Sunday, December 31, 2000

	C16/Plus4 ClassiX Updated!
	(posted by Lando - 18:55) Up for grabs and a net first are 32 Commodore C16/Plus4 TAP images and it`s all hosted here at emucamp :-) Have a Cool Retro New Year and enjoy this last offering from me (well, till next year). Cheers!!!  Link: C16/Plus4 ClassiX

The Official DreamGEN Homepage!

(posted by Lando - 10:08) DreamGEN is the Dreamcast emulator of a Sega Genesis/Megadrive which now has it`s own homepage! They have said they will be using the same programming code of that in which DreamSNES was made. They are dedicated to make a port in such as good a way that the port of DreamSNES was done. Check out the cool site now. Thanks to Emulation-X from DcEmulation.com  Link: DreamGEN Homepage

DreamSpec Version: 0.0002

(posted by Lando - 08:09) The first Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for Dreamcast is out! Tryed and tested and is easy to use. The image is self booting and only needing Disk Juggler to burn your speccy. You also get 17 games built-in, one being the classic Manic Miner. You can also add your own directory of games and only needing a simple txt file for each game to add your own Speccy keyboard controls for Dreamcast Joypad. Go grab some cool retro fun from the link below:  Link: DC Emulation

Saturday, December 30, 2000

ParaMSX released and bugfixed too!

(posted by Roni - 14:41) According to my mails from TFH/Fony, ParaMSX v0.30 was released the other day. And then yesterday a new bugfixed version fixing the joystick detection routine was released. Here is the features in the new version: Improved FM emulation Improved VDP timing Improved Empty disk handling. Fixed Scanline Interrupt reset bug Added Disk image file exchange menu. Added JoyStick support Added Writing sound option Added Adjust register reset switch. Added Pause key. and fixed many minor bugs ;) ParaMSX is a MSX emulator for Win98 and Win2000. Binaries are available at the link below.  Link: MSX Emulation Page

Friday, December 29, 2000

Missing... Not dead

(posted by Max - 17:50) Some of you may have been wondering what's going on with some of the sites hosted on Emucamp. Codie and Immortal C64 both haven't been updated since October but I'm pleased to say that these great retro sites will return in the Year 2001. Adam Harris of Codie now has a new PC and has a big update planned for all you Codemasters fans out there and Akuma of Immortal C64 has promised his site will be updated in the new year. Oh yeah.. and there's a big treat for Dizzy fans coming to Emucamp very soon :)  Link: Hosted sites @ Emucamp

Classic Sega is launched!

(posted by Max - 17:42) The former Sega SG-1000 and SC-3000 Page hosted here at Emucamp has re-launched with a broader perspective. The site now looks at all old Sega systems from the Master System, to the Sega CD all the way to the highly under-rated Sega Saturn. New features include: Info and introduction on all old Sega systems A trading post Funny Genisis adverts Game reviews coming soon Although some of it isn't finished this site is a must-see for all Sega fanatics!  Link: Classic Sega

	NeoPocott for BeOS
	(posted by Delta - 15:06) Niels Wagenaar has released BeNeoPocott version 0.38b4. BeNeopocott is the BeOS port of the NeoPocott emulator, which emulates SNK's NeoGeo Pocket Colour. BeNeoPocott utilizes the SDL library, so make sure you have it installed.  Link: NeoPocott Official Page

Wednesday, December 27, 2000

RockNES News

(posted by Roni - 22:19) Very nice emulator, no matter what flavor you like it in ;) The homepage for the DOS/Win/MAC-OS emulator of the Nintendo Entertainment System has been updated by Fx3 (the author) with some current information for you. Alexandre has started netplay support, among others cool features like better screenshot support (JPG), perfect support for sound, video and inputs... Notice that a release date is unknown. DOS port is still in development. Happy Holidays!  Link: RockNES

Meka 0.56

(posted by Zoop - 18:37) A new version of MEKA is surprisingly out today, adding support for a yet unemulated system: the Sega Super Control Station (SF-7000) which consist in an addon the SC-3000 (like 32x was to Megadrive). Other less importants changes includes optional emulation of sprite flickering and various fixes. Monitor SMS Power for SF-7000 disks very soon ;)  Links: Meka Homepage - Download Meka 0.56 [547 kb]

Vice 1.6

(posted by Max - 16:07) A new version of the popular C64 emulator for Windows, MS-DOS, Unix and BeOS has been released. Vice (Versatile Commodore Emulator) currently emulates C64, C128, Vic20, Pet and the CBM-II. New features include: Full screen mode in Windows version Fixed a bug in NTSC sprite timing Pitfall 2 cartridge works again Fixed NTSC timingClick here to see the full list of new features.  Link: Vice

	Lots of NeoPocott releases
	(posted by fixo - 12:44) Yesterday saw the release of the lastest NeoPocott versions for Win95/98/2000/NT/Me, MacOS (Macintosh), MsDos (DOS), Acorn Risc OS (Acorn), BeOS, PocketPC Ipaq and Linux. Today also the very first Dreamcast version is out! Needless to say, stop reading and head over to the official page(s) for the download right now!  Link: NeoPocott

Tuesday, December 26, 2000

MSX Happenings

(posted by Roni - 15:33) Well I got two mails from TFH/Fony about some MSX news so I figured I would just combine them together into one posting. Here goes: fMSX FAN v1.43 has been released. fMSX FAN is a MS-DOS port of Marat Fayzullin's fMSX. A BrMSX frontend for Windows has been released by Slotman which makes BrMSX a lot easier to use. Both of these fine products can be found at your usual MSX stuffens place: http://www.file-hunter.com/

	ONE - Online NES Emulator v1.1
	(posted by fixo - 12:51) ONE, an emulator of the Nintendo Entertainment System written in Java, has it's very first release. The emulated games can be played with Java-capable internet browsers online. By clicking on the following link, you can try out some games, which more or less work already. The number of playable games will increase with the next versions.  Link: ONE

