Wednesday, January 31, 2001

More on Sega

(posted by Frogacuda - 20:54) There's a few things Max missed in the below post so I thought I'd do a follow up. First, the Dreamcast harware is NOT dead. The Sega version of it is. Sega has lescensed out the Dreamcast hardware, and there will be 3rd party dreamcasts and dreamcast variants availible. Second, there are a few more games announced: Sonic, Puyo Puo, and Chu Chu Rocket are official for GBA, and Space Channel 5, Crazy Taxi, American Pro Trucker, Zombie Revenge, Sakura Wars, and 2 "Let's Make A..." games for PS2. This is all basically what we all expected, until Sega dropped one major bomb: Virtua Fighter 4 will be a PS2 exclusive. This was probably a deal breaker, but DC owners should shed no tears: Sega didn't plan to release the game on DC to begin woth since it's not powerful enough to keep up with the Naomi 2 arcade version. Sega has announced no plans to release it's pending Dreamcast games on any other console in the near future. I think this new model is very intelligent, actually. Sega will still make DC hardware availible, while ridding themselves of the financial burden asociated with hardware manufacture (selling the DC at below-cost is the reson for Sega's financial woes) and still continue to support Dreamcast, while also introducing their franchises to new platforms, and spreading their audience base. Alot of Sega fans seem to feel let-down by this announcement, but I'm glad to see Sega make the right decision, rather than allowing their dedication to their hardware bury them (I will always respect Atari's commitment to the Lynx and Jaguar, but that commitment is what killed them, and I would hat eto see that happen to Sega). In any event, the DC is now $99 and it already has enough A+ material to make that a worthy purchase, along with all the games on the horizon. In any event, I think DC owners should be proud that Sega has done the smart thing, and remember that the DC has already had more classics than the N64 ever did.

The Sega thing

(posted by Max - 19:26) I think this really needs to be cleared up. There's been a lot of speculation going round, some of it true and some of it is complete bull made up by Sony zombies but the official word from Sega is that there will be over 100 games for the Dreamcast through this year including Jet Set Radio 2, Sonic Adventure 2, Virtua Tennis 3, Daytona 2001 and House Of The Dead 3. However, Sega have now confirmed that they are going to become a third party and will be releasing games on PS2, X-Box, Gamecube and Gameboy Advance. The only confirmed games at the moment are Chu Chu Rocket and a 2D Sonic game on Gameboy Advance as well as a a PS2 version of Space Channel 5. Now before you start crying about how grim the industry is turning, when you think about this it's good in the long run. As sad as it is, the X-Box and Gamecube would kill the Dreamcast so wise Sega are planning the next move and this is to develop for other systems. By the time the 100 Dreamcast games are out Nintendo Gamecube will be released so I for one am going to wait for then instead of buying the lack-lustre PS2. At the end of the day it's all good. Sega are going to make LOADS of money now and more money = more great Sega games whatever system they show up on :) When it comes to consoles Sega have been unfairly dismissed in the past five years and with this move Sega will finally get the respect they deserve. Whatever system the games are on, Sega will always be the best developer in the world so it's not the end :) If you still don't believe this is all happening then check out the official word at Segadojo. Viva La Sega!  Links: Segadojo

WinEMU v0.49 default setting problem!

(posted by Lando - 19:05) After Monday`s release of WinEMU v0.49 some of you found keyboard bugs running in window mode. Zsolt (Author) has just mailed this info concering the keyboard bug. When you run the setup for the first time the keyboard setting is on "Normal" by default. This causes the crash. You can find the keyboard option in the setup under Options/Keyboard, set the option to "DirecInput" and it will work fine! Many thanks for the info Zsolt! :-)  Link: WinEMU Homepage

DREAMCAST IS NOT DEAD!!!

(posted by Lando - 18:35) Hey Lee, I did`nt want to read your post below and I guess you dont wona read this.....(snif). Dreamcast is still alive and well and one damm fine machine it is. Sega plan to release games until March 2002 with titles like Crazy Taxi 2 and Shenmue 2 on the way. No way will I buy a PS2. In my own opinion Sony are killing the gaming world with so many spam releases! Anyone could code on PS1 and many jumped on the band wagon. The PS1 was a cheap money spinner and you all bought a slice of the tastefull cake (bad releases). I can count the good games on my fingers. And we can see this happening again with PS2. Sega always bring out the best and they know how to code class. When all is said and done, I`m heading for an X-BOX and this should end up as king of them all. The way I see it when Sega do stop making DC games your next step would be X-BOX! So there`s plenty to be had on DC until then. Lets hope VF4 makes it to X-BOX. N64 is more dead than Dreamcast will ever be!!! Just to get you back into the spirt of DC fun and if you have`nt cought this site already go now! DC Emulation is here and here to stay!!!  Link: DC Emulation.com

Sega go multi-platform and the fate of the Dreamcast....

(posted by Lee - 11:13) Sega have today released an official press release about the company's future plans. Seems like they are planning to go multi-platform making games for such machines as the Gameboy advance and the Playstation 2! As for The Dreamcast they are dropping the price of the Dreamcast to $99.85 US as of February 4th, 2001 with no plans in Europe for a price fall as yet. Have a read at The Dailyradar link  Link: DailyRadar

	CALICE update
	(posted by Lee - 07:25) Slight reworking of the CALICE emulator ready for download: Whats new- Support for zipped romsets checksum roms INI file And more... CALICE supports those great Capcom arcade games  Link: CALICE

The winner is....

(posted by Lee - 07:13) ...well as I posted yesterday, Id had a few emails about the graphic I use when posting news on Emucamp. Everyone had a good guess what it is. Most thought it was the sprite from the c64 version of HERO which it isnt or not even MANCOPTER as some thought, No its from the Atari2600 game, SUPERMAN with the sprite being Lex Luthor (that wizzes about too bloody much). Winner and the beer in my local pub :) goes out to BlewmuCus, Well done mister! :)) and thanks to everyone else  Link: Superman2600 review

Tuesday, January 30, 2001

	What is that?
	(posted by Lee - 19:46) Quick note from me: Ive had a few emails about the graphic that I use when posting stuff on Emucamp. People have tried to guess the game that its from and so far they have been wrong. Do you know it? Give me an email and let me know. First person gets a pint at my local pub (thats if you live anywhere near Bolton,UK that is..he he)  Link: Lee's PeeknPoke

fMSX-SO V0.82 release

(posted by Lee - 19:25) Yet another MSX-Emulator update, But the lads at Emucamp are not complaining! fMSX-SO V0.82 has been released fMSX-SO is a port of the famous fMSX-Emulator by Marat. This port by HQ is meant to run under Windows and has as a major aim to get good OPLL emulation, something that is lacking in most other MSX Emulators at the moment. This OPLL (FM-PAC) emulation runs through MIDI in this emulator. The new features mainly include better SCREEN5 emulation and some improved in the OPLL emulation You can download the emulator at the link here Best Regards and thanks to The MEP-Crew for that. Now for some MSX action......  Link: fMSX-SO

	Last Ninja Archive updated!
	(posted by rOuGh - 11:26) MP3s by Ferrara, Feekzoid, Fredrik and the SToEexperts were added also a new Last Ninja demo by The Silents If you don't know this site it covers everything around the infamous Last Ninja series by System 3!  Link: Ninja Archive!

	Linux emulation overview
	(posted by rOuGh - 09:42) LINUX EMU has got a new article with a look on the entire emulators available for that system.  Link: Article

Clive Sinclair is back

(posted by Lee - 02:36) Sir Clive Sinclair (Or Uncle Clive as the Spectrum fans have titled him),The man who ignited the personal computer market with sub-£100 machines in the early 1980s such as the ZX80, 81 and the formidable Spectrums is planning a return to the business (which is good news). Read the interview at the link and Thanks to Tommy Pereria for that information. Sir Clive, Read my lips..No colourclash this time eh? :))  Link: Clive interview

Monday, January 29, 2001

WinEMU v0.49 Released!!

