Friday, March 30, 2001

RetroBase wants YOU!

(posted by Chris - 17:35) This has been posted on our affiliate site RB a while ago: "[...] In order to continue our mission, we're looking for dedicated people who enjoy classic games and are willing to spend time on creating new RB sections for systems such as NES, MSX, PC-98, 3DO and many others. Do you have what it takes to join our team? Apply now!" For more info and your dose of true retrogaming, click the link below.  Link: RetroBase.com

A New Artifex Release!!

(posted by Lando - 15:09) Artifex v0.28 (Commodore C16/Plus4 emulator) has landed just in time for the weekend. New features and improvements: Increased emulation speed Better sound emulation New full screen emulation code (slower) Fixed decimal mode ADC/SBC in CPU emulation (XZap works fine) Saving from memory implemented Improved Plus/4 System Information sheet Using absolute path when loading ROM files Vertical Blank synchronization in full screen modes Fixed timers Hit the link below for your issue of Plus/4 emulation!  Link: Artifex Homepage

Tuesday, March 27, 2001

Java Arcade Emulator adds Lode Runner

(posted by Chris - 17:51) The last update of JAE, the Java Arcade Emulator, was made about half a year ago but now at last there is a new driver. JAE now supports another one of the real classic games. It is Irem's arcade version of Lode Runner, a popular and addictive game that was ported to almost every gaming platform. Head over to JAE now to play this and more arcade classics online in your browser.  Link: Java Arcade Emulator

Classic Sega

(posted by Lee - 02:24) Classic Sega, hosted on here on the lovely Emucamp has been updated with.. *Test your Sega trivia with the Classic Sega Quiz! Try your best the first time because you can only take it once (some sort of anti-cheating feature). *It's still March, so March Madness is still here and that translates into a new feature called FMV MADNESS! that is in the Sega CD section. Here several of the many FMV-based titles for Sega CD are showcased. It's horrible! It's scary! It's all text! thanks ILB4EVER_2000 for that news snippet  Link: ClassicSega

	GEM release
	(posted by Lee - 02:19) what, no news posts! must make up for that!Hello all, Release of GEM v0.6, The Gameboy Emulator for MSX. It's been 9 months since the last release and GEM has turned 1 year old this month so Happy Birthday. Unfortunately, it will also be the last GEM for MSX2/turboR Read the history in GEM.TXT for details. Get it all from the Link  Link: GEM

Saturday, March 24, 2001

YAPE 0.32 released!

(posted by Lando - 16:47) Yape (Yet Anothor Plus4 Emu) has just had a mega update! We are takling a good couple of weeks work and some neat surprises along the way added in :-) Here`s the low down of the new: added processor stop cycle emulation (only regular opcodes) pause emulator with a hotkey a new calculated palette, based on original Commodore specs reworked sound emulation (courtesy of Zsolt) illegal character ROM banking implemented the wholewave/halfwave checkbox has been embedded to the 'Create TAP' dialog redesigned ROM/RAM and machine configuration dialog window optimised windowed DirectX modes tweaked a bit some more on the horizontal dot counter fixed the decimal mode ADC and SBC once and forever fixed a pixelformat bug in 16 bit windowed DirectX mode fixed some rarely used illegal CPU opcodes fixed a keyboard repeat problem fixed various bugs in some character modes fixed a small timer bug This is one of the coolest C16/Plus4 emu`s going and with the new sound support from Zsolt the magic of those classics comes to life even more. Hit the homepage now! What more can I say.... "It must be Plus4 weekend" I was looking back at some of the old mag`s from 1985 to 1989-ish and boy it was great reading. Over time the old C16/Plus4 had plenty on offer and I was surprised how companys like ANCO really pushed the adverts out for our fav games. I think the scanner is a must at some point in the future ;-)  Link: Yape Homepage

26 New Commodore C16/Plus4 TAP Images!!

(posted by Lando - 10:04) C16/Plus4 emulation fun at it`s best once again with a mass load of original cassette images! This rare and unique collection is for use with YAPE and the new Artifex emu`s and as ever these tapes cant be found any where else on the net! Dont forget to check out the wicked Zolyx. This baby has kept me busy for hours "cool game!". Head on over too the biggest and best games related archive on the surf and fill your boots!  Link: C16/Plus4 ClassiX

Thursday, March 22, 2001

Keep on bubbling...

