NeoPop 0.32 - After releasing 0.31 yesterday, NeoPop-UK has already released a new version of his Neo-Geo Pocket Colour emulator for Windows, NeoPop.
- MetaFox
MAMu_'s Icons for X - The first update in 10 months!! I have written a program that will automatically update the website for me when MAMu_ releases new icons, so this means that the MAMu_'s Icons for X page will be updated almost immediately after I get the new icons from MAMu_. I have also updated my kmamu shell script so that it works with xmame.xgl. The previews page also contains previews of the icons against both a black and a white background! Enjoy! :)
- chris
NeoPop 0.31 - NeoPop, the Neo-Geo Pocket Colour emulator for Windows, has been updated to 0.31, fixing many things, thus enabling more games to function.
- MetaFox
Thursday, May 30th 2002 - Last updated @ 05:36 EST
MAMEInfo.dat 4.05 - M.A.S.H. posted a new MAMEInfo.dat! New stuff includes: Bugs (as of May 28th), over 60 new 'ARCADE RELEASES' and the newest WIP.
- prophet
Satourne Update - Fabien Autrel's WIP Saturn emulator, Satourne, once again struts itself with more screenshots! Gunbird, Capcom Generation & Batsugun are the featured games this time.
- prophet
Retrobase Back - Chris of Retrobase emailed me as follows: "Just in case you haven't heard it yet, the web's probably largest videogame database www.retrobase.com is finally back! After almost two months downtime caused by our previous ISP and domain transfering issues, the site has found a new home."
- prophet
EmuLoader 2.9 - Ciro updated his super-popular Windows based MAME frontend, EmuLoader! New stuff includes:
- Windows XP compatibility (themes support as well...)
- fixes everywhere
- visual changes
- a bunch of improvements
- ready for MAME v0.60
- "SlikStik" arcade controller support with tons of hot-keys :-D
- "X-Arcade" arcade controller support
ZiNcGUI 1.4be+ - Dafreak updated his frontend, ZiNcGUI, for use with the amazing 3D arcade game emulator, ZiNc! New stuff = Fixed Kikaioh region code not being set correctly due to spelling error in trainer.
- prophet
Emu Celebs - Ben-J (of Consollection) emailed me about a new project he's been working on with Gollum called Emu Celebs. The idea is to put a "human face" on emulation authors and others. Personally I'd love to know more about these mysterious coding gurus, but sadly many of them are too modest to contribute bios. :) Oh well, we love you guys anyway!
- prophet
Win A FREE Act-Labs USB Light Gun - Well, here's the last reminder about the Act-Labs USB Light Gun contests - hopefully we'll announce the winners sometime next week! :) There's still a little time left to enter, so if you've been putting it off, now's the time.
- prophet
LGeneral 1.0 - LGeneral is a turn-based strategy engine heavily inspired by Panzer General. Move your units each turn and attack your enemies in order to capture strategic objectives to win a battle. LGeneral uses the SDL library for graphics and sounds.
Changes: Beside various bugfixes and code cleanups, the major change is that the original Panzer General combat rules have been applied. Very important for those who do not have PG I: There is a 'lgeneral-data' package available which provides the PG demo data (Poland and Warsaw). License: GPL.
- chris
Wednesday, May 29th 2002 - Last updated @ 05:52 EST
Girlfriend Advance 0.05 - Girlfriend Advance is a Gameboy Advance emulator written in Java. Changes: A lot of bugs have been fixed in the cpu and in the gfx engine. License: free for non-commercial use.
- chris
cinc 2.1.3 - cinc is an emulator for the Bell Lab's CARDIAC (Cardboard Illustrative Aid to Computation) computer. A CARDIAC assembler (casm) is included. Changes: A fix for a bug in casm which only shows up in the Cygwin environment; this makes the code more portable. It might even fix the compile problem with Mac OS X. License: GPL.
- chris
bristol synthesiser emulator 0.7 - Bristol is a synthesizer emulation package (screenshot here). It includes a Moog Mini, Moog Voyager, Hammond B3, Prophet 5, Juno 6, DX 7, and others. Changes: ALSA 0.9 native drivers were added (for pcm and rawmidi only). The dual manual hammond B3 was fixed. Cosmetic alterations were made to the keyboard representations. License: GPL.
- chris
MAME World - MAME World has a new look! Be sure to let KiLLer CloWn know what you think.
- chris
DAPHNE 0.99.5pre3 - DAPHNE is a multiple arcade Laserdisc emulator! Not sure what is new in this pre-release, thanks to Randolph for the news.
- chris
SCI and few other games which used the 2610b sound emulation do not crash anymore neither
Fixed some more default eeproms for taito f3 games
Elevator action 2, dariusg and dariusgx were patched so that they start faster and automatically reset when needed (when you exit service mode, or when the eeprom is regenerated).
xmame on a CD - Dave Barter has started a project to create a bootable CD that runs xmame so you can play xmame at your local library, or any PC you happen to run across (you build your own CD with your own ROM collection). The project is still in a very early stage and Dave is looking for some feedback, so head on over there and see if xmame boots on your PC!
- chris
UK PS2 Linux - People in the UK can now order their PS2 Linux kits from Sony according to this BBC article.
