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Emulator MAME 0.115u2

System PC - Windows etc..


Arcade emu, news
MAMETesters Bugs Fixed cidelsa0114u4gre [Aaron Giles, for real this time]
# pignewta0115u1gra [ShimaPong]
# gorf0115u1ora [Aaron Giles]

Source Changes
# Merged in a couple of minor tweaks from MAME Plus! [MAME Plus!]
# Fixed China Gate high scores. [Robbert]
# Fixed Final Lap R/Speed Racer graphics. [Zsolt Vasvari]
# Added a new opcode for Match It 2. There still are 4 unknown opcodes and the "no tiles" bug before it will be promoted to working status. [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
# Changed the CRTC6845 emulator to optionally control the screen configuration and video rendering. Updated the Qix and Spiders driver to use the new functionality. Added notifications for when the display enable pin changes in order to drive blanking signals. [Zsolt Vasvari]
# New 74123 timer emulator. It supports different ways a 74123 can be hooked up that affect the timing period. The old implementation was incorrect in lots of respects. [Zsolt Vasvari]
# Removed the addressing order parameter from pia_config() and replaced it with dedicated write and read handlers. [Zsolt Vasvari]
# Fixed bug in win_get_window_text_utf8() for when a window's text is an empty string. [Nathan Woods]
# Fixed some page 1 opencode lengths in the 6309 dissasembler. [Tim Lindner]
# Added DIP switches to Master Boy according to the game manual. [ClawGrip]
# Added DIP switch information to the Poizone driver. [Luigi30]
# Changed png2bdc to support multiple input PNGs. [Aaron Giles]
# Fixed recently introduced bug in Astrocade driver relating to collision detection. [Aaron Giles]
# Added support for controlling the default scale/offset for screens at the driver level. This allows us to properly describe the screen width/height and blanking in the driver independent of specifying a good default size to crop the image to. [Aaron Giles]
# Added border support to the Astrocade driver. Extended the starfield generation out into it. Extended the blanking region out farther to match information from the flyers and set the default scale/offset of the games to crop appropriately. [Aaron Giles]
# Fixed the CDP1869 to fill the border area with the background color. Added cropping to the Cidelsa games. [Aaron Giles]
# Corrected speaker locations and placement for Gorf and Wizard of Wor. Added missing mux to Gorf's audio, which controls speech versus sound effects during the game. [Aaron Giles]

Rewrote nyny driver: [Zsolt Vasvari]
# Game speed should now be correct. It was way too slow before
# Added star field. The game can stop and reverse the direction of the star field by changing a delay counter
# General driver clean-up
# Fixed DIP switches and the voices

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
# Multi Game [Mariusz Wojcieszek]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
# Chameleon 24 [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
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Emulator MAME Plus! 0.115u2

System PC - Windows

unofficial mame, it doesnt say whats new yet if theres any specific changes
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Emulator MAME Plus Plus 0.115u2

System PC - Windows

unofficial mame, now up to date
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Emulator MAME32XT 0.115u2

System PC - Windows

unofficial mame, now up to date
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Dat Mameinfo.dat v0.115u2

info on games in mame, news:
* Updated to MAME 0.115u2.
* Added 0.115u2 Source/Listinfo changes.
* Newest Bugs (22nd May).
* Completely re-added MAME 0.77-0.80u2 Source/Whatsnew/Readme-infos.
* Fixed Mameinfo.dat infos.
get from here if you patch it yourself or here fora ready patched version

Emulator WinUAE 1.4.3 Public Beta 2

System PC - Windows

Amiga emu, news:
Beta 1:

- use Segoe UI font only if running on Vista
- separated native and P96 vsync setting, note that P96 vsync has never been "real" vsync but sync to internal refresh rate which isn't usually same as real host refresh rate. Sound problems fixed when P96 VSync and 56KHz "audio trick" was enabled.
- sprite attachment fix, fixes "Great Demo" by "The Tremendous Trio"
- clear sound buffer before reopening window/fullscreen
- delayed CDTV CD inserted notification (Xenon 2)
- CDTV CD audio stop command fix (DOTC2, ChaosInAndromeda CD player)
- added MB RAM support to debugger's search commands
- Paths-panel improved, added previously "hidden" AMIGAFOREVERDATA environmental variable (if set), and separated AF2005 and "new" WinUAE
paths (only difference is default KS ROM path, AF2005 = <root>\..\system\rom, WinUAE is <root>\roms or <root>\rom)
- Quickstart-panel DF1: disable/enable checkbox added (available only in configurations that have DF0: enabled)

Beta 2: Mostly pointless SCSI stuff here but at least I learned a lot about low level SCSI protocols

- WD33C93 + (Super)DMAC based SCSI HDF emulation. A590/A2091, A3000 and CDTV with SCSI expansion. Current implementation is very minimal. A590/A2091 Boot ROMs 6.0, 6.6 and 7.0 tested and confirmed working. A3000 random KS ROMs (including "1.4") also confirmed working. CDTV with 1.0 extended ROM freezes during standard WB 1.3 startup-sequence (works if run manually..) Newer extended ROMs work without freezes. NOTE: disconnect/reconnect not emulated (yet?), SCSI Message out + Command + Data in/out + Status + Message in phases emulated. Most WD33C93 registers are not emulated. Non-tested drivers (KS versions) most likely won't work yet. Check the log!

- A3000 KS "1.4" added to ROM list (yes, it is beta but it came with some A3000s) Need confirmed official A3000 and A4000(T) information before more A3000/A4000(T) ROMs will be added. (Note A3000 ROMs, not SuperKickstart images!)
- A590/A2091 6.0, 6.6 and 7.0 added to ROM list. A590/A2091 ROM is automatically selected, manual rom selection is not possible.
- A590/A2091 Guru ROM added to ROM list (not yet supported, I need A590/A2091 autoconfig er_InitDiagVec value first, Scout shows it)
- A4091 40.9 (no CRC available yet) and 40.13 ROM added to ROM list. NCR SCSI (A4091 and A4000T) is not yet emulated.

