Non DC Emulation and Homebrew News

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Feb 20, 2002 3:17 pm

Pinball New & Updated tables

Emulator Visual Pinball & PinMAME

System PC - Windows

It's been a while since I last checked the pinball releases, so heres a list of recent ones:
2/15/01
• Updated Tales from the Crypt Table from v1.2S to RC1

2/14/01
• Added Baby Pac-Man Table v2x (Nicky's MOD)
• Added Hollywood Heat Table v0.5 by Gerhard & Crew
• Added Tales from the Crypt Table v1.2S by Pingod
• Updated Attack from Mars Table from RC2 to RC3
• Updated The Who's Tommy Pinball from v2.2 to v2.51

2/04/01
• Added Baby Pac-Man Table v1.0 by David Britten
• Updated Junk Yard Table from v0.98 to v0.99

2/02/01
• Added BayWatch Table v3.0 by Joep
• Added Black Hole Table v0.22 by PataTroX
• Added Bugs Bunny Birthday Ball Table b0.9 by Shep
• Added Centaur Table v1.0 by Unknown
• Added Dirty Harry Table b1 by Aurian
• Added Frankenstein Table v1.1 by Krellan
• Added Future Spa Table v2.1 by Scapino
• Added Gorgar MOD by Guittar
• Added Grand Lizard Table a1 by Mvdzwaan
• Added Haunted Houst Table v0.31 by PataTroX
• Added Jack*Bot Table v2.0 by Dan Roth
• Added Lethal Weapon 3 Table b35 by Joep/Pingod
• Added Lost in Space Table b1 by Unknown
• Added Pharoah Table a1 by Mvdzwaan
• Added Rocky Table v0.91 by Gerhard & Crew
• Added Rocky and Bullwinkle Table b1 by DesAngel
• Added South Park Table v1.0 by Unknown
• Added Star Trek MOD Table by Guittar
• Added Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles b0.9 by cyBORG/Wilda
• Added Time Machine Table b1.0 by Joep
• Added Time Machine MOD by Guittar
• Added Trizone Table v0.1 by neurokinetik
• Added Xenon Table v3 by Plumb
• Updated Addams Family Table from v4.7 to v4.8
• Updated Batman Table from R7 to R7.1
• Updated Black Rose Table from CBII to CBIII
• Updated Cyclone Table from v0.91 to v0.92b
• Updated Demolition Man Table from WIP2 to WIP3
• Updated Fathom Table from v1.2 to v1.3
• Updated FirePower Table from v1.1 to v1.2
• Updated FirePower II Table from v1.2 to v1.3
• Updated Guns N Roses Table from v1.0 to v1.1
• Updated Indianapolis 500 Table from v1.3 to v1.41
• Updated Jungle Lord Table from v0.8 to v0.9
• Updated Jurassic Park Table from b2 to b62
• Updated Medieval Madness Table from RC2 to RC3
• Updated Mr & Mrs Pac-Man Table from v2.1 to v3.0
• Updated Playboy Table from v1.2 to v2.0
• Updated Popeye Saves the Earth Table from v1.1 to v2.0
• Updated Road Show (Joep) from v3.5 to v5.0
• Updated Star Trek 25th Anniv Table from v0.9 to b1
• Updated Starship Troopers Table from v1.0 to v1.2
• Updated TotAN Table from RC1 to RC2
• Updated Twilight Zone Table from v3.9 to v4.0
• Updated Warlok Table from v1.2 to v1.3
Get from http://www.hippie.net/vptables

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Thu Feb 21, 2002 1:42 pm

Emulator ZxMAXK 0.250 beta 1

System PC - Windows

Spectrum emu, heres whats new:
-Суперкул ВГ93!!!! UDI support low level disk format emulation!!!
-WinNT bug fixed...
-И конечно fix'ы, fix'ы, fix'ы...
This may not make much sense, but it makes more sense than the Babelfish translation of the Russian.
Get from http://zxmak.chat.ru/ the download links at the top of the page, you cant miss it.

Emulator WinAPE 2.0 ALPHA 2

System PC - Windows

Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emu, heres whats new:
Z80 Assembler
=============
- Now remembers the last selected file when WinAPE is closed.

Debugger
========
- Integrated all the debugger windows (i.e. Debug, Disassembler, Memory Dump
and Stack windows).

- Modified Reset (CTRL-F9) to work while debugging.

- Fixed a bug with disassembly of "BIT n,(IX + d)" and "BIT n,(IY + d)"
instructions.

Memory Dump
===========
- Integrated into Debug window.

Registers
=========
- Fixed a problem with "Row Highlight" option not displaying correctly.

- Added the Interrupt Control/Status register.

Disassembler
============
- Integrated into Debug window.

Snapshots
=========
- Fixed reading and writing of CRTC registers (Broken in 2.0a1).

Emulation
=========

CRTC
----
- Many months developing test programs and testing CRTC type 0, 1 and 3 and demos.
Emulation is now the most accurate it ever has been for these 3 types.

Monitor
-------
- Accurate emulation of monitor Horizontal Synchronisation. Needs to be
refined, but works.

- Improvements to monitor Vertical Synchronisation.

- Added support for Green Screen and Greyscale monitor emulation.

AY-3-8912
---------
- No changes.