- chris
The Netwide Assembler 0.98.33 (Devel) - NASM is an 80x86 assembler designed for portability and modularity. Changes: This version fixes a lot of bugs, some of which date back to before 0.98. Another stable release is imminent. License: LGPL.
- chris
Monday, May 27th 2002 - Last updated @ 20:09 EST
MAME WIP - Thanks to the hard working MAMEdevs, the MAME WIP page has been updated again.
- chris
MacroVision On Felt-Tip Pen "hack" - Macrovision has issued a statement of sorts stating that you shouldn't be using felt-tip markers on CDs because it may damage the CD and/or the player. As Daemon stated in #retrogamers (EFnet IRC): "thats like those companies that say "pirated cds screw up your console".
I'm pretty sure that everyone knows you should be using felt-tip markers that are based on water and not alcohol ;)
- atila
ClrMAME.com - Please don't forget to update yer bookmarks because Roman now has his own domain at ClrMAME.com :)
- atila
Water Ice Found On Mars! - The Mars Odessey spacecraft has detected MASSIVE amounts of ice just under the surface of Mars! If it were to melt, it would create a planet-wide ocean 500 metres (1,500ft) deep.
- atila
Sunday, May 26th 2002 - Last updated @ 20:17 EST
FreeCraft 1.17 - FreeCraft is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine. It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or against the computer. The engine can be used to build C&C, WC2, SC and AOE-like real-time strategy (RTS) games. After two years of active development here is the long awaited stable release 1.17.
- chris
Nebula 2.15a - Nebula has been updated to 2.15a, fixing missing platforms and bridges in Knights of Valour, changing rom names to match MAME, adding Sengoku3 and Zupapa, and various other changes.
- MetaFox
MAME Artwork WIP - Aaron Giles has updated his website with some screenshots of the new artwork support in MAME.
- chris
Saturday, May 25th 2002 - Last updated @ 23:44 EST
FCE Ultra 0.77 - A new version of FCE Ultra, the NES/Famicom emulator, has been released for Windows, DOS, and Linux.
- MetaFox
1964 0.8.3a - 1964 has been updated to 0.8.3a. This release is in the form of a patch that fixes several bugs that crept into the last release.
- MetaFox
CPC Zone Update - Malc Jennings updated the CPC Zone with 14 new covers, and posted interviews with Richard Wilson (WinAPE author) & Tom Walker (CPC-EM author) about the Amstrad CPC!
- prophet
Stuff From Hell - Well, from Stairway To Hell... First there's 10 retrogaming music tracks by the band "HeartCore," which they've OK'ed for MP3 distribution! Next, the The Admiral released v1.1 of his 'Div' remake of the BBC/Electron classic Arcadians! (Thanks Dave)
- prophet
Nebula 2.15 - ElSemi does it again! With some help from BillyJR. :) The latest Nebula now plays the PGM game Knights Of Valour, and adds SOUND to the PGM emulation! =) Well, incomplete sound and no music yet, but it's a great start. KoV is supposed to be an amazing arcade game, but was rarely ever seen outside Asia. (To IGS, how about a GBA version?:o)
- prophet
Paco 1.1 - Paco is an Amstrad CPC emulator for the GBA! It was released over at Emulatronia, but you can also download it at GBAemu, where you'll also find an English translation of the original Spanish instructions for this emu. At the moment it only appears to play one game: The Abadia of the Crime. And that's my last post for now... Time to sleep... :)
- prophet
WineX 2.01 - WineX is a DirectX emulator for Linux. Changes in 2.01 include:
Better support for copy protection with SCSI CD-ROM devices, including ide-scsi used for most CD-Writers
Support for CounterStrike 1.4 anti-cheat feature
Fixes for shell menu issues with KDE 3
A fix for the incorrect error message "Can't find wine"
A fix to better support some DRI cards in some Direct3D 8 games, such as Max Payne.
Official documentation (available as a seperate download)
I checked the site and there are over 130 games with a playability rating of 4 or higher now!
- chris
AdvanceSCAN 1.0 - AdvanceSCAN is a new proggie by Andrea Mazzoleni of AdvanceMAME fame! It's described as "a command line rom manager for MAME, MESS, AdvanceMAME, AdvanceMESS and Raine for Unix and DOS. It contains also a recompression utility for your roms and a diff generator of rom sets." It's now available for download at the Advance Projects page.
- prophet
What About GamePark32?! - I didn't know much about the GP32 dev scene, until Clem (a GP32 fan) saw all my GBA posts, and emailed me some interesting GP32 links! I was impressed to see everything from arcade Phoenix to C64 to Wonderswan being emulated on this little Korean handheld... First we have GP32 Projects & GP32Dev, two nice news sites about GP32 development. Then there are full-on (and FREE) ports of Doom & Wolfenstein 3D to try. Lastly, here's an E3 interview with the GP32 developers. Very cool little machine, but it will never play Metroid Fusion. ;)
- prophet
1964 0.8.3 - A new version of the open source Nintendo 64 emulator 1964 was released! This is quite a big update, including various bugfixes (savestates especially) and tweaks - visit the homepage for downloads and the full list of changes. (Thanks pacmanfreak)
- prophet
Chaos Remake - Quirky, a member of the Retro Remakes forums, coded a remake of the ZX Spectrum game Chaos for the Gameboy Advance! Download it here. (Thanks [JJ] of Retro Remakes)
- prophet
VisualBoy Advance 0.9.1 - The Linux version of Visual Boy Advance has been released.
