Monday, July 31, 2000

AGES 0.21

(posted by Frogacuda - 23:17) AGES, a rapidly improving 32x emulator for windows, has been updated to 0.21. This new version sports some major impovements in speed and compatibility. Here's the list: Massaged GFX renderer: 16.5% speed-up for 32X emulation, 44% speed-up for Genesis emulation. HUGE compatability boost for Genesis games, fixed some problems in 32X games: Afterburner 32X looks much better, MK2 now works, etc... Sega Mouse and Sega 4 player peripherals now emulated, though the mouse is still unusable. Fixed bankswitching. (Guess its not just for 32X eh?) Completed BIOS faking, no ROMs required anymore. (NOTE: Never use this unless you are trapped in the desert with no Internet connection.) Music to my ears. This emu also supports the Super Street Fighter 2 ROM released by Genesis Power some days back. Head to the homepage for the download. Thanks to JoseQ for the mail.  Link: AGES

	NeoGeo Team 2000
	(posted by Frogacuda - 23:08) The folks over at Neo Geo Team 2000 have released Metal Slug 2 CD. Head for the link to download this classic platform/shooter.  Link: Neo Geo Team 2000

	Raine32 news
	(posted by Frogacuda - 23:01) According to VGN, Atani is making headway on his Windows port of the newly open sourced arcade emu Raine. He is apparently getting some help from the author of System 16 DX. So let's keep our eyes peeled, and our fingers crossed for some good news on the Raine32 front.

	FPSE compatibility chart
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:59) Well as the headline would indicate, the FPSE (Free PS emu) folk have put up a current compatibility chart. Head to the homepage and check it out.  Link: FPSE

	Win86K (Keropi) 0.47a
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:55) This one is a minor bugfix of yesterday's release. It fixes a bug that would cause the emu to crash when going to full screen with DirectDraw stretch blitting on. Download it at Kenjo's homepage.  Link: Kenjo

	ClrMAMEPro news
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:51) ClrMAME, a great little util to keep your MAME ROMs organized and current, has apparently been ported to Linux. Head to the homepage and check out a screenshot. No word yet on the release.  Link: ClrMAME

Guru's MAME Unemulated ROMs database.

(posted by Frogacuda - 20:18) Guru has a pile of new arcade dumps for you to enjoy. some are emulated in the new release, some are not. The list is as follows: Run & Gun (2 alt sets, Konami 1993) Pit & Run (Taito) Raiden DX (Seibu) Stinger (alt, Seibu) Terraforce (Alt, bootleg) TMNT (alt, 2 player Oceania version) Xyonix an unknown SNK game An unknown Kaneko game (Discovered to be Jackie Chan Kung Fu Master - (c) Kaneko 1995) Karnov's i8751 MCU Power Spikes (Alt) Streetfight (Alt) TX1 (Atari) Voleyball (alt, Video systems) Tecmo World Cup 90 (2 alt's, Tecmo) Alpha Mission (Redump, previous dump was bad) Head to Guru's page, and download away. Thanks to Geoshock for the news.  Link: Guru’s MAME ROMs

RomCenter Update

(posted by Slasher - 20:05) The Romcenter, a rom organzing and fixing utility, homepage has been updated with new Dat files. Here is what was released: Mimics 1.02 - Logiqx - 9 games System16 Beta/cabSystem 16 - Logiqx CPS2 - Logiqx Coleco adam disks - Colecoman - 79 games Coleco adam digital data packs - Colecoman - 22 games Amiga CD 32 / CDTV - MrX_Cuci - 39 games Raine 20000725 - Logiqx - 256 games Sega model 2 - JJ - 4 games (included Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally, Dead Or Alive) Konami unemulated games - JJ - 24 games Midway tm34010 unemulated games - JJ - 9 games MAME 34b5 - Logiqx - 2240 games Laser 0.8 - Logiqx Click the link below for a big selection of Dat files.  Link: RomCenter

	KIAME Bad news!
	(posted by Slasher - 19:46) This is very bad news indeed. Jago of the project is reporting that he will be leaving for a week to resolve some personal issues. He is also reporting that their will not be a release anytime soon due to a major bug in the code. For some good news, we might expect a release in the following weeks to come. Click the link below to see post itself.  Link: KIAME Homepage

	EmuSaturn temporary URL
	(posted by Frogacuda - 18:01) The folks at EmuSaturn are having some trouble. Until things are back to normal you can find them at http://www.shiningforce.freeserve.co.uk/. Thanks to EmuHQ for the notice.

C Spray 1.2f

(posted by Frogacuda - 17:58) CSpray, a Commodore 64 image renamer based on the FDS sources, has been updated. Here's what's new in this release: Didn't stop if you pressed a key to cancel. Stole the PETscii to Ascii routine of Tape64 TOSEC (-d -t) almost perfect if filenames are 100% TOSEC - Properly capitalises titles, too! Expect an new c64.dat with 100% TOSEC information soon (well, sort of soon). CSpray currently recognizes somewhere in the neigborhood of 4300 images. Download it from the homepage.  Link: CSpray

	MAMELang32+ 0.37 b5
	(posted by Frogacuda - 17:49) MAMELang32+, the multi language international port of MAME32, has been updated and should contain all the wonderful goodies of beta 5. NeoGeo games now work, but apparently there are some sound issues though, so nix the audio if you run into problems. Download at the homepage.  Link: MAMELang32+

	HuGo! 1.28 Linux and source
	(posted by Frogacuda - 17:45) The Linux port and source code for HuGo!, one of the finer TG-16/PC Engine emu around, has been released. Everything should be in sync wit the other ports, now. Head to the homepage to download.  Link: HuGo!

	Overclocked #124
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:20) OverClocked episode #124 is a fake! Some people might be fooled, but not this poster. I know a fake comic when I see one! To see this episode in all it's fake glory head for the link.  Link: OveeClocked

Fusion 3.0

(posted by Frogacuda - 14:14) Fusion, a full featured Macintosh Emulator for the PC, has been released free to the public. This new releas features tons of changes and runs as much as 2x faster than the previouse release. Best of all is that this is now a full non-demo version availible fee to the public. Read more info and get the download from Emulators Online. Thanks to ClockWise for the news.  Link: Emulators Online

	ROMNet moves
	(posted by Frogacuda - 11:29) ROMNet, the promising ROM sharing utility released last week, has gotten hosting with Zophar’s Domain. You can now find it at http://romnet.zophar.net. So update your bookmarks and stay tuned.

Laser 0.9

(posted by Frogacuda - 11:26) Lopantu just keeps the Laser released flowing. 3-4 updates in a week sounds good to me. Here's what's new now: Added a 'Paused' feature Implemented screen flipping for horizontal games joystick can now be chosen with -joy at the command line Now has Color/Black and white graphics drivers - the B/W only games no longer have three toned striped to them. These games are now supported: Cosmic Monster Laser Space King Space War 3 Good work Lopantu! Download it from the Laser homepage.  Link: Laser

	Vegas news
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:36) Tim Meekins has update the homepage of his awesome genesis/32x emu for windows with a tidbit saying that he has corrected graphs glitches in Golden Axe 2, Sonic 3D Blast, and Budokon, with the help from Charles McDonald. Head to the Vegas homepage to read the official word.  Link: Vegas

	Arcade Flyer Archive moves
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:30) The Arcade Flyer Archive has gotten a new URL at their own domain. Point your browser to http://www.arcadeflyers.com and update your bookmarks. Thanks to atila for the news.

