Archived News from December 1999
  

Wednesday, December 01, 1999

New NES Emulator
(posted by ZeroAge - 23:34)

BudFrEaK has released a new NES emulator called Aphrodite. It's not very advanced yet, it only emulates fully mappers 0, 2 and 3, and the sound is not quite good. I hope this one gets better soon. For more info go to Beyond Emulation.

Channels Hacked
(posted by uzplayer - 22:17)

This fuckin jerk Squared0t has hacked #emucamp, #meka, and #totalemulation and has taken over the IP addresses of myself, and Rabidfrog. Whatever you do, STEAR CLEAR OF THESE CHANNELS! We will bring you more on this situation as it develops.

Link: Name
New sites joigning Emucamp!
(posted by Zoop - 17:56)

Two cool sites joigned the Emucamp network today: these are Simply Nes and JAG's Video Game Zone.
The first deal exclusively with the Nintendo first 8-bit system and features a lot of informations about peripheral and games as well as pictures of weird/pirate/prototypes items. Being still in "new layout state", you will probably find broken links but the content under the working ones will surely keep you busy until the rest is online :)
Back on the second site, JAG's Video Game Zone. It covers both Nintendo 8-bit and Sega Master System and provides a bunch of stuff about them from advertisements pictures to game reviews, not mentionning the available music extracts.

Thursday, December 02, 1999

Student arrested in Japan!
(posted by Zoop - 17:30)

Asia BizTech wrote an article about a 21-year-old Japanese student who has been recently accused of distributing NES and Gameboy ROM images on the internet. This is at my knowledge the first case of this kind, and unfortunately it may cause problem to the Japanese emulation scene, with is already a bit paranoid about the legal aspects of emulation. Not a good news in any case, and I suggest reading the article linked below.
(Thanks goes to Yohji for the information)

N64
(posted by uzplayer - 16:54)

Some good news and some bad news on Corn the N64 emu to report on tonight.

Bad: The author has finished the experiment and has decided to discontinue further experimentation and development of Corn.
Good: A best friend of the author decided to take up the emulator but wants to remain anonymous.

For more info, click on the link below and thanks to bwb of EmuHQ for the info.

Channels Hacked *Update*
(posted by uzplayer - 14:59)

#totalemulation and #emucamp are now back under our control. The warning now has been lifted and I would like to thank everyone who has helped us out. We will now return you to your regularly scheduled programming already in progress.

Link: Name
Interview
(posted by uzplayer - 12:42)

Zophars Domain Newsletter has done an interview with myself for it's 4th newsletter. It was a very interesting interview and I thank Lycia for the opportunity to be interviewed. Click on the link below to visit Zophars Domain and while you are there, try to subscribe to this email newsletter.

Arcade
(posted by uzplayer - 12:37)

Along with the other items, the OS/2 port of MAME has been brought to sync with the current version. Here's what's new:

o Updated to MAME core version .36 beta 10
o PONG is available to everybody!!!!!
o Fixed a stupid, STUPID, bug causing a crash when the ROM search path is changed
o Changed the DIVE initialization code slightly to (hopefully) work better with some ThinkPads
o Fixed a bug that caused changes in the joystick settings to not immediately take effect in the middle of a game.
o Fixed a bug causing games with looped samples (like Galaxian) to stop playing the samples when the game is unpaused.
o Got rid of a few ugly error messages in the Debug.Log when the game is paused and sound is enabled.
o Tweaked the Quick List dialog screen to give the window focus to the
o Favorites list by default
o Fixed the startup sequence when using a game name as a command line parameter so that the loading status screen gets the window focus while it is loading

For more information, click on the link below. Thanks to Darkmazda's Domain for the information.

Arcade
(posted by uzplayer - 12:30)

The EmuDX Website has been updated with some information. Quoted from Darkmazda's Domain:

"There should also be an assortment of sound card options (for people with sblive in particular). There's also other stuff that is still in progress. I'm looking into what other games can be included easily now that the program structure has changed total ly, giving us the ability to plug new games in, or at least better than before. If things go well, such as the pengo/phoenix graphics, then I want to get the first big EmuDX release in, along with the screensaver and theme for Windows before Christmas, bu t all that really relies on the availability of the improved graphics & sound in time. If this is not the case, it won't be available until after the new year."

For more information, click on the link below. Thanks to Darkmazda's Domain for the info.

Channels Hacked *Update*
(posted by uzplayer - 10:51)

We have managed to take back one channel. That is #meka. Although we dont know how long it's gonna last. You can join #meka but do it at your own risk! As for the rest of the channels (#emucamp & #totalemulation) we are working on getting these cha nnels back. The advisory stands for those channels. Stay away from these channels! More on this situation as it develops.

Link: Name
PSX
(posted by uzplayer - 10:44)

On the Bleem! newsfront, Dragonyen seems to be loved by the Sony lawyers. He was interviewed by them again. The excerpt comes from EmuHQ:

"Unimpressed... What else can I say? I work up early this morning to go to my Sony vs. bleem! deposition and all I can say is unimpressed. I was really excited about going to this thing, I mean I expected seven or eight grueling hours of questions and ans wers that had so much relevance to Sony and bleem!'s case, however... it was nothing like this."

Read the rest of the info over at Elitegamer linked below. Thanks to EmuHQ for the info.

Overclocked
(posted by uzplayer - 10:41)

Happy 30th episode David! The latest Overclocked is that JoseQ 007 has been CAUGHT! Click on the link below to find out more. BTW: Good Performance JoseQ!

ROM Surfing
(posted by uzplayer - 10:39)

Here's today's ROM Surfing Tips:

AmigaMania has done a very hefty update. 92 Amiga Games were added for download. In other words, it's too many to list here so just go there and find out.
Click here

In case if you missed the other posting, SMS Power released Jungle Book and Back to the Future Pt 3.
Click here

World of Arcades has released some unemulated romsets. These are: Blades of Steel (Version T, Konami, 1987), Search and Rescue (World, SNK, 1989), Splatterhouse (Alt. Version, Namco, 1988) and Gal's Pinball (Comad, 1996).
Click here
(Thanks to Sys2064 and Retrogames for the info)

Got ROM Tips? Email emucamp@citeweb.net

Link: Name
Surfing Tips
(posted by uzplayer - 10:29)

Everyone. PLEASE Chill out! It is not a SegaCD emulator. My email box is being overloaded at the moment with people thinking it's a SegaCD emulator. It is NOT! Chill out and read some tips:

Reuters cites a report from Datamonitor which predicts consoles will overtake PCs as the pricipal choice of internet gaming
in 2002. You have to wonder if the report takes into account such successes as webTV or Sega's current online gaming library.

Nintendo not happy to rest on its Pokemon laurels, decided to issue a Donkey Kong "collectible card series." Fastest Gaming News mentions a partner in crime by the name of Ahomaro games.

Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies are offering $195,000 for record breaking scores on sixteen classic arcade games. The big prize of $100,000 is for
anyone who can beat the 256th Pacman level without losing their quarter.

Bandai, manufacturer of a handheld called the Wonderswan, acquired rights to Squaresoft titles for their handheld. Expect to see a Wonderswan Final Fantasy version in late 2000. GameSpot News has additional details concerning the Wonderswan and other Wonderswan titles.

Got tips? Email emucamp@citeweb.net

Link: Name
NES
(posted by uzplayer - 10:25)

A new NES emulator has made it's way to a release. This one is called Aprhodite and has been released over at the site Beyond Emulation linked below (which actually looks like a very cool site.) Quoted from the email:

"It's a pretty good NES emulator but the sound isn't too good and it only supports mappers 0,2,3 (and a few others partially)."

Get more information at the link below. Thanks to Koam for the info.

Rumor Mill
(posted by uzplayer - 10:19)

JoseQ has posted a nice big rumor mill. Some stuff in the rumor mill concerns items that have been posted on Emucamp for the past couple of days. I want to reiterate. IT'S NOT AN EMU! And I guess I have to come up with a slogan for this secret. Umm.. Beli eve? No That was taken already. Emulation Will Change? Yeah.. I think that's good. The idea I have and am implemeting will be revealed on the 15th of December along with some other interesting tid bits that have remained unnofficial until pretty much now. In other words:

Emulation Will Change

Join us Dec 14th at 11PM in the #emucamp EFNet channel (assuming we ever get it back ) to find out


While you do that, click on the link below to read all the detailed rumors that JoseQ has presented us, and the odd speculations people have come up with.