- chris
Raine 0.35a - The Raine team has issued an update release. This is a "Quality Release" : lots of fixes and little improvements to make raine more enjoyable! The windows version is already here, linux users should be happy with the source, and dos users should wait a little more (until tonight probably). You can read the changes here. Thanks to TheInformer for the news.
- chris
Happy B'day Mark! - Just wanted to wish Mark (ElvisP) a happy birthday, see ya in about 30 minutes :)
- atila
MAME WIP - Santeri updated the MAME Work-In-Progress page! Desert Assault looks cool, and there's lots more as well.
- prophet
Pocket Genesis 1.0 beta 2 - Domenico Dato kindly emailed me about the latest (iPaq only) version of Pocket Genesis, a Sega Genesis emulator for Pocket PC's!
- prophet
Thursday, May 23rd 2002 - Last updated @ 21:22 EST
SPLAM! C64 On GBA - Speaking of the GBA... A new emulator for Nintendo's little system that could is on the way! It's called SPLAM!, and if all goes well, GBA users will soon be able to play their old C64 favorites on the road! There is no release yet, but there are some screenshots and a WIP report posted. Hopefully this emu will soon join the amazing PocketNES and others on the GBA. BTW - check out GBAEmu for GBA specific news, it's a terrific site for keeping abreast of the GBA development scene.
- prophet
GBA & E3 - What's Old Is New Again - While most people are probably excited about the fancy new games on the big consoles, the GBA has become the new home for retrogaming 2D fun! There are ports, updates and sequels to old 2D favorites like Metroid, Shinobi, Altered Beast, Zelda and many more - check out this E3 report at Gamer's Hell for some coverage. GBA Central also posted some good coverage, and PocketIGN has some great coverage too, despite their annoying "Insider" scheme, check out the videos! (Thanks Francesco)
- prophet
ClrMAME Pro 2.64b - Roman Scherzer updated ClrMAME Pro, his famous ROM management utility, mainly fixing a profiler-subfolder bug.
- prophet
AdvanceMAME 0.60.1 & AdvanceMenu 1.18.3 - Andrea Mazzoleni released an updated version of AdvanceMAME & his great frontend, AdvanceMenu! AdvanceMAME is an unofficial MAME version for DOS and Linux with an advanced video support for helping the use with TVs, Arcade Monitors, Fixed Frequencies Monitors and also for PC Monitors. Here's what's new:
AdvanceMAME Version 0.60.1 2002/05
-Fixed the MNG recording for some games.
-Added the input_hotkey option to disable the special key sequences like CTRL+ALT+DEL.
-Fixed the rgb 16pix effect on 32 bit modes
-Disabled the pause key. It should not be used.
-The advs utility now prevent the keyboard buffer to be filled.
-Added a new `License' chapter at the faq.txt file.
AdvanceMENU Version 1.18.3 2002/05
-Fixed an hang bug when no games are listed.
Win a FREE Act-Labs USB PC Light Gun! - Just a reminder that the Light Gun Contests are still going on and taking new entries! You're allowed just one entry per contest, but you can enter both of them. These contests will end come June, so get your entries in soon. Winners will be announced early next month.
- prophet
ZTnet, HanaHo & ArcadeWerx - Well, I see Metallik already mentioned the new ZTnet store, but I wanted to explain things a bit to our visitors. First off, the staff at Retrogames receives NO money from this (including myself), so we are still hobbyists just like you. Secondly, the main reason for the store is to augment ad income so we can GET RID OF THOSE POP-UPS! :) We ALL hate them, and by buying HanaHo products through the ZTnet store, you get exactly the same items, for exactly the same prices but ZTnet receives a commission to be used for maintaining the network. And that network includes MANY sites including Retrogames, MAME and lots more. At the moment HotRod arcade panels and Retrogames T-Shirts (I need a new one, someone stole mine!) are available to purchase, with more stuff to come later. Please forgive this long explanation, but I thought it should be clarified.
Now, here's the interesting part... A new product is coming called the ArcadeWerx. While I can't mention too many details yet, I suspect many people will like it. Especially HotRod owners... And it will be EXCLUSIVE to us!
- prophet
Wednesday, May 22nd 2002 - Last updated @ 18:38 EST
Illegal News Post - This is an illegal news post, if you have high morals, stop reading this post now! Reuters, Yahoo, CNET and others have all violated the law by posting articles on how to circumvent copy-protection in CDs with a felt-tip pen (by the way, felt-tip pens are illegal now too). You can read more about these news agencies violations here. Note however that it is illegal for me to post that link, and it is illegal for newsforge to have that article. Atila: if you decide it is in the best interest of retrogames.com to delete this post, I will understand.
U.S. citizens: Please write your congressmen about the atrocities going on with copyright law these days.
- chris
Sega WIP - There is another Sega WIP update over at System16.com. Thanks to Iron Man for the news.