(posted by Lando - 15:25) At long last WinEMU (Commodore C16/Plus4 emu) has under gone a major update! Zsolt who is well in development of his next generation C16/Plus4 emu Artifex has found time to squeeze this little lot into WinEMU: new windowed screen modes (GDI) fixed CPU instructions (a lot of games work correctly now) fixed interrupt handler improved wildcard handling in 1551 emulation ("?" and "*" work) DirectSound works under Windows NT4 and much, much more! This is one cool update indeed :-) Garb yours from the link below:  Link: WinEMU Homepage

CALICE update

(posted by Lee - 11:46) CALICE, the great Capcom system 1 emulator has been updated.... The emulation has been speeded up a little bit. The compatibility is better, (block sprites are emulated now). There is 8 bpp and 15 bpp rendering modes. Willow is playable now. Strider too. It is possible to build new drivers using my "script engine". Have a look at the .DRV files with notepad and have fun =) Needless to say, We will have fun. Download CALICE at the nice link provided  Link: CALICE

Sunday, January 28, 2001

	Final Burn v0.085
	(posted by fixo - 16:45) Can you believe it? Yet another Final Burn update today, here's v0.085 bringing you: Added support for Megaman Added support for Rockman Added support for Ghouls 'N Ghosts Download at the official page!  Link: Final Burn

	121 new SEUCK games!
	(posted by rOuGh - 15:57) You surely know the SHOOT EM UP CONSTRUCTION KIT! This site recently added 121 games which were done with this arcade game creator!!  Link: Great Games For The C64

	Commodore 64 Internet Archive has more original backups.
	(posted by rOuGh - 15:50) Disks: Dragon Wars, Guerilla War, N.A.R.C. and the rare S.A.G.A. Adventures Adventureland, Pirate Adventure, Secret Mission and Voodoo Castle Tapes: 1943 (American Action), Beyond Forbidden Forest, Forbidden Forest, Chimera, Magician's Ball, Robin of the Wood, Tau Ceti and some more files  Link: CIA

	Redump 64 .tap archive updated with 10 more tape images.
	(posted by rOuGh - 15:45) If you haven't read it on another page yet. These .TAPs have been added... Raid over Moscow, Rick Dangerous 2, Skatin' USA, Turbo Kart Racer, Rainbow Islands, Rastan, Operation Wolf, Renegade, Run the Gauntlet Also Platoon was anncounced but obviously forgotten. :)  Link: Check it out!

	Minor Update on Pirates Portal
	(posted by rOuGh - 15:41) Today I added 4 C64 games as there are... Apache Raid - Pengo - Bandan City - Double Crotch prv Now, go and submit highscores for these and the other games! Btw, my new Clowns C64 worldwide high score is 14620!!  Link: Pirates Portal

Some Sunday WIP news

(posted by fixo - 10:13) The homepage of Modeler, the Sega Model 1 and System 32 arcade emulator, was updated with a few screenshots from a couple of WIP drivers: Sonic, Rad Mobile and Arabian Fight. These games aren't playable yet but their attract modes work with incorrect colors and plenty of missing graphics and glitches. Also the Work In Progress page of MAME was updated with following news: 28th January 2001: Phil Stroffolino made a big step forward with the Looping driver. While the game is definitely not playable yet due to the unemulated COP420 microprocessor, at least the title screen shows up. 27th January 2001: Paul Leaman added Vampire: The Night Warriors to the CPS-2 driver, and like Vampire Savior, it will not work before some important 68k core changes are made. Bryan McPhail sent in a Taito F3 sound update, with the sound cutting out bug fixed and stereo sound implemented (it was mono before). Ville Laitinen submitted the Roller Aces driver with sound emulation, though the sound may not be perfect. David Graves fixed the input port settings in the Slap Shot driver and now the single player game works. Phil Stroffolino added VS Gong Fight to the Taito Samurai driver, but it may have some bad colors. Mike Coates separated the 68000/010 and 68020 cores so that the ASM 68k core can be used with the C 68020 core, giving a nice speed boost to all the 68k games. Aaron Giles added another ROM set to the Hard Drivin' driver but it still suffers from a few small quirks. Check both links below for the screenshots!  Link: 1 - Modeler 2 - MAME WIP

Final Burn v0.084 released

(posted by Roni - 09:44) Of course you should know that this is the most excellent CPS2 emulator for Windows (and only) so you should get this great program. New stuff: Added keys for all three Punches and Kicks in the CPS2 games. To define them, use the Input list. (Vampire) Fixed the problem with the EEPROM emulation. (Note EEPROM is not saved to disk yet though.) (VSav) Fixed the graphical glitch where Shadow was shown on the Red Curtain screen (Vampire) vampja.ini should have been called vampj.ini, fixed.  Link: Final Burn

Commodore Basic 3.5 Manual (Word-doc)

(posted by Lando - 09:30) Commodore Basic 3.5 manual is a version of Commodore`s C16/Plus4 User Manual which lists in detail all the basic commands. It is for use with emulators or be it REAL machines if you still have one or in my case, 4 ;-) The Basic35 doc has been coneverted by Stefan Geurts from Janne Peräaho manual for use with Microsoft's Word. This version can be printed out for your viewing pleasure. Find out more from the link below:  Link: C16/Plus4 ClassiX

nester public beta 4 released!

(posted by Roni - 07:23) This is interesting news, upon my going to download unofficial nester, I noticed a new official version had been released! ... so I downloaded this one instead!! ;) Here is the new things: new webpage and email address! new CPU, APU cores from Matt Conte 16-bit sound support keys 0-9 now available, use Ctrl-# to select savestate slot mapper 24 support (VRC6/Castlevania 3j) (thanks to TAKEDA, toshiya) VRC6 external hardware support (from Nosefart) directory options for SRAM and savestate files ROM info dialog added to file menu added pause capability fixed fullscreen drag-and-drop bug (thanks to Timm VanNess) minor mouse hiding bug fix auto-frameskip capped to prevent negative feedback loop key inputs are now ignored when ctrl or alt is pressed fixed minimize/restore timing bug "run in background" now includes minimized state nester is a Nintendo emulator for Windows.  Link: nester homepage

Saturday, January 27, 2001

RockNES v1.703 (DOS)

(posted by fixo - 17:39) It seems to be "Nintendo 8-bit day" with those top NES emulators getting new releases as also RockNes was updated. Here's what's new: Fixed savestate code to suit big-endian byte order (the MacOS) Fixed EAGLE blitting (removed debug junk) Fixed sprite ram data overflow More fixes to MMC5 The download is available at the -recently moved- RockNes homepage linked below.  Link: RockNES

	Ian and Mic's homepage updated!
	(posted by rOuGh - 16:49) Ian and Mic, a C64 coder&artist duo known for their Compunet demos have updated their page with a nice shockwave intro and downloads of demos and their C64 games as there are... Star Ball Scout Soldier of Light  Link: Memories 64 page

	Commodore Pet
	(posted by rOuGh - 16:39) Did you use any CBM Pet machines in school or did your dad have one for work in the 80s?? Here is a page which has some dusty games for it. (unluckily in German language only)  Link: Pet Games and Fun Stuff 2001

	Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy
	(posted by rOuGh - 16:28) If you want to know what happened to the coder of these two Spectrum and C64 classics (he coded them under the age of 20) then check out this site...  Link: Steve Smith's Spectrum page

Jnes v0.40 Beta 2

(posted by Roni - 14:52) Ah yes the best in NES emulation just got better ;) Directly from the homepage here is the new stuff (including some help from me ;): 01-27-2001: After waiting a few weeks to get as much fixed from beta 1 as I could, beta 2 is now released! Hopefully this fixes the problem with sparatic save states many experienced, tho the format remains the same. Also, thanks to r0ni for working with me to fix a Direct Input issue, I don't know if anyone else experienced problems with it, but they should be okay now. Now download it from below!!  Links: Jabo's Homepage - Download Jnes v0.40 Beta 2

	More Original C64 Tapes!!
	(posted by lem0n64 - 11:04) 24 awesome TAPs have been added to the Lemon TAP archive. The tapes include: Beyond the Forbidden Forest Bobby Bearing Fantasy World Dizzy Magicland Dizzy Hard Drivin' International Karate Mercenary Power Drift Samantha Fox Strip Poker StarWars Tau Ceti Wizardry Plus many others... These tapes were all previously unavailable on the net.  Link: www.lemon64.com