MAMu_'s Icon Collection updated

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:26) MAMu_ has updated his icon collection for MAME with the following additions: Thanks to LudoBedo ;) , with his help, I have now a list of all the icons that are displayed badly by MAME32 when using an archive ICONS.ZIP, I'll released them soon modified.. Few are already included in this archive (005 1941 1942 1943 1943kai fitegolf...)-Anyone who wants to host my archives is welcome, just send me a mail if you want to receive each new releases, send me this readme.txt back with the line "Hosted at ...?" filled.-Added the PREVIEW.JPG file as asked by.. ? sorry ;) -66 New or replaced icones Thanks to MAMu_ for the mail. Head  Link: MAMu_

MacMAME 0.37 b5a

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:16) The Macintosh port of MAME has gotten a minor bugfix update. Here's what's new: Fixed problem with PPC 68010 and 68020 cores. The Atari System 1/2 games and the Psyiko games should now work properly. [Brad Oliver] Added 32-bit blitters for those games that support more than 5-5-5 RGB. [Aaron Giles] You can download the binary and the source from the homepage.  Link: MacMAME

	SMS Power release #326
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:11) Good ol' Zoop has given us a new release over at SMS Power. The game is Tintin in Tibet a platform game based on the comic/cartoon. Head on over to download or to check out the box scan/36 screenshots that Zoop put up.  Link: SMSPower

Win68K 0.47 and a name change

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:05) Win68k, a very good Sharp X68000 emulator for Windows, has been updated, and given a new name. The emu will henceforth be known as Keropi. So here's what's new in Keropi 0.47: Now auto detect SCSI-model IPL Allow "IPLROMCO.DAT" and "IPLROMXV.DAT" for IPL filename Added "Don't Stretch Blt" option Support "DIM"-type disk-image Fixed System Port return value in the XVI/RedZone mode Disable BG/Sprites when over 768 pixel configuration Fixed the palette handling in 256 colors graphic mode Support a special display mode which resolutions of BG and graphics are different Fixed Text Palette 0 display bug when BG is off Catch up with changes in the newest X68k core (v0.20) Added "Auto Frame Skip" mode Fixed Buss Error area in Video Control reg. You can download the emu at the author's homepage. Thanks to aries of retrogames for the news/translation.  Link: Kenjo

	Unofficial Nemu INI
	(posted by Slasher - 03:22) Spinal updated his unofficial Nemu ini to version 3.6. This version adds more games including PGA European Tour Golf and emus like MAME64. Click here for your copy or click below to go to the homepage.  Link: Spinal’s Page

	Genesis Power Release
	(posted by Slasher - 00:50) This is one fishy game and secret agent. Pond, James Pond. This release is James Pond #205. Click the link below for your copy.  Link: Genesis Power

Sunday, July 30, 2000

	JAE adds 1 more
	(posted by Frogacuda - 23:16) Norbert Kerher adds another classic to his Java Arcade Emulator. Today we have the immortal Space Invaders. You can also check out some new pics for the supported games. Head for the link below to play. Thanks to JoseQ for the news.  Link: N.E.S.

RAINE WIP!

(posted by Slasher - 23:03) Another WIP update for this now open source emulator. Here is what was posted on the now official RAINE WIP page: Boukichi added nearly complete sound support to the driver for Battle Garrega, only the explosions are still mute, everything else, your shoots and the music is there!!! That excellent vertical shooter makes even more fun to play now =) For more info on any of this info click the link below.  Link: RAINE Page

Game Launcher 0.9.3

(posted by Frogacuda - 22:36) Game Launcher, a windows based universal frontend for just about any DOS emulator, was updated yesterday. Here's what's new: Added support for TrueType fonts. The font and size are fully configurable. Added non-integer scaling of screen shots as an option. Made the screen resolution fully configurable. Fixed a bug in rotated configurations. Fixed a SIGSEGV when no ROMs where found. You can download or read more at the homepage. Follow the link below.  Link: Game Launcher

	AMAME 0.37 b5
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:21) Rodimus Prime has updated his speed optimized DOS port of MAME for P2/P3/AMD/Cyrix based computers. This port is my personal favorite, as it gets a noticable speed improvement in many games. His Pentium optimized port, PMAME, will follow shortly. Head to Rodimus' page for the download.  Link: Rodimus Prime

MAME WIP

(posted by Slasher - 22:15) I know I should have left this post to Frogacuda since he loves to post about MAME WIP updates, but it's mine now. Anyways here is what was posted in this WIP update: i31st July 2000: Nicola Salmoria fixed Play Girls 1 and 2 in the Taito L driver. 30th July 2000: Nicola Salmoria fixed the sound interface in the Taito L driver. Brad Oliver fixed a few 68k core bugs. Manuel Abadia sent in a Gaelco driver for Big Karnak, Biomechanical Toy and Maniac Square. 29th July 2000: David Graves fixed the text colors in Dead Connection. Brad Oliver fixed a minor bug in Toy Pop affecting other platforms. Nicola Salmoria fixed the screen shot function for vertical games, fixed a scrolling bug in the Taito F2 driver affecting Koshien and he fixed another graphics bug affecting Quiz Crayon 2. Jürgen Buchmüller fixed the Z80 problems in Brute Force. 28th July 2000: Brad Oliver fixed Mega Blast in the Taito F2 driver. Michael Soderstrom fixed an ADSP-2100 core crash. For screens galore click the link below.  Link: MAME WIP Page

	MAME32 0.37b5
	(posted by Frogacuda - 21:54) MAME32, the Windows/DirectX port of the worlds biggest arcade emu, has been updated, so all you DOSaphobes can now enjoy MK3, Open Ice, and all the other new additions. The homepage also has some new screenshots up, so head on over and check it out.  Link: MAME32

ElectrEm Update

(posted by Slasher - 16:11) Beta 3 of this Acorn emulator for Windows, DOS and Linux has been released. Here is what's new in this release: now a lot closer to correct Electron timing. This has the result of meaning the CPU runs slightly less on a second by second basis, and hence the emulator is a little faster fixed the cassette interface baud rate. In the old beta, a lack of knowledge about interrupts meant it was doing (approximately) 609 baud, when the correct number (and indeed the emulated speed) is 1200. fixed config file stuff in Linux & Windows, and quick save/load of state snapshots in Windows. wrote a 'virtual' DFS, which does a lot of the basics of DFS file loading. This should tide the emulator over with respect to the DFS images available on the 'net until I get a real DFS working. wrote a new buffered mode sound output system. Doesn't quite work correctly yet, but is a good start small things : fixed speed and 'second click ignore' bug in Load Dialogue in the Windows version, and added Page Up / Page Down to Load Dialogue for all versions. Click the link below for your copy and remember to update your links to:http//electrem.emuunlim.com/.  Link: ElectrEm Homepage

