Friday, June 30, 2000

AGES 0.20 Nebula

(posted by FNM - 23:48) Here's what's new in this version of AGES... - Underclocked SH2s to make AGES run lots faster (drastic and bad practice but it should appease you speed-impaired :P ) - Double resolution and fullscreen modes (should be compatible with everybody's video card) - A few kinds of scanline options - Player 2 control pad emulation - Joystick support - Key/button redefinition - 6 button emulation - Region autodetection (can even customize your preferred search order) - No more forced filenames for 32X system ROMs - Customizable path for battery RAM saved files (very useful if you play ROMs right off a CDR) - Lowered DirectX graphics requirement (for you NT users) - Added support for .GEN extension - Fixed 32X dual framebuffer; no more flashing - Fixed many Genesis VDP and IO bugs; lots more Genesis games work ...and some cosmetic changes as well :) Thanks to Emulatronia for the news.  Link: AGES Homepage

Very Rare Cart On Ebay

(posted by drewbert - 23:35) Well, there's an auction for a very rare Neo Geo cart, Diggerman, hasn't been dumped(to my knowledge) and according to the seller, it's one of 8 known to exist. Just thought it was pretty intersting. Thanks to alt.binaries.emulators.neogeo(can't recall the original poster) for the news. Whoops, appears Prophet reported about that last week. Oh well....  Link: The auction

	Genesis Power
	(posted by FNM - 03:20) Today's release: #161 - Aquatic Games starring James Pond The advantage of playing that game in emulators is that you won't need to destroy any joypads when playing (only if you really want to).  Link: Genesis Power

Thursday, June 29, 2000

Top50 French Translations Apology

(posted by Reiginsei - 22:54) Top50 sent me this message about his French Emulator translations. It's basically an apology to the RockNES author and a message to other emulator authors. Here's the message: Apologies to emu authors :it seems that some people didn't enjoy my translated emulators ... I noticed this news on Rocknes X website : About the RockNES X french translation: the author Alexandre da Veiga (Ale) was not asked about a possible translation of his work, hence a permission to do that. If the guy had sent an e-mail saying "I will translate it, ok?" he might said "go ahead, cool", but the guy simply translated the emulator. He does not like that other ones change part of his work without ask him before if they can do, even with a strong "yes" as possible reply. He is not against the RockNES X language translation btw, but they might be asked before. These are his words. Well I'm really sorry for not mailing the author about the translation. In fact, in the past I already tried to mail some emulator authors (that I won't mentione) that didn't answered my e-mails. Other though that it was none of their buisness since I don't ask them help for translation... So it was a big surprise when I saw RockNES X News... I have to apologize to Alexandre da Veiga. I will remove RockNes X translation if requested without any word. BTW all authors can do the same thing if they feel angry... just mail me and I'll remove all files concerned. But I have always though that translation should increase people that could enjoy the good emulator I translated (because I don't translate bad ones ^_^;) . I have never though that it would be handle as a copyright or source breaking because I only translated the program. So again all apologies come to authors that feel angry because of my work...=(

Meka 0.54 Released to Beta Testers

(posted by lilac - 20:32) Zoop, man of many sleepless nights, has made a new version of his excellent Master System and Game Gear (and various other Z80-based systems) emulator available to registered users. Some of the new things: Fixed invalid vertical sprite wrapping in video mode 2 (bug introduced in version 0.51, slighty affecting The Castle and maybe other games). Added PSG wave synthesis sound rate setting in the configuration file. Rate is no longer fixed to a weird value like in all previous versions, avoiding the clicks and noise with certains soundcards. You can also change the rate to the default values of 11025, 22050 and 44100 Hz from the GUI pop-up menus. Added separate PSG channel enabling/disabling. Mainly useful for musicians who want to listen to different channels separately, but it is also very fun to disable some channels and play games with somewhat new music :) Fixed FM bug when hard pausing and unpausing in some games. Addams Family, Operation Wolf and Sonic Blast now automatically run in PAL/Secam mode when NTSC is selected, due to the games having bugs in NTSC mode. Fixed the badly positioned line of Hang On in Hang On / Safari Hunt. If brutally forced to close (like when switching to a blitter using an invalid resolution), Meka now switchs back to its starting directory. Added screenshot filename template to the configuration file. You can now configure weither you want padding, short or long filenames, etc.. Changed screenshot numbering starting value from 0 to 1. Added "integer stretched" display of the theme's background pictures Disappointed you can't play it now? Want to be a registered Meka user? Then become good friends with Zoop and send him a rare Sega cartridge! Or donate some money to the SMS Power fund so they can buy those rare cartridges that show up frequently on eBay.

	Gens 0.76 translation
	(posted by FNM - 15:24) Guess what... Top50 just translated Gens 0.76 to french ! This guy's been working really hard lately... go check out his translations at the link below...  Link: Power3D

Monster World 4 (Wonderboy 6) translation

(posted by Zoop - 14:59) Demi (of Demiforce, authors of a number of great translations such as the one for Final Fantasy 2 / NES) with hacking help from Antiriad (Raine's author) finally released a long awaited translation for Monster World 4 for Megadrive. This game is nothing but the equivalent the non-released Wonderboy 6, so at my unbiased :) opinion it is a great game. So I urge you to check the translation work by Demi, and hopefully enjoy the actual game. If you ROM image is in SMD format, I have uploaded a tool to convert it right here - made by the good old Diskdude in 1997.  Link: Demiforce

Team Japump Releases

(posted by FNM - 02:21) The following romsets were released... and be sure you read the quick reminder below... * Mahjong Chinmoku no Hentai (Nihon Bussan - 1990) * Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels (Psikyo - 1998) * Hebereke no Popoon (Sunsoft - 1994) * Super Formula - Chijou Saisoku no Battle (Video System - 1989) Just a quick reminder: there are absolutely NO roms at the Team Japump homepage, ok ? Thanks to RetroGames for the news.  Link: Team Japump

	Genesis Power
	(posted by FNM - 02:17) Today's release is: #160 - Alisia Dragoon ! Try "benchmarking" this one using the most recent releases of Genesis/MegaDrive emulators...  Link: Genesis Power

Vegas 0.94b

(posted by FNM - 02:12) Tim Meekins made this test release of his Genesis/32X emulator available recently... here's some notes about it: "This is a special test release build of Vegas. I've completely updated the rendering engine and I'd like to get as much feedback as possible on how well it works. If you have frame rate issues, please send me e-mail. I'm mainly interested in frame rates when playing Genesis games. 32X emulation is still slow overall, you don't need to tell me that. Please report CPU, graphics card, and what rendering mode you have problems with. Also mention if full-screen was any different from windows mode. I'm hoping this release is compatible with more graphics cards and is faster. Oh, be sure the game isn't PAL, as they run at 50fps. Also, with the new updates, I think frame-skip works a bit better." Speeds on my 2 computers are: - PPro 200, Banshee, 30-40fps - P3 600, GeForce256, 60fps Changes: � Fixed 4 bugs dealing with shadow and hilight mode. � Tweaked some Genesis DMA code. � Wrote new rendering pipeline. � Wrote new scanline and screen rendering effects. � Rewrote DirectX code. Once again, thanks to Emulatronia for the news.  Link: Tim Meekins' Homepage