Link: Emuviews
New Site on Emucamp
(posted by uzplayer - 10:09)

The Emucamp staff would like to issue a warm welcome to The Game Boy Games Database. This site has a database of, you guessed it! Game Boy games. It's a nicely designed site and a very useful resource. Click on the link below to check them out.

CD Boxcovers
(posted by uzplayer - 10:07)

Darkmazda's Domain has released the following CD Boxcovers:

o Samurai Shodown 3 USA
o Crossed Swords 2

Get them at the link below. Thanks to homt for the info.

Rumors
(posted by uzplayer - 01:35)

I have noticed a lot of people have decided to think that the rumor is about an emulator like the SegaCD emu. I would just like to let everyone know that this is NOT the case. I dont know how to program and the project does not involve a new emu. Nonethel ess it's still a very revolutionary project that no one has attempted before and you will find out what it is on December 15th at 12AM

Link: Name

Friday, December 03, 1999

The Overclocked Wars (Continued)
(posted by uzplayer - 14:31)

Quoted from Retrogames:

"Arcade@home has been shut down until the maintainer receives an apology from OverClocked's Lloyd. This is no great loss in my opinion; ArcadeAtHome's maintainer is responsible for many of the license restrictions in MAME. I'd like to urge Lloyd to stand his ground. UPDATE - it seems ArcadeAtHome is back. Oh well, maybe next time. (Update by atila - Tim Eckel has added *.retrogames.com to his "banlist", if you will. If you click on a link to his site and *.retrogames.com is the referrer URL, you wll see t he above message. If you just type his URL in your address bar, you can reach his site. All I can say is: not nice)"

Gee. Who do you think is gonna win this one? Emucamp backs up David Lloyd and Retrogames on this one 100%. He shouldnt have done this crap in the first place. If one person can ban *.retrogames.com, then I think a thousand people can boycott the site. So I call for a boycott of www.arcadeathome.com until this war is over.

Link: Name
ROM Surfing
(posted by Opi - 10:29)

Here's today's ROM Surfing Tips:

Back to the Roots has proven itself to be an amazing Amiga site and today they have in my opinion outdone itself. It's new releases are: Leisure Suit Larry 1-5 (4 never existed), and Chuck Rock 1. They have also released some good PD games including a War craft clone, and some more demos. (Note: The PD games are HD only and should be installed on virtual Amiga HD's)
Click here

Group YnT (a translation group) has moved back to Darkmazda's Domain and they are looking for a translator to help work on hacking some roms. If you possess the skills, then click on the link.
Click here

Challenge Games has released Metroid Challenge ver. .35. This release brings "levels and improved gfx to that classic game, and Challenge Boards, which are like online scoreboards for the hacks at Challenge games." Also SMB Challenge will see an update in a few days, and visit the hackers forum to see the rom hack of the week.
Click here

ROMSeeker has released: Turok 64 and Starcraft. They have also mentioned that they will have a 20 user limit FTP up soon.
Click here

Got ROM Tips? Email emucamp@citeweb.net

Link: Name
New Staff Joining Emucamp
(posted by uzplayer - 10:10)

This weekend Emucamp will be welcoming two new staff members to Emucamp. Their records speak for themselves and I am proud to have them on the staff. Find out more this weekend.

Link: Name
Surfing Tips
(posted by Zoop - 10:09)

A little treat is coming your way this weekend. Enjoy these tips while you wait. (No this does not have anything to do with the secret project.)

Some additional details about Sega's Dreamcast meets Mega Drive and PC Engine are on Game Informer. Expect over 300 titles that sell at $1 to $3 a piece with titles such as Columns, Outrun, Pacman, Sonic, etc.

Allowing Dreamcast gamers to use their controllers and VMU's at the arcade, Capcom's Spawn: In The Demon's Hand accomplishs arcade and console integration on the next level; alt hough, not to be confused with Sega's pipe-dream of Dreamcast gamers playing against arcade gamers via a network connection. Source - GameSpot News.

Followup on Bandai's Wonderswan blurb; Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2, Final Fantasy, Romancing Saga, and Seiken Densetsu 2 are slated to be Wonderswan's introductory titles. GameSpot News provides more background
about the plans for this new handheld.

GameFan confirms the rumors, Nintendo decided to pass on Metroid 64.

Got tips? Email emucamp@citeweb.net

NES
(posted by uzplayer - 10:04)

The Pretendo website has a status update. Here's an excerpt:

"we've finally got the CPU working properly, for the moment. We're now looking for ways to speed everything up, and we've been somewhat successful thus far, as the DX blitter is now in Assembly, allowing for a pretty decent speed increase. We have plans o f re-doing the renderers in Assembly also, but that's probably not going to appear in the WIP version. We've finalized an input plugin format, so we'll try and whip up some documentations and make them available for download. Hopefully the WIP version wil l be ready in a 2 to 3 weeks time :)."

For more information, visit the Pretendo site linked below. Thanks to [Delta] for the information

N64
(posted by uzplayer - 10:01)

Update on Corn: The previous news post that the author was quitting was in fact incorrect. He is not quitting, but his best friend is helping him out on the project. From the website:

"My email was misunderstood. I said I tried to quit, but because of my friend's persuasion, I will still work on Corn. Currently only he is coding since I am very busy, I will do some coding when I have time, say, this winter break. "

Read more about it at the link below. Thanks to bwb of EmuHQ for the information

Overclocked
(posted by uzplayer - 09:52)

David Lloyd has released the first double feature in his series of comics called Overclocked. It's especially funny and is called "Emu Man 1 & 2" You can read them at the link below. Also, David Lloyd has released Overclocked wallpaper! If you are interes ted in having Pretzel and Cabbage on your desktop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, then also click on the link below. Thanks to David for the news.

Update: Oh. I almost forgot because of this jerk Pachuka who we suspect was the person taken over the #emucamp, #meka, and #totalemulation EFNet channels a couple of days ago, and thanks to that Tim Eckel guy for posting the stupid thing on his stupid Arc ade At Home website, David Lloyd has decided to quit. I hope your happy Pachuka and Tim Eckel cuz it's people like you who make people leave the emulation scene.

The Secrets that Emulation Holds
(posted by uzplayer - 09:46)

I have been asked to quote the following:

"WARNING: Lost In Space Of Emulation?"

"EmuSpace, Coming Soon..."


For what this means goto the link below. (No. This does not have anything to do with the Emucamp secret project.) Thanks to Rabidfrog for the info.

Sunday, December 05, 1999

wonderswan update 3
(posted by wook - 18:59)

After listening to people's interest in Bandai's Wonderswan, I started looking for importers who currently offer the Wonderswan outside of Japan. I have never purchased any item from either of these importers. Gamecave and Multimedia 1.0 have the handhelds and several different titles. Until fall 2000, the Wonderswan w on't officially be available outside of Japan. If you want one of these handhelds before then, you'll either have to buy one in Japan or use an importer. -w

Rom Trading Post changed URL
(posted by Opi - 17:10)

dps's "Rom Trading Post" got an new url
Please update your bookmarks
Thanks to Badge for the news

SNES Heaven updated - Rom Surf Tip
(posted by Opi - 14:36)

Crokk from the sunny Italy, who also maintains "Crokks Neo-World" at http://members.spree.com/technology/crokk/index.html has updated his small but well designed SNES page. 4 new japanese SNES roms are ready to download. Uploaded are
- Chrono Trigger - Pre Release
- Firemen
- Gakkou De Atta Fu I Wa
- Super Igo Giou
All roms have a good checksum - watch this site - it's been regulary updated.

Genesis Power
(posted by Opi - 14:24)

Genesis Power is alive and back !!!!
They have problems with their host, they can't upload files larger than 1 Meg, so they need help and a donation of about 20 megs of Webspace. If you can help - please contact them. Latest releases are two previously undumped and unlicensed games - Exodus and Joshua.

They still need Bible Adventures for the Genesis. If you have this Wisdom Tree title, contact them!