Vegas Update

(posted by Slasher - 14:41) The home of the 32X/Genesis emulator for Windows has been updated with progress. Here is what was posted: Added Genesis Save State loading. Uses Genesis .GS0 format. Saving will be added shortly.Wrote new memory architecture for the SH2. about 2 to 5fps improvement. Fixed a bug in SH2 memory architecture, a few more games work. Tweaked 32X memory access timing. A few games run faster now, a few run a tad slower. Fixed a bug in the SH2 division unit. Optimized the SH2 division unit. Summary: Doom 32X now runs perfectly! Knuckles & Chaotix 32X now runs perfectly! Virtua Fighter 32X now runs perfectly! Virtua Racing 32X now runs perfectly! Darxide 32X now runs perfectly! Space Harrier 32X runs a bit better. Kolibri 32X and Brutal Unleased no longer work. Should be easy to fix. I think that the 2 to 5 fps increase will make my 32X experience more enjoyable seening as I have a 266 with 64mb. =^) Click the link below for more info on this smooth emulator.  Link: Vegas Homepage

	Towering Rescue Simulator 1.00
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:29) MADrigal has released a new LCD handheld game simulator. This one is Towering Rescue. The author says it's fully debuged and 100% completed. Head to the homepage to download it.  Link: MADrigal’s Handheld Simulators

	TRWin Homepage Update
	(posted by Slasher - 14:03) The TRWin, N64 emulator for Windows, homepage has been updated with the greatest news ever, since KIAEP was announced(funny how they are linked-TRWin and KIAEP), KI Gold is now playable in the unreleased version of TRWin. In this post TRWin reveals how he managed to make the emulator in a week. Be sure to check out this great news at the link below.  Link: TRWin

	GoodGEN 0.999
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:54) GoodGEN, Cowerings renaming utlility for Genesis ROMs, has been updated. In addition to recognizing 2851 different ROMs, it also adds the ability to convert between different ROM formats. Download it here.

	xtrs 4.3
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:11) xtrs emulated the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P computers under Linux/Unix X Windows. The changelog is too long and wordy to post, so if you want to see what's new, just click here. Thanks to Retrogames for the news (even if it is late).  Link: xtrs

	Genesis Power Release
	(posted by Slasher - 03:11) The Genesis Power team releases another classic. This classic is called, Bass Masters Classic Pro Edition #204. Click the link below for your copy, you fishing type of person.  Link: Genesis Power

KIAME Update!

(posted by Slasher - 03:09) Another update for the Killer Instinct Emulator for Windows. This update is a huge one. The official site for KIAME has been updated with movies of this emulator in action and many pics of this kick ass emu. Also the sister page has had an update with a possible release date. It is expected to be released late Sunday or early Monday. Click the link below for everything regarding this KI emulator.  Link: KIAEP

Saturday, July 29, 2000

	MEKA Homepage Updated
	(posted by Zoop - 20:25) I did made an update to MEKA Homepage today, basically consisting in a new design. Not much else to see, but if you are into Master System games you might enjoy the pictures there ^_^  Link: MEKA Homepage

KIAEP In-game screens!

(posted by Slasher - 19:19) WOW! There are reals screens posted on the KIAEP page. Trust me these screens are real. Beta's have been sent out to the Emuhq.com staff, so there is a movie of this emu in action posted at the Emuhq.com page. Click the link below to see the screens and click this link here to lead yu to the Emuhq.com page to view the movie. For those not familiar with KIAEP(who wouldn't be?), this is a Killer Instinct emulator for Windows and is being coded by several people. One of them being rcp of the famous N64 emulator for Windows. Now hurry and see the miracle unravel.

	KIWin
	(posted by Slasher - 12:44) The project has been renamed from KIAEP to KIAME to now KIWin. This is probably the work of the author of TRWin, RCP. His influence is now really kicking in. Click the link below to see a real pic of the emulator in action. [UPDATE]BWB of Emuhq.com has confirmed that KIAME is still the name of this Killer Insinct emulator for Windows.  Link: KIWin Homepage

	Genesis Power Release
	(posted by Slasher - 11:31) The Genesis Power team asks you this little Q:What is faster than a speeding Sonic, more powerful than Ken the Street Fighter, and able to leap tall fighting mecha in a single bound? And the answer is #203, Zool. Click the link below for your own copy.  Link: Genesis Power

	Vice 1.5
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:20) Vice, a commodore emu for Windoews, Dos, Linux, RiscOS, BeOS, and OS/2, has been updated to version 1.5. There are lots of changes whick you can skim through here. Download the binary for your platform of choice at the homepage. Thanks to JoseQ for the news.  Link: Vice

	FPSE is open source!
	(posted by Frogacuda - 09:12) That's right, the source code to the Free PSX emu for Windows has been released. I really wish more authors would be as generous with their code. Download it at the homepage.  Link: FPSE

Beaten Dying Moon news

(posted by Frogacuda - 09:07) A little bit of news has been posted on Beaten Dying Moon, a multi platform Gameboy emulator from the author of KGB. Here's what's been done: Added Sprites and Window support Modified memory bank controller DIV register added Added some missing opcodes The gameboy display window can now be scaled (1x, 2x, 3x) using '-' and '=' This emulator is making amazing progress in a short period of time. Check out the homepage for screenshots..  Link: Beaten Dying Moon

	KIAEP Coder revealed!
	(posted by Slasher - 02:05) The mysterious coder is none other than the author of one of the most popular N64 emulator for Windows, TRWin, RCP. Yes he has confessed on this little thread on one of the MsgBoards on Emuhq.com. Click here to read the thread.

Friday, July 28, 2000

	FrontDboy v0.7
	(posted by Slasher - 21:58) A new version of this Frontend for the DBoy emulator has been released. This is a minor update, so here is what's new: Corrected some bugs in the compression of roms. Click the link below and follow the little yellow brick roa.....I mean just click and get your modem pumped.  Link: Emulatronia

	JAE adds 3 more
	(posted by Frogacuda - 21:34) Norbert Kehrher has added 3 more games to the Java Arcade Emulator. Now you can enjoy Ms. Pacman,Amidar, and Pengo. 3 fine choices if I do say so. Norbert also informs me that the pacman driver has been fixed up a bit. Head for Norbert's Emu Software to play.  Link: N.E.S

	Back to the Roots
	(posted by Roni - 18:19) Back to the Roots, the legal Amiga site, offering ROMs, emulators, demos (Amiga and PC) and more; has had a massive update. Giving you over 50MB of new stuff for your Amiga or your Amiga emulator :) Go check it out.  Link: Back to the Roots

	Pasofami 1.3w6b
	(posted by Frogacuda - 18:17) There has been a small bugfix update to the Windows Famicom emulator. It corrects a problem with the ROM dumping feature. Download at the homepage.  Link: Pasofami

EmuJag release nearing?