SegaEMU 0.50

(posted by FNM - 02:01) Atani updated his multi-console (SEGA only !) emulator once again, and here's what's new: - Genesis/MegaDrive emulation - Sound - 100% complete... sound funky on some machines - Video - 100% complete... Not everything works as planned - Currently setup as one player, preliminary support for second controller. - Added Scanlines support, this works on all emulated systems. - Added GUI - Added ZIPped rom support (all systems) - Added "Simple" rendering mode, this works on all systems. This option forces the system to render the entire screen only at the end of the frame rather than line by line as normal. - Added Auto-Country select during rom load. It's good to see a new multi-console emulator evolving... thanks to Emulatronia for the news.  Link: Atani Software

Wednesday, June 28, 2000

	ZSNES v0.911 French
	(posted by Reiginsei - 23:01) Top50 has done it again! This time he translated the astounding ZSNES into French. I've tried it out and it looks nice ^_^ Head on over to his site to pick up the translation of this fine emulator. Oh yeah, make sure to stop by #power3d on IRC's EFnet and say hi (or salut or something, heh) =)  Link: Power3D

	Genesis Power...
	(posted by FNM - 04:25) They brought us two new releases, as usual :) #158 - Jantei Monogatari #159 - Starflight (revision 01 ?) Enjoy it now... *hint* try those with the new GENS 0.76...  Link: Genesis Power

GENS 0.76 released

(posted by FNM - 04:23) This excellent Genesis/MegaDrive emulator was updated and here's what's new: * DMA FILL finally correct (I hope) * Little bug in windows/scrollA interaction fixed * STOP instruction fixed for "mine" 68000 engine (Thunder Force IV and Todd's aventure fixed with "mine" core) * 68000 interrupts fixed once again :) * Load / Save State improved : - File is smaller - Sound is correctly recovered - Better stability * RAZE interrupt fixed, RAZE is now the default Z80 engine * Z80 Memory write/read fixed again * Z80 Interrupt timing modified. * MMX detection rewritten again * You don't need anymore to reload a rom after changing the sample rate * Others little fix... You better enjoy it, because the author won't be able to update GENS for at least the next two months. Real life issues, you know... thanks to EmuCity for the news.  Link: GENS Homepage

Tuesday, June 27, 2000

	RuMSX v0.21
	(posted by Reiginsei - 12:39) RuMSX, an MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ emulator, has been updated. There's way too much new stuff to list here so I suggest you head on over to The MEP for the emulator. Thanks to the MEP Crew for the news.  Link: The MEP

	rew 1.2 STX French
	(posted by Reiginsei - 12:31) Top50 has informed me that he has translated yet another emulator to the French language. This time it's a personal favorite of mine, rew! If you speak French, I suggest you check it out tout de suite (my French sucks, heh)  Link: Power3D

XBox Interview

(posted by lilac - 10:14) Vincent Lopez of EBWorld.com was able to corner J. Allard from Microsoft's XBox division and get a few hundred words out of him. Although it doesn't get into the details it certainly sounds like the XBox will not come with keyboard or mouse, so don't expect it to be a Wintel machine for your television. Allard does say that ethernet and broadband will be standard equipment though, along with four controller ports, and a large capacity hard drive. All of this is standard because Microsoft considers future add-on drives, like those employed by Nintendo and Sega, to be somewhat detrimetal to development. Allard also points out that Microsoft's game division will be developing a large number of first party titles and not all will be ports from the PC genre.  Link: J. Allard Interview

Monday, June 26, 2000

	Another French Translation
	(posted by FNM - 14:34) This time Top50 translated the emulator WinSMS to french... and it's the 10th french release by Top50 ! Go check out all those 10 emulators at his site...  Link: Power3D

Numerous Translation Releases!!!

(posted by Reiginsei - 02:04) Gideon Zhi, the man of many projects, has released a multitude of complete translations to celebrate the redesign and relocation of his site, The Aeon Genesis Translation Proclamation! Too many patches to list here (ok, so there isn't, but it's a hell of a lot, trust me ^_^) Most patches are 100% complete, while some are very close to completion. Do check out his site and make sure you read the Encyclopaeda so you know where you're going. ;)  Link: The Aeon Genesis Translation Proclamation

Stella for BeOS!

(posted by Delta - 01:01) Looks like the emulation scene in BeOS isn't quite dead afterall. Stella, one of the best atari 2600 emulators has been released. This version features sound, emulation of all controllers (joystick, booster-grip, paddles, keyboard, lightgun), rendering in a DirectWindow (faaast), windowed and fullscreen modes, and lots of other stuff. If you run BeOS and need an atari 2600 fix, get this emulator now!  Link: Stella for BeOS

Sunday, June 25, 2000

	Atari 2600 ROM release ?
	(posted by FNM - 20:39) This doesn't happen every day, you know... a game called Kamikaze Saucer was just posted to the public at Atari 2600 Nexus (thanks to Edmond for the link), but there's almost no information about it (maybe because it's really unknown...)  Link: Atari 2600 Nexus

	VGBC full version is out...
	(posted by FNM - 20:23) VGBC isn't really new (I first heard about it in March), and its full version was released recently... the author also stated that VGBC will also go open-source. (now that's good news) And VGBC is probably the only GBC-shaped GBC emulator out there :) Thanks to EmuSphere for the news.  Link: VGBC Homepage

Oops

(posted by FNM - 20:13) * �{��̖I - Dodonpachi - (JPN Ver.) - (c)1995 1996 1997 Atlus/Cave * ����� - Guwange - (JPN Ver.) - (c)1999 Atlus/Cave * Super Real Mahjong P6 - (c)1996 Seta * Mahjong Daireikai - (c)1989 Jaleco / NMK * Mahjong Gakuensai - (c)1997 Make Software All of these arcade ROM releases come from Team Japump, and since I noticed that no one posted this (no one but Omega_Vermelho of Kinox, that is), I decided to post this... better late than never :) (You'll see that these ROMs were released almost a week ago. Mea culpa.)  Link: Team Japump

	Your daily dose of Genesis ROMs...
	(posted by FNM - 20:06) Don't pretend you don't know that I'm talking about Genesis Power ! A new game is out today... #157 - Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (baseball fans, rejoice)  Link: Genesis Power

	French Translations
	(posted by FNM - 20:03) Top50 translated the latest versions of both RocknesX and Hu6280. But these aren't the only translated emus you'll find at his site... go check out the link below if you're a french speaking fellow... and thanks to Top50 himself for the emails.  Link: Power 3D

SG-1000/SC-3000 link...