- Action Cartridge Super IV Professional emulated partially, also added support for Super IV "ROM version" (Super IV cartridge does not have any ROM chips, "ROM" is loaded from disk) Loader disk does not work yet! Interface is very different compared to Action Replay series.

Super IV image in the zone. "Can you upload"-type SCSI boot ROM related questions will be deleted.
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Emu util AmiKit 1.3.4 UPDATE

System PC - Windows running WinUAE

high end Amiga desktop, news:
UPDATED:
# AmiKit - MorpheuZ 1.4 (silly bug fixed)
# ASp 0.89
# playOGG 6.7
# WookieChat 2.6
get from here if you have an old version pre 1.2.0 or dont have it yet, if you do have it go online with it to update

[Hawq]

Emulator SDLMAME 0.115u2

System SDL

mame with DX taken out & SDL put in, news:
* Various OpenGL optimizations to reduce unnecessary state changes and texture copies (sgothel)

This should help performance on many lower-end cards and integrated chipsets. Please report if OpenGL drawing has any errors that weren't in u1 - the patch looked good to me and runs fine in my testing, but I can't possibly try all 6000 games
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[Hawq]

Emulator OpenC64 0.9

System PC - Windows

new C64 emu, first release thats all the news there is
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Emulator ProSystem 1.2

System PC - Windows

Atari 7800 emu, news:
* Implemented INTFLG (Beef Drop now works)
* Added Command Line parameters
* Added mapping of Exit and Menu Enable keys
* Added storing of Menu Enable parameter
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Emulator Hoxs64 1.0.4.18

System PC - Windows

C64 emu, news:
1) Minor adjustment to the VIC under-border background colour logic. The "1993" part of "Totally Stoned 2" by Booze Design is now pixel exact as seen on a real C64C.
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Emulator AGEMAME 0.43/.115u2

System PC - Windows

Arcade Gambling Extension, fruit machine emu, news:
The 6840 behaviour has not been changed, but now has been moved to a separate file for testing.
MPU4 updates in progress

# Source Changes Changed the CRTC6845 emulator to optionally control the screen configuration and video rendering. Updated the Qix and Spiders driver to use the new functionality. Added notifications for when the display enable pin changes in order to drive blanking signals. [Zsolt Vasvari]
# Removed the addressing order parameter from pia_config() and replaced it with dedicated write and read handlers. [Zsolt Vasvari]
# Fixed bug in win_get_window_text_utf8() for when a window's text is an empty string. [Nathan Woods]
# Changed png2bdc to support multiple input PNGs. [Aaron Giles]
get from here if you compile it yourself or get a binary from here or here

Emulator Mame32b.115.2

System PC - Windows

plain mame with gui
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Interpretor Portable ScummVM 1.7.0.1

System PC - Windows

ScummVM for use on a usb flash stick, news:
~ Entire program rewrite
~ Better error handling
~ Greater file existence checking
~ Merged theme into one zip file
~ Updated Readme
~ Included link to download ScummVM Source in "Source" folder
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Emulator Mame32Hp4 .115u2

System PC - Windows

P4 optimised mame plus with the usual extra files, cheat.dat, info.dat etc..
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Emulator Model 2 emulator 0.5

System PC - Windows

Model 2 emu, news:
This release fixes several playability bugs in Daytona USA (analog controls wraparound and windows disappearing when going to fullscreen) and adds a new playable game: Motor Raid.

It also contains a modified color lookup table processing that improves the colors in the original model 2 games (daytona, vcop and dtank).

The emulator now includes a nice icon and background image, thanks to jordigahan and Peabo for them.
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Emulator GnuboyGX Project 25/05/2007

System GC/Wii

GB/GBC emu, news:
-added a new option for display different palette colours in Mono GB Mode (most of them taken from GoombaColor)(Askot)
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[Hawq]

Emulator Mame Gp2x 3.9

System GP2X

mame in yer pocket, news:
A lot of improvements have been done by Slaanesh:
- Updated threaded sound core. Restart with each game for better reliability. No more disappearing sound for games.
- Major bug fix in FM sound, no more disappearing sound in FM based games! ie. Bobble Bobble, Black Tiger, MANY others.
- Bug fix to YM3812 sound system. Fixes for sampled instruments handling.
- Sample sound code adjusted. Should play better. Specific fixes with samples in Galaga (explosion), Star Trek, Gorf and Berzerk. Note: Star Trek requires new sample set.
- Bug fixes (memory leaks) in core MAME code: unzip, palette and other common functions.
- Bug fixes (memory leaks) in game drivers: 1943, Break Thru, Black Tiger, Commando, Sega System 8 games, Atari System 1 & 2 games (Gauntlet, Xybots, etc).
- Some debug code has been added to detect new memory leaks.
- Protection emulated in Solomon's Key.
- Updated driver for Return of the Jedi.
- Bobble Bobble sounds didn't sync correctly with video and audio clock at 100%. Fixed.
- Optimizations in the Sega System 8 video hardware. Games like Choplifter running significantly better now.
Thanks, Slaanesh, for all your hard work!
- DrZ80 compatibility improvements. More games are now compatible: Windjammers, Tokio, Bobble Bobble, etc.
- Added Turtle Ship (turtship) (MAME 0.35b1). It has been also added to the ClrMAME DAT. 1139 romsets are now supported!.
- Tehkan World Cup can now be played with two players using USB joypads. Thx to Pepe_Faruk.
- Small bugfix in the MMUHack flush-cache calls. Thx to Notaz.
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Emulator SDLMame 0.115u2a

System SDL

There is an experimental version 0.115u2a. This includes a bunch more OpenGL changes by sgothel that would be good to get tested. While this should improve OpenGL performance on all cards and systems, it should especially help ATI fglrx driver users on Linux.