Keyboard
--------
- Fixed 8255 PPI emulation. Seems to work on all games now.
Get from http://winape.emuunlim.com/

Emulator Utilities MAMEINFO V3.84

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

Now contains all known bugs as of the 19th of Feb.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Homebrew Afternoon Stalker 1.0

System PC - Linux/Windows

Clone of the 1981 Intellivision game Night Stalker, heres whats new:
-The representation of the background has changed and the wall have rounded corners.
Get from http://www3.sympatico.ca/sarrazip/dev/a ... alker.html

Homebrew Swallow Gulch/The Search For Shadow/Viracide

System GBA

I put these together as they are from the same auther. Swallow Gulch is a western shooter, The Search For Shadow is a rpg & Viracide is a top down shooter similar to Alien Breed. There are versions off all for either download or online play using BAO.
Get from http://users.bigpond.net.au/theletterm/

Emulator Foon v0.20

System GBA

Spectrum emu, heres whats new:
-Adds an extra option to the Emulation Options menu. If your flash cart supports it, you can modify the GBA's wait-state setting when accessing the ROM. This should give a speed boost. However, not all flash carts are fast enough to handle this setting, so if you start to experience random hangs or anything like that, you should stick to the slow setting.
-I don't have my GBA hardware with me at the moment, so this is a completely untested release. Let me know in the forum if I broke anything!
Get from http://foon.pocketheaven.com/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 1:23 pm

Emulator Unofficial MAME32jp 0.58

System PC - Windows

Second update for the Jap MAME32 based on V.58, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator AdvanceMame+ V58.0.1

System PC - Windows

Unofficial MAME with advanced video modes for display on TV and arcade monitors. Heres whats new:
-Includes support for the mameinfo.dat (driver info, bugs, etc)
-Command line switches -listfull, -listclones, -noclones, -ror, -rol, -flipx, and -flipy for better ArcadeOS compatibility
-Includes simulated games *Pong (broken in this release) and Monaco GP
-Mspacmaf (Fast version of Ms Pacman, like the one in the arcades... No additional roms required - it uses the mspacman roms) just use "advmame mspacmaf" to play
-Incorporates NJ's NeoGeo video driver for faster performance in NeoGeo games.
-and more...
Get from http://cyberdeals.8k.com

Emulator Mame32 V0.58 (0221)+Kaillera client v0.9

System PC - Windows

MAME with net-play, heres whats new:
- Fixed playchoice10 games in netplay
- Unlock all characters in kof97o and kof97_6p
- Correct lightgun direction
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Utilities Fandemame history.dat 0.58a

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

Corrected history.dat to 0.58a that now works with MAME32.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Fmame32 v0.58 Release 2

System PC - Windows

Yet another unofficial MAME (it's turning into MAME day round here), heres whats new:
-Full sound in Copper I.
-Sound in the Cinematronic games War of the Worlds, Armor Attack and Star Hawk
-Preliminary sound in Polaris
-SYSTEM16: Fix graphic and sprites in Super Hang-On (bootleg) and After Burner I+II
-Also re-add the missing sound to Wonder Boy III.
This version of MAME also features:
support for the removed games from MAME such as Pong, Monoco GP, the gambling games, etc. Also has folder for 65 different game types, including supported by sound, CPU, etc.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator MacMAME v0.58

System MacOS

The Mac version skips a couple of numbers to catch up with the PC version. All changes should be as the Windows version.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator SNEeSe V0.662

System PC - Dos

At last, an emu today thats not MAME. Open source SNES emu, heres whats new:
-Render: Corrected mode 7 EXTBG (priority-per-pixel) emulation (thanks to anomie and Neviksti)
-PPU: Corrected OAM register emulation (thanks to anomie and Neviksti)
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=snes

Emulator Akiko V1.4

System PC - Windows

Shareware CDTV/CD32 emu, heres whats new:
This version can now finally boot any CD32 & CDTV game you like. Akiko uses a very general procedure to gain the best compatibility. In some tests more than 90 percent of the games ran with this general procedure. Additionally a lot of requests by Akiko users were realized in this version.
Get from http://phobos.spaceports.com/~sfa/en/index.html

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 5:24 am

Emulator Gens V1.80

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD emu, heres whats new:
[SEGA CD]
-CDD and CDC emulation improved.
-Fixed the bug with mono MP3 (broken accidently in Gens 1.70)
-Perfect Synchro fixed (can't break anymore a game which work in normal mode).
-PCM timing fixed.
-Minor bugs fixed.
[GENESIS]
-Sprite overflow flag fixed (thanks Steve Snake).
-VDP rendering engine tweaked a bit.
-Save state modified :
-Better compatibility with Genecyst.
-Old saves states (with Gens version < 0.76) are probably not correctly supported anymore.
-Others minor fixs.
[GENERAL]
-News render modes : 50% and 25% scanline interpolated.
-Game Genie feature easier to use.
-More complete language support added, check the new english language.dat file to get more infos about the new translations possibilities.
-Kaillera client updated to version 0.9
-Some shortcuts added or modified.
-Minor other changes.
Get from http://gens.consolemul.com/

Emulator WinAPE 2.0 ALPHA 2 fix

System PC - Windows

Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emu, heres whats new:
-The last version had the wrong INI file with it. This has been replaced now.
-Also now released ParaDOS, ZACK and Xexor plus source code.
Get from http://winape.emuunlim.com/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 5:44 am