- chris
Ztnet Store - ZTnet has joined VGN and ZD in the mercantile business.. more specifically, they have opened an online store selling assorted gaming-related merchandise. So far, only Hanaho products are listed, but more will be added soon. Proceeds may be used to help reduce advertising on ZTnet sites.
ok lev, there's yer plug, where's my $50 in store credit? :D
- metallik
xmame for the PS2 - Joan has completed the xmame for PS2 project, and the source code changes should be merged into the next official xmame release.
- chris
Tuesday, May 21st 2002 - Last updated @ 03:51 EST
Zyclone's Playground - Updated (Thanks Zyclone).
- chris
Kwest 1.0 - Kwest is an interpreter for Infocom and other Z-machine interactive fiction games. It is based on Frotz and tries to comply with standard 1.0 of Graham Nelson's Z-machine specification. Changes: With this release, Kwest is now ported to KDE 3. The abbreviations x, g, and z now always work, and various runtime crashes were fixed. License: GPL.
- chris
Monday, May 20th 2002 - Last updated @ 20:22 EST
VGN temporarily down - It appears Timmy has pulled the plug on the Vintage Gaming Network. Attempts to access it now result in an HTTP error. The forums are still up here - if anyone can give them a hand hosting-wise, drop them a line. When I get word of their new URL I'll post it.
Update: appears to be back (short death :). Who knows whats going on..
- metallik
Cube Pricedrop - Nintendo has dropped the price of its Gamecube console to $150 in North America, according to an article on Planet Gamecube. This comes days after Sony and Microsoft knocked $100 off their respective consoles. Gotta love competition..!
- metallik
Digital Clones - Just finished watching Star Wars Episode II on one of the 50 or so digital projection screens available in the United States (Showcase Springdale). We wound up in the back, so I couldn't see too much increase in detail, although my friends claims to have seen facial hair on Natale Portman :) The colors were very vivid, and there was no artifacting, nor any print artifacts that mar traditional films. Except for a half-second dropout towards the beginning, the film was perfect. See it this way if you can, but don't make TOO much effort.. it's not that much of a difference.
Oh, and as for Eckel, maybe if he's spend less time pissing on his hosted sites, he'd have more time to spend on HIS page (4 posts in 7 days... haha
- metallik
Sunday, May 19th 2002 - Last updated @ 18:19 EST
Eckel's Latest Power Move - From what I understand, Tim has taken over VGN's message boards in his latest attempt to take over the emulation community. If you are a frequent visitor to the VGN message boards, they have been moved. The new location is here. You can read the details in this post.
- chris
Raine WIP - Updated (Thanks RaineDevs). Thanks to Catbert for the news.
- chris
Laser 0.19 Pre Release - A Laser prerelease is out with way to many changes to list. So check out the releases section of the Laser homepage to find out what's new.
- MetaFox
Friday, May 17th 2002 - Last updated @ 15:38 EST
MAME32 Flyer Pack 11 - JOHN IV has released a new flyer pack for use with MAME32, which you can download here
- atila
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! - The famous Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, NH hosts the Classic Video Game World Championship, May 30-June 2, 2002. Various tournaments will be held during those days and you can enter (if you're in the neighbourhood :)
- atila
Pakkman Arcade - The city of Pasadena, CA is trying to close the Pakkman Arcade eventhough they've met the city's demands. You can help out by signing their petition and mailing the city of Pasadena (on the Pakkman site) and competing in the "SAVE OUR ARCADE" tournament (to be held TOMORROW May 18), which is also their 20th anniversary. Thanks to Jim G. for the news.
- atila
Troubles - Apparently, people are having trouble reaching our site and the XMAME Site. Obviously, I'm having no troubles.
- atila
xmess-0.561.1 - xmess-0.561.1 is out! Thanks to all who've made this release possible. Changes since xmame-0.56.2 include:
Everything from MESS 0.561.
Fixed the register constraints in cpu/i8085/i8085cpu.h so that cpu/i8085/i8085.c can build for x86 using gcc-3.1 with -O3.
Everything (?) applicable between xmame-0.56.2 and xmame-0.60.1.
You can download a patch against xmame-0.56.2 from here.
- chris
Thursday, May 16th 2002 - Last updated @ 22:52 EST
MAMECAT 0.44 beta 38 - MAMECAT stands for M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher. It consists of three programs: qmamecat, an X11/Qt based GUI and the main application; qmsetup, a startup setup wizard for qmamecat; and catgen, a simple catalog generator. qmsetup and catgen are started on demand by qmamecat.
Changes: Major changes have been made to the ROM status parser in order to fully support FreeBSD. New styles were added, along with ASCII export for the game list, and a sample check dialog (incomplete). The "Preview not available" text was replaced with a transparent image, and an image is now shown in front of the game's name if a preview could not be found. Focus problems with the search widget have been fixed, as was incorrect item selection when right-clicking the game list. License: GPL.
- chris
mozilla 1.0rc2 - Mozilla has put out another release candidate which includes a security update.
- chris
IE PATCH! - Yes, it's that time of the month again, Microsoft has released a huge patch that fixes 6 critical gaps in Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0.