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[Hawq]

Emulator Hoxs64 1.0.4.19

System PC - Windows

C64 emu, news:
1) Fixed assertion failure whilst using the monitor with a disabled 1541 disk drive.
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Emulator Dualis R20.4

System PC - Windows

DS emu, news:
CPU: Fixed a bug in the division SWI
CPU: Improved IRQ handling a bit
CPU: Added emulation of GetCrc16, GetSineTable, GetPitchTable and GetVolumeTable
GPU: Fixed a bug in the backdrop color selection that would sometimes occur
GPU: Fixed a bug in the rendering of 256-color r/s BGs (mode 4)
GPU: Modfied palette offset calculation for 256-color textures
GUI: Fixed a bug where the emulator would occationally freeze for a couple of seconds
GUI: Fixed a bug where CFlash initialization would sometimes fail when loading a ROM through the File menu
GUI: CFlash emulation is now automatically disabled when a compressed ROM is loaded (.zip/.7z)
GUI: Added a dummy sound emulation mode that works on computers with no DirectSound (EmulateSound=2 in dualis.ini)
GUI: Fixed a bug related to loading a ROM by double-clicking it in explorer
GUI: Added a "Recent" menu
GUI: Fixed some bugs in the map viewer
MMU: Fixed an LZ77 decompression bug
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Emulator AmiArcadia/WinArcadia 4.24

System Amiga OS3.5+, PC - Windows

Emerson Arcadia 2001 & clones, Interton VC 4000 & clones and Elektor TV Games Computer emu, news:
"Reset to monitor" command.
Interton VC 4000 controls help.
Bug fixes.
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Emulator Speccy 1.3

System PC - windows/dos & Nokia S60 3rd Edition phones

ZX Spectrum emu, news:
* Inlined WrZ80() for better performance.
* Added support for multiple disk drives.
* Improved support for DISCiPLE and +D interfaces (still incomplete).
* DISCiPLE/+D and ZX Printer can't be used at the same time.
* Split disk image handling from the FDC emulation.
* Added support for GZIPped disk images.
* Now freeing floppy disk buffers on exit.
* Now setting NOT-READY WD1793 flag when the disk drive is empty.
* Improved file type detection.
* Added menu options to save .MGT and .IMG disk images.

Speccy-Symbian changes:

* Further extended and optimized Symbian screen rendering routines.
* Fixed and optimized TV scanline simulation in Speccy-Symbian.
* Made scanline effect stronger in Speccy-Symbian.
* Added frame rate display option to Speccy-Symbian.
* Added "fill screen" zoom option to Speccy-Symbian.
* Added MIDI soundtrack logging to Speccy-Symbian (saved into E:\Sounds and can be used as ringtones).
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Emulator Lameboy DS v0.7

System DS

GB/GBC emu, news:
- fixed: less interscreen video glitches
- fixed: correct flag bits locations, helps Zelda Oracle of Ages
- fixed: window size overflow, helps with menu in both Zelda Oracles
- added: 60fps emulation speed sync
- added: fast mode with L button
- added: cpu emulation optimizations, more games run fullspeed
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Emulator WinUAE 1.4.3 Public Beta 3

System PC - Windows

Amiga emu, news:
ROM rescan required. I will delete your so called bug report if you didn't rescan roms! (normal users will update from <1.4.3 to 1.4.3 which means automatic rescan so no stupid questions either)

- ROM scan report dialog was totally broken
- uaescsi.device backends (SPTI/ASPI) are now available in new SCSI emulation mode. Checkbox added to advanced chipset, merges all SCSI and IDE CD/DVD devices automatically, does not override configured HDFs. Not multithreaded yet = emulation is stopped while SCSI command is executing = mostly useless for real world tasks, also SCSI configuration panel is still not implemented..
- confirmed A3000 3.1 ROM added to rom scan list.
- floppy drive sound GUI didn't work correctly if fdrawcmd.sys was not installed (=no PC floppy drives listed)
- A3000 36.141 KS ROM SCSI driver compatiblity fix (long word writes to byte wide WD33C93 registers.. not the first time Commodore ignored their own programming guidelines.. )
- A3000 SuperKickstart support hack, SuperKickstart loading works! (simple memory map remap hack, there is no MMU!)
- QS panel does not anymore complain about boot block crc error if disk is A1000 Kickstart disk or A3000 SuperKickstart disk
- A3000 Quickstart settings added, 1.4 = KS with Kickstart menu, SuperKickstart disk (or HD installed SuperKickstart) required. (also try clicking on top/left corner..)
- added "need 68030 CPU" dialog (KS 1.4)
- added expansion boot rom missing dialog
- added process breakpoint debugger feature (KB)
- GPL Ghostscript registry installation detection added (AFPL was only supported previously)
- Ghostscript printing fixed (only worked previously by accident..)
- built-in HRTMon moved to Cartridge ROM select menu
- added "real" SuperIV cart emulation (=need loader disk)
- debugger deep trainer improved. "D[<s><dix> <[max diff]>]" Di = value must increase, Dd = decrease, abs(new value minus old value) must be smaller than "max diff". s = 1 = byte, 2 = word. long words not supported. (defaults to byte) Signed integers used in comparison. NOTE: not really tested, I was not interested
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Emulator JasminEmu

System Java

ZX Spectrum emu, news:

It runs on Windows, Linux and Mac with Java 1.5.0 or newer installed.

The emulator leverages JOGL for graphics, and JOAL for audio. Since I'm developing it on a Mac, I'd like to know how does it perform on other systems. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Note, that JasminEmu is still in very early development stage. Don't expect it to run fast and flawlessly. I decided to host the open-source project on Google Code. The project is named jasminemu. Note, that only a small part of all sources are available at this moment; the remaining part needs minor refactoring and organising before publishing.