Emulator Kega v0.03

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD emu, heres whats new:
-Fixed all SegaCD Graphics Conversion Functions.
-Many SegaCD Compatibility Issues fixed.
-Many Genesis Compatibility Issues fixed.
-Reworking of DirectDraw code - should no longer give people any trouble.
-Major GUI Overhaul.
-Shortcut Keys added.
-Modifications to YM2612 SuperHQ mode, now sounds slightly better in some cases.
-Added Full Screen support, with Right Mouse Click popup menus. Popup menus are not available
in NORMAL video mode, you should switch back to windowed to access the menus.
-Added TV Mode rendering option - this mode emulates the output of a TV pretty well, look at
the title screen for Vectorman 2 for an example.
-Changed the FPS display, it now appears at the bottom left of the screen, and can be enabled or disabled through the options menu.
-SegaCD LED display can also be enabled or disabled.
-Added message display.
-Save State files are now using the modified Genecyst format agreed upon by Stef and I. The Save State files should be compatible with Genecyst and Gens versions > 1.70.
-Added Save State Slots and Quick Load/Save options.
-Added "cool" (?) TV Static effect when console is powered off.
-Minimising Kega now causes it to go
completely idle.
-Fixed (hopefully) strange timing problems caused by Windows stuff running in the background.
-Something Else....

Get from http://www.eidolons-inn.de/kega/

Emulator Utilities Project64 V1.4x RDB BETA #103

Emulator Project 64

System PC - Windows

Project 64 RDB database that adds support for more and more N64 ROMs.
Get from http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?s ... genumber=1

Emulator Jukebox V2.0

System PC - Windows

Sound emu that plays music and sound effects from CPS-1, CPS-2, Neo Geo and ZN platform games, heres whats new:
-New GUI design (by MHz), bigger list, more space.
-New QSound code, better sound, less saturation, fixed xmcota high pitch sounds when using interpolation.
-Added option to pre-amplify qsound output. (higher volume).
-Added 4 points interpolation for neogeo DeltaT channel.
-Added the new kof2k M rom dump.
-Added an option to sync recording start with the code send button. (mark Sync, then Record, and then send the code).
-Sound code can be changed with Up/Down arrows and sent with Enter key (easier to browse songs).
-More games filters.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ultiarcade

Emulator WinUAE V0.8.21 R1

System PC - Windows

Amiga emu, heres whats new:
-Maintainer change, new WinUAE maintainer is Toni Wilen
-CHANGED: Many custom chipset fixes and updates (Bernd Schmidt, me)
-CHANGED: Audio code replaced with SDL audio (Bernd Schmidt)
-FIXED: CPU emulation fixes (Bernd Schmidt, me)
-FIXED: Filesys seek fix (Bernd Roesch)
-FIXED: JIT compatibility fixes (Bernd Schmidt)
-FIXED: State save fixes (Bernd Schmidt, me)
-FIXED: Prevent notebook CPU throttling when calculating CPU speed (Bernd Roesch)
-ADDED: New input device code (me)
-ADDED: Full CD32 support (me)
-ADDED: Action Replay 2 and 3 support (me)
-ADDED: CDROM scsi.device emulation (Win32 port by me)
-ADDED: Sane's AviOutput patch
Important notes and workarounds:
-WinUAE freezes before GUI appears? Delete Configurations/default.uae.
-Check your CPU speed settings, they may not be correct if you load old configuration file.
-Sound buffer size is not comparable with old versions. Try 3 or larger if you have sound or slowdown problems.
Get from http://www.winuae.net

Also I've now got round to looking at the results of last months emu breakthrough poll, in first place is BleemCast with 35%, second was CPS2 emulation with 20%, third was GBA emulation with 15% and filling out the rest were MAME on the DC & Pinball at 10% each ollowed by Neo-Geo decryption & Other DC emus at 5% each, it seems no-one was bothered by the System 11 emulation as it scored a big 0%.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 2:39 pm

Emulator A.C.E. V1.9

System PC - Windows

CPS1/CPS2/System 18/System 16/Neo Geo emu, heres whats new:
-Added the ability to read Nebula .dat files (thanks ElSemi). All CPS2 games whose code roms have been decrypted are playable, now.
-Added Waku waku 7 (neogeo).
-Improved clipped sprite blitting a bit.
-Finally an (almost) serious readme.txt file

-Fixed the annoying left memory deallocation on chip bug (this is for the freaks at emuita.it trying to translate into Italian all the new ace features. now translate this

Get from http://ace.emuunlim.com

Emulator Project32 V2.0

System PC - Windows

The free German CD32 emu, heres whats new:
-Dynamic Fullscreen dissolution
-DATs are now read in dynamically
-ISO support!
-Improved NVRAM emulation
-Joypad emulation is now completely configurable
-New DATs for:
-- Gulp!
-- Roadkill (revised, has now " full collision ")
-- Simon the Sorcerer
-- SubWar 2050
-- The Big 6
-- The draws to Vikings
-- totally Carnage
Get from http://pj32.emubase.de/

Emulator Mame32 v0.58 (0222)+Kaillera client v0.9

System PC - Windows

Yet another update for this MAME with net-play, heres whats new:
-Added slider in directsound tab
Really worth another download then.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml if you can be bothered.