ZSNES Dos/Windows v1.17

(posted by fixo - 12:49) A new version of one of the best Super Nintendo emulator for DOS and Windows has been released. This update clocking at v1.17 features: Added slow-down key. You can configure it in Misc -> Game Keys Invulnerability bug of the 3rd boss in Demon's Crest in the good checksum roms is fixed through rom mirroring I also noticed that this fix is the same as what the author of SNEeSe told me before about on some MegamanX1 roms, but I never had that rom so I never added this until now. Guess that rom is also fixed too. Changed memory initialization values - Lost Viking 2 works again 65816: Fixed WAI instruction timing with HIRQ's Top Gear 2 - 2 player mode works now Improved IRQ re-execution timing precision Starfox 2 beta now runs with sound! Fixed flickering problem in Starfox 2 beta Added Mode 2 16x16 tile offset per tile mode (Win32) Improved the timestamps on UDP headers. This should (hopefully) solve those out of sync (where both sides see different things) problems with certain connections (ie. T1/LAN connections) in netplay Win32) Added a big notice in netplay.txt. For all of you who used netplay and had poor experiences with a ping time of less than 300ms, read it! Also added a more realistic system requirements description for decent netplay in netplay.txt rather than a cpu speed estimate. Changed reverse stereo method to become invisible to the sound registers in emulation New versions are available for download at the official ZSNES page.  Link: ZSNES

Monday, December 25, 2000

MESS for DOS v0.37b10

(posted by fixo - 17:11) "Nollaig shona!", the official page of MESS says. I recognized the Irish in it and for anyone interested it means: Happy Christmas! For MESS, it is indeed as the DOS version of MESS has been updated to v0.37b10. Here's what's new in this Multi Emulator Super System: New System Drivers Supported: Super Vision, SVI-318 and SVI-328,Pravetz, Pravetz 8D (clone of Oric) System Driver Changes for ATOM, LASER110/LASER200/LASER310, NC100, NC200, ORIC and COCO 3h Other changes include added support for filter, and filters that translate endoflines, as well as the startings of BASIC tokenization. Also all the docs are updated For the full list of changes, refer to the documentation and click the link below to access the MESS homepage to download this new version.  Link: MESS

SG-1000 (Sega Game 1000) Paper Craft

(posted by Zoop - 11:18) Although not yet announced, the release data of SegaGaga for the Dreamcast could be only approaching, as the official homepage (in Japanese) is getting updated more frequently with goodies. SegaGaga is a strategy game taking place in the videogame world, and where you have to bring Sega to the top of the market. The game contains many references to old Sega systems, and even, a limited edition Visual Memory will be released (along with the game), using Master System/Megadrive colors. So what's up with the goodies? They just posted on the site a Paper Craft of the SG-1000 (and its joypad). If you're feeling like having some innocent fun, you can download the pictures, print them, cut them and assemble them manually. Perfect occupation for an old video games fan - do it now! :-) Thanks goes to Yaknao for the news!  Link: Download SG-1000 Paper Craft [230 kb]

Magic Engine 0.98 tonight!

(posted by Zoop - 11:02) I got from David Michel - the author of Magic Engine - that the long awaited version 0.98 will be released tonight. Along with the secret feature to be revealed with the release, ZIP support has been added and even more interesting: the Arcade Card is now emulated! Beside the usual Street Fighter 2 and Fatal Fury games, we will finally be able to play more of those weird PC Engine games we love! Exclusive pictures of Fire Pro Female Wrestling below, courtesy of David Michel:    Link: Magic Engine HomePage

X68000 Games Pile Update

(posted by Roni - 01:31) _Bnu has updated his wonderful site with the following great things added to it: "Pretty big update at the pile this time, a total of 3 requests served (even if they were small :)) a total of 23MB of new games were added. This time it's Akumu, a weird hentai adventure game by Studio Möbius, Desire a really good hentai adventure games by C's Ware and Eve - Burst Error, another adventure game by C's Ware. Also, my good friend and assistant site maintainer [RISC] updated the site with some new X68000 stuff! Including the X68030 BIOS, the correct disk images for the game Death Brade, disk image version of Hori, a cool shooter called Neural Gear, and then working disk images of Ora and Ora Shooter!" I'd also like to say Merry Christmas to the world if I don't get around to it tomorrow! (or today I guess) :)  Link: X68000 Games Pile

Sunday, December 24, 2000

MEKA 0.55b Released!

(posted by Zoop - 12:27) Get your Sega 8-bit and Colecovision ROMs ready, a new version of MEKA is just in time for Christmas! :-) Version 0.55b is a minor update compared to 0.55 (now including the possibility to configure mouse speed and allowing mouse to work under Windows NT/2000), but non-registered users who did not have access to the previous version will finally be able to profit of the bunchs of changes that version offered. You can download MEKA 0.55b at the homepage linked below. Enjoy!  Link: MEKA Homepage

Saturday, December 23, 2000

	SMD Transfer Utility
	(posted by Charles - 20:15) I've released a new version of my Super Magic Drive transfer utility. The big addition is improved SMS game loading, which is accomplished by getting around a bug present in the BIOS of most SMD units. You can get the latest DOS binary (and source code) at my homepage.  Link: My Homepage

X-Mas Update on AMI Sector One

(posted by Bernd - 12:38) One day before Christmas there is another update on the famous Amiga emulation site AMI Sector One: Today the following games were uploaded: A-Train, Adventure Construction Kit, Ambermoon, Amberstar, Black Crypt, Championship Golf, Ogre, Omega, PGA Tour Golf, Sim City 2000 (English and German), Space Rogue, Ultima III, Ultima IV, Ultima V, Bleed, Bleed 2, Galleons, Championship Baseball and the Christmas game Julgubbe. Most of these games are real Amiga highlights and the best thing is that all these downloads are legal: Companies like Origin, Maxis, Thalion etc. have allowed us to upload these games already some time ago. Besides there are some new tools and applications like S.A.M. Sample Synthesizer or some LSD Trainer Disks. In the music section you will find new ripped tunes of Amiga games and demos. There is also some minor new stuff in other sections. Finally I would like to take the chance to wish all AMI Sector One visitors, fans and contributors a merry Christmas!  Link: AMI Sector One

