Saturday, June 30th 2001 - Last updated @ 21:41 EST
EmuHQ just got it's new design, and it looks f-ing great. ;) Head on over there, register, talk, check it out. It's gone through a rather big change. It doesn't even look like the same site anymore, it's just... better. =P
- dhalamar
ZSNES v1.31 - ZSNES v1.31 for Linux has been released, the "what's new" list is the exact same as it was for the recent Windows release. They're going to wait to release v1.31b due to heavy traffic on the 1.31 release. You can naturally download this from the official page. :)
- dhalamar
AdriPSX v01.06.15 has been released. This is a Playstation emulator for Windows. Here's what's new:
* MDEC quality fully corrected. (Thanks to LDChen for this one.
* More Depth Cueing GTE opcodes redone.
* Added MMX detection for better compatibility.
* GPU&MDEC DMA IRQ polling corrected, now MDEC for certain games work perfect (Quake II, Galerians, Boost-A-Groove, etc.)
* Corrected cdlGETMODE opcode, now GRANDIA and SECRET OF MANNA work.
* Corrected cdlGETLOCL opcode, now BROKEN SWORD and OGRE BATTLE TACTICS work.
* No need for change to "CDROM EXTRA DECODER" in lots of games, including "Syphon Filter" and "Syphon Filter II".
* Some Timing corrections, now "DIABLO" works.
* Implemented AdriLauncher feature.
Mozilla v0.9.2 - The open source, standards compliant browser, Mozilla has been updated to version 0.9.2. You can click right here to find out what's new, or you can download your flavor of Windows, Linux, MacOS, or OS/2 from right here.
- dhalamar
Smart (MAME) Update 0.5.0 - Smart (MAME) Update will compare the checksums of your MAME ROMs to those listed on www.mame.dk, and update ROMs as necessary. Changes: Initial Release. License: GPL.
- chris
libvm68k 1.0.5 - libvm68k is an M68000 virtual machine library written in C++. It was first developed for use in Virtual X68000 but only contains the generic layer of it so that it can be reused in other emulator projects. Changes: More interface cleanups; this version made changes incompatible to Virtual X68000 1.1.7 and earlier. License: GPL.
- chris
HuC 3.02 - HuC is a PC Engine C compiler. It can create ROMs (hucard) or CD images and is bundled with an assembler and all kinds of libraries. You can ouput text, scrolls, make sound, control CD, handle sprites and tiles, and more. Changes: The images created by HuC are now much smaller (libraries are merged when possible and banks are better filled). Fonts were improved. Several existing CD functions were fixed. Plenty of CD and arcade card functions were added. License: Unlicensed? with Source.
- chris
gnuboy 1.0.0 - gnuboy emulates the Color GameBoy handheld console in portable C, with interfaces for X11, Linux fbcon and svgalib, SDL, DOS, and Windows, with other ports planned in the future. Changes: Auto-loading of config files on a per-ROM basis, improvements to the default configuration, much better documentation, and better visual quality in the Matrox hardware scaling on Linux fbcon. This release also works around the bug in gcc 2.96 that was causing compile-time problems for many Redhat users by disabling an unnecessary optimization, and provides a way to disable CPU-specific optimizations at compiletime so distro maintainers can produce packages that work with older CPUs. Various other fixes and cleanups to the code have been made as well. License: GPL.
- chris
Friday, June 29th 2001 - Last updated @ 17:16 EST
Calice v0.3.6 was released. For the uninitiated, this is a CPS1/2 emulator, and here's what's new: * Games Added:
* * Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Japan 960805)
* Modifed/Added/Fixed:
* * Modified mz80 to allow kabuki decryption
* * Added kabuki decryption
* * Added QSound support for Cps-1 games
* * Added Adpcm support for Cps-1 games
* * Fixed sound for some Cps1 games
* * Fixed graphics for muscle bomber duo
* * Fixed slammasters driver
* * Added PreAmp slider in the sound configuration dialog
* * Added Hebrew translation
* * Fixed button 6 support for player 2
* * Added two more buttons per player (P1+P2+P3, K1+K2+K3) useful
for combos
* * Added Screen rotation for shoot'em'up games
* * Modified Mercs drivers (World, US and Japan) thanks to Logiqx
* * Fixed sound in Quiz Tonosama no Yabou 2 Zenkoku-ban
* Added sound support for the following ZN hardware games:
* - Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (JAPAN 951124)
* - Street Fighter EX (ASIA 961219)
* - Street Fighter EX (JAPAN 961130)
* - Street Fighter EX Plus (USA 970311)
* - Street Fighter EX Plus (JAPAN 970311)
* - Rival Schools (ASIA 971117)
* - Justice Gakuen (JAPAN 971117)
* - Street Fighter EX 2 (JAPAN 980312)
* - Tetris The Grand Master (JAPAN 980710)
* - Kikaioh (JAPAN 980914)
* - Street Fighter EX 2 Plus (JAPAN 990611)
* - Strider Hiryu 2 (JAPAN 991213)
* - Sonic Wings Limited (JAPAN)
You can go grab it from the official page right here. Thanks to CDBuRnOuT for the news.
- dhalamar
Join the Cirqus! - Ian Boffin has released a beta of Williams' Cirqus Voltaire for Visual Pinball! This table by designer John Popadiuk was one of the last WPC games to be released by Williams, and features lengthy DMD animations and excellent music (right, Dave J? :) PLEASE read the cv_revhistory.txt file before playing, as there may be playability issues later in the game due to incomplete simulation of events. Check out a screenshot here and download the file from AJ's site. Thanks to JPMorgan for the tip!
- metallik
DreamGBA v1.4 was released. Check out what's new: Fixed a UMULL emulation bug
Realtime PCM Sound emulation added
CGB Sound Channel 1/2/3 added
Rewritten Graphic Engine that support Window0/1(OBJ window not
supported yet)
You can download this from the official page, and thanks to Emuholic for the news.
- dhalamar
Hey Opi... - If I think I know what you mean, then it's pretty damn sensational, yeah ;) (My apologies for the 'hype-a-thon'. I got a little carried away :)
- atila
Modeler - Thanks to Coy and ShinobiZ, F1 Exhaust Note has been added to Modeler and is playable -- with sound! Be sure to check out the gallery section at the Modeler site (linked above).
- atila
BoycottAdvance v0.20 - Gollum just released BoycottAdvance v0.20. Now with save states, alpha blending (still buggy), SRAM support, increased compatability, an included freeware game called Pong Fighter by Guyfakes and many more tweaks, fixes and stuff. Thanks to nalmeida for the hint ! Remember to register your BoycottAdvance version with a postcard - it's CARDWARE :)
- Opi
Ooooh - HEAR ! HEAR ! - Naaa naa na naa naaa - I know a Retrogames related sensational news but I won't tell you :P STAY TUNED !
- Opi
QBFE has been updated to v0.6091. If for some reason you don't know what this is, this is one of the best frontends for the DOS version of Marat's vGBA. QBFE is cardware, meaning that you can get it to show 2000 ROMs rather than 1000 if you send Kojote a postcard (gee, wonder where he got that idea. =P). Here's what's new: Fixed tiny mistakes in Swedish-Language Support!
Recoded Language-Code-Routines! (Code is smaller now ;)
Fixed Problems with Registration-Key
You can download it from the official page right here.
- dhalamar
Opera v5.12 - My personal browser of choice has been updated to version 5.12. Not a real big update this time around, but nevertheless, this is a great browser. Here's what's new: * Enhanced pop-up window handling
* Java-enabled version includes the newest Runtime Environment,
version 1.3.1
* Bug fixes, mainly in the e-mail client
* Option to search Opera's knowledge base directly, import Netscape
e-mail and the possibility of sending a URL to Opera's e-mail
client
Of course, you don't need to download the one with Java. Without Java, it's only a 2 meg download. So you don't have any excuse not to at least TRY this one if you haven't already. ;) There's also this option on Opera's homepage to make your own browser. I think I might check it out, I'm envisioning a Nine Inch Nails themed browser...
- dhalamar
Virtual X68000 1.1.7 - Virtual X68000 is a virtual machine that emulates a Sharp X68000 and optionally its DOS API. Changes: Updates for Libvm68k 1.0.4. License: GPL.
Html fixed - originally posted by Chris
- Opi
Thursday, June 28th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:38 EST
OC ReMix, GameGo!, #143 - OC #143: Darkside o' the Screen just went up, and some other cool news: many of you probably read Gamefan magazine, and if you did hopefully knew that hardcore 2d fan ECM was its editor. Gamefan's gone, but ECM's new magazine GameGo! just had its premiere issue. ECM mailed me regarding OC ReMix with a request for a M.U.S.H.A. (old genesis shooter) ReMix. Naturally, I obliged. You can get the ReMix on the site, and see a short blurb about OCR in GameGo's first issue, on newsstands now. Pretty cool.
- david
CPC Zone - Amstrad's Heaven (sort of) - Malc Jennings'CPC Zone was updated with a new utility section, newly added links, a finalized interview with Ulrich Doewich - the author of CaPriCe 32 and a few new reviews are up (Haze contributed a review for Crystal Kingdom Dizzy).
- Opi
SSF 006 prototype - Looks like the Japanese Sega Saturn emu for Windows SSF isn't dead. A new release, 006 prototype is online. Some guys on our general emulation board mentioned a decent speed increase but no better compatability. Thanks to CrazyLaxative for the notification.
- Opi
Nebula v1.5a - A minor Nebula update has been released. Version 1.5a fixes gfx problems in avsp and ssf2xj. Thanks to Avanze for the email !
- Opi
Dutch Arcade Collectors - A special forum has been set up for Dutch Arcade Collectors. Looks like you won't have to pay for s&h from the US anymore ;)
- atila
Genesis Collective - The Genesis Collective added a several thousand Game Genie codes to their database, check this:
"We loaded up the database with 9542 codes for 264 different games. Then we put the codes directly on the Genesis Database pages. Finally, we added the ability to download the codes for any game as a PAT file that can be used with many Genesis emulators. The PAT files are generated on-the-fly from the database, so you always get the most recent codes."
Jack Lemmon Dead At 76 - Actor Jack Lemmon died last night, at age 76. This is almost a year after Walter Matthau passed away; the "odd couple" is now really gone :x
- atila
Microsoft wins appeal - Microsoft has won it's appeal of the decision handed down earlier ordering the company to be broken up into seperate divisions. An appeals court ruled that Judge Jackson acted improperly, leaving him open to charges of bias. The case is to be given to a new judge to decide. The original findings of fact will remain, but the remedy (i.e. breakup) has been thrown out and must be decided by the new judge. Read more here,here, or here.
- metallik
SegaXtreme - IceMan2k has posted 3 new Genesis/Megadrive soundtracks over at SegaXtreme.
- atila
ZSNES DOS/Windows v1.31 - Oooh I REALLY love open source emulators. With the right people involved open source projects create a steady flow of new emulators :-) Well, ZSNES v1.31 is online and available for download - look here for the changes. The Linux port should be ready in a few days.
Phew, a second thanks to XxAMPxX from EmuHQ for the news today :)
- Opi
RockNES v1.930 - Hehe, Fx3 releases are always followed by a small bugfix update (or two) :-) Here's the result of joined efforts of Fx3 and our very own Richard Bannister : RockNES v1.930 ! New in this release :
Fixed GUI colors for 16-bit video modes, plus surface clearing (Fx3);
Fixed a potential bug setting color emphasis and monochrome modes (Fx3);
Fixed broken EAGLE support from previous version (Fx3);
Fixed ZIP support, plus added support for GZipped files (Richard);
Small optimization in the PPU code (Richard);
More fixes and changes for portability (Richard/Fx3).
xcps2mame - Stijn Hoop has released a new CPS2 patch based on Razoola's CPS2mame. The patch is against xmame-0.37b15.1, and includes all releases up to release #42: Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Japan 960805). The patch is at the usual place. License: Free to use but restricted
- chris
Virtual X68000 1.1.6 - Virtual X68000 is a virtual machine that emulates a Sharp X68000 and optionally its DOS API. It will eventually run application programs for X68000 without any proprietary software including ROM BIOS, but currently lacks many key functions and is still in early development phase. Virtual X68000 is written in C++, and uses templates to implement instruction handlers. Changes: Updates for GCC 3.0. Also shared library builds were disabled by default in this version. License: GPL.