Final Burn v0.083

(posted by fixo - 07:49) Final Burn had no less than 3 updates over the last 24h so here's a big big catch up of what's going on:: Made 640x480 the default res, because it works quite well for all games. For CPS2 scanlines, make sure the res is 640x480 in finalburn.ini Now just make sure stretch is NOT ticked, and hit scanlines. Voila - fullscreen scanlines. Fixed "VS Screen" rowscroll problem (background effect) and alignment of the hiscore screen. Final Burn now checks for CRC *errors* in a Zip file (i.e. if the zip file is corrupt) as well as checking if the CRCs of the roms are correct. Added Vampire (Jpn), which is also known as DarkStalkers. Note for the rom manager programs about Vampire - I'm considering the files: vam.* in dstlk.zip to be the US parent set, and vamj.* and vamjx.* in vampj.zip to be the Japanese overrides. Input can now be configured from the emu. Added a layer switch for CPS games (Alt-L). Press to toggle background layers on or off. You can use this to show only the sprites. Fixed the Victor ariat 'teleport' bug, which was caused by being able to press left and right at the same time. Fixed some Triple Buffering problems. Refined the sprite priority patch so it only modifies sprites when absolutely necessary, and also added the other priority levels. Rowscroll also fixed (it used to created a bit of a glitch at the bottom of the Iron Horse Iron Terror stage as the train scrolled on) Download at the official Final Burn page.  Link: Final Burn

	New Qplayer v1.4.1
	(posted by Lee - 02:48) New release of Barry Rodewald's Q-PLAYER, that funky emulator. This time it should have better sounding samples.  Link: QPLAYER

High Scoring Hero over at Twin-Galaxies

(posted by Lee - 02:43) (Cue Lee's big voice-over....) There exists a man who has dominated the hobby of video game playing like no other player in history. No, it's not Dennis Fong of Quake fame, nor Billy Mitchell of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong notoriety. It's a man you have never heard of. A man who retired from video games ten years ago but is now making a comeback. Say hello to Florida's Todd Rodgers, the player who may hold more video game world records than any other player in history. Read Todd's amazing story now appearing at Twin Galaxies at www.twingalaxies.com. With thanks to Walter Day for the news  Link: TwinGalaxies

Friday, January 26, 2001

	New Commodore 64 demos
	(posted by Lee - 13:33) The healthy C64 keeps biting back with its newly released games and amazing demo scene. LEMON reports that the new demos shown last year at X-2000 party have finally hit the web. Some great C64 feats in there with some stunning musical scores. The C64 is still alive...Live with it and download the demos Have a look over at The Living Daylights  Link: LivingDaylights

CALICE version 0.0.3a released

(posted by Lee - 13:24) CALICE, The Capcom system 1 emulator has been updated to run Arcade games Strider (world) and Willow (Japan). As the website says Other games have not been tested yet. Most of the features are not implemented yet. There are tons of rendering bugs, there is no gui, no joystick support, no sound, etc... but you can still play these games =) Great to see it updated..get downloading arcaders!  Link: CALICE

New NLMSX release

(posted by Lee - 09:36) Yes Folks, Its seems to be MSX week...:) NLMSX V0.33 has been released today. NLMSX is a MSX 1,2,2+ Emulator for windows, written by Frits Hilderink. New: - Added support for the YM2413 (FM-PAC) - Changed MSX2 and MSX2PLUS configurations. Both configurations now support the FM-PAC in slot 3- The new version can be downloaded at the official site Again thanks to TFH/Fony of The MEP-Crew for letting us know  Link: NLMSX

Giddy returns to the PC

(posted by Lee - 00:51) The Amiga games Giddy and Giddy II have been updated to a third chapter, This time for the PC. Anyone who played the Giddy games in the past will know its all a tribute to the Dizzy collection of games. The new game features (as on their website)... * Over 1 Meg of 256 colour graphics - hundreds of sprites! * Simultaneous Music and Sound FX (if desired, each can be toggled - phew!) * Over 30 puzzles and 30 objects to pick up - Hours of noodle-scratching fun! * Approx 19,500 lines of assembler source code - Err.. Which is great! * Smooth scrolling, classic retro gameplay! Download the preview today and the full game is available now. Thanks to Tommy Pereira for the news :))  Link: GiddyIII

Thursday, January 25, 2001

	new Rumor Mill
	(posted by fixo - 16:20) JoseQ has posted his weekly Rumor View full of the latest gossips in emulation world. There's news reports on AGES, FPSE, bleem!, FreezeSMS and also on RockNes -previously hosted at JoseQ's Emuviews- but now moved to a new location.  Link: JoseQ's Rumor Mill

	New Capcom System 1 emulator in development
	(posted by Lee - 11:52) David Raingeard is programming the new Capcom system 1 emulator for Dos and BeOS machines (we always need more emulators :)) For now, CALICE (for that is its name) is only capable of executing a single game Final Fight(World). Coin-op fanatics should download the pre-release version at the link. Thanks to David for that piece of news  Link: Calice

Wednesday, January 24, 2001

A few words aboat the DC scandal.

(posted by Frogacuda - 17:26) Recently many news sites, both gaming and mainstream news sites have begun irresponsibly reporting on the "discontinuation" of the current Sega Dreamcast hardware without gathering all of the facts, or taking recent announcements into account. It is quickly becoming apparent (as it always was to all who have been paying attention to Sega's press releases) that the DC is far from dead. Sega does, indeed, seem to be phasing out the current model, it will be bringing in multiple new ones. Sega recently indicated that a DC/DVD combo unit is likely on the horizon and a (get ready emu freaks) hardware Dreamcast emulator would be availible for the PC (similar to the 3DO card released some years back). It would probably be a safe bet that a new model of the basic unit will be out as well (a la Genesis 2 or PSOne). It seems also that Sega (at least in Japan) is planning on developing for PS2 and GBA. GBA should be no surprise since the release of Sakura Wars on GBC, but some may shudder at the notion of seeing their DC games on PS2. Well according to announcements made by a sega representative several weeks ago, these releases would not be new games. They would be releases of older installments of franchise games (Sonic Adventure 1, Crazt Taxi 1, etc...) intended to spread their market to a new audience. Once again this is nothing we haven't seen before. Sega did it with many Saturn and Sega CD games on the PC. And for those of you who can remember the 80's still, a handful of (crappy) ports of popular Sega Master System ansd arcade games being released on the NES. This is nothing we haven't seen before, folks. Another interesting point to note is that Sony currently has a (stupid) policy against console manufacturers developing on the PS2, so perhaps sony could shoot themselves in the foot on that one. Time will tell. If there remains any doubt that Sega is alive and kicking read their press release, featured at famitsu.com.  Link: Famistsu.com

CRASH! updated

(posted by Lee - 06:07) The CRASH!online site (The greatest Sinclair Spectrum mag ever, From the same producers as ZZAP!64) has been updated. From Issue 23: Adventure Trail and Frontline; feature on graphic designer Dave Beeson; Smash reviews of Adrian Mole, Back to Skool, Critical Mass, Gyroscope, I of the Mask, Tau Ceti, Terrormolinos, Tomahawk and Waterloo HTML version of Unclear User spoof to issue 19 (CRASH! got sued for this from the producers of SINCLAIR USER-Fun reading) Enjoy!  Link: CRASH!

