Introducing the ALE 0.6

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

It’s been quite a long time since the Arcade Learning Environment saw any significant changes. Today we’re releasing version 0.6, which provides support for two new features: modes and difficulties. As it turns out, there are more buttons on the Atari 2600 console than the ALE lets you play with. The select button is typically used to determine which of the many game modes to play. For example, there are a total of 8 modes in Freeway, including different car formations, trucks, and varying vehicle speeds. Here’s modes 0 to 2, plus two modes from Space Invaders:

Arcade-Learning-Environment on Marc G. Bellemare

Introducing the ALE 0.6