(posted by Slasher - 17:35) The EmuJag webpage has been updated with news of a recent release coming. Here is what was posted: There will be an official release within the following weeks. After Zillo has sent me his improvements to the core today, the Graphics output is working again! darkman und Zillo are now on holiday, but a release will hit the streets after their return. There will be new details und screenshots soon! Who will be the first to emulate the "Beast"? Will it be RealityMan-Jagulator, Emumaniac:EmuJag or JagBag:Skulleater? Keep your eyes on all of these. Click the link below for more info on this Jaguar emulator for Windows.  Link: EmuJag

MacMAME 0.37b5

(posted by Slasher - 15:13) Don't think Mac users will be left out. MacMAME 0.37b5 has been released. Here is what's new in this release: In sync with the DOS 0.37 beta 5 build. [Brad Oliver] Fixed Glide plugin so that it renders the entire screen. [Brad Oliver] Added option to load a language file, and in the process rearranged the front end slightly. Loading of non-default cheat files (i.e. those that are not named 'cheat.dat') will be added in a future release; it is dimmed out for now. [Brad Oliver] Fixed issue whereby replay files would not display the filename in the front-end. [Brad Oliver] Click the link below you Mac users to get a copy of the action.  Link: MacMAME Homepage

	Genesis Power #202
	(posted by Slasher - 13:34) Genesis Power releases an old SNK classic. This one is called World Heroes. I remember playing this game in the arcade and beating the game on hard with that wanna-be Bison, man that game is too easy. To remember the Good old days click the link below and get that Genesis emulator working.  Link: Genesis Power

	XMAME 0.37b5.1
	(posted by Frogacuda - 11:54) The Unix/Linux port of the new MAME release has been released. Everything should be in sync with the DOS port. Head to the link to download  Link: XMAME

	OverClocked
	(posted by Frogacuda - 11:48) OverClocked creator David Lloyd has added a new epiode of his emu-strip. Today we have Episode 123: MAME-Economics. Also check out DJ Pretzel's latest mix over at OverClocked ReMix.  Link: OverClocked

	KIAME news
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:26) This is a big one: The folks developing this windows Killer Instinct emulator have broken some major barriers. The game now appears to be playable with few bugs, and reportedly runs at the respectable speed of 35-40 fps on a 350Mhz machine. They have some nice screens up, so if you're a KI fan, you owe it to yourself to check it out.  Link: KIAME

ROMNet Alpha

(posted by Frogacuda - 09:58) Well Napster may be on it's way down, but here's a new toy for you to play with. ROMNet is a search utility with peer-to-peer trasfer, just like Napster, but it is designed with the specific purpose of ROM transfer. It uses a form of compression specifically optimized for ROMS. There is a public beta test release availible now, so head to the link to download. A big thanks to the good folks at Emu-NL for the news.  Link: Freemo’s Development

Thursday, July 27, 2000

	MAME 0.37b5!
	(posted by Slasher - 21:58) There are now binaries available for your K6 and I686 cpu's. Click the link below for you special optimized MAME 0.37b5.  Link: MAME Homepage

	Genesis Power Release
	(posted by Slasher - 21:18) The Genesis Power team delivers to us a Universal Soldier. Actually a Universal Soldier in a ROM. With this release it brings the count up to #201. Click the link below for your copy.  Link: Genesis Power

FPSE 0.08 b1

(posted by Frogacuda - 17:58) FPSE, the Free PlayStation Emu for Windows, has been updated. Here's what's new in the latest build: Corrected some bugs in the GTE Corrected another bug in the GTE Changed memory READ/WRITE instructions. Now the Emu runs at better speed than before. A change is done to the SDK: if a plugin saves something in RAM, it must call the FlushRec() function and tell that the area is changed. Now Medievil runs with the compiler too! Big change to the GTE: now many things are corrected, but RTPT and RTPS force MAC0 and IR0 to ZERO, otherwise they don't work. I don't know why, but it happens. Little change to the compiler. Other changes to the GTE. CDASPI plugin released. Changed sources layout. Now porting should be a little easier. Download it, and a new version of the SDK at the homepage.  Link: FPSE

	Laser 0.8
	(posted by Lopantu - 17:47) Laser 0.8 has been released. Here's what's new: I fixed the graphics errors, and made a speed increase thanks to Spaders by Tony Toole Space Invaders Part II no longer flickers. New Games Supported: Lunar Rescue Galaxy Wars Destination Earth Invaders Revenge This brings the supported gamelist up to 10.  Link: Laser

MAME 0.37 beta 5

(posted by Frogacuda - 17:41) Yep. It's out. The new version of the Multi Arcade Machine Emu has been released, with support for Mortal Kombat 2 and 3, Rampage World Tour, Open Ice, and much more. Here's the full list of newly supported games: Final StarForce [E. Watanabe] Ganbare Ginkun [E. Watanabe] Dodonpachi [Luca Elia] Sengoku Ace [Luca Elia] Gun Bird [Luca Elia] Caliber 50 [Luca Elia] Dragon Unit [Luca Elia] Blandia [Luca Elia] Shanghai 3 [Nicola Salmoria] Hebereke no Popoon [Nicola Salmoria] Blocken [Nicola Salmoria] LSA Squad [Nicola Salmoria] Oli-Boo-Chu [Nicola Salmoria] TT Mahjong [Takahiro Nogi, PongKang] Royal Mahjong [Zsolt Vasvari] Gun Frontier [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Ah Eikou no Koshien [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Thunder Fox [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Ninja Kids [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Solitary Fighter [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Dino Rex [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz Chikyu Bouei Gun [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz Torimonochou [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz HQ [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Yuuyu no Quiz de GO!GO! [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Mahjong Quest [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz Quest - Hime to Yuusha no Monogatari [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Don Doko Don [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] PuLiRuLa [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Dead Connection [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Football Champ [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Final Blow [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Drift Out [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Camel Try [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Yes/No Sinri Tokimeki Chart [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz Jinsei Gekijoh [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz Crayon Shinchan [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Quiz Crayon Shinchan Orato Asobo [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria] Rambo III - Release 2 [Jarek Burczynski] Space Invaders DX [Jarek Burczynski] Violence Fight [Jarek Burczynski] Master of Weapon [Jarek Burczynski] Silent Dragon [Jarek Burczynski] Toypop [Edgardo E. Contini Salvan] Mortal Kombat 3 [Aaron Giles] Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 [Aaron Giles] WWF: Wrestlemania [Aaron Giles] 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge [Aaron Giles] Maximum Hangtime [Aaron Giles] Ramage: World Tour [Aaron Giles] Brute Force [Aaron Giles] These new additions bring the total to one bazillion supported games. There are also lots of fixes and changes to existing games, so be sure to head for the MAME homepgae and see the full list.  Link: MAME

	MAME WIP Official!
	(posted by Slasher - 15:22) After the Unofficial MAME WIP at Retrogames.com comes the Official MAME WIP at the MAME WIP page. Along with the info about the new driver and fixes to Terminator 2 comes pics. Yes Pics. There are a total of 30 pics awaiting you at the MAME WIP page. Click the link below to get amazed. *caution* Don't proceed if you don't have a water proof Keyboard.  Link: MAME WIP

Gens v0.78b Released

(posted by Slasher - 11:23) This Genesis emulator for Windows has been updated to version 0.78b. Here is what is new in this release(you will be surprised that Super Street Fighter 2 works): Rom banking support added. Super Street Fighter 2 works ! YM2612 (FM) emulation improved : LFO support. Better sound (depending of the game). A little bug fixed (looping sound). DAC stereo sound (you can't enable DAC without enable YM2612 anymore). Some PSG bugs fixed. You can now disable/enable stereo sound and choose the sound quality (8/16 bits). Sound dump (WAV format) feature added. Z80 instructions timing improved. Some tweaks in RAZE Z80 core. 68000 Vertical Interrupt again modified. Some changes in Controller/IO code. Collision flag fixed again. Sprite limit is now correctly respected. Others ... Click the link below for a copy of your own. Oh and click here to get your greedy little hands on a copy of that now playable rom.  Link: Gens Homepage

