Wednesday, October 31, 2001

	Laser 0.18a
	(posted by Lopantu - 20:44) Laser has recieved a small update. Here's what's new: Speed throttler for those of us with a system faster than a Pentium I :P (MetaFox) Sound back in for the 8080 games - enable with -sound as always :) (MetaFox)  Link: Laser

	Vampire Savior 2 XORs @ CPS2Shock
	(posted by Roni - 13:25) Today as a Halloween gift Razoola has released Vampire Savior 2 (Japan 970913) XORs for all your downloading pleasure. Go to the site and get your fix.  Link: CPS2Shock

FCE Ultra 0.71

(posted by Roni - 04:48) I just noticed today that on the 28th a new FCE Ultra was brought upon this earth for us all to enjoy. Here is the new stuff: Fixed a 6502 emulation bug that was causing some Koei games (ex: Nobunaga's Ambition, Genghis Khan) to not work. Extensive PPU/CPU timing adjustments. Fixed support for iNES mapper 40. Added support for the following UNIF boards(prefixes omitted): ETROM ELROM EWROM Fixed a few bugs in the UNIF code. Added support for loading and saving cheat files and an interface to search for/add/delete/list cheats. Fixed a few minor bugs in the Windows DX code. Binaries have been made available for Windows and Linux (SVGAlib) and somehow I managed to get me a SDL binary to compile from the available source, so go pick it up at the homepage.  Link: FCE Ultra

JAE adds Atari Tetris

(posted by fixo - 03:37) Norbert Kehrer has added one of the best arcade games ever to JAE, the Java Arcade Emulator. Here is the release note: "Tetris, made by Atari Games in 1988. Some nice additions to the classic game idea and a huge number of different levels make this Tetris version one of the most enjoyables. The emulator does not perfectly emulate all of the graphics, because the Tetris machine used a dynamic color pallette. To compensate for this, a real-time emulation of Atari's famous "Pokey" sound chip was added, so that you can listen to the cool russian-style tunes, that Tetris plays with its two Pokey chips."  Link: JAE

Laser 0.18

(posted by Lopantu - 00:01) Laser has recieved a rewrite to use game drivers by ss_teven. Almost all of the 8080 games have been rewritten into 0.18, and a scramble driver is now available. Here's What's New: The End (Stern) is now playable (ss_teven) Preliminary The End - The Ship does not move (ss_teven) Preliminary Frogger - bootleg on Scramble hardware. (Coin Inputs are not working properly) (MetaFox) Preliminary Atlantis (Coin Inputs are not working) (ss_teven) Polaris is now playable (ss_teven) Added most of the 8080 games back in to work in Laser 0.18 (ss_teven, MetaFox) As always, the source is available, so feel free to submit your own drivers for Laser. :)  Link: Laser

Tuesday, October 30, 2001

AGES 0.26

(posted by Lopantu - 23:00) AGES, a Sega multiple console emulator, has been updated to 0.26. Here's what's new: Genesis YM2612 sound (sans LFO, RS, DT, SSGEG, FB, stereo control) Genesis DAC sound Genesis PSG sound (sans noise channel) Sega CD PCM sound Finished RasterFX support (palette changes) Sega CD/32X games support Sega CD RAM cartridge emulation HUGE speed up to the Sega CD rotate/scale graphics code SMS driver Finished Sega Mouse support Tons of Z80 emulation bug fixes Genesis Collective Offline Database support GoodGen.DLL & Good32X.DLL support Fixed PNG saving to work with Netscape and IE Wave logging Sprite limitting and force display are now optional Copy DMA implemented H counter implemented Fixed bugs in 32X-over-Genesis layer combine code Tons of other compatiblity fixes  Link: AGES

Monday, October 29, 2001

	Atari 5200 @ RetroBase.com
	(posted by Chris - 17:21) RetroBase now has screenshots and game info for all known released (and even unreleased) Atari 5200 games, thanks to latest staff member, Crossbow. Check it out at the link below.  Link: RetroBase.com

Friday, October 26, 2001

	Hoxs64 v0.8B BETA
	(posted by fixo - 18:36) Hoxs64, a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows, has been updated to v0.8B BETA with the following change: Fixed a sound bug that caused garbage noise if the sound emulation was turned off and then a menu option was later selected  Link: Hoxs64

	Laser 0.17
	(posted by Lopantu - 14:55) I have updated my multiple arcade emulator for DOS, Laser, to 0.17. Here's what's new: Yosaku To Donbee is now playable 2 Player Support Preliminary Save State Support thanks to ss_teven. F12 Saves Game F11 Loads Game snapshots with F5  Link: Laser

Tuesday, October 23, 2001

	MAME WIP
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:46) The official Work in Progress Page for the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator has been updated with the progress of this emulator for multiple platforms.  Link: MAME WIP

Sunday, October 21, 2001

NJ speaks and new Neo Geo CD Emulator v0.3.0 released

(posted by Roni - 20:28) And I quote: " NeoGeo CD Emulator version 0.2.6 or later requires "original CD-ROM" or "CD-ROM image which is completely same as the original CD-ROM". If you are using illegal copy which downloaded from internet, you can't play it with my emulator. I don't want to support those illegal copies, please use other emulator." Apparently my post below is false, Daemon Tools must not be what I believe it is, oh well. Since the system itself cannot tell the difference between a copied cd or a real one, I find it hard to say the emu can. I'm curious to actually test this now. Update to follow. Update: To my surprise the emulator does in fact play my original games, but does not play my 'backups'. Quite impressive. Seeing as my console even plays my 'backups', I applaud NJ's efforts against piracy ;)  Link: NJ Home Page

BeOS, Linux and Win32 SDL emu ports galore!

(posted by Roni - 20:20) On some more of my travels online, I came across updates of three SDL emulator ports of BoyCott Advance (v0.22b R3), NeoPocott (v0.38b R2.1) and Handy (v0.82 R1). Win32 releases of BoyCott Advance and NeoPocott will be the last one made available by the SDL team, because they would like to focus on UN*X OSes. From what the site claims all releases sport new gfx code, so by most clues some of us should get speed-ups in emulation. Now I do not know what version of SDL they are compatible with but I'd take a guess at SDL v1.2 as being your most compatible choice. Good job nwagenaar & caz. Now for some testing ;)  Link: NeoPocott/SDL Site

NeoGeo CD Emulator ver.0.2.9

(posted by Roni - 14:54) NJ seems to have been hard at work on his Neo Geo CD emulator for Windows lately. Upon visits to the homepage I notice a few different applications available for download. Namely, a new UOMAME32j which seems to support Neo Geo CD games on it also (or has fixes to his emulation core which were learned through CD emulation progress). And also Daemon Tools which seems to be a set of tools to emulate a cdrom drive for your images (ISO + MP3) of Neo Geo CD games, for use with the aformentioned emulator(s).  Link: NJ's Home Page

Meka 0.60

(posted by fixo - 07:39) The latest version of Meka, the multi-machine emulator for DOS and probably the best Sega Master System emu around, has now also been made available to non-registred users by EmuCamp's Zoop. Here are the changes for v0.60: Improving timing in Z80 core. Fixed voices that weren't ok (Alex Kidd: the Lost Stars..). Voices in many many games were tested, finally marked them as 'Ok' in the compatibility list. Due to timing improvments, now Space Harrier [50 Hz version] has correct glitches (like on a real system) when running in NTSC mode. It is now configured to automatically use PAL/SECAM by default. Removed the need of specific IPeriod setting for some Codemasters games, meaning that they will now run even if you delete MEKA.NAM. Added sample accurate VGM logging, allowing to log voices. The option was previously grayed, it is activated now that all voices are Ok. Updated to VGM version 1.01, to include original TV type information (NTSC or PAL/SECAM) in the file, allowing to play at a different rate. Fixed minor sprite masking bug affecting scrolling games in certain conditions. Evander Holyfield Boxing (Game Gear) was ffected. Added support for Coleco Vision header/footer in order to load the newly released "Pac Man" and "Dig Dug" ROMs from CGE 2001. Fixed a minor bug when loading an in-game savestate from the BIOS. Fixed file loader sorting so that if present, ".." is always on top. Added/fixed entrys to the checksum and compatibility lists. Added two Sonic themes by H Hog. (uncomment to use in GUI)  Link: MEKA

Saturday, October 20, 2001

Arnold (Binary 20/10/2001)

