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Wednesday, March 31, 1999

Various
(posted by Zoop - 16:37)
 
Charles Mac Donald has moved his site to Emulation Camp. He is the author of SMSPlus, a Sega 8-bit emulator for DOS, and is also part of the MESS team (currently working on a PC Engine driver for it). His site also features technical information about the Sega System 24, as well as the boot ROM. 68000 hackers and emulators authors may be interested in them, and hopefully this system will be emulated one day :-)

Master System
(posted by Zoop - 16:31)
 
I have updated Meka homepage with recorded Phantasy Star YM2413 musics. The YM2413 is an additionnal chipset included in Japanese systems, and some games take advantage of it (including the Japanese version of Phantasy Star). As Meka emulate this processor, you can expect to hear this kind of things on the version to be released on Saturday.

Site
(posted by lilac - 14:29)
 
Not much has been happening this week except a flood of new MAME betas (we usually don't report on betas, only the finals.) However some big news is happening at Daves Classics. Seems UGO may be getting sued for hosting ROMs so they may have yanked Daves from thier server until the litigation is resolved. JoseQ of EmuViews hypothesises that this is an early April Fools Day joke, but I doubt it.

Sunday, March 28, 1999

Turbo-Grafx 16 / PC Engine
(posted by lilac - 21:51)
 
After almost a month without any TG16/PCE news to report on, Jamsponge and Mr. Kipling return with a new beta of HU6280 for Windows which features assembly language cpu core emulation. Thanks to UNAE for the news.

Various
(posted by Zoop - 11:12)
 
I hope there was not many people monitoring the news yesterday. I spent the day working on Meka's interface, but there are still some major sound bugs to fix. The emulator will be released on April 3 - or maybe someone want a version without sound ? :-)

Johan Fitié has released a new version of Come Back 64, his Commodore 64 emulator for DOS (to be ported to Windows soon). As the homepage is a big mess, I wasn't able to find any informations about what's new in this version. Sources are included in the package, for those who are interested.

Links: Homepage - Come Back 64 v0.99 [208 kb]

Saturday, March 27, 1999
Emulation Camp's 2nd Birthday :)

Site
(posted by Zoop - 12:39)
 
Two years anniversary today! The site was first opened as Master System Camp on March 27, 1997, then was announced on Node 99 (the best emulation site at the time). It was two years ago that I released my first Master System rom - it was Ghostbusters. Well, I'm glad that we're still here after two years, and I wish to thanks every visitors for their support.

I am currently working on finalizing Meka to be able to release it today. So be sure to check this page again, you may find a surprise here. Back to work..

Master System
(posted by Shion - 12:18)
 
Yes, we've done it again- we've gone and released another new SMS rom! This time, it's Power Strike 2 (the sequel to Power Strike, a well-known shooter). With its superb graphics and sound, and fast pace, it's an excellent play. Thanks, as always, to Yakmo, for his crucial help. Okay, enough of my waffling on- click the pic below and get your copy now!

Friday, March 26, 1999

Game Boy
(posted by lilac - 20:00)
 
Rejoice, for DBoy has been updated to version 0.47. I assume this release fixes bugs that appear while emulating the latest Game Boy ROM dumps.

Links: Homepage - DBoy 0.47 [80 kb]

Playstation
(posted by lilac - 15:53)
 
After all the negative e-mails the bleem! team recieved after the last demo, they decided to release a better version. This new build has color movies, improved compatibility, and is slightly faster. The three previous Japanese, American, and European versions have also been consolidated into a single "World" version. The full version of bleem! currently costs $24.95.

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Translations
(posted by Zoop - 20:51)
 
We are not dead (yet). And Emulation Camp's two years anniversary should be celebrated on the 27th March. Oh well, TransBRC has just moved to our server. TransBRC is a translation group (well, I do not know if "group" is the right word, as Blibber seems to be the only one in it :-), and some of their (his) patches includes Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z (for NES), Gameboy Wars Turbo and Gameboy Wars 2 (for Super / Color Gameboy) and Nectaris (a nice one from Hudson Soft). Be sure to check the following link if you are interested in translations.