KIAEP WIP

(posted by Slasher - 10:51) The KIAEP(Killer Instinct Arcade Emulation Project for Windows) now has a sister page. Nathan Adams created this news page so he could update more often. It has indeed been updated with great news. The status of the project is as follows: CPU has been emulated Sound processor WIP Click the link below to see the project working it's magic. [UPDATE] The page has been updated with even more good news. They have the game running up to the Character Select screen. Here is what was stated in the update: k, good news and bad news... first the good news:i've located all the buttons and switches so i can now navigate the menu screens and start a game. the bad news: 1) when i start a game, after player selection the program dies. i think this is probably just a bug in the CPU or memory mapping. 2) the KI board sux bad. everythings is done is 'software' with no hardware assist at all. thus it is slow and looks shitty (well, it looks like it does on the real KI machine, which compared to todays 3D cards is pretty shitty) 3) since everything is done in software, it is very slow. next steps: i'll try and track down the problem so that at least you can slowly play a game. once that is done, then i will need to go into the code and painstakingly reverse all the gfx code and come up with a system for a high level interface. this will greatly improve the speed and the quality of the graphics. this will be very similar to what Bleem! does with the PSX emulator. this process will take a long ass time. Cheers, AnonGuy Now for some in game screens click the link below and see how this emulator is progressing.  Link: KIAEP

MAME Update

(posted by Slasher - 10:41) A Wolf-Unit has been added to MAME with full sound and the works. With this driver you could play old classics(not so old) like: Mortal Kombat 3, WWF Wrestlemania, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, NBA Maximum Hangtime, 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge and Rampage World Tour. WOW! This could be one of the best MAME releases ever. Click the link below to get more info on this DOS multi arcade machine emulator. For some screens of some of these games running click here.  Link: MAME Homepage

	KMameRun 0.4.0
	(posted by Frogacuda - 08:01) KMameRun, a linux MAME frontend which utilizes the KDE libraries, has been updated. The changes aren't listed, so just download it and try it out. Head for the homepage.  Link: KMameRun

It's a song about emulation...

(posted by Frogacuda - 07:30) Chrono has opened up a new page dedicated to music about emulation and videogames, hosted by Retrobase. His first attempt, Insert Coin, has beed uploaded and is ready for you all to enjoy. We've had OverClocked ReMix, the Minibosses, and countless others work with classic game music, and we've had mainstream musicians sample videogames, but I do beleive that that there has actually been a song about emulation. This is a first attempt so the production is a little rough, but the song is alot of fun, and worth the download. Check it out.  Link: Chrono’s MP3s

Wednesday, July 26, 2000

	Laser 0.7
	(posted by Frogacuda - 23:13) Lopantu has released another update (albeit a small one) to his multi arcade emu. This time around he's added color support, and more support for Midway Z80 games. Download it at the homepage. If only all emus has releases 2 days apart...  Link: LASER

	Sega Xtreme
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:40) Sega Xtreme has added Pitfall: the Mayan Adventure to ther archives. Follow the link to download  Link: Sega Xtreme

	MAME WIP
	(posted by Slasher - 20:40) The MAME WIP has been updated today with news of stuff like this: Jürgen Buchmüller fixed a palette bank select bug in Pleiads. Aaron Giles added Brute Force to the Leland driver. Click the link below for some pics of Brute Force in action.  Link: MAME WIP

	Three new 7800 dumps found...
	(posted by Roni - 18:42) That's right, three new Atari classics (in the sense of the old meaning) have been found and are waiting for you to download them! The games are: F-14 Fighter Simulator Super Skateboardin' Pete Rose Baseball Thanks to Dirk Vansen, the webmaster of the site I'm sending you off to, for the news.  Link: Atari 7800 ROM Dump

	CPS2 Emulation?
	(posted by Slasher - 17:53) WOW! Read this little thread on the Retrogames.com MessageBoard. Click here to see it. [UPDATE] For more details on this breakthrough visit the CPS2Shock page by clicking here. Expect more updates in the days to come.  Link: CPS2?

	SMS Power
	(posted by Frogacuda - 17:21) SMS Power has released Operation Wolf for the SMS. They have also picked up a new staff member who is developing a progammable eeprom cart for deveolopers. Lastly Zoop is asking everyne to vote (in the forum) on the issue of banners. Head over to SMS Power to check it out.  Link: SMS Power

	Stairway to Hell
	(posted by Frogacuda - 17:07) Stairway to hell has added 85 more games to their Acorn Electron archive. It's hard to find good Electron sites, so if you're an Elector or BBC Micro fan be sure to stop by and check it out.  Link: Starway to Hell

Raine WIP Update

(posted by Slasher - 14:39) While stoping by at Katharis' page, I stumbled on the Raine WIP page. Here is what was said: Thomas Schmidt submitted a driver that fixes the background layer in Puzzle Bobble 4.As the Puzzle Bubble games are my very favorite series of puzzle games I'm really glad to see this fixed =) Man i'm glad they fixed Puzzle Bobble 4, as that is one of my favorite games. Click the link below for 2 nice little pics.  Link: Raine WIP

	ClrMamePro v1.6b
	(posted by Slasher - 13:28) A new version of this Rom manager and organizer for Windows has been updated to version 1.6b. Here is what's new in this release: major scanner speed optimization (for rompaths > 1) wrong named roms won't be displayed as unneeded or as missing anymore some changed texts here...some changed texts there... Click the link below to get a copy of your own.  Link: ClrMamePro

Vegas Update

(posted by Slasher - 11:51) The homepage of this awesome 32X/Genesis emulator for Windows has been updated with excellent news. The author managed to get Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers to work. Click this link here to download the rom to keep you company until the release. *Note* No emulator currently runs this rom, except the unreleased Vegas. The author also added bank switching and fixed a problem in Wani Wani World. Click the link below to get more info on this 32X/Genesis emulator.  Link: Vegas

Atari800Win version 2.6c

(posted by Slasher - 11:43) This Atari 800 emulator for Windows has been updated to version 2.6c. Here is what is new in this version: Built from Atari800 codebase 1.0.4, VisC 6.0 Service Pack 4 Corrected a keyboard bug that would cause some keys to be lost if you were typing quickly Corrected a registry query bug that could throw exceptions in Win2K Small file dialog (used in the 320x??? screens) is now much more functional and easier to use Hard Disk directory-selector dialog boxes now much easier to use Note: Because of an oddity in the way Windows handles the special directory-selector dialog box, you MUST be in GDI mode to get it. If you are in DDRAW fullscreen modes, you will get a file selector that nevertheless will select the directory for you. I recommend you set this in windowed mode before you go into full screen(remember Alt-Enter will flip between the two). Images from compressed files are opened read/write now for compatibility. Keep in mind that CHANGES are not SAVED when you write to a compressed image. If you are going to be writing to a disk, keep it in uncompressed form. They will be marked read only in the drive dialog box. Various command line options fixed to override registry values. In other words, command line options take precedence over your defaults saved in the registry. Cartridge selection has been simplified; the "hold down option" button was extraneous and removed...either select BASIC, or any other cartridge, or none, and all will be well. For the rest of the long list click the link below(Reminder:Get your reading glasses ready).  Link: Atari800Win