Link: Name
New Color Gameboy game in the work!
(posted by Zoop - 14:07)

Demiforce has just announced their Color Gameboy game that have been in the work since quite a while. Completely authored by Demi (except for the musics which are being worked on), Drymouth is a puzzle game similar to Mario's Picross on the same system, and is very professionnally made. As a result, Demi hope to be able to have it published on the market, if only he could find a publisher smart enough to hire a young and talented developer =) So basically if you can help him by any way, please do it, else you can still check the homepage and see the appealing game made by the one who brought you some of the best translation patchs for NES!

New Staffers
(posted by uzplayer - 13:17)

If you havent seen already, we have some new staffers that have joined Emucamp. I would like to extend a warm welcome from the Emucamp staff to the following people:

EmulationX - You may know him from other sites such as Total Emulation and GeoShock. He is now joining Emucamp as a news poster and interviewer.

Opi - An excellent news man. He always emails Emucamp with new news and information. A great asset to the site

wook - A great guy who has been all over emulation. He will be posting the surfing tips/emuwire to Emucamp on a daily basis.

Once again, myself and the Emucamp staff would like to welcome these people to the staff. Have fun guys! :-)

Link: Name
Badge's Lighthouse
(posted by Opi - 13:02)

Badge is a very very nice guy, who helped me much in the days when i was just another newbie in the net.

"Badge's Lighthouse is a small but well-known site, which has been around for about two years... Badge has been posting info about 1999 Japanese SNES releases, has info on copiers, rom checksums, an interesting Amstrad CPC section, a very *hint hint* inte resting mailing list, and many more"
Thank you Badge

Link: Name
Sega Xtreme
(posted by Opi - 12:57)

A nice site for all Sega lovers. It's been maintained by IceMan2k my very first ICQ buddy. :-). If you're interested in Sega Game Mp3's you should visit his site. He also offers several Sega CD ISO images like Lunar the Silver Star, Snachter, Soul Star an d various others games ! ! !
Sadly his harddisk crashed a week ago - but with more ram and an powerfull Athlon he starts again

Link: Name
NesToy
(posted by Opi - 12:51)

Saturday night on IRC , Digitoxin told me that he'll update his great NES rom utility again. Version 2.3b is now ready to download
Read the included textfile carefully to avoid disasters ...
There are still 25 Nes roms there for download
inclusive all Dragonball games

Link: Name
SMS Power
(posted by Opi - 12:50)

Zoop added 3 new games
- Daffy Duck in Hollywood for the Master System
- Clutch Hitter and Dream Eleven for the Game Gear

Link: Name
MAME
(posted by Opi - 12:49)

The official MAME WIP page saw an pictureless update - Some driver fixes + highscore saving to some games. Two romsets were added to existing drivers

Link: Name
RAINE
(posted by Opi - 12:46)

Antirad has updated Raine twice on saturday. The first update V0.27 Beta adds a new game "Mahou Daisakusen" and various bug fixes. The second one V0.27 ezel adds alternate archive names to ezel and his Mame Sets.

Link: Name
Opi joins Emucamp
(posted by Opi - 12:44)

Hi everybody ! i'm the second new member from Emucamp.
Some of you may saw my name somewhere on the emu boards or on irc. I was offered to join this team - and i took my chance and did it. Oh man i'm as nervous as a teen before his first date !!!

I'm from Germany and and my name is Opi - the old and not so wise one :-)

Before i'll start posting news and reveal some secrets i want to say THANK YOU to the following sites - for their work and the fun they gave to me - now and in the past
Retrogames, Vintage Gaming, JoseQ's Emuviews, Sys2064, Arcade Rom Heaven, SMS Power, Redump2k,
Genesis Power, Back to the Roots and Emucamp !!!!
Maintaining sites from this class is an hard job !

Also THANK YOU to the members of MAME, Raine, Neo RageX, Meka and ZNES

And finally a big THANK YOU to the following persons :
Badge (thanks for being that patient with me), Bobic, Crokk, Digitoxin, MEK, Iceman2k, Prophet, ZeroAge and Zoop

hmmm - Lets start

Link: Name
emuwire 12/4
(posted by uzplayer - 10:29)

Starting this Christmas season, a famous retailer decided that all N64 items are scheduled for the clearance shelves. Source: Adrenaline Vault

Porting the real KOF99 to the Dreamcast sounds like a winning idea. Source: GameSpot News

Whenever they're finished with it, look for it. What is it? Virtual Fighter 4. Source: Fastest Gaming News.

SNK's running a NGPC and Sonic promotion.

Gaming Age put together a NGPC Sonic review that should help the
fence sitters decide whether to purchase the game or not.
Still unsure, then try GameFan's Sonic review.

GameSpot News posted a few pictures from SNK vs. Capcom: Millennium Battle.
Some of the mini-games included in this NGPC title are Ghosts n' Goblins and Metal Slug.

(Originally posted by wook)

Link: Name
Emulation-X comes to Emucamp.......
(posted by EmulationX - 00:09)

Hi,

Im Emulation-X I am a one of the new newsposters at emucamp.
You may have seen me at Geo-Shock or Total-Emulation.I am now here too.Im here to reign havok and chaos......J/k
now Haze,Rabid and Uz, can fight over me...lol

Link: Name

Friday, November 05, 1999

Misc. News
(posted by lilac - 18:41)

For those of you following the Microsoft court case, they lost it today as the judge declared them a monopoly that "stiffles innovation by competitors" and "hurts consumers". The penalty and whether they will be found to be an illegal monopoly has not bee n decided yet but this is certainly a blow to Microsoft. (Source: NBC Nightly News)

Link: Microsoft

Monday, December 06, 1999

SMS Power updated - New Meka version coming soon
(posted by Opi - 21:09)

Zoop released 3 new games to reach his goal : releasing 1 game per day. Online are :
- G-Loc Air Battle for Master System
- G-Loc Air Battle for Game Gear (US - Euro dump)
- Tom & Jerry for Master System (alternate version)
Feel free to use his Forum to discuss the latest releases

A new Meka version will be released soon - biggest new feature is : tatatara ZIP SUPPORT

Link: SMS Power
Glide API going open-source
(posted by ZeroAge - 19:11)

It seems that this was announced 3 weeks ago, but I only saw it at SlashDot today. 3DFX is making their Glide API opensource and is releasing tech docs about their products. This just rules. Now I'm just waiting for those cool wrappers to start showing up again, now alot better than before.

Link: News
Rom Surf Tips
(posted by Opi - 16:54)

Genesis Power released Ms. Pac-man a cute small game
German_Only is a small german rom site which offers games for Game Boy (Color) & SNES. But only if the game text is in GERMAN - also the site's language is german. If you're looking for german or EXOT IC games give it a try !! Zelda in German - cool - i understand it :-)
Sega Xtreme has updated again - Road Rash ISO for Sega CD is online.

MAME
(posted by uzplayer - 15:38)

MAMED (MAME For Digita) has been brought up to sync with ver. .36b10b. Directly from the website:

"New MAMED version 36b10b is available that supports sound on the DC265, sound is currently disabled on the DC290, support is comming soon. Special thanks to my friend Scott Angel for writing the sound code. Sound would not have been possible without his help."

For more information, click on the website below. Thanks to Retrogames for the information.

emuwire 12-6
(posted by wook - 14:24)

Finally Nintendo let the 64DD out of the bag, but one has to wonder if this is too little, too late, and without any clear direction. Souce: Nintendojo and Core Magazine

Segadojo previewed Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future which is slated to be released during 2000.

Capcom plans to launch Giga Wing to North America next April.Source: IGN

I missed this bit last week, look for Dragon's Quest I through IV to appear on the Play Station. Source: Gaming Intelligence Agency

Chrono Trigger on PSX
(posted by ZeroAge - 13:45)

It seems that the Chrono Trigger "remake" on the psx isn't exactly a remake. There's a file on the CD that is called rom.bin . According to some people at the Zophar's Domain staff, the file is a ROM dump and if you ren ame it to rom.smc you can run it on emulators. Really interesting. I wonder what Square thinks of emulators. If you have the CD and you can verify this for us, please do it and send us mail later.