Link: TransBRC

Wednesday, March 24, 1999

Various
(posted by Raven - 03:10)
 
Well, now that Jim and Spinner 8 have quit, that kinda makes me wonder about myself. I love updating here and all, but I know I'm slowly dying here and I know i can't keep up with all the other emu sites. Therefore, I have decided to step down myself. I will still be around in the emu scene though. Thanks for the fun, guys. :)

Tuesday, March 23, 1999

Various
(posted by Raven - 18:31)
 
Now I have some bad news for you...Jim Pragit of EMU News World has decided to shut down. On the flip side, he has a new full-time job as a programmer, but the drive is kind of far for him back and forth (2 hrs, 30 mins per day). So now he is limited for time and this was his decision. Good luck at your new job Jim; You will be missed.

Various
(posted by Zoop - 16:48)
 
I have good news for you: a new version of MESS, the portable multi-console emulator, should be released shortly! No update was released since a while, but this one is gonna rock! The following systems will be added: ZX Spectrum 48k, Atari 7800 (remember Pole Position?), PC compatible (MDA, CGA and Tandy, to play your old games at a correct speed), RA+A Spectrum I+ and TI-994a (never heard of this one myself..). Other changes will includes improved Nintendo, Master System and Apple 2 emulation, as well as all program changes that were included in versions of MAME released in the past few months (assuming the code will be synched before the release).

Translation
(posted by Spinner 8 - 7:23)
 
Hey guys! If you didn't know, I quit Emucamp about a week and a half ago. :) I just realized I hadn't told anyone except the staff here, so now it's even more official than it was! And as a parting gift, here's a couple completed translations.

RPGe just released their third complete translation! Magic Knight Rayearth is a really really cool RPG, especially if you watch the anime. Fuu's the best, don't let anyone tell you different! :) This is only the fourth complete SNES RPG translation, and it looks excellent. A big thanks goes out to Lina-chan and everyone else at RPGe!

Also, Alex W. Jackson just finished up his translation of Final Fantasy 3 for NES. This should be at 100% now, and there's also a neat little mini-manual in the readme, describing all the classes. There's no official homepage, so you'll have to get it here at Emucamp. And no, it wasn't leaked :P

That's all. Bye! For translation news, you can go to RPG Dimension, or you can go to SitC if you're desperate. ;)

Monday, March 22, 1999

Chat
(posted by Raven - 16:50)
 
Here's something new for all you emu freaks out there...If you look at the left side, you can see that there is a new option. Java Chat! :) This is where lilac and I spend most of our time when we're online. But don't think you have to go there just to talk to us...you can go there to chat about anything. That's all we do anyway :)

P.S. If you're running Internet Explorer, go here to set it up for use with our client.

Super Nintendo
(posted by Raven - 14:55)
 
This would have been updated sooner, but I have been gone for the weekend. SNES9x has been updated to version 1.18e. Just a minor update on Kreed's Interpolation routines. I uploaded the newest source so all my Linux freaks out there can compile their own version. :)

Links: Homepage - SNES9x 1.18e for DOS [358 kb] - SNES9x 1.18e source [446 kb]

PlayStation
(posted by Raven - 14:40)
 
WOOHOO! A NEW Bleem! version has been released! BUT, there is no sound (except for CD audio), Direct3D, 3DNow!/MMX, or memory card support, the videos are still in black and white, and the piracy protection coding has been implemented. Good thing there are three separate versions for that fix, eh? Also, you can pre-order Bleem! from their homepage (link is below).

Sunday, March 21, 1999

PlayStation
(posted by lilac - 02:14)
 
The crew over at Emu24x finally got the go-ahead to release the last beta of PSyKe. This version is half a year old, but adds XA sound support to one of the finest emulators of 1998. Also, Shion added a Playstation emulator page to go along with my Playstation demo page. Go check them both out in the Files & Goodies section.

Links: Homepage - PSyKe 0.20 Final [354 kb]

Saturday, March 20, 1999

Genesis / Mega Drive
(posted by lilac - 17:46)
 
Pepe has informed us of a new version of st0rm, a Genesis emulator for DOS written by David Sánchez Primo.

Links: Homepage - st0rm 0.10 beta [246 kb]

Game Boy
(posted by lilac - 02:27)
 
DBoy has been updated again. Version 0.46 this time around so pick it up for another guess at what's new.

Links: Homepage - DBoy 0.46 [80 kb]

Master System
(posted by Shion - 01:55)
 
Not exactly an emulation-related post, but SMS fans should be pleased to know that SMS Zone, an Emucamp-hosted Master System site, has been updated considerably (with a new look among other things) for the first time in nearly three months, with much more regular updates promised from now on.