1964 Screenies

(posted by Slasher - 11:32) In case you didn't like being fooled into watching those Emu pics, there are real pics of this N64 emulator for Windows to view at the homepage. These new pics consist of Superman 64, Super Mario 64, Doom 64, Virtual Chess 64, San Fransisco Rush, Micro Machines 64 and Ohzmou 64. Even thought there are GFX glitches, this is the cause of the D3D plugin which has not been fully implemented and is currently being worked on. Click the link below to see this N64 emulator in action.  Link: 1964

	PDP/8E Simulator 1.4b
	(posted by Frogacuda - 07:21) The DEC PDP/8E simulator for macintosh has receved an update. No official word on what's new. Head to the homepage for download.  Link: PDP/8E Simulator

	Genesis Power #200
	(posted by Slasher - 00:30) This one is the big one. But not yet emulated by any emulator yet. #200 is Super Street Fighter 2 - The New Challengers. For all you rare Genesis rom collectors click the link below and download this rare rom.  Link: Genesis Power

Tuesday, July 25, 2000

Pretendo stuff

(posted by Roni - 20:42) heya everyone, just updating to let you all know there is some pretty strange stuff posted at pretendo.org and also since I happen to maintain the Mirror site hosted here at Emucamp, I thought I should really update it with well the news and the latest versions of Pretendo. Just in case anyone has a dying need to download them, they are now available from the link below.  Link: Official Pretendo Mirror Site

	Laser 0.21 Beta 1
	(posted by Lopantu - 18:11) In celebration of David Lloyd of OverClocked's birthday, I have released Laser 0.21 Beta 1 ;). Here's what's new: Cleaned up the source code Added Space Attack II  Link: Laser Homepage

	[pec] Code-List Update
	(posted by Slasher - 18:03) The [pec]=Playstation Emulation Cheater homepage has been with a new Code-List update. This new List adds 160 news games-30 Pal games, 9 US/C-Games and the rest are Japanese games. The author reports that a US/Canada update with many more popular US/C-Games is on it's way and also expect more updates. Click the link below for more info and this download.  Link: [pec]

Apollo 64 News

(posted by Slasher - 17:51) The Apollo 64, a Windows N64 emulator, homepage has been updated with progress. Here is what Azimer said in this big update: I haven't updated the developer's log or main page for awhile now. I've been waiting on a few key bug fixes which I believe revolve around the CPU Interrupt handling. Unfortunately, I haven't done an ounce of work on that code so it's pretty foreign to me. While Phrodide is gone I might decide to get involved more in the CPU to get the bugs fixed. It seems Phrodide has left early on his vacation so none of those bugs were fixed last week. I don't really expect to seem him in the next 6 days (before August 1st). If I decide not to work on the CPU, I will continue the plugin development slowly, but concentrate more on my other projects. I would rather work on the plugin using Apollo's executable/source rather then 1964's. That is all for today and my last post until September probably. Check the developer's log for updates until the next release. For more information or anything else on this N64 emulator click the link below. And keep your eye on this little puppy.  Link: Apollo 64

Hu-Go! 1.28 Released

(posted by Slasher - 17:36) This PC-Engine emulator for various OSes has been update to 1.28. This is the DOS version. So you can expect a port for the rest of the OSes later this week or next. This is what is new in this release: ISO support improved (BRAM) Cheat research are made on ISO/CD RAM too The server for the Hu-Go! page is down. So click here or the link below to download this PC-Engine emulator.  Link: Hu-Go! 1.28

	MAME News!
	(posted by Slasher - 13:14) This news is about the next release. All the homepage says is expect a release within the current week. Imagine MKII and NBA Jam. =^)  Link: MAME

It's Raineing here!

(posted by Slasher - 12:43) The new Raine has been released by Katharsis. Remeber not to bug Antiriad but Katharsis. Here is what's new in this unofficial release: New dipswitch settings for lots of games submitted by Brian Toha Fixed SDF Macross video decoding by Haze A few misc. bugs in the source fixed by me Head on over to the new homepage, Geoshock.com to get a copy of your own. Thanks to richardn for the news.  Link: Geoshock

Can you say MAME WIP?

(posted by Slasher - 12:02) Yes the MAME WIP page has been updated with some news of fixes for the Macross driver, updates to older William 34010 games and a driver a for Back Street Soccer and more. This is what was posted: 25th July 2000: Colin Howell added correct beer truck graphics emulation and fixed a crash in Cops'n Robbers. Luca Elia sent in a driver for Back Street Soccer. Gerardo Oporto fixed yet more input ports to have correct service button settings. 24th July 2000: Aaron Giles fixed some older Williams 34010 games from crashing. Jürgen Buchmüller sent yet another Z80 update with a few fixes. 23rd July 2000: Haze submitted a corrected sprite decryption function for the Macross driver. For some pics of Back Street Soccer follow the yellow brick link.  Link: MAME WIP

	z26 1.37 Released!
	(posted by Chris - 10:06) One of the best Atari 2600 emulators for DOS has been updated today. Support for Magicard, support for Booster Grip, support for Driving Controller and support for keyboard controllers has been added - making even more games working as supposed to be :) When you're into A2600 gaming, then you have to check this out now!  Link: z26 Homepage

	Beaten Dying Moon
	(posted by Frogacuda - 07:21) The Beaten Dying Moon page was updated with progress about this new portable gameboy emulator. It has been successfully ported to BeOS, and a major bug was found in the process. Also the author reports that some commercial games are now playble. Head to the homepage and check it out.  Link: Beaten Dying Moon

	Genesis Power Delivers!
	(posted by Slasher - 02:31) This time they delivered Two Crude Dudes to my door step. Yes Two Crude Dudes. This one is #199. Expect #200 tommorow.  Link: Genesis Power

Monday, July 24, 2000

OverClocked Happenings

(posted by Frogacuda - 22:01) OverClocked has a few more goodies for you. 3 new remixes have been added: Galaga 'Galagzee', Chrono Trigger 'The New Zeal', and Casltevania 'Memblers Reaper'. Also, the follow up fanstrip to the last one has been posted, and the Galaxy Force 2 page has a new musical score up. Check it out at the link below. I also read that tomorrow is OverClocked creator David Lloyd's 21st birthday, so send hime some b-day greetings.  Link: OverClocked

EX68 2.11

(posted by Frogacuda - 16:12) EX68, a Sharp X68000 emu for Windows/DirectX, has gotten an update. Here's what's new as translated on VGN: Set up a delay option for debugger. Set up an instruction number to a stop after bd delay and use it in order to obtain history approximately. Released HELP of F1 key. Tried to be able to display screen mode of MMDSP.R. CFile : : CFile for second argument of CFile ( ) function : : I included shareDenyNone Head to the homepage (in japanese) for the download.  Link: EX68

CCS64 2.0b

(posted by Frogacuda - 12:16) CCS64, a top notch Commodore 64 emulator, has been upadated. It's still in the beta cycle, though. Here's what's new this tome: Monitor function in Action Replay works again. Disk change in 1541 should now be registered by some games. Bug in GCR handling, synchronized on 11 bits instead of 10. Error information in .D64 now handled. Support for joystick adapter that allows usage of original C64 joysticks. Both the DOS, and the Windows/DirectX ports have been updated. Download at the homepage. Thanks to JoseQ for the news  Link: CCS64

A little reminder :)