Friday, December 22, 2000

DreamSNES v0.9.3

(posted by Roni - 18:16) A new version of this nice looking Super NES emulator for the Dreamcast has been released. Here's the scoop: This is a special Christmas release to keep you occupied over the holidays. Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year! Improvements over 0.9.2: Converted the menus to a cosy Christmas theme. Added mouse support Added possibility to to interpolate mode7. Speeded things up a bit. Note that it is still slow. Fixed menu interlace problem. Removed one of the soundtracks to reduce download size. This is still not 1.0. Do not expect great speed. Known bugs: Does not save to Joytech or Nexus 4M bankswitched VMUs.  Homepage: Dreamcast Programming - DreamSNES

BrMSX discontinued.

(posted by Roni - 17:47) Disapointing news, but there is good news to come out of it also :) Here's a quote from my mail from TFH/Fony of the MEP: "As said in MSXBR-l (MSX Brazilian List), BrMSX is oficially discontinued. There'll be a Windows/DirectX version instead. The author claims that his software isn't compatible with a large amount of sound and video boards. The message (translated) follows: "BrMSX is oficially discontinued. In it's place, will be two new projects. The first one, to the emulequeiros (people that only uses emulators), called BrMSX-Win, for Windows and DirectX. The other one, for MSX'ers, it "BrMSX on a Chip", a hardware version of BrMSX that uses VHDL and FPGA." " Sounds like a different course and a interesting future for the DOS native program is on the way.

MAME WIP

(posted by fixo - 14:47) The WIP page of everyone's favorite arcade emulator has been updated again. Here's what's new lately in the development of MAME: 22nd December 2000: Hiromitsu Shioya fixed sprite colors and sound volume in the Darius driver. Phil Stroffolino fixed a joystick emulation error in Guerrilla War. Gerardo Oporto fixed dip switch settings in a few more Taito games. 21st December 2000: Gerardo Oporto fixed some dip switch settings in Toaplan2 and Taito B drivers. 20th December 2000: Hiromitsu Shioya fixed sound emulation and background positioning in the Darius driver. 19th December 2000: Hiromitsu Shioya added some expanded volume setting functions to the mixer system. 18th December 2000: Yochizo fixed a small dip switch problem in Argus. 17th December 2000: Yochizo sent in an update to the Argus driver, adding Butasan, and he fixed Syvalion dip switch settings. Click the link below for more and the usual WIP screenshots.  Link: MAME WIP

RetroBase.com update

(posted by Chris - 04:17) "Well, it's 2 days before Christmas and I finally found some time for a real update - whatever that means. So, what's in the bag? ;) 8 new game reviews by Jeff! Thanks, man. In addition to this, our pal Chrono just sent in a cool, new G.O.T.W.! Can you say Parodius? :) I know, it's more like a Game of the Month right now, but that will hopefully change next year. In any case, enjoy the update and please come back for more stuff soon." Click the link below and make sure you grab Parodius (yeah, the ROM is there, too :)  Link: RetroBase

Thursday, December 21, 2000

Back to the Roots Update

(posted by Roni - 23:05) The wonderful Amiga site BTTR has been updated once again, (it has been a few weeks already) with some Christmas presents for us all!! Here's the mail: "Christmas is near and again another year has passed. Therefore "Back to the Roots" (http://www.back2roots.org) brings you some nice presents in form of some wonderful classic Amiga games - as always for free and with permission! "The companies Dynamix and Digital Integration are supporting our project now, too so the flight simulations Red Baron, F-16 Combat Pilot and Tornado are now online. Also the great adventure games Space Quest 1 (the remake!), Colonel's Bequest, Codename: Iceman and others like Thunderhawk, Wonder Dog, Vroom and Warhead! "There are interviews with the legendary Scene-musicians "Jester/Sanity" and "Clawz/Bomb" online, too! Both are telling some interesting news, not only for music lovers. As usual there were also tons of Scene-demos, pictures and modules from Amiga games and the demoscene added. "We'd like to thank all our visitors for their support during the last year and send greetings to all companies and people who helped us to keep the classic stuff alive. We wish you all a merry X-mas and a happy new year." WOW!! Sounds like they are getting more support as time goes on. Definately a site to keep a look out for with legal ROMs!!  Link: Back to the Roots

Yape 0.28 is out!

(posted by Lando - 17:41) Yape (Commodore Plus4 emu) had a couple of minor bug fixes in time for Xmas. One was a big fix, but the Author was`nt gona tell ya ;-) The big fix is for those of you that used to own the real plussy`s....Why? Soon you can expect to see more rare .TAP Turbo Loaders working now in Yape. Anco had some cool games, many I`ve tap`ed but yet to release. When I do you`re find out here at emucamp so stay tuned! For now grab this cool update of YAPE with Xmas Greetings from Ati over at his homepage:  Link: Yape Homepage