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Emulator JMEC64 v1.5 and JSwing C64 1.4

System Java

C64 emu's, news:
JME:
-implemented saving modified disk images (feature request ID 1725978)
-implemented drive write operations (feature request ID 1651787)
-fixed bug that caused the disk label and/or filename to be incorrectly displayed for .p00 and .prg files (bug ID 1725071)
-implemented drive write operations (feature request ID 1651787)
-implemented a virtual on-screen joystick for devices with a touchscreen (feature request ID 1609030)
-pointer can be used to emulate the joystick button

JSwing:
-implemented saving modified disk images (feature request ID 1725978)
-implemented drive write operations (feature request ID 1651787)
-fixed bug that caused the disk label and/or filename to be incorrectly displayed for .p00 and .prg files (bug ID 1725071)
-implemented drive write operations (feature request ID 1651787)
-implemented a virtual on-screen joystick
-left mouse button can be used to emulate the joystick button
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Emulator Ootake 1.06

System PC - Windows

PC-Engine emu, news:
- The screen display processing part was sped up. I think that processing lightened in some measure of a personal computer environment so not fast.
- Additionally, a detailed part has been improved and corrected.
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Emulator DeSmuME WIP Build 28.05.2007

System PC - Windows

DS emu, news:
-Fixes to visual disassembler
-Some 2D speed increases
-Other minor bug fixes
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Hmm only just noticed the links dont seem to open new windows anymore, odd

Emulator Model 2 emulator 0.5a

System PC - Windows

Model 2 arcade emu, news:
This is a small bugfix release:
# Fixed (hopefully at last) the analog wraparound bug.
# Fixed wrong colour table translation in vcop medium and expert levels.

Added a couple of useful features:
# Launch game from commandline (just add the driver name. ex: Emulator.exe stcc)
# Auto-switch to fullscreen after game loading (the option is in the Video menu)
* Model 2 Emulator v0.5a. This package includes both the normal and MultiCPU versions exes.
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Emulator ZsnexBox 3.2

System Xbox

Snes emu, news:
# Added a game guide/faq viewer. Start a game and exit to the in game menu. Select "Load Game Guide". Place guides (text format) in the "guides" directory. The best place to get game guides is http://www.gamefaqs.com. Navigation through the guide is: *Dpad up = 1 line up
# *Dpad down = 1 line down
# *Dpad left = go back a page
# *Dpad right = go forward a page
# *L or R trigger = analog scrolling
# *Left analog stick = move text left or right
I have also included a game guide and an interesting interview with the original author of ZSNES.
# Added a bookmark system for the guides. I figure it would be a pain to have to find the spot you need every time you open the guide (some guides are hundreds of pages long). So the emulator will always remember/save the last place you were at in each guide.
# Added option to change the bookmark path in the Path.ini (make sure you delete your old Path.ini or add the new line in the correct spot)
# Added option to change the number of lines displayed, font color, and font size for the guides. This is more intended for HD users since they will have bigger screens than non HD users. I chose a default font size where you can see the entire guide without scrolling left/right.
# Added a "Force PAL 50 Video" option. If you are a PAL user, you can force the display refresh rate to 50 (useful for PAL games if your Xbox is set to Pal 60 I would imagine). This option is only valid for PAL users. I have no way to test this feature. If it somehow causes harm to your TV/Xbox/life, don't blame me. ZsnexBox comes with no warrenty. But if it does work, please post your results in this thread.
No dl link, info here

Emu WIP Daedalus PSP wip status update

It's been a couple of weeks since the last update. As people tend to get a bit nervous when I don't update regularly, I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm ok and still thinking about getting R12 ready

I'm still in the middle of looking at fixing the various dynarec bugs which are keeping Super Smash Bros from working with Dynarec enabled. I've not made as much progress as I would have liked since the last post, as I've been very busy with work and various other commitments. Hopefully I should get a bit more time to work on R12 from the end of this week. I'll post an update as soon as I have more news to report on.

more as it happens here

[Hawq]

Emulator Mame .115u3

System PC - Windows

source.diff time, news:
MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
connect4_0115u1ora [Luigi30]



Source Changes
--------------
Fixed PIA numbers in revamped Spiders driver. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Updated TIA graphics code is the code from the MESS repository. Also
updated tourtabl driver to accommodate the changes. [Wilbert Pol]

Fixed Space Firebird so that the sprites are opaque with respect to
each other and bullets, but transparent with respect to the star
field. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Fixed subtle behavior in handling of PIA port A. This allows for the
removal of hacks in the Qix driver and the Williams driver.
[Zsolt Vasvari]

Cleaned up the tilemap get_info callbacks: [Atari Ace]
* regularized and clean up the existing callbacks
* changed some callbacks to use int tile_index as the parameter
so that all callbacks use consistent naming
* folded some direct uses of tile_info.flags into calls to
SET_TILE_INFO()
* changed the Konami drivers to manipulate the tile_info global only
within the tile_get_info callbacks
* replaced all the callback declarations with TILE_GET_INFO()
wrappers
* changed the interface to pass tile_info as a parameter and made
tile_info a static variable only accessible inside tilemap.c.

Significant changes to the berzerk driver: [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Video timings, memory map and interrupt system implemented from
schematics
- Hooked up colors according to the schematics as well. The colors
changed significantly. For example the yellow robots are now
more like a mustard color.

More ARM wrestling: [R. Belmont]
- Fixed error in carry propagation on ALU opcodes of the form
ALU r1, r2, r3 SHIFTEROP #imm
- Fixed Thumb ADD instructions where the PC is involved
- Fixed LDMIA to mask off bits 0 and 1 of the destination address
- MSR instruction now properly respects processor mode and field
code flags

Modernized the Beam Invaders, Clay Shoot, and Embargo drivers.
[Zsolt Vasvari]

Changed the sound balance in Thunder Dragon 2 to match the original
PCB. Also verified the 68000 clock. [Corrado Tomaselli]

Fixed several more opcodes in the encrypted Irem CPU. [Robiza]

Fixed disassembly of brset and brclr opcodes in the 68HC11 core.
[Phil Skuse]

Fixed tilemap colors in the Konami ZR107 driver. [Ville Linde]

Fixed bug in INR/DCR opcodes in 8085 CPU core. [allentown_john]

Updated PIA interfaces to support masks for port A/B inputs. This
allows proper behavior of unconnected pins, according to the specs.
Updated a number of games to use the new interfaces. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Fixed bug that failed to initialize all IRQ states in the 6809 core
on a reset. Also fixed cycle timing and removed obsolete code from
the core. [Ernesto Corvi, Zsolt Vasvari]