(posted by Chris - 11:34) The friendly folks @ RetroBase.com are still experiencing many vistors coming from their *old* URL (http://digital-relicts.retrogames.com), instead of using the new one (http://www.retrobase.com). This is viewable in the log file for the site. Because the old URL will stop working soon, everyone should really bookmark their new URL now. And yes, before you ask, the site is still under major re-construction and will also get a new, cool design soon. Until that, you may take a look at what's already there, though (but please use Internet Explorer 4.x or higher, because the site isn't full Netscape compatible yet :)  Link: RetroBase.com

	Genesis Power release #198
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:39) Today Genesis Power gives us Sylvester And Tweety In Cagey Capers. Yay. Download it at the link below.  Link: Genesis Power

Rom Doctor 1.15

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:31) A new version of ROM Doctor, a Windows ROM sorter/checker/renamer for a variety of systems, has been released. Here's what's new in this version: Improved ROM List Generation Added Option to Match by Checksum Now can Generate Lists that Span CD-ROMs Fixed Disappearing Dupe Bug Fixed Extensionless ROM Bug Added "Unknown ROMs" Folder for each System Slight GUI Changes Added Option to Rename Files Inside Zips Download the full version, or the upgrade patch at the homepage.  Link: ROM Doctor

Raine news

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:24) According to the Raine WIP page there have been a few fixes, and updates to the Raine source since it's release, including some fixed dipswitch settings and a fixed SDF Macross driver. Things are gearing up for a possible release tonight, so stay tuned. Also, Atani, author of many Windows ports, has reported that he is having trouble porting Raine to with converting the ASM code into something NASM compatible. If you know of a utility that could be of help please contact him. Boukichi, author of DBoy, and Prototype-D, has successfully ported the Raine source code into japanese. Download it at his homepage.

	Gameboy Catalog/Launcher
	(posted by Frogacuda - 10:14) Gameboy Catalog/Launcher, a GB ROM sorter/Virtual Boy frontend for Linux, has gotten a minor update, which makes the interface look like a real gameboy. You can download it at the link below  Link: Gameboy Catalog/Launcher

Sunday, July 23, 2000

NO$GMB Undead (and Even Better with New Version 2.5)

(posted by lilac - 23:47) That's right. After a long hiatus and letters from Martin Korth saying NO$GMB would no longer be publicly avialable, the *long* awaited Windows version of NO$GMB has finally been released! Beware if you try to run this new version with a stolen or cracked registration key - you will not be pleased with the result. Otherwise, enjoy! Thanks to Zantagor for the news tip.  Link: NO$GMB Homepage

	Sega Xtreme
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:29) IceMan2K has added some goodies to Sega Xtreme. He has added Robo Aleste for Sega CD, and also added reviews for Skitchin',Eternal Champions (Sega CD), Saturn Bomberman, and Raystorm. Sega fans rejoice!  Link: Sega Xtreme

	JAE news
	(posted by Frogacuda - 19:57) JAE, a Java Arcade Emulator that you can play right on the web, has added another arcade classic: Scramble, a Konami game from 1981. Head to Norbert's Emulation Softwre to play.  Link: N.E.S.

	Acorn Electron game archive opened
	(posted by Frogacuda - 19:04) Looking for a good resource for Acorn Electron games? Well look no further. DaveM has opened a new archive of Electron games on his BBC Micro/Acorn Electron page. Follow the link.  Link: Stairway to Hell

Romancing SaGa 3 english patch 0.30

(posted by Frogacuda - 16:35) 99% complete, and fully playable in English folks. That about says it all. But just in case here's the full changelist: First public release, update fixes to Z-Song and Sheex's final report Ruling Game and War Game completely fixed (well, say 98%) Business Game now playable. Though the look is not very satisfactory due to some technical difficulties, players should have no problem finishing the game. Japanese in the Tournament is translated and inserted. Only the "miss", "dark", "stun" in the battles and the ending credits contain Japanese. Release name editor with the patch so that the player can enter their names with a better look. A secret hack has been inserted. I've been waiting a long time for this one, and I'm sure many of you have been, too. Follow the link to read more, see screens and download the patch. Thanks to the good folks at RPGd for the news.  Link: Romancing SaGa 3 English Translation Page

	Archie WIP
	(posted by Frogacuda - 16:11) Look at me! I'm doing a WIP post! Anyway, the Archie page has been updated saying that sound emulation is being implimented, but is still in an early state. So Acorn Archimedes fans should head for the link below. Thanks to Cloy for the news.  Link: Archie

FrontDBoy v0.6

(posted by Slasher - 15:07) A new version of this DBoy(GB DOS emulator) Frontend has been released. Here is what is new in this version: Corrected some failures with cheats codes Added the option to be able to choose bottom Added the options to be able to choose between different ways from gameboy (gameboy normal, gameboy color, super gameboy). Added the possibility of being able to compress in format zip roms of gameboy and can be formed from menu other configurations. Click here for a copy of your own.  Link: FrontDBoy Homepage

	Minor RockNES Update
	(posted by Slasher - 14:00) The page has been updated with little news for the next release. The author added color emphasis. If you are wondering what RockNES is, it's an NES emulator for DOS/Windows. Click the link below for a pic of Color emphasis in action.  Link: RockNES

Snes9x v1.30 released

(posted by Slasher - 12:34) Snes9x v1.30 has been released! This is a SNES emulator for various platforms. Here is what is new in this release: Forgot to force GUI surface to be displayed when some dialogs where popped up - problem only happened on full-screen mode with triple or double buffering enabled, or when using 3dfx mode. It appeared as if Snes9x had locked up, but pressing Esc would pop down the hidden dialog. Added a couple of options to the Settings dialog. Now its possible to disable S-RAM auto-save which was causing Snes9x to write to the hard disk every 30 seconds on some games, causing the occational skipped frame. Fixed Reset option which was accidentally broken when Netplay support was added. Added support for Dirt Racer - it leaves the Super FX chip running all the time, so the default CPU emulation method never allocated any time to other CPUs and the emulation seemed to lock up. NMI timing changed again. Now an NMI can only be triggered once per frame and enabling an NMI after the normal trigger scan line triggers an NMI immediately. This fixes display glitches in Ys 5, Stargate and Daffy Duck. Fixed the WAI instruction to only 'wake up' once an actual NMI has triggered, rather than just waking up when it should have triggered. This fixes Battletoads, broken since version 1.29(ish). Changed NMI again. Made reading or writting to PPU register 0x4210 not clear NMI pending flag. Seems to allow all the NMI timing sensitive ROMs I had on my list to now work without any special hacks. Illusion of Gaia now works again. Another NMI fix - cleared the CPU pending NMI flag at start of frame; Battletoads intro was crashing without this. A long DMA was stopping the SNES CPU so it couldn't and shouldn't respond to the NMI signal from the PPU. Fixed Netplay problem when game didn't have any S-RAM and Sync Using Reset was being used. An error dialog was displayed and the client would disconnect from the server. Click the link below for a copy of your own.  Link: Snes9x Homepage

Pasofami 99 1.3w6

(posted by Frogacuda - 10:09) Pasofami, a good Famicom(NES) emu that's been around seemingly forever, has been updated with a host of new features. Here's what's new: Added hotkey for switching between full-screen/window mode (Alt+Enter). Added hotkey for enabled/disabled cheat code (Alt+K). Added hotkey for AVI files playing control (Alt+N). The emu also supports a very cool new ROM dumping feature, if you have the proper equiptment. Check it out at the homepage  Link: Pasofami