Link: SMS Zone

Friday, March 19, 1999

Neo-Geo
(posted by Zoop - 17:33)
 
As promised, a new version of NeoGEM was just released ! This version can be considered as a major update, since sound and music (preliminary) emulation was added, even supporting bankswitching of the Z80 memory (used in Metal Slug 1 and 2). Other changes includes high-score saving, ZIP support, auto frame-skipping, and the usual bug fixes. Get it while it's hot!

Link: NeoGEM 0.22 [351 kb]

Duel
(posted by Shion - 11:38)
 
As many times as Zoop has asked me to, I've never added news related to the Duel, the seldom-mentioned (but very cool) section of Emucamp where you can defend the systems you like and bash the ones you hate, as much as you like (and in spite of what some people seem to think, that isn't what the messageboard is for...). So, here's what I've got for you today: a new submission in the portables duel, arguing that the Nomad is the best, and one in the next generation systems duel, supporting the Saturn. Like to have your say? Well, you just visit the duels now ;)

Link: The Duel

Thursday, March 18, 1999

Neo Geo
(posted by Zoop - 21:07)
 
For those who are still waiting for a fast (not MAME, heh) Neo Geo emulator with sound, you will be served. From what I've heard (thanks going to Rikin Cadenas), a new version of Neo Gem should be released very soon, with full sound emulation, and preliminary musics. Also, it has been confirmed that King of Fighters '98 will runs on a P-233 with 64 megabytes of RAM and sound enabled. Stay tuned for more informations !

Nintendo
(posted by Zoop - 21:03)
 
Even more screenshots and informations were posted on RockNES homepage: the code for three mappers (21, 25, 32) was rewritten / fixed, and another bug in Super Mario Bros 3 (the only good game on NES at my opinion :-) was fixed.

Wednesday, March 17, 1999

Game Boy
(posted by Raven - 15:18)
 
I happened to run across a translation of what all is new in the new DBoy on Yencu's homepage. Here's what's new:
  • Fixed a little only = BeatMania is a color, a tempo isn't disordered. But, as for the frame, the display is odd.
    •

    Tuesday, March 16, 1999

    Game Boy
    (posted by Raven - 19:12)
     
    DBoy has been updated to version 0.45b. Of course we can't read Japanese, so if anyone can give a translation let us know :) Thanks to Zophar's Domain for the news.

    Links: DBoy Homepage - DBoy 0.45b [80 kb]

    Nintendo
    (posted by Zoop - 16:47)
     
    Fx3 has posted some screenshots of games that will be playable in next version of RockNES. These includes Battletoads & Double Dragon, RC Pro AM (and it's sequel) as well as Ghostbusters. Since all of these games uses already emulated mappers, the thing that was improved is PPU emulation.

    Game Boy
    (posted by lilac - 01:22)
     
    Martin Korth has updated NO$GMB again:

    "Whoops, the last update crashed Game & Watch Gallery 2, and possibly some other CGB games as well, uploaded a last-minute bugfix :-) called version 2.1a."

    Monday, March 15, 1999

    ROMs
    (posted by lilac - 17:00)
     
    I added some more Game Boy and Turbo-Grafx 16 (known as PC Engine in Japan) demos today. I'll be updating the other ROM sections throughout the week as well.

    Frontends
    (posted by Zoop - 16:36)
     
    Christian Schaefers has just moved his homepage to Emulation Camp. He is the author of two frontends for Windows: Master Front (for BrSMS) and Z-Type (for Z26). If you are bored dealing with infamous command lines to play these two emulators, then be sure to try Christian's frontends.

    Game Boy
    (posted by lilac - 05:01)
     
    Another Dboy update from BouKiChi. (I need someone to e-mail me what's new everytime a new version comes out so I can report what is new.)

    Links: Homepage - DBoy 0.45a [80 kb]

    Sunday, March 14, 1999

    Game Boy
    (posted by lilac - 23:12)
     