Wednesday, December 20, 2000

VICE v1.6

(posted by fixo - 13:15) VICE, the Versatile Commodore Emulator for Unix, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, OS/2, RiscOS and BeOS machines, has been updated to v1.6. You might not know it but VICE emulates the C64, the C128, the VIC20, all the PET models and the CBM-II (aka C610). Here what's specifically new in this release: ** C64 changes Fixed REU snapshot bug. Added Warpspeed and Dinamic cartridge support. Fixed a bug in NTSC sprite timing. Pitfall 2 cartridge works again. Added a symbol file for the built-in monitor which allows monitoring of ROM sections ** C128 changes The Z80 emulation is almost complete now. ** VIC20 changes Fixed geometry settings. Games that enlarge the screen work now. ** Drive changes The drive emulation can also read error information from a 40 track D64 image now. Fixed a bug in vdrive BAM allocation. ** Unix changes ESD and aRts sound support has been added. ** MS-Windows changes Fullscreen support (experimental). Fixed bug in the drive dialog, now parallel drives can be selected. Fixed NTSC timing. ** MS-DOS changes Fixed NTSC timing. ** BeOS changes new video engine; about 20% faster now improved support for hardware joysticks added 1351 mouse emulation fixed bug that crashed the emu at shutdown many more settings dialogs (device, sound, datasette, ...) display for the joystick state preview for disk/tape images ** OS/2 changes changed x64-icon made icon visible as 'minimized icons' added menu bar changed default border style now the display is updated in paused or monitor mode, too added the missing datasette control to the datasette dialog (Alt-C) added a new dialog for hardware settings (Alt-H) sounddev "dart2" enabled. necessary for vsid-mode. It has the possibility to adjust emulator speed from sound output. basic sid-player support (-vsid) added basic snapshot support added (emulator dialog, Alt-N). x128: 40/80 col key is now mapped to F11, too x128: palette of VDC window is now set correctly CBM Restore Key is now mapped to F12 readonly option added to drive dialog directory path added to drive dialog Video Standard (PAL/NTSC) moved to hardware dialog. added REU to hardware dialog added memory extension resource to drive dialog now only valid drives are displayed for usage in the drive dialog switched to lpng 1.08 changed some output spin fields to text fields now all keys are available if not pressed together with ALT ** C1541 changes Commands to read/write GEOS formatted disks have been added. Quite a long list, hu? Download new release for your system at the official page linked below.  Link: VICE

Monday, December 18, 2000

Quake 3 Arena Dreamcast VMU MAP3!

(posted by Lando - 12:40) Ok`s this off topic just a tab. I`d just finished the single player game on skill level `HURT ME` and the stress factor was high after pumping lead into Xaero for ages. I knew the not so nice VMU challenge was next and could`nt wait to find out what the cheat was. It`s was 3am and thought I`ll get this out of the way and go to bed. 1 hour later the VMU challenge was unfinished. AHhhh! Come Sunday I still could`nt do it. I cryed. A map had to be made at this point I did`nt have any paper to do the job. So I started work on the monster by hand with Ppaint for Amiga and many, many hours later I finished the map. I`d almost maped the whole thing before I saw the exit! Anyways you can grab a copy of the Dreamcast VMU Callenge, Skill Level `HURT ME` from the link below. Hope to catch online some day as I need some target practice after spending so much time on this ;-)  Link: VMU Map3

Saturday, December 16, 2000

Unofficial Nester 2000/12/16

(posted by Roni - 19:04) Ah yes, the latest and greatest version of Unofficial Nester has become available to the public. This Windows NES emulator has undergone almost daily updates for a while now (to the liking of many of us :) but the author included this bit in the changes.txt file "sorry now i'm too busy to update daily...". So enjoy this new release as it may be a bit before another is released. Here is the latest changes: code added 49,50 tested (49),50 support 'Super Mario Bros. 2 (Pirate)(Rev A)'(#50) * Fixed my FTP program, file now available locally *  Download: UoNester 2000/12/16

Thursday, December 14, 2000

	Genesis Soundtracks at Sega Xtreme
	(posted by Frogacuda - 22:31) Sega Xtreme has re-opened its Genesis OST (Original Soundtrack) section, with a buch of goodies, including Phantasy Star 2, PS4, Comix Zone, Sonic, and more. Unfortunately still no sign of the elusive Toejam and Earl 2 sountrack... (If anyone has it, you got a buyer right here :) A great slection nonetheless. Thanks IceMan2K.  Link: Sega Xtreme

Incredible Technologies demo

(posted by Zoop - 03:11) Charles Doty has e-mailed us about the release of a new demo he made for the Incredible Technologies system, based on a 6809 CPU and recently emulated by MAME. Charles has been making demo for different arcade systems since some time already, and this seventh demo is in continuity with his will or learning them all, it seems :) You can check it out if you are curious, at the address provided below. Beside the demo, its sources and tools that were used to make it are available as well.  Link: Arcade Development Central

Tuesday, December 12, 2000

Unofficial Nester 2000/12/13

(posted by Roni - 23:10) Of course, as the days go on, I begin to almost expect a update to this very fine emulator. Which if you haven't tried it yet is a Nintendo emulator for Windows. With features up the gazoo, including NES/FDS/FAM images support, PC-10 split ROM (ala MAME) support, Direct-X features, support for 99 mappers (as of my count), partial NSF player, multiple palettes, SNSS savestate support, and so much more! There is no reason for you to not download this and try it! (unless you don't use Windows, or don't like the NES anyway... :) Here's the latest bit of new stuff: code fixed 1,19,25,26(thanx rinao),nes_apu(thanx YANO) Download it from the link below and goodnight. News posting from me resumes tomorrow after work :)  Download: Unofficial Nester 2000/12/13 [382 kb]

Submitting News

(posted by Roni - 22:42) Ever feel that there has been something important to the emulation community going on, but never had a way to let anyone know? Or maybe you are a author of a program emulation related and are wishing to spread information about your program? Well, now is your chance to tell Emulation Camp so we can inform all of our visitors for you! You send us your helpful bit of information and we will post it on this very page, for all of our visitors to see. Any emulation or classic game current happenings is submitable information. All we need is some information of what it is and a link or two and presto! Within a short time thousands of people will be informed of it also. Sound good? Then what are you waiting for? Submit news to the Emulation Camp team now and see how you can help spread the word about emulation and classic gaming. And remember this is always available with the link "Submit News" on the left frame of this web page, and we will do our best to post every related news item which we receive.  Submit News: news@emucamp.com