- chris
Wednesday, June 27th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:25 EST
MAME GTX - WoW :) - Sometimes it's hard not to become envious :) Check out Noel Blackman's awesome selfmade MAME cabinet and start dreaming :)
! Link changed !
- Opi
3 x GoodTools Updated - Steady collector Coweringy released three updates for his ROM renamer tool family :
Good7800 v0.999.2 - 53 entries - "- some new dumps. YES I know I did not add them all, some don't work in an emu yet"
GoodGG v0.999.3 - 408 entries - "- new dumps.. new redump info.. enjoy :-)"
Nebula v1.5 / Jukebox v1.2 - ElSemi uploaded new versions of Nebula, his CPS-2 emulator for Windows and Jukebox - his CPS-2 music player. New in Nebula v1.5 are : support for CPS1 games, sprite masking, skin selection and more - check it out here.
Thanks to Miyamoto for the email :)
- Opi
EmuLoader Lite v1.1 - Here are some more frontend news from this wednesday (a damn hot day with an aweful thunderstorm here in Germany). Ciro Alfredo Consentino updated his cool Emu Loader MAME frontend with new software switches to support Aaron Giles latest achievements :
25%, 50% and 75% scanlines
RGB effects
driver initialization files (drivername.ini)
"You will be able to set custom options for a group of games that use the same driver, for example, the cps2 driver, where all CPS-2 games will use the file cps2.ini as a common initialization file)".
- Opi
AdvanceMENU v1.11 - Andrea Mazzoleni's DOS frontend for MAME and MESS AdvanceMENU was updated to v1.11
Added external import of the CATLIST file and of the MacMAME Grouping Files. See the new options `type_import' and `group_import'.
Added two new preview modes `list_mixed' and `full_mixed' that show the snap, title, flyer and cabinet images together.
Added the new option `config' to select when and if the
runtime configuration changes should be saved or restored.
Added inclusion/exclusion attribute for the `Deco Cassette' and `PlayChoice-10' games.
Thanks to Andrea himself for the notification :)
- Opi
MEKA v0.57b - Omar Cornut aka Zoop released a new MEKA version to the public. Version 0.57b is available for everyone, this time there's no delay for the nonregistered Master System/Game Gear fans. You might click here for a complete list of Zoop's changes and fixes.
- Opi
CPS2Shock - Alien VS Predator Euro release, Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha release, new Kawaks, new CPS2MAME, new Nebula, all at CPS2Shock. Need I say more? THERE, I GOT IT. ;) For those of you who don't get it, I screwed up on this post more times than i care to admit. =P
- dhalamar
WIP! - Gridle posted a MAME WIP update, which you can view by clicking the link. And no, that is not the weakest link ;)
- atila
MS Office XP - Here's a weird story at ZDNET about a very peculiar error message in Office XP. I had no idea that is was Microsoft's business what you did with *your* PC ?
- atila
GBA Stuff - The site for the GBA emulator DreamGBA has been updated with some screenshots of a new graphics engine the emulator's using, comparing the the Windows version of vGBA. Go and check 'em out if you're interested. Thanks to EmuHolic for the news. :)
- dhalamar
Vega Strike 0.0.5 - Vega Strike is an action space simulator reminiscent of Wing Commander, bringing some of the old ships from the original Wing Commander era back to life in full 3D. Changes: This is the first release in which you can actually pilot a starship. See the README for key bindings. This is a demonstration of the fly-by-wire computer system that makes flying in zero-G without air resistance as easy as piloting an F-16. Note that the computer cannot properly compensate for all movements, especially sharp turns at high velocities (this phenomenon is known to Wing Commander fans as afterburner slide). License: GPL
- chris
Tuesday, June 26th 2001 - Last updated @ 18:16 EST
Keropi v0.59 - Kenjo updated his X68000 emu for Windows Keropi for the 2nd time within 7 days. New in 0.59 :
Fixed m68k btst op. (CAPCOM games may work now)
Fixed priority=3 display bug (Thander Force II)
Add sound filter
Thanks to [RISC] from X68000 Games Pile for the update info. The Pile is the best organized and most comprehensive place - at least to my knowledge - for all your X68000 (and PC-98) needs !
- Opi
CPC Zone Launched - Good news for all Amstrad and Schneider (Amstrad distributor in Germany) fans out there ! Malc Jenning's new Amstrad dedicaded website CPC Zone is finally online. According to Malc's email you can expect the following services :
Review classic Amstrad CPC titles
Provide cheats and codes for many Amstrad CPC games
List and review the many CPC emulators available
Bring your desktop to life with retro-wallpapers
Answer many common questions via our FAQ
Supply you with loads of Amstrad CPC cover art
Give FULL system specs of each Amstrad CPC
Provide a user friendly message board
Give links to many other great Amstrad CPC resources
All the best to Malc and his new project ! There aren't many good Amstrad sites online.
- Opi
10 New GBC Game Endings - If you like game screenshots like I do then you'll probably be able to enjoy Rey's latest Game Boy Color ending additions ! Visit The Video Game Museum and check out the endings of Monster Rancher Explorer, Spider Man, Scooby-Doo and a couple of other games.
- Opi
easyEmu Explains WinUAE - mrv2k uploaded a new WinUAE tutorial to easyEmu. That was a nice move because WinUAE can be a real b#tch to configurate :)
- Opi
Stingray v0.1.1 - Ti-B0ne released a new version of Stingray - his Cps2MAME frontend coded in Visual Basic 6.0. New software switches an overall speed up and some fixed bugs are the news for this update.
- Opi
The C-64 Community Is Still Alive And Busy - The "Forever Lost?" section at Gamebase 64 was updated with the ultra rare C-64 game Hagar the Horrible (UK version). Rasmus Wernersson (the programmer) himself provided a freshly transfered D64 file :) A bunch of newly html'ized Zzap reviews from the glorious C-64 days are online as well !
- Opi
IR Pinball Moves - IR Pinball has moved to a new location, so make sure you update your bookmarks and what not :)
- atila
CyberPad Released - I'm sure you downloaded the new release of ePSXe yesterday. There's a new plugin that's unique to ePSXe (so far) called CyperPad. And this lets you play Playstation games over the net. :) It's kind of a buggy release right now, but it should work. I can't try it personally because I've got neither the computer OR the connection needed. :\ You can download this cool new plugin right from the official page, and thanks to PSXEmu for the news.
- dhalamar
Do You Remember C-64 ? - Jack Alien and friends are together Remember, the famous C-64 "recrackers". Today is one of those rare days when they announce some new recracks at their homepage. They added highscoresavers to games which never had one, included the original titlescreens, typed the game docs and coded lots of trainers to the following new releases :
Black Hawk, Drelbs, Cosmic Tunnels, Stealth, Championship Wrestling, Chuckie Egg, Silicon Warrior, Draconus, BMX Simulator, David's Midnight Magic, Centipede and 2 re-releases which are Barbarian (now with titlescreen, number 97) and a bugfree version of California Games (number 125). If you check the site you'll currently find 256 Remember releases !
- Opi
ZxLink 0.6 - ZxLink is a multipurpose utility that lets you hook up your ZX Spectrum 48K/128K/+3 (8-bit home computers made by Sir Clive Sinclair) to an Unix machine. It is intended for those who prefer "the real thing" instead of emulators. ZxLink handles sound and serial up- and downloading. Changes: This release fixes serial up- and downloading. License: Free To Use But Restricted
- chris
Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2.1 - SDL is a library that allows you portable low-level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard. Many emulators, including xmame use SDL. Changes: This release adds Linux Playstation 2 Graphics Synthesizer support, an audio driver that writes to a disk, MacOS X Project Builder projects, initial support for Quartz video on MacOS X, a native OpenBSD audio driver, detection for Open Sound System on Solaris x86, initial support for Nano-X, support for building under Cygwin under Windows, and a dummy video driver for benchmarking. Fixes include endian detection on IA64 architectures, double-mouse event bug on Windows using OpenGL, fullscreen cursor offset bug on BeOS, and many other fixes. License: LGPL.
- chris
Monday, June 25th 2001 - Last updated @ 17:51 EST
ePSXe v1.4.0 - IT'S HERE!! The best Playstation emulator out there just got better with the release of v1.4.0. And the site has been redesigned and looks great. :) Check out the readme for the HUGE what's new list. Thanks to Lev for the news. :) Oh, and you should see an installer for it that contains the emulator, all the newest versions of the best plugins, and the ePSXeCutor at PSXEmu soon, and it's gonna have some cool new stuff to go along with it, which is why the release has been pushed till tommorow. It's gonna be worth the wait though. :)
- dhalamar
DreamEMU - There's a WIP for the Dreamcast emulator DreamEMU. Filesystem support and plugins have been added, and you're gonna need the Dreamcast BIOS for future releases of the emulator. A new release should be pretty soon. Thanks to Emuholic for the news. :)
- dhalamar
RockNES v1.920 DOS - Phew - what a slow news day ! Thankfully Fx3 released a new RockNES DOS version so I have something to report :)
New in version 1.920 :
Started to rewrite the entire source for portability;
Fixed VRC6 sound output again (added timestamp, works much better);
Fixed ppu mirroring restoration on state loading (.RSx files);
Fixed another bug on state loading (bad CHR?);
Fixed color emphasis reset (thanks Alexandre);
Added pAPU (sound) state saving (+VRC6);
Added that old pop-up message system (old request, ok);
Added SuperEAGLE/Super2xSaI engines (*warning: preliminary and _very slow_ even in a p800 (!), so take care... weird GUI colors too, I know why...);
Function keys (F1-F12) does not freeze the emulator anymore;
Removed that PPU timing hack;
A lot of cleanups and minor bugs squashed.
Thanks to RetroLover for the update hint :) Don't forget to report your error findings and suggestions to Fx3 ! Thats true for every emu - your feedback is always necessary and welcome !
- Opi
HuC 3.01 - HuC is a PC Engine C compiler. It can create ROMs (hucard) or CD images and is bundled with an assembler and all kinds of libraries. You can ouput text, scrolls, make sound, control CD, handle sprites and tiles, and more. Changes: This release features bug fixes, and audio CD library, more joypad functions for sharper control, and a fade-out library. License: As far as I can tell, this is unlicensed code.
- chris
Sunday, June 24th 2001 - Last updated @ 23:02 EST
BSNES is a project to port ZSNES over to BeOS. And, unfortunately, Caz quit the project (he's the guy who ports over most of the emulators over to BeOS). There's one person left, and the only reason he's going on with it is because of Star Ocean recently being decrypted. If you wanna help out with the porting of the emulator, by all means, head on over to the official site and send him an E-Mail!
- dhalamar
BeOS Stuff - I just visited BeEmulated and there's all sorts of cool stuff on there that I've missed. :)
The following emulators are available for it, though they're all discontinued, but if you're running or using BeOS, hey, what the hell. Can't hurt. :)
BeGameboy, which is obviously a GB/GBC emulator, BeBombJack which emulates the arcade version of Bomb Jack, BeGemeniWing emulates Gemeni Wing arcade, and an emulator that runs the Kung Fu Master arcade game.
And did you know there is a version of Bochs for BeOS?
AND a really cool idea, it's called Sarien which lets you play a lot of the older Sierra DOS games in BeOS.
I can't believe I missed all this stuff. :) You can grab it all and more from BeEmulated.
- dhalamar
ZSNES v1.31 WIP - Looks like there's gonna be a new version of ZSNES soon, here's a WIP for it:
Just wanted to let everyone know that ZSNES 1.31 is coming along nicely, and remember if you ever want to chat with us you can join the official ZSNES channel, #zsnes on EFNET or the official ZSNES message board channel #zsnesboard.
MESS WIP - It has been a busy week for MESS. We got Atari 5200 news, we got Atari Lynx news, we got Sharp Pocket PC news, we got Sega Saturn news, we got Spectrum news, and more! Check out all the details in this weeks' update of the MESS WIP page!