    Martin Korth has returned to the emulation scene witha new version of his cutting-edge Game Boy emualtor, NO$GMB. As with all previous versions, the list of whats new is huge:
  • emudetail: removed stupid ADDCYCLE at int48 calculation (already at get_ly)
  • emudetail: fixed interrupt execution clk cycles
  • emudetail: fixed user generated interrupts (diag)
  • emudetail: particulary emulated timings for CGB's new DMA transfers
  • emudetail: emulates interrupts caused at display enable (diag)
  • emufix: don't know how, but obviously fixed a bug a while ago (smurfs / sgb)
  • emudetail: emulated old gmb's stat-write-during-blanking-bug (roadrash,zerd)
  • emudetail: emulated all possible 2048 DAA BCD situations (patriek lesparre)
  • emudetail: improved linked machine switch / prev_intcount
  • link: fixed very silly linking-bug with console type 'standard gameboy'
  • lcd detail: removed some flickering non-updated lines (bugs life intro)
  • speedup: fixed alignment bug in VALS data, keeping snap backwards compatiblity
  • speedup: several code/data alignment adjusts in lcd pack
  • loadrom: speeded up lame cartridge checksum calculation procedure (big roms)
  • loadrom: allows to exit by pressing ALT+X during no$gmb startup/cart loading
  • screenshot function: saves CGB poppy colors if emulation is setup to this mode
  • screenshot function: PRINT SCREEN/SYS REQ hotkey
  • background: removed more or less ugly commercial licence background option
  • GUS: disabled midi irqs and removed all midi dummy code
  • GUS: fixed ULTRASND interpretation for two digit IRQ values other than "11"
  • GUS: less aggresive GUS detection (no SCSI conflicts with nintendo's ROM emu)
  • stereo sound: fixed dirt noise, one day with a stereo card helped :-)
  • soundblaster: should also support possibly even worse IRQs 11..15
  • soundblaster: should support remapped IRQ 9 used by some plug and play craps
  • sound: defaults to SB stereo instead SB mono
  • performance indicator: value displayed on friendly transparent background
  • performance indicator: new option for display only if value <> 100%
  • cgb header id: also recognizes new C0h (cgb only) and undocumented values
  • auto frameskip: made it more accurate on whoosh button and emu re-start
  • readme/help: added disclaimer 'expect that everybody knows copyright blabla'
  • sgb delays: new ignore-only-if-transfer-occured option (flashing game titles)
  • mbc1: fully emulated these extra rombank bits (bomberman quest)
  • timing: increased LY lookahead from 4 to 6 (robocop 2)
  • doskey: saves old inputs to file NO$GMB.INP (can be disabled in debug setup)
  • doskey: old input buffer doesn't waste entries for identical inputs
  • screenshot names: 'debug' options: filemenu, cartname and incrementing numbers
  • sample.wav: fixed upper word of rat2 in header (was buggy for 44kHz stereo)
  • memory: added best fit strategy, maybe it helps, maybe it messes up...
  • debug screen: redraws hwinfo background past arj/zip-calls (50/60 line split)
  • cgb-xdebug: inavailable palette RAM still updates index (harvest moon)
  • debugger: fixed memchange breaks (n:nnnn)! in bankable CGB ram areas
  • debugger: clks counter in F10-hardware screen (reset-able in debug popup menu)
  • a22i: made the ':' in 'label:db/dw n[,n,n,n]' lines optionally
  • a22i: added .norewrite directive (overwrite old file, keep data at it's end)
  • a22i: added autostart (on succesful assembly with load-to-.mem directive)
  • a22i: supported ld (c),a and ld a,(c) additionally to ldh (c) and in/out (c)
  • a22i: replaced .BIN extension by gameboy .GMB extension (except in .z80 mode)
  • a22i: new 'numeric' format for easy 4 color sprite definitions (dithered chrs)
  • a22i: supports multiplying and dividing values without forward references
  • a22i: recognizes 80x86 style [] brackets as alias for Z80 style () brackets
  • a22i: fixed a small label bug (didn't accept some lables like r_scroll)
  • a22i: added .rom and .ram directives for RAM data structure definitions
  • a22i: fixed relative out of range error message (that produced dirt messages)
  • a22i-ex: re-enabled .z80 instructions and fixed small .cpc header bug
  • and sometimes, happy hamster visits ALL registered users There is also a new "lite" version available that does not have the often confusing debugger, however this only works if you are a registered user and have the registration key.

    • Emerson Arcadia
    (posted by Zoop - 20:41)
     
    Something that I wanted to be done a while ago.. a Emerson Arcadia Roms section was finally added to Emulation Camp ! The section contains all dumped roms (twenty-one), including the recently found Crazy Gobler (a Pacman clone), released in 1982.

    Saturday, March 13, 1999

    Arcade
    (posted by Zoop - 23:37)
     
    Barry Rodewald has just released a fourth beta version of GalEMU 0.40, his multi-arcade emulator for PC. So far only the DOS and Windows versions were updated, but I guess the Linux one will follow soon. Changes in this version includes support for three new games: Devil Fish, Space Battle (a clone of the un-spellable Japanese IREM game) and the bootleg version of Galaxians. Also, various bugs were fixed (Galaxian X title screen is now correct), and slow PC users should notice a speed increase.