Cleaned up vec_mult implementation. [Nathan Woods]

Improved toratora driver: [Zsolt Vasvari]
- added SN76477 from the schematics, but it sounds terrible; no doubt
the schematics are incorrect in many places
- updated to the recent PIA changes

Fixed input.c to use osd_ticks() instead of clock(). [Nathan Woods]

Fixed bit calculation in 6526cia.c which broke joysticks in the C64
driver in MESS. [Pete Rittwage]

Improvements to the rd2tank driver: [Zsolt Vasvari]
- fixed colors, based on the Red Tank flyer
- added AY8910's, sounds fine, but how exactly they are hooked up
to the PIA is not fully understood.
- hooked up CRTC properly



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Wild Arrow [Zsolt Vasvari]
G-Stream G2020 [David Haywood]



New clones added
----------------
Multi Game (set 2) [Roberto Fresca]
19XX: The War Against Destiny (Brazil 951218) [Nicola Salmoria]
Thunder Dragon 2 (9th Nov. 1993) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Flicky (128k Version, System 2, not encrypted) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Flicky (64k Version, System 1, 315-5051, set 2) [Corrado Tomaselli]
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Emulator MAME Plus! 0.115u3

System PC - Windows

unofficial mame, news:
-added halfwidth kana to built-in font
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Emulator MAME Plus Plus 0.115u3

System PC - Windows

unofficial mame with kaillera & 3D plugin support
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Emulator SDLMame .115u3

System SDL

mame with DX removed & replaced with SDL bits, news:
-SDL-wise this is similar to u2a with several bugfixes.
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Emulator MAME32XT 0.115u3

System PC - Windows

unofficial mame, not sure whats new
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Dat Mameinfo.dat v0.115u3

info on games in mame, news:
* Updated to MAME 0.115u3.
* Added 0.115u3 Source/Listinfo changes.
* Newest Bugs (30th May).
* Completely re-added MAME 0.80u3-0.86u2 Source/Whatsnew/Readme-infos.
* Fixed Mameinfo.dat infos.
get from here if you patch it yourself or get it ready patched here

[Hawq]

Emulator AmiArcadia/WinArcadia 4.25

System PC - Windows

Arcadia 2001 & clones, Interton VC4000 & clones and Elektor TV Games Computer emu, news:
* Interton VC 4000, Elektor TV Games Computer: compatibility improvements.
* Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
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Emulator Nuance 0.5.0

System PC - Windows

NUON emu, news:
* Fixed TimeToSleep, making Snake playable again (but still requires disabling MIDI in source code)
* Fixed many compiler bugs, fixing Walkthru and Room demos
* Modified minibios initialization procedure to fix media MPE crashes when AudioInit called prior to SprInit
* Added support for SetISRExitHook BIOS routine
* Added syscall interface for improved program performance when running on emulator
* Added compiler support for bilinear memory access instructions and conditional branches. Virtually all instructions are now compilable.
* Added functionality required by the bootloader application.
* Eliminated need to set the DVDBase variable manually.
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Emulator vBag S60v3 full-speed Demo release

System S60 3'rd edition phones

GBA emu, news:
Key Map:
Direction Keys:left,right,up,down
A:1 B:4 L:7 R:8 Select:2 Start:9
Quit: Right Soft Key

1. Put your roms into the folder "MMC:\data\Others\vBag"
2. DEMO does not have sound effects now. Sound option will be added in the future release.
3. DEMO does not have save/load options.
4. There is time limit in this demo version. After about 5 minutes, it will exit.
5. There is only a original display mode (240*160).
6. zip files are not supported
7. Version for Nokia S60v2 mobiles is in plan.
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Emulator NeonDS 0.0.4

System PC - Windows

DS emu, news:
* Implemented background alpha blending
* Improved game compatibility
* Support DirectInput joystick input
* Support customize keyboard and joystick input map
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Emulator Dosbox - 1/06/2007

System PSP

port of DosBox, news:

This patch, when applied to dosbox 0.60 and linked with these library functions, arwin's p-sprint and SDL (with 8-bit surface patch), gets dosbox running on the psp. Later versions use an array too large to fit in the PSP memory for indexing memory pages while this version has high level emulation of dpmi. I've tested simcity 2000 and tie fighter and they run although very slowly, a lot of optimization will be need if this will be usable. Note that stat fails if the root of the memory stick is what is being checked therefore it cannot be mounted. Mounting ms0:/psp works fine though. Also there is currently no mouse or joystick support.

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Emulator Mame32b.115.3

System PC - Windows

plain mame with gui
get from here to avoid the fileplanet queues

Dat Mame History.dat 1.15

not sure how large the update list is for this but as its been a while its a safe bet its big
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[Hawq]

Interpretor Wine 0.9.38

System PC - Linux

run windows stuff on yer penguin, news:
* Beginnings of support for copy protection kernel drivers.
* More MSI automation support.
* Many 64-bit compilation fixes.
* A number of OLE fixes.
* Lots of bug fixes.
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Emulator SNES9xGX2 (denman)

System GC/Wii

Snes emu, news:
* DVD automount fix (eke-eke) from 29.03.07 implemented
* Pal-Wii Support
* Imports old SNES9x 1.43 SRAM Saves ***NEW***
* Freezing State to MemoryCard (zipped) implemented needs only 9-16 blocks ,now you can save your game everywhere
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Emulator Snes9xGx 2.0.1b6

System GC/Wii

Snes emu, news:
# PAL Wii support - no separate version necessary! - eke-eke
# PAL roms now play at correct speed via internal timer, ntsc roms still use more accurate VSYNC timing - eke-eke
# Zipped freezes to memory card - take 9-13 blocks or so - based on denman's code
# Added option for auto save and load of freezes. For saving, can do both SRAM and Freeze if desired
# Memory card saving and loading shows a progress bar
# More miscellaneous ease-of-use improvements and cleanup
# Fixed: pressing B to get out of a rom file selection screen no longer drops you all the way back to the main menu. Now goes back to choice of where to load ROM (the "Load from DVD", "Load from SMB"... screen)
# Fixed: loading of joypad configuration in SRAM works again - no longer gets messed up