(posted by Chris - 07:32) This is just too funny to be ignored. Somebody talked his highschool band into doing a Bubble Bobble live performance (which fades later over into a New Zealand Story theme). Yeah, this is really LIVE recorded. You must hear it. Oh, and while you're there, check out the rest of the site :) It's probably the best Bubble Bobble resource on the 'net, any they even cover other great Taito games, too.  Link: Bub & Bob.com

	New Atari Lynx additions
	(posted by Chris - 07:27) Yup, that's right. Thanks to Ataricuda, er, Frogacuda :), RetroBase.com has added two new entries to their huge game archives: the extremly rare prototype Alien Vs. Predator and Songbird Productions' latest Lynx release, Championship Rally. Really cool stuff. Check it out at the link below.  Link: RetroBase.com

Wednesday, March 21, 2001

Classic Sega updated

(posted by fixo - 18:53) ILB4EVER_2000, webmaster of Classic Sega - hosted here at Emucamp, informed us of some updates he did on his site: Today (3/21/01) brings a new feature to the site called Emulator Corner.Here I'll be reviewing new Sega emulators. My first review is of the new version of the Past-O-Rama emulator. Also a few days ago, I put up some ad scans I did. You can find them in the Game Gear, Master System, Saturn, and Genesis sections. They're pretty nice. Well you heard it! Click the link below for some serious Sega retrogaming.  Link: Classic Sega

	More Freeware...
	(posted by Lee - 12:01) By the way, kojote, who has been providing me (and many other sites) new news on freeware roms has a great emu site that you should check out for your freeware and emulation needs. Have a look thru the link...  Link: emukult

	Gameboy Advance demos
	(posted by Lee - 11:51) kojote has let us know that Pan/Anthrox have released three brand new GBA Demos. See what that new handheld console is capable of at the link  Link: GBA demos

	Past-O-Rama
	(posted by Lee - 11:46) Brand new release of Past-O-Rama released. This great emu now supports the Sega Master System and Gamegear. Thanks go to Pascal for letting me know  Link: Pastorama

Tuesday, March 20, 2001

	Sega Xtreme
	(posted by Frogacuda - 19:21) Our freinds at Sega Xtreme have uploaded yet another fine Genesis soundtrack to their site. this time it's Castle of Illusion. Head on over and give a listen.  Link: Sega Xtreme

Monday, March 19, 2001

The New Retrobase

(posted by Frogacuda - 16:55) Retrobase, a site dedicated to archiving classic game data and media, has celebrated it's 100,000th hit with a total redising. It's a radical departure from the old design and much more intuitive. Check it out and let the nostalgia flow. Oh, and be sure to check ot the new game in the Java Arcade while you're there. Also be prepeared for major stirrings there in the not-so-distant future...  Link: Retrobase

Sunday, March 18, 2001

	Final Burn v0.112
	(posted by fixo - 12:14) A new release of Final Burn is out bringing it to v0.112 and supporting a new game: Cyberbots - Full Metal Madness (JPN). Download at the FB page below!  Link: Final Burn

	Tileshow release
	(posted by Lee - 03:40) TileSHOW, The Game Boy graphic editor new reaches v1.01 with some gui improvements and bug fixes. Again thanks to Lrd[EFN] for some more Gameboy action news  Link: Tileshow

	Virtual GameBoy release
	(posted by Lee - 03:34) All new version of Virtual GameBoy (Version 2.1) by Marat Fayzullin has been released. To find out whats new and download, Click the link Thanks to Lrd[EFN] for that  Link: VGameboy