    Links: Homepage - GalEMU 0.40b4 for DOS [213 kb] - for Windows [237 kb]

    Nintendo
    (posted by lilac - 21:57)
     
    Fx3 and friends have fixed up RockNES some more, fixing the load/save states and reset problems. Thanks to FnM for the news!

    Links: Homepage - RockNES 0.74 [248 kb]

    Game Boy
    (posted by lilac - 04:16)
     
    After a short recess BouKiChi has gotten back on the job and is churning out yet another version of DBoy. I'm not sure what advantages 0.45 have - perhaps Rumble Pack emulation which was also recently added to Marat Fayzullin's Virtual Game Boy.

    Links: Homepage - DBoy 0.45 [79 kb]

    Thursday, March 11, 1999

    Site
    (posted by lilac - 23:51)
     
    Zoop informs me our messageboard is finally working again, so drop by and voice your opinions if you've got nothing else to do.

    Link: Messageboard

    Super Nintendo
    (posted by Raven - 13:37)
     
    SNES9x 1.18d GUI for DOS has been released. Changes include:
    • Added Background Selector
    • Fixed up some code
    • Fixed the problem of not clearing the memory when loading a new rom!
    • Added Kreed's Interpolation routines (replaces TVMode for now)
     P.S. I'm still looking for some good distros of Linux or anything. If you have a recommendation, give me a mail.

    Sega Master System / Game Gear
    (posted by Raven - 13:22)
     
    BrSMS 1.18.2 has been released to the public. I imagine you already know that registration for this emu is free, but if you didn't, e-mail the registration file back to Ricardo and you're set! :)

    Wednesday, March 10, 1999

    SC-3000
    (posted by Zoop - 21:07)
     
    I have just posted a new SC-3000 rom on Meka homepage: the Sega Basic Level 2, with Japanese support. Click on the following link to get it.

    Tuesday, March 9, 1999

    ROMs
    (posted by lilac - 23:14)
     
    I just posted a new Gameboy demo ROM called "Ash" which is basically just a sprite of Ash from the Pokémon games. Of course, it's only one of 105 Gameboy demos here at EmuCamp. And we have many more ROMs for other systems as well, so drop by the Files & Goodies section and see what we've got!

    Link: Ash [4 kb]

    Game Gear
    (posted by Zoop - 18:27)
     
    Taskforce of Magic Translations has just released one of the most awaited patch: a Phantasy Star Gaiden complete english translation ! For those who doesn't know, Phantasy Star Gaiden is a rare game released for Game Gear, in Japan only. If you want to know more about it, be sure to read the documentation. Enjoy!

    Monday, March 8, 1999

    Interview
    (posted by Zoop - 22:38)
     
    Secain of the SNES Emulation Centre has just published a great interview with Dylan Cuthbert, who is noone but one of the guys behing Star Fox (one the only Super Nintendo games that doesn't work correctly under emulators :-). Be sure to check it out!

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 4:01)
     
    TransBRC just finished up its translation for Gameboy Wars 2, one of those evil Gameboy Color games. Everything should be complete, but be sure to email TransBRC if something's left out.

    Master System
    (posted by Shion - 00:14)
     
    Christian Schaefers has released MasterFront 1.0, a Windows frontend for BrSMS.
    "Using MasterFront 1.0, it's very easy to browse through your collection of ROM images, configuring every single aspect of the emulator, and handling all important file operations such as launch, open, rename and delete. It has been never easier to play and organize your SMS- and GG-ROM's."

    Site
    (posted by Shion - 00:13)
     
    You may or may not know of Sid the Cow's ROMPaks, a site where you could download easy-to-install SNES roms and goodies. Well, the site has made a comeback- there aren't many packs there yet, but new ones are released all the time, and the packs include hints, cheats, and instructions. Plus, they're self-installing- handy if you're new to emulators, or just don't like the hassle of doing it manually.