RuMSX 0.22

(posted by Frogacuda - 12:25) RuMSX, one of the best windows DOS emus not based on fMSX sources, has been updated. There's a hefty Change list. Here's what's in store. RUMSXLNG.ZIP (*updated*) is provided to support japanese, dutch, portugese and german RuMSX-languages. This language-support is part of the InstallShield-version too. RUMSXTST.ZIP (*updated*) is provided to test-configurations of Arabic MSX2, Korean MSX and MSX2 as well as Brasilian MSX 2+ computers. Please note that several files are copyright of their respective owners, also not all features are fully working now. So you can use this extension for evaluation only! This extension is also NOT part of the InstallShield-version. MSX-DOS 2.31 (CALL) FORMAT fixed (CHOICE call was not patched) Thanks to Kazuhiro Tsujikawa for patching the ROM once more MSX 2+ configuration enhanced: Slot 2 is now extended, Kanji-driver added SKR Painter in arabic configuration is working now "Arabic MSX2.cfg" and PAINTER.ROM updated (thanks to Husni Lutfi for updated arabic ROM) logical VDP-operations OR, TOR, XOR, TXOR, NOT, TNOT caused incorrect results (MSX2 stragegy game "Risk" is working now) VDP-Operations using invalid coordinates sometimes resulted in incorrect output or crashes ("Super Rambo Special" is working now) RuMSX failed to use multiple DirectX-devices (Joystick, Mouse, ...) at the same time Updated SETUP.EXE, which associates changed icons since RuMSX V0.21correctly (no icon for MemoryImage). Windows 95 now also can handle saved*.RuM files (which is truncated extension of *.RuMSX) Updated MSX-WebLinks (moved links to the WWW to be more up-to-date) Improved MSX-BIOS MainROM documentation and added/changed a few other topics Windowed mode supports now the commonly used 3D look Added one more new RuMSX icon (by Higaki) Created new/empty disk-images were too large if "Format disk" checkbox wasselected (default) Formatted disk-sectors were always initialized with $FF byte-values, where MSX-Computers do use $40 to init them. Changed Kazuhiro Tsujikawa's e-Mail address in AboutBox You can head over to the homepage and pick it up. Thanks to MEP for the news.  Link: RuMSX

	HuGo 1.99 for Windows
	(posted by Frogacuda - 12:16) Zeograd has ported his newly overhauled Turbo Grafx 16 (PCE Engine) emulator to Windows. It should be in sync with the DOS port, complete with new kernel. Pick it up at the homepage.  Link: HuGo

Sunday, December 10, 2000

Meka 0.55 released!

(posted by Zoop - 18:55) It was a minute since I released Meka 0.55 - can't say Emucamp is not the fastest to cover news ;) Following the tradition, this version of Sega 8-bit and Colecovision emulator for DOS is available for registered users, and will be made public in a few days. Now about the changes. This version features a revamped input system, with a graphical configuration tool and many related improvements, like the hability to play games with a mouse. Other than that, Colecovision emulation was improved, and Master System 3-D Glasses emulation was added in both software and hardware mode, the later option permitting you to connect real Sega 3-D Glasses to your computer! If you are interested about it, or haven't tried Meka yet, you can check the homepage linked below. It has the full list of changes available.  Link: MEKA Homepage

Cotton Original Translation now public

(posted by Frogacuda - 16:07) Former emucamp staffer Reiginsei has at last decided to upload his English translation of the playstation remake of the original Cotton, a great, if cutsey, sideview shooter. Reiginsei had been trying to get permission from Success to distribute his translation legally, sonce a patch of an ISO was impossible, but alas he was ignored. So here it is, for all of you to enjoy. It's a small download, so I rocommend giving it a shot. Try it in the new ePSXe (works great) should you be without a modded Playstation or a CD burner.  Link: RIP Translations

ePSXe 1.0.1

(posted by Frogacuda - 15:57) The ePSXe homepage is back and with it a new version. ePSXe is a Playstation emu for Windows which features enhanced graphics support for 3d accelerated and non-3d accelerated systems alike. Here's what's new in the latest version of the bleem killer: A completly re-written MDEC engine, which should give you better quality and some more FPS during video playback. More accurate timing, which makes the videos have less pause. (MDEC timing should always be turned ON now) Included two new internal CD-Rom plugins : One for WinNT/Win2k users, which uses WinNT/Win2k's native functions, and an ASPI CD-Rom plugin for Win9x and Win2k users, which is usually faster than the older plugins. Fixes to XA sound playback in the internal SPU plugin. Included NTSC/PAL auto detection for a more accurate timing, mainly in Square videos. The ISOs are loaded directly now, without showing the BIOS logo. Added support for PSX mouse emulation. (Selectable in Config -> Controller)(*) Added support for PSX analog pad emulation using Analog Pads or mouse. (selectable in Config- > Controller)(*) It's now possible to disable the pads; this is necessary for some games which are only playable for 1 player. (qbert) Included a new memory card selector, which comes with support for the most important memory card formats (.MCR, .MEM, .MCD, .GME) Memory cards are now saved when you go to the main window and when you quit the emu incorrectly. It's still highly recommended that you close the emu using the File -> Exit option ;-) Added an experimental "Change discs" option. To switch a disc, you need to go to File -> Change disc. (this isn't working with some games yet though) ePSXe should work better with Lewpy's plugins now, so no more crashes when you exit the emu. The reset/continue functions should also work now on several videoboards. Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which make some more games playable like for example Final Fantasy 9, Grandia, Fear Effect, Tenchu 2 and so on ;-) Added a snapshot maker in key F8. (you need the "snap" directory). Since we haven't been able to fix the Chrono Cross bug yet, we added a workaround, which can be activated using the F3 key while the game freezes at that point (though this doesn't fix the status screen problem yet, you must still use the cheat code for this) I would like to highly recommend this emu to those who haven't tried it yet. It's vastly superior to bleem. You can pick it up at the homepage, although I recommend those new to the emu swing by PSXEmu and get the installsheild which includes the frontend and all the best plugins to get you started.  Link: ePSXe