- chris
This is the only website on the net that offers you legal downloads for Amiga CD, CDTV and CD 32 games.
- Opi
ePSXe v1.4 WIP - Check the PSXEmu for an ePSXe WIP report. How about better compatibility, netplay, easier setup and "savestate pic support". Sounds cool ? More information are available here :)
- Opi
unofficial nester 2001/06/24 - NES/Famicom Emulator Update - Takeda Toshiya posted a new unofficial nester version with the following news :
fixed code ... 4,45,PPU
support 'HIK 7-in-1', 'Kunio 8-in-1', 'Super 8-in-1'(#45)
support 'Gradius AC 2000 (Hack)' (patch for sprite 0 hit flag)
FreezeSMS v2.0 has been released with a large number of changes that would probably be a bit too much to post here. ;) As you may have guessed from the name of the emulator, FreezeSMS is a Sega Master System/Game Gear/SG-1000 emulator for Windows. You can grab the new version that's actually been expected for a while now right here. Who knows, maybe you'll be surprised by this little program. ;) Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dhalamar
StretchMAME32ka test16 (17) - smame posted a new test release of his awesome StretchMAME32. Please report your error findings on smame's messageboard. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- Opi
Raine v0.32 DOS - The Raine homepage was updated with the missing DOS release of the current 0.32 cycle.
Added more than 85 cps1 games and clones. Qsound games have no sound for now (wof, dino, punisher, slam masters, and mbomber).
Full mame compatibility for the hiscore.dat file. You can now grab a hiscore.dat from mame, and put it directly in the raine directory !
Made the gui "16bpp friendly" : it is now much faster in 16bpp. And added a new file selector...
The windows version of raine is now much more stable !!!
Thanks to Mario Silva for the notification !
- Opi
Saturday, June 23rd 2001 - Last updated @ 16:34 EST
Kawaks v1.06 - Here's the next Kawaks release. Now with emulated CPS1 sound (needs a powerful cpu) and many other new stuff ! Thanks to Razoola for the news :)
- Opi
Retrobase has 44 Atari 7800 games covered now. Go and check it out. :) Thanks to Chris for the E-Mail.
- dhalamar
VisualBoy Update - The Gameboy Advance emulator VisualBoy just got a WIP update. check it out:
- VisualBoyAdvance is doing great, including the GBA DirectSound emulation which is now working
- a few glitches remain that I am trying to fix
- release date may be coming soon
- VisualBoy is not dead. I just don't have much time to work on it. A new version should be out soon with fixes.
NES2GBA v0.01 - Wondering why you need to register QBFE to show 2000 ROMs instead of 1000? Hell, there aren't even 1000 GBA ROMs available. But with this nifty little tool you can convert NES ROMs over to the PocketNES. :) You can download it from GBAEmu, a site dedicated to bringing news on the Gameboy Advance emulation/developement scene. Thanks to Kojote for showing this to me yesterday.
- dhalamar
QBFE v0.609 - Kojote just messaged me on ICQ to tell me about the new version of his vGBA v0.06 frontend. It's now cardware (to register it you send him a postcard). Check out what's new:
Fixed a harmless Bug when just one Rom was in the Directory!
Fixed tiny mistakes in some Language-Files!
Added Swedish-Language Support! (Translation by SimonB / www.gbadev.org)
Added 'Registration' (Read more in qbfe.txt) or press F5
Without Registration you'll be able to display 1000 Roms (as before),
with Registration you'll be able to display 2000 Roms! (new)
Play Atari Classics On Your Mobile ! - Psyman discovered the following interesting BBC News article : "British mobile phone developer iFone is planning to put versions of classic Atari computer games on future mobile phones".
- Opi
ZSNES Site Redesigned - The ZSNES homepage got a new (much brighter) design and I noticed that they added a donation page. Perhaps some of you wanna say thanks for their awesome work and present them a few goodies via their PayPal link :)
- Opi
If you know similar tribute pages fell free to email me :)
- Opi
FAST v0.41a - Vincent Joguin moved the homepage of FAST, his Atari ST emulators for DOS to EmuUnlim. He also released a new version which fixes a startup crashing bug and has the new url build in. I should also mention that Vincent will get his marriage certificate today :) Congratulations !!!
Thanks to The Fox for the info :)
- Opi
Atari 2600 emulator for Gameboy Advance - Otaku has released preliminary screenshots of an Atari 2600 emulator for the Gameboy Advance! Check out the homepage for details. This will rock when it's out.. imagine having all those great 2600 classics on a portable system.. heck, who needs Mario? :) Note: If this is a repost, my apologies.. I know I saw this mentioned elsewhere but it appears to not have been posted here.
- metallik
XZX 4.0 - XZX is a portable emulator of ZX Spectrum 48K/128K/+3 (8-bit home computers made by Sir Clive Sinclair), and Spectrum clones for machines running Unix and the X Window system. XZX is completely written in C and emulates Spectrum 48K, 128K, +2 and +3, Pentagon and Scorpion, Didaktik, Interface I with up to 8 microdrives, Multiface 128 and Multiface 3, Beta 128 by Technology Research Ltd with 4 disk drives, +D by Miles Gordon Technology with 2 disk drives, Kempston mouse, Kempston joystick, and built-in Z80 machine code monitor. Changes: Emulation of the Didaktik 128 and D40, Spectrums printer output can be written to a file or piped to a command, the interface's RS232 can be connected to the host serial device, and lots of bugfixes.
- chris
STonX 6.7.3 - STonX is an Atari ST emulator for X. It support many Atari apps and run very fast even on low-end machines (sub P75).
- chris
Friday, June 22nd 2001 - Last updated @ 20:44 EST
Efront dead, Arcade@Home gone? - Just read over at Vintage Gaming that the last gasp of life has left the corpse formerly known as eFront Media. It appears their site and DNS servers have been shut off. For those with short memories, eFront made international headlines when ICQ logs between managers were leaked. Check here for details.
The VGN article also says that arcadeathome.com is also dead.. Tim Eckel (A@H owner) claims this is due to the demise of eFront's DNS servers. However, this doesn't make much sense to me.. if you compare the DNS records of eFront against the DNS records of arcadeathome, you can see that Tim controls his own DNS and could move it wherever he wants to. The A@H record was updated today.. perhaps the site is not dead and is simply waiting for DNS to propogate (although an NSlookup to the directnic servers themselves results in no domain record for AAH..) I guess we'll find out soon enough.
- metallik
Demolition Man for Visual Pinball! - An anonymous author has released a WIP of William's Demolition Man! This table is fully playable, however there are still a few issues to iron out (hence the WIP status) - I imagine the usual gang will run with it and whip it into shape pretty quick :) Get it from AJ's site.
- metallik
New Raine is Here! - Head on over to the Raine Web Page and get the latest Raine version 0.32! There are both Linux and Windows versions available, DOS versions coming soon. Thanks to MrParker for the news.
- chris
Bleem! Interview - adnans from EmuHelp conducted an interview with Sean Kauppinen of Bleem! - you can read it here.
- Opi
New Cowering GoodTool Releases - Here are three freshly updated ROM/tape/disk renamers - released by "Mr. Cowering".
1) GoodLynx v0.999.2 - The database pf this Atari Lynx ROM renamer now has 200 entries. Recent Additions :
- .o files from Lynx PD compiler/linker now recognized
2) GoodCPC v0.999.2 - Amstrad CPC Disk renamer now recognizes 4192 disks ! Recent Additions :
- expect another release quickly on this one.. lot of help on the French disks forthcoming
3) GoodOric v0.999.1 (I missed that one), Cowering's Oric/Atmos/Telestrat Tape/Disk renamer knows 706 entries. Recent Additions :
- New entries, Lots of new dates filled in
- Opi
Midway Games Discontinues Coin-Operated Videogames Business to Focus Exclusively On Rapidly Growing Home Videogame Market. Read all about it here. Thanks to Jim for the E-Mail.
- dhalamar
"Hey meathead!" - Carroll O'Connor died of a heart-attack yesterday. You may know him as "Archie Bunker" from the series "All In The Family". That show was absolute GOLD, I loved it :)
- atila
Thursday, June 21st 2001 - Last updated @ 20:16 EST
Keropi v0.57 - EmuHQ mentioned a new Keropi release. Kenjo's Keropi (former WinX68k) is a Sharp X68000 emulator for Windows, below are the changes for version 0.57 :
- Fixed Graphic-FastClear area (Dynamite Duke)
- Fixed DIM image handling
- Fixed FDC a little bit
- Fixed a bug which a new D88 image is created as 2D disk
- Added SSTP port number selection
- Opi
Past-O-Rama's Birthday - Hey - even emulators have a birthday. Happy birthday to NeoZeed'sPast-O-Rama which turned ONE year today. Past-O-Rama emulates Sega's SG-1000, Master System and Game Gear. Check the homepage for additonal details, some WIP info and news about an upcoming Dreamcast port of the SG-1000 emu part.
- Opi
Experimental Sound Improved WinUAE - Visit Amiga Xtreme if you wanna test a special (unofficial I guess) WinUAE version compiled by SuperJo..
"I made some experimental changes to the sound code in WinUAE0.8.16R4.
I did only minimal testing on my two PCs and with only a couple of games. It seems to have fixed the synchronisation problem."
Thanks to Emulation 9 for this newsbit.
- Opi
Retrogaming Times #46 - Tom Zjaba's monthly issue of his Internet retro-mag Retrogaming Times is online.
Haha - Top 10 signs that it may be time to give the hobby a rest by Geoff Voigt ! 10: Your Wife has made a trail of dots leading to an Asylum Ambulance. 8: MAME.EXE is in the AUTOEXEC.BAT command line for your PC.
- Opi
RAINE v0.32 Tomorrow - The recently reported next release of RAINE (v0.32) should happen tomorrow :) Thanks RetroLover :)
- Opi
retroDrive release 2 - Tim Meekins uploaded the 2nd release of retroDrive (formerly known as Vegas and GENSX) - his Sega Genesis/32x emulator for Windows. He wrote about this release :
"I’ve written a brand-new emulation core which drives the entire emulator. This results in much better timing and synchronization amongst the various hardware components and improves the emulation speed. I’ve also fixed some bugs that were added in the previous release by accident (such as Contra not scrolling.)"
- Opi
JoseQ's Retirement - Sooner Or Later - Everyone's favourite Rumor ManJoseQ made an interesting posting about his personal future, ROMs and EmuView in general - please read it here !
- Opi
On a lighter side - Ripped directly from the site:
Now you can finally play Star Ocean! Just to clarify, this is not a DeJap release, we're just hosting/releasing the files. The main people responsible for this project are The Dumper and zsKnight :), and the play testers StevieY, pagefault, MKendora, and Spinner 8, and of course makuchan for dumping the rom, and myself for getting the project started.
Go and get the XORs from DeJap's site. :) I think the lyric Bow down before the one you serve from the Nine Inch Nails song Head Like a Hole kinda fits in in my opinion. :)
- dhalamar
A free emulator pirated - Someone leaked out a private beta version of Boycott Advance, and it's a FREE emulator. Just goes to show you that people are so utterly f-ing stupid to do something like this. See a very unhappy post at Boycott's official site and let's all hope that he doesn't stop the emulator because of other people's stupidity.
- dhalamar
QBFE v0.601 has been released. What's new? Italian translation courtesy of Zydio from EmuItalia. What is it? A kickass DOS based frontend for the freeware DOS version of Marat's vGBA Gameboy Advance emulator. Have fun. :)
- dhalamar
Wednesday, June 20th 2001 - Last updated @ 18:27 EST
Summer Games Shrine - Retro grannies listen - Cybergoth's great Epyx Shrine was updated with a new section for Summer Games. This game was one of the reasons for me to buy a C-64 and 1541 back in december '84 :)
BTW: The other reasons were Lode Runner, Shamus and Raid over Moskow :) News found at Lemon, thanks Ant !
- Opi
Kawaks v1.05 - A new Kawaks version has been released - look here for the changes in version 1.05. Thanks EmuManiac.