NOTE: due to changes in the settings, this version will reset your emulator options settings, so if you had saved preferences you will need to make your changes to the emulator settings again and save them
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Emulator Ootake 1.07

System PC - Windows

PC-Engine emu, news:
* The processing of ADPCM voice was modeled on the movement of a real machine. "Top wo Nerae vol.1" came to operate.
* The CPU(HuC6280) processing part was sped up. I think that processing lightened in some measure of a personal computer environment so not fast.
* When "Garou Densetsu Special" or "Ryuuko no Ken" is played, it becomes "setting of CD-ROM access fast" automatically.
* "Show Debug Window" was added to "Setting->Tool" menu. (for Developer)
* Additionally, a detailed part has been improved and corrected.
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Emu WIP PCSX2 WIP update Zero Eater

Real Time Clock (RTC) has been recently implimented by Refraction. PCSX2 now takes the current system time from your OS and inserts the value into PCSX2 upon launch, from that point onwards the emulated RTC counts independently from the OS.

So? you wonder, well apart from the BIOS now displaying the correct time and date - you would think this is a minor addition to PCSX2, nothing more than an addition to authenticity? Well you're in for a suprise!

It struck me when talking to Refraction over a cup of coffee, Metal Gear Solid 3 uses system time for various fun aspects of the game - Such as being able to kill The End from old age if you set the RTC 1 year ahead after saving during the battle.

Metal Gear Solid 3 had never done anything under PCSX2, so with the RTC addition to PCSX2 in mind, I popped the disc into my drive, and eureka it booted!! This however was only the beginning of an epic saga between Zerofrog and the Konami programmers!

Zerofrog has spent days wrestling with Knonami's ability to push the PS2 hardware to it's limits by making zeroGS KOSMOS push the limits of GPU's, Metal Gear Solid 3 certainly loves it's post processing! Not only has he managed to get the game looking ..well from absolute garbage to gorgeous, he's also managed to stop Snake from slipping through holes in the universe instantly.

The game still has issues, Snake still manages to find holes in the universe (falls through geometry), and he still likes to get stuck inside trees, rocks or just teleport off the edge of the world (the video demonstrates the latter beautifully!). The game also still suffers from visual issues, such as missing textures and the specular lighting overlay being drawn wrong, hopefully by the time the next incarnation of PCSX2 comes out, these issues will be mostly resolved.

So to celebrate this game going from nothing to ingame and the challenges it threw at us, we're releasing a video and 63 shots! Not all 63 are here though, General Emulation run by our betatester General Plot has 31 exclusive shots, so head there for the rest!

All this maybe great news (especially for MGS fans), but there is more, you may have noticed the nothing status games have been decressing steadily and the playable count is going up on our on site compatibility list, including some rather nice games...and there is a new plugin coming up...but you'll have to wait! Wink

Now enjoy the video which you can grab from here (it's a torrent so please seed, and check out our other torrented videos here)

See more pics of it in action here and here

[Hawq]

Emulator WinUAE 1.4.3 Public Beta 4

System PC - Windows


Amiga emu, news:
- return SCSI-1 style inquiry response when using A590/A2091 SCSI emulation (Old HDToolbox compatibility fix)
- do not crash with "out of bounds" error if SCSI emulation tried to read/write non-existing HDF block(s)
- SCSI READ CAPACITY PMI-bit emulated, HDToolbox "Read configuration from drive" compatibility fix
- A3000 1.3 SuperKickstart support implemented (includes "bonus" code remapping to 0xf00000 area)
- JIT on/off switching via uae-configuration re-enables direct mode
- added MOVEC registers and PC to r <reg> <val> debugger command
- A4091 ("A3090" says driver string in ROM...) Z3 card autoconfig and ROM loading implemented (pointless, no NCR53C710 SCSI chip emulation yet, same infinite loop as with A4000T KS3.1 built-in SCSI driver)
- A590/A2091 Guru ROM adapter emulated, driver does not yet work, uses not yet emulated WD33C93 features.
- real SCSI device support (via hardware emulation) is not really working. It isn't so easy to implement after all..
- copper writes are now detected by memwatch break points (note: writes only, freeze not possible. copper is a special case)
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Emulator Mame32Hp4 .115u3

System PC - Windows

P4 optimised Mame Plus! with the usual extra files, cheat.dat, info.dat etc.. updated where applicable
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Emulator OpenC64 0.9.2

System PC - Windows

C64 emu, news:
* added:
* menu item for online-help
* separate menu entry for "fast-loading" a program

fixed:
* bug that LOAD "$",8 did not load the directory (bug ID 1728567)
* crash when loading a file from a .p00 image (bug ID 1728562)
* bug that some keys cannot be typed (bug ID 1728565)
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Emulator AGEMAME 0.43/.115u3

System PC - Windows

Arcade Gambling Extension, fruit machine emu, news:
* 6840 changes reversed, as they will break compilations that include both forms.
* Added new triac handler for future use.