New PC game:Blip and Blop III

(posted by Lee - 04:30) The Loaded team has let me know about an upcoming freeware game for the PC in production called Blip & Blop III: Balls of Steel. Playing pretty much like Metal slug but the original part in it is, that you have to kill retro video games characters such as Mario, Lemmings, the Pokemons (Which is a plus point initself) and other silly creatures. Check it out at the link Do we get a exclusive demo first guys?  Link: BlipandBlopIII

Tuesday, January 23, 2001

	Jabo (Jnes) interview
	(posted by fixo - 18:13) Opi has conducted an interview with Jabo (Jnes). Read at the link below.  Link: Jabo interview

MAME WIP

(posted by fixo - 14:28) The Work In Progess page of MAME has been updated with following info of the last few days: 23rd January 2001: M.A.S.H. added clone romsets to Targ and Star Fire drivers, added Battle Cruiser M12 to the Marine Boy driver and he added Alpha Fighter / Head On to the VIC Dual driver. 22nd January 2001: Bryan McPhail added preliminary linescroll / raster effect support to the Taito F2 video system, but it's still not entirely correct. 21st January 2001: Nicola Salmoria added accurate sprite multiplexing emulation to Time Pilot and Gyruss. 20th January 2001: Stig Remnes and Valerio Cannone fixed -listinfo to list the PC10 and CVS resources. Ville Laitinen has been working on a Roller Aces driver and here's a glimpse of it. It lacks sound though and colors may not be perfect. David Haywood added yet another Western Express clone romset Also there's the usual screenshots so head over to check it out.  Link: MAME WIP/A>

New MSX emulator for Dreamcast

(posted by Lee - 13:35) DreamMSX v0.1b, A MSX emulator has been released for the Sega Dreamcast written by Jos Kwanten. Its Based on fMSX v1.5 by Marat. The AY8910 and SCC emulation are replaced for better sound emulation (ripped from the MESS project). There is no official site for this emulator, but you can download it the MEP. Thanks to TFH/Fony for that piece of v.intresting news :)  Link: DreamMSX

	Final Burn v0.079
	(posted by fixo - 05:24) Final Burn was updated once again. Up to v0.079 now bringing you following news For triple buffering, DirectX docs say you should release and restore a complex surface by using the top surface only, which I wasn't doing before but am now. But does this fix any problems for anyone? (Makes no difference on my machine.) Download at the official page.  Link: Final Burn

Monday, January 22, 2001

Saboteur Exposed at C16/Plus4 ClassiX!

(posted by Lando - 23:32) This could be one of the biggest 8bit related images ever made? It`s the Commodore Plus4 version of Saboteur maped out as one FULL image built up from many, many grabs of the game. The map can also be used as a simple guide to master all 9 levels of skill. Now finished, the map has also been play tested with the C64 version and can be used in every way. So you can guess the +4 was a port of the C64`s. The 2 guys standing left and taken from Saboteur`s intro screen just had to be added with emucamp`s cool blue BG! I knew it was blue for a reason ;-)  Link: C16/Plus4 ClassiX

	MAMu_icons_0.37b11
	(posted by fixo - 19:12) I never use them, but if you're looking for icons to link to your favorite MAME games, check out the MAMu_icons as they also updated all icons for the most recent MAME version.  Link: Mame Icons

RockNES v1.701 (DOS)

(posted by fixo - 18:05) A new version of RockNes -one of the best Nintendo 8-bit emulators for DOS- was released fixing the new directories configuration. However this update follows last weekend's huge new update which had following new improvements: Added ZIP support [katharsis]; Small changes in the rom loading; Movie support slightly improved; Added support for mapper #67 (no games are playable); Mapper #5 improved somewhat (only CastleVania3 and MetalSladerGlory work); Mapper #33 improved somewhat (support FlintStones); Mapper #43 (1xx-in-1) changed to number #235; Mapper #48 (SMB2j (LF36)) changed to number #43; Fixed mapper #4 IRQ timing; Fixed mapper #21 (Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2 has correct gfx); Fixed mapper #68, more games are playable; Fixed mapper #160 (Aladdin - preliminary IRQ timing control); Fixed mapper #235, thanks to Takeda/nester; Fixed VS Atari RBI Baseball patch on reads; Fixed pAPU timing (was completly wrong, damn it!), output is better; Fixed a PCM decoding bug, plus removed IRQ and cycle eating on queue; Fixed sprite DMA transfer; Fixed state loading (of RSx files); Fixed PPU state at 'power on' (starts at scanline zero), thanks to Ki; Fixed pattern table dumping, thanks snowbro for the bug report! Small PPU optimizations/tweaks; ROM images larger than the header spec may be loaded again; Game screen is no more cleared when video resolution dialog is closed; Added horizontal screen centering using LFB blitter; Added directories setup for everything; Added FPS (frames-per-second) display. Just press F1 to display/hide; Added current video resolution display in the Help->System specs dialog; Mapped F11 key to 'quit to OS' directly; A couple of non-emulation related problems were squashed, plus cleanups; Documentation updated, plus big English errors fixed :-B The download is only a few inches below on your right.  Link: RockNES

Final Burn v0.078

(posted by fixo - 17:33) The Final Burn updates are following each other quite regularly in the last weeks in yesterday and today make no difference with updates v0.077 and 78. Here are the changes in these releases: Added support for Vampire Savior (Jpn) Fixed a very large bug in the way QSound sample data was read! All the drum problems are now fixed (e.g. Lei-Lei's music, Morrigan's winning theme), and voice samples are a lot clearer (e.g. Lilith's "Shining Blade"). So fans of the Capcom beat'em ups, be happy and get the release while it's hot!  Link: Final Burn

Snes9x Release v1.35 for Windows

(posted by fixo - 17:30) A new Windows port of Snes9x was released over the weekend. This version 1.35 features: Added a recently played game list to the Windows port File menu so you can quickly load up your favourite games. Included IPS patching support based on code from Neill Corlett - just rename the patch file to match your ROM image name but with a .ips extension and copy it into your ROM or freeze-file folder. Added John Weidman's S-RTC, (Real Time Clock) emulation code. The only game that seems to use it is Dai Kaijyu Monogatari II. Included code from Nose000 for games with 128Kbytes of S-RAM. Now Sound Novel-Tcool, Thoroughbred Breeder 3, RPG-Tcool 2 and Dezaemon are supported. The Windows port now has an option to make the 'turbo speed' button a toggle button. The optimised fixed colour addition/subtraction code was ignoring the colour window. Thanks to John Weidman for pointing this out. Added mode 7 and hi-res. hack for Dezaemon from Nose000 - the mode 7 hack looks interesting (to me); I wonder if some other games would benefit? Both Tales of Phantasia and Star Ocean need custom sound CPU timing. Hmm. That's 4 ROMs now, there will be more... That means I still haven't discovered all the major SNES timing quirks. :-( Windows port now has an option to save the S-RAM data at any time. Windows port saving SPC dumps now auto-increments the filename. Added work-around for a Super Robot Wars Ex ROM bug - the game was checking the wrong PPU register for end of h-blank. The game must have only worked by chance rather than by design on a real SNES. Quite a list! Visit the Snes9x page for more info on this project and needless to say: the download.  Link: Snes9x

	TR64 WIP5 Released
	(posted by fixo - 17:24) A new version of True Reality 64, a Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows, has been updated to WIP release 5. This new version features improved mempack support and more speed. Also, this is the first version that is completely to zilmar's plugin specifications. Head over to the official page to check out the status of the different ports.  Link: True Reality

More Atari2600 goodies

(posted by Lee - 11:08) Good time to be an Atari fan (In fact, last year was a good year for 2600 players as many prototypes were found and dumped for all to play) Over at Atari history a new and more complete version of SINISTAR rears its head for 2600 emus and a later version of MILLIPEDE too. Other releases include for the Atari 5200 SPITFIRE (Plays like STAR RAIDERS) and JNR.PACMAN plus some more uncovered gems. Check them all out at the link  Link: Atari-History-roms

	New MAME highscore.dat
	(posted by Lee - 10:55) Leezer informs me there is a new Highscore.dat (unofficial) file released for some of the recent (and rather good) Coin-op games now playable in MAME beta 11. High scoring heroes should check it out at Mameworld  Link: Mameworld

The best of the Amiga music CD

(posted by Lee - 05:36) The Amiga eh? What a machine, Great graphics, Great gameplay and fantastic sound..In fact ORG of ROMLIST emailed us to let you know of his new released Amiga CD audio CD containing the BEST Amiga songs made ever. He says... The CD sold quite well. Now we only have 2 pcs left of it. Even if there still is a slight demand for this CD I reconned the price for making new ones is far too high. So, last week I decided to make MP3's out of this CD and put it on the net. Not all the songs are available yet, but I'm uploading them as fast as I can. The songs are free, and you may of course download them and enjoy them. Thanks for that, ORG and he used the magic word 'Free' so start downloading some great music masterpieces. Now where is my little Amiga600??  Link: Best of Amiga

NLMSX new release

(posted by Lee - 05:27) NLMSX V0.32 has been released. NLMSX is an MSX emulator for Windows by Frits Hilderink, for a small part based of Marat's fMSX Emulator. New in NLMSX v0.32: - Some performance improvements - Added a preferences dialog with switches to disable or enable scanlines, synchronization and sound. Changing the sound settings requires to restart NLMSX. - Solved a crash when sound was disabled. Click on the link for the emu Thanks again to the MEP-Crew for the news.  Link: NLMSX

Sunday, January 21, 2001

	FMSX FAN for Linux v.1.43 released
	(posted by Lee - 13:22) The MEP-Crew speak.... fMSX FAN for Linux V1.43 has been released. fMSX FAN is a DOS/Linux port of Marat's MSX emulator. While the DOS version already got update twice, the Linux version stayed behind a bit, but is now also up to date. You can download the latest version the the official fMSX FAN site. Thanks for the news :)  Link: fMSX site

	Retrogaming times issue41 out
	(posted by Lee - 05:22) Its a slow Sunday today, so why not relax and take some timeout and read the new issue of Retrogaming times.  Link: Retrogaming times

Saturday, January 20, 2001

Bring Back Dizzy!