Vectrex
(posted by uzplayer - 13:09)

According to The Vintage Gaming Network, a person by the name of John Dondzila has released the worlds first 64k vectrex cartrige for use with vectrex emulators or on cart format for $20.00 (US). Here are the gam es on this cartrige:

o Star Fire Spirits
o Repulse
o Birds of Prey
o Vector Vaders Remix
o Patriots Remix
o Rockaroids Remix
o Disc Duel Demo
o Abyss Demo

If you are interested in downloading the file, or are interested in buying the cart for play on your vectrex, click on the link below to find out how. Once again thanks to The Vintage Gaming Network for the informati on.

Amiga
(posted by uzplayer - 13:05)

Amiga Memory has released the following games:

o Hero Quest (RPG game by GREMLIN)
o F17 Challenge (Racing Game by Team17)
o Turrican II (Shoot them up by FACTOR 5)
o Midnight Resistance (Shoot them up)

Also, they have posted some articles such as:
o News Amiga emulators
o Another new Turrican-like: Genesis
o AmigaOS 3.5 is only a big update

Visit Amiga Memory at the link below. Thanks to Amigaman for the info.

NES
(posted by uzplayer - 12:55)

Emuviews has posted 787 NES Roms for your downloading enjoyment. If you want some NES roms then click the link below to goto Emuviews.

Link: Emuviews
Emuspace Clue?
(posted by uzplayer - 12:48)

Rabidfrog and Darkmazda has put out another clue about their project called Emuspace. Today's clue is:

Where do you want to go today?


Click on the link below to see for youself and for more information.

MAME
(posted by uzplayer - 11:37)

Other MAME News

- i686Mame and K6Mame -
www.mame.net has released the cpu optimized versions of ver. 0.36 beta 11.
Click here

- MAME32ASM -
This version of MAME has also been brought up to synch with ver. 0.36 b11. It is faster then the C version because it uses a 68k assembler core.
Click here

Thanks to EmuHQ for the info.

Feature
(posted by uzplayer - 11:22)

Emutech 2000 has started a new feature called The Round Table. In the Round Table, the webmaster Mark Bridgett sends a question to several site ops and the site ops have to answer it in 50 words or less. The question that was given was:

TODAYS QUESTION : What with the current spate of rom hacking with things like TRAINERS built into rom dumps, and things like the modified High Score table on the dump of King of Fighters 99. Do you agree or disagree with the notion that stunts like this s erve only to push emulation into the realm of warez and the like, complete with cheesy demo screens and hacks in the games?

Atila of Retrogames, bwb of EmuHQ, Rabidfrog of Total Emulation, Bish of Emugaming, and The Fox of Emuunlim were the participants this week and their answers were somewhat interesting. Find out more by clicking on the link below.

Backup Units
(posted by uzplayer - 11:15)

A site hosted here on Emucamp called Red 9 has informed me that they will be making a last big import of Super Wild Card DX2 backup units. Apparently he mentions that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and urges people to prereserve. For more inform ation, click on the link below and contact the webmaster

Commodore 64
(posted by uzplayer - 11:10)

A new version of Comeback 64 for WinCE has been released. Here's what's new:

o Added Joystick1 & Joystick2 emulation
o Added new 6510 cpu core (thanks to Fabrice Frances)
o Removed CIA2 emulation (to improve speed)
o Improved Sprite routines
o Improved Emulatecycle() function
o Optimized RAM access

Also, apparently Domenico (the maker of CB64) has tested this version on his Jornada 820 HpcPro and it runs quite fast for a Windows CE Emulator. Get it at the link below. Thanks to Domenico for the information

ShinobiZ's Home released 3 System 32 romsets
(posted by Opi - 07:53)

ShinobiZ released 3 unemulated System 32 romsets to the public - right now the games are only wasted diskspace ... but in the future, who knows !!!
THERE IS NO EMULATOR THAT CAN RUN THESE GAMES YET ! The Games are :
- ARABIAN FIGHT
- GOLDEN AXE 2
- HOLOSSEUM the links work - so hurry while they last !
News are taken from Retrogames

OverClocked - Episode 36 RUMORS
(posted by Opi - 07:43)

Hehehe - if you need some very good new RUMORS read this Episode.

Arcade ROMs from Japan updated
(posted by Opi - 06:09)

Retrogames reports that Arcade ROMs from Japan released Mahou Daisakusen, a terrific Raizing shooter playable in Raine 0.27e.
I tested the game link - it doesn't work at the moment, but should be fixed soon.

MADOKA ROMance! is back
(posted by Opi - 02:40)

He's back - the man, that made the SNES scene go crazy. All games are online again - including the much demanded Jikkyou Oshaberi PARODIUS. New game weren't added, but i think his offers are really awesome. Thanx to dps for the news :-)

MAME V0.36 beta 11 released :
(posted by Opi - 02:15)

Jippiieeee - the next update to the world greatest emulator MAME has been done. I would call this the "Racer 99" update. New games included are :
- Pole Position 1
- Pole Position 2
- Turbo
- Cisko Heat
- F1 Grand Prix + 4 other games
Note - the binary was compiled right now by Vintage Gaming, NOT by the MAME team. An official compiled MAME.exe will soon be available. Checkout Vintage Gaming if you can't wait, or watch the offic ial MAME site with the link to the right.

Till from Sys2064 released an new fixfile for this MAME release, no need to download every changed rom set again. Check it out !

If your're looking for the new romsets watch WWW.MAME.DK

New NesToy 2.31b and weekly NES Roms - Rom Surf Tip
(posted by Opi - 02:02)

After releasing a new NesToy version with minor fixes , Digitoxin also updated his Weekly Rom section. 24 new rare and mostly japanese games are ready for downloading.

Tuesday, December 07, 1999

Rom Surf Tip - SNES
(posted by Opi - 15:09)

Xtale's SNES Zone is another fine ROM collection site. Most of these sites are dying quick - if they are known by the public. SNES is arround since '97 and still alive. The collection holds an total of 263 roms right now.
Attention - the SNES Zone's language is GERMAN
New uploaded are:
- Wing Commander (german)
- Dragon View
- Fatal Fury Special
- Pilot Wings
- Tetris 2
- Tales of Phantasia

Link: Xtale
More MAME News
(posted by uzplayer - 13:04)

- MAME Classic -
This Front End has been updated to ver 0.36.11. Directly from the website, here's what's new:

o A pong.zip file is no longer required for MAME Classic to recognize PONG! as being installed.
o Added the option to disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Ctrl-Esc, and the Windows key during game play. NOTE: You will have to delete your classic.ini file.
o Implemented the new -verifysets command.
o Fixed a bug with the Cancel button on the Options form.
o Selecting your M.A.M.E. directory no longer automatically fills in the ROMs and Sample directory paths.

Click here to get it

- MAME Manager Deluxe -
This windows front end has been brought up to ver. 1.2 Unfortunately the Website for this emu is down, so goto EmuHQ to get it.

Update: Apparently the link I got off of EmuHQ was wrong. The site is located here (Case sensitive.)

- MAMEMerge -
MAMEMerge ver 2.42 has been relesed. This is a ROM Utility. Directly from the website, here's what's new:

o fixed : RAINE long filename support for split / merged-split sets. (I packaged up the wrong binary when I released 2.41).
o fixed : start button could be enabled even if the classic/neogeo checkboxes weren't checked.
o fixed : rompaths commented out of mame.cfg are no longer added as source folders.
o RAINE 0.27e resource file included in archive.

Click here to get it.

Thanks to EmuHQ for the information.

Todays Emuspace Clue
(posted by uzplayer - 12:55)

Today's Emuspace Clue...

Where to begin


Also, they are looking for staffers and affiliates. If you are interested, go visit Total Emulation. If you want to see more about today's cryptic clue, click on the link below.

Link: Emuspace
More Amiga News
(posted by uzplayer - 12:35)

A site located on EmuHQ called Amiga Flashback (linked below) has updated with 7 AGA games that has been added to the AGA Compatibility List. These are:

o Chaos Engine
o Guardian
o Gunship 2000
o JetStrike
o UFO - Enemy Uknowm
o ViroCop
o Worms - The Directors Cut

Check it out at the link below. Thanks to ALx for the news.