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
* connect4_0115u1ora [Luigi30]

Source Changes
* Fixed subtle behavior in handling of PIA port A. This allows for the removal of hacks in the Qix driver and the Williams driver. [Zsolt Vasvari]
* Updated PIA interfaces to support masks for port A/B inputs. This allows proper behavior of unconnected pins, according to the specs. Updated a number of games to use the new interfaces. [Zsolt Vasvari]
* Fixed bug that failed to initialize all IRQ states in the 6809 core on a reset. Also fixed cycle timing and removed obsolete code from the core. [Ernesto Corvi, Zsolt Vasvari]

Cleaned up the tilemap get_info callbacks: [Atari Ace]
* * regularized and clean up the existing callbacks
* * changed some callbacks to use int tile_index as the parameter so that all callbacks use consistent naming
* * folded some direct uses of tile_info.flags into calls to SET_TILE_INFO()
* * changed the Konami drivers to manipulate the tile_info global only within the tile_get_info callbacks
* * replaced all the callback declarations with TILE_GET_INFO() wrappers
* * changed the interface to pass tile_info as a parameter and made tile_info a static variable only accessible inside tilemap.c.
get from here if you compile it yourself or get a binary from here or EmuHQ its the same binary but as my webspace went a bit odd last week its handy to have a backup location

Emulator bsnes v0.020

System PC - Windows

Snes emu, news:
Five months and 43 WIP releases in the making, today I am releasing bsnes v0.020. I'd really like to express my thanks to blargg, for he has written a new S-DSP emulator that is an impressive 32 times more precise than all existing S-DSP emulators. It is now bus-accurate, and should produce bit-perfect sound output to that of a real SNES, excepting very minor, very extreme edge cases. Not only did he do this, he went out of his way to develop a special version exclusively for bsnes to ease licensing concerns and take advantage of bsnes' unique features, notably cothreads. I can't thank him enough. Unfortunately, bsnes has taken a ~10% speed hit over v0.019 by using this new S-DSP emulator, but I must stress the speed hit is entirely due to the way bsnes is implemented. blargg's standalone S-DSP emulator is very, very fast. Anyone is free to take a look at his S-DSP emulator, as he has released it as open source under the LGPL, by visiting his homepage.

# Unfortunately, the new cross-platform UI is not entirely finished. Some sacrifices had to be made to support libui. Specifically, the following features are missing from v0.019, but will hopefully be added back in future releases: Fullscreen support
# Input Configuration panel cannot capture joypad input. Joypad support is still present, but it must be mapped manually through the Advanced panel or through editing bsnes.cfg by hand
# The Cheat Code Editor is missing, but cht files can still be used from bsnes v0.019, and created by hand Sufami Turbo support is not accessible from the UI
# The UI on Windows is slightly less polished due to compromises to allow the UI to be readable on Linux.

I am sorry for the rough edges listed above, but I wanted to get a new release out, as it has been over five months since the last release, and I really want the world to be able to experience blargg's new S-DSP emulator.

Changelog:
# Added blargg's new S-DSP emulator, runs at 1.024mhz. Many thanks to blargg for this, as this puts all portions of SNES emulation except for the S-PPU at bus-accuracy
# blargg's S-DSP core fixes bugs in both Koushien 2 (J) and Toy Story (U)
# Corrected all S-SMP cycle timings to be hardware accurate. Thanks to blargg for creating an amazing test ROM that tested every possible opcode
# Corrected S-CPU wai instruction timing, fixes Mortal Kombat II
# Reverted HDMA sync emulation once more to fix Breath of Fire II (G) and Secret of Mana (U)
# Completely rewrote user interface to use libui, which is a wrapper that allows the same code to produce the same UI on both Windows (through the Win32 API) and Linux (through the GTK+ API)
# Corrected $2100.d7 OAM reset behavior, thanks to research from anomie
# Massively revamped the Linux port, should compile with no warnings or errors now
# Added 64-bit support to libco, tested on FreeBSD/amd64, should work on Linux as well
# Revamped makefile with suggestions from Nach
# Improved Linux Xv renderer to use the far more common YUY2 format, which should work on most Xorg drivers, allowing hardware accelerated video scaling
# Completely rewrote config file system. bsnes.cfg is now saved to user's profile folder on both Windows and Linux, allowing multi-user support
# A lot more work has been done behind the scenes, including massive code cleanups and portability improvements
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Emulator xebra070603

System PC - Windows

PSX emu, news:
-Fixed the default settings for cache simulation.
get from here

[Hawq]

Emulator Hoxs64 v1.0.4.21

System PC - Windows

C64 emu, news:
# v1.0.4.21 1) Fixed bug introduced in the previous version to the D64/G64/New disk insertion that loads tracks into both the whole track and halftrack position.
# 2) 1541 ROM changed to a 1541C revision 2 to cure a half track miss-alignment issue that prevents the correct saving to an inserted floppy following an attempted save with no floppy inserted.

v1.0.4.20
# 1) Numerous 1541 emulation fixes. The demo Intoxication by Singular and game Starflight now work.
# 2) Fixes to the VIC border unit and background colours. The demos LCP_memories and Skaaneland by Fairlight now display correctly.
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Emulator JSwing C64 1.5

System PC - Java

C64 emu, news:
-use system's browser to display online help from the project Wiki instead of help file from the .jar file
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Emulator VGBA 3.3

System PC - Windows/dos, S60 3'rd edition phones, PocketPC

GBA emu, news:
* Fixed rotated sprite mask rendering.
* Somewhat optimized rotated sprite rendering.
* Optimized BIOS emulation to use less floating point operations.
* Fixed an LDR/STR display bug in the ARM debugger.
* Added a universal LoadFile() function.
* Rehashed built-in menu options to make them more accessible.
* Further extended and optimized Symbian screen rendering routines.
* Fixed a bug in VGBA-Windows that started MIDI logging on entering the debugger.
* Finally fixed opendir() problem in EMULib-Symbian. All built-in menu file dialogs work now!
* VGBA-Symbian application menu is now split into three pages.
* Added configurable button and key mappings to VGBA-Symbian.
* Added "fill screen" zoom option to VGBA-Symbian.
* Added frame rate display option to VGBA-Symbian.
* Added MIDI soundtrack logging to VGBA-Symbian (melodic sound only, saved into E:\Sounds and can be used as ringtones).
* Fixed and optimized TV scanline simulation in VGBA-Symbian.
* Made scanline effect stronger in VGBA-Symbian.
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Emulator iDeaS 1.0.1.6

System PC - Windows

DS emu, news:
* Added Backup Memory autodetection.
* Added R4DS/FAT emulation.(read only)
* Added GetPitchTable function.(experimental)
* Added GetSineTable function.
* Added Memory View in debugger.
* Added SRAM byte management.
* Fixed bug in size background in affine mode.
* Fixed bug in RTC management.
* Fixed bug in bitmap sprites.
* Fixed transparent direct color backgrounds.
* Fixed bug in generating save states routines.
* Fixed bug in EEPROM management.
* Fixed bug in GXFIFO register.
* Various speedups to emulation.
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Emulator DSP 0.6ß3

System PC - Windows

ZX Spectrum & z80 based arcade emu, news:
• General
# BUG: NEC765 - Fixed reading a unformated track (number of sector zero).
# NEC765 - Fixed a bug reading a full track.