Emulator MPU34 V8.73

System PC - Windows

A personal favourite of mine, this is a fruit machine emulator. Heres whats new:
-Reel lamps
-Skinned buttons
-A game manager
-Layout creation tools.
Get from http://www.mpu34emu.co.uk

Simulator LEDHEAD

System PC - Windows & Casio Cassiopia, Compaq iPaq, and HP Jordana hand-held PCs

This simulates the LED based games from the 70's, it's open source if anyones interested in trying to port it to anything.
Get from http://www.peterhirschberg.com/handheld ... /index.htm

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Tue Feb 26, 2002 2:05 pm

Emulator Unofficial MAME32jp 0.58 Feb-26-2002

System PC - Windows

Unofficial Japanese version of MAME32.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator MAME32 in Spanish

System PC - Windows

For all you Spanairds & Mexicans, if there are any here.
Get from http://www.mamefans.com.ar

Emulator FMAME32 v0.58 Release 3

System PC - Windows

Another unofficial MAME, this time adding in Monaco GP, Pong and the gambling games that regular MAME doesn't support. This also has various sound and graphics fixes such as the Outrun sprite problems, etc and sound in games such as Pulstar, etc. This release contains more filters, Pong and a bunch of other stuff.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Homebrew ReversiAdvance v0.5

System GBA

Reversi (or Othello if you prefer), the homepage is in Jap so I dont know whats new. You can however try it online using BA-Online or download the rom.
Get from http://winterfall.net/gba/othead.htm

Frontends Abandon Loader

System PC - Windows

A utility for those of us who still use old Dos games, it simplifies configuring and loading games such as Kings Quest and Monkey Island.
Get from http://www.angelfire.com/realm/zeroone/abandon.htm

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 6:05 pm

Emulator Raine V0.35

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux

Arcade emu, heres whats new:
Major changes :
-Added qsound support for the cps1 games which can use it.
-Fixed music tempo with a good timer emulation in batrider, battle garega, gunbird, sengoku ace, battle kroadj, and every cps1 game. This replaces the dirty hack of ``fast_tp2_sound'' of previous versions. Also, music now goes faster in Buble boble when you run out of time...
-Reverted to Seal for the sound emulation in the dos version, so pci soundcards should work better now. (Seal was used for the dos version in raine before 0.30). Seal is also the default for the win32 version now, so that soundcards having problems with the accelerated directx driver can work with raine.
-Added priorities emulation in the cps1 video emulation, so you don't pass through trees anymore in games like Cadillacs and dinosaurs... The code is not extremely fast yet, but it's working well. Also fixed sf2rb2 protection, a stupid rendering bug in the scroll3 layer, and slammasters is finally fully playable. Added speed hacks to most cps1 games, and added keyboard controls to Forgotten worlds (Buttons 2 and 3 can be used instead of the mouse to move the gun - your choice. But the mouse gives better precision, of course).
Except this there are numerous fixes :
-The snapshots were not displayed correctly in resolutions > 640x80 or when you moved the game selection dialog.
-The mouse pointer was moving very slowly when you ran raine in 8bpp in a window on a 16bpp desktop (in Linux, and probably in windows).
-All the region codes for the xsystem2 drivers were broken (in games like The new zealand story, Extermination, doctor Toppel, Plump Pop...
-In Battle Garrega, after a few seconds in the game, there was a little pause. If you reset the game after this pause, you had a sound error.
-Music volume adjustement in Insector X (Thanks, Liliana...)
-Slight improvement of the graphics mode selection (mainly for linux) : when 2 modes seem equaly interesting for a game, choose the one with the aspect ratio closest to 640x480.
-With Allegro sound support, add the check box ``Max mixer volume'' in sound setup.
-Fixed the svgalib support for linux (allegro-4.0.0 broke it !)
-Added the coin sound to Arkanoid 2 (and clones), and the bug where coins were not decreasing when continuing the game was fixed by Stephane Humbert.
-Fixed blue sky in silkworm
-Fixed some restart positions in Bonze Adventures. The old file bonzchip.cfg is not necessary anymore...
-Buble boble was freezing after 20-30 minutes if left alone.
-Fixed color problems/graphics glitches in snowbros2, whoopee, pipibibi, and ghox, and fixed left/right keyboard controls in ghox.
Get from http://www.rainemu.com

Emulator Jukebox V2.0a

System PC - Windows

Sound emu for CPS-1, CPS-2, Neo Geo and ZN platform games. Heres whats new:
-Fixed some crashes a few users were experiencing
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ultiarcade

Frontends AdriPSX Launcher

Emulator AdriPSX

System PC - Windows

An adaptation of ePSXeLauncher to be used with AdriPSX. Now support for the newest AdriPSX (BetaMin).
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/frontends.phtml

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 5:49 pm

A small update today, only 1 homebrew title & news of a new emulation forum.