- Opi
JEmu Does Green Beret - Erik Duijs' Java based arcade emulator JEmu was updated with a new driver for Konami's Green Beret. Other supported games are Pac-Man, Ms.Pac-Man, Pac-Man+, Ms.Pac-Man+, Jr.Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Lizard Wizard.
Thanks to Erik himself for the update news :)
- Opi
Shocker!! - That's right, Raz and the CPS2 Shock team have released Armored Warriors (USA 941024). Ofcourse, a big thanks also needs to go out to the donator pcb-a-holic. Oh ya, you can pick it up at the usual place. There is also a CPS2mame available and a Kawaks 1.05 available. Thanks to RetroLover for the extra info.
- chris
Arcade Flyers - Xray1 writes:
Hi everybody :) We updated our database once again and after about 1 1/2 years we reached the milestone of 2000+ flyers in the database!!! Please read on on our homepage =)
Thank you all for your support,
Gerard (Xray1)
- chris
Star Wars DVD - Make sure you got lots of money in your wallet come October 16, because the DVD of STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 - The Phantom Menace will be released that day. Thanks to JGoodhue for the news.
- atila
Tuesday, June 19th 2001 - Last updated @ 16:20 EST
Toni Wilen (WinUAE) Interviewed - Toni Wilen, member of the WinUAE team was interviewed by Malc Jennings of Amiga Legal Emualtion fame. You can read this interesting chat by clicking here.
Here's an interesting quote : Malc : Are there any new features users should expect in the future releases of WinUAE ? - Toni : Full state saving !
WOW, that would be a really cool addition. A working screenshot function would be another nice idea :P Thanks to MC_WildStyle for the news.
- Opi
TI-99/Sim 0.0.5 - This TI/99 emulator (which I think started as a simulator), is now being released under the GPL. Check it out here. Thanks to Cloy for the news.
- chris
PlayerUp v3.07 - Chris Goulette's multi-emulator frontend PlayerUp was updated to version 3.07 ! Click here to view the huge list of changes and improvements. Thanks to Chris himself for the notification :)
- Opi
NeoMAME - A version of MAME/W that only runs Neo Geo games has been released by katharsis of GeoShock. Check it out:
runs only NeoGeo games
I've used the brand new MinGW packages to compile (released less than a week ago)
used a modified Nasm version with (at least I've been told so) better assembling results
I've added the MAMEw fixes from Aaron Giles, see his site for the list
as usual I've added Diggerman
Uhmm... - I like The Transformers just as much as any other kid who grew up in the 80's, but THIS is just a tad overboard :x Thanks to Sol C. for the link.
- atila
Emuchrist does Visual Pinball - It seems the folks over at Emuchrist are working on a rather interesting table for Visual Pinball. This game is based on the "emulation scene," with featurs such as romz bumpers, Final Burn drop targets, etc. Pretty funny stuff here.. definitly check it out. Just don't nudge too much or you'll get banned... :) Note: I tried Beta 1 a few days ago.. Beta 2.5 has just been released. Grab it here. (latest tables link - ecbeta25.zip towards the bottom). I'll check out beta 2.5 tonight when I have access to a Windoze box and post a mini-review.
- metallik
Game Boy Advance Game Endings - Rey opened a new game endings section at The Video Game Museum for Nintendo's new Game Boy Advance. Online are the following endings : Army Men Advance, Castlevania : Circle of The Moon, Earthworm Jim, Iridion -3D-, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure and Super Mario Advance !
- Opi
Monday, June 18th 2001 - Last updated @ 23:14 EST
OC + OC ReMix - Been awhile. Actually, that's an understatement. Anyways, OC #142: Zen Absence is online, detailing a (pretty) good excuse, and Black & White, Megaman3, and Moon Patrol ReMixes have been posted at OC ReMix, and have been mirrored in alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.video-games due to bandwidth limitations.
- david
MESS WIP - The MESS WIP page has been updated with a screenshot of PeT's new Sharp PC1403 driver.
- chris
Bart's Sega Saturn Page - Bart Trzynadlowski, the creator of the recently updated Genital68K - has opened a new Sega Saturn Development Page where he uploaded his new Saturn MC68EC000 debugger. This all is hightech development stuff far beyond my understanding :)
- Opi
RetroCovers - RetroCovers was updated with a 2nd batch of new CDR labels : MAME CD 3 & 4 & 5. Thanks Juggling Bear! :)
- Opi
Boycott Advance - There is a Boycott Advance WIP and screenshots available at the Boycott Advance site. Thanks to Rico2000 for the news.
- chris
NNNesterJ v0.19 - NNNesterJ, based upon nester, UOnester and nesterJ was updated to v0.19. Don't ask me what's new. There's a new english binary available but without a whatsnew info. I consider this as the best currently available NES emu. Thanks Navarone-san :)
- Opi
RomCenter v2.12 - Eric Bole-Feysot once again posted a new RomCenter version. New or fixed since release 2.11 :
Merge status not set when loading datafile
Merge check box enabled sometime when split check box not checked
Ctrl A select all in list view
Remove rom trouble
Bd not fully reset when closing a rom path
Some menu still available when no datafile is loaded
Handle correctly same rom with different crc in a same set.
Miss/Have crash if datafile name have incorrect character
'No item selected' when fixing a missing rom.
Warning if 'refname' field of datafile is empty (can cause confusion)
Sublist sorted
RC 2.12 is available as update patch (155 KB) or full install (1.12 MB). Thanks to Eric, EmuManiac and Videospielklassiker for the update message :)
- Opi
Ay Ay, Cap'n! - Project AY, the site dedicated to archiving AY chip music, was updated two days ago. There is now a new Win98 AYPlayer (Micro Speccy) available, together with over 400 AY files for download.
- atila
GBA Hits 500,000 Fast! - The GBA is now the fastest selling game system in the USA, it sold more than 500,000 systems in its first week. I think some people over at Nintendo of America are probably doing the 'dance of joy' right now :)
- atila
Unofficial Nester - Probably one of the best NES emulators out there, the unofficial version of Nester has been updated again. Here's what's new:
fixed code ... PPU,1,4,6,13,19,85,96,119(VRAM BankSwitch),45
support 'HIK 7-in-1', 'Kunio 8-in-1', 'Super 8-in-1'(#45)
support state save for:
games using bankswitched patterntable vram (e.g. Tenchi wo Kurau 2)
games using over 8kb patterntable vram (e.g. Oeka Kids)
GoodSMS v0.999.2 - Click here to download Cowering's latest release - GoodSMS v0.999.2. New in this Sega Master System/SG/SC ROM renamer with currently 634 database entries :
- Guzzler and Q-Bert removed (Micro Vision games, not SG-1000)
- SMSCdev roms now scan properly
- Opi
Brian King Interviewed - Malc Jennings webmaster of Amiga Legal Emulation conducted an interview with Brian King the head of WinUAE. This is the Windows port of Bernd Schmidt's famous Linux Amiga emulator. Click here to read it - thanks to Malc Jennings for the notification :)
- Opi
MESS WIP - The MESS WIP page has been updated with work-in-progress information for the first two weeks of June. Ben and Lee and other MESSDEVs are working hard on getting MESS and all of its tools to work well for a stable release. New drivers are still being added none the less, for example PeT's recent submission of the beginnings of a Sharp PC1403 emulation!
- chris
VideoGame Wallpaper - There's some good wallpaper of Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider movie), among other things that I didn't really notice that much. ;) Click here to go to the page. Thanks to Fox for the link.
- dhalamar
Calice v0.3.4 has been released with the following changes:
New Drivers:
+ Street Fighter Zero 2 (Japan 960227)
Fixes
+ Fixed fullscreen modes flicker
Misc.
+ Direct Input 3 and 7 keyboard plugin
+ 400x300 fullscreen mode
+ 512x384 fullscreen mode
+ Auto Frameskip (sunc to 60 Hz)
+ Two players mode
You can head on over to the Calice homepage to grab it. Thanks to Fox for messaging me on IRC 2 seconds after i connected about this. ;)
- dhalamar
PSX Spectrum v1.2 - A Spectrum emulator from Double Dutch Designs Limited for the Playstation (no, not PS2) called PSX Spectrum has been updated to version 1.2 with some pretty cool updates. Check it out:
Sound is now 100%
All colour & attributes are working correctly.
Speed is 100%
Full screen 50 or 60Hz
This version has Jet Set Willy built into the emulator for testing purposes. Head on over to the official page for the downloads. Thanks to Emuholic for the news.
- dhalamar
.TZX Vault has hit again with one of their very large updates. 64 tape images have been added, Pro Skateboard Simulator - Extended Mix has been dumped, but can't be distributed because of all that copyright stuff. You can head on over to the site right here. Thanks to Steve for the E-Mail a few minutes ago. :)
- dhalamar
Nester 17/06/2001 - It's been a while since this great emulator was updated, but every time an update comes, it's something great. Here's what's new with this one:
fast disk access (skip frames while disk is accessed)
add palette for VS Freedom Force (thanx Screw)
support 'Famicom Top Management'(#1)
You can download this emulator from the official page right here. Thanks to Guyfawkes for the news.
- dhalamar
WinGORF - The GORF emulator for Windows has been updated to version 1.3. The colors are changed to match MAME, though not 100% yet. There's now DIP switch support with improved joystick and sound support. You can download this from the official page right here.
- dhalamar
G-NES 0.53 - This Win32 NES emulator has been updated to version 0.53, here's a translation courtesy of Emuholic of what's new:
- Fixed sound balance.
- Fixed a colour depth bug with DQ4
- Fixed a USB Joystick bug
- Various mapper fixes and changes
You can download it from the official page right here.
- dhalamar
Saturday, June 16th 2001 - Last updated @ 22:13 EST
ZSNES v1.30b - The awesome open source SNES emulator, ZSNES has had a small but signifigant update to version 1.30b. Here's what's new:
All ports
---------
Support for Star Ocean S-DD1 decompressed pack is now enabled. [zsKnight]
Fixed bug in H-DMA code, fixes Hook and Bugs Bunny and maybe others (Thanks to Gary of Snes9X for help on this) [_Demo_]
Updated documentation [Matt Kendora]
Fixed new gfx mode checkbox in options menu [pagefault]
Win v1.02
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Added 800x600 DR FULL mode (scroll down to the bottom of the mode list to see it) [pagefault]
Fixed timing problem in games when 58 seconds was 1 minute in ZSNES [kode54, pagefault]
Fixed voices in ToP opening and Star Ocean [pagefault]
Fixed another DirectInput slowdown [pagefault]
Fixed joystick 5, it should be working now [pagefault]
Optimised code some more, giving 3-5 FPS boost on most systems [pagefault]
Naturally, you can download the emulator from the official page. Thanks to CDBuRnOuT for the news.
- dhalamar
Pinball Tables @ IR Pinball - The lads at IR Pinball have posted lots of new and updated tables over the past week, so check them out and leech away :)
- atila
Monaco GP - I finally get to play Monaco GP again after all these years!!! :D The source code is available at EmuViews The ROMs and samples can be downloaded here. Thanks to GBMan for the news. Update: There is a mirror of the Monaco GP page here.
- chris
Dragons Lair For Sale - There is a Dragon's Lair arcade for sale on e-bay. So what you say? Well this particular arcade has a serial number of 1. The owner wants $25,000 for it though :( Thanks to TVisitor for the news.
- chris
Tekken 4 - Th e Magicbox has posted 5 pics of Tekken 4 and Yoshimitsu looks absolutely wicked :P Thanks to Lance again for the link.
- atila
New English Words - About 250 words have been added to the English Dictionary, one of which is Homer Simpsons's "DOH!" :) Thanks to FreeLance for the link.
- atila
MODELER WIP - More WIP news, this time it's from Modeler. There's been a breakthrough concerning the protection used in some SYS32 games, as a result BURNING RIVALS is now fully playable (with slight glitches). More breakthroughs are expected in the not-so distant future. Check out Burning Rivals pics at the Modeler site.
- atila
Gamu is a new, open source GBA emulator for the X Windows system and Linux... and that's about all I know. Here's a quote from the page regarding the homebrew GBA demos:
Unfortunately many of the demos work, if I support them. But I've decided in my own mean, nasty ways, that gamu will actually be a GBA emulator, not a "Demo emulator." Note to demo authors: 1) no writes to rom. 2) Set the background display bits correctly, and 3) correctly align your data reads/writes!