(posted by FNM - 19:58) ILB4EVER_2000 has been running his SG-1000/SC-3000 website for some time, and after some hard work he gave his site a massive update... he even wrote some kind of "what's new": - New logo and new look. - Information put up about a major project for the site. - New game/software information layout for better service. (The major part of the renovation) - New version of The Sega SG-1000/SC-3000 FAQ uploaded. - New message board. Visit his site to see what he means :) (I KNOW, I copied his entry msg...)  Link: The SEGA SG-1000 and SC-3000 Page

Saturday, June 24, 2000

Hu-GO! 1.26 binaries

(posted by FNM - 23:14) The sources for this version were released yesterday, and today you can also enjoy the binaries (if you didn't compile them yourself earlier). Here's what Zeograd says about this release: "Finally, there's just a little new feature concerning the joypad. I've slightly changed the joypad detected handling (you'll see that in the .ini file). I've also updated the cheat database (thx to Mug Uk) and set another skin (which was present in the 1.23)." Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.  Link: Hu-GO! Homepage

	RockNES 1.090 !
	(posted by FNM - 23:11) This great NES emulator received a minor update... here's what's new: - Fixed noise frequencies table; - Fixed pAPU 'active time left' table; - Small PSG optimizations and more fixes; - Fixed CHR bankswitching macros (added a few more too); - Fixed mapper #23 CHR banks. And BNSF 1.3 is out as well :) Thanks to GeoShock for the news.  Link: RockNES Homepage

	Genesis Power... again
	(posted by FNM - 23:05) Yet another game has been released... go get it ! #156 - Skeleton Krew  Link: Genesis Power

	Genesis Power Releases
	(posted by FNM - 00:17) (catching up...) #154 - Shining in the Darkness #155 - Socket ...and DO notice the poll Snorter put online at Genesis Power, it might be useful for you all :)  Link: Genesis Power

Hu-GO! 1.26 sources released !

(posted by FNM - 00:09) This great PC Engine (TG16) emulator was updated; its sources are out already and the binary(ies) will be out in a day or two. Here's what Hu-GO! author Zeograd said about this release: Well, I'm a bit ashamed because this version contains nothing new for players. I've been busy with extra emulator pc engine projects such as C compiler and some other stuff so I've only be able to change sources for easing ports. Now, I've moved the main displaying stuff out of Allegro control and I bet it's quite easy to port the main engine to another lib (I may try to do it for test purposes). I'm releasing sources tonite and I'll certainly make a binary release tomorrow but more to keep the rhythm as some people asked for rather than real interest in having the binary. Even if the executable is pretty much the same as the previous one, I'll try to change the environnement in the archive (cheat code updated, other skins ...) As for the C compiler, I can't say that will be new but next release will certainly be a bomb. David Michel is doing a HUGE work on it and is improving it of an unexpected way... Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.  Link: Hu-GO! Homepage

Friday, June 23, 2000

WinSMS v0.9.2.2

(posted by Reiginsei - 19:56) WinSMS Plus, an SMS/GG emulator for the windows platform, recieved 2 updates today. Here's what's new: v0.9.2.2 Small fix for gamma correction for when internal pixel format is 16 bit (GeForce cards in particular). v0.9.2.1 Added load / save state support. Added sound support for windows NT. Changed default frame skip 'No' to 'Auto' and implimented auto skip. Emulator now runs on DX3 or higher, though Joystick support and full screen modes are only available if you have DX7 or higher installed. Added zipped ROM support. Added a gamma correction option. Added a sound recording option. Now displays the name of the game running. Added full screen support (requires DX7). Added screen smoothing (requires DX7). Added a scanlines option (requires DX7). Pick it up at the link provided. Thanks to Emulation Diary for the news.  Link: WinSMS Plus

BeGameboy and BePCEngine updated!

(posted by Delta - 15:55) Finally, we have some news from the BeOS emuation front. David Raingeard had the following to say about BeGameboy, and BePCEngine. BeGameboy: This is the release for BeOS R5. Now working on the sound emulation. The next major release will provide fast! z80 and graphics hardware emulation in assembler, and full sound support. I updated the web site. I Added a page on my arcade game emulators. Tell me if you want them to be released. Thanks. BePCEngine: Now working on the sound and cd-rom games support. You will be able to play games directly from the cd-rom drive. Available soon > Being a BeOS user myself, I am very pleased to have learned this informtation, and hope you are too! On a side note, Pretendo for BeOS is undergoing a major rewrite... With Pretendo, and these two emulators, there's finally some good emu-related stuff happening for BeOS :).  Link: BeGameboy/BePCEngine

Thursday, June 22, 2000

	TRwin 2.34 WIP
	(posted by Frogacuda - 18:28) And here we have yet another work-in-progress release of TrWin (True Reality for Windows). This release fixes a graphics bug that that affected games like Duke Nukem 64. Get it at the TRWin homepage.  Link: TRwin

C Spray 0.9

(posted by Frogacuda - 18:02) C Spray is a disk image renamer for Commodore 64 images. It is based on the FDS sources. Here's what's new in 0.9: Using 64copy, many errors were corrected, and the D64class was almost completely rewritten. It now skips over empty directory entries, so all entries can be found. At this point, any modifications to the D64 class will be to recover from D64 format errors. If you have errors, 64copy should be able to fix them. Stats changed, no other changes. Get it at eDen.  Link: eDen

Meridian 0.32

(posted by Frogacuda - 17:39) Meridian a NSF (NES sound/music) player for Win9x has been updated to 0.32. Here's what the site says is new: Very preliminary support for VRC7 has been added as well as preliminary support for FDS. Until I get better information on these they will probably not improve a whole lot. VRC7 will almost definately receive very little attention since it is only used in 1 game that I know of. I also threw in some support for recording the output to a WAV file which does not work very well(inaccurate timing). Use it, abuse it, let me know what you think... Get it at the Meridian page. Thanks to Kinox for the news.  Link: Meridian

	SMS Power release.
	(posted by Frogacuda - 16:29) Good ol' Zoop has released GP Rider over at SMS Power. The game is GP Rider, a good selection if I say so myself. Get it at SMS Power.  Link: SMS Power

	MacMAME 0.37b4
	(posted by Frogacuda - 16:06) The PowerMac port of everyone's favorite multi arcade emu has been updated. It's now up to date with all of the changes in the DOS version, plus: Screenshots now generate PNG files instead of PICTs. [Aaron Giles] Added better control over the screen depth. [Aaron Giles] Nab it at the MacMAME hompage.  Link: MacMAME

	SMOG news
	(posted by Frogacuda - 15:55) The SMOG (Sega Model 1 emu) homepage has been updated with a progress report. TitoJ reports that he's gotten some good progress on the V60 and is making good headway on Virtua Racing as well as a few other tidbits. Sounds promising! Thanks to Retrogames for the news.  Link: SMOG Homepage

	NeoMAME 0.37b4
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:37) NeoMAME, a port of MAME designed for NeoGeo (and only Neo Geo) has seen an update for the first time in a while. It is now current with the latest build of MAME. Get it at the MAME download page.  Link: MAME