	QB update
	(posted by Lee - 03:30) Its Sunday so relax, Grab a coffee and read some retronews. QB, The new atari 2600 game (See previous posts) has been updated to version 2.14 Thanks for the news, kojote  Link: QB

Friday, March 16, 2001

Going Giddy

(posted by Lee - 12:54) Tommy from Mondo Dizzy (Hosted here at Emucamp) has sent me an news email to post, Rather than water it down editing it, Here's the complete post... "The creator of Giddy has now made the his newest game in the Giddy series, Giddy 3, shareware. It was previously available as a demo to try before you buy, but he has had very little luck selling it. He's now resorted to making the full version available so that people can try the whole thing and hopefully be honest and pay for it. I think it's important to begin supporting people like this. It's in the best interest for everyone to get retro-classic style gaming back into the mainstream. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks games went really downhill for the most part about 5 or 6 six years ago. This game is truly exceptional quality, and not some Games Factory **** (well, I did edit that-Lee:). It's very fun, has lots of humour and really good puzzles. This game is more than good enough that it could definitely have been on the shelves of games shops 8 years ago. We owe it to people like this that give us a little bit of the good old days back. The game is only a measly £5 and people that can't pay in sterling needn't worry, Phil is a reasonable guy and can work something out. If enough people supported people like Phil companies would see that this style of gaming is still popular and that people are willing to pay for it. Hopefully if people play this and decide to keep it they will buy it. I did." well, As some of you should know, Giddy was released on the Amiga and played like the Dizzy games of old which are still popular today..Come on check it out...Thanks Tommy!  Link: Giddy3

	Megabase updated
	(posted by Lee - 12:48) I love emulator frontends. Stops me messing about with DOS (which scare the hell out of me) If you're like me, You would be glad to know an all new release of Megabase is now out and is now up to v4.3. Check it all out and again thanks to Alessio  Link: Megabase

Thursday, March 15, 2001

	Kaillera update released
	(posted by Lee - 05:23) Kaillera, The MAME netplay emulator has updated the MAME version to v0.37b13 and compiled with 68000 ASM core. Obtain it and play me online (You will find me on the few UK servers, mostly playing TrackNfield..Kaillera is great)  Link: Kaillera

	Outrun
	(posted by Lee - 04:16) Roger sent me news of his up and coming fan site all about that wonderful coin-op of old, Outrun. The site covers nearly all the arcade and home versions that made the Outrun series plus other Outrun related articles. Why not check it out... Plus if you have a site dedicated to a certain game, Let me know and I will post it here  Link: Outrun

Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Artifex - The New CBM Plus/4 Emulator is Released!

(posted by Lando - 16:27) Zsolt had been gearing upto this release all week and said Today was the day and it's here!!! So in hope you catch this news before you reset for the night I thought I'd better post the news right now before even looking at it my self! Here's a list of the all important features: CPU 60% - All documented instructions and some undocumented ones. Every instruction is cycle based. TED 20% - All screenmodes and vertical smooth scroll. Raster emulation is not too perfect, it is fake raster. Most of the registers is "read only". Disk 50% - "Read only" 1551 and PC Directory emulation. Sound 90% - All features are emulated with an own sound mixer that can produce better quality sound than windows mixer can. There are still some small bugs, some games produces strange sounds. Digi-sound also supported. Joystick 10% - Very early stage, I will implement more later. Keyboard 99% - All features are emulated, exceptsome side effects of the TED. Debugger 80% - Very usable but not yet finished. GUI 75% - Nice GUI that I hope is user friendly enough. Hit the homepage link now for your copy!! Big thanks Zsolt this is great to see at last :-)  Link: Artifex