You can go to the page right here if you want to check it out. Thanks to GBAEmu for the news.
- dhalamar
Hmm... - Do you play Diablo II on Battle.Net? Well, if you do, read here right now, it's just a little bit important unless you LIKE people being able to see your Recycle Bin, recent documents, complete registry and hard drive scans, browser history, blah blah blah.
- dhalamar
MAME WIP - A new MAME WIP is up. A well known guy from our messageboards wrote a WWF Superstars driver and Luca Elia wrote a driver for the Afega games. I'm off (again) with my family - more news in about 12 hours :)
- Opi
TI85 Emulator 0.0.8 - ti85emu is a free TI85 calculator emulator for Unix/Linux. It's based on the MSX Z80 emulation library and the FLTK toolkit. It's designed to be easily extended and ported to other GUIs.
- chris
Bochs 1.2.1 - Bochs is a portable x86 PC emulation software package that emulates enough of the x86 CPU, related AT hardware, and BIOS to run DOS, Windows 95, Linux, FreeBSD, and other OS's, all on your workstation. Changes: Optimized for speed when simulating one processor (now 1-processor performance should be equivalent to 1.1.2). DOS HIMEM "A20 line" error fixed. Win32 now defaults to having mouse capture mode turned off. Various other bugfixes.
- chris
Friday, June 15th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:31 EST
Easy Emu Update - mrv2k has made some more updates to the EasyEmu web page. There is a new ROM Overview page that deals with the installation and management of roms. There is also a big revision to the Callus tutorial and some updates to the MAME guide. Plus lots of other changes, click on the link above and check it out.
- chris
Two new recent tables for Visual Pinmame: First, IT-290 and Tbone released the 1984 Williams classic Space Shuttle yesterday (the 14th). This table is fully playable and very fast, with the only problem seeming to be an occasional glitch in MAME's sound emulation (see the readme file). This table, with it's assortment of ramps, is generally credited for helping revitalize the pinball industry after a big slump caused by the popularity of video arcade games. High Speed and Pinbot would continue this trend.
Also, Dan Roth has just released an amazing recreation of The Machine: Bride of Pinbot. Amazing, because it manages to fully incorporate the rotating "head" playfield, just like the real game! The attention to detail in this table is excellent.. very much worth the download. Note: Upon initializing the sim, you have to wait a bit for the head to calibrate, just like on the real machine.
Get both tables from AJ's site (which seems to have gotten a nice remodeling!)
- metallik
Java Boy - JavaBoy is a Gameboy emulator for Java. It supports sound under Java 1.2, and also allows you to play a few two player games over the net. It can also be embedded in a web page allowing Gameboy games to be played straight off a web page.
- chris
I've released a new plugin Blitter Library for use with my Macintosh emulator ports. I've updated the majority of my ports to use it.
- richard
Boycott Advance v0.1.9 has just been released for Macintosh.
- richard
xcps2mame binaries - DB has precompiled Stijn's latest CPS2 patches and created an RPM for easy installation. You can grab it here.
- chris
RetroFakes - Syous and Timan have started RetroFakes, a site about fake and doctored things. This, ofcourse, is emulation-oriented and has a rather familiar layout :)
- atila
Thursday, June 14th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:22 EST
SreenMania surpassed 30,000 Pics - I made another HUGE update at ScreenMania with more than 3,000 new pics. New Amiga, Game Boy Advance (with complete Final Fight and many Castlevania shots) Genesis and NES sections are up. 13 new arcade and 41 new C-64 game pages are online.
- Opi
xcps2mame - Stijn Hoop has released a new CPS2 patch based on Razoola's CPS2mame. The patch is against xmame-0.37b15.1, and includes all releases up to release #39: Street Fighter Zero 2 (Japan 960227). The patch is up at the usual address.
- chris
DOS Emu - The DOS Emu team has released version 1.02 of their DOS emulator. Changes in this version include an updated version of FreeDOS.
- chris
ROM Dump Mirrors - Guru wrote in to let me know that he now has some high bandwidth server space, so he is releasing some of the newly dumped ROMs!! There is also news of yet another arcade being dumped. Head on over to Guru's to get all the info.
- chris
Catweasel to DMK 1.6 - Catweasel to DMK (cw2dmk) is a program for the Catweasel, an ISA floppy disk controller, that can read any disk written by a TRS-80, including single-density, double-density, and copy-protected disks. The disk is saved as a DMK image file, suitable for use either in xtrs or in David Keil's TRS-80 emulator for MS-DOS. Besides TRS-80 disks, cw2dmk should be able to read any disk written by either a WD177x/179x or a standard PC (NEC765-compatible) floppy disk controller. cw2dmk runs on either Linux or MS-DOS. Changes: This version adds several features, including the ability to try reading odd tracks instead of even tracks when double-stepping a 0-track
disk in an 80-track drive, and the ability to read DEC RX02 disks.
- chris
xcpc-14062001 - xcpc, the new Amstrad emulator for Unix got a third release. Improved GUI, event manager and Z80 encapsulation are the news for this version. Thanks to Mad_Maximus for the news.
- Opi
The Rumor Mill! - JoseQ posted a new Rumor Mill! today, the 2nd for this week. He talks about GENS, Raine32, Mimic progress and a new emulator for the DECO CPU-16 (known from MAME).
- Opi
Snakeyes Gaming Corp. has moved from Emu2K over to http://sgc.jandar.net with a spiffy and much cleaner design and everything, head on over there to check it out. :)
- dhalamar
Wednesday, June 13th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:58 EST
RedSquirrel v0.4.4 - Hmm, looks like we had a busy wednesday. Graeme's Ahorn emu RedSquirrel got a WIP release with the following news :
RISC OS 4 works (at last). RISC OS 3.7 shouldn't have worked...
Some sound crackle is fixed. Some games and RiscPC will
still suffer from bad crackle or just noise.
Sound timing is handled in a different way which may improve matters on Win2k but it may also have other unwanted effects
RiscPC memory/vram size is configurable.
HostFS configuration is less broken ;-)
Status bar indicators for floppy/ide work again
Very slow response on fast machines (>700mhz) is fixed. This may rear its head again on > 1400Mhz machines.
"Don't use 'Free' on large HostFS shares, it'll lock up the desktop". My thanks (3rd time today) goes to Emulation 9. Have fun and good night all.
- Opi
NNNesterJ v0.18b - NNNesterJ, a mixture of nester, UOnester and nesterJ + some additional stuff was updated to v0.18b. It's an interesting thing if you like A) the good old NES and b) if you need a remap function. I'm currently testing it and I'm glad about the possibility to save save states and screenshots via my joypad. Besides this NNNester also includes the following additional stuff (additional to the mentioned papa and mama emulators above) :
- Screen shot preservation with PNG.
- Auto Fire(A&B Button Only)
- Launcher - needs "Nesdbase.dat" from NesToy and "Ingredients.dat" from FDSSpray.
ZSNES v1.30 - The ZSNES-team released new DOS, Windows and Linux versions of their famous Super Nintendo emulator. Click here to see their latest additions and changes. Thanks to K-Samurai for the hint.
- Opi
Commodore Surf Tips - Kim Lemon uploaded 53 new Commodore 64 cartridge images collected and dumped by MayhemUK - STOP - Lando added 22 new Commodore C16/Plus4 Tap images to his site Commodore Plus/4 World - STOP - The Complete Works of Rob Hubbard is a new comprehensive Rob Hubbard fan site with an interesting NEW interview with the maestro of SID programming, the complete "SID'ography" of Rob's C-64 music and everything else you expect from a fan site :)
- Opi
Cygne DOS v1.0 Beta 1a - A new Cygne beta is online. New in the 2nd release of this new Wonderswan emulators are : a better CPU core and some bug fixes.
- Opi
ClrMamePro v2.15 - Roman Scherzer is a really dedicated steady programmer. Not even the sunny weather in Germany was able to hinder him from writing new program code. The result is a new ClrMamePro release which should fix all known little issues with this ROM manager.
- Opi
Gens v0.99a - Stéphane Dallongeville posted a new Gens version to fix a bug that prevented netplay sessions. Gens is currently my favourite Genesis emu - just for the record :P
Thanks to Nippon's best emu-news site Emulation 9 for the news.
- Opi
DCMO5 Gamer Edition v1.1 - Cloy sent word about a new DCMO5 update. DCMO5 emulates Thomson's French MO5 Motorola 6809 based home computer from 1984.
- Opi
WOW Look At Mame World :) - Hola ! Our friends at Mame World revaluated their site with a new slick great looking site re-design !!!
- Opi
Kawaks v1.04 - A new Kawaks release is online - look here for the latest changes.
- Opi
CPS2 Shock! - Razoola has done it again, this time it is Release #39: Street Fighter Zero 2 (Japan 960227). You can grab it at the usual place.
- chris
More ROM Dumps - Some more PCBs have arrived from Guru's PCB Raid #2 and five new arcades have been dumped! Click here to get all the info. There are also some updated screenshots as well.
- chris
Mameinfo.dat v3.15 - Mr. Mameinfo.datM.A.S.H. posted a new version with the following new content :
Added MAME Newsletter (Upcoming games, WIP, NEWS)
Newest Bugs (12 June).
Add movies informations (see Star Wars or Tron).
Big 'Recommended Games' update.
Place Bugs Color Coding and 'New Features, Supports and Changes in MAME' to 88games.
Added MAME Newsletter (Upcoming games, WIP, NEWS)
Have a look at M.A.S.H.'s site, he has a lot to offer !
- Opi
Two New Handheld Simulators - Luca Antignano aka _MADrigal_ has released two new of his nice handhelds simulators :
Heathcliff (VTech, Mini Time&Fun Series, 1982) S3/1.00 (standard 3, final)
Visit Luca's site for your downloads and some additional background info.
- Opi
Tuesday, June 12th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:56 EST
Mario Twins - La La Laaa ! - Hehe, there are always some people with too much time on their hands. Check out this hilarious Mario Twins Flash movie (audio by Dave Matthews Band) and have a good laugh. Thanks Lee for the hint, to Anthony for the band info and to all other 718 people who mailed me about it :)
Update : It isn't Dave Matthews Band, it's Gröûp X: Arabian Rap Sensations, according to Corey Hull's email.
- Opi
RAINE News - According to this thread on the RAINE messageboard we can expect a new RAINE v0.32 AND probably an improved RAINE32 release (there are still some issues with the fullscreen modes) anytime soon. Don't miss the new online Mini Golf game at the RAINE homepage :)
Thanks to Iron Man for the news.
- Opi
Emu Loader Beta 5 Fixed - Sorry but I missed this yesterday. Ciro posted an bugfixed version of Emu Loader. He wrote :
"There was an error in the games database building procedure. It was making EL not work on Win98 / WinMe systems (Win2000 was working correctly). Sorry, my mistake...
Also, I checked all Delphi components on downloads page, if you're planning to re-compile the frontend ;-))"
- Opi
Kaillera Client Updated - Improved "food" for all you netplay "junkies" :) Kaillera client v0.84a has been released today :
Integrated new smame changes:
All new stuff/bugfixes from StretchMame v0.37b15a
Re-enabled DIP switches.
Added reset machine/state saving with network game.
Added input recording with network game. (press Shift and Ctrl when you start a game)
Xega Author Interviewed - Alucard from emuSEGA (nice promising site BTW) conducted an interview with Gerrie the author of Xega, an excellent new Sega Genesis emulator.
- Opi
MAME WIP - Gridle has updated the MAME WIP page with screen shots of some Sega System E games, as well as Namco Classics Collection Volume 2, among some other goodies.
- chris
LinuxEmu Giveaway - LinuxEmu is holding a competition. One person entering will be given a complete SuSE 7.1 professional package (filled with 7cd's, 1 dvd and 4 books). To join the competition you must fill in a form located here.
- chris
gngb Interview - LinuxEmu has done an interview with the main coder of the GameBoy emulator gngb (available for Linux and DOS). It is a great read and gives us emu-users an insight as to what goes on behind our favorite applications.