	Callus95 patch 2.2
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:33) The unofficial Callus patch has been updated. New additions include Forgotten Worlds, Pang3, and QSound support for Street Fighter Alpha, as well as many more new games. See the full list and screenshots at the link below. Thanks to Retrogames for the news.  Link: Callus95 Patch Homepage

	PasoFami 1.34w4
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:26) PasoFami, a japanese NES emulator, has been upadated. Here's what's new as translated by Aries: Can now set sound volume for each channel. Can now select PCM/MIDI, simultaneous sound output for each channel. Sound is more accurate. Get it from Famicom House.  Link: Famicom House

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

	TRwin 2.33 WIP
	(posted by Reiginsei - 21:39) Hot on the heels of the last Public WIP release comes v2.33. In case you didn't know, TRwin is an N64 emulator for the Windows platform. Pick up the latest WIP release at their homepage linked below and you can learn how you can help submit bug reports.  Link: TRwin Homepage

PowerMSX v0.07

(posted by Reiginsei - 21:31) PowerMSX v0.07, an MSX1 emulator for DOS, has been released. Here's the new features: Z80 fixed. Now it passes all the ZEXALL tests. VDP now is emulating some strange features. Now it runs Thing Bounces Back perfectly! Added a frame counter. Corrected some sprite bugs. Fixed a disk offline bug. Implemented -ifreq , so our european fellows can run the emulator at their perfect speed, while we, here in 60Hz, can run those classic european games as they were programmed to behave. Thanks to the MEP Crew for the news. You can pick up this emulator at the link provided.  Link: MEP Crew

	Genesis Power Releases
	(posted by FNM - 20:19) #151 - Chuck Rock (the best one of the series) #152 - Phantasy Star III #153 - Phantasy Star IV (there, Phantasy Star series is done !) Quoting "somebody"... ENJOY IT NOW !!!  Link: Genesis Power

Vegas v0.94

(posted by Reiginsei - 13:43) Tim Meekins has released a new version of Vegas, his superb Sega Genesis/32x emulator for Win9x! Here's what's new: Changed some audio flag logic. Several more Genesis games now work. Switched from Microsoft C compiler to Intel C compiler. Completely re-wrote all timing and clock systems. Fixed a sound bug introduced in release 0.92. Seems there�s a bug in the Microsoft release libraries. Going back to the debug libraries has fixed the sound bug. Hmmm�. Optimized sprite rendering. Reduced some memory overhead. Fixed a bug in 32X/Genesis signal mixing. Fixed a typo in the 32X palette code. Fixed a bug in the debugger. SH2 cache emulation. Some more 32X games work. FM enhancements. Sounds much nicer. SH2 optimizations. Fixed a bug in 68000 STOP instruction. Changed full screen mode to use double-buffering instead of triple buffering. Rewrote DREQ. Fixed 32X division bug. Fixed bug in 32X auto-fill. Fixed bug in Genesis BG color. Fixed bugs in disassembler. Fixed bug reading controllers. F3 will pause the emulator. More information in title bar. Now shows name of hardware and territory. You may now display the frame rate. Added undocumented Z80 opcodes to disassembler. Fixed interrupt bug in 32X mode. Fixed a video mixing bug. Several rendering optimizations. You must check out this great emulator. It's one of the better Genesis emulators out there and even has 32x emulation to boot. =) Thanks to Retrogames for the news.  Link: Tim Meekins Home Page

Tuesday, June 20, 2000

	Scenes from The Wizard
	(posted by JAG - 18:36) Fans of the 1989 film The Wizard starring Fred Savage (of Wonder Years fame), Luke Edwards and Christian Slater, be sure to check out JAG's Video Game Zone for some high-quality video clips from the movie.  Link: JAG’s Video Game Zone

Badge's Lighthouse

(posted by Reiginsei - 14:27) Badge has updated his Lighthouse once again. ^_^ This has to be one of my favorite sites with weekly SNES reviews. Also, this weeks PC98 game in the spotlight is Jack, a game which I have no earthly idea what it's about (but it look like it *might* be of the hentai type). While you're visiting his site, reading the reviews and such, why not join up on his mailing list? You won't be disappointed if you do, I promise. ;)  Link: Badge's Lighthouse

	Super Jukebox v2.4
	(posted by Reiginsei - 13:50) Marius Fodor has recently released a new version of his Win9x SPC player. In case you didn't know, SPCs are Super Nintendo/Famicom music files. Super Jukebox is a really good and full featured SPC player so I urge you to check it out. Thanks to Opi for the news.  Link: Super Jukebox

	Genesis Power Release #150
	(posted by Reiginsei - 13:37) Genesis Power has reached another milestone, 150 games! And to celebrate, they thought that they would release something that everyone knows and loves, Phantasy Star II! You know where to find the link. Thanks to Retrogames for the news.  Link: Genesis Power

	OverClocked
	(posted by Reiginsei - 13:27) It's Top Ten Lists at OverClocked! Well, not all have 10 entries, but we can forgive him for that. ;) Visit the homepage to check out these lists. *Editors Note:* Woohoo! Umihara finally gets the credit she deserves! ^_^ Thanks to Retrogames for the news.  Link: OverClocked

Monday, June 19, 2000

	TRwin 2.32 Alpha WIP
	(posted by Reiginsei - 18:16) The guys over at the TRWin site have posted a new WIP version of their N64 emulator for Win9x. If you're into N64 emulation, head on over to their site linked below and pick up the latest version. Thanks to WWEmu for the news.  Link: TRWin Homepage

	NeoGeo Team 2000 Release
	(posted by Reiginsei - 18:08) NGT2k latest ISO/MP3 NeoGeoCD release was Ninja Masters and I can't believe I missed this news piece! *reiginsei slaps himself around a bit with a large trout* Anyways, head on over the the NGT2k site and pick yourself up a copy of this sweet fighter from one of their mirrors. Thanks to Kinox for pointing this out to me.  Link: NeoGeo Team 2000

Virtual GameBoy 1.7

(posted by Reiginsei - 17:56) First iNES and now Virtual GameBoy. It seems Marat's back and he's on a roll. Here's what's new in his commercial GameBoy emulator for the Win9x platform Changed CGB DMA to decrement counter on each scanline. Changed CGB DMA to update source/destination registers during transfer. Fixed sprite/background priorities. Added option for "washed out" CGB palette. Added option for static color palette. VGB-Unix now has a proper application icon in WMaker. Now saving realtime clock time base in the state file. Thanks to katharsis for the news.  Link: Virtual GameBoy

Meridian v0.31

(posted by Reiginsei - 17:47) Meridian, an NSF player for Windows, was updated to v0.31. Here's what's new Lots of Cosmetic Changes Slightly Improved VRC6 Support Bug Fix: Crashed on Certain Songs(Ninja Gaiden, etc) What sets this NSF player apart from all the others? It plays NSFs in quasi-stereo, that's what. =) It sounds damn good to me and I love it so I know you will to. Keep up the good work Jason! ^_^ Thanks to Opi for the news.  Link: Meridian Homepage

	Atani Software Update
	(posted by Reiginsei - 17:40) Atani has informed me that he has recently updated his page with some news of the next release of SegaEMU and has posted a screenshot of it running Sonic3D. Check it out at the link below of course.  Link: Atani Software

MSX Mania Brasil FrontEnd v0.4b

(posted by Reiginsei - 17:35) This frontend for BrMSX was recently updated. Here's what's new ZIP Support: In this version you can execute ROM/DSK into a ZIP archive. If the ZIP archive not contain a ROM/DSK file, it will use the "- mount" to run the emulator. Use "-debug" to get more details when you run the emulator. Added "- trtimer" option, put "- vsync" and "- truevsync" in the same option. You can pick it up at the M.E.P. Speaking of M.E.P., they've recently added a sh*tload of games to their database. The total is now around 2,300 games/applications. You just might want to check out what they've got now. ;)  Link: M.E.P.

