer core for the Atari ST and STE.
  • MiSTery for MiST, SiDi · Gyorgy Szombathelyi's Atari ST/STE core, with a cycle-accurate STE GLUE and MMU re-created from the original schematics, the FX68K CPU core and a cycle-accurate blitter.
  • openFPGA Atari ST for Analogue Pocket · An Analogue Pocket port of MiSTery, Gyorgy Szombathelyi's Atari ST/STE core, with ST, STE and Mega STE modes. It is an early pre-release.

Atari ST file formats

FormatWhat it is
.stRaw disk image
.msaCompressed disk image
.stxPasti disk image, keeps copy protection
.ipfPreservation disk image
.dimFastCopy disk image