    Sunday, March 7, 1999

    Game Boy
    (posted by lilac - 17:20)
     
    Marat Fayzullin has updated a few Virtual Game Boy ports to version 1.5. Updated ports include FreeBSD, OSF/1, Solaris, and Windows, with other operating system ports on the way. Here's whats new:
    • Implemented correct GameBoy hardware reset
    • Added emulation state saving/loading
    • Added Rumble Pack emulation
    • Added working HuC3 emulation
    • Added some explanations to builtin help page
    • Corrected GameBoy clock timings
    • Corrected LCD state transitions
    • Improved VRAM->SGB copy routine and its timing
    • Fixed SGB frame color #0 (Pocket Monsters Blue)
    • Fixed SGB FILL FRAME function (King Of Fighters 96)
    • Fixed SGB CHRGEN transfer function (Shanghai Pocket)
    • Added speed control to VGB-Unix
    • Small speed up in CGB emulation in VGB-Windows
    • Fixed sound balance in VGB-Windows
    • Fixed joystick support in VGB-Windows
    • Corrected several errors in the documentation
    Rumble Pack emulation? Hmm.. sounds like fun...

    Links: Homepage - VGB 1.5 for FreeBSD [382 kb] - VGB 1.5 for OSF/1 [455 kb] - VGB 1.5 for Solaris [388 kb]

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 9:39)
     
    Two new translations by The Spoony Bard (also known as Hello Tabo, formerly known as Toma)!! They're a couple of really weird platform games, called Naughty Kokkun's Gourmet World (NES) and Momotaro Thunderbolt (GB). Naughty Kokkun's Gourmet World is the same game as Panic Restaurant, by the way. These two are both complete, except for the title and credits on Momotaro Thunderbolt! Have fun with these!

    Site
    (posted by lilac - 04:33)
     
    Jim Pragit has finally given his emualtion news site, Emu News, a very long awaited visual overhaul. Rechristened as Emu News World this site looks much better than its old plain appearance. Jim intends to add more in-depth sections in the next few weeks as well.

    Saturday, March 6, 1999

    PC Engine
    (posted by Zoop - 21:19)
     
    We weren't covering DarcNES since a few weeks. Well, the emulator is still being updated, and the latest version (released yesterday) fixes even more bugs in the 6280 CPU and PC Engine hardware emulation. As usual, only the sources are available, and the pre-compiled DOS port should be available later.

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 15:41)
     
    Just released twenty minutes ago! Damn I'm good. :) Dragoon-X Translations went ahead and released a beta of their Deep Dungeon 4 (NES) translation. According to the readme, everything is translated, but some parts may not work, particularly in battles. Just keep in mind that this IS a beta, and a complete patch shouldn't be too far off.

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 14:52)
     
    A new group has formed, calling themselves Square's Translation [sic] and mostly comprised of former Transrelic members who were sick of waiting around for Lash. :) Along with Transrelic's projects of Treasure Hunter G (SNES) and Rudra's Treasure (SNES), work has also begun on Live A Live (SNES). Obviously, this is a very ambitious group, and hopefully we'll see all these projects finished, as so far they're off to a great start! Preliminary patches for Rudra's Treasure and Live A Live have been released, so be sure to check those out!

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 14:40)
     
    Another Deep Dungeon 3 patch from ShadowSlayerX! The official homepage only states the changes as "lot more improved," and there's no readme in the zip, but Dave says that it's 75% complete. Judge for yourself, and download the rom from the homepage provided. :)

    Friday, March 5, 1999

    Nintendo 64
    (posted by Puyolin - 09:57)
     
    Hey there! I'm still alive ;) ... A brand new Nintendo 64 emulator has debuted, called Sunset. I actually thought this was the "next generation" emulator everyone was talking about way back when, before UltraHLE hit the scene. Heh... Info straight from the homepage:

    Sunset is a Nintendo 64 emulator that currently has a crippled beta released. The purpose of the crippled beta is to show our 'intent', and nothing more. This release cannot run games, and the full release is not scheduled for any time soon, but it will be able to play games.

    So, what is Sunset capable of, Hmm? Look at the status page and the compatability page. This emulator is ranking very high on the charts, but it is definitely not the highest. RDP and RSP are into what I call 'maturity' and dynarec (dynamic recompilization) is FAST! (And I can still speed it up.)

    I haven't yet posted a copy here because the homepage has a disclaimer (agree/disagree thingy). But you can get it at the link below.

    Neo Geo
    (posted by Zoop - 08:00)
     
    _iceball_ was kind enough to send us an english translation of DePam's documentation (as the original one were in Spanish). You can get it at the following link.