(posted by fixo - 11:30) The Windows version of Arnold, an Amstrad CPC, Amstrad CPC+ and KC Compact emulator, has been updated today with following changes: Emulation Core tape image block "0x010" was not handled correctly. fixed. [Kevin Thacker] first block of tape image data was always being skipped. fixed [Kevin Thacker] Unix port drive LED simulated using keyboard LEDs [Andreas Mickeli] simple launcher (unix/launcher) [Andreas Mickeli] start of GTK+ interface [Andreas Mickeli] SDL version [Andreas Mickeli] configuration script for making Arnold [Andreas Mickeli] Not sure what's up with the Unix port since it's mentioned in the list of changed but I guess it will be released shortly.  Link: Arnold

Friday, October 19, 2001

Raine 0.34

(posted by fixo - 13:15) Raine, a multiple arcade emulator for Dos, Windows and Linux, has been updated to v0.34 (dubbed "Speed") with following changes: Added new game : Sailor Moon. Added new clones : Gunbird korean version, Donpachi korean version, Sailor Moon original version, and battle garrega chinese version. All these clones are not just international versions : the software is really different. Added dynamic graphics list modes for most graphics drivers: vga, modex, vesa (1 to 3), svgalib, fbcon, dga2, directx (all fullscreen drivers). This give you every available mode in the Screen Setup dialog when you change the depth or the scanlines. This also select for you the best video mode available keeping your options (scanlines, pixel double...) for every game you load. Fixed music tempo and sound effects in psykio games (gunbird, sengoku ace, and battle k road). Made the music acceleration in toaplan2 games optional (Set fast_tp2_sound to 0 in raine.cfg if you don't like it) Added a cache for solid sprite to get a 20-30% increase in speed for mazinger and most toaplan2 games (batrider...). Added speed hacks to every cave games : a little faster on slow machines, and animations smoother on fast machines! New palette update function for 8bpp modes for Windows 9x fullscreen modes, and linux fbcon. This function reduces the cpu time for palette update to 0% ! Fixed a last bug in hiscores (hopefully !) : when loading a 2nd game in the gui, the hiscores of the 2nd game were erased !!! Added region codes to drtopel.  Link: Raine

Expanded NesterDC-3.0t5-pre6

(posted by fixo - 13:15) Expanded NesterDC, an unofficial build of the original Nester (Nintendo NES emu for Dreamcast), was updated to release 3.0T5-pre6 with following features and notes: rewrite sound code. improve auto frameskip adjust menu cursor speed add 'remove vmu files menu' (press B at main menu) update KOS to 1.1.4. fix mapper 5 crash bug. 3.0t5-pre5 can't read 3.0t5-pre6 save data (pre6 can read pre5 save data) Fullscreen is playable speed at auto frameskip, but the implement still buggy  Link: Expanded NesterDC

MAME Work-In-Progress

(posted by fixo - 13:06) The Work In Progess page of MAME, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, was updated with following development news: 19th October 2001: Mathis Rosenhauer fixed a copyrozbitmap bug which affected Asteroids Deluxe when using artwork and rotated screen. William Kucharski submitted a truckload of cocktail mode fixes to various drivers. 18th October 2001: Mike Coates added a bootleg version of Scorpion running on Galaxian hardware, but the addition isn't complete yet. 16th October 2001: Ian Patterson fixed cocktail mode in Space Fury. 15th October 2001: Chack'n fixed some DIP switch settings in the Sega System 1 driver. SUZ updated the Toaplan1 driver. 14th October 2001: Martin M. submitted some changes to various drivers, such as correct input ports and fixed sprites in Mega Zone. 13th October 2001: Gerardo Oporto fixed some DIP switch settings in Irem M107 and M92 drivers.  Link: MAME WIP

	VirtuaNES version 0.33
	(posted by fixo - 12:38) VirtuaNES, a Nintendo NES emu for Windows, has been updated to version 0.33 and here's what's new: Play with it in various ways, and speed up to some extent (the condition that became a little gradually heavy) Change of a processing method of FrameIRQ Change of a processing method of Auto-FrameSkip Change of screen off color Fixed APU sounds  Link: VirtuaNES

Gens 1.20

(posted by Lopantu - 12:14) Gens, the best SegaCD and Sega Genesis emulator for Windows, has been updated. Here's what's new: Sega CD ISO support added. ISO, BIN, RAW format supported. MP3 playing supported (decoder is a bit buggy) CD drives detection fixed. 32x32 dots stamp support added in rotation/enlargement engine. Graphics dots conversion added. CDC/CDD emulation improved. Some bugs in PCM sound has been fixed (not yet perfect). CDC -> Prg RAM DMA fixed. CDC -> Word RAM DMA fixed. Word RAM (1 MB) -> VDP DMA fixed. Fixed a bug in the memory control register (emulation still not perfect though). Fixed the BRAM erased bug (occured after a reset of the SUB 68000 CPU). Country autodetection added. Lot of others bugs fixed... Genesis SRAM support modified, so roms with bad headers can work correcly. Rom memory access tweaked, little speed improvements. General Sound volume increased, now all sound chip uses 32 bits buffer for a better final 16 bits mixing. Game fixed: Some games which had SRAM problems: Might & Magic 2 Might & Magic 3 (SRAM) Tonki NHL 98 ...  Link: Gens

Thursday, October 18, 2001

AdvanceMAME Version 0.55.2

(posted by fixo - 14:37) AdvanceMAME, an unofficial port MAME for Arcade Monitors and TVs, has been updated to v0.55.2 with following changes: On the documentation the suggested value for pclock is now `pclock = 5 - 80'. Solved a bug that prevented the read of the vbeline_* options. Solved a bug that prevented a lot of games to start (Centipede, Nibbler, Tempest, ...) Readded the support for the internal MAME debugger Added the `[config] expand' option to use a bigger screen area when playing vertical games on horizontal monitors Added the MMX implementation for the color conversions 888 -> 332 and 555 -> 332 (mainly used in vector games) Added the generation of modes with double size with scanlines Also AdvanceMENU, the project related arcade frontend, was updated to v0.15.2 while AdvanceCAB, a PC/TV/Monitor utilities pack, is now at v0.10.2.  Link: AdvanceMAME

	AGES moves
	(posted by fixo - 14:32) The homepage of AGES, a Sega Genesis/CD/32x emu for Windows, has moved to a new location. Here's the newsbit from the page: "Back up and running thanks to my friends at EmuItalia.com ! I'm working hard to get that new release ready, so stay tuned."  Link: AGES

DAPHNE v0.99.4

(posted by fixo - 12:26) DAPHNE, a laserdisc arcade emulator for Windows and Linux, has been updated to v0.99.4 with following changes: Preliminary Badlands support added (woohoo!) Preliminary Goal to Go support added (woohoo!) Fixed VLDP hardware acceleration problem. ATI cards should now work as long as the mpeg video is not 720x480. Super Don Quix-ote should now be totally playable (woohoo!) Changed sound code so samples are only loaded if they are needed by the current game Fixed small memory leak in VLDP when parsing new video Caused VLDP to clear 'parsing status' line so you no longer see it when changing video files Input can now be remapped (2 keys can be assigned to each input) Default keys correspond more fully to MAME Hotrod joystick support added Samples added for Astron Belt, Galaxy Ranger, and Cobra Command Added better Super Don samples Improved PR-8210 interpreter so it translates commands based on elapsed CPU cycles In Windows, Space Ace will use the keyboard LED lights to indicate the current skill level. Settings will be restored once DAPHNE exits. DAPHNE can now run at any requested resolution from 640x480 and up Flickering video overlay fixed for Astron Belt, Galaxy Ranger, and Cobra Command Initial support for Firefox begun (not playable) LD-V1000 strobe timing implemented for Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (more accurate scene lengths) Almost all timers in DAPHNE (including IRQ, NMI, and current frame) now are based on elapsed CPU cycles rather than elapsed time. This fixes a ton of problems, mostly with Super Don Quixote. Mpeg parsing speed has been significantly improved Added a "-cheat" option to the command line. So far, it is only useful with Cliff Hanger (which does not include a dip switch setting for unlimited lives). LD-V1000 "get current frame" and skipping functions improved to be more accurate Added PR-8210 audio channel commands Improved VLDP so you can now mix video files that are of different framerates and encoding types Added support for mpeg2s that use fields instead of frames Improved .DAT file format (all video will have to be reparsed, sorry! hehe) DaphneLoader build 108 CHANGELOG Added screen size option to 'advanced' tab of loader GUI Game list widened to accomodate DLE title Remembers which tab was last used in the config dialog for current session Corrected number of items in Thayer's Quest coins/credits box Changed 'Show Hanging Scene' to 'Skip Hanging Scene' Fixed "-spaceace91" command line option Fixed name of DLE in options section so screenshot and dipswitches are available Fixed typo in Super Don lives box Changed DLE's name to Dave H's preference Added dip switch options for Super Don Alt  Link: DAPHNE