AMI Sector One News - Rom Surf Tip
(posted by Opi - 12:11)

This nice Amiga site hostet by Emucamp was last updated on 3. november. Sorry Bernd - we missed it. Better late than never :-)
The update include the following games
- 18th Hole - is a nice golf simulation on two ADF's
- Diabolik 2 - an commercial action-game
- U Chess AGA - a strong playing chess simulation
- Zalycon - a futuristic action game on two ADF's with great music
- Operation Lemming - a game with Lemming style gameplay

Some new coverscans are available, too. Dylan Dog 2, Football Champ and Pechowy Prezent ---> CHECK IT OUT !!!
Please note: AMI Sector One got permission to distribute these games .


EmuWire 12-7
(posted by wook - 11:52)

While it ain't equal to the Dreamcast version, Game Informer's PSX Marvel vs Capcom preview says PSX gamers should be impressed with the quality of this version.

Next year, watch for a Dreamcast port of Bust A Move 4. Source: GameFan

GameFan's Angus attempts at examining the prefight drama by glancing at factors that will dictate the battle between Sony's Play Station 2 and Nintendo's Dolphin.

A few screens from SunSoft's Blaster Master Game Boy Color flavor. Source: GameSpot News

Apparently Sega's not the only technology company to get a visit from Japan's Fair Trade Commission, Apple's Japan offices were raided as the Fair Trade Commission searched for evidence of p rice-fixing. Source: Canoe

ROM Surfing
(posted by uzplayer - 10:58)

Arent the new staffers doing a great job? Here's some ROM Surfing Tips:

- Amigamania -
o AmigaMania has added the following games:
o Bubba 'n' Stix (Plateform)
o Eye of the Beholder (Rpg)
o Heart of China (Adventure)
o Panza Kick Boxing (Kick Boxing)
o TV Sport Football (US Football)
o Ultima V (RPG)
o Voyageurs du Temps (Adventure)
Click here

- Vertigo2099 -
Vertigo 2099 has successfuly dumped the SNES game Megaman X2! And has also released a new Vertigo pack which contains:
o Arkanoid (redump)
o Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak
o Ice Climber (fix)
o Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt(PAL)
o Terra Cresta (US)
Click here

OverClocked - Episode 37 "Drought's End"
(posted by Opi - 09:24)

Raine in the desert - think he could do better ! Not the best episode.

Snk vs Capcom (snk version ) Rom released for ngpc
(posted by EmulationX - 06:49)

New Neo-geo pocket color rom released by TW_DIY and Billy Jr

http://home.rochester.rr.com/rshomepage/ http://www.billyjr.com.
It's the Jap version, so most of us can only look at it...oh well.enjoy anyway.

Emulation-X

Processor optimized MAME and new Pole Position samples from Dith
(posted by Opi - 05:43)

Vintage Gaming reports the release of processor optimized builds of MAME. There are optimized builds for Pentium Pro, Celeron, and P2, as well as K6 owners. These will offer a slight speed increase over the normal beta build on the specific processor.

Dith's Enhanced MAME Samples released an new set of Pole Position samples - the frequencies are now 22 khz compared to the 11 khz of the original set - you should hear the difference. More enhanced samples sets could be downloaded there.

Unofficial MAME updates
(posted by Opi - 05:20)

Emu+ V0.36 beta 11 released:
This is a great unofficial version of MAME with such features as CPU overclocking for Neo Geo games, autofiring and more.

MAME32ASM V0.36 beta 11 released:
The unofficial MAME32 (for Windows) build with ASM cores has been updated to beta 11. This version should be slightly faster than the official build, whenever its released.

For a full list of new features and the binaries - please visit Vintage Gaming

SNES Backup Units
(posted by Roni - 03:02)

Superfly Wonder Pimp from over at Red #9 (hosted by EmuCamp) has asked me to post this below:

"I have been selling the Super Wild Card DX2 for the past few months, but after I make one more large import I will no longer be selling them. The special once in a blue moon pre-order price is $200 shipped within the USA. If anyone wants one they sh ould contact me ASAP, as this may be their last chance to ever get an SNES backup unit, especially a new one.
Thanks."

Make sure you check out his site and drop him a line if your one of those who needs a backup device.

Link: Red #9
ZSNES 0.988 A/C released
(posted by ZeroAge - 02:35)

Both the ASM and the C version of ZSNES have been updated to version 0.988. Here's what's new :
-Added some SA-1 speed hacks (Kirby DX/Parodius 3)
-Implemented SDD-1 MMC. But none of the SDD-1 games run properly yet because of the compression chip.
-Fixed up some slowdown problems in SA-1 games
-Fixed up dirty CPUID fix for Cyrix CPUs so that you don't have to re-run Zsnes twice every time.

Hope you enjoy it :)

Wednesday, December 08, 1999

Emucamp Portugese - Emulords Now Open
(posted by uzplayer - 22:39)

I would like to extend a warm welcome to the latest site to join the Emucamp family. Emulords is a Brasilian Emulation News site that promises to become one of the best Brasilian Emulation News sites on the net. They will also be serving as representative s of Emucamp to the Portugese speaking audience as items that are on Emucamp will be translated and posted onto the site. If you speak Portugese, then click on the link below to visit Emulords! Good luck guys!

Magic Engine release confirmed
(posted by Opi - 16:56)

I got an mail from David Michel in which he confirmed the release of the new and totally inproved version of his great PC-Engine (aka TurboGrafx-16) emulator on decenber the 15th.

This is no Free emulator - but the low price of 16 $ should make it payable for every interested TurboGrafx-16 fan.
Btw - i have licensed the emu since early '98.
Take a look for yourself on the Magic Engine Homepage with the link on the right side.

Genesis Power
(posted by uzplayer - 16:56)

Genesis Power has released Pitfall for the Sega Genesis. This is one of Pitfalls first 16 bit games out. This game also has a pitfall classic mode (2600 game that is in fact emulated) hidden inside the game. If anyone wants it, download it at the link bel ow.

Thanks to Snorter for the information

Odyssey 1 Emulator Released!
(posted by Roni - 12:42)

Paul Robson and David Winter have made a working Magnavox Odyssey 1 emulator entitled ODYEMU. According to the mail it is for MS-DOS and plays Tennis as of now. The mail states it is NOT available for download yet but will be in a f ew hours but the mail is a few hours old so it may be ready for download by now. Check out the official page on David's Pong site below for more information.

Emucamp Site News
(posted by uzplayer - 11:01)

Do you have an non-english emulation news site? Have it hosted on Emucamp! Emucamp is now accepting applications for hosting non-english emulation news sites on Emucamp! We already have a Brasilian/Portugese Emulation News site that will be unveiled somet ime today! If you have a non-english emulation news site, email us at emucamp@citeweb.net for more information!

EmuWire 12-8
(posted by wook - 10:34)

Download a PC demo version of Final Fantasy VIII, weighing in at 67 megs, from PC.IGN.

Squint real hard and you'll see seven PSX2 Gradius III & IV screen shots. Source: GameFan

A Scooby snack for the first person to name the first console that the Smurfs appeared on. Approximately fifteen years after their initial game, they're back. Look at the bottom portion of Beyond.com's PSX Smurfs page for three images and a game play synopsis.

Translation
(posted by uzplayer - 10:23)

The link below leads to a person by the name of Neil who has decided to cease work on translating the Dragon Quest Series. One of the main issues that he cites is the fact that people are circulating un-official patches for the DQ projects he is doing. An d when he requested them to stop, they told him to "shove it." Read more about it at the link below. Thanks to Naflign for the information.

Update: Apparently, Neil is just leaving the message board and IRC. He isnt leaving the community and is planning to release DQ3r beta sometime before Christmas. You can read the new message by clicking here and visit his website by clicking here.

OverClocked - Episode 38 "ROMFather"
(posted by Opi - 10:15)

Find out what happens to Mr. I.M. Rombegga

MacMAME V0.36 beta 11 & MAME32 (Japanese) V0.36 beta 11 released:
(posted by Opi - 05:03)

MacMAME V0.36 beta 11
Brad Oliver has released a new version of MacMAME, catching up with the DOS version released on Sunday. In additional to all the changes found in the DOS release, the Mac version has these specific changes:

- In sync with DOS beta 11. [Brad Oliver]
- Fixed problems with the listbox highlight ring drawing improperly under MacOS 9. [John Butler]
- Added support for playing a splash movie at startup. MacMAME will look for a movie called "MacMAME.mov" and will use it if found.
We recommend the movie by Dave Dries which has been circulating around the 'net as it was specifically designed for this. [John Butler]
- Added some fixes for RAVE mode when using 16-bit video. [Brad Oliver]
- Many changes to the code to make it Carbon-compliant. There are still pieces which won't work under Carbon,
but the bulk of what can be changed at this time has been. [John Butler, Brad Oliver]
- Added NSC805 PPC CPU core based off the 6800 core. [Aaron Giles]

MAME32 (Japanese) V0.36 beta 11
The Japanese translated version of MAME32 has been updated to the latest version.