- atila
GOOAAALLLLLLL!!$@#@$! - Fuseball has released World Cup Soccer 94 for Visual Pinmame! Check out his VPForum post here, then go grab it and ENJOY FUTEBOL NOW!!!1 This is a preliminary release.. looks like some scripting additions will be forthcoming, but still very playable and fun. Thanks to DrtySOUTH for the news.
- metallik
Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - Last updated @ 22:36 EST
Game Launcher v0.9.8 - Game Launcher v0.9.8 has been released. The changes in this version are: Ported to Win32 and Unix; Created rudimentary screen saver; Added keys to restart and skip current MP3; Added pre-/post-commands that are run before/after a game is run; Added mouse (trackball and trackwheel) support.
- chris
Back In Time coverage of Philly Classic - Mike Stulir writes: Complete coverage of the recent "PhillyClassic" classic gaming convention has been posted at Back In Time. Over 1,000 classic gamers made the trip for the two-day event in King Of Prussia, PA. Coverage includes photos and a NEW episode of the "Back In Time Radio Webcast!"
- chris
Tuesday, May 14th 2002 - Last updated @ 22:48 EST
ClrMamePro 2.63b - How did we miss this?! Shame on us. :( Roman Scherzer released the latest ClrMAME Pro last week! (Thanks TheInformer once more)
- prophet
VirtuaNES v0.57 - VirtuaNES was updated recently. This version adds support for the "SpaceShadow Gun" used by SpaceShadow(J) & fixes F-1 Race(JU). (Thanks TheInformer)
- prophet
MAME FE "A is after 9" 1A - Fabio updated MAME FE, an excellent frontend for Windows as follows:
- Added new MAME 0.60 controller options
- Added full X-Arcade support !
- Fixed: Random play games
- Fixed: Download Roms
- Show percentual when finding roms
- Many minor bug fixed
- prophet
Satourne WIP - Fabien Autrel updated the Satourne homepage as follows: "After a week of vacations I come back. As you can see thanks to the screenshots my emu can now play a few games and starts a lot of them. I have now to implement the SCSP in order to increase compatibility. I'll start the implementation tonight by first adding 68000 emulation through the use of Starscream I think." And yes, those screenshots are pretty. :) (Thanks Ben-J of Consollection)
- prophet
Win a FREE Act-Labs USB PC Light Gun! - Just a reminder that the Light Gun Contests are still going on and taking new entries! You're allowed just one entry per contest, but you can enter both of them. Also, if you're curious about the old Act-Labs light guns (not the new USB ones coming in June) then check out this mini review by gzsfrk.
- prophet
3D0 emulator in the works! - Over on www.isoclassics.com there are some screenshots of a work-in-progress 3D0 emulator.. I haven't seen the emu in person, but it looks legit... be sure to check it out. There were some great titles for 3D0, including the full talking version of Star Control II, and an emulator for this system would be a welcome addition. The webmaster of isoclassics is looking for web space.. if you can help him, email at the link provided on the site. Thanks to Marcin Wilk for the news!
- metallik
New HANAHO Products - Our friends over at Hanaho will be releasing 2 new products at this year's E3 Expo, namely the Hanaho GTO, which is a driving cabinet for your home (!!) and ArcadeWerX cabinet, "which is sure to rock the Emulation world". We'll have more info soon :)
- atila
CPC Zone updated - Malc Jennings has updated the CPC Zone with new music, new reviews and new cover scans!
- atila
xtrs 4.9 - xtrs is a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator for Unix and the X Window System. Changes: This release includes a pile of minor bugfixes that have accumulated since xtrs 4.8, plus one tiny new feature (an -iconic flag). 1500 bps tapes can now be written again. Sound works even on cards that don't support 8-bit mono. Two floppy disk bugs that broke the CopyCat program are fixed. License: Freely Distributable.
- chris
Sunday, May 12th 2002 - Last updated @ 20:12 EST
Mother's Day - I just want to wish all Mothers, Grand Mothers, and future Mothers a happy Mother's day! :D
- chris
MESS WIP - Yes folks, after many months of neglect :/ inspiration has finally called on me (hope she never hangs up!) to update the MESS WIP page! January's report has been posted and I hope to write up reports for Feburary next week.
- chris
cinc 2.1.0 - cinc is an emulator for the Bell Lab's CARDIAC (Cardboard Illustrative Aid to Computation) computer. A CARDIAC assembler (casm) is included. Changes: In this release, the cinc code is stable, however the casm code is still changing. The sample program test3.casm has been expanded to test all instructions, a segmentation fault and error reporting when there were more ENDP instructions than PROC instructions was fixed, the line number for each error detected is shown, and unresolved symbols are displayed. A new file, test4.casm, contains errors and is used to test error reporting. License: GPL.
- chris
Saturday, May 11th 2002 - Last updated @ 13:33 EST
Project X - Project X is a joint project by Rok and Rawk to ReMix entire soundtracks of Mega Man games, and they just unveiled their excellent coverage of Mega Man 2. You can grab the title song and get a bit more info here at OC ReMix, or just head directly to their homepage at www.projectxweb.com.