	MESS Page Moves
	(posted by Lopantu - 01:43) The official homepage for MESS has moved to it's own domain, mess.org.  Link: MESS

Monday, October 15, 2001

CaPriCe32 v3.00

(posted by fixo - 19:23) CaPriCe32, an Amstrad CPC home computer emulator for Windows, was updated to v3.00 with following release notes: Version 3.00 is a complete rewrite in C. Hence the major jump in version numbers. This also marks the first occasion of a Windows native version - hopefully any audio/video/control problems users might have had with the previous DOS versions are now a thing of the past! This is still very much a 'new beginning': not everything is back up to the old standard in user-friendliness. Rest assured, I'm working on it... Things that are currently missing/broken: full-screen support, palette in 256 colour mode, FDC scan commands, FDC overrun condition, tape emulation, screen centering, sound accuracy  Link: CaPriCe32

Snes9x Developers Journal

(posted by fixo - 17:14) Gary of Snes9x, home of the famous Super Nintendo emulator, has updated the Developers Journal section. Here's a bit regarding the Snes9x development: "I've started implementing OpenGL hardware-accelerated SNES graphics rendering to Snes9x. Currently, even if you select the OpenGL output image filter, Snes9x renders the SNES game image using 100% software only, which is very CPU intensive; its only the final copy-to-screen that is hardware-accelerated in this case. With OpenGL direct rendering, Snes9x will make use of your PC's graphics hardware to render the SNES game image, ultimately making the process a lot faster." Read the rest of the Developers Journal by clicking the link below.  Link: Snes9x Developers Journal

BoycottAdvance W.I.P

(posted by fixo - 17:09) The official page of BoycottAdvance, a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator for multiple platforms, has been updated today with following development news: BoycottAdvance W.I.P: Mr. Driller 2 intro is better Tetris Worlds is now working perfectly Atlantis is now near perfect (still a few blinking sprites) Some other games are maybe better too... BoycottAdvance Online (BAO) W.I.P (BAO is a gba emulator in Java): Add Mode 2 support Add Rotation/Scale support for Modes 1/2 Some bug fixes Add/Fixes some BIOS calls Also new translations of BoycottAdvance 0.22bR3 in Brazilian Portuguese and Catalan have been made available for download.  Link: BoycottAdvance

Bliss v1.9d

(posted by fixo - 17:02) Bliss, an Intellivision emulator for Windows and Linux, has been updated v1.9d with following changes: Added zip file support (Mike Dunston) Added a build for Linux (Mike Dunston) New title screen and loading progress indicators (Jesse Litton) Fixed the scratchy Intellivoice output (Kyle Davis) Improved smoothness of the video (Kyle Davis) Decreased the audio latency (Kyle Davis) Modified Win32 build to remove the need for many DLLs (Kyle Davis)  Link: Bliss

	CPS2Shock Closed.
	(posted by Roni - 13:57) Not much to say from me except, go read for yourself.  Link: CPS2Shock

	LaserDC r1 (beta 1)
	(posted by Lopantu - 13:11) ss_teven has released LaserDC r1 (beta 1), his port of my multiple arcade emulator, Laser, to Dreamcast. Some games run too slow, while others run too fast. If a game doesn't run in LaserDC, it's not ss_teven's fault, it doesn't run in Laser DOS either. 33 games are supported in this release.

Smeg V0.84 DC

(posted by fixo - 13:10) Smeg, a Sega Master System and GameGear emulator for the Sega Dreamcast console, has been updated to v0.84. Here are the changes in this version: Improved game compatibility (Puyo Puyo 2, Global Gladiators, many others) Improved sound engine, handles speech better that before, and will no longer 'freeze' like in earlier version Screen repositioning now works on TV's as well as VGA monitors New GUI Font, with font smoothing enabled Rom menu now remembers the last ROM loaded, so you don't have to find it on the list again. You can switch the button mapping Option to switch to 50hz gameplay (-not- 50hz output signal, however). Emulator no longer quits when controller 1 is removed. Several smaller fixes. Both Discjuggler and Nero image files are available for download together with a very well documented and easy step-by-step guide on how to make this emu work, making this a very recommended and impressive emu so DC owners, try it out!  Link: Smeg

	SMSPlus for Dreamcast 1.0 Beta 7
	(posted by Lopantu - 13:08) SMSPlus for Dreamcast, ss_teven's port of Charles MacDonald's SMSPlus, has been updated to Beta 7. The download file was missing, but it is fixed now.

Daedalus 0.08 Pre-1 Source

(posted by fixo - 12:14) The current source code of Daedalus 0.81 Pre1, a Nintendo64 emulator for Windows, has been made available and here's what's new since the last release: Improved Zipped rom support: Now any file over 1MB in size is checked (apparently some roms are archived without extensions) Fixed bug in Zipped rom support where various decompression errors were not detected Memory Leak fixed: Zipfiles were not being closed after being scanned Added over 100 combiner modes Fixed controller "Reset" command Fixed PAL screen scaling (aspect ratio should be correct now) Fixed texture load bug (some 8 bit textures were mis<-aligned and scrambled) Fixed bug where textures were not released properly (possibly eating up video memory) Fixed texture palette CRC bug that caused some roms to reload textures each frame Converted graphics code from DirectX7 to DirectX8 Moved graphics code to separate plugin Added VertexBuffer support to the graphics code, to take advantage of parallelism with the graphics hardware Fixed rom loading bug which caused a crash when roms that were not a multiple of 4 bytes were loaded (not sure why roms shouldn't be a multiple of 4 bytes anyway) Optimised several texture decompression routines Added Lkb's changes (up to Lkb-4.2) Lots of code tidying (e.g. use of singleton classes etc) Cleaned up debug logfile handling Improved PIF RAM handling Fixed OS HLE bug that would cause a few roms to hang Daedalus when inserting timers Fixed a nasty bug where Daedalus would hang indefinitely if you tried to stop the CPU thread while it was searching for OS HLE patches Fixed (hopefully) the IncTexRectEdge hack recquired by a few roms Restructured source into separate directories Lots more that has been forgotten!  Link: Daedalus

SNEeSe 0.61

(posted by fixo - 12:01) SNEeSe, a Super Nintendo emulator for DOS, was updated to v0.62 and here's what's new: Sound: Fixed severe slowdown when sustain was set to infinite Sound: Fixed severe slowdown with noise 65c816: Fixed a crash bug related to WAI instruction Render: Fixed a bug where sprites were not recomputed when highest priority sprite was changed (fixes star sprite test in test ROM) Timing: Changed first non-vblank scanline to 0  Link: SNEeSe

Sunday, October 14, 2001

RAINE site updated

(posted by fixo - 16:22) The official homepage of RAINE, a multiple arcade emu, was updated today with following news and content: "2 more links in the HTTP section, more explanations for the svgalib driver (linux), a few hints about video problems for the win32 version, some documentation about the new features of 0.33 (demos...), and history updated. 0.34 is not ready yet, so these docs can still change.  Link: RAINE

Hoxs64 v0.7B BETA

(posted by fixo - 16:18) Hoxs64, a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows, has been updated to v0.7 BETA and here's what's new: Left and right border can now be opened. Fixed a display bug caused by a multicolour foreground pixel being cut in half by the left border thus causing an incorrect colour. This was noticed in the title screen of California Games as an odd coloured vertical bar near the left border.  Link: Hoxs64

StretchMame32 0.55 Final

(posted by fixo - 13:49) StretchMAME, an unofficial build of MAME with additional video modes, has been updated to v0.55 after several test versions from the last weeks. Here's what's new: Based on the official MAME 0.55 Added Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) Added Vampire Savior (US 970519) Added MSH Vs. Street Fighter (US 970625) Added MSH Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970707) Added MSH Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970702)  Link: Name

	FreezeSMS Build 3.2
	(posted by fixo - 11:18) FreezeSMS, a Sega Master System and Coleco emulator for Windows by Jason Starr was updated to Build 3.2 with following changes: Fixed a small BIOS bug which was writing data into the wrong pointer Changed the Master System memory allocation to a more standard one  Link: FreezeSMS

Saturday, October 13, 2001

SNEeSe 0.61

(posted by fixo - 07:03) SNEsSe, a Super Nintendo emulator for DOS, was updated to v0.61 and here's what's new: Frameskip: Fixed two bugs in the speed-throttle code: one when speed limiter was disabled (min frameskip > 0), one when fast-forward was used Render: Added code to eliminate emulation of unneeded priorities Render: Reoptimized and overhauled the general structure of mode 2 offset change emulation Render: Fixed a bug in mode 7 outside-screen-area clip mode GUI: Fixed the behavior of the FPS counter for FPS > 99 GUI: Added a 'rendering break' counter - tells how many times the delayed renderer is forced to synchronize rendering in the last frame GUI: Modified the keyboard handling to solve stability issues caused by a problem in the DJGPP/Allegro code - GUI is again enabled by default Sound: Fixed the register behavior of disabled voices Sound: Fixed sample looping when loop position changed Sound: Improved performance of sound generation Sound: Added option to allow generation of 8-bit output samples, and a GUI option to toggle sample size Sound: Added a config file option to select the Allegro mixer mode Configuration: Added 320x240x256 VESA2 screen mode as mode 8  Link: SNEeSe