Tuesday, March 13, 2001

Genesis Power is shutting down

(posted by fixo - 17:45) Another sad event just struck the emulation community. July 1999-February 2001 is the title of a post at the Genesis Power main page. It will shut down soon and here's an excerpt from the page: "Well, folks, it looks like the end is near for Genesis Power. We just received notice from our gracious host that our server will be shut down by the end of February 2001. It appears someone complained about some of the files that were on the server in one of his other domains, so the hosting company is pulling the plug on all his domains. In the current emulation atmosphere, it was bound to happen sooner or later." Not exactly happy news I would say. Head over to Genesis Power while you can to read the full post and to check what else's still out there.  Link: Genesis Power

	New cheats for UltraHLE
	(posted by Lee - 04:16) New cheat INI file for UltraHLE released today. Available as always at the link Thanks Ape  Link: UltraHLE

Monday, March 12, 2001

Song tribute to the Last Ninja

(posted by Lee - 07:42) Got an email from waka x + qewza / Mabento/ TMbase that reads... New (emu related) song from romanian idm / ambient project Makunouchi Bento Name: Pink Ninja 5 Tribute to Last Ninja game series; Pink Ninja is back(He's also Mr Higaru's cousin ) from the woods - He will steal now Magic Pink Chewingum from evil shogun Kunitoki ! and here starts our story ... Thats why I couldnt put it in my own words..For sheer madness and a very good tune click the link...  Link: PinkNinja

	New Atari 2600 release
	(posted by Lee - 06:03) You have gotta love these Atari2600 releases. This release is QB, A puzzle game and it plays like an Atari game of old (Very nice indeed) The game is available for download and there will be a cartridge release in small numbers too!  Link: QB

Sunday, March 11, 2001

	Sega System 24
	(posted by Charles - 16:21) I've updated my Sega System 24 page with all new technical information (for you emu programmer types), datasheets for the floppy disk hardware and memory, and finally some thoughts on circumventing encryption used in a few Sega arcade games. Head on over to my website, linked below.  Link: My Homepage

Saturday, March 10, 2001

	New Megabase frontend release..
	(posted by Lee - 17:26) ..now reaches 4.2 with added new filters for roms. If you seek an emulator frontend, please check this great one out. Thanks Alessio for that piece  Link: Megabase

Thursday, March 08, 2001

Massage 1.0

(posted by Frogacuda - 11:05) Wow, this is about 5 days old, but don't blame me for not noticing. About 2 years after it was initially supposed to be released to the public, the authors of Massage, one of the first Master System emulators, and the favorite of it's time, have released version 1.0. A good amount has been done since version 0.8 (0.9 went to registered users only). Here's what to look for: New in 1.0 Emulates undocumented screen mode! This allows SG1000/SC3000 cartridges to work! (Name the images as .SMS). GG games can now be viewed with full Master System screen. Improved x-value of lightgun (from Zoop). Slightly improved lightgun target sight. Bugfix : Mouse is now detected properly. Bugfix : Hopefully SB will now start up everytime. New in 0.9: INI file to set up options. Redefinable keys (in INI file). Slightly inaccurate lightgun support via the mouse. Now with SB (2.0+) support, allows the simulation of the YM2413 chip via Adlib and the TI76489 chip via the SB - at the same time. And it's good enough to play speech. Stereo via OPL3 (Adlib) or SB Pro (SB) but, due to lack of info about the SB mixer chip, the SB version will not play stereo on any card newer than an SB Pro. Option to turn off sprite collision to make Impossible Mission a bit more playable (but it still doesn't emulate very well). Option to switch off the border. Bugfix : Golvellius now works. Bugfix : Options via command line or INI file to slow down the access to the OPL3 chip to solve the problem that some soundcards were having. This was the emu that got me into emulation, and I'll always have a soft spot for it, even if is has since been surpassed by BrSMS and Meka. Those with slow computers might still want to give it a shot, as I remember it working quite well on my 486. Get it at what's left of the homepage. Thanks to Chris for the news.  Link: Massage