- david
Wine 20020509 - Wine Is Not an Emulator. It is an alternative implementation of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs. Changes: More dll separation work, many async I/O improvements, still more unit tests, a lot less multimedia code, many portability fixes (especially for ReactOS), and lots of bugfixes. License: LGPL
- chris
Friday, May 10th 2002 - Last updated @ 22:13 EST
TSSHP 0.2.9c - The System Shock Hack Project is a project to reverse-engineer and recode (from scratch, but using the original datafiles) the 3D role-playing/shooter games from Looking Glass (System Shock and the Ultima Underworlds). Changes: This release include proper clipping for objects within portal inclusion volumes, fixes a memory overrun in Underworld font loader, and fixes an assert problem with clipping. License: BSD
- chris
bristol synthesiser emulator 0.6 - bristol is a synthesizer emulation package. It emulates a Minimoog, Moog Voyager, Hammond B3, Prophet 5, Juno 6, DX 7, and others. License: GPL
- chris
gzinc 0.04 - gzinc is a GUI for the Linux version of Zinc. Changes: no longer uses the ConfigParser module 'this should help some people'; added the ability to verify roms; new site design.
- chris
Div Games Competition - The results of the div games remakes competition results were posted and the games look cool, see for yourself. Thanks to MikeDX for the news.
- chris
Wednesday, May 8th 2002 - Last updated @ 19:16 EST
zMAME - My Sharp Zaurus arrived yesterday, and it is one really cool PDA! One of the cool apps you can run on it is a port of xmame called zMAME.
- chris
Tuesday, May 7th 2002 - Last updated @ 22:50 EST
L337 On 5th - When I saw this sign while walking down 5th Ave. here in New York City, I knew I had to snap a picture. :)
- prophet
Nebula 2.13a - ElSemi released a new version of his popular CPS1/2, NeoGeo ,PGM etc. emulator, Nebula! New stuff includes "many fixes, a great (and fast) new blitter(SuperScale) and auto-transparencies." You might also expect to see a 2.13b release in the near future according to this post from the author. :)
- prophet
AGES 0.29a - Quintesson released a new version of AGES, his Genesis/Sega CD/32X/SMS emulator for Windows! Also of interest, Steve Snake (of KGen fame) issued a bugfix for NBA Jam Tournament Edition (he coded the retail cart!) so you can play a bug-free version in emulators! It's available at the AGES site. New stuff for 0.29a:
-Much improved Genesis compatiblity
-Fixed the trippy sound problems some games were having (E.G. Sonic 2, 3, Knuckles, etc...)
-Serial EEPROM support (see compatiblity page)
-Sega Menacer support (see compatiblity page)
-Konami Justifier support (see compatiblity page)
-Codemaster J-Cart support (see compatiblity page)
-EA 4 Way Play support (see compatiblity page)
-GYM logging
-Game Genie / .PAT file support
-Commandline support & full drag-and-drop support
-Game-specific .INI settings (aka "tweaking")
-Advance frame hotkey
-GoodSMS.DLL & GoodGG.DLL support
-Fixed up ZIP support for CD images
-Numerous other miscellaneous bug fixes
Icarus News - The Icarus homepage was updated with a WIP report about their Dreamcast emulator - seems they've actually gotten the BIOS to start showing something. (Thanks DarkCloud)
- prophet
Savage Reign V2 Redump - NeoGeo fans might want to check ABEM (newsgroup) for a redumped V2 for Savage Reign, fixing the bad sound that has long plagued this game in emulators. (Thanks Dr.MAD)
- prophet
System 16 WIP - Sixtoe updated the superb System16.com with a big work-in-progress report about Olivier Galibert's rewrite of the Sega drivers in MAME! Lotsa piccys and info - maybe OG will even finish before 2006... Maybe... :P
- prophet
iNES 1.3 - Marat Fayzullin has released a new version of his NES emulator, here's what's new:
* Save state (.STA) file format has changed.
* Added new modular sound chip emulation.
* Added PCM sound channel.
* Improved MIDI logging.
* Implemented correct sprite overlap (SuperMarioBrothers3). Thanks to John Stiles who pointed out this problem.
* Fixed a bug in FDS sound emulation (Castlevania2, DokiDokiPanic), also thanks to John Stiles.
* Major rewrite of the sound drivers and sound logging system.
* Fixed several problems with Windows waveOut sound drivers.
* iNES-Windows now runs in 16BPP HiColor mode.
iNES 1.3 is free for ALL platforms, except for the Windows version. The Windows version is $35.
- atila
RetroGaming Radio - Shane and Bryan have once again delivered a very cool episode of RetroGaming Radio, so fire up your MP3 player and enjoy the show!!!
- atila
MAME WIP - Another MAME WIP has been posted, this one is modem-friendly since it contains no pics.
- atila
Blip & Blop: Balls Of Steel - A new freeware game released by Loaded Studios, Blip & Blop, is described as "a metal slug kind of game where you must kill classic video games characters such as the lammings, the dorkemons, Laura Craft, Dario, etc..." It's 2D, it's free, it's comical... What more could you want?! Here's some screen shots to consider. And say hello to the big nasty smurf! :)
- prophet
Satourne - WOW! - Fabien Autrel's progress on Satourne is truly amazing! Radiant Silvergun screenshots are up along with some other games, and they look great! (Thanks Ben-J of Consollection and Eric M. for the emails.)