VisualBoyAdvance new translation and info

(posted by fixo - 05:37) The VisualBoyAdvance homepage was updated with following news: "I just uploaded a translation I received for Traditional Chinese. Also, I have received inumerous emails about people trying to use Gameshark Advance codes with VisualBoyAdvance. Just a reminder: Gameshark Advance codes are NOT supported. Only normal Gameboy Gameshark codes are supported. I am going to disable the menu unless a Gameboy ROM is being used. Also, the graphics filters only work in 16-bit. I will update the menu to reflect that."  Link: VisualBoyAdvance

Friday, October 12, 2001

	PocketSNES 1.01 Source Released
	(posted by fixo - 18:22) The homepage of PocketSNES, a Super Nintendo emulator for PocketPC platform, mentions that an updated version of the PocketSNES source is now available for download.  Link: PocketSNES

	Expanded NesterDC-3.0t5-pre5
	(posted by fixo - 18:20) Expanded NesterDC, an unofficial build of the original NesterDC (Nintendo NES emu for Dreamcast), was updated to release 3.0T5-pre5 with following features: porting unofficial nester cpu/ppu engine. (fix dq[12] sound) vmu code bug fix system code bug fix fds support (works but not playable)  Link: Name

VisualBoyAdvance news

(posted by fixo - 17:58) New translations for the latest version of VisualBoyAdvance have been made available in Catalan and Brazilian Portuguese. Also the authors mentions he is working on some new features on the Gameboy side and doing some code clean up and ask the users if they would you like an SDL (Simple DirectMedia layer, check here for more info) version of VisualBoyAdvance for Windows.  Link: VisualBoyAdvance

MIMIC showing signs of Megadrive emulation

(posted by fixo - 17:48) The official page of MIMIC, the generic hardware emulator, was updated with the first screenshot ever of Sega Megadrive (Genesis) code in action and following notes: "Here is the first pic of Mimic emulating the Sega Mega Drive !!! This is the BIOS, which only really displays this message. It then does a HUGE countdown. I dunno what happens when it finishes. All other carts are either hitting uncoded opcodes or waiting for interupts. The VDP code is a major bodge at the moment :). In order to get this far, I had to write some 16-bit memory handling routines which solved a lot of issues. Hopefully, I will be able to get something more exciting happening soon. Doing this made me reinstall Genecyst which (along with Callus) has the best GUI. I may have to poach some ideas and redesign the Mimic interface to be mouse driven :)"  Link: MIMIC

Laser 0.16

(posted by Lopantu - 15:36) I have dusted off my sourcecode, and released a new version of my multiple arcade emulator Laser. Here's what's new: Space Invaders (TV Version) is now playable using a sloppy hack with invaders roms Test menu can be accessed by running with Laser -test Changed spaceatt romset to match MAME's Added Space Attack II Added Super Invaders (once again a sloppy hack using Invaders roms) Added Super Invaders (Zenitone-Microsec) Added Super Invaders (EMAG) Added Alien Invasion Part II Added Ozma Wars (Set 2)  Link: Laser

	Final Burn Next 011011
	(posted by Lopantu - 10:42) Final Burn Next, the Japanese build of Final Burn, has been updated to Build 011011. Here's what's new: Added Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) Added Vampire Savior (US 970519) Added MSH Vs. Street Fighter (USA 970625/Japan 970707/Japan 970702) armwar.zip (USA), armwar.zip (Euro), armwaru.zip (USA) now display in English, the options are still in Japanese.  Link: Name

	Final Burn Alpha 0.138a
	(posted by Lopantu - 10:34) Final Burn Alpha has had a minor update to 0.138a. Here are the changes: updated the src & release zipfiles to be compliant with Logiqx dats The cheat dat has also been updated with cheats for Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter. Thanks to TheInformer for the news.  Link: Final Burn Alpha

Thursday, October 11, 2001

	BoycottAdvance/MacOS 0.2.3
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:27) BoycottAdvance/MacOS, a Gameboy Advance emulator, has been updated to v0.2.3, bringing it in sync with the Windows version.  Link: Bannister Software

	Modeler/MacOS 0.9.2
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:25) Modeler/MacOS, a Sega System 32 and Model 1 emulator, has been updated to 0.9.2. Here's what's new: fixes an endian bug that caused some games not to display any sprites.  Link: Bannister Software

	Arnold/MacOS 1.5.1
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:24) Arnold/MacOS, an Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator for the Macintosh, has been updated to v1.5.2. Here's what's new: fixes a bug that caused InputSprocket not to work.  Link: Bannister Software

	CPSMAME for the Macintosh 10.10.01
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:21) The CPS only version of MacMAME has been updated. There are both a carbonized version for MacOS X, and a classic version available with these games added: Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) MSH Vs. Street Fighter (US 970625) MSH Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970707) MSH Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970702) Vampire Savior (US 970519)  Link: CPSMAME for the Macintosh

Xega 0.09

(posted by fixo - 10:38) Xega, the Megadrive/Genesis/SegaCD emulator running under Windows and hosted right here at EmuCamp, has been updated to v0.09 with better SegaCD emulation and following other changes: Fixed bugs in scaling/rotating engine Fixed bugs in WORD ram memory Fixed bugs in PCM sound engine New DirectSound 8 code Added a funny sound effect Added directory browser Font conversion added Gfx conversion added (partial) More accurate CDC timer Auto SegaCD country detection Auto colordepth detection (15/16 bits only) Some other bug fixes  Link: Xega

FreezeSMS v3.1

(posted by fixo - 10:33) FreezeSMS, a Sega Master System and Coleco emulator for Windows, has been updated to v3.1 with following changes: [ALL EMULATION] Added compressed save states to all systems, not compatible with old ones Added compressed MOVIE/DEMO recording to all systems, the files are really small Changed the delay on messages from 2 seconds to 4, easier to read now [SMS] Fixed a sprite emulation bug which some older games used to work properly in 8x16 sprite mode Golvelius, Outrun3d, Road Rash graphics problems fixed Increased speed slightly in line renderer, gets 130FPS on p2-300 now, 715fps on AMD-1400 Changed the pause emulation so it is now saved with states and movies [COLECO] Fixed a small input bug, the HASH key is mapped to NUMPAD "/"  Link: FreezeSMS

Wednesday, October 10, 2001

	Interview with Forgotten (author VisualBoyAdvance)
	(posted by fixo - 17:53) Just noticed over at the official VisualBoyAdvance page that author Forgotten was recently interviewed by the new NGEmu.com site. Check below link to read.  Link: NGEmu interviews Forgotten (VBA)

	FinalBurn Alpha v0.138a
	(posted by fixo - 17:41) Also FinalBurn Alpha, a built of the original FinalBurn supporting CPS-1, CPS-2 games, SEGA System16 & 18 games, was updated to v0.138a with now supporting the new Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (3 versions), Vampire Savior (USA) & Armored Warriors (Euro) releases.  Link: CP-Systems2 Turbo

CPS2mame v2.550

(posted by fixo - 17:35) CPS2mame, another unofficial MAME build - running only CPS-2 games, has been updated to v2.550 with these changes: Added 'Armored Warriors (Euro 941011)' Added 'Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (US 970519)' Added 'Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (US 970625)' Added 'Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970707)' Added 'Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970702)' Added Various ofter ROM information though games disabled. Using a Aaron giles fix for allowing triple buffer to work.  Link: CPS2mame

	UOMAME32K 0.55
	(posted by fixo - 17:29) UOMAME32K, one of the unofficial builds for MAME for Windows, was updated to v0.55 with these changes: Added new cps2 games Fixed control bug for Capcom fighting games in netplay Removed vsav, region changed to USA  Link: UOMAME32K