Homebrew Bogey 6

System GBA

A jet fighting game, not unlike a very basic AfterBurner. It has 15 stages where you must gun down the amount of enemies that you're told in the mission breifing, beware though as with each stage passed the enemies bocome tougher and start firing missiles.
Get from http://www.avalondreams.com/bogey6/index.html

And now the fruit machine emu MP3/4 now has its own dedicated forum, all you frutie lovers check it out here http://www.mpuforums.com/forums/forumdi ... &forumid=5

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 7:40 pm

Emulator STMVIEW VERSION 0.004 (BETA)

System PC - Windows

A Sega CD movie emu, it's now updated to run Eccp the Dolphin movies although there currently black & white.
Get from http://www.merlix.co.uk

Emulator Utilities Mameinfo.dat v3.85

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

New info DAT, heres whats new:
-Newest WIP.
-Correct and reorganized \'Recommended Games\'.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Utilities Fandemame history.dat v0.58b

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

New history DAT, Added info for: Out run, Space harrier, Hang-on, Gee bee, Cutee b, Bomb bee, Sen jin, Battle Garegga, Burglar X, kof96, kof97, kof98, Breakers, Rampart, 3 wonders, Quiz & Dragons, Ghosts\'n Goblins, Pac-Mania, Rolling Thunder, Yie Ar Kung~Fu, Nightmare in the Dark, Arkanoid Returns, Battle Circuit, Kizuna Encounter, Ninja Master\'s, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Double Dragon, Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone,Double Dragon (neo geo), Double Dragon II, puckman, pacman, etc.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator SSF 0.06 alpha

System PC - Windows

Saturn emu, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ive=saturn

Emulator SupraHLE V1.1.2

System PC - Windows

N64 emu, this is a hacked & modified version UltraHle. Heres whats new:
-Fully rewrote the Ucode related (hacked) routine.
-Support For NBA Pro 99 (Pal)
-Partial Support for Super Smash Brother (U.S & intro free version only)
-Some Optimized ini patches (updated the ini to version 1.7)
-Added some more specific infos about all kind of known problems in the Help file
*Note* Just unpack the zip content to your SupraHLE's configurator's (1.1.1) folder.
Get from http://www.thecpy.com

Emulator Nebula v2.0

System PC - Windows

CPS1/2 & Neo-Geo/Neo CD emu, heres whats new:
GENERAL:
-Lots of changes in this version, but the most noticeable one is the new Window mode GUI (You can still use the old GUI). Note that the window mode will workin systems with 32 bpp desktop color depth but only Hardware blit will work. If Nebula runs very very slow, try disabling stretch and Switching to system memory allocation.
-Due to the big amount of changes I'd recommend
that you read all the docs.
-Some keys behave differently in window mode GUI
check the GENERAL doc.
-Major rewrite of the main core. All systems
emulation have experienced a speedup and
the memory requirements have been lowered
a lot.
-New shots factories, that allows changing almost
every parameter/sprite. Please, read the doc about
this.
-New macro code, that allows macros to work without
knowing the character addresses and also adds
"global" macros that can be used with any character
(read macros documentation).
NEOGEO:
-Added 4-point interpolation for Delta-T samples.
-Added a decryption progress indication for
latest (encrypted GFX) games.
-Sengoku3 and Zupapa are disabled. The Find
Roms trick will no longer work.
-Small fix to rasters that were wrong by 1 line (still
few raster games work ok)
CPS1:
-Added knightsh, dinoh and wofh hacks. Take note
that there are some glitches in those games due to some roms that aren't dumped yet.
CPS2:
-Rewritten GFX code. It's the fastest and most
accurate code in all nebula versions. It fixes all
known glitches (esp. Rowscroll ones: avsp, ryu
stage of sf2/ssf2).
-Very accurate raster emulation. A lot faster than the
old one, and now accurate at line-level. This
new raster code emulates the missing background
distortion in Shuma Gorath's Chaos Dimension
on msh and mshvsf.
-Fixed mvsc sprite misalignment in ending sequence.
-Added a pre amplification option to QSound
renderer. I don't recommend using it because can cause distortion with higher volume samples. Use it only if the sound output is too low in your system.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ultiarcade or http://nebula.emulatronia.com/

Homebrew Brain N Bells level editor v1.0

System PC - Windows

Now you can make your own levels for the GBA puzzler Brain N Bells for use on actual hardware or an emulator.
Get from http://perso.wanadoo.fr/someone/ and if you have any feedback about it let the auther know.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 5:36 am

Emulator NeoPop V0.16

System PC - Windows

Neo Pocket Color emu, heres whats new:
-This update tidied up the debugger a little.
-Added auto address entry to the instruction history.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... e=ngpocket

Emulator YaSE v0.50

System PC - Windows

Spectrum emu, heres whats new:
-Added SCL-Disk and Hobeta format
-Completed the config-menu
-Faster Display output
Get from http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/~hackbart/main.htm

Homebrew Starfox

System GBA

The SNES classic on GBA, well the training level at least.
Get from http://www.gbadev.org/

Homebrew Star Shot

System GBA

A space based shoot em up that also comes with GCC source code.
Get from http://www.gbadev.org/

Homebew Puzzler

System GBA

Source code release.
Get from http://www.gbadev.org/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 1:41 pm

Emulator Nebula v2.0a

System PC - Windows

A quick bugfix release for this cPS1/2 & Neo-Geo/Neo CD emu, heres whats new:
-Fixed old GUI crashing on start.
-Fixed title bar corruption.
-Fixed Aspect ratio with Keep aspect option.
-Fixed vertical games on 32 bits desktop.
-Fixed xmvsf crash on start bug.
-Fixed ingame menu letters when using 32 bit color depth.
-Added shot display on Rom List when moving with arrow keys.
-Added a Switch to Fullscreen option in the Video Menu as some people didn't know how to switch (ALT-Enter).
-Updated many transparency tables. Thanks to Darksoul, Bad_crc, Razoola, kyo_99 and Ken_Masters.
-Some things I forgot to mention in the readme:
-To use the old gui, you can also launch: Nebula.exe -classic (-window if you want to run in a window).
-You can click on the column names in the rom list to sort the list using that column.
Get from http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/download.html

Emulator ZXSP

System Mac OS X

This is a preview version of a Spectrumemu for Mac's, heres whats new:
-Added save .sna and .z80 snapshot.
-Added multiple instances.
-Added BASIC & game mode for keyboard, speed improvement.
-Added sound input from audio-in.
Get from http://little-bat.de/ and bear in mind when using that its far from finished, the auther does intend on frequent updates though.