	Genesis Power
	(posted by Frogacuda - 15:55) Today's dump is Head-ON Soccer. Get it at the usual place.  Link: Genesis Power

Visual Boy 1.4.2

(posted by Frogacuda - 15:48) Visual Boy, a Gameboy emu for Windows, is back with a nice new update. Here's what's new. Trying to switch to full-screen on some computers never worked and the emulator would never work again without changing a value in the registry. This has been fixed. MBC3 cartridges (Pokemon Yellow) now have the timer saved. Option to turn off the sound completely Slightly faster version of the code DirectX 7.0 version for the people who get sound but no screen. Version 1.5 will only support DX7. Get it at Visual Boy's page.  Link: Visual Boy

	DarcNES version dn9a0617
	(posted by Frogacuda - 15:42) DarcNES version dn9a0617 for linux has been released. This is a minor release and is mostly bugfixes. Get it at the DarcNES page.  Link: DarcNES

	Basilisk II build 130
	(posted by Frogacuda - 15:30) The Windows NT/2K (also compatible with Win9x) version of Basilisk, a Macintosh emulator, has been updated to build 130. Here's what's new: Workaround for one compiler bug. Updated timer.cpp code. Get it at the Basilisk II page.  Link: Basilisk II

	Vegas homepage goes online!
	(posted by Frogacuda - 15:16) Vegas, the first 32X emulator and the most accurate Genesis emulator for Windows/Direct X, now has a homepage. No more guessing about current progress! The site also has some some news about the current progress: Tim has cleared up a major bug and a new release should come soon. I can't wait!  Link: Vegas Homepage

RockNES 1.080 is out !

(posted by FNM - 00:29) Fx3 updated again his great NES emulator... and he updated BNSF as well :) DO send him feedback ! Here's what's new in RockNES 1.080: - Major emulation core cleaned/rewritten; - Added mapper #75 (Konami VRC1 / Jaleco SS8805); - Fixed mapper #18 (Jaleco SS8806); - Fixed mapper #23 PRG bankswitching (oops!); - Fixed mapper #24 mirroring set; - Fixed mapper #26 (jap. Madara works fine); - Fixed mapper #78 (jap. Holy Diver works fine); - Fixed mapper #88 (jap. Quinty works fine); - Fixed mapper #227 (pirate cart 1200-in-1 works fine); - Fixed mapper #228 (gfx corruption, oops!!); - Fixed pAPU timing; - Fixed noise sound channel (almost perfect); - Fixed PCM volume level; - Fixed a VRCVI reset problem; - Fixed a bug parsing sound rate setting from config; - Fixed a bug parsing frame rate setting from config; - Fixed a bug parsing game directory from config; - Added pAPU reset on NES reset; - Rebuilt some PSG stuff; - Rebuilt CHR bankswitching (more games are playable, it fixes mapper #90); - Fixed PRG/CHR bank mask; - More bugs were squashed, fixed some broken stuff due to the last updates. And BNSF, as usual, is in sync with the latest RockNES. Thanks to Fx3 himself for the news :)  Link: RockNES official website

Sunday, June 18, 2000

Dragonball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyajin v1.00 Translation

(posted by Reiginsei - 17:16) Well I'll be damned, finally another 100% DBZ translation. Dragon Ball Z Game Translations, using Vincent's old patch, have translated DBZ: Legend of the Super Saiyajin (the RPG one) into English. They are also in working on many other DBZ projects so I suggest you visit their site and check them out. You can download the patch and visit the homepage at the link below. This update was brought to you by the goodness that is a Geechy (c) Brand Cookie (TM). Are these things laced with something? ^_^ Thanks to Whirlpool for the news.  Link: Dragon Ball Z Game Translations

DeJap Homepage Opens

(posted by Reiginsei - 16:17) DeJap, one of the older translation groups in emulation, have recently opened up their new homepage. The main feature of the site is the upcoming Tales of Phantasia translation being headed by DarkForce. You can find pictures and a progress report at the site. Since the site is still under construction, the pages with information concerning Dragon Quest 6 is still not and the Dragon Quest 5 project hasn't recieved any new news in over a year, so just be patient those. ^_^ Thanks to Prophet for the news.  Link: DeJap

Sad news...

(posted by Frogacuda - 14:16) You may have noticed that I haven't been posting lately. Well this is the result of some nasty corruption on my main hard drive partition. Well thanks to a nice bug in FDISK both of my partitions were completely destroyed, forcing me to do a low level reformat of my entire drive. The result: I have lost all data from my drives and the most resent backup I have is 10 weeks old. This means that all of my work updating the files section, as well as other recent work has been destroyed completely. Thank you Microsoft. What this means for you, the Emucamp reader is that you will have to wait a bit longer for the update. I will be working hard to get caught up, and we have some great new staff helping out on the section, so hopefully this will not be so tragic for for you EC fans. And now a moment of silence for my Hard Drive: .......................................................... Thank you.

	What's new in Dboy 0.62
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:09) Vintagegaming has released a translation of what's new for Dboy 0.62: Improved PSG emulation new option: -map for if-sega/pci mapping fixed DMA transfer Thanks to VGN for the trans.  Link: VGN

	GoodN64 0.9982 beta
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:03) Cowering has released the latest of his ROM renamers for N64. The current version detects 1277 known dumps. Get it at Cowering's Goodx utility site.  Link: The Good Stuff

	TGB 0.1 AE and GNES
	(posted by Frogacuda - 13:50) GIGO and Hii have upadated GNES, their NES emu, and TGB, their Gameboy emu, and translated them both into English (from their native Japanese.) Both emulators are for Windows/Direct X. Get them from GIGO and Hii's site.  Link: GIGO and Hii

	AMAME and PMAME 0.37b4
	(posted by Frogacuda - 13:43) Rodimus Prime has release the update of his sped up, optimized ports of MAME, PMAME, for Pentiums, and AMAME, for PII, PII, Celeron, and AMD users. Download them from Rodimus' PentiumMAME site  Link: PentiuMAME