- prophet
Several Emu Updates - Here are some emus that were recently (or maybe not so recently;) updated:
ePSXe 1.5.2 - What many consider the best PSX emulator. Lotsa fixes, Windows & Linux builds are ready to go...
VirtuaNES v0.55 - Japanese NES emulator for Windows. Source code and binaries are all set, just scroll down the page to see the downloads.
Mimic v2.03 - TheBeaver updated his multi-system emulator, fixing MegaDrive sprites & sound, and featuring overhauled OPL support amongst other things.
Win a FREE Act-Labs USB PC Light Gun! - Thanks to Raymond over at Act-Labs, I've put together not one, but TWO contests for our visitors to win some free Light Guns! These USB PC Light Guns will start shipping in June, and they're MAME (Windows only) compatible, so you'll finally be able to play those old arcade gun games the proper way! Check out the Light Gun Contests Page for more info, and get your entries in now. You're allowed just one entry per contest, but you can enter both of them. Good luck! You can also expect a review here at Retrogames once the guns are available.
- prophet
AdvanceMENU v1.18.2 - AdvanceMENU is a DOS and Linux front-end for AdvanceMAME, AdvanceMESS, MAME, MESS, RAINE and any other emulator. Changes: Upgraded to the SVGALIB 1.9.14 library. License: GPL.
- chris
AdvanceMAME v0.60.0 - AdvanceMAME is an unofficial MAME version for DOS and Linux with an advanced video support for helping the use with TVs, Arcade Monitors, Fixed Frequencies Monitors and also for PC Monitors. Changes: Upgraded to the SVGALIB 1.9.14 library; Solved a video mode restore problem with the vbeline drivers; After unpausing the idle exit timeout is now reset; Fixed the idle_exit timing on Linux; Fixed the size of vector games when a custom mode is specified with the display mode option; Other minor bugfix. License: GPL.
- chris
MAME WIP - Yes indeed even more MAME WIP is now online!
- RocLobsta
Sunday, May 5th 2002 - Last updated @ 23:25 EST
xmame-0.60.1 - Lawrence Gold has released a new version of xmame! Changes since 0.59.2 include:
Everything from MAME 0.60, except for the new special controllers support.
Updated the SNK driver to fix sound for games that couldn't use Y8950 together with YM326/YM3812. (Nicola Salmoria)
Fixed the leg of the tiger in namcos86. (SUZ of the MAME E2J board)
Updated the Moo Mesa driver to the latest version. (R. Belmont)
Fixed a stereo output bug in sound/2612intf.c; fixed a sample loop timing bug in sound/k007232.c. (Hiromitsu Shioya)
The -diffdir setting might actually work now.
Fixed the Mortal Kombat 3 level select screen. (Aaron Giles)
Updated the description of the new -ctrlr option in changes.mame and windows.txt. (Ron Fries, et al)
Updated the V60 core to handle unaligned memory accesses, which should fix some SSV games. (Nicola Salmoria)
Updated 8080bw to fix the dip switches for Ozma Wars and its clones, and to add the offscreen bonus display to 4-Player Bowling. (Nephrite, Zsolt Vasvari)
Updated drivers/psikyosh.c and vidhrdw/psikyosh.c to allow Lode Runner and Hot Gimmick to run through their attract modes. (David Haywood)
Fixed a crashing bug in vidhrdw/shaolins.c. (David Haywood)
Modified sound/ay8910.c to fix sound in some M62 games. (Nicola Salmoria)
Updated drivers/wecleman.c to make the car in wecleman controllable. (David Haywood)
You can grab a patch against 0.59.2 from here.
- chris
MAME32 0.60 with Kaillera - The build of MAME32 that includes the networking client Kaillera, has been updated to be in-sync with the latest MAME release. Thanks to TheInformer for the news.
- MetaFox
SNEeSe v0.69 - The SNES emulator, SNEeSe has been updated to 0.69. Thanks to TheInformer for the news.
- MetaFox
Final Burn-FF - A build of Final Burn that emulates the force feedback controls in OutRun has been released called Final Burn-FF. To configure Out Run to send motor signals to the emulator, set Dip B to 0x04. (Deluxe moving). If you have troubles with the Geocities site, try the Tripod mirror.
- MetaFox
Saturday, May 4th 2002 - Last updated @ 16:05 EST
WLA DX 8.6 - WLA DX is yet another macro assembler that can program the GB-Z80, Z80, 6502, 65c02, 6510, 65816, HuC6280, and SPC-700 CPUs. Changes: This version adds .b/.w operand hint support to pure hexadecimal and binary operands, fixes many 8-bit relative operands to be absolute, adds support for 65C02 systems (wla-65c02), adds support for HuC6280 systems (wla-huc6280), fixes a problem where WLALINK would discard (with flag d) all SDSCTAG-sections generated with .SDSCTAG, adds a few missing Z80 opcodes, fixes a silly bug in .SDSCTAG, and renames "wla-spc" to "wla-spc700". License: GPL.
- chris
Friday, May 3rd 2002 - Last updated @ 20:43 EST
Final Burn 0.517 - As expected, Final Burn had a quick bugfix release for Afterburner II & Thunder Blade. :)
- prophet
FBA, MAME & Nebula/Kawaks Cheat Files 0.2.6.C - Haggar released an update - read this post for more details.