You can get these files at Vintage Gaming

NesToy 2.4b released
(posted by Opi - 04:44)

Digitxin released another version of his great NES utility. New in this version :
- Added a (-nobackup) option to suppress the creaton of backups when ROMs are repaired or resized.
- NesToy can now resize some ROMs that are too small, but just need to be padded with empty space to repair them.
- Fixed a bug where under certain circumstances, NesToy would be unable to perform a rename on ROMs if the were already sorted into the directories defined in nestoy.cfg.
- Implemented a work-around to prevent NesToy from scanning the same ROM twice when (-sub) is used. This caused NesToy to think the ROM was a duplicate and
move it to the duplicates directory.
- NesToy will now always skip over the duplicate and backup directories in a scan unless they are specified directly on the command line. This is not recommended.
- All internal directory handling routines have been rewritten. Make sure to report any bugs or inconsistancies no matter how minor.
- The backup directory can now be changed in nestoy.cfg. Either delete nestoy.cfg and let it create a new one, or manually add the new entries.
- Raised internal directory limit to 100 directories.
- Small change in sorting routines. ROMs with titles like "Dragon Warrior.nes" will now show up in the listings before "Dragon Warrior 2.nes."

Link: NesToy

Thursday, December 09, 1999

Overclocked
(posted by uzplayer - 23:48)

Today's Overclocked Episode is about Arms! (Dunno.) Go take a look at the link below.

Badge's Lighthouse - News
(posted by Opi - 19:46)

Badge has updated his Lighthouse again - 8 new SNES reviews are online, one of the featured games is another '99 SNES release NP Picross 3 - There are NO roms on this site, but it's worth a visit.

Link: Name
Arcade Roms from Japan - New Release
(posted by Opi - 19:32)

Arcade Roms from Japan dumped HAL21 (Japan, SNK, 1985)!
Thanks to Till from Sys2064 for the news.

Norseman's Cyberground - Rom Surfing Tip
(posted by Opi - 19:07)

Here is another small but fine console rom site i regulary visit. Norseman didn't updated his site in the last days - due time problems, but it's still worth a look. *** Note: all owners of the sites i posted as Rom Surfing Tips gave their permission !

Link: Norseman
NeoGeoCD Release!
(posted by Roni - 18:08)

Today saw a new release of NeoGeoCD which is a self-explainable emulator for MS-DOS. Here's what's new:

  • Made better use of 68000 core. 15-25% faster
  • ADPCM emulation, partial YM2610 emulation
  • Fixed some problems with CDDA
  • Fixed auto anims speed
  • Fixed a bug in memory card management
  • Ability to set up audio volumes direct from emulator

    Links: Homepage - NeoGeoCD v0.80 [520kb] - Source [830kb]
    • IGN interview with Jim Merrick, Software Engineering from Nintendo US
    (posted by Opi - 17:37)

    IGN64 chats with Nintendo's technical wizard about the company's next-generation console and more.
    I found it very interesting, because i love my N64 (US not a crappy Pal version). Thanks to EmuGaming for the news,

    Virus warning from Microsoft - email with fake "buddylyst.zip"
    (posted by Opi - 14:58)

    Microsoft released a warning about email attachements. If you receive an mail containing an Budweiser Screensafer - named "buddylyst.zip" - DO NOT OPEN THIS FILE.
    Delete the mail instantly it - or otherwise your harddisk may be deleted.

    UPDATE - i received an message from Francois St-Maurice that this buddylst.zip is not a real virus - just an hoax.
    If you're interested about this thing check the link to the right.

    SuperG's Rare Roms - Rom Surfing Tip
    (posted by Opi - 14:35)

    This site is very small - but contains 4 rare japanese SNES games. The owner of this site told me via ICQ, that he wouldn't update this site anymore, but the games are still online.
    - DoReMi Fantasy Milon
    - Holy Umbrella Dondera
    - Magical Drop 1
    - Magical Drop 2 - take them as long they're available.

    Link: SuperG
    Sega Xtreme moved - New ISO online
    (posted by Opi - 14:29)

    Sega Xtreme has moved to a new location www.litespeedcomputers.com/sx/ is the new adresse.
    Also new stuff was uploaded - Final Fight iso and mp3's have been added.

    Classic Gaming's Game of the Week
    (posted by uzplayer - 14:20)

    Classicgaming.com's game of the week is Pharoahs Curse for the Atari 800 Computer. Taken from the review:

    "Pharaoh's Curse is a platform-style game. Basically, you're an Indiana Jones-type character who's trying to reclaim (read: steal) the pharaoh's lost treasures that are trapped inside of his tomb. But wouldn't you know it, the pharaoh has rigged his tomb with killer sock puppets (at least that's what they look like) and will sometimes attack you directly or with the aid of his hench-mummy. It was so good that it was somewhat-imitated by Apogee's Pharaoh's Tomb; in fact, one of the episodes of Pharaoh's To mb was named -- surprise, surprise -- Pharaoh's Curse."

    You can read more information about it and download the needed ROM and Emulator at the link below.

    EmuWire 12-9
    (posted by wook - 14:16)

    Midway announced their holiday Game Boy Color lineup which includes translations of Rampart and Marble Madness. Source: GameCenter

    Adrenaline Vault quotes CTW as saying expect a glimpse of MicroSoft's X-Box during the Consumer Electronics Show in January.

    More details about Activision's N64 X-Men title courtesy of Fastest Gaming News.

    Doh! It's about time that Fox brought the Simpsons to the PSX. Source: GameFan

    Dragon Quest's main man posts bad news. Or maybe Yuji Horii just had an off day after his disagreement with Enix's Public Relations Department. Source: GameSpot

    Lastly, there are no scooby snacks, there never were any scooby snacks, and they don't exist. I might suspend next April's win a Yeti contest in light of recent events.

    Good2600 released by Cowering
    (posted by Opi - 12:23)

    Cowering is on a roll here, after GoodNES and GoodGB you can now download Good2600, which you can use to check/rename your Atari 2600 roms. Good2600 knows 600+ Atari 2600 roms, it's not complete yet, so if you can help out, please mail Cowering!
    Thanks to Retrogames for the news.

    Lemon - The C-64 Game Source - Rom Surf Tip
    (posted by Opi - 12:00)

    After a small feature about Ami Sector One, i think it's time to post some news about another fine Emucamp hosted page. Lemon - The C-64 Game Source.
    Last updated on December 8 it was visited by over 280.000 people and has 1481 games online. All your C-64 needs should be fullfilled there.
    Read here what's new in the last days:

    *Wednesday, December 8, 1999
    The latest releases of CCS64 and VICE can now be found in the Emulation section. I also added a little nice program called WAV-PRG. It allows you to transfer files from C64 tapes to PC, and from PC to a C64 tape. All you need is a simple audio cable and a n ordinary audio tape player-recorder.

    * Tuesday, December 7, 1999
    Here is something you might find very intresting - CLiPS! CLiPS is a new graphical operating system especially designed and developed for C64 computers that are equipped with a CMD SuperCPU. CLiPS is currently in a beta testing stage. Meanwhile you wait f or the release, take a look at this yummy screenshot below. (note Lemon have an pic here - Opi)

    Please visit this great C-64 resource (which i did many times in the past)
    *** Lemon another internet pearl, hosted by Emucamp. ***

    Link: Lemon
    NES
    (posted by uzplayer - 10:33)

    - InfoNES -

    InfoNES is apparently a slow NES Emulator. Despite that, it's been updated to ver 0.61. What's new in the release is that some mappers have been added. You can get this emulator by Clicking here.