- chris
I AM THE LAW!! - Judge Dredd is now busting criminals in Visual Pinmame thanks to Aurian!. John Trudeau's widebody pin is recreated quite well here, although a few bugs remain to be ironed out (I ran into a script error during multiball) - but for an initial release it is VERY well done. Grab it from AJ's place.
(and yes, if people are allowed to use puke green for their headers, I'm allowed blood red kthx :)
- metallik
How To Link A Saturn And A PC - Bart Trzynadlowski is asking for help regarding a link between a Saturn and a PC. "I've been wanting to write a 68K debugger utilizing the 68K in a Sega Saturn and a PC link cable, but I've been unable to get the SMPC to turn the 68K on/off". Interested people might check out Bart's site and read his remaining technical problem explaination :P
- Opi
Cygne DOS v1.0 Beta 1 - DOX released a first version of Cygne, his new Wonderswan emulator for DOS to the public. ""Do not expects decent speed or good compatibility" was the author's comment for this first release.
Hey - everything starts sometime somehow somewhere :)
- Opi
XCPC - XCPC is CPC 464/664/6128 emulator for Linux/Unix based on Marat Fayzullin's Z80 emulator. Thanks to Mad_Maximus for the news.
- chris
New Game Boy Soundtracks - Scott Worley ripped 14 new Game Boy game soundtracks and sent them to Zophar's Domain. ZD's GBS section now contains more than 60 game soundtracks all contributed by Scott. I'm currently listening to tack 6 from Final Fantasy Adventure which is really an amazing sad song. You'll also need Jason Cline's excellent Meridian music player to enjoy these new rips on Windows, or my Audio Overload to play them on a Macintosh. (Sorry for editing your post, Opi).
- richard
Kawaks v1.03 - A new Kawaks version is online, look here for the changes. Thanks to JoseQ's for the tip :)
- Opi
Rumor Mill! - Baaaaah (no, I'm not a sheep), what a slow emulation day. Let's praíse JoseQ's name and his decision to post his delayed Rumor Mill! today so we have something to read ! Better late than never :)
- Opi
Sunday, June 10th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:01 EST
DUUUUDE!! Cutter has released Party Zone for Visual Pinmame! It's an excellent first-effort, although the author mentions that, since it was done without a manual, there may be issues that need fixed down the road. Regardless, it plays great.. grab it from Cutter's homepage. Also mirrored at AJ's place.
- metallik
MSX Alert! - MSX Alert! - a frontend for BRMSX and fMSX-DOS was updated recently. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- Opi
MAME WIP - Gridle once again updated everyone's favourite WIP page - the MAME WIP. Raiders 5, Namco Classics Vol.1 drivers were added !
- Opi
HUGE Legal Amiga Download - AMI Sector One offers you one of the biggest legal Amiga downloads ever ! The Case of the Cautious Condor with a whopping 65 MB is a real-time adventure from 1991 for the ill-fated Amiga CDTV console. The Amiga Games Compendium at AMI Sector One was updated with another 1100 entries and some more interesting stuff like more games, music and new coverscans was added.
- Opi
Boost your CDR Collection - Part 3 - Three really cool and professional looking CD labels are now available at RetroCovers : CAPCOM CD 1, MAME CD 1 & 2. Great job Juggling Bear :)
- Opi
RomCenter Stuff - A bunch of updated and new datafiles (including TOSEC) are now available at the RomCenter homepage.
- Opi
Emu Loader v2.6 beta 5 - Ciro uploaded a new version of Emu Loader, his awesome MAME frontend for Windows. Here are the changes
Hide columns on the games list
The size of the columns are now saved on "EmuLoader.ini" and restored when you restart the frontend
The [driver] section on "catver.ini" is not needed anymore. You can delete that whole section because EL now gets the driver information from MAME's "-listdetails" output
The emulators are now being correctly detected and faster (you can place the emulator and the frontend in long folder names, even DOS MAME will work). But you'll have to make the proper adjusts on "mame.cfg" file because DOS MAME does not support long folder names
SpecEmu v1.2 - Mark Woodmass released version 1.2 of SpecEmu, his ZX Spectrum emulators for Win9x. It emulates the 48K, 128K, Plus2, Plus3 models and requires DirectX to run. Thanks to Navarone's Emulation 9 for the news.
- Opi
Lamer Rap - Chrono has released a new song dedicated to the lamers of the emulation scene. This is timely due to a number of posts on our message boards by one particular lamer in general. Thanks to Chris for the link.
- chris
QBFE v0.6 - Kojote just messaged me on ICQ a few minutes ago to tell me that he finally released the new version of his vGBA v0.06 frontend. It's now in the following languages : German, English, Spanish, and Netherlands. You can download it from the official page right here. :)
- dhalamar
Saturday, June 9th 2001 - Last updated @ 23:41 EST
MP3 Pro - Ripped directly from the article:
Thomson Multimedia is working to develop a new version of its patented MP3 technology in a bid to stave off rival Web audio formats that achieve similar or better quality using smaller files.
Well, that quote is old, but you get the idea. :) In idiot terms (for people like me =P), think near-CD quality sound at 64kbps. :) It should be coming out in about a week. You can read an old article about it at CNet right here. Thanks to CDBuRnOuT for the news. :)
- dhalamar
Nemu64 INI v2.2.0 - EmuManiac has released a new official Nemu64 INI. Below are the additions in v2.2.0 :
Doubutsunomori (Animal Forest) (JAP) = Partially working
Fushigi no Dungeon Furai no Shiren 2 (JAP) = Playable
GoodPCE v1.04 - Here's once again an updated Cowering ROM renamer. This time he posted a new GoodPCE version. These are the stats for v1.04 :
GoodPCE Stats: 1169 entries, recent additions:
- o - ZZZ names updated (thanks Fagemul)
- o - inplace renaming added
- Opi
Mirrors Needed - ArcadeFlyers.com is in need for mirrors for their latest additions, if you have some bandwith and about 60MB to spare, please help out :)
- atila
TZX Vault Updated - Gilby has added 70 new tape images to the TZX Vault and renamed a few other images, so that they 'comply' with the World of Spectrum :)
- atila
Namco Classics Vol. 2 - Guru has dumped Namco Classics: Volume 2! The ROMs are here, but mirrors are needed! If you can provide a mirror please let Guru know.
- chris
IRC Quotes Updated Again! - Here's another update, some funny stuff in there :)
- atila
Linux and xmame for the Dreamcast - Sonikku sent in this link showing Linux running on a SEGA dreamcast! This is not all, they also have screenshots of it running xmame! There is also a screenshot of a couple DCs signed by Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens (two famous opensource people).
- chris
MAME Visual Guide - Fabio has put together a MAME Visual Guide which is a HUGE .pdf file that contains snapshots of all (non-clone) MAME games, for those of you who want to print out a booklet of MAME pictures. The guide is 90 megs, but he has divided it up into easy to download sections.
- chris
cingb 0.25A - cingb is an attempt to write a Gameboy emulator for Linux/Unix/MS-DOS. It can currently play many Gameboy and Gameboy Color ROMs. It also includes a debugger for step-by-step analysis of Gameboy programs. Changes in 0.25A: A new OpenBSD port.
- chris
QBFE - Kojote's frontend for the DOS version of vGBA v0.06 is slated for another release on Sunday, I think he was saying something about more translations. We'll wait and see. If you wanna try out this excellent frontend, you can download it from the official site.
- dhalamar
Project64 v1.1 was released. If you don't know what this is, it's a relatively new Nintendo 64 emulator that uses Zilmar's plugin specs. You can download it right here. Thanks to Bobbi for saying something about it a minute ago. ;)
- dhalamar
Quote of the day - I wouldn't normally do this, but it's not very often you find someone either having just one of those days or this dumb. =P
[gr8|one> anyone have a voodoo3 that runs win2k pro
That would be one heck of a video card wouldn't it. :)
- dhalamar
Friday, June 8th 2001 - Last updated @ 19:06 EST
Back In Time News & Interview Radio Webcast - Sorry for the lack of news postings by me in the last 36 hours. I accidently flooded my keyboard with a cup of freshly cooked coffee and I tell you my good old keyboard disliked this treatment very much. So I'm sitting here with my brandnew keyboard from Cherry :)
Mike Stulir has finally finished and uploaded his recently announced webcast from the last E3 show. Click here to listen to his chats with members of the famous Cinemaware team, Glen Cureton from Namco and Sid Meier the designer of Pirates, Civilization and many other blasts from the past.
- Opi
GoodGen v0.999.4 - Here'sCowering's freshly updated Sega Genesis/32x ROM renamer.
Current stats : 3118 entries, latest additions :
- o - highly requested 'rename in place' mode added.. give it a try (RTFM)
- o - user defined extensions can be scanned now
- o - 'force63' option added to help screen
- o - more redumps and completely NEW games.. keep those redumps coming!
- o - I still have 100+ ROMS to add.. this version is to test 'inplace' more than anything
- o - 'needed redumps' list will return next version
More to come from Cowering in the next days.
- Opi
Unofficial Hiscore.dat - Leezer has released the Unofficial hiscore.dat file version 7.4 with highscore support for some new beta 15 games. Get all the latest highscore info. here.
- chris
_MADrigal_'s Simulators - _MADrigal_ has released fixes for 3 of his simulators, they are:
1.Tron (Tomy, tabletop) - S3/1.01 (fix for Windows 2000)
2.Motor Cross - S3/2.03 (fix for Windows 2000)
3.Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo, Panorama) - S3/1.00b (fix for Voodoo3, G200 and TNT2)
Be sure to download them if you were having trouble before, you can download them from _MADrigal_'s site here at Retrogames or at his Italian mirror.
- atila
MameCE 9.1! - TechMaster has released MameCE3 9.1 for PocketPC (supports all 3 processors)! You can read what's new in this release by clicking here, thanks to Indy for the news.
- atila
xcps2mame - Stijn Hoop has released a new CPS2 patch based on Razoola's CPS2mame. The patch is against xmame-0.37b15.1, and includes all releases up to release #38: X-Men: Children of the Atom (Japan 941208 rent version).
- chris
Star Wars Gangsta Rap - You might have seen this before, but incase not, check out this link. Very funny! Thanks to pachelbel for the link.
- chris
IRC QUOTES! - I posted a small update to the IRC QUOTES section; you know the drill ;) Be sure to read the LAST NEW QUOTE for this update, it contains some *NEW* MAMEWIP info!
- atila
Thursday, June 7th 2001 - Last updated @ 22:47 EST
AdvanceMAME - Wanna play MAME on a T.V. arcade monitor? Well, if you do, you're in luck. Because AdvanceMAME v0.37b15.0 is out. :) Thanks to Guyfawkes for the news.
- dhalamar
Mozilla 0.9.1 for Win32, MacOS, and Linux builds have shown up. Here's what's new in this release:
* Stability greatly improved since Mozilla 0.9 with 34 of our most frequently reported crash bugs fixed.
* The Modern skin has been overhauled. The new version of Modern sports a lighter and smoother look with all new icons and widgets.
* A new status bar which combines the old taskbar and statusbar into one toolbar freeing up screen real-estate (reflected in both skins)
* Typedown addressing against an LDAP server has been implemented for Mozilla Mail. (Bug 84503)
* Many performance improvements in layout and networking.
* Bi-directional text support enabled for Hebrew and Arabic thanks to the contribution by IBM. (Arabic shaping only works on Win32 right now.)
* XSLT support is now turned on although the implementation is still incomplete and has bugs. (Bug 73936)
I'm on my way to download it right now, are you? ;)
- dhalamar
FPSE - Want to give the authors for the Playstation emulator FPSE an idea of what YOU want in FPSE v0.10? Well, go to this thread, and give them your ideas. :) And there's Russian and another Portuguese language pack for the configurator. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news. :)
- dhalamar
Ladies, This May Be Your Lucky Day! - There's a certain "Asian Prince" looking for love ;) Thanks to SortedGeezer for the link.