Homebrew GunShi

System Online

An online version of Mahjong by the auther of the above Speccy emu.
Find it at http://little-bat.de/gunshi/gunshi.html

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sun Mar 03, 2002 5:26 am

Emulator retroDrive 5

System PC - Windows

Genesis/32X emu, heres whats new:
-A number of small Genesis bugs has been fixed.
-A new .ini system has been developed.
-Added a Rom Information dialog box.
-Added a Debugging Log dialog box.
-Added drag-and-drop capabilities.
-All 32X Bios Rom’s are now emulated and are no longer required for running games.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ve=genesis

Emulator Mame32 v0.58 (0302)+Kaillera client v0.9

System PC - Windows

Yet another update for this MAME with net-play, heres whats new:
2 different sound drivers:
-default, sound buffer from 0ms to 200ms, default 120ms
-mamew, cause desync in certain games
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

And now intersting views from Nintendos resident god Shigeru Miyamoto he's let his feelings about emulators loose. He said, "I'm actually very grateful that people still find such fun and entertainment in those games." Doesn't change Nintendos stand though I'm betting.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 2:16 pm

Emulator AGES v0.28a

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD/32X emu, heres whats new:
AGES is way faster than before:
-Some speed-ups to the M68000 core
-Some speed-ups to the SH2 core as well as more accurate cycle counting
-Some speed-ups to the Genesis VDP core
-Some speed-ups to the Genesis MMU
AGES is way more compatible than before:
-Fixed some M68000 bugs
-Implemented lots more Z80 undocumented instructions
-Fixed tons of Genesis VDP bugs
-Fixed some SMS VDP bugs
-Numerous 32X compatiblity improvements
Numerous other improvements:
-Fixed horrible sound distortion on W2k
-Added a 4x CD look ahead buffer
-Disc hot-swapping now properly supported (mostly)
-Fixed some deadlock issues that caused AGES to freeze up on some computers
-Emulator reset / Load ROM / Boot CD code is now more robust and consistent
-Added Alt-Z keyboard shortcut to toggle Genesis Z80 enabled/disable
Get from http://www.emuitalia.com/ages/

Frontends Raging Dragon Beta 5

Emulator Multi

System PC - Windows

Frontend for MAME, Impact, Modeler, U64, VPinball, S11, Daphne and Raine. Heres whats new:
-All paths are fully configurable and there are 20 to choose from.
-New, translucent menus that are 95/98 compatible.
-A new mouse scrolling system. (Still a tad buggy.)
-Better resolution changing support.
-MameInfo.dat / History.dat support. (Be sure to re-define your keys
since you have a new one now.)
-Cleaned up the ScreenSaver mode (still a wip, so it’s WAY too fast
right now.)
Get from http://www.oscarcontrols.com/dragon/index.shtml

Emulator Unofficial Finalburn Alpha 0.250-0.3

System PC - Windows

Another unofficial version of Final Burn, I dont know whats new as the homepage keeps exceeding its limits.
Get from http://www.geocities.com/gangtakun if you can get through.

Emulator Utilities NES2FCA v0.82

Emulator PocketNES

System PC - Windows

Tool for creating create PocketNES and Famicom Advance binaries and menus. The docs are in Jap so I dont know whats new, the tool however is in English.
Get from http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValle ... ndexe.html

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Tue Mar 05, 2002 1:58 pm

Emulator ZXMAK V0.270 beta1!

System PC - Windows

Russian Spectrum emu, I have no clue whats new as I dont understand Russian.
Get from http://zxmak.chat.ru/

Emulator fmsx V2.6

System MacOS

MSX1/2/2+ emu, now in sync with Unix version. Note that this application is Carbonized. If you are not running under MacOS X, you must have CarbonLib (v1.2 or later) installed in your System Folder for this application to run correctly.
Get from http://www.bannister.org/software/fmsx.htm

Emulator AdvanceMAME v0.58.1

System PC - Dos/Linux

Unofficial MAME with advanced video support for helping the use with TVs, Arcade Monitors, Fixed Frequencies Monitors and also for PC Monitors. Heres whats new:
-Faster `scale2x' effect. Now optimized for AGP bus.
-MMX implementation of some functions of the tilemap engine.
-Fixed the selection of the video mode with the nearest clock.
-The idleexit feature now detect also the joystick and
mouse use.
Get from http://advancemame.sourceforge.net