(posted by Max - 15:17) Tommy Periera has put his Dizzy petition back online. For years fans have been asking for a new Dizzy game but The Darlings who own Codemasters (Which published the Dizzy games) don't want to make one, however The Oliver Twins who were the original creators of Dizzy have said they would love to bring him back but those mean people at Codemasters are refusing to give them the rights despite the fact that Codies don't intend to do anything with him. Help bring Dizzy back to life by signing the petition at Mondo Dizzy now!  Link: Mondo Dizzy

Handy 0.82

(posted by Frogacuda - 12:57) At last a new version of everyone's favorite Atari Lynx emulator!Unfortunately, it's a pretty minor update, but progress is progress, and we finally see working NetLynx support in this release, if only for one game. Here's what's new: Scrapyard dog can throw bug fixed. Eagle mode 24/32BPP Modes implemented Drag and drop of cartridges to main lynx window or Icon ComLynx works for Championship Rally Awesome Golf buttons working again. New background images added (Lynx I/LynxII/Outline) Too bad the one game that's working has to be the recently released (and therefore unavailible in ROM form) Championship Rally so I guess you'll have to buy it/dump it to test out the netplay. From what I've heard Championship rally might be a worthwhile purchase anyway.  Link: Handy

Fire & Ice - Now for free at AMI Sector One!

(posted by Bernd - 12:33) AMI Sector One has the following news at the beginning of this year: First of all the company Jester Interactive - which is now copyright holder of a lot of old Amiga games - has allowed us to offer the Amiga games from the cult company 'Graftgold' on our site: Of course the first free 'Graftgold' game is the classic platform game 'Fire & Ice' which every Amiga games fan should know. Besides there are many other commercial games and PD perls like 'Magic Forest 2', 'Seek & Destroy', 'Mayhem' etc. Also, the first version of the new 'Amiga Applications Compendium' is now online. It enables the user to search for more than 300 Amiga applications, companies and coders. Nostalgic disk magazines and cheat disks complete this first update in the new year. Our URL is http://amiga.emucamp.com.  Link: AMI Sector One

Friday, January 19, 2001

	LEMON 64 opens huge .TAP archive.
	(posted by rOuGh - 22:56) Here you find most of the .TAPs which are already floating around several smaller sites in the net. .TAP is an 100% image of a C64 cassette including the loader, the flashing and the slowiness of the original.  Link: LEMON64

	Zzap online updated!
	(posted by rOuGh - 14:30) They put Zzap64! issues 103 to 105 online, entirely and in really good quality scanned. Those issues were also known as the 13th to 15th of Commodore Force.  Link: Zzap 64

New Atari2600 games released inc COMBAT II

(posted by Lee - 09:35) New prototype dumps in fact, Ones that Atari never completed. First up is the long awaited COMBAT II. Back are the tanks in a big two player battle to the death (but gone has the bi-planes vs. that chunky plane as in COMBAT which is a shame) Playable but complete?? Second is one of the unreleased realsports range, BASKETBALL which plays like the others in the group (Rather well) Great to see them at last and they are now ready for download in your fav Atari2600 emu. Go to AtariNexus for the games.  Link: Nexus

	New WPCMAME release
	(posted by Lee - 09:22) Attention Pinball Lovers: After a layover of almost 3 full months, a new version(V6) of WPCMAME, the Williams Pinball Emulator, has been released, Both for DOS and Windows. There are approximately 70 enhancements to the project. For download information, the emulator and sourcecode can found at the link. Cool!  Link: WPCMAME

	New version of Q-player released
	(posted by Lee - 09:14) Brand new version has been released. Version 1.3.8 just fixes the tempo of music tracks. The emu as always is available at the link :) Forgive me for short posts as Ive got a bad hangover :((  Link: Q-plyayer

New Free Gameboy ROM

(posted by Frogacuda - 07:53) Artist/translator/ROM hacker/programmer/generally elite guy, Demi has released a new homebrew game, Drymouth, originally intended for comercial release. After being screwed over by his publisher (read the readme for details) he decided to release the game to the public as freeware. It's a very fun puzzle game, based loosely around Mario Picross style play. The production on a whole is very professional, and the game doesn't have that homebrew feel at all. This is one to bust out the GB XChanger for and take on the road. Give it a look.  Link: Drymouth

Thursday, January 18, 2001

A New C16/Plus4 Emulator Finally Revealed!

(posted by Lando - 15:59) Here is a sneak look at what could be the most ambitious Commodore C16/Plus4 emulator ever! Artifex The C16/Plus4 Emulator will be the next generation of the emulator WinEMU by Zsolt Prievara. Most of the Plus4 resources should be available under emulation and this time concentrating to bring you the very best! Designed for all gamers, hackers and coders alike Artifex should cover all your C16/Plus4 needs, but for now you're have to dribble over this fully exposed desk top grab of Zsolt's machine :-) As soon as anything comes to light your find it here!  View: Artifex

I'm back!

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:33) Finally! I once again have a workng computer and internet connection. Huzzah! I will once again resume my regular posting duties and try to get things rolling. I still have my time constraints due to real-life obligations, but expect to see my icon on a daily basis. Again, I'm sorry about the long absence, but there wasn't much I could do. Oh, and drop me a few emails and tell me what you'd like to see on Emucamp in the future.

Wednesday, January 17, 2001

Homemade Portable NES

(posted by Lee - 15:10) Found this website about A NES fans attempt to the make a portable version of the Nintendo console. It was made with one of those cheap game consoles (They look like a just a N64's joypad but with a scart lead sticking out the end and if you have not got one yet, Do as they are pretty good..and cheap). EDUARDO just added a cool Sony portable TV and hey presto! Instant Classic console on the go. The console plays 128 games such as Star-gate, Dig-Dug, Joust and Donkey Kong...Great for long bus trips. All I can say is, Can I have one?  Link: Portable NES