DeliPlayer - Better than WinAmp

(posted by Bernd - 08:10) DeliPlayer used to be a popular module player for the Amiga platform. For some months there has also been a PC version of this player and for some weeks it has even been freeware. Here are some highlights of the current Deliplayer version 1.11: supports Windows 9x, Windows Millenium, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 full MP3 support MP3 information (ID3) editor Vorbis, TwinVQF, MP+ support ProTracker (MOD files) FastTrackerII (XM files) ScreamTracker (S3M files) ImpulseTracker (IT files) C64-SID support plays DeliTracker Amiga custom modules plays all Tracker formats and derivatives with high quality plays over 170 formats extremely powerful playlist archive support (ZIP/RAR/LHA/LZX) scaling, oversampling and interpolating mixer routines 10 band equalizer click removal dithering reverb wide stereo and stereo join highly configurable does NOT invade your privacy Another new feature is support of WinAmp skins. Personally I am of the opinion that this player easily strikes WinAmp. WinAmp has some visual effects and other multimedia elements which you won't find in DeliPlayer but imho these features are not important for a player. Go and download this great piece of software from the Official DeliPlayer Page.  Link: Official DeliPlayer Page

SegaEMU 0.52

(posted by Zoop - 05:49) Atani has released today a new version of his Sega multi machine emulator, SegaEMU. Having been mentionned in his previous news, followers of the emulator may already now this version incorporate a major speed increase over the last one: quoting Atani, "some people have reported a 200% increase in speed", which now bring SegaEMU to a usable speed for Megadrive/Genesis emulation, if you have a fast computer. The other change in version 0.52 is graphic shift ability (if your game screen was not centered). Thanks to the anonymous guy from @brfree.com.fr for the news - heh, we don't know your name ^_^  Link: Atani Software

Emu Farm is to close Temporarily!

(posted by Lando - 05:42) The Emu Farm is going to close soon for an undetermined amount of time. They hope to reopen at another URL, and will send news of their grand re-opening when they do. But what does this mean to the emulation community? Well, as you probably know, the Emu Farm offers several rare ROMs (along with reviews, support files such as save states, and screenshot galleries) and those files are soon going to be taken down. So this is something of a "last chance for now" warning! Here's a list of rare ROMs at the site: Rockman and Forte (Megaman and Bass), Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2) - Translated, Super Mario Bros. 2 Japanese, Final Fantasy IV HardType - Translated, Final Fantasy V -Translated, Toejam and Earl, El Viento, Megaman X2, Megaman X3, Starflight, Samurai Pizza Cats,Gaplus (Galaga 3), River City Ransom, Xexyz, Galaga 90, A Boy and His Blob, Pinball, San 4 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4: Wall of Fire) So grab what you need in hurry as they estimate the site will be down before the end of this coming week (December 10-16). Thanks to Tek7 for the news.  Link: The Emu Farm

Saturday, December 09, 2000

Yape 0.27 with PC joystick support is here!

(posted by Lando - 16:50) Real PC joystick support is now in which brings those games back to almost the full control you have on the real machines :-) Much better C16 emulation was added, this all started with an original version of TOM C16 that ran in Plus4 mode. Ati (Author) made a Tap image of this rare game ( later corrected to run on all formats known as Tom Thumb). This was a great help for testing his new code! Here`s whats new: PC joystick support (DirectX not necessary) more accurate Commodore 16 emulation ROM bank settings now saved as well some fixes in TAP save/load (HER turbo works at last...) TAP files can now be started from command line sound bug fixed a few CPU bugs fixed (PLP, BRK, SBC) Head over now for the latest version:  Link: Yape Homepage

New games for MegaCD/SegaCD !

(posted by Zoop - 11:08) Good Deal Games (GDG for short) has made an announcement today regarding the release of two *new* games for the SegaCD (US version of the MegaCD). The official announcement is as follow: Good Deal Games is proud to announce the first two new games for the SEGA CD in almost a full decade! Both Bug Blasters: The Exterminators & Star Strike were produced using high-end film, advanced puppetry, and 3D Computer Animation. Boasting $100K budgets, GDG brings the Sega CD back in style! Both games are must-have titles for any Sega CD fan! Best of all, they are available now! Fun, isn't it? The games are supposed to be already available for purchases, but I myself wasn't able to find anywhere on the site to actually purchase them. We'll probably know more about them in the following days. In the meanwhile, start cleaning your dusty MegaCD len. Old systems will never die ^_^ Thanks goes to BisH of EmuGaming for the news.  Link: Good Deal Games

Friday, December 08, 2000

Bliss first release

(posted by fixo - 14:32) The first version of Bliss has been released. To introduce this emulator, here's an excerpt from the homepage: "Bliss is an emulator of the Intellivision(tm) console. Bliss is written in pure Java and the status of the emulation is that 100% of the CPU, input ports, and video chip is complete, and about 50% of the sound emulation is complete. You should be able to hear a lot of the sound in most games. Also you'll need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) v1.3 or higher to play it. Win32 users who care nothing about learning how to install a JRE candownload the version of Bliss that contains the Win32 support files and run it just like a Windows application. What more can we say than click the link below and see it all!  Link: Bliss

Thursday, December 07, 2000

Wonderboy for Dreamcast.. petition

(posted by Zoop - 18:10) Bengt Lemne has set up yesterday a petition asking for a sequel to the great (best at my opinion :) Wonderboy/Monsterworld serie on the Dreamcast. If you are familiar with old Sega machines you probably know this serie, and thus you are not even reading this text because you already clicked on the link. Else, I can only invite you all to try them, and hopefully contribute in making this petition to grow. Long live monsterland!  Link: Wonderboy for Dreamcast Petition