    - NESFront -

    This is a front end for NESticle. (Not that it really needs one.) Here's what's new in ver. 1.0b

    o Supports file names *.nes
    o Select Resolution
    o Select Input Device
    o Set 3 ROM Directories
    o Quick Browse Between ROM Directories
    o Select Sound On/Off
    o ScreenShot support

    You can get it by clicking here.

    Thanks to Zophars Domain for the information.

    Reviews
    (posted by uzplayer - 10:21)

    SNESViews located at EmuHQ has posted it's latest review. This time, the review is on Ultima for the SNES. You can read the review at the link below. Thanks to Emuunlim for the information.

    ROMS
    (posted by uzplayer - 10:13)

    ROMSeeker has released Mario Party 64 for the N64. This is a really big release. (About 21 megs to be exact.) If you want this rom, get it at the link below.

    N64 Emulator
    (posted by uzplayer - 10:08)

    Pagan ver. 0.1.3 has been released. Among what's new is the new UI and a more polished source code. You can get it from the link below.

    Thanks to EmuHQ for the information.

    GoodGB V0.1 beta released
    (posted by Opi - 10:05)

    GoodGB is a GameBoy ROM renamer by Cowering.It knows about 1550+ Game Boy ROMS and various hacks.The program is solid, as 95% of the code comes from GoodNES, which has proven very reliable, but use at your own risk. Since this is the first release, the da tabase is NOT complete, some Japanese rom names areprobably wrong, and GBC is not completely included.
    News taken from Vintage Gaming - visit this site, you can download GoodGB there.
    Note - as soon as i have managed the ftp access here at Emucamp - we will you provide with such tools too (sorry about this delay, but with things like ftp i'm plein stupid and a totally newbie :-). Expect some changes very soon.

    MAME
    (posted by uzplayer - 09:55)

    - XMAME -
    A new version of XMAME (*nix port of MAME) has been released. Apparently the list of what's new is big. Here's a snippet:

    o Fixed the x86-asm m68000 cpu core compile problems.
    o Fixed problems with mess emulations which use r/w disk images, note that these don't support gzipped or zipped images.
    o Fixed possible bufferoveruns with very long rompaths in fileio.c. This was never a security risk since xmame drops root rights before doing any fileio.
    o This also changed the behaviour of -rompath it now longer adds a path to the rompath but instead replaces the entire rompath.
    o Fixed problems with -verifyroms failing on zippedroms with the wrong names but right checksums, while playing the game works fine.
    o Added virtual root support to the -run-in-root-window option, now xmame can be used as a part of xscreensaver ;)
    o Wrote a little script to run a random game in the root window for 2 minutes and then run another random game etc. Use this as the extern command for xscreensaver, it is in contrib/tools/xmame-screensaver .
    Usage:
    o compile the x11 version of xmame
    o install it somewhere in your path
    o copy xmame-screensaver to /usr/games
    o edit ~/.xscreensaver , and add a line: /usr/games/xmame-screensaver

    This build also includes an update of MESS for Unix to the latest core release. Click here to get it. Thanks to EmuHQ for the information.

    - OptiMAME -
    This is another MAME build where the goal is to hook up authentic arcade controls. This version already has compatibility for certain arcade optical controllers such as 360 degree wheels. Cl ick here to get it. Once again, thanks to EmuHQ for the info.

    Che's Ultimate Cheater! v1.21
    (posted by Opi - 08:09)

    DarkMazda's Domain reports the release of this utility.
    Here's what's new:
    Super Mario RPG 1.02 - Magic
    Tokimeki Memorial
    Shining Force II 1.02
    Secret of Mana II 1.13 - Class Change =Þ

    For use with the following emulators:
    ·Super Nintendo --- Zsnes Savestate --- Snes Sram Save
    ·Genesis --- Genecyst Savestate
    ·Gameboy --- HelloGB Savestate

    OverClocked - Episode 38 "OverRocked, B.C. #1"
    (posted by Opi - 05:48)

    "Wheel emulator" with advanced din-rex core ..... - Maybe he shouldn't drink that much :-)

    Gamepics redesign finished
    (posted by Opi - 05:26)

    This nice site (i call it the game museum by myself), maintained by my friend Mek, got an totally new design in the last days. 4591 games for various systems are now featured . If you want to contribute, here's what you have to do :
    -Please send at least 2 pics. One of the title screen, and at least 1 of the in-game action, and exactly how the emulator produced them. Also, please send them zipped. You will be mentioned in the game you submit, and in the Contributors Section.

    Feel free to use his messageboard to tell him, what you think about Gamepics.

    Link: Gamepics
    Meka 0.31 RC1 - Beta testers got the next update
    (posted by Opi - 05:07)

    Read what's new in Meka 0.31 Release Candiate 1 [Changes since 0.31 Beta]
    - Updated Colecovision support (finally):
    - Improved keypad emulation. Mapped # and * keys on the keyboard. Their corresponding keys are minus and equals, next to the 0.
    - Fixed garbage sound on the beginning of some games.
    - Improved interrupt emulation.
    - Fixed joypad emulation in some cases.
    - Added Colecovision picture in the graphical user interface.
    - Fixed bad game screen size in GUI in certain cases.
    - Slighty improved dynamic palette system, fixing Moldorian and other games. An error message will still appear in these cases, until a better fix could be applied.

    In case you don't know what Meka is, it's the best Sega 8 bit emulator (my opinion), with an high compatible Coleco Vision emu included, programmed by Zoop the founder of Emucamp and head of SMS Power . Visit the Meka homepage to get the last official release. Please register your version to support the author and his efforts.

    Rush3D interviewed 3DFX
    (posted by Opi - 04:11)

    3DFX interview with Biran Burke. Aron Ecker of Rush3D has done a Interview with 3Dfx's PR manager Brian Burke. Here Brian Burke is asked about 3DFX's plans for the future such
    as the Napalm board, and bunch of other questions. A little bit off topic - but very interesting. I still have no needs to upgrade my "SLOW" 3DFX Banshee card. So rush to Rush3D :-) and read the interview with the link to the right.

    MAME - Dith relesed a new Turbo Sample Set
    (posted by Opi - 04:02)

    Shit i should have waited just 3 days more. So i leeched the old version with 1600 k. Now i have the old set with more kilobtes but less quality compared to this improved set from Dith with 1424 k. If you're looking for really good MAME samples - this is your site ! BTW, most of Dith's sample sets are now the official MAME samples.

    ZSNES minor update
    (posted by Opi - 03:55)

    Just replaced the versions of ZSNES with one that fixes Kirby 3. Redownload the current archives if you need that fix.

    Friday, December 10, 1999

    OverClocked 12/11
    (posted by Roni - 23:12)

    Yep, a new one is out. Definately worth the read today :) I'm not gonna give away the story like everyone else though, so you'll have to go find out yourself today.

    Z80 Stealth v1.00 Released
    (posted by Roni - 23:03)

    A new version of the ZX Spectrum Emulator Z80 Stealth has bee released today, here's what's new:

  • New : TR-DOS support using 1818VG93 emulation (Big thanks to Raul Gomez Sanchez for his help)
  • New : TRD and SCL tr-dos disk images support.
  • New : Menu to load disk images (F3).
  • New : Kempston Mouse emulation. You can adjust mouse sensitivity in z80s.cfg
  • New : Pentagon 512Kb emulation. You can switch between 128/512Kb memory by editing 'PENT_512=' value in z80s.cfg
  • New : Port #FF emulation. This fixes problems with Cobra, Arkanoid now works.
  • New : Added support for SP,PRG,ACH,SIT snapshots (Load/Save).
  • New : Added support for SCR screenshot format again. Choose screenshot format (BMP or SCR) by editing z80s.cfg
  • New : Added TRDOS flag support to SNA snapshots. Now SNA is the default snapshot format if Pentagon emulation selected.
  • New : Rewrote CB xx, DD CB d xx, FD CB d xx opcodes emulation. About 5% faster.
  • Bugfix: Fixed problems with reading files which have readonly,hidden,system attributes.
  • Bugfix: Fixed 'Runtime error 2' if filename contains ' symbol.
  • Bugfix: LD A,R & LD A,I set P/V flag correctly (Kolobok 2 works).

    thanks to Darkmazda's for the news.