MAME 0.37 beta 11 for DOS

(posted by fixo - 05:51) Yesterday the source of the MAME 0.37 beta 11 was released and today the binary is out as well so here's the complete list of changes: New games supported: Space Gun [David Graves] Operation Wolf [David Graves, Jarek Burczynski] Operation Thunderbolt [David Graves] Darius [David Graves, Jarek Burczynski] Slap Shot [David Graves] Butasan [Yochizo] Jump Shot [David Widel] Strata Bowling [Aaron Giles] Arlington Horse Racing [Aaron Giles] Time Killers [Aaron Giles] Hard Yardage [Aaron Giles] Blood Storm [Aaron Giles] Last Fortress - Toride [Luca Elia] Pang Poms [Luca Elia] Sky Alert [Luca Elia] Dharma [Luca Elia] Daitoride [Luca Elia] Bal Cube [Luca Elia] Block Carnival [Luca Elia] Ninja Kid [David Haywood] Black Panther [Eisuke Watanabe] Nyan Nyan Panic [Eisuke Watanabe] City Bomber [Eisuke Watanabe] Shanghai II [Nicola Salmoria] Battle City [Howie Cohen] Vs Castlevania [Howie Cohen] Clu Clu Land [Howie Cohen] Dr Mario [Howie Cohen] Duck Hunt [Howie Cohen] Excitebike [Howie Cohen] VS The Goonies [Howie Cohen] Hogan's Alley [Howie Cohen] Ice Climber [Howie Cohen] Lady Golf [Howie Cohen] Mach Rider [Howie Cohen] Atari RBI Baseball [Howie Cohen] VS Super Mario Bros [Howie Cohen] Super SkyKid [Howie Cohen] VS TKO Boxing [Howie Cohen] VS Golf [Howie Cohen] Pinball [Howie Cohen] VS Slalom [Howie Cohen] Unisystem Soccer [Howie Cohen] VS Gradius [Howie Cohen] VS Tetris [Howie Cohen] Platoon [Howie Cohen] VS Tennis [Howie Cohen] VS Wrecking Crew [Howie Cohen] VS Balloon Fight [Howie Cohen] VS Mahjong [Howie Cohen] VS Baseball [Howie Cohen] Ring Rage [Bryan McPhail] Arabian Magic [Bryan McPhail] Riding Fight [Bryan McPhail] Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer [Bryan McPhail] Gunlock [Bryan McPhail] Super Cup Finals [Bryan McPhail] Top Ranking Stars [Bryan McPhail] Lightbringer [Bryan McPhail] Kaiser Knuckle [Bryan McPhail] Bubble Bobble 2 [Bryan McPhail] Space Invaders DX [Bryan McPhail] Power Goal [Bryan McPhail] Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari [Bryan McPhail] Akkanvader [Bryan McPhail] Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuuhyuu [Bryan McPhail] Puzzle Bobble 2 [Bryan McPhail] Kyukyoku Tiger 2 [Bryan McPhail] Bubble Memories - The Story Of Bubble Bobble 3 [Bryan McPhail] Cleopatra Fortune [Bryan McPhail] Puzzle Bobble 3 [Bryan McPhail] Arkanoid Returns [Bryan McPhail] Kirameki Star Road [Bryan McPhail] Puchi Carat [Bryan McPhail] Pop 'N Pop [Bryan McPhail] New clones supported: The Ninja Warriors (Japan) World Grand Prix (joystick) Gun Dealer (Tecmo) Super Basketball (encrypted) These drivers have improved GRAPHICS: Fixed sprite zooming in the Cave games. [Shiriru] Other drivers changes: Fixed collision detection in Thunder Cross. [Eddie Edwards] Some fixes to YMZ280B emulation. [Shiriru] Better fixes to Rainbow cchip, the secret rooms now work and display the correct secret codes. [Stefan Jokisch] Source: Some support for discrete component sound emulation. [Keith Wilkins] ES5505/6 emulation. [Aaron Giles] Download this version at the official page. Watch this space for releases for other platforms. Cheers to EmuSphere for the news.  Link: MAME

	Final Burn v0.75
	(posted by fixo - 05:31) Another update of Final Burn brings this release to v0.74. Here's what's new: Fixed a bug where one of the back buffers was not correctly cleared on some machines. Added an option to disable triple buffering, just in case. Set bDtoTripleBuffer to 0 in finalburn.ini to disable it). Download at the offical page linked below.  Link: Final Burn

Tuesday, January 16, 2001

Crash!

(posted by Lee - 16:06) Ive been looking around the web (With beer nearby:) and have a massive read of this great website, "Crash! The online edition" which is a great historical archive on the UK magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Spectrum, Crash. It has some great features on the site and is well worth a look at some of the classic (If rather full of Colourclash) games that made the Speccy one of the leading computers of the 80s.  Link: Crash-Online

New world record score on Jnr. Pacman

(posted by Lee - 15:36) Rick Fothergill, the classic gamer from Ontario who poses as Captain Canada in his unending quest to steal every high-score title, has struck again. On January 6th, Fothergill put together a three-hour Jr. Pac-Man game (thats 3 HOURS!) that reached the 33rd screen --reaching the 795,000 point mark - a new world record. Fothergill also owns the Super Pac-Man world record and is one of only three classic players to achieve a perfect game on the arcade edition of Pac-Man. Ken Sweet interviewed Rick Fothergill for Twin Galaxies to find why Jr. Pac-Man, the seventh game in the legendary Pac-Man franchise is,indeed, the hardest Pacman title of all. I can only get to level 3!! :( Anyway click the link to be wisked away to Twin Galaxies and that interview. Thanks to Walter Day for the news  Link: TwinGalaxies

Where has Froga been?

(posted by Frogacuda - 13:43) Well, folks, it's been a long frustrating month. Around 4 weeks ago my motherboard blew out. I then went home for winter break, and a few days later ordered a shiny new moterboard. After 7 days and no word from the company I began leaving inquiries on their answering machine, and by email, but alas I was ignored. Eventually I found a way to get through to a live operator who assured me the parts would be sent in a few days. I got variations on this story over the passing weeks, and I decided to cancel my order, but alas it would take 2-3 more weeks to refund my money so it would appear I was condemned to wait it out. And I am still waiting. My order has not yet been sent. Hopefully I will work something out soon, and I will be able to resume normal posting duties. I have my time better organized this semester, so I am looking forward to restoring Emucamp and making it once again the most active emu news site on the web. Please bear with me. Hopefully it won't be too much longer. Once again I extend my apologies. Oh, and NEVER, EVER order from www.desertdevils.com if you plan on reveiving your order the same month you placed it.

Final Burn v0.74

(posted by fixo - 10:40) Some nice updates on the Final Burn end where v0.74 got released quickly after two previous version. Here's the summary of the recent released: Triple buffering in fullscreen mode! For those who don't know what this does, triple buffering allows a 'clean' update of each frame of graphics, without any image tearing. End result - fast moving images look better. It's like WaitVbl or VSync, only it doesn't slow down the emulator at all. Triple buffering is supported on most modern video cards, but if it fails to init for any reason, the emulator will just do the graphics the old fashioned way. Fixed QSound tempo (it was too slow) Interpolated QSound Row Scroll (used for 3D floor on some stages) Also DirectDraw Init was slightly wrong also the author says and it should be ironed out with this new version. Download at the link below!  Link: Final Burn

MAME WIP

(posted by fixo - 09:32) The Work In Progess page of MAME -Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator- has been updated over the last days with loads of news: 16th January 2001: Aaron Giles fixed a small interpolation bug in the ES5505 core. Nicola Salmoria improved the colors in Wiz. Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver and added Dan-Ku-Ga. Bryan McPhail also fixed the sprite graphics decoding in Slap Shot. 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Lightbringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuuhyuu, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop. There are so many screenshots posted this time that it will take you some time to go through them so click the link below right now!  Link: MAME WIP

Monday, January 15, 2001

Back to the Roots Updated!

(posted by Roni - 18:26) The first update of the new year to this awesome Amiga focusing website includes many new things for you gamers to drool over! I'm not going to re-write what is perfectly said already so here is my patented quoted e-mail as usual ;) "the first update in the new year at "Back to the Roots" (http://www.back2roots.org) brings you the "Championship Manager" series for free download. It's very popular especially in the UK. Another excellent game is "Second Samurai". Vivid Image has allowed us to upload this classic action game. Want to play Boulderdash? Then you should choose "Emerald Mine", the best of its kind! "Don't forget to have a look at the other games, which we've added, or you'll miss some pearls. If you want some candy for your ears, check out our latest additions to the music section. Many game tunes from the allmighty Jason Page were added. And your eyes will find some candy at our pictures area, where the best pics from the demo scene and Amiga games are waiting for them."  Link: Back to the Roots

PIRATES PORTAL finally updated!!

(posted by rOuGh - 16:45) 2.5 months late, the games encyclopaedia has been updated again, it includes 3 non-released jewel cracks of 3 lame but seldom game namely Challenge Golf (Golf Master), Deadly Rain and Quadromania (first time in English) for the C64. Furthermore I added a lot of C64, Amstrad, Sinclair and Sega Master System games to the online encyclopaedia. If you have never played Clowns on the C64, do it! This game rocks although it's from 1982!!!!!  Link: PIRATES PORTAL

Sunday, January 14, 2001

	Nes is the ONE!
	(posted by Lee - 13:14) Version 1.2 of ONE, the Online Java NES Emulator, has been released (which means no downloading of roms!) It has support for Nintendo's MMC3 (Mapper #4). Altough not yet perfect,Some games which use the MMC3, have been added including the all time greats Super Mario 2, Mario 3 and Tecmo Super Bowl. Go play some classics today. Thanks to Norbert for the news.  Link: ONE

Yars Revenge returns!

