def __init__(self, rom_file, viz=0,
                 frame_skip=4, nullop_start=30,
                 live_lost_as_eoe=True, max_num_frames=0,
                 grayscale=True):
        """
        Args:
            rom_file: path to the rom
            frame_skip: skip every k frames and repeat the action
            viz: visualization to be done.
                Set to 0 to disable.
                Set to a positive number to be the delay between frames to show.
                Set to a string to be a directory to store frames.
            nullop_start: start with random number of null ops.
            live_losts_as_eoe: consider lost of lives as end of episode. Useful for training.
            max_num_frames: maximum number of frames per episode.
            grayscale (bool): if True, return 2D image. Otherwise return HWC image.
        """
        super(AtariPlayer, self).__init__()
        if not os.path.isfile(rom_file) and '/' not in rom_file:
            rom_file = get_dataset_path('atari_rom', rom_file)
        assert os.path.isfile(rom_file), \
            "ROM {} not found. Please download at {}".format(rom_file, ROM_URL)

        try:
            ALEInterface.setLoggerMode(LoggerMode.Error)
        except AttributeError:
            if execute_only_once():
                logger.warn("You're not using latest ALE")

        # avoid simulator bugs: https://github.com/mgbellemare/Arcade-Learning-Environment/issues/86
        with _ALE_LOCK:
            self.ale = ALEInterface()
            self.rng = get_rng(self)
            self.ale.setInt(b"random_seed", self.rng.randint(0, 30000))
            self.ale.setInt(b"max_num_frames_per_episode", max_num_frames)

            self.ale.setInt(b"frame_skip", 1)
            self.ale.setBool(b'color_averaging', False)
            # manual.pdf suggests otherwise.
            self.ale.setFloat(b'repeat_action_probability', 0.0)

            # viz setup
            if isinstance(viz, six.string_types):
                assert os.path.isdir(viz), viz
                self.ale.setString(b'record_screen_dir', viz)
                viz = 0
            if isinstance(viz, int):
                viz = float(viz)
            self.viz = viz
            if self.viz and isinstance(self.viz, float):
                self.windowname = os.path.basename(rom_file)
                cv2.namedWindow(self.windowname)

            self.ale.loadROM(rom_file.encode('utf-8'))
        self.width, self.height = self.ale.getScreenDims()
        self.actions = self.ale.getMinimalActionSet()

        self.live_lost_as_eoe = live_lost_as_eoe
        self.frame_skip = frame_skip
        self.nullop_start = nullop_start

        self.action_space = spaces.Discrete(len(self.actions))
        self.grayscale = grayscale
        shape = (self.height, self.width) if grayscale else (self.height, self.width, 3)
        self.observation_space = spaces.Box(
            low=0, high=255, shape=shape, dtype=np.uint8)
        self._restart_episode()

        Args:
            rom_file: path to the rom
            frame_skip: skip every k frames and repeat the action
            viz: visualization to be done.
                Set to 0 to disable.
                Set to a positive number to be the delay between frames to show.
                Set to a string to be a directory to store frames.
            nullop_start: start with random number of null ops.
            live_losts_as_eoe: consider lost of lives as end of episode. Useful for training.
            max_num_frames: maximum number of frames per episode.
            grayscale (bool): if True, return 2D image. Otherwise return HWC image.
        
examples/DeepQNetwork/atari.py