RockNES X v1.161

(posted by fixo - 17:03) RockNES X, the Windows port of this famous Nintendo 8-bit emulator, surpasses it's DOS brother in this new version 1.161 (which was unreleased for DOS). Here's what's new for the Windows specific version: This new RockNES X version can be 40-120% faster than the previous version Added triple buffering 8 bit rendering engine optimized Auto frameskip added (highly recommended!) Ppu code optimized Now RockNES X creates automatically the savegames, movies and battery save directories when necessary Battery save fixed Added screenshot support The biggest changes emulation wise is way too big too sum up so when you head over to the RockNES page for the download, take a look to see what all those nice updates actually are.  Link: RockNES

Yars Revenge for Windows

(posted by Zoop - 03:13) Lee's PeeknPoke site (hosted here at Emucamp) is now featuring a demo of a Yars Revenge remake for Windows. This is one game anyone familiar with should associate with the Atari 2600, with its simple and addicting gameplay. Beside that update, PeeknPoke always features the usual bunch of classics stuff that make it so enjoying to visit. If you haven't already, you know what to do!  Link: PeeknPoke

	Rumor Mill
	(posted by Frogacuda - 00:17) JoseQ has put up his latest Rumor Mill, with all the news of what's coming up in the emu scene. Today's highlights include SegaEMU, a new Intellivision emu, AGES, and more. Head over and read up.  Link: EmuViews

Wednesday, December 06, 2000

	C16/Plus4 ClassiX Updated!
	(posted by Lando - 18:27) 31 new games have just been added for use with your Commodore Plus4 emulators. Some of these are rare indeed. If you can remember the original Mr Puniverse game from Mastertroinc your be pleased to know there is an all new version 5 of this gem with even more Power Sucking platform fun. Go grab um while there still hot!  Link: C16/Plus4 ClassiX

	Search 8/16-bit games
	(posted by Chris - 18:14) Now the most complete and accurate libary for 8- and 16-bit systems such as the Mega Drive/Genesis, PC-Engine and Neo Geo, RetroBase, is full searchable! :) So, if you're looking for a certain game, it's highly recommend to visit this site at least once. If it's doesn't there, it most likely does not exist.  Link: RetroBase.com

	Hu-Go! v1.99
	(posted by fixo - 15:57) A new version of the DOS release of Hu-Go! (emulating the PC-Engine/Turbografix) is out. Version 1.99 features a new kernel with faster emulation and clean kernel sources. Linux and Windows follows will follow (shortly) and even a Sega Dreamcast port is in the makes! Visit author Zeograd's Lair linked below for the download of this new version.  Link: Hu-Go!

U64 v1.15

(posted by fixo - 15:05) U64, the Killer Instinct Arcade emulator for Windows, was updated to v1.15. This release features addition of sound and several bug fixes. Here's what's new: Sound '-' key or '=' key gets you into volume adjust mode. '2' key enters test mode. No more pointer and flashing window in fullscreen mode. F5 starts/stops sound. Scanline support. This works only in fullscreen 640x480. FPS indicator is very different. You are always locked to 60Hz. More info about this release and the download can be found at the official page linked below.  Link: Kiame/U64

Tuesday, December 05, 2000

	Sega System32 ROMS at Laser Emulation
	(posted by fixo - 15:32) If you check a few posts below concerning Modeler, the first System32 Emu, you might be interested in giving this early emulator a go using the ROMS provided at Laser Emulation.  Link: Laser Emulation

	Frogger article
	(posted by fixo - 14:01) Obviously all people into emulation are fond of classic games and RetroFaction posted an short but nice article on Frogger. This game first appeared in arcade but was more popular even on Atari 2600. Follow ups and reincarnations are still appearing today so you might have a look at the link below.  Link: RetroFaction

Monday, December 04, 2000

Sega System 32 Emulator!

(posted by Zoop - 16:45) Then the dark turned into a shining light, and a Sega System 32 was released out of nowhere. Not really from nowhere, but today the author of the System 32 emulator which was being followed by the emulation scene a year ago decided that it was time to release a beta version of what is officially called Modeler. The sad reason of this release is that its original author does not have the time to keep up working on the emulator, and thus beside releasing the emulator, sent the source code to 'a talented programmer', hoping he will work on improving it. As of yet, feel free to try the emulator. It's not in perfect stage and doesn't have sound, but at least it'll remind you of the old days ^_^ Also expect most of the currently available ROMs sets to be corrupted (my copy of Golden Axe 2 seemed to work), but I guess it is just a matter of days for them to get spread on the internet. The emulator is available from the Impact emulator site, and that because Ivilded - maintener of the site - was testing both emulators, although not being their author. We have yet to see if there is any relations between the two mysterious authors..  Link: Impact/Modeler Homepage

MAME WIP

(posted by fixo - 12:10) The Work In Progress page of MAME was updated again with the following news: 3rd December 2000: Bryan McPhail submitted a driver for China Town, and he added a US romset to the Pipe Dream driver. Phil Stroffolino sent in a System16 driver update with several bugfixes and cleanups. David Graves sent in a Taito multiscreen driver update with some bugfixes and he sent in a driver for Top Speed / Full Throttle. The full WIP page with a lot of screenshots can be accessed by clicking below.  Link: MAME WIP

Sunday, December 03, 2000

	Saturn Analog Pad Compat chart
	(posted by Frogacuda - 18:52) For those of you who want to know which games support the Analog NiGHTS controller on Saturn, Sega Xtreme has put up a hand little reference. Check the list out at the link below  Link: Sega Xtreme

Super Magic Drive transfer utility

(posted by Charles - 15:41) I've released a new Super Magic Drive transfer utility. Not only will it load Genesis cartridges, but .BIN-format images, as well as SMS games. You can load and save backup RAM data, dump the copier's BIOS, and remotely dump a cartridge through the parallel port instead of using floppy disks. The source code is available too. If you are an owner of a SMD, be sure to give my utility a try.  Link: Get it here

Yape 0.26 released!