    • TuxNes 0.73 released
    (posted by ZeroAge - 21:44)

    There's a new version of TuxNes that was released yesterday. Here's what's new:
    -Nestra v0.65 CPU improvements (thanks, Quor)
    -double-sized graphics window (512x480)
    -improved sound support, including more audio output formats
    -dual joystick support
    -support for mappers 33, 64, 78, 231
    -fixed mapper 1 so Skate or Die 2 and other games work (thanks, Quor)
    -fixed mapper 2 so The Guardian Legend and other games work
    -fixed mapper 3 so that King's Knight, Solomon's Key, and other games work
    -fixed mapper 4 so that Crystalis, Rampart, Road Runner work (thanks Quor)
    -fixed mapper 11 to support Wisdom Tree games
    -revised and modularized the help command line option
    -screenshots are now saved in the format "basefilename-snap-xxxx.xpm"

    TuxNes is a NES emulator for linux based on Nestra's source. You can download it from the page below.

    Review
    (posted by lilac - 21:27)

    For those of you who haven't tried the new Final Fantasy VIII Demo for PC, here's some things to think about while downloading it (67 megabytes takes quite awhile).
    First, Squaresoft decided to give Eidos the boot and hired Electronic Arts to take care of the port, which was a great move considering the port of chapter VIII is better in many ways than the port of VII. Minimum requirements are a Pentium-level 233 and 4 megabytes RAM video card without hardware acceleration or a 200 megahertz chip and good 8 megabyte or more video card. This is quite modest by today's standards. Basically if you can play FFVII PC you can do FFVII as well. Please note that ATI rage and S3 ViRGE boards will NOT run this demo, but are expected to run the final when it is released.
    In addition, the new game requires DirectX 6.1 or higher and takes better advantage of the new API than the crude FF7 engine. All movies play at a larger resolution than FF7. The large use of texture mapping makes having an AGP card advantageous though. L ighting effects are unfortunely crude just like the PSX version (circular shadows). Some other nice improvements since FF7 have been player customizable remapping of keyboard keys, joystick support, and the ability to turn off effects like fog for slower machines.
    Although the game is expected to ship in January I don't think this will be the case as I noted several phrases referring to Playstation controls such as "Memory Card" that should be changed to PC equivalents. The absence of a true exit command on the men u (Alt-F4 is the ONLY way to quit) is distracting as well. My biggest peeve though was that text was displayed at 300x240 resolution, making it look blocky and difficult to read at 640x480 fullscreen resolution. If PC screens had scanlines it would probab ly look ok but its ugly the way it is and hopefully it gets fixed or at least antialiased before the final version arrives next year. Also, those of you who used to watch the movies off the CD in FF7 will not be able to in FF8 - the movies are now compres sed into an archived form.
    I've recently been playing FF7 on my Athlon 550, 128 MB PC133 RAM, and Voodoo3 3500 and noticed it stall for a split second on occasion but have yet to see any such tardiness from FF8. (I realize this is a high-end PC and I'd test FF8 on my Pentium 233MMX if I could but it uses an ATI video card. Sorry!)

    More on Affiliated Sites...
    (posted by Roni - 19:00)

    Just to inform the ones who don't pay close attention, if you look to the left, on the menu, you will see a link to the Affiliates page. Please note this is a very early stage of our Affiliates list so it is far from complete yet. Make sure you c heck out the sites already listed! Also scroll down some to see uzplayer's post about affiliates earlier today to find out how to become one :)


    Another Secret Project
    (posted by uzplayer - 17:35)

    Emulation X has asked me to post about his project as well. He has also selected to reveal his project, Project :Ex2k to the world on the 15th. Overall, December 15th is shaping up to be an extremely busy news day.

    The Little Green Desktop - Rom Surfing Tip
    (posted by Opi - 16:53)

    Last updated on 11-28-1999 - this site is a DREAM for every Atari ST fan. In case you never heard about "The Little Green Desktop" , it's the largest and most complete Atari ST site in the whole net.
    Flame of Finland Archive & The Medway Boys Archive (both are cracking crews) are the latest additions to this great site. If you're are looking for emulators like WinSTon (my choice)or PaCifiST, TOS, utils or games - you should find it there.
    Their game archive contains 2187 titles for this great computer.

    MAME
    (posted by uzplayer - 16:20)

    MAME 0S/2 port has been brought up to sync with ver. .36 beta 11. If you have a computer running OS/2, this port is highly recommended. Get it at the link below. Thanks to Emulatronia for the information.

    Emuspace Opening Delayed
    (posted by uzplayer - 16:08)

    The people behind another secret project called Emuspace has decided as well to delay till the 15th of December when my secret project is revealed. Read more about it at Darkmazda's Domain, linked below.

    Wow. Everyone is in for a treat on the 15th of December. Two secret projects revealed, a secret involving a certain site, and Magic Engine all in one day. The 15th is gonna truly be a very historic day for emulation.

    EmuDX Update
    (posted by Roni - 16:01)

    The EmuDX Website has been updated. Directly from the website, here's an excerpt:

    "Pacman and Ms. Pacman now have major speed increases over their PacDX and EmuDX beta counterparts. The way the video is drawn has been completely re-written, and it shows!"

    There is also news about the Galaxian. Goto the website below to find out more. Thanks to Retrogames for the information.

    Emucamp Site News
    (posted by uzplayer - 14:21)

    - Emucamp Affiliates Program -

    Emucamp will be opening up it's affiliation program soon. If you are interested in becoming affiliates, please email me by clicking on my name.

    - Emucamp Non-English Mirrors -

    We are currently in the process of translating all the features to the Emulords site for our Portugese audience. Please stay patient! We will hopefully have it all set up by this weekend. In the meanwhile, if you have a non-english emulation news site and would like to move to Emucamp as a Emucamp mirror, please email me by clicking on my name.

    - Emucamp IRC Channel -

    Dont forget to visit the #emucamp EFNet IRC channel. Myself, Opi, Zeroage, Roni, Zoop, the Emulords staff, and many others hang out in this channel. If you dont have an IRC client Click here to download a copy of mIRC.

    Genesis Power
    (posted by uzplayer - 13:37)

    Genesis Power has released Prince Of Persia (U) for the Sega Genesis. This one apparently is different from the European version on the net as it has a different introduction. Get it at the link below. Thanks to Snorter for the news.

    EmuWire 12-10
    (posted by wook - 12:05)

    Only in Quebec could this lawsuit even be conceived. Source: IGN Pocket and Amrod

    It warms your heart to see rivals sharing a conference together, Sony and Sega will be sending speakers to next year's Game Developers Conference. Source: GameCenter

    Don't wait on the 64DD to make a trans-Pacific journey. If you want one, buying an import will be your only option. Source: Fastest Gaming News

    GameFan scores big points with: BattleZone64 pictures; a Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness review; a Konami Arcade Classics review which includes Gyruss, Pooyan, Scramble, Time Pilot, and Yie Ar Kung-Fu; and a little NGPC info blurb.

    Enter Nintendo's Donkey Kong 64 Rap contest, if you dare.

    Hotrod Joystick
    (posted by uzplayer - 10:08)

    If you have bought a Hanaho Hotrod joystick, you will be pleased to know that you will be getting a CD full of Capcom ROMS delivered to your door. (100% legal ROMS released to the public domain.) A very nice incentive for buying a Hotrod Joystick. If you want to buy one or for more information, click on the link below. Thanks to Emuviews for the information.

    Correction: I made a mistake. They arent public domain. They're licensed roms. Sorry for the mixup!

    MAME
    (posted by uzplayer - 09:58)

    MAMELang32, a version of MAME that contains English and Spanish support has been brought up to synch with ver. 0.36b11 release. Apparently also, there will be other languages added soon including Portugese. Get it at the link below. Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the information.

    Pasofami ver. 1.3c Released
    (posted by uzplayer - 09:53)

    Pasofami is probably one of the oldest NES emulators out there. They have updated to ver 1.3c. Now thanks to Vintage Gaming we know what's new:

    o NSF file player added - plays NSF filesorder, random, continnues...etc track naming.
    o NSF analysis and creator added - extract NSF files from NES filestrace information running NES fileseasy to make NSF files using the emulator, email any comments to author (n. andou)

    You can get it at the link below. Once again, thanks to Vintage Gaming for the information.