- atila
CPS2Shock - There's a new XOR for ya, X-men COTA (Japan 941208 rent version). Nebula DATs have been added for support for the game, and naturally CPS2MAME has been updated to play it. And there's 2 pretty cool looking skins for Nebula on there. :) Go and check it out.
*UPDATE* - I can't believe I missed this, maybe I'm just too used to reading "Nebula and CPS2MAME updated" on the site, but the new CPS1/2 emulator WinKawaks has been updated to version 1.02 to accomodate the new XOR. Thanks to Razoola for telling me about my little mess-up. :)
- dhalamar
Java on the PS2 - Check this out. Aren't there some emulators that are coded in Java? ;)
- dhalamar
Funny :) - "Firemen wasted over an hour searching an office in the West Midlands for an escaped parrot...". Click here for the full article (hint: has to do with PC and software ;)
- atila
MAME WIP - Gridle has updated the MAME WIP page with WIP reports up to and including June 7th! Lots of cool screenshots and info. as usual.
- chris
MESS WIP - The MESS WIP page has been updated with WIP reports for the rest of the month of May. Some screenshots of MESSW b15 running in Windows thanks to Ben Bruscella and a screenshot of the new VC4000 driver thanks to PeT are shown. Also, not mentioned on the WIP page, but Lee Ward has taken over as pretend leader of the MESS project as Ben Bruscella needs to take some time off to work on other projects. Big thanks go out to Ben for doing such an outstanding job with MESS for the past two years!
- chris
GamebaseZX v0.2 - Neil English's Spectrum version of (my favourite C-64 front-end/database) Gamebase64 - GamebaseZX was updated to v0.2. This new release was rewritten from scratch and is now a lot faster than v0.1 and has some new features.Which are : Full screenshot support, a utility to import the data from SGD's database plus a tool to update your current database from v0.1 to v0.2. For more information and your download visit Neil's web site. Thanks to James Burrows for the email :) Links fixed !
- Opi
Cabinet Pack #12 - John Hardy IV has released a new Cabinet Pack for MAME.
- Opi
MAME for Xbox - Otaku let us know that the xbox MAME page is now up.
- chris
Classic Arcade Music - WhoreMoan wrote in to let us know of a cool band called The MiniBosses that have songs based on 1980's arcade tunes such as Rygar, Castlevania, Punchout, Bomberman, Double Dragon, Ghosts and Goblins, and more! There is also a band called Funk Implosion which has a video featuring many old classic games, I think I saw Adventure from my Atari2600 featured in it! You can check out the video here, just search for the Folk Implosion song called Free To Go.
- chris
Wednesday, June 6th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:11 EST
Arcade Dumps - Guru wrote in to let me know that he has obtained some PCB's from his PCB shop raid #2. More info. can be found at his web site, along with a screen shot of Zero Point by Unico running in MAME!
- chris
System16 Updated - Namco and Sega fans will be happy to hear that Sixtoe made another update at system16.com !
- Opi
News From The Arcade Flyer Archive - Xray1'sArcade Flyer Archive -team released 10 new "clean" Flyer packs on their site. They trashed the old packs due to many unneeded replaced flyers - which saved almost 10 mb space. There's also a LAST MAME pack (#22) to get in sync with the new ones. They are also looking for mirror-sites to lower their server load. Xray1 announced a big new release for the current months Stay tuned and enjoy the fresh packs.
- Opi
Kawaks v1.01 - Razoola uploaded a new Kawaks version. Version 1.01 should fix a speed issue (too fast for many people) with the last release. Please visit CPS-2 Shock to download this emulator. Thanks to mrv2k for the news.
- Opi
MAME32 WIP - John Hardy IV posted some new MAME32 info regarding the future of this "MAME + Windows + awesome 'easy to use' GUI" version today :
"Hurray! Michael gave the Mame32DEV list a snapshot of the new Mame32 which he's been working on the last couple weeks, it's the Mame32 UI grafted onto the new mamew engine. So far it plays just fine, all the options are present from mamew. He indicates further work is needed to clean up the various dialogues, and handle some low level stuff. This prototype is a great first step, good job Michael".
Thanks to himself and Xtian for the notification. MAME32 team GOOOO ! Visit the mame32 qa/test and art dept. site for all your MAME32 needs.
- Opi
Game Endings - The Video Game Museum offers some new game endings for your viewing pleasure. Rey uploaded the following new Super Nes endings : Final Fight 3, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario All Stars, X-Men, Ranma: Treasure of The Crimson Cat Gang and EVO. Plus some Master System endings : 3 x Alex Kidd series, Asterix, Rocky, Alien Syndrome ...
- Opi
RomCenter v2.11 - Eric Bole-Feysot released a bugfix of his great ROM manager RomCenter. You can download it as a patch (122 KB) to upgrade from 2.10 or as full 2.11 release with 1.1 MB. RomCenter user should also check Eric's site to download the latest datfile releases.
- Opi
NeoCPS v1.07 - TouFou uploaded a bugfixed version of his CPS only MAME version - NeoCPS. Thanks Navarone-san :)
- Opi
DreamGBA v1.0 - A new version of DreamGBA, a Game Boy Advance emulator for Windows has been release.
More on 16*16 sprite support
Fixed some CPU bugs
Fixed many small logical gfx bugs
Fixed many DMA bugs
Adjusted rendering engine for alpha-blending effect again...
FlashROM auto save/load
Thanks to Lord Zork for the hint.
I still prefer the real "portable" thing :) Please no emails ....
- Opi
ePSXe - After a long downtime, the official site for the best Playstation emulator out there, ePSXe, has gotten a hew host and is finally back up with the following message:
The site is back online after a long down time. We will give information on the next release soon.
The Funhouse is open! AJ and [Anonymous] have released Pat Lawlor's Funhouse for Visual Pinmame! This table features a fully operational and fully animated Rudy, something I wouldn't have thought possible in the current version of Visual Pinball. Grab it from AJ's site. Many people contributed to this table - be sure to check the history file.
- metallik
WAV-PRG 1.3 - WAV-PRG converts Commodore 64 tapes (in Turbo Tape 64 format) to PC emulator files (.PRG, .P00, or .T64) and back. WAV-PRG can read from/write to WAV files, or directly read from/play to the soundcard. Changes: A bug in wav2prg which prevented direct conversions from sound card fixed. A P00 file detection bug in prg2wav fixed.
- chris
Tuesday, June 5th 2001 - Last updated @ 18:15 EST
Meka v0.57 For Everyone - Version 0.57 of Zoop's fantastic Sega Master System/Game Gear, CBS ColecoVision emulator Meka is now available for everyone ! Thanks Lord.Zork !
- Opi
TOSEC Alive - Grendel and his RomCenter, RomDoctor, ClrMamePro databases creating team from TOSEC are now part of the "Retrogames family" ! Welcome guys :)
- Opi
QBFE v0.512 German - Kojote's QB vGBA Frontend v0.512 has been translated to German. Head on over to the official site for the downloads. I'm kinda surprised he had the time to update this thing at all considering he's been raving on and on about his lady friend. ;)
- dhalamar
Kawaks v1.00 - A new CPS1/2 emulator, Razoola of CPS2shock described it better than I ever could. :)
This is one hell of a fast CPS-2 emulator which has been in development for months now (author wishes to remain anonymous for the time being). It has almost everything in there already and netplay will be added in the future.
NOTE. Kawaks is not supported so do not email us with any problems you may have using this emulator.
- dhalamar
XEGA 0.06 Released! - Last week, JoseQ mentioned Xega in his Rumor Mill and today you can try this Sega Megadrive/Genesis emu out yourself. This particular emulator requires Windows and DirectX 8.0, you can download Xega here.
- atila
Linux for PSone - Yahoo! has an article about a new Linux distribution for the PlayStation 1. Sony also has recently released a Linux version for its PlayStation 2.
- chris
Win4Lin 3.0 - NeTraverse Inc. has released Win4Lin 3.0 which is virtual machine software like vmware, or VirtualPC, but it uses the Linux filesystem and TCP/IP stack, so it's really easy to transfer files from windows to linux and vice versa, and its really fast. Version 3.0 was released recently and includes windows networking support, and fixes up some bugs among other things. Win4Lin does not run DirectX or DOS VGA applications and only supports windows 95/98 guest OSes on a Linux host OS. It can run IE 5.5, Windows Media player, Quicktime, and every business app. I've tried runs perfectly. Win4Lin is not free, it cost me about $70, but it's worth it to be able to run the business software I need to run which only runs on Windows.
- chris
Nvclock 0.4 - Evil Smokin' Dude has released NvClock 0.4. Nvclock allows you to overclock your Nvidia card under Linux. Changes: This release includes Geforce2 Pro/Ultra and Geforce3 support, new PCI code, code for identifying the card, support for multiple cards, and GTK and Qt GUIs.
- chris
Bochs 1.2 - Bochs is a portable x86 PC emulation software package that emulates enough of the x86 CPU, related AT hardware, and BIOS to run DOS, Windows 95, Linux, FreeBSD, and other OS's, all on your workstation. Changes in 1.2: Error handling was improved. Binaries are now available. Output messages were improved. An interactive disk image creator was added. SMP emulation was implemented. The documentation (including man pages) was improved. VNC remote viewer support, dual virtual hard drive support, and atext mode interface were also added. Thanks to FBCrack for the news.
- chris
Monday, June 4th 2001 - Last updated @ 23:50 EST
XFree86 4.1.0 - The Change Log to the new XFree86 release has kindly been posted by Linux Today. The most notable change in the 4.1 release is support for Darwin/Mac OS X on PowerPC and Intel/x86 platforms. For those who don't know, this is what XFree86 is.
- chris
Mameinfo.dat v3.14 / New FixMAME - Busy M.A.S.H. uploaded a new Mameinfo.dat with the latest bug/glitches info and FixMAME & FixDEBUG 37b15-R2 as well.
Fix fm.c and 6821pia.c problems.
Faster textscroll for all Dat-files and menu selector shows on GAME MAMEINFO.
Fix graphic and sprites in Super Hang-On (bootleg) and After Burner I+II
modeler WIP - The modeler homepage reports some nice emulation progress. CPU bug fixes, improved DSP effect filters, better shadows, RadMobile playable and so on :) Read all about it here and don't forget to visit the gallery to view the latest WIP screenshots.
- Opi
Boost Your CDRs Collection - RetroCovers offers you a nice new "CAPCOM Back" cover. If you look for emulation related covers - this is your place :)
- Opi
AMI Sector One - Bernd Gmeineder's legal Amiga gaming dedicated site AMI Sector One was updated with the following commercial games : Dungeon Quest, Kikugi, Quiksilver Pinball, Debut, Soccer Cards US 94. Plus some Amiga applications, a few game soundtracks and cover scans as well ! Enjoy :)
- Opi
MAME WIP - It's about time for a new MAME WIP update. Gridle posted a lot of developing news - a big thanks to all involved people :) Thanks mrv2k !
- Opi
Basilisk II v0.9 for the BeOS was released recently. You can go grab it from BeEmulated. And thanks to them for the news too. ;)
- dhalamar
Far East of Eden Zero - The cool guys at DeJap finally found a way to dump Far East of Eden Zero, one of the last ever released Super Nintendo RPGs. They used a kind of trick to defeat the encryption - I suggest to read it on your own :) It's an interesting story and I'd say it was a fantastic idea with a huge time consumption. Thanks to XxAMPxX for the news.
- Opi
MAMu_ Icons for X - I have updated the MAMu_ Icons for X page with the latest MAMu_ icon beta 15 conversions to the X windows system.
- chris
XBoyFriend - XBoyFriend is a Gameboy ROM handler that includes a lot of features, like scannning ROMS and identifying them from lists of known ROMs, transparently handling gzipped ROMs, ability to edit, gzip, rename, check for errors, find duplicate ROMs, and much more.
- chris
Sunday, June 3rd 2001 - Last updated @ 23:20 EST
NesterDC was updated FINALLY. =P If you don't know what this is, it's a NES emulator for the Sega Dreamcast. Here's what's new:
New Features:
- The sound is close to 100% perfect.
- The game menu selection screen has been improved, but there is now a limit of 2048 (with a 128 character limit per name) roms per cd.