Nebula 1.92

(posted by fixo - 17:19) Another Capcom CPS2 emu for Windows, Nebula, was updated to v1.92 and here's what's news: NEOGEO Neogeo Raster effects added. Note rasters are disabled by default in NEBULA.INI. Adjusted (again) the Z80 sound timing. Added fatfury2 protection (thanks Mr K). CPS-2 Fixed BlackHeart's stage of MSH missing rowscroll in the background. Better sprite timing/buffering that solves some desync (ssf2 portraits, ecofght, sfa3). Fixed CPS2 eeprom problems that caused problems in some games (csclub, ssf2t). Fixed Super Hyper turbo mode in SSF2T, I left the CPS2 CPU clock running at 20Mhz. CPS-1 Fixed Mercs graphics. GENERAL Improved the cheat engine with conditional cheats, indirect addressing (for neogeo), etc. Check the CHEATS.TXT file for info. Added force feedback support. Some fighting games allow detecting the hits, so nebula will use force feedback to make you "FEEL" the hits. In the CONFIG dir are 2 .ffe files with the data that can be edited with Microsoft FEdit to make your own force macros.  Link: Nebula

Kawaks 1.32

(posted by fixo - 17:08) Kawaks, the Capcom CPS1&2/NeoGeo emulator for Windows, has been updated to v1.32 with the following changes: Drivers for: Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (US 970625) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970707) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970702) Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (US 970519) King of Fighter 99 now uses the MAME CPU roms: kof99_p1.rom (4mb, CRC32 006e4532) kof99_p2.rom (4mb, CRC32 90175f15) the older kf99_p1d.rom (1mb, CRC32 909b18c4) is *still needed* the older kf99_p2d.rom and kf99_p2x.rom aren't needed anymore Fixed the driver for Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (US 950627) (SFAU.ZIP). The correct roms for SFAU.ZIP are: sfzu.03a sfzux.03a sfz.04a Various other CPS2 romset changes to accommodate the new games, and the latest MAME conventions. PLEASE READ SET_CHANGES.TXT FOR MORE INFORMATION Louder (better) QSound and YM2151/OKI (CPS2 and CPS1 games) Added option to control QSound amplification in WinKawaks.ini and Sound menu NeoGeo sound interpolation (Thanks ElSemi :)) Fix in NeoGeo savestates (still compatible with old ones) Corrected NeoGeo Y zoom to use the real hardware method. Needs NG-LO.ROM. Finally added an "Auto start game" option :) Added individual saving for 68000 overclocking (saves setting in the game's ini) Fixed protection for RealBout Fatal Fury 2 Added protection for Fatal Fury 2 New, much improved Redefine Keys dialog box Changed the Joypad code. Hopefully, this should solve the problems some people have had with their pads Added support for screenshots for Load game dialog box. Shots should be in BMP format and stored in your screenshot directory (subdirectory SSHOTS by default) Somewhat Skin support :) Just put a SKIN.BMP in your Kawaks directory to change the background image  Link: Kawaks

U64EMU2 Public Release Version 1.94a

(posted by fixo - 13:44) U64EMU2, the Killer Instinct 2 arcade emulator for Windows, was updated to v1.92a with following changes done by author rcp spending time bug-chasing thanks to the comments posted about the first public release of U64Emu with KI2 support a few days ago: 3D stages were bad, no question. This release fixes that, and probably many other things as well. The movies appear correct now (and at a different rate). It is possible that the *4* CPU core bugs that fixed number 1, also fixed this. Several people have said some wild stuff about the intro. My guess is that their ROM dump doesn't match the HD image. Mine are correct (obviously), so I can say it works with ROM KI2 L1.1 I have noticed ppl talking about 1.4 and 1.5, which seem to me to be KI1 ROMs. I have no pity for them, as it is obvious that don't own the game.  Link: Kiame

	StretchMAME32 Kaillera 0.55 test 31
	(posted by fixo - 13:43) StretchMAME32 Kaillera, an unofficial port of MAME featuring additional video modes and internet multi-play, was updated to v0.55 test 31 with following changes: Fixed midway game crash problems Fixed NinjaKid2 crash problem Added save state support to NinjaKid2 and Galaga Added region changed CPS2 games Enabled KOF99 secret characters at Kaillera  Link: StretchMAME Test

VSS V0.80 (Virtual Super System)

(posted by fixo - 09:47) VSS, an Atari 5200 Super System emulator for MSDOS, has been updated to v0.88 and here's what's new: Support for Bounty Bob Strikes Back not currently functioning. Replaced CPU core with Neil Bradley's M6502 core Cleaned up hardware startup and shut down to prevent memory leaks. Using SEAL audio library instead of Allegro's for better sound card support Upgraded to Allegro 3.9.36 Added alternate 16K cart loading mode for Tempest, Super Pac-man, Track and Field and Millipede Added support for 8K carts Speed limiter now on by default. Use -nolimit to turn it off Now uses VGA ModeX exclusively. Removed -modex and -top options. Keys can now be re-configured in config file Fixed colors in MODE 15. (Miniature Golf, Micro-gammon) Now two versions, a normal version, and a special debug version for use by software developers  Link: VSS

Tuesday, October 09, 2001

Boycott Advance Releases

(posted by Lopantu - 19:58) Boycott Advance has been updated to 0.22bR3. Here's what's new: Better speed Better compatibility Better sound Pocket Fighter 1.1 Included (as well as what was new in the private release) Boycott Advance Online, the Java edition of Boycott Advance, was also updated, bringing it to 0.12. Here's what's new: Better speed Better compatibility (sometimes better than BoycottAdvance Windows!) Some improvements & bug fixes as usual...  Link: Boycott Advance

MIMIC WIP

(posted by fixo - 10:57) The homepage of MIMIC, the generic hardware emulators, was updated with the following Work In Progress news: "A strange turn of events: on the day of the last release, I recieved an email directing me towards Sega 32X emulation (seeing as I have an SH2 core in development). Knowing that the 32X is just an add on for the Sega Mega Drive, I looked into SMD emulation :) WELL, NOW... the good old SMD uses a VDP very similar to that of the SMS. In fact it has an SMS mode and is a rather good way to develop a 68000 core to boot. So Sega Megadrive/Genesis emulation is next on my plate !!! I am redeveloping the 68000 core to use an array of function pointers rather than the faster (but harder to maintain/develop) embedded switch statements. I have a descent test suite of SMD carts that I will be using to develop with. So far, most carts are initialising RAM/VRAM and the Z80 before running into uncoded opcodes. Hopefully it won't be too long before I get some graphics being displayed. BTW: Mimic 1.09 was the smoothest release yet, with 0 requests for help. EXCELLENT!!! Also, this site has finnaly eclipsed the 100,000 hit mark at a rate of 202 hits a day and 8 hits per hour :)  Link: MIMIC

	Dega v1.08
	(posted by fixo - 09:44) Dega, a Sega Master System / Mark III / Game Gear emulator and for Windows, has been updated to v1.08: Added reverb effect to channels 0 and 1 in Enhanced PSG mode (sounds better)  Link: Dega

	1964 0.6.4a Patch
	(posted by fixo - 09:37) A patch for the latest version of 1964, a Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows, has been released fixing many games that refused to work due to some bugs. You'll need 1964 v0.6.4 first and extract and overwrite the .exe and .ini files from this patch into the main 1964 folder.  Link: 1964

VisualBoyAdvance 0.51 plus translations

(posted by fixo - 09:25) Over the weekend, VisualBoyAdvance, a Gameboy Color / Advance emu for Windows, was updated to v0.51 with following changes: fixed bugs introduced in version 0.5 (BIOS access) fixed small DMA problem fixed Gameboy frame skip bug (caused missing sprites) fixed bug in MBC 3 code (boy/girl problem in Pokemon Crystal) fixed crash loading more than 3 games without restart added MMX version of the graphic filters (exception of TV Mode) added status message to some actions (load/save state, reset, screen capture) tried to improve message when DirectX missing Author Forgotten is also uploading translations for his emu: this latest version is also available in Japanese and Italian. In a news post he mentions any translations are welcome but should always contain the original COPYRIGHT.TXT file which apparantly doesn't always happen.  Link: VisualBoyAdvance

Monday, October 08, 2001

	U64Emu2 1.94
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:57) The U64Emu website has been updated with news that PeterD has convinced RCP to release his latest beta of U64Emu with Killer Instinct 2 Support. This version only runs KI2, PeterD has deemed it 'U64Emu2'.  Link: U64Emu

	NJ's NeoGeo CD Emulator 0.2.2 fix
	(posted by Lopantu - 14:13) NJ's NeoGeo CD Emulator has been updated to 0.2.2 fix. Here's what's new: fixed some problems with CD-DA fixed a bug in Real Bout: Fatal Fury.  Link: NJ's Homepage

	Pocket Genesis 1.0 Beta 1
	(posted by Lopantu - 14:11) Pocket Genesis, a Sega Genesis emulator for iPaq and Cassiopeia Pocket PCs by Domenico Dato, has been updated to 1.0 Beta 1, fixing a button problem with the Cassiopeia version. Thanks to TheInformer for the news.  Link: Pocket Genesis