(posted by Lee - 08:56) I love remakes (well most of them) of the old classics and heres one Im really looking forward to:YARS QUEST, A new slant on the fantastic Yar's Revenge game from the Atari2600. This game is in production for the Atari VCCS "simulator" (Check out the link for the download) that also plays a fan made version of the unreleased Atari2600 game, Ewok Adventure. Check out those new Yar's quest screens!  Link: Yars Quest

New News poster

(posted by Lee - 06:31) Its a big hello from me, Lee from PeeknPoke (Hosted here at Emucamp) Zoop has let me go mad on here to let you all know about the latest goings on, I will post news on such emulation updates on such projects on the Atari2600, Sinclair Spectrums, C64 and the consoles. Its great to finally join the gang! So please any news you would like me to post feel free to email me and feel free to visit PeeknPoke (Plug! Plug!) too!  Link: Lee's PeeknPoke

Saturday, January 13, 2001

	Genital68K Version 0.21 Released
	(posted by Charles - 18:36) Bart Trzynadlowski has updated Genital68K (a fast 68000 CPU emulator written in assembly) with the following addition: "This version fixes a bug which caused Genital68KReadXXX()/Genital68KWriteXXX() API functions to trash the 68K PC." Grab the newest version linked below.  Link: Genital68K

	GoodNES v0.999.8 BETA
	(posted by Roni - 15:39) Cowering moments ago released the newest version of this excellent ROM renamer for NES ROMs. GoodNES now recognizes 6,614 ROMs. Specific additions are "Tons of NEW and Unlicensed Games" quoted from the news text. Let the hunting begin!  Link: GoodNES v0.999.8 [192 kb]

Friday, January 12, 2001

	DreamSNES & DreamSpec interviewed!
	(posted by Lando - 06:42) Boy! Is the Dreamcast hot :-) Both DreamSNES & DreamSpec were just interviewed by Emulation-X! Head on over to DC Emulation for the full story: Thanks To Emulation-X for the News.  Link: DC Emulation.com

	The Real Exclusive Razoola Interview!
	(posted by Lando - 06:31) New for 2001: The interview you have all been waiting for is now waiting for your viewing pleasure at Emulation-X's brand new web site. Thanks To Emulation-X for the News.  Link: Emulation-X

	Official Homepage for DreamSpec!
	(posted by Lando - 06:26) Dreamspec is the one and only speccy emulator for your Sega Dreamcast. The site is nearly ready, but plenty to to be had even now. So if you have any questions or would like to help hop over now :-)  Link: Dreamspec Homepage

Thursday, January 11, 2001

	The Rumor Mill
	(posted by fixo - 06:51) JoseQ has updated his weekly Rumor Mill, so head over to check what's about to happen in emulation.  Link: Rumor Mill

Wednesday, January 10, 2001

	Unofficial MAME Highscore.Dat
	(posted by Lopantu - 21:09) The newest unofficial version of Highscore.Dat, the file that allows you to save your highscores in MAME, adds about 30 new additions. You can grab a copy at the site listed below to see if your favorite game is supported.  Link: Unofficial Highscore.Dat

Jack Attack 2 Demo Now Available!

(posted by Lando - 18:43) A new version of the classic C64 game Jack Attack has just been released for the PC. Jack Attack 2 includes all of the nostalgic C64 levels plus 70 great new levels. JA2 has updated graphics and super sound. And now two players can simultaneously play either cooperatively or competitively. Because JA2 is non-violent, this is a great game for kids (especially the "Just for Kids" set of levels) but definitely more than challenging enough for adults. There are even "special powers" designed to players of differing abilities play together as equals. More info can be found from the link below:  Link: Jack Attack 2

Steem v1.4

(posted by fixo - 18:35) Steem, a Freeware Windows Atari STE emulator, just received it's biggest update ever. Huge improvements to almost everything, bug fixes, new features, here are some details: Sound totally overhauled, completely re-written (9 times in fact). STFM samples and music now sound just like a real ST. STE DMA sound also totally re-written. MFP timers accuracy improved from 1/15500 to 1/8000000 of a second.Most of MIDI re-written, fixed system exclusive out bug and many MIDI in bugs (thanks to Stephen Ware for finding most ofthem). Now supports variable MIDI system-exclusive message lengths to allow for large bank dumps.Mid-scanline screen effects. Overhauled ACIA emulation (fixed Downfall, Cubase, Sequencer One). Fixed blitter bugs (Italic text, Utopos, some demos). Made printing a lot more reliable. Fixed Disk Manager root directory bugs. Implemented Read Track - fixed Starblaze Hard drives: fixed drive off = drive B bug, misguided interception of BPB reading (Slumlord, Battle for Throne, Bodyshop), double-slash with Gemdos path, get DTA (small file-searching problem). Fixed PC mouse interference with display. Fixed speed limiting. To find out more about it's features, download at the official page linked below!  Link: Steem

Final Burn 0.069

(posted by Max - 15:47) The arcade emulator for Windows has been updated. New features: Added a SFZ Region switch to the .ini file. There are six regions.0x00=Japan ("Street Fighter Zero") 0x01=USA ("Street Fighter Alpha") 0x02=Hispanic ("Street Fighter Zero") 0x03=Asia ("Street Fighter Zero") 0x04=Europe ("Street Fighter Alpha") 0x05=Brazil ("Street Fighter Zero") The new SFZ decode files are now used. These are more accurate since they decrypt the whole rom area - emulation is now more accurate (fetches are decrypted, reads are not). With these new tables, the memory check also passes. No row scroll yet. Looking good! Now you can play the arcade classic at home.  Link: Final Burn

	NeoPocott 0.38b
	(posted by Max - 15:37) The Windows port of NeoPocott: NeoGeo Pocket emulator has been updated. New features include: A Show FPS option (Gollum) A frame skip menu (Gollum) Fixes Vsync/No vsync mode (Gollum) People can now enable or disable vsync and FPS counter at anytime while playing a game!  Link: NeoPocott

	Pokemon Crystal translation
	(posted by Max - 15:08) Pokemon Crystal is the latest edition to the Pokemon saga. Recently released in Japan, there are rumors and doubts about it being officially translated. With that in mind, Neo Translations has set out to translate this game to the best of our ability,with a high standard for quality and accuracy.  Link: Pokemon Crystal Patch

	More Original C64 Tapes!!
	(posted by lem0n64 - 01:53) Do you like games such as DJ Puff, Hammerfist, Turbo Outrun or Vendetta? Well, you're lucky then! These TAPs can't be found elsewhere on the net, so grab them on Lemon!  Link: LEMON64.COM

Tuesday, January 09, 2001

Pick your Dreamcast emulator!

(posted by Max - 17:12) Japanese developer Bero is letting you decide which emulator you want him to port to the Dreamcast! FPSE (Playstation emulator), FPCE (PC-Engine/Turbo Graphx emulator) or MAME? I would personally choose the MAME one, think about it.. everything from Pacman to Street Fighter Alpha on Dreamcast. Sounds good to me! Head over to his official site and e-mail him telling him which emulator you want. Or, if you're lazy you can just click here to e-mail him ^_^  Link: DCDEV

Monday, January 08, 2001

Dreamspec V0.0003 Released!

(posted by Lando - 07:36) A new version of this way cool ZX Spectrum emulator for dreamcast has been released. One major thing is that the Disk Juggler Self boot comes with 200 + games :) I`ve just burned a copy and this is hotting up big time. Here`s a brief on whats new: Its now in a frame, so its "just" like the real thing Perfect smooth scrolling on most games Hires colors Added some 222 games to DJ version Most of the joypad is enabled Organized from A-Z instead of Games1 Games2 Dreamcast TV Grab (Best viewed on a real TV!) Thanks to Emulation-X for the release info.  Link: DC Emulation.com