Frontends AdvanceMENU 1.17.1

Emulator AdvanceMAME

System PC - Dos/Linux

Frontend for the above MAME, heres whats new:
-Increased the sound interrupt frequency.
-Fixed a bug importing category files.
-Fixed a compiling bug for gcc 2.95.x.
-Added the documentation of the `color' options.
Get from http://advancemame.sourceforge.net

Frontends ArcadeFX b07

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows

Another MAME frontend, heres whats new:
-Complete rework of backend system - Database driven
-Unlimited resolution support
-Unique active skinning for UI. Drag, drop, lock, release any of the
IU objects for the ultimate UI configuration
-Rom title text navigation added
-Categories now standardized to the MAME defaults
-Added four favorites categories
-Add Top 25 category based on what roms you launch.
-Added new shut down options: Exit, Exit OS, and Restart OS
-Hide/Show adult rom categories
Get from http://www.move360media.com/mame/arcadefx/download.htm

Plugins Aldo's Plugin pack update

Emulators Multi

System PC - Windows

Various plugins there are over 70, for use with:
Playstation emulators PSEmu Pro, ePSXe, AdriPSX, fpse, PSinex, P?SX & the arcade emu ImpactEmu.
Get from http://www.aldostools.com/index2.html

Homebrew Neo Pong

System Neo Geo cartridge system by SNK, but for practical use for various emulators such as Kawaks, Nebula etc.

A Neo-Geo version of the old timer Pong, not really anything else to say about it.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/romlist.phtml ... neogeoroms note this is a location with freeware roms only.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Mar 06, 2002 2:13 pm

Emulator SNeSe v0.665

System PC - Dos

SNES emu, heres whats new:
-Render: Corrected OBJ range limitations (thanks to anomie and Neviksti)
-Render: Removed BG3 highest priority from mode 0 since it doesn't
actually exist (thanks to anomie)
-Render: Readded mode 7 rendering for the sub-screen
-SPC700/APU skipper: Added APUI00-APUI03 port mirroring
Get from http://www.emumania.com/snes/sn0665b.zip

Emulator Utilities DVD2daph 2.03

Emulator Daphne

System PC - Windows

A tool to convert the DVD version of Dragon's Lair for use with the Laserdisc emu Daphne, before anyone complains about this bear in mind that you first need to go and buy the DVD of Dragon's Lair.
Get from http://www.geocities.com/veralanpher

Emulator Dega V1.09

System PC - Windows

Master System emu from Dave (he of Final Burn), heres whats new:
-Added ziprom support (a much requested feature)
Get from http://www.finalburn.com/dega

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 2:24 pm

Emulator CVS ZSNES

System PC - Windows

Unofficial ZSNES, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=snes and remember this is nothing to do with the ZSNES team, if you have any problems with it, dont bother them.

Emulator Utilities MAME Info .DAT V3.86

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

Now with all known bugs as of March the 6th.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Steem v2.2

System PC - Windows

Atari ST emu, heres whats new:
Bugs Fixed:
-VBL timing inaccuracies (Lethal Xcess, No Cooper demo).
-STE sound short buffer support (Another World).
-Overscan timer B bug (Mindbomb).
-v2.1 24-bit straight blit/screen flip lowres double size window/fullscreen yellowing fixed.
-V2.1 FDC seek failed flag bug fixed.
-Hard drive Pexec close file bug (XSteem segfaults).
-Many other hard drive emulation bugs.
-Proper floppy disk light emulation.
-XSteem - options and general info should now work on all window managers.
New Features:
-Configurable run speed %.
-Better support for non-English keyboards, alternate switching and Type ST Character shortcut.
-256 colour brightness/contrast display
-XSteem - statically linked binary, should work on any 486-compatible Linux system.
-Debug build - shortcuts for trace, run to rte and logging suspension.
Get from http://www.blimey.strayduck.com/

Emulator Utilities Project64 1.4. RDB DATABASE #104 beta

Emulator PJ64

System PC - Windows

Updated RDB database adding compatibility to Project 64, does what it says on the tin.
Get from http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?s ... genumber=1

Homebrew Booze

System GBA

A side scrolling platformer, it has 5 levels including sound and a boss level.
Get from http://www.gbadev.org/

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 1:09 pm

Emulator WinGBC2ND V1.02b

System PC - Windows

Jap Gameboy emu, though there is an English version as well. I dont kno whats new.
Get from http://www.t-tutomu.com/dl_w.htm

Emulator WinUAE 0.8.21 Release 2

System PC - Windows

Amiga emu, heres whats new:
-FIXED: custom chipset emulation fixes (me, Bernd Schmidt)
-FIXED: JIT FPU (Bernd Roesch)
-FIXED: filesystem emulation (Bernd Schmidt, Stephan Riedelbeck)
-FIXED: PC joystick 2 (me)
-FIXED: mouse 2 emulation (me)
-FIXED: multiple CD32 CDROM and uaescsi.device updates (me)
-FIXED: bsdsocket (Bernd Roesch, Stephan Riedelbeck)
-FIXED: configuration GUI memory leak fixed (Stephan Riedelbeck)
-FIXED: keyboard problems (me)
-FIXED: CD32 pad button emulation
-FIXED: serial port updates (Bernd Roesch, me)
-CHANGED: sound emulation (me, Bernd Schmidt)
-ADDED: CD32 media eject/insert support (me)
-ADDED: CTRL-AMIGA-AMIGA-ALT resets and clears chipmemory (me)
-ADDED: "pause emulation while minimized"-option to misc-page (me)
-ADDED: FDI-support is back (me)
Important notes, known bugs and workarounds:
-WinUAE freezes before GUI appears? Delete Configurations/default.uae.
-Check your CPU speed settings, they may not be correct if you load old configuration file.
-Sound buffer size is not comparable with old versions. 3 or 4 is usually the best size.
-When using CD32 emulation, keep "Hard Drives"-tab empty.
Get from http://www.winuae.net/ where you can also get the source.