- prophet
Satourne Does Daytona - According to Ben-J of Consollection, Fabien Autrel has been making BIG advancements on his WIP Sega Saturn emulator, Satourne! How big? Ahem... "About 10-15 fps without graphic bugs and pad support!" :) Check the Satourne homepage to see 19 screenshots of Daytona USA!
- prophet
MAME FAQ & More - Santeri from the Officlal MAME Site told me the newly updated MAME FAQ is finally ready for prime time! Be sure to let those newbies know about it, it's chock full'o new and useful info on MAME's many features. Also, screenshots for the new games in 0.60 are now online. Finally, M.A.S.H released MAMEINFO.DAT 4.01 - very useful for frontends and curious MAME'ers.
- prophet
Ghouls N'Ghosts GBA Pics - It's lookin' REAL good for the upcoming portable version of everyone's favorite 2D ghoul game! Check this Gamer's Hell story to view some large screenshots of the game in action. My GBA is drooling! :) (Thanks Francesco)
- prophet
DOSBox 0.40 - A new version of DOSbox, a PC/DOS emulator, has been released:
-Linux version now linked static with libstd++.
-Changed VGA Emulation timing. Hopefully better ega graphics.
-Made 2 windows versions. One with extra thread for graphics and one without which should have better timing.
Final Burn 0.516 - Dave added "just a couple of minor changes but g-loc's a tiny bit better and thunderblade random crashes should be gone." Get it from the Final Burn homepage now! UPDATE - Something tells me another version will happen soon though... ;)
- prophet
Thursday, May 2nd 2002 - Last updated @ 16:32 EST
Get Well Soon - Hey Atila, hope it is nothing too serious and that you get well soon! I also heard about an update to MAME32 so if you just downloaded 0.60.0 you might want to try again ;-)
- chris
Out for a while - I got some back problems right now, doctor will be giving me the 411 tomorrow. Chances are, your email will not be read or answered, so mail Prophet or Chris if you're gonna send something.
- atila
MAME32 0.60 "pre-release" - John IV has issued a "pre-release" of MAME32 0.60 (full source code here), since the coders seem to be away for the moment. There's also a new cabinet pack available, check the site for more.
- atila
mol 0.9.63 - Mac-on-Linux (MOL) is an Open Source virtual machine which runs MacOS on top of Linux/ppc. There is no CPU emulation involved since MOL runs natively on the PowerPC processor. All MacOS versions (from 7.5.2 to 9.2.2) are compatible with MOL. Changes: The performance of the X11 video driver has been enhanced. A keyboard configuration tool has also been included. License: GPL.
- chris
Wednesday, May 1st 2002 - Last updated @ 22:21 EST
MAME 0.60 & Stuff - As Chris hinted at below, MAME has been updated! Here's what's new for 0.60. Santeri also placed the usual batch of pre-compiled binaries online. Till updated Sys2064 with his latest fixfile ("Attack of the PROMs" indeed!), and M.A.S.H released a new MAME Info.dat 4.00!
- prophet
Redump 3.7 - Redump is SMF's NeoGeo file format converter - the latest version is updated to "convert alpham2 mgd2 dump to the new one for mame 0.56." While not available yet for download, Till of Sys2064 plans to upload it soonish to his very useful utilities page.
- prophet
Kawaks v1.43 - Yep, get it from the Kawaks homepage! New stuff includes:
New drivers:
-Night Warriors (USA 950406)
-Vampire Hunter (Japan 950316)
-Vampire Hunter (Japan 950302)
-Dungeons & Dragons (Hispanic 940125)
-Bang Bead
-New "KScale" blitter. This is a new edge enhancement blitter with zero blur. It's also insanely fast compared to the traditional 2xSai/Super2xSai/SuperEagle. Comes in 4 variations: Plain, and 25%/50%/75% Scanlines. I personnally feel KScale+75%Scanlines is the best blitter in Kawaks, try it :) (MMX only).
-Shiny new "Smart Interframe blending" mode (MMX and non MMX versions). This new blending mode replaces all flickers (SamSho 4 life bars, KoF shadows, etc ...) by transparencies while the rest of the picture retains all its sharpness.
-Made it so that interframeblending occurs before the video processing stage (speed boost).
-New kb shortcut : Alt+B toggles between Interblending modes.
-New sound option : Low pass filter.
-Fixed ShumaGorath's Chaos dimension in Marvel Super Heroes.
-Rewrote Kaillera support. Now, emu will accept to run if you don't have Kailleraclient.dll, and noone should see Kaillera errors on startup anymore.
-Sound logging option now saves a WAV, not a RAW.
-Ctrl Numpad + and Ctrl Numpad - now control volume.
-Fixed Cheater support.
-Changed Batcir & Csclub to suit latest CPS2 conventions.
-Changed driver for NeoPong to use NeoPong 1.1 roms instead.
(Thanks CPS2Shock)
- prophet
CPS2Shock Releases - CPS2Shock has released several new XOR files, including Nightwarriors: Darkstalker's Revenge! Razoola also posted his usual CPS2MAME update for the new releases as well.
- prophet