(posted by Lando - 06:55) Yape (Commodore Plus4 emu) is up for grabs. This time double size window mode works great and is also faaast. Also a neat small border option has been added in to give it that cool TV look. New in Yape: the emulator can now be run without DirectX small border mode added (faster!!!) drive folder selection dialog added (for disk LOAD operations) more accurate Y-scrolling (TED register $FF06) some optimisations in DirectX rendering double size mode works now in DirectX fullscreen DirectX mode is now supposed to work in all cases miscellaneous fixes If you have`nt checked this cool emu out already do it now! Hit the homepage below:  Link: Yape Homepage

Saturday, December 02, 2000

Unofficial Nester 2000/12/01-03

(posted by Roni - 17:19) And it's time again for another update from Takeda for his great Windows Nintendo emulator based off of Nester's source. Here's what has been added to it. code fixed 88(thanx rinao),232(thanx Fx3),16 tested 16,88,232 support SaveRAM of 'Dragon Ball Z - Kyoushuu! Saiya Jin'(#16) support 'Devil Man'(#88) support 'Quattro Games'(#232) It has been released tomorrow by my time, tomorrow will be my birthday, and if I were in Japan than it would be my birthday but I'm not so it isn't :) Download it at the link below.  Download: Unofficial Nester 2000/12/01-03 [353 kb]

MAME WIP

(posted by Roni - 16:28) Ah yes, the MAME WIP page has been updated to today with plenty of screen shots of some up-and-coming drivers in development. Here is the deal since the beginning of this month (ok, the last two days). 2nd December 2000: Aaron Giles sent in the first version of his Strata / Incredible Technologies driver with support for Wheel of Fortune, Golden Tee Golf, Golden Tee Golf II, Peggle, Hot Shots Tennis, Rim Rockin' Basketball and Ninja Clowns. 1st December 2000: David Graves updated the TC0100SCN Taito chip emulation to support extra wide tilemaps, making Darius 2, Ninja Warriors and Warrior Blade playable. Make sure you stop by there and view all the pretty pictures and while your there check out was was going on in November with the MAME team too :)  Link: MAME WIP

PocketNES Moves

(posted by Roni - 16:13) This new and definately cool WinCE NES emulator, has moved it's homepage to http://pocketnes.retrogames.com/. Along with the move there is a update to the site with some news on developement quoted below. "Yep. Moved again. 2 times in one week. Retrogames is a well respected site and should be a great home for PocketNES. Also, I'll talk with the guys about getting us a PocketNES forum all to ourselves. "Expect a revision out this weekend. Things I want to resolve are: (1)Fix the virtual directional keys so diagonal movement works again, (2)Fix it so that a player can press between the virtual A & B buttons and have that register as both buttons being pressed. (3) Keep a history section on the menu so you can choose the last 5 games you played or choose the last 5 game saves you made. (4) Fix the Casio version so the virtual controller always shows up at the bottom of the screen. "I also plan to look into supporting older WinCE devices this weekend. "

Aldo's Tools Updates

(posted by Roni - 16:04) In the last two days Aldo has been pretty busy it seems. Lets catch up with his latest PSX emulator tools for Windows. Memory Card Manager v1.0c - New: Fixed a problem recognizing Chrono Cross saves and probably from other games too. VGS Macro v1.1 - New: A macro editor that let you edit, load and save the macros. VGS Video Patch R7a - This new version of the VGS Video Patch not only displays the graphics centered (on the top) of the screen. Also it applies other popular patches, like PSytek's Fix 2 and 3, ModChip patches from Morlac and SunTzu (untested method) and a new patch that I created that allows VGS 1.41 English to display PAL games half screen as in VGS 1.3. If you like these very useful tools then go get the full story over at Aldo's site with the links below.  Link: http://www.aldostools.com/

DreamGBC v0.6

(posted by Roni - 01:36) Well I seemed to have missed v0.5 but I will bring you the latest and greatest version for your pleasures :) Of course by now you know this is a GameBoy emulator for Windows, so I shouldn't have to tell you that again, but I will tell you what is new in the last two versions since my last posting... Version 0.6: Fixed a noise channel frequency bug Fixed some logical sound bugs Added emulator configuration function to the ROM Loader Emulate the colorization when play classical GB cart on a GBC(1 palette availiable for now) Support multiple resolution(up to 1024*768) Zooming function(1X-4X) 100% Scanline mode selectable Version 0.5: Add support to all 4 GB sound channels!!!!!! (A little bug in Noise channel--Don't know what's a polynomial counter...)  Links: Homepage - Download [67 kb]

Unofficial Nester 2000/11/30

(posted by Roni - 01:23) A little late on this one but it's still current news so don't sue me. takeda has made some more mappers work in Nester and hence, released a new version! Here's what's new: code added 234(thanx Quietust) code fixed 112(thanx ScottWu) tested 112,234** I've uploaded it here this time so it may be less troublesome to get, as always have fun!  Download: Unofficial Nester 2000/11/30 [353 kb]

ClrMamePro v1.9

(posted by Roni - 01:10) Roman has done it again, with a new release of what I feel to be the greatest MAME ROM organizing solution available on the net. There isn't much new but it is still worth noting here for such a great utility. Here's the lowdown: added: html based documentation added: parent samplesets report in missing samples output added: show/hide feature for the missing button Known Problems If your a MAME fan and you haven't tried this utility, don't wait any longer, give it a download and use it, it IS really helpful!  Links: ClrMamePro Homepage - Download ClrMamePro v1.9 [559 kb]

Friday, December 01, 2000

	NESCafe
	(posted by Charles - 17:48) David de Niese has released version 0.30 of NESCafe, a Java-based Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Not only does it have sound emulation, but it also supports mappers 0,1,2,3,4,7,9, and 40. Head on over to the NESCafe website and give it a try.  Link: NESCafe

	Classics for the web
	(posted by Zoop - 03:00) Feel like playing Out Run with your web browser? Hard to believe, but a Japanese guy has an homepage with many classic games remakes he programmed in.. Javascript! Some of the various clones available are very impressive - try Space Harrier for example. And enjoy! Thanks goes to Tom J for the information!  Link: K.Moriyama's Homepage