	SSF 006 Prototype r2
	(posted by Lopantu - 13:48) A bugfix release of the first Saturn emulator to play commercial games, SSF, has been released, fixing a problem that made the old version slow down.  Link: Name

MAME WIP

(posted by Lopantu - 13:12) The MAME WIP Page was updated with a few additions over the past few days: 7th October 2001: William Kucharski fixed the Phoenix cocktail mode bug. Phil Stroffolino fixed most of the graphics glitches in the Homedata driver so that Reikai Doushi / Chinese Exorcist is now fully playable. 6th October 2001: Chack'n fixed the DIP switch settings in Gradius 2. William Kucharski fixed the Galaga explosion sample code to play the sample during bootup as well. 5th October 2001: Chack'n fixed a few driver names and filenames in TNZS and Taito F2 drivers. 4th October 2001: Puzzle De Bowling graphics errors were corrected with a new ROM dump.  Link: MAME WIP

	U64Emu WIP
	(posted by Lopantu - 13:09) The U64Emu homepage was updated with a post by PeterD that a release of this arcade emulator might occur within a few days, with Killer Instinct 2 support enabled.  Link: U64Emu

Handy SDL WIP

(posted by Lopantu - 13:07) The homepage for the port of the Atari Lynx emulator Handy to *nix platforms with SDL was updated with news that a release should occur soon. Also, don't expect Win32/SDL release, as the authors feel the original Handy would be better than an SDL port. Expect these features in the release: sound support scaling up to 4X scanlines (2 types) joystick and keyboard command support  Link: Handy/SDL

Sunday, October 07, 2001

	QuantumGB 0.55b
	(posted by Lopantu - 23:59) QuantumGB, a Gameboy emulator for DOS by Scott Glover, has been updated to 0.55b. Here's what's new: fixed a problem in the z80 core fixed an inversed palette problem now runs some commercial games runs just about all demos  Link: QuantumGB

	GXP 0.1
	(posted by Frogacuda - 16:11) R. Belmont has uploaded the first release of his new Konami GX (arcade) harware sound emulator, which emulates several games from the mid nineties. If I'm not mistaken R. Belmont is also working on System Gx emulation in MAME, so this is is a pretty good sign. Check it out at the ImactEmu site.  Link: EmuHype

MEKA 0.60

(posted by Lopantu - 09:51) The Sega 8-bit and Colecovision emulator, MEKA, created by our very own Zoop, has been updated to 0.60 to registered users. Here's what's new: Improving timing in Z80 core. Fixed voices that weren't ok (Alex Kidd: the Lost Stars..). Voices in many many games were tested, finally marked them as 'Ok' in the compatibility list. Due to timing improvments, now Space Harrier [50 Hz version] has correct glitches (like on a real system) when running in NTSC mode. It is now configured to automatically use PAL/SECAM by default. Removed the need of specific IPeriod setting for some Codemasters games, meaning that they will now run even if you delete MEKA.NAM. Added sample accurate VGM logging, allowing to log voices. The option was previously grayed, it is activated now that all voices are Ok. Updated to VGM version 1.01, to include original TV type information (NTSC or PAL/SECAM) in the file, allowing to play at a different rate. Fixed minor sprite masking bug affecting scrolling games in certain conditions. Evander Holyfield Boxing (Game Gear) was affected. Added support for Coleco Vision header/footer in order to load the newly released "Pac Man" and "Dig Dug" ROMs from CGE 2001. Fixed a minor bug when loading an in-game savestate from the BIOS. Fixed file loader sorting so that if present, ".." is always on top. Added/fixed entrys to the checksum and compatibility lists. Added two Sonic themes by H Hog. (uncomment to use in GUI)  Link: MEKA

Saturday, October 06, 2001

	QuantumGB 0.5b
	(posted by Lopantu - 08:23) QuantumGB, Scott Glover's new Gameboy emulator for DOS, has been released. Here are the features: Complete emulation of the z80 processor (modified for the gameboy, of course) Graphics and Palette emulation Good gameboy memory emulation Compiled with DJGPP + Allegro runs many gameboy demos (and some gbc demos too) joypad emulation w/ the keyboard  Link: QuantumGB

Nemu64 INI 2.3.0

(posted by Lopantu - 08:22) The official Nemu64 INI by EmuManiac has been updated to 2.3.0, adding 16 fully playable games. Here's what's new: Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh (JAP) = Doesnt Work, (only Sound) Batman Beyond - Return Of The Joker (Euro) = Playable, New Combine Mode OFF Beetle Adventure Racing! (JAP) = Playable Bio Hazard II (Resident Evil 2) (JAP) = Doesnt Work Dual Heroes (JAP) = Playable extreme-g (Euro) = Playable extreme-g (JAP) = Playable extreme-g XG2 (JAP) = Severe GFX errors Hybrid Heaven (Euro) = Playable, New Combine Mode ON Hybrid Heaven (JAP) = Playable, New Combine Mode ON International Track and Field Summer Games (Euro) = Playable Jet Force Gemini Kiosk (USA) = Partially working Looney Tunes - Duck Dodgers (Euro) = Playable, press START and wait a few sec Mario no photopie (JAP) = Doesnt Work, (only Sound) Mickey“s Speedway USA (Euro) = Partially working, heavy GFX errors PGA European Tour (USA) = Playable Pikachu Genki Dechu (JAP) = Doesnt Work Pro Yak Yu King Baseball (King of Pro Baseball) (JAP) = Playable Robot Ponkottsu 64 - Caramel of the 7 Seas (JAP) = Playable Road To World Cup 98 (Fifa 98) (JAP) = Playable, GFX errors San Francisco Rush - Extreme Racing (Euro) = Playable, GFX errors SD Hiryuu no Ken Densetsu (JAP) = Doesnt Work Super Speed Race 64 (JAP) = Playable, New Combine Mode OFF Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama Toukon! Marumata Chou (JAP) = Doesnt Work Tony Hawk“s Pro Skater (Euro) = Playable, New Combine Mode OFF Violence Killer - Turok New Generation (Seeds of Evil) (JAP) = Playable, use Audio Dummy Mode Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey (JAP) = Playable Winback - Covert Operations (Euro) = Playable WWF WrestleMania 2000 (Euro) = Playable, new Combine Mode off Worms Armageddon (USA) = Partially working, (only Sound)  Link: Nemu64 INI

	Game Lad 1.61
	(posted by Lopantu - 08:14) Game Lad, a Gameboy emulator for Windows, has been updated to 1.61. Here's what's new: Refresh timer for debug windows (DarkSerge) Setting to switch to fullscreen when emulation is started Freeze on exit fixed (DarkSerge) Bank switching on MBC5 carts fixed (64 Mbit carts should work now) Remembers last directory even if the new path is shorter  Link: Game Lad

	Pasofami 1.2b
	(posted by Lopantu - 08:12) A new demo of the Japanese emulator Pasofami has been released. This emulator is shareware, and costs „3,000 to register.  Link: Pasofami

Friday, October 05, 2001

PocketNES v0.4

(posted by fixo - 11:58) PocketNES is a Nintendo Entertaintment System (8-bit) emulator for Nintendo's latest handheld, the Gameboy Advance. Version 0.4 was released today and here are all the release notes: Biggest improvement was a menu system that allows for multiple games to be put in one image. In this menu system many new options are enabled for each game. 3 Speed hacks, profiling, and follow character/memory are some of the options. These can help the games to run faster and to be more manageable on the small screen. If you don't have the GBA hardware tools to this this one and fancy some double emulation, try this one out in GBA emu VisualBoyAdvance as it actually does work.  Link: PocketNES

Arnold/MacOS 1.51

(posted by Lopantu - 07:30) Arnold for MacOS, a Amstrad CPC/CPC emulator ported by Richard Bannister, has been updated to 1.51. Here's what's new: Fixed a bug causing the Open dialog to ignore Extended DSK files. Fixed a bug where the CRTC type for CPC Plus would be set to an invalid value after clicking Default in the preferences dialog box. Fixed a bug where changing the High Resolution Rendering setting would mangle the CPC display in certain situations.  Link: Richard Bannister Software

	NeoGeo CD Emulator ver.0.2.1 fix 3 011005
	(posted by Lopantu - 07:24) A new version of NJ's Japanese NeoGeo CD Emulator for Windows has been released, fixing a bug that kept Metal Slug 2 from being playable on Windows 2000.  Link: NJ's HomePage