	Overclocked happenings
	(posted by Frogacuda - 13:23) Overclocked ReMix has gotten 3 new tunes for everyone to Jam to. They've also put up a review of Bebe's Kids, a SNES game based on the mildly popular cartoon. Head on over to OC and check it out.  Link: OcerClocked

	Genesis Power... again :)
	(posted by FNM - 10:13) There were no new releases yesterday... But today Snorter brings us two nice games: Turrican and Mega Turrican. (The second one is... slightly better ;)  Link: Genesis Power

	More Atari Jaguar...
	(posted by Chris - 09:51) Read the news about Emu-Jag? Well, to get in the right mood for an upcoming Jaguar emulator, why not visit D.R.'s improved Jaguar section with now 80 unique games + 13 new Jaguar title screens? Click the link below.  Link: Digital Relicts

Saturday, June 17, 2000

	Speccyal Update
	(posted by Lopantu - 18:19) Richard Nash, after less than a month of coding Speccyal, has given the project back to it's founder, Stephane Schmitz.  Link: Speccyal Homepage

That EVIL CPSx Notepad - My Chat With Shernand

(posted by Reiginsei - 03:29) I'm sure by now you've seen the strange pic of Notepad (!?!?!) running a CPSx game over at the Callus95 Patch Homepage. The picture's ALT Text says "shernand, start training to dance on one foot" so I decided to ask my good friend Shernand (of NGT2k) just exactly what was up ^_^ Well, he told me a few interesting things and even said I could post our somewhat brief chat up for everyone else to see. Check it out at the link below.  Link: Reiginsei's Chat With Shernand

Friday, June 16, 2000

	Do-Re-Mi Fantasy v0.99 Translation
	(posted by Reiginsei - 20:11) Not only did Gaijin Productions release a complete patch for the Famicom game Sweet Home, but recluse also updated the Do-Re-Mi Fantasy patch. Do-Re-Mi Fantasy is the cute Super Famicom sequel to Milon's Secret Castle for the NES. The homepage says it fixes various bugs found in the game so check it out.  Link: Gaijin Productions

	Kid Icarus v0.99 Swedish Translation
	(posted by Reiginsei - 20:01) RoboBengt of MetalHead Hacking Group has released an almost complete Swedish translation of that classic NES game, Kid Icarus. All that isn't translated is the credits and one part of the title screen. Visit the homepage below to pick up the patch. Thanks to MetalHead for telling me about this release. ^_^  Link: MetalHead Hacking Group

	Emu-Jag News
	(posted by Lopantu - 16:23) World Wide Emulation has a screenshot of the Jaguar emulator, Emu-Jag running a PacMan clone. A new beta will be sent to testers on July 2, and should have support for commercial games.  Link: World Wide Emulation

	DBoy 0.62
	(posted by FNM - 13:51) BouKiCHi updated again his great GB/GBC emulator. I still can't tell you what's new due to my lack of... japanese speaking (?). Thanks again to EmuSphere for the news.  Link: BouKiCHi's Website

	New Staff Member
	(posted by Lopantu - 02:48) Hello everyone, I am Lopantu. I will be helping Frogacuda with the files section.

	TGB 0.1A released
	(posted by FNM - 00:35) TGB is a GameBoy emulator for Win9X, and its homepage is in japanese. One of the new features seems to be �ESTAT����̓ǂ݂��݂�␳ (it's probably regarding save states). Hopefully, someone that can read japanese is going to translate the "what's new"... Anyway, thanks to EmuSphere for the news.  Link: GIGO's Website (JAPANESE ONLY, I guess)

	Finnish MAME FAQ
	(posted by Lycia - 00:10) Gridle, the webmaster of the site of the multi-arcade emulator MAME, has updated the MAME site with a new Finnish translation of the MAME FAQ. So, if your native tongue is Finnish or if you love Scandinavians like I do, hehe, then you'll want to check this FAQ out. You can check it out below: Finnish MAME FAQ

	Power64 v2.8
	(posted by Lycia - 00:06) Power64, a Commodore 64 emulator for the MacIntosh, has been updated to version 2.8. I'm not entirely sure what's new with this emulator, so you'll have to check it out if you're a Commodore 64 fan who's using a MacIntosh.

	WinSMS News
	(posted by Lycia - 00:03) The WinSMS Plus site has been updated with a request that people who are fans of the Sega Master System and Game Gear emulatorfor people to post on the message board with what they want added or modified with the emulator. So, if you've got some ideas for the emulator and would like to give your two cents, be sure to visit their page.

Gens v0.73

(posted by Lycia - 00:00) Gens, a Sega Genesis emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to versio 0.73. Here's a list of what's new: Menu selection fixed (2xSAI & Scanline) Write/Read Z80 Ram fixed. (Grand Slam music is ok) You can now pause emulation with ESC key. (automatically paused when the Gens window is desactivated) High-resolution fullscreen finally complety fixed for all videos cards. MMX detection code rewritten (no crashes anymore) You can pick it up below: Gens v0.73

Thursday, June 15, 2000

Game Launcher v0.9.2

(posted by Lycia - 23:45) Game Launcher, a universal DOS frontend for various systems, has been updated to version 0.9.2. The site says that it's been tested with the following emulators: MAME, Nesticle, RockNES, ZSNES, Snes9x, Callus, Stella, and Genecyst. Here's a list of what's new: Support for rotated (vertical) monitors. Added an optional icon next to games with a screen shot available. Added options to control menu colors. Added options to control animation. Added more control over key repeat delays. Fixed a bug where the "use_extension" option was being ignored. Fixed a bug where "rom_extension" only worked with 1 extension. Upgraded to UPX v1.0.1. [SOURCE] Cleaned up and re-arranged just about everything. You can pick it up below: Game Launcher v0.9.2

	AutoMem v1.0b
	(posted by Lycia - 23:33) AutoMem, a utility that auto-selects the appropriate memory card when you insert a Plastation game in your CD-ROM, has been updated to version 1.0b. The site for all of Aldo Vargas's utilities and such has moved to PSXEmu.com. There are screenshots available at the site with this utility in action. You can download it below: AutoMem v1.0b

	Genesis Power's 146th Release
	(posted by FNM - 23:22) Keepin' up with the daily releases, today's one is a shooter named Elemental Master.  Link: Genesis Power

	VGS Autorun v1.0b
	(posted by Lycia - 23:21) VGS Autorun, a utility that automatically launches your Playstation emulator when a PSX CD is inserted into your CD-ROM, has been updated to version 1.0b. You can pick it up below: VGS Autorun v1.0b