Emulator MAME32 Japanese

System PC - Windows

Exactly what it says on the tin, dont know whats new in this update though.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Anex86 V2.49

System PC - Windows

Epson PCx98 emu, its Jap so I dont know whats new but the GUI is in English.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=pc98

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 6:46 am

Emulator PocketGB V1.50 Beta

System PocketPC - Windows CE 2.11 or higher

GameBoy, NES, Sega Master System, Sega GameGear, and NEC TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine emu, heres whats new:
-Fixed a bug where going to properties dialog would make PocketGB disappear momentarily or entirely.
-Fixed the crash during full screen switch happening on some devices when virtual pad was enabled.
-Properly handle input capture and start menu control. Paused games now release the start menu and input.
-Paused games now leave the last frame on the screen again (except for TG-16).
-Cleaned up some double drawing.
-Workaround for GAPI on iPAQ 3800 series.
-Workaround for GAPI on Aero.
-Fixed SGB redraw bug.
-Rewrote graphics and input libraries.
-Huge rewrite of of the application code (increased stability & speed).
-New installer for BE-300.
-Installs are now OS specific and EXE only.
-Reset or load game state automatically resumes now.
-Removed option for direct video (always enabled if supported).
-Removed external keyboard option (obsolete).
-Removed delayed input (obsolete).
-Removed frame speed setting (not needed).
-Fixed popping audio on some devices.
-Full screen blend is improved and automatic now on 16bpp devices when video size is maxed. Thanks Henrik!
-2x width option only shown for HPC.
-Zoom sizes made larger for 640x480 HPC.
-Improved sound levels and quality.
-Fixed tab display in options dialogs so full tab control is visible.
-Added clipping to the graphics lib to fix some drawing issues.
-Added "Fit to Window" option in Global Settings/Video to allow for full screen play at non-standard aspect ratios.
-Improved NES speed, especially on ARM.
-Improved Saved State Load speed and Reset speed (all modules).
-GB Advance module released for HPC Pro & PPC SH3.
-Sound added to GB Advance module. It's in, but I recommend turning this off due to how slow emulation already is. Present day devices can't keep up.
-Changed application icon.
-Removed some non-used tabs and consolidated common tabs to reduce binary size.
-Allow mapping of L/R GB Advance buttons to CE hardware buttons.
-Optimized project settings for SH3/4 HPC, PSPC.
-Bypassed DRAM buffer on Casio devices. Should eliminate left over drawing issues.
-Fixed problem on HPC where dialogs were not coming to the front.
-New configuration option for number of sound buffers. Lower is more accurate, higher if your device is slow and makes the sound crackle and pop. You should set this as low as you can before sound begins to skip.
-TG-16 module saves cartridge battery state now.
-MasterSystem/GameGear module updated. Save game state format changed as well, so old states won't load under this version
Get from http://www.pocketgb.com

Emulator YAPE V0.37

System PC - Windows

Commodore +4/16 emu, here whats new:
-Processor level 1541 drive emulation (quite preliminary yet)
-Three missing illegal opcodes implemented
-Character bank reload implemented (no bitmap for now)
-Keyboard shortcut for switching to maximum speed (ALT+W)
limited frame update frequency for sake of fast machines (max. 85 fps)
-TED sound is not lost anymore when switching to full screen mode
-CPU jam will now pop up a message box
-Changed the IRQ sequence a bit
-Fixed a huge bug when switching between fast and slow mode
two existing illegal opcodes fixed
-Fixed cycle timing of a few opcodes
-Fixed a couple of bugs in the external monitor
-Fixed the screenshot routine (got a bit broken in last version)
some annoying keyboard bugs fixed
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=c16

Emulator SMS Plus/SDL V0.9.3r3

System PC - Windows/Linux (other SDL platforms should work as well)

Master System emu, heres whats new:
-Sound quality is still quite bad but a little better

-Added screenshot feature (press F4)
-When saving/loading, a message is printed to the console
-Bilinear filtering is a command line switch now
-Fixed the start button that wasn't updated after one press
-Fixed black gaps around screen in game gear mode
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... e=sega8bit

And now in news not related to emulation but important anyway it seems Final Fantasy is returning to Nintendo on both Gamecube & GBA. Heres the article http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm? ... em&id=2747

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 5:44 am

Emulator MAME32 Japanese V0.58 20020310

System PC - Windows

Yet another update for the Jap MAME, I dont know whats new but surely given the regular updates it cant be too much.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator AGES V0.28b

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD/32X/Master System emu, heres whats new:
-Hopefully, it will not freeze up anymore.
-Added a new feature: Fast-Foward (hold down F12)
Get from http://www.emuitalia.com/ages

Homebrew BobbleTris

System GBA

Tetris clone using sprites from the Puzzle Bobble series.
Get from http://playeradvance.consolemul.com/fil ... letris.zip