- The menu's look much better now, thanks to the artwork of Dave Arnold, who is also the webmaster of nesterdc.emulation64.com/
- Version 3 is noticably faster than Version 2.
- There are new frame skip options.
- If a game exists in the GAMES directory called GAME.NES, NesterDC will skip all intro menu's and run that game. This will lead to single game cd's that feel more like a real NES.
- The source code has been released.
You can download it right here. Thanks to RoundApe for the news.
- dhalamar
Vortendo, an NES emulator written in Visual Basic 6, has been updated to version 1.0.6. This is the emulator to try if you want proof that VB6 can emulate the NES. :) Here's what's new:
Vortendo isn't freeware anymore, read more on the readme file.
Fixed opcode error while playing Excite Bike
Improved support for Mapper #3
Fixed two cpu core bugs, which was unabling 1942 to go over stage 3.
Little speed up on the Double Buffered Video Mode, using a little hack i've learned from ZSNES Source code.
Huge code clean-up, lot of unused crap removed.
A lot of cosmetic changes.
Added Free ROM menu, has requested.
Probably some other little thing i forgotten.
About Vortendo not being freeware anymore, here's a little excerpt from the readme:
Vortendo is NESCartware, what it means ? Means that if you use it and want to registrate you should send me a working NES Cartrigde, normal binary version are still being produced and will be distributed for FREE to non-registred users.
SNESGT v0.01 - A japanese page, hosted right here, a page that houses an NES emulator, a Gameboy emulator, and an SNES emulator. Well, the SNES emulator got updated. I have no idea what's new as I don't know Japanese and I don't feel like translating right now. ;) You can grab it from the official page right here.
- dhalamar
Daedalus v0.07b - the open source Nintendo 64 emulator, Daedalus has been updated. Here's what's new:
Added support for Zilmar's graphics plugin spec.
Fixed OS-HLE bugs that stopped several roms working in v0.06b.
Texture perspective correction is now always enabled (Morloc)
Added internal screenshot capability (press F12 to get a png of the current frame in the dumps directory) (doesn't work with graphics plugins).
Added 1024 x 768 display resolution.
Added status bar (for checking FPS/VIs without debug console). Only works with graphics plugins (as internal graphics code covers status bar).
Optimised RDRAM read/writes.
Optimised dynarec reads.
Added multiple directory support: Daedalus will recurse through the specified directory structure looking for roms.
Added save game folder selection.
Added support for .jap, .pal and .usa extensions on roms.
Virtual Genesis has received it's last update. Version 0.21a has been released, the author doesn't have any more time for it. So go to the official page, download it, give it a run, see if you like it. :)
- dhalamar
ScreenMania Updated - I just finished another update at ScreenMania. Newly online are 50 games and 2 updated ones with a total of 2,767 shots.
The SNES part includes famous games linke Super Mario World (>250 pics), Pilot Wings (159 shots) and an updated Donkey Kong Country (124 new pics). The 2nd part of todays update is Game Boy dedicated and includes Final Fantasy Legend, Mario's Picross, Donkey Kong (the best version - for the Super Game Boy), Kirby's Block Ball and 26 more.
- Opi
RockNESX - Alexandre da Veiga released the second beta of his Windows port of RockNESX.
The battery save is FINALLY working;
The GUI menu item File->Play Selected Rom has been fixed;
Now RockNES X stores the roms list in a file rocklist.dat), so it do not need to search for your 5000 roms every time the emu is started :)
The way screenshots are named has changed. Now, the screenshots are automatically saved as romname 0.bmp, romname 1.bmp... romname N.bmp. It is not needed to change the slot to save different shots during the gameplay. Using the old system (slots), you could save up to 10 shots per game. Now this number has been increased to 2 billion :)
WOW - the last screenshot thingy was MY WISH ! Thanks a bunch Alexandre, now I have to check out the readme if he also implemented a remap function for "F12" :) Thanks to James Zhang for the email :)
- Opi
MagicEngine v0.98 Test Release - David Michel and his brother Cédric released new Macintosh and Windows versions of MagicEngine - their famous PC Engine/TG-16 emulator.
About the Windows release :"this version fixes a bug in the PCM emulation. PCM sounds were not always played in CD-ROM games, now it should be ok. :)" - And about the Macintosh : "We have also tweaked again the CD-ROM code in the Mac version, but this probably won't make any change - as usual... :( But we still have good news, an user reported us a quick way to bypass this problem (Thanks Steve!). :) If you replace the Mac CD/DVD extension (v1.4) in MacOS 9.x by an older version (v1.2) of this extension from MacOS 8.x, the problem won't be present and everything should work fine".
- Opi
Spectrum Tape Flood - Gilby informed us about another major update he did recently at .TZX Vault :
"Just thought I'd let you know that 109 tape images have been added to the vault tonight. Quite a few are re-dumps of speedlock tapes using the new speedlock numbering system plus the usual rarities and a few Soft Lock games recently dumped by Andrew Barker of World Of Spectrum (WOS) fame!!"
- Opi
StretchMAME32 Beta 15 - smame's great alternative MAME version StretchMAME32 has got a new URL, please update your bookmarks to http://stretchmame.mameworld.net. Next and certainly more interesting is the new beta 15 release, which adds the following new stuff to StretchMAME32 :
Based on official MAME 0.37 beta 15
Added Street Fighter Zero 3 (Japan 980629)
Added Super Street Fighter 2 X: Grand Master Challenge (Japan 940223)
WinUAE 0.8.16 Release 4 - Heya ! Great news :) The WinUAE-team is still at it. 0.8.16 Release 4 is now the most recent release.
FIXED: 50Hz/60Hz switching (B.C. Kid) works again. (Toni Wilen)
FIXED: Various Picasso96 issues. (Bernd Roesch)
FIXED: F11 should be '\' again.
ADDED: .GZ support in floppy dialog. (Timothy Roughton, aka Inner)
CHANGED: Tweaked the sound-code yet again, hopefully will be less choppy.
CHANGED: Tweaked the exception-handling code for JIT. (Bernie Meyer)
REMOVED: icon1.ico from the source-code archive.
Thanks to James Maurice Battle for the notification :) Now to the other missing news.
- Opi
Saturday, June 2nd 2001 - Last updated @ 18:07 EST
Coming soon... - A certain videogame museum has some rather large plans... Something big, something flashy, something spiffy, and not... uh... "crappy" like most of the things like it you see. Something that will appeal to just about everyone, and definately going overboard by a hell of a lot (in a good way). Wait and see. :)
- dhalamar
Kaillera Client v0.84 - The client software for Kaillera has been updated. Here's what's new:
- 0.83 required windows98/2000. this one doesn't.
- non working MAME games are no more selectable in "create game" popup
- game list is now internally copied in kaillera DLL in kailleraSetInfos
- you can now request game infos by right clicking into the games list! thanks to mame.dk
- fixed some little crash bugs.
ZX Advance gets a new home - There's a ZX Spectrum emulator for the Gameboy Advance (yes, you read that right) called ZX Advance, and it is now hosted over at Emulators Unlimited. You can go to the newly hosted site by pointing the mouse right here and clicking. Thanks to Fox for the E-Mail. :)
- dhalamar
EMULoader Beta 34 - Need a frontend for the new WinMAME? Well, the awesome MAME frontend EMULoader has been updated to beta 4, and supports WinMAME. Head on over to the official page for more information than I can post here and the downloads. :) Thanks to Erik for the news.
- dhalamar
Friday, June 1st 2001 - Last updated @ 18:32 EST
ZSNES v1.29 - And again ! Hipp hipp hurra :) ZSNES v1.29 is out. I really love open source emus :)
Implemented triple buffering in full screen mode (Huge thanks to whatabubba for his help on this and cleaning up the code) [whatabubba, pagefault]
Fixed top 8 lines being invisible of FFMQ [zsKnight]
Optimised DirectDraw code some more giving a 10-15% speed increase [pagefault]
Fixed black screen when switching windows [pagefault]
Improved loading and shutdown time [pagefault]
Rock 'N Roll Racing is working again [zsKnight]
Fixed Lennus 2's sprites [zsKnight]
Almost figured out Wizardry 4's rom format. It seems like this game was incorrectly dumped so everything in it is out of order. [zsKnight]
Final Fight 2 is working again [zsKnight]
Vsync option now works in triple buffering mode [pagefault]
Now shows minimize window animation when minimizing [pagefault]
Fixed mouse pointer under full screen mode [kode54]
New ZSNES icon in Windows port (Thanks for all your entries) [enigMa]
Gens, a Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.99. Here's what's new:
Kaillera client updated to version 0.83
* Kaillera implementation is different, Gens can now start even if the kailleraclient DLL is not present.
* Window split fixed.
* Z80 cycles timing modified.
* Load/save state improved.
* Vietnamese menu translation added.
* minors bugs fixed.
Games fixed :
- Dragon Ball Z (window split)
- Tecmo Cup Football (team name displaying)
- Olympic Gold Barcelona 92 (broken in gens v0.95)
FPSE (Free Playstation Emulator) has been updated to version 0.09. I've heard that this release is pretty damn good, so head on over to the official page to get more info, download it, check out the rest of the site, all that good stuff. I just got done downloading it so I'm off to give it a try. :)
- dhalamar
Kaillera, the MAME netplay addon (along with some other emulators) has been updated to version 0.83. Here's a list of changes:
- plays "join.wav" when someone enters game.
- also, window explorer caption will "flash" when someone enters game.
- added message in chat window to notify when player drop out of a game.
- smame added a LOT of stuff into the mame version:
- Disabled DIP switches.
- Disabled state saving.
- Disabled Keyboard while chatting.
- Removed '3/4 Players for Kaillera' version. Instead of them, regular version setting is changed to 3/4 players with network game.
- Added new Kaillera chat feature with IME support.
- Customizable chat button. Default key is 'T'.
- 'Y' moves chat message from the bottom to the top of the screen, or vice versa.
- Added NEOGEO Test Switch support.
- Fixed the NEOGEO desync problem
- yay!
You can head on over to the Kaillera homepage for the downloads and more info. Thanks to Guyfawkes for the news. :)
- dhalamar
ClrMAME Pro has been updated to version 2.14, here's what's new:
added: advanced fix missing is back :o)
added: change path button for settings window
added: copy single-set-messages to clipboard (popup menu)
fixed: issue with unneeded zip subfolders (bad cfh caused removal of zip)
fixed: rebuilder issue (rebuilding files with illegal date/time entries)
fixed: profiler sometimes re-saved settings for deleted dats
misc: small rebuilder speedup
misc: when 'start with profiler' is disbled, cmpro loads the last used profile. (if anything goes wrong or an update was found you'll see the profiler...)
misc: zipscanner finds zipfiles which only contains empty zipfolder entries.
misc: rebuilding sets with illegal time/dates will fix them
misc: listed clone-rom-messages have a different textcolor (changeable in the popupmenu)
misc: compiling zlib source not linking zlib.lib :o)
misc: illegal file time/date stamps will be fixed before adding to an archive
misc: improved 'get data from exe' (should work now on all systems..hopefully)
misc: new def. x/y pos for scanner windows (so both should be visible)
Rob's RomCenter Stuff - Rob van der Drift posted some new of his RomCenter "Cowering GoodTOOL conversions" as well as a datfile for visual pinmame tables (former work by Logiqx).
- Opi
ROCKNES X v2.0 beta1 - The recently announced new RockNESX beta is online. Alexandre da Veiga's Windows port of Fx3's famous NES emulator has gone through some major changes. Most of the emulators code has been rewritten. New in this release are :
Netplay support (TCP/IP, IPX, serial, modem), ZIP support, rewritten sound core, joystick bugs smashed, better screenshot support, scanlines mode now much faster, bilinear filtering via hardware and much more. Note : you'll need DirectX 8 to run this emu.
WOW - I played some rounds of Mario and Bucky O'Hare and I dare to say ROCKNES X v2.0 is an impressive new toy. The scanline + stretch graphics mode is really awesome :) And the annoying sound delay is finally gone too ! Windows using NES fans will surely love Alexandre's great gift :) Thanks to James Zhang for the email.
- Opi