GoodWindows v1.2

(posted by Lycia - 23:18) GoodWindows, a frontend for the series of Good utilities that aid in renaming files into their correct file format, has been updated to version 1.2. Here's a list of what's new: Support for GoodINTV.exe (that why you have to delete the settings.ini) Allow you to scan cd ( In this case the GoodXXXX.exe put the text file in C:\ ) ! Warning ! only the list, scan & scan new option can be used and this take a lot of time (you may think that good windows is frozen but it is not..., Goodxxxx.exe is still running in the background) Added features: Allow to explore the directory you wanna scan. Fixed bug that didn't let user scan other directory than the one that GoodXXXX.exe was in (again). Fixed bug that could occur if the needed dll where not found (now they are automaticaly copied to the system dir if they are not already there) Fixed file naming bugs. Fixed changing directory before choosing a console bug. Fixed bug that would'nt let someone open xxxhave.txt after changing directory (if the file is available). You can pick up this fine frontend below: GoodWindows v1.2

	Sweet Home Translated
	(posted by drewbert - 21:33) Gaijin Productions has released a translation of the NES RPG(Role Playing Game) Sweet Home. According to MickoZ, it should be bug free. And please don't email either Emucamp or Gaijing about the ROM, neither will provide it.  Link: Gaijin Productions

MESS WIP

(posted by drewbert - 21:32) The Work In Progress for the MAME derivative, MESS(Multiple Emulator Super System) page has been updated with news of work on a Amstrad PCW16 driver and preliminary Sharp PC1401 driver. MESS is a driver based emulator. It has drivers for different console systems. Although the quantity of systems emulated is remarkable, the quality usually isn't, so it's a good choice to use an emulator designed specifically for that system, whenever possible.  Link: Multiple Emulator Super System

Ebay Piracy

(posted by drewbert - 21:29) Well, Jeff Miller has posted about blatant emulator piracy on Ebay. He's the author of StellaX, an Atari 2600 emu. He says the following auctions are infringing upon his copyright: 331117275 331119245 331122487 331126710 331128027 331129776 331132722 338368731 338373361 338377490 338380940 349938548 349938548 349955522 349960001 Anyone who has an Ebay membership, would you please either email the author, or post their email adresses in a public place, so the public could have a word with them;-)  Link: StellaX

	Panesian Press Released!
	(posted by drewbert - 21:27) A new mag has been released: Panesian Press, a magazine dedicated to you NES fans. It includes editorials, reviews, and the crappy game of the month section. If you're interested in the NES, you should check it out. Thanks to MickoZ for the news.  Link: Panesian Press

GoodNGPX Updated!

(posted by drewbert - 21:26) Cowering has released GoodNGPx version 0.9981! The Good series is a collection of ROM renamers, this particular program, a Neo Geo Pocket/Color renamer. It includes 113 entries, and has the following changes: Mono only roms now denoted by [M] Lots of USA redumps - pitiful a NEW console already needs redumps :-( Lots of country code fixups (thanks MC) You can get it and other Good utilities at ROM Collectors Anonymous.  Link: Rom Collectors Anonymous

New NSF player

(posted by drewbert - 18:56) There's a new NSF player in town(NSF is a NES Sound File): Meridian! Stated from its homepage: "What is Meridian? Currently it is a NSF(Nintendo Sound File) player for Windows95/98. What makes this player different from most other NSF players is the fact that it plays all songs in a quasi-stereo rather than the original mono that the actual NES used." Features: Plays all songs in stereo. Simple and friendly user interface. VRC VI Support. Support for dragging a file into the player. Command line support for playing a file. Ability to use external skins. Multi-6502 CPU emulator by Neil Bradley (neil@synthcom.com). Thanks to Virt for the news.  Link: Meridian!

Little John Updated!

(posted by drewbert - 18:46) Little John, the NES/SNES emulator for Linux, has been updated to version 0.2 beta. This is what's new: (straight from the homepage)"Little John NG v0.2beta is available for Linux, as testing purpose. There are still pbs with video mode switching (opengl). Moreover win32 compatibility is broken, I need to work on it. Changes are : opengl support (try the -eco command line, or ShiftL+F1 while using opengl video mode ^=^). eagle, 2xSaI, Super2xSaI interpolation mode (MMX code, so use MMX CPU). configurable inputs (but still not joysticks, use command line instead). general GUI bugfixes. nes emulation bugfixes. better general sound (snes buffer should not be to high, 1024 is a good maximal value)" Thanks to _Bnu for the news.  Link: Little John

MAME v. 0.37 b4 Available!

(posted by drewbert - 18:32) Drumroll please! The binary for MAME version 0.37 beta 4 is now available! What's new in this great emulator? These drivers have improved GRAPHICS: ------------------------------------- - Background smoothing in Return of the Jedi. [Nicola Salmoria] - Greatly improved Star Fire / Fire One. [Aaron Giles] - Fixed final fireworks in Ajax. [Nicola Salmoria] These drivers have improved SOUND: ---------------------------------- - Fixed sound in the Exidy games. [Aaron Giles] - Improved YM2413 emulation. [Paul Leaman] [...] New games supported: -------------------- Victory [Aaron Giles] Hana Awase [Zsolt Vasvari] Hit the Ice [Jarek Burczynski] Rambo III [Jarek Burczynski] Quiz Sekai wa SHOW by shobai [Jarek Burczynski] New clones supported: --------------------- Rescue Raider (Stand-Alone) Pang 3 (Euro) Sangokushi II (= Warriors of Fate) Ashura Blaster (US) Exodus (= Defend the Terra Attack on the Red UFO) For all the details, check out the What's New file.  Link: Download it!

	Source Code for MAME v0.37 b4 available!
	(posted by drewbert - 18:10) The source code for the much awaited MAME v0.37 beta 4 has been released. As of now, the MAME homepage hasn't been updated with it, but it's available at Retrogames. Please note, this is the source code, not the binary(the actual executable). It'll be a little while until it's compiled, but stick to Emucamp for news as it happens!  Link: MAME

New Cool Features for EmuPlus!

(posted by drewbert - 18:04) Well, Danmanya, author of EmuPlus, a cool build of MAME(Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, a great emu with over 2, 000 games supported), has posted his intentions of adding to the next version the ability to view help files/walkthroughs/moves straight from the EmuPlus program(with all the help files, etc. included in the download, I think). You can read his post here. Thanks to Prophet for the news.  Link: EmuPlus

	Logo and Banner needed for PIRATE'S PORTAL!
	(posted by rOUGH - 18:04) Paint a kewl and fitting logo and banner for this site hosted on Emucamp ! I'd appreciate it a lot and might have a goodie for your games collection in exchange! Leave mail!  Link: PIRATES PORTAL

SNES 9x Developers Journal Updated!

