You have several options to play Gene Medic. The easiest is to run it in the freely available Stella Atari 2600 emulator on your PC or Mac. You can also run it in a web browser using Javatari. Running it on the original Atari 2600 hardware is a bit more work but possible. The first hardware option is to load the binary onto an SD/microSD card and use a Harmony Cartridge with the Atari 2600. The second hardware option is to have a real cartridge made at Atari Age. Instructions for each option are provided below.
Stella Emulator
- Download the Gene Medic binary here
- Download and install Stella here
- Run Stella and select the Gene Medic binary
- F2=reset; CTRL=start; arrows for movement (L, R), editing (D), and powerups (U)
Javatari Web Emulator
- Download the Gene Medic binary here
- Navigate to the Javatari website in your browser
- Load the binary file (aka the ROM)
- space=start; arrows for movement (L, R), editing (D), and powerups (U)
- Alternatively, play now using this link!
Harmony Cartridge
- Download the Gene Medic binary here
- Purchase a Harmony Cartridge here
- Copy the Gene Medic binary onto an SD/microSD card
- Place SD/microSD card in Harmony Cartridge
- Plug Harmony Cartridge into Atari 2600
- Select Gene Medic from on screen menu
Real Cartridge
- Coming soon!
Gene Medic on an Atari 2600