Something for your brain

(posted by Chris - 07:15) Today I'd like to present you with a very interesting statement that our friend Lance of Emu Xpress made. It's something to think about twice. "The little emu scene of ours is like anything else, a constantly changing subculture that pick up various influences from other internet subcultures as time go by. What bothers me so much these days in the increased hostility on IRC. Back in the days people had AOL'ers to harass in their own little pogroms. Saddam loving Iraqis that simply deserved to be bombed back to the middle ages was also a popular discussion topic for some time. Not to forget the recent Serbs... Scapegoats come and go and the most popular one for the moment is probably the "me am brazil" movement. One disturbed individual known as Reirom have managed to bring shame upon all Brazilians on the net with his "spell checker deficiency" and bizarre personality. The "me am brazil" shit have been around for ages but Reiroms star like appearance added more fuel to the fire. Once in a while you hear site ops testify how their mailboxes become filled with lame mails and the majority of them come from Brazil, and Brazilians on IRC are treated like village idiots (hehe, hello Daemon...). Everyone seem to know these days that Brazil is an underdeveloped country indeed, Ayrton Senna have disappeared from our collective consciousness and their catholic values is a legal pretext for a kickban. Soon some major emu news site will release a leaked copy of the "me am l33t brazil protocol" where a Brazilian conspiracy to take-over every emulation related efnet channel is unveiled. Seriously... Making fun of people might be fun but do it in moderation. If you really need someone to pick on, why not create a list with ethnic groups and countries that we could rotate so everyone had their fair share. Chinese Muslims sounds fun eh? Jews? a classic! French? Another American classic as seen on "Southpark". The possibilities are endless [...]" For the full story (and much more), please click the link below.  Link: Emu Xpress

	Anex86 2.21a
	(posted by Frogacuda - 00:59) Quickie: Anex86, a japanese PCx86 emu for Windows, has received a very small bugfix update. Head to the homepage to download.  Link: Anex86

WinTRS80 2.0

(posted by Frogacuda - 00:48) WinTRS80, which emulates TRS-80 computers and variants thereof in Windows/DirectX, has been updated to 2.0. Here's what's new: Added support for DMK format of emulated disks. Added model 4P support. Added Model 4 High Res graphics support for both RS and Micrographics boards. Added support for the Model 1 HRG1B High Res Graphics board Added Speed settings for CPU and Graphics. Complete rewrite of sound system to use DirectSound. Added Mouse support and control Added support for Radio Shack Hard Drive emulation Follow the link for the download. Thank go out to Kinox for the news.  Link: WinTRS80

Win68k 0.46

(posted by Frogacuda - 00:38) Win68k, a very nice Sharp X68000 emulator for Windows, has received yet another update. Here's what's new: Fixed a priority bug between the sprites which have different priorties w/ BG Fixed a graphics bug on 768x512 pixel mode Fixed a bug which a key may be repeated Fixed a bug which the GVRAM Fast Clear is repeated Fixed a Raster Copy timing bug Fixed a bug which the Windows menu is not cleared on the full screen mode Fixed a bug which the screen is not center on the full screen mode Moved FD status to the bottom of the screen on the full screen mode This emu is definately one to watch out for. Check out the hompage for more info and the download.  Link: Win68k

	Genesis Power Releases
	(posted by Slasher - 00:13) The Genesis Power Team released 2 games. He released #196, Bass Masters Classics, a fishing game and #197, Sword Of Vermillion, an RPG. For a copy of your own, click the link below.  Link: Genesis Power

	Hu-Go! Homepage Update
	(posted by Slasher - 00:09) The homepage for this PC-Engine emulator has been updated with some excellent news. WE can expect a release within a week. The author reports that the emu features improved support for backup memory in several forms and a better cheat engine. Stay tuned for more info and a release.  Link: Hu-Go!

Saturday, July 22, 2000

	Welcome back WWEmu!
	(posted by Frogacuda - 20:25) Quickie: WWEmu (World Wide Emulation) has finally returned after a long absence, due to an unfortunate server crash. This is a great site, so go welcome them back to the scene. Thanks to Duncan for the heads-up.  Link: WWEmu

RadarNES 0.2

(posted by Frogacuda - 18:36) CyberBry has released a nice big updated to his snazzy NES emu for windows/DOS. Here's what's new in 0.2: GUI and Emulation at same time Many bug fixes (including big GUI bug) Added sound emulation Added support for mapper 11 CyberBry tells me this is a big update with another one soon to follow. You can download it here Don't forget to swing by the hompage, too. And remember: You heard it first on Emucamp :)  Link: RadarNES

MAME WIP

(posted by Slasher - 15:50) I'm back here posting news, after a terrible hacking of my PC. Well to get back track, I decided to post about the MAME WIP page. It has been updated with this news: 22nd July 2000: Jürgen Buchmüller optimized the ADSP2100 core a bit, but with no visible speed gain. Jürgen also submitted an updated Z80 core with some bugfixes. Takahiro Nogi fixed the foreground graphics in Mahjong Quest. 21st July 2000: Ernesto Corvi fixed the last remaining bugs in the inter-cpu communication in DCS emulation. Mirko Buffoni sent in a driver for Macross, but it lacks background graphics and sound emulation. Also for some screens click the link below.  Link: MAME WIP

	Poor Slasher...
	(posted by Frogacuda - 13:55) Slasher won't be posting for a bit. It seems his computer has been hacked via IRC. I don't know how long it'll take him to fix it, so until then I'll be trying to keep up with the news. Just know that Slasher isn't lazy or on vacation, and should be back soon.

VisualMAME

(posted by Frogacuda - 13:10) Visual MAME is a DOS frontend for MAME (DOS frontends are goood) and a nice one at that. It's gotten an update, so here's what's new and improved: Added Playback and Record game features! Some menu entries in the Options and Game menus with corresponding buttons are now removed, so the menus are less cluttered. MAME directories are now better handled. When in slideshow mode you can press (and hold) space to select the game where the screenshot belongs. Press F11 to enable/disable joystick movement through the games list. (solves some problems in Windows NT!) Increased the Play History to the last 21 games. ALT+3 now both opens/closes games history. Changed the BUILD GAMES so now every time you use it to update the database the games are sort by title after building Rewrote almost the whole program, so even with the new features is now smaller and a little faster! DOS and Windows users rejoice! Go download it now at the homepage. Another thanks to JoseQ for the news.  Link: ViMAME

WinGorf 1.1

(posted by Frogacuda - 12:48) WinGorf, a (you guessed it) Gorf emu for windows, as received a little update. Here's what we got: Added overlays Added Space Rank display Added Spanish menu option Added High Score save Some of you might balk at single game arcade emus, but at least it's a good game. Plus this emu has a few features that MAME doesn't. So if your a Gorf fan, head to the like below.  Link: WinGorf

	Meridian 0.34
	(posted by Frogacuda - 12:26) Meridian, a windows NSF (NES sound) player, has been updated. Here's what's new: Added GYM support - Can play from .GYM or .RGM files. Support a new format RGM(RAR'd GYM's) Added the ability to customize the buffer length for slow cpu's Various Minor Bug Fixes A short, but signifigant list of updates. Download it now at the link below.  Link: Meridian

	OverClocked happenings
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