X-Mame 0.55.2

(posted by Lopantu - 07:16) X-Mame, the port of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator to X11/Unix, has been updated. Here's what's new: Added special-cased fast 2x1 and 3x1 scaling to the blit core. (Adam Moss) Added several AdvanceMAME effects, available via -effect/-ef. Note that these effects are not available for some video drivers, nor do they work on actual 24-bit (packed) displays yet. (Ben Saylor) Added mame-listmissing to contrib/tools. (David Griffith) Fixed compilation errors reported in snprintf.c on some platforms, e.g. HP-UX 10.20 with GCC 3.0. (Stefan Becker)  Link: X-Mame

Phantasian Translations Update

(posted by Lopantu - 06:15) Phantasian Productions has managed to get quite a bit done in their translation of the Playstation game, Tales of Phantasia. He noted that either Lina`chan or Filia has finished the table for the dialog kanji. Also with the help of satsu and Deltaflame, the 12x12 kanji table for the techniques and menu kanji is complete. Cless has almost completed the 8x8 font, with only some cosmetic work left to do to it. Klarth is working on his TOP tool. He is currently working on the data file rebuilder, and will begin working on a script dumper shortly. He asks for help with LZSS recompression. If you can help in that area, visit the site linked below for contact information. Thanks to The Whirlpool for the news on this three part translations update.  Link: Phantasian Productions

	MakoKnight Translation Update
	(posted by Lopantu - 06:04) MakoKnight has managed to change the font in the SNES game Dragon Ball Z Gokuden 2 from a 12x16 font to a 8x16 font, and managed to double the space in the ROM. His website has two screenshots of the translated intro screen showing of the font.  Link: MakoKnight

	M-Studios Translations Update
	(posted by Lopantu - 05:56) BLM has updated the M-Studios homepage with news that he is currently finishing the translation of Super Robot Wars for Game Boy. After that is finished, he will look into translating an as of yet not revealed PlayStation game.  Link: M-Studios

	FrNES 0.60 Beta 2 for Dreamcast
	(posted by Lopantu - 05:05) Regex has released another new beta of FrNES, a NES emulator for the Dreamcast based on PNesX for the Playstation. Here's what's new: fixed no sound problems sound init on certain games should be fixed some slight speed improvements  Link: FrNES

Thursday, October 04, 2001

	FrNES 0.60 Beta For DreamCast
	(posted by Lopantu - 14:07) Regex has released a new beta of FrNES, his port of the Playstation NES Emulator PNesX to the Dreamcast. Here's what's new: New Non Clicky Sound Engine Improved PPU Renderer Better Speed New GUI Colors  Link: FrNES

Expanded NesterDC 3.0T5

(posted by fixo - 10:57) A test version of Expanded NesterDC, an unofficial build of the original NesterDC (Nintendo NES emu for Dreamcast), was updated to release 3.0T5 with following features: Refine vmu code Support compressed data saving (now use 3-9 blocks to save) VMU save/load state support (use 10-20 blocks) Long filename ROM's save support Rename config file. first, you must set options All of 3.0t5-pre3  Link: Expanded NesterDC

RAINE WIP

(posted by fixo - 10:51) The Work In Progres page of RAINE, a multiple arcade emu for Windows, was updated with following development news: Added Gunbird Korean version. It adds some english texts (check link below for screenshot) Added Donpachi Korean version (this is also a more recent version of donpachi...) Added sailor moon original version (without the B in the initialisation screen). Don't know if this one is really useful, but it's added anyway!  Link: RAINE WIP

	Nemu64 INI 2.2.3
	(posted by fixo - 10:39) A new .ini file is available for use with Nemu64, a Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows that actually has been rather silent recently. Nemu64 INI 2.2.3 however allows the emu to recognize following titles: All Star Baseball “99 (EURO-PAL) = Playable Derby Stallion (JAP) = Playable Madden NFL 2002 (USA) = Doesnt work  Link: -= Nemu64 =- Screenshot Page

LaserDC WIP

(posted by Lopantu - 08:29) ss_teven has been working on a port of my multiple arcade emulator, Laser, to the Dreamcast for a while now. After trying to port the DOS version with little results, he ported the Linux version and got things up and running. He states that although it is a little slow, he will release a beta version. He is currently making a GUI and fixing some graphics errors, and expects the beta to be released some time next week. In related news, I have reopened the Laser Homepage right here at EmuCamp.  Link: DevCast

	WinUAE-AVI 0.8.17 Release 2
	(posted by fixo - 04:58) WinUAE-AVI is a special port of the latest WinUAE Amiga emu for Windows, which allows you to record the emulation ouput into AVI movie files.  Link: WinUAE-AVI

Wednesday, October 03, 2001

	MAME WIP
	(posted by fixo - 17:39) Another small news update over at MAME's official Work In Progress page: 3rd October 2001: Olivier Galibert ported the V60 CPU core originally made by Farfetch'd and R. Belmont to MAME. William Kucharski added cocktail mode support to the Haunted Castle driver.  Link: MAME WIP

	M1: Model 1/2 Sound emulator
	(posted by Frogacuda - 14:09) R. Belmont has uploaded an interesting new emulator. M1, as he has dubbed it should give full, high quality sound emulation for several classic Model 1 and Model 2 games, includung Virtua Fighters, Virtua Racing, and Daytona USA (Rolling Staaaaaaht!). Sound like fun. Check it out at the impactemu site.  Link: EmuHype

	New Sonic stuff released
	(posted by Lee - 13:37) SegaXtreme has gone and released a new Sonic promotional techno mix video as well as the Sountracks to the Sonic game gems SonicR and Sonic CD. Obtain it all at SegaXtreme and thanks Iceman2k for that.  Link: Segaxtreme

AdvanceMAME 0.55.1, MENU 1.15.1, CAB 0.10.1

(posted by fixo - 13:09) AdvanceMAME, a port of the MAME emulator for Arcade Monitors and TVs, has been updated to 0.55.1 with following changes: Added the `[video] pclock' option to control the lower and higher limit of the pixel clock used. YOU MUST ENTER THIS VALUE IN YOUR mame.cfg. The lower value is the lower clock generable by your video board. The higher value is the video bandwidth of your monitor. If don't know these values you can start with `pclock = 5 - 70' which essentially enable any pixel clock needed by AdvanceMAME. (like the previous version) Added the `-report' option at the MV utility. You can use this option to create informative bug report on the video drivers. Updated with the new SVGALIB 1.9.12. It contains various video driver fix and a new `Rendition V2200' driver. Solved a bug on the command line parsing. Solved the crash bug for the vector games. Better mode generation for the vector games. A related tool, AdvanceMENU, a DOS front-end for MAME, MESS, RAINE and any other emulator, was updated to 1.15.1 with: The new `[video] pclock' option like AdvanceMAME. Add it in your configuration file. Minor bugfix Also AdvanceCAB, a collection of various utilities to help the use of a PC with Arcade Monitors or TVs Version, was updated to 0.10.1 with several minor bugfixes.  Link: Advance Projects

Tuesday, October 02, 2001

Farewell to a good freind.

(posted by Frogacuda - 16:50) 2-D fighting gurus SNK, who has been struggling for some time, seem to be at their end. After the failure of it's latest system (the Neo Geo Pocket), being bought out by japan's largest gambling machine manufacturer, Aruze, and later filing for bankruptcy, much of the staff has defected to once-rival Capcom. Perhaps the hardest blow came today, when the court revoked the company's application for Rehabilitation Bankruptcy. This basically places SNK out-of-buisness with a 308,000,000 Yen debt. King of Fighters 2001 is still set to ship as planed, but future games seem to be in limbo. Our best hope at this point is that SNK's staff an liscenses will be able to stay together under a new corporate identity, or even as part of another company. 'Tis a sad day, indeed. At least SNK will go out on a high note here in the US, when their finest work, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, hits shelves this November for the Sega Dreamcast. To read more about SNK's situation follow the link below:  Link: MadMan’s Cafe