Wednesday, March 07, 2001

	CRASH! update
	(posted by Lee - 12:38) Site update for the Sinclair Spectrum's magazine... Editorial on the Lenslock; preview of ID from Nu Wave; reviews of Enigma Force, Their Finest Hour, MOVIE, Lord of the Rings, Sir Fred, Spitfire 40, Three Weeks in Paradise, Winter Games, and The Worm in Paradise. ColourClash fans head this way....  Link: Crash

Tuesday, March 06, 2001

	Dance to the C64
	(posted by Lee - 09:35) At last! A UK event in retro..Joy:) Back in time LIVE is the event. A UK club is being hired out for the night for vintage c64 and retro tune fans. With guest appearances from videogame celebs (Jeff Minter is RUMOURED to be going) Anyway for more information, click the link Im gonna go....If someone buys me a pint  Link: BackInTimeLive

Monday, March 05, 2001

	Ecco the Dolphin OST at Sega Xtreme
	(posted by Frogacuda - 00:42) Our freinds over at Sega Xtreme have added the soundrtack to the Sega CD version of the classic Ecco the Dolphin. Those who've played the game, will be quite pleased with this news. Follow the link to download.  Link: Sega Xtreme

Sunday, March 04, 2001

	Megabase4.1 Front-End update
	(posted by Lee - 14:00) A new database and screenshots are ready for Megabase4.1 Front-End With 163 new games for GameGear with screenshots (Pack 2) (Ive just got a GameGear for very cheap, What games do you recommend I get for it, email me) Go on, click the link Thanks, Alessio "AleTsg" for letting me know  Link: MegaBase

	MAME netplay
	(posted by Lee - 13:54) This sounds good. Just got a mail from Christophe who has just released a new program, Kaillera , that allows emulators such as MAME to play on the internet or LAN games. coool! You can download the new version (and more info) at the link  Link: Kaillera

C16/Plus4 ClassiX Mega Games Update!

(posted by Lando - 09:54) 53 new games are up for grabs for use with your Commodore C16/Plus4 emulators or the real thing! Many are rare and some are the best cracks ever on the net! Retro fans and game collectors hit the homepage NOW! (just for the records) This month C16/Plus4 ClassiX enters into it`s first birthday being hosted here at Emucamp :-) Ok`s.... there`s no big party but 53 new games is plenty to celebrate over! And big cheers to emucamp for hosting me, It has brought alot of smiles to the gaming fans.. Retro Rulez :-)  Link: C16/Plus4 ClassiX

Friday, March 02, 2001

iGBA progress

(posted by Frogacuda - 13:48) iGBA, most probably the best Gameboy Advance emu out there, has been showing alot of good progress lately. What's in store for beta 6? Well I noticed on a thread on the iGBA messageboard that iki posted a movie of the emu running the famed Yoshi's Story demo that Nintendo used to show off the GBA hardware. It looks to run great, with a few glitches. What's more, iki says that the new version should come this weelend. So if you're jonesing for some GBA action and can't wait until launch, keep an eye on iki's page.  Link: iGBA

Thursday, March 01, 2001

Classic Sega updated

(posted by fixo - 21:16) ILB4EVER_2000, webmaster of Classic Sega hosted here on Emucamp mailed me with news of following updates at this site: Review of Saturn shooter Metal Black added Review of Genesis/MD platformer Earnest Evans added I am looking for reviews of classic Sega games by other people. If anyoneis interested in writing one up, e-mail me at ilb4ever_2000@hotmail.com Follow link below to visit the Classic Sega site.  Link: Classic Sega

	The Mighty Bogg gets interviewed
	(posted by Lee - 16:44) C64 users in the UK in the eighties must of heard of the music producer, The Mighty Bogg. He made some great music soundtracks (mostly featured on compunet, The C64 BBS). Ive managed to grab a quick interview with him over at Lee's PeeknPoke. Oh and PeeknPoke's been online for over a year so its party time over there.  Link: Lee's PeeknPoke