Sunday, January 07, 2001

Dreamarena Boycott

(posted by Max - 16:32) Now, I know this isn't really emulator related but I do know there are a lot of Sega fans who visit Emucamp. From Monday 8th of January to Wednesday 10th of January many UK Dreamcast owners are boycotting their Dreamarena service. Dreamarena is basically the Sega Europe equivalent of Seganet. Unlike American Dreamcast owners, British Dreamcast owners must pay for every single minute they are online. The charge does not go to Sega; the charge goes straight to British Telecom and is 1p per minute off peak and 3p per minute on peak. Off peak being after 6PM of weekdays and all weekends and on peak being all other times. American Dreamcast owners pay $20 a month for unlimited access via Seganet but UK Dreamcast owners do not have the option to pay a flat fee. The only option that exists for UK Dreamcast owners is to pay the local call charge of 1p per minute. Sega have been saying for six months that they are working on a fixed rate deal but nothing has ever materialised, nor have we ever received any real information on the deal that they are working on. A penny a minute may not sound much to complain about but when you think how important net access and online play is to Sega's survival as a major industry player over the next twelve months then it is obvious that un metered Internet access is a must. People want to play Quake 3 Arena without worrying about the cost; Phantasy Star Online deserves to be played online with people all around the world and without a second thought whether the call will damage your bank balance. Many people that don't have PCs have been lured towards Dreamcast because of its Internet access. For some, Dreamcast is viewed primarily as a machine with cheap Internet access. Just imagine if you used Dreamarena for the Internet as much as you used your PC for the Internet. For some this is their only option and with extensive DC Internet use comes a massive phone bill. Just one off-peak hour a day on Dreamarena will total up to £18 over the period of a month. This is approximately one and a half times more than the cost of unlimited use of Sega Net. Just how much Dreamarena was actually costing people was highlighted when Chu Chu Rocket first came out. Due to the addictive nature of the game, many people found themselves with phone bills totalling £200. This is not on. When our phone bill is mounting up the pennys, SEGA gets nothing. It all goes to BT. Yet if Sega did do a monthly flat-rate fee then they would get money, a lot of money so what's the problem? Why shouldn't we get the same treatment as our over sea friends? So I urge all UK Dreamcast owners NOT to use the Dreamcast online from Monday 8th of January to Wednesday 10th of January. To find out more info about the boycott see the official site below.  Link: Dreamarena boycott 2001

Genital68k 0.2

(posted by Zoop - 15:25) Bart Trzynadlowski has released today a new version of his Genital68k emulator. Please note that it is only a 68000 CPU emulator only, for use by programmers mainly. This recently released emulator is going to be a good alternative to StarScream (which is powering emulators such as Gens). This version fixes register losses on emulator API calls, memory handler functions has been modified, and a few minor optimization were done. Thanks to Bart himself for the news!  Link: Genital68k Homepage

EmulationX to interview Razoola of CPS2SHOCK!

(posted by Roni - 15:00) On Wednesday January 11, 2001 Emulation-X will be conducting a Interview with Razoola the man that has made all our Cps2 dreams come true. If you would like to assist Emulation-X with his Interview please submit Questions to EmulationX's email address. Send as many questions as you like , but only the best will be picked. The dealine to submit Questions is 1/11/01. 5 pm Est. Thanks To Emulation-X for this Post  Mail: EMULATIONX@aol.com

	ParaMSX v0.31 released!
	(posted by Roni - 14:57) ParaMSX V0.31 has been released today. ParaMSX by Youngman Seo is an MSX Emulator for Windows based on fMSX V2.1 by Marat. New features are: Fixed Minor bug in VDP timing. Fixed Minor bug in Sprite 2 mode. Added Indicator for CapsLock, Kana, Drive access. Thanks to TFH/Fony for the news.  Links: MEP - ParaMSX Homepage

JNes v0.40 Beta 1 Released!

(posted by Roni - 14:15) WOW! Looks like I spoke too soon last night, here is the brand spankin' new release of JNes for us all!! Here's all the work done on it in the last year: Implemented audio updates 4 times per frame via queue, might slow down performance so I waited this long to do something drastic like this, sounds great tho 16-bit audio and mixing Raw PCM emulated nicer now.. Noise and Pulse volume enveloping corrected I hope Tri counters fixed? (Thanks to Matt Conte for the doc on nesdev a while back) Pulse freq sweeps rewritten finally, put this off a long time DPCM rewritten from scratch, big difference in beat style Vertical scroll problem fixed in TMNT Changed the scanlines back to 262, this makes a game I know not work right but I feel having correct timing is the right way to go Another NSF loading problem fixed Sunsoft Mapper fixes and speedups Implemented an accurate real-time zapper read handler, didnt realize necessary.. Small transparency fix for some games (Windowed only) Added ability to load external palettes or keep default, 3-byte RGB triplets Integrated NSF support into the j6502 main cpu core, via small hack Rewrote sign flag, and IP handling in j6502, speedup Window 3X mode added Added an option for NES 8-pixel clipping emulation Sprite0 hits tweaked a little Rewritten Game Genie from scratch, max codes is 64 per game Rewritten PPU Rendering, which removed MMX/ASM speedups, still fast tho Rewrote direct draw frame locking technique, dangerous when jnes crashes.. Removed 24bpp rendering support, useless, slow etc, use 16/32 Rewritten entire banking system for cpu and ppu, speed boost Added a recent menu into the interface, quite nice Rewrote every mapper, less memory used, faster speed, save state friendly Rewrote sound graph, more friendly to direct draw these days Rewrote bitmap capture code from scratch, faster and nicer. Finally released the partial MMC5 support, not the most accurate emulation, but it is good enough to play Castlevania III US well, which is good enough.. Tweaked save states to save the new structures as well Rewrote ppu mapper tile handling, works right now, no hack Started allocating and releasing large chunks of memory nicely Direct Input 2-Player code rewritten, smaller, easier to maintain, as well as the option to completely? tweak the devices Changed quick-save to F7 key, F6 was too close to F5 really, you could hit it accidently Added save slots selection to the Cpu menu, it might of been confusing because it was previously only accessible on the keyboard Sounds great to me, go pick up the new version at Jabo's site!  Link: Jabo's Homepage

Saturday, January 06, 2001

JNes Webpage update

(posted by Roni - 18:08) The everlasting king of speedy NES emulators for Windows JNes has had it's first website update since August. The site features a new URL (still hosted by VintageGaming) and a new design. I'll let the update speak for itself, as quoted by Jabo: "01-04-2001: Welceome to the new site, I rewrote almost every page in favor of a quick access, straight to the point, web site. I also updated the links page a little bit, hopefully it's a little more useful now. The message board is working again, thanks to Tux for getting it working, I can now get some feedback again. The bottom of my page has an new email (thanks emulation64.com!) if you really have something you need to talk about with me. "So what's going on with Jnes? Well it's one year since the last update (v 0.30a). I've been working on Jnes during the last year, I just haven't had time to release something and work with people to fix the issues that would come up. Basically most of the code base in some form or another has seen serious revisions or complete rewrites over the last year (audio and game genie being the most important), which is a good reason for the long time frame between updates. The only thing I have left I still want to do is hopefully try to fixup my noise channel generation style, possibly convert to using 16-bit audio, and general testing to make sure there are no known issues left still. I may also try to clean up the NSF support as I'm not sure if I really like the way I sort of threw support for it in.. give me some feedback on if you guys like or if anyone actually uses it, via the message board as always. "I'd like to thank all the people who have been helping me test the latest versions out, Azimer and Quietust especially, and the more bugs I find, the longer it will unfortunately take to make a release, but the better it will be... As far as releases, I have school starting in a few weeks, as I'm sure a lot of people do, so I'm aiming to release before that time." I know I'm looking forward to the next release!  Link: Jabo's Homepage

Friday, January 05, 2001

	Rare Atari Jaguar games
	(posted by Chris - 16:01) Despite all the sad stories about Jaguar fake emulators and RealityMan's Jagulator project (which seems not very alive to me anyway, btw), we at RetroBase.com have digged out four rare Atari Jaguar games. Check it out at the link provided below (then click on that "Atari Jaguar" button on RB's main page).  Link: RetroBase

Final Burn v0.064

(posted by JAG - 12:25) Another bug fix version of Final Burn is out, version 0.064. Here is what's new, directly from the readme file: + Made it so that the top panel not only isn't shown but isn't even created in fullscreen mode. Does this fix the bug where people hear "windows beep noises" in fullscreen? Please let me know! * Changed Fast Forward key to F4 Keep 'em coming, Dave!  Link: Final Burn

	Final Burn v0.062 AND v0.063
	(posted by fixo - 04:44) It seems it keeps on burning as in just a few hours two new Final Burn released popped up, now with the first implementation of sound support and some bug fixes concerning the HotRod joysticks.  Link: Final Burn

Thursday, January 04, 2001

SSF 005 alpha r2 - SegaSaturn Emulator