FreezeSMS v3.0

(posted by fixo - 16:46) FreezeSMS, a Sega Master System, Game Gear, Sg1000 and Coleco emulator for Windows, was updated to v3.0 and here's the extremely long list of what's new! [ALL EMULATION] Rewrote SN76489 Sound engine, now sounds excellent and 99% accurate to real machine Added Triple Buffering and NOVSYNC options for fullscreen. Line interupt emulation fixed, fixing graphical problems in a few games Interupt generation system changed for most support systems increasing compatablity a lot. Added the rest of the TMS9918 modes for both 16bit and 32bit, fixing some Sg1000 games,needed for ColecoVision. Added sprite limit as an option, so if you like flickery sprites you can enable them. Removed 6 of the filters, now left are Doubled Pixel Mode and Scanlines Improved the way the FPS code works, now gives you your real frame rate for last second instead of estimation. Made fullscreen modes more nice. Added Save States, you can have upto 10 per game. Changed the way I was writing to DirectX surfaces, will provide reasonable speed up on modest machines. Made FreezeSMS more friendly to windows, now it updates itself when windows obscure it and such. Changed when I updated the line number to the top of the LoopZ80 instead of bottom, fixes a few things. Added ColecoVision emulation support, aswell support for its 3 bios's Added a HARD RESET to all systems, press CTRL+R to reset. Fixed one small Registry bug which could sometimes cause FreezeSMS to crash, due to it not closing the KEY after opening it. Changed the default TMS9918 palette to one which more accurately represents it, thanks to Richard F. Drushel (drushel@apk.net) Improved accuracy of sprite collision detection. [SMS] Compatability of Master System increased to 100%, only YS(japanese) still has gfx problems Bios emulation been fixed, now all bios's work properly. Changed the number of lines emulated in PAL mode to 313, fixes Micro Machines. Enabled CodeMaster mapper support, all the CodeMaster games work great. Rewrote the way the CodeMaster graphics modes were handled. Changed the way VDP emulation works thanks to Charles Macdonalds findings. Added some features to the debugger(F7) so you can stop the SMS and view memory contents and change some Z80 settings, still being improved. Added Lightgun emulation, still needs a bit of work, press the left mouse button to shoot, left mouse button is also now mapped to button 1 on joypad. Added 3d Glasses emulation(AUTOMATIC) so you can play 3d games now. Improved the nationality detection Added SaveRAM emulation, its all automatically taken care of. Should be compatible with other emulators. Pit Fighter and Spiderman Return of Sinister 6 now work. Fixed when certain VDP registers could be written to, as some games wanted to write to them at weird times. [GAMEGEAR] Added the SMS caching method to gamegear. Improved the timing fixing problems in some games, Rise of The Robots to mention one. The PAUSE button for the SMS is now also used as the start button on GameGear. [SG1000] Timing has been improved fixing a few games Changed vSYNC interupt to occur only once per frame maximum instead of a possible 23 times like SMS. Fixed some VDP registers, they now work correctly independant of what GFX mode they are in [COLECO] New addition to FreezeSMS, lots of games work, some dont. The NUMPAD on the Coleco is mapped to the NUMPAD on your keyboard. Sound emulation has been added and sounds really good. Fixed some problems with the PALETTE. 3 bios's have been included, Original, No delay and Alternate font. [GUI] Added cartridge image displaying capability Added screenshot slideshow option (thanks to LeRock for suggesting it) Settings on the Other Settings tab of the configuration dialogue Click to start or stop slideshow Added sound option and Bass Boost option Added preview images and descriptions to blitter selector Many hours of work on FRZ files Hundreds of new and better scans processed and added, thanks to LeRock for supplying them Dozens of box texts added All box texts should now say which region they are from The form is now resizable, which also allows it to be used on a 640x480 screen Coded a new filename listbox, with icons, flags and word wrapping Added in-GUI BIOS changing/loading Replaced the menu/combobox/button mess with a much nicer toolbar Improved BIOS loading to work with savestates You can't load more than one instance of the frontend any more Changed shortcut jeys to Alt+? with matching accelerators on the toolbar buttons Fixed a bug in the recent files/folders which caused errors for first-time users No more errors for first-time users who didn't click on Config... I click on it for them! And I disable the Cancel and Close buttons! (heh) Cleared out some unused crap in some of the third-party components, which reduced the file size a bit Executable is now compressed and page-aligned Added automatic colour depth switching Colecovision support added (icon, namelist, config page) Config dialogue now hides tabs with nothing on them yet Zip errors are now handled better Config dialogue ignores presses of Esc/Enter when assigning keys so you can assign them properly now PAR dialogue improved a bit [Freeze Editor] Made the Freeze Editor much more user friendly The EDITOR is used to create FRZ files for use with FreezeSMS, they contain screenshots, information and cheats about games. Download them from the FreezeSMS site or make your own!  Link: FreezeSMS

MAME WIP

(posted by fixo - 16:33) Also the Work In Progress of MAME was updated with development news of the past week: 2nd October 2001: Stefan Jokisch fixed a bug in the YM2610 sound chip emulation which caused missing sounds in Chase H.Q. Phil Stroffolino sent a work-in-progress driver for Homedata games such as Reikai Doushi / Chinese Exorcist, and Mahjong Kojinkyouju. However, there are graphics errors and sound is not hooked up yet. Mathis Rosenhauer fixed a Speed Freak bug which affected 16 bit input ports, and he fixed the bug which caused vector games to save incorrect screenshots. 1st October 2001: inside out boy fixed a tilemap bug which occurred when screen size didn't match the tilemap size. Brian A. Troha added the Korean versions of Donpachi and Gunbird. 30th September 2001: Luca Elia sent in a driver for Seta's 2nd generation hardware, supporting Kosodate Quiz My Angel, Kosodate Quiz My Angel 2 and Puzzle De Bowling. Olivier Galibert added support for port-dependent user-configurable keys, for example for changing the fullscreen toggle key. 29th September 2001: Ian Patterson added support for NVRAM modification in the cheat engine, and he fixed a memory violation bug in it as well. 28th September 2001: Stefan Jokisch fixed a graphics bug in Rainbow Islands which affected the secret room on the last island. 27th September 2001: Mathis Rosenhauer added support for artwork that is of different size or position than the game graphics. Chack'n added some clone ROM sets and Rafflesia to the Sega System 1 driver. 26th September 2001: Mathis Rosenhauer fixed the colors in Crazy Rally. 25th September 2001: Bryan McPhail re-added some fixes to the Taito F3 driver. Adam Hourigan fixed the graphics color in Gunfight. SUZ fixed the sprite priority in Circus Charlie. 24th September 2001: Nicola Salmoria added Water Match to the Sega System 1 driver. David Widel provided the correct color PROM for Exerion. Chris Hardy added the Asian version of Pop'n'Pop to the Taito F3 driver. Manuel Abadia fixed Big Karnak, which was broken due to tilemap changes.  Link: MAME WIP

	VirtuaNES 0.32
	(posted by fixo - 16:30) VirtuaNES, a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator for Windows, has been updated v0.31 with following changes: -Fixed Auto-FrameSkip bug Fixed State save & movie stupid bug The title which revised movement defectiveness and a quiver of a screen with a version of this time  Link: VirtuaNES

	RAINE WIP
	(posted by fixo - 16:29) The WIP page of RAINE, a Taito arcade emulator for Windows, was updated with loads of development news of the previous months. Check below link for news and screenshots on Sailor Moon, Battle Bakraid, Saboten Bombers, ...  Link: RAINE WIP

	Super Nintendo aka Famicom Database
	(posted by Chris - 16:25) RetroBase has finally put the long awaited SNES database online. The DB contains over 1950 games with product info and screenshots, which means that this is much likely gonna be the No. 1 resource for SNES lovers. Check out the link below for more info.  Link: RetroBase

	New MegaSPC player
	(posted by Lee - 09:07) New release today for MegaSPC, which boasts the closest-to-snes-on-the-pc sound quality playback for Windows9x. Coded using VisualBasic for Windows9x, outputs wonderous sound, and should work for anybody on a 486+. Thanks for the news ChocoboZXe  Link: MegaSpec

Monday, October 01, 2001

	Daedalus ini 1.0b French
	(posted by fixo - 16:52) Small update over at the Daedalus (Nin64 emu for Windows) page where a French translation of ini file 1.0b has been made available for download.  Link: Daedalus

	Bruce Lee updated for PC
	(posted by Lee - 14:31) Everyone liked the Datasoft classic C64/Atari game, Bruce Lee! Here's the brand new complete PC version release with those added extras :)  Link: BruceLee PC

Ewok AdventureAtari2600 release soon

(posted by Lee - 14:15) That much asked for Rom dump of Atari 2600 unreleased proto-type, Star Wars-Ewok Adventure will be released soon at the Eurocon 2001 convention held at Blackpool in the UK (Near me in fact) Also available at the show are another chance to get your hands on Combat II 2600 and the Digital Press 10th anniversary game Ms. Space Fury for the Colecovision. Limited spaces available so take a look  Link: Eurocon

Xega 0.08

(posted by fixo - 12:17) The EmuCamp hosted Xega, a Sega Megadrive/Genesis emulator for Windows, has been updated to v0.08 with newly implemented Sega CD support and even soon to be 32x! Here's the full list of what's new: SegaCD emulation SUB 68000 PRG and WORD ram implemented PCM chip Scaling/rotating hardware (still buggy, and 1x1 screen mode untested) CDC CDD ISO and CD-ROM support (using ASPI) - Xega will use the first CD drive scanned on the bus No save states, no BRM ram saving/loading No Font conversion, no graphics conversion Added RAZE core Fixed