    Neo Geo
    (posted by Zoop - 05:20)
     
    Der Pepe has just released his long awaited Neo Geo CD emulator. So far this is the first *working* emulator for this machine (which is basically the same as Neo Geo, but you can play original games on CD). The documentations are in Spanish, so I cannot say a lot about the emulator. All I can tell you is that the emulator use the MSCDEX interface, and CD-Rip won't work, "que los emuladores no son warez, joder!". Even a non-spanish reader should understand, and I agree with the author :-)

    Link: DePam "Alpha-Teaser" [375 kb]

    Site
    (posted by Zoop - 03:39)
     
    We experienced some problems with the site yesterday, as the guys at Emulation World were upgrading. Everything should be back to normal now.

    Cool Stuff
    (posted by Zoop - 03:37)
     
    I received several e-mails concerning the Sonic Serie/Anime. Let me quote some of them:

    "Sonic Underground is a new Sonic animated series which is now aired (i believe only) in France for now, but should make its way to the US in the near future (I hope, I hope). That screenshot and mpeg were both taken from this page, where you can get the full story: Sonic Underground Pictures (the page isn't mine). Also, those 26 Sonic "anime" episodes aren't from a Sonic "anime", rather they're from the Sonic ABC Saturday morning cartoon series that was aired from 1992(3?)-1995. They're still a gret watch though. Heh, you can tell I'm a Sonic nut, right :)"

    -Racewing

    "Someone's probably already told you this, but I do remember the series. It was shown here in America on ABC (American Broadcasting Company, now owned by Disney, and therefore, incapable of showing anything worth watching anymore) on Saturday mornings back in about 1992. Or something close to that. There's another cheesier and more children oriented Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon out there, produced by Sega itself. Don't even bother finding it. It's worthless."

    -Paul Blake

    Well, I think that's enough for you to understand. Again, thanks to all of you who e-mailed me about this, and sorry for the late answers, I was testing my new cable-modem :-)

    Master System
    (posted by Zoop - 17:20)
     
    Meka homepage has just moved to a new address. Be sure to check it and update your bookmark!

    Thursday, March 4, 1999

    Cool Stuff
    (posted by Zoop - 22:25)
     
    Tuxedo Ramen just e-mailed me the address of a site that offers 26 completes episodes of the Sonic Anime. Beware, the files are about 15 megabytes each (cool, I'm getting my cable-modem tomorrow :-)

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 22:13)
     
    Thanks to Deep Space, you too can know what's new in PiR2's new Final Fantasy 3 (SNES) French Translation! New stuff includes: "some enemy names (±10%), the beginning of the introduction of the game, and some specific texts appearing during combat scenes (±5%)."

    Cool Stuff
    (posted by Zoop - 19:26)
     
    A found a nice extract from Sonic Underground (a TV serie) on the Swedish Seganet. Click on the picture to view it (if you browser support Mpeg. If not, right-click and save the file somewhere on your hard drive).

    Voices are in french, and judging by the bottom logo, it is a recent serie. Anyone knowed it's existence ? A while ago, I remember having seing a serie with Mario and Link (the guy in Zelda)..

    Misc. News
    (posted by nIRV - 07:55)
     
    This day will probably stay in the memory of tons of people around the world. First of all, ROMLIST decided to retire themselves. Both Org2 and Aracorn decided that they should turn the page and jump to something else. I wish them luck in anything they want to do now and ROMLIST will certainly be missed from everyone.

    The second departure is RealityMan from UltraHLE. He also decided to leave the emulation scene to work on other things. If you want to read the full statement, just follow the second link of this update. Again, I wish RealityMan the very best for his life.

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 8:51)
     
    PiR2, also known as "that guy who should be doing the translations here :P," has put out a new version of his English-to-French translation of Final Fantasy 3 (SNES). I can't read French, so I can't tell you what's new. :(

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 8:42)
     
    Gaijin Productions has released a small follow-up to their complete Rainbow Silkroad (NES) translation. Nothing has changed except for a text file in the zip warning NESticle users of a possible crash bug.

    Translation
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 8:32)
     
    The ever-busy TransBRC has released an update to its already-complete translation of DragonBall for NES. New in this release is a MUCH-improved font and a mapper change, so it's supported by the new LoopyNES.

    Nintendo
    (posted by Spinner 8 - 8:21)
     
    There's a new "secret" beta for LoopyNES! Remember how you could get a new version a while ago by clicking on the "L" in "LoopyNES"? Well, there's another one, just released. As far as I can tell, the only reason that Loopy released a new one is so that it runs Dragonball now. :) If progress continues, LoopyNES can easily become the best NES emulator around.