(posted by drewbert - 17:56) Gary made the following announcement on the SNES 9x Developers Journal: "Almost there... I'm getting very close to requiring beta-testers for the new NetPlay feature - it basically will allow up to five people running five copies of Snes9x on different machines to play simultaneously over a TCP/IP lan, or direct modem connection, or Internet connection or, in fact any connection that Windows supports TCP/IP over - although whether a game will be actually playable over the Internet will be down to local ping times... I've been using Bomberman 5 as my main test ROM - it allows five simultaneous players and its very sensitive to Snes9x NetPlay sessions getting out of sync: it spins a random number generator each frame and uses it to build random screen layouts; one dropped frame and the Snes9x NetPlay sessions are looking at different screen layouts! I'm beginning to wish I'd never started adding NetPlay - its been a nightmare. Part of the problem is me not having access to a network for 99% of the time while developing the code and the remainder is due to the implementation I've chosen... I've tried to be clever - most implementations of network game-play just send a joypad update message to another session and then block, waiting for an update message from the other session. This has three problems: it slows down all sessions to the speed of the slowest machine, it only allows two players and it makes no attempt to hide network delays, probably making Internet game-play impossible. My implementation is different, though not original. One Snes9x session acts as a server and sends out heartbeat and joypad information messages to Snes9x clients. A separate thread in the client sessions queues up heartbeat messages and then the emulation thread uses these to act as a speed regulator, skipping the rendering frames when its falling behind or sleeping when its caught up. Once each frame the client sessions send joypad state information back to the server. The major advantage here is that the server doesn't have to wait until all clients have received a heartbeat message, emulated a frame then reported back their current joypad states. If you're interested in becoming a beta-tester for the network game-play, post a message on the Snes9x message board (http://www.snes9x.com/forum.asp) - I'll note down names and e-mail addresses and contact people when I'm ready. Please mention how you intended to try out the feature, e.g. direct modem connection to another machine, local lan, etc. so I can choose equal numbers of each." SNES 9x is one of the best(if not the best) SNES emulators out there. I can't wait for the next release!  Link: SNES 9x Developers Journal

Tech News Update

(posted by drewbert - 17:50) Well, Courtney Love made a very powerful and informative speech on the music bandits: the RIAA! Her speech mentions such things as how popular artists(even if granted favorable contracts) "may as well work at a Seven Eleven" and how much money the executives(those leeches driving the Lexuses) make off others backs. Mr. Valenti, of the Motion Picture Association of America infamy(he's the bum who instituted movie ratings and the head of the MPAA, who is currently involved in a full scale assault on consumer rights) gave testimony in the MPAA vs. 2600 case, consisting mostly of "I'm not aware" and "I don't know". The whole lawsuit is because 2600 hosted a program called DeCSS, which allows users to copy a DVD to their hard drive. A list of mirrors is available here.

	Amiga Emulation Zone Updated!
	(posted by drewbert - 17:49) Shane Monroe has updated his Amiga Emulation Zone with 14 new games for the vintage computer system: 3D International Tennis F40 Pursuit Simulator Gemini Wings Magic Johnson's Fast Break Basketball Ninja Spirits Nippon Safe, Inc. Rotox Scramble Spirits Star Command Stryx Swords of Twilight Vortex Warhead Waterloo  Link: Amiga Emulation Zone

	New Overclocked Strip and remixes!
	(posted by drewbert - 17:49) David has released a new Overclocked episode: New & Worse. This is the 118th episode in the best(in my opinion) emulation comic strips. Oh, and it's based upon this news item. Speaking of Overclocked, three new remixes are available!  Link: Overclocked

	Game-Hunt!
	(posted by drewbert - 17:48) Well, Genesis Power, the great Genesis/32x dumping/redumping team lead by Snorter has declared a "game-hunt". They're desperately looking for Virtua Hamster, a game that was never released publically. They're looking for anyone who might have a beta, or anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks go to Necromancer for the news.  Link: Genesis Power

Gens Updated!

(posted by drewbert - 17:46) Well, a new update of Gens, the cool Sega Genesis emulator, has been updated. The main change is that an annoying bug has been fixed, but the other changes include: * Menu selection fixed (2xSAI & Scanline) * Write/Read Z80 Ram fixed. (Grand Slam music is ok) * You can now pause emulation with ESC key. (automatically paused when the Gens window is desactivated) * High-resolution fullscreen finally complety fixed for all videos cards. * MMX detection code rewritten (no crashes anymore).  Link: Gens

	The Beast has ARRIVED!
	(posted by Chris - 15:50) Digital Relicts has now an Atari Jaguar section, featuring 79 unique Jaguar games with screenshots as well as Jaguar MP3's, reviews and links. For those of you who really don't know, the Jaguar was the world's first 64-bit console! :)  Link: Digital Relicts

Wednesday, June 14, 2000

	Voodoo5 And Bleem
	(posted by Lycia - 23:56) I was over at EmulationHQ when I saw that Extreme Bleem had updated it's site with a slew of screenshots with bleem!, a PSX emulator, being ran on a Voodoo 5 video card. If you're a PSX fan, then you'll want to check this out. Bleem! Shots Thanks to EmulationHQ for the news.

	GoodN64 v0.988.2
	(posted by Lycia - 23:51) GoodN64, a utility that aids in the renaming of ROMs to their correct file name, has been updated to version 0.988.2. This utility now has support for 1277 ROMs. You can steal yourself a copy below: GoodN64 v0.988.2

UltraHLE .INI: The Company

(posted by Lycia - 23:32) A while ago, I posted news regarding The Company's UltraHLE .INI file. It's finally been released and is now available for your using pleasure. UltraHLE is an N64 emulator. Here's a list of what's new: Mahjong 3 : The game is now fully playable (doesn't lock up at the intro anymore : The Company) Diddy Kong V1.1 almost playable (fast, no cracked version required: patch by The Company. WIP). Golden Eye : speed up patch (check the special notes) Monster truck Madness : intro starts (low level patch by The Company). Proyaku King baseball : intro starts (low level patch by The Company). Banjo Kazooie: More cheats. A bit more stable. Battle Tanx: re-wrote patch. Less gfx glitches. More stable (The Company) Found more emulated games (fully, intro, check out the updated compatibility list). Some unworking cheats, unuseful or dupe patches removed or rewrote by The Company. Many, many new games comments added. 2 InI files packed: one including everything and another one including only playable and almost playable roms (chose the one to install) Compatibility list added & updated. You can pick it up below: UltraHLE .INI: The Company

	Genesis Power's 145th Release
	(posted by FNM - 23:22) Blaster Master 2 is today's special. And, according to what's said at Genesis Power, the game now works correctly in emulators.  Link: Genesis Power

	Spinal's N64 Updates
	(posted by Lycia - 22:08) Spinal has updated his site with a new 1964 compatibility list which has been released to v1.2. He's also added a new translated NEmu64 .INI which brings it to version 3.2 and a Corn .INI which brings it to version 1.7. which are in French. Check out Spinal's site for these downloads.

	VGSAutoMem Released
	(posted by Lycia - 21:52) Aldo certainly is having fun creating utilities for the PSX emulator VGS. He's released a utility called VGSAutoMem which autoselects the appropriate memory card every time you put a PSX disk in your CD-ROM. Steal a copy of this utility below: VGSAutoMem

	PluginsPak v0.0.1
	(posted by Lycia - 21:46) The 1964 site has been updated with version 0.0.1 of the PluginsPak. This "pak" includes a Direct3D and a keyboard plugin. Here's what's new: What's new in this package: Fully customizable keyboard controls (