    Atari ST
    (posted by nIRV - 05:00)
     
    I guess I forgot to mention this in my update. A new version of TOSBOX is out. This beta, as said on the homepage, is not yet fully tested and you have to be familiar with TOSBOX to use this new version. The new release focuses on speed, compatibility, video modes, etc. Be sure to check this out. Since this version is not an official one, I will not put this on EmuCamp... well it's also because I need rest! :)

    Misc. News
    (posted by nIRV - 05:00)
     
    Let's update this site for a bit. It's going to be huge so if you find some spelling mistakes here and there, don't be surprise. First of all, the new MAME (0.34b4) is out 2 or 3 days ago adding support for again a bunch of new games and clone. Be sure to check this out, and also note that the MAMEWiP page is updated nearly everyday and it is full of interesting news. (Note: There's a bunch of "clones" of MAME that were updated to the lastest release too like KBMAME etc.)

    A new release of Shark happened some days ago too adding the very good Rally bike in the list of games supported. There might be some other cool feature added but since there was no text nor any speech from the Death Serious Clan, we don't know if the list of new features is longer than that.

    Let's go with a not-so-old news. JoseQ from the very cool EmuViews released a new chronicle of his Rumor Mill. A must to read for everyone. (You should take a look at the Meka part in this article, very interesting)

    To finish this little(?!?) update, let's speak of the VB Emulator. The Unofficial Nintendo Virtual Boy Homepage is reporting some cool things about the upcoming version of VBEmu98. The infamous FPU problems are now a part of the past. This good news brings the counter of "fully playable games" on this emulator to 4. Keep up the good work! Let's hope nobody felt asleep during this update. Please note that I will try to upload the new mame, shark, etc. on EmuCamp but I have to sleep just like you guys too.

    Wednesday, March 3, 1999

    Master System
    (posted by Zoop - 17:20)
     
    BrSMS 1.182 was sent to registered users a minute ago, fixing the bug under Windows 95/98.

    Master System
    (posted by Shion - 13:08)
     
    Apparently, the new version of BrSMS (1.18) released a couple of days ago is unstable, according to the author, Ricardo Bittencourt. "Sometimes it crashes when you press a key, sometimes it crashes when you enter in the debugger, sometimes it doesn't begin at all. These errors seems to be related with Win95." A new version will be released soon.

    Master System
    (posted by Shion - 00:17)
     
    Meka, Zoop's excellent new Master System emulator, has been ported to Windows, by Jason Nelson. This means that there will be DOS, Linux, and Windows versions of the emulator... and who knows what else? ;) Nothing has been released as yet, but you can check out the DOS beta at the homepage.

    Tuesday, March 2, 1999

    Arcade
    (posted by Shion - 12:55)
     
    Eric Bole-Feysot, the author of WinFronT, has released RomCenter, a MAME rom manager for Windows. It works with all MAME derivatives (which it can automatically detect and repair), and can install, check, and repair roms. Worth a look if you're a MAME fan- and don't try telling me there aren't many of those :)

    Turbo-Grafx 16 / PC Engine
    (posted by Shion - 00:00)
     
    More PC-Engine news :) This time it's another update to HU6280- to 1.89 Beta 7. "this bitchcow is running a tad faster thanx to jamsponge getting off his arse and coding some tasty x86 ASM with a MASM/VTUNE combo." Enjoy!

    Monday, March 1, 1999

    Turbo-Grafx 16 / PC Engine
    (posted by Shion - 23:29)
     
    Our PC Engine emulators section has been completed, now including emulators for Amiga, Macintosh, and other computers. The PlayStation section should soon follow.

    Master System
    (posted by Zoop - 19:11)
     
    BrSMS 1.18 released to registered users ! This version adds lot of good things: SC-3000 emulation (Sega's Computer), lightgun emulation, and also fixes tons of bugs. I bet BrSMS now have the best compatibility out of all Master System emulators (including mine). If you aren't registered, the public version should be available next week. Until them, be sure to get the hacked SC-3000 roms files: the one I posted two days ago were protected, and Ricardo Bittencourt prefered to modify the file instead of modifying the rom when loaded in memory, so you'll have to get the hacked roms or you won't be able to use the Basic and the Music composer in BrSMS.

    Links: BrSMS Homepage - Hacked Basic [21 kb] - Hacked Music [13 kb]

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