NEW:
# NEC765 - Implemented reading duble side disk (Now works 360kb and 720Kb disks)

ENHANCE:
# Betted audio and video sync.
# Updated to pascal SDL v1.17 library.

• Spectrum BUG:
# Fixed a stupid bug loading a Spectrum 48K ROM.
# Fixed a bug on Spectrum+3 pagination.
# Fixed Spectrum+3 screen update.

ENHANCE:
# More speed on Spectrum 128K pagination.
# Optimization and cleaned source code.

NEW:
# Now you can load Interface II 32K ROMS (I only found Knigth Lore!)
# Added preliminary drivers for Kempston Mouse and AMX Mouse.
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Emulator No$gba v2.4b

System PC - Windows

GBA/DS emu, news:
* ereader/demo's: uploaded ereader.zip (with magicflr, rotris, camera, bombswp)
* nds/sound: bugfix: fixed snd crash on mul1.5 speed (thanks Giuseppe Marletta)
* bios-clone: bugfix: gba/nds intrwait set IME=1 (eg. japanese/original ereader)
* ereader/a22i: vpk compression, good tree values, auto-method1/0 for gba/nes
* ereader/emu: automatically loads next strip, automatically extracts red-layer
* ereader/emu: supports homebrew 300dpi .bmp's and scanned 1200dpi .jpg's
* ereader/emu: emulates ereader hardware (requires ereader bios/bmp/jpg files)
* ereader/a22i: new .ereader and .title directive, handles .import'ed .nes roms
* ereader/help: added verify/create error correction (thanks Simon Rockliff)
* ereader/help: added dotcode, data, program, vpk chapters (thanks Damien Good)
* ereader/help: rev'ed PGA I/O ports, camera SIO ports, address bar encryption
* debug: shows "BiosSwi/IrqHandler" labels also for ARM9 (with offset FFFF0000h)
* bios/help: corrected bios-swi huffman description and added an example to it
* bios: improved bios-swi huffman decoder (straighter, smaller, and faster)
* xed: fixed occasional crashes on ctrl,k+n (missing reform in toggle_blocktype)
* wifi: emulates microsecond counter read/change/start/stop
* wifi: emulates data transfer from local txbuf to rxbuf of remote console(s)
* wifi/help: added chapters on the various ieee802.11b frame (=packet) formats
* wifi/help: added notes on multiboot beacons (and multicart/pictochat beacons)
* wifi/help: added notes on transfer completion flags in txbuf_loc registers
* wifi/help: added new values in hardware headers chapter, added unknown chapter
* wifi/help: added a lot of new bits and registers in transmit control chapter
* wifi/help: marked all "unused" registers as w_internal (=not used by firmware)
* wifi: emulates ie/if registers, emulates pending powerforce with powerack
* wifi/debug: displays wifi registers (and current channel) in I/O map window
* wifi/help: added chapters on ieee802.11 frames, renamed rxbuf/txbuf registers
* wifi: fixed rf write, emulates powerforce=8001h (over the hedge)
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Emulator fMSX-PSP 3.2.1

System PSP

MSX, MSX2, MSX2+ emu, news:
* Added menu navigation options - select from US PSP navigation (X confirms, O cancels) or Japanese PSP navigation (O confirms, X cancels—also used by most homebrew emulators)
* Added RAM/VRAM adjustment options
* Added HBlank/VBlank period selection (PAL/NTSC)
* Added MSX model selection (MSX1, MSX2, MSX2+)
* Improved accuracy of frames-per-second counter
* User interface improvements
* fMSX updated to version 3.2
* Rendering speed increase, switched to 15bit color (these mostly affect menu rendering)
* Various bug fixes
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Emulator XEBRA 070605

System PC - Windows

PSX emu, not sure whats new this time, could be a bugfix as its out rather quick after the last one
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Emulator Gpfce 0.4

System GP2X

Nes emu, news:
* Lots of work on the asm core. Timing fixed for some instructions. Some missing undocumented instruction handlers added. Lots of tweaking to make it compatible with all that mapper code.
* Completely new PicoDrive style menu added with most standard FCE Ultra and some additional options. Selector removed, ROM list is now built-in and only limited by available memory.
* Merged in most of code from 0.98.1x versions. Only ppu/rendering and sound emulation code left from 0.81 (which is less accurate but much faster).
* Default palette changed to one from later versions.
* Fixed some alignment problems in MMC5 and some other mappers.
* Some generic optimizations and code cleanup/refactoring.
* The built-in NSF player fixed.
* Authentic GameGenie support fixed.
* FDS support fixed.
* VS Unisystem support fixed.
* Ingame saves fixed (not sure when they got broken).
* Increased maximum sound volume.
* Added Zapper emulation just for fun.
* Added partial FCM movie support.
* Fixed some memory leaks.
* Fixed a bug which caused USB connection from GP2X menu to hang after using gpfce.
* Software scaler added.
* USB gamepad support added.
* TV out fixed.
* Documentation updated.
* Some other stuff I've forgotten about
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Emulator Gp2xpectrum 1.4b2

System GP2X

ZX Spectrum emu, news:
- CPU speed increase to 125/170 wasn't enough, and many games performed slower than they should, so I had to put the default speed up to 150/185
- Speed can be changed from the menu using VOL+/-, and can be saved for each individual game together with their keyboard profile
- Fixed memory contention for +2A/+3 models (Overscan now works)
- Changed the way to avoid the MMU hack problems, using Notaz's flush cache function instead of a screen buffer.
- Fixed a bug in L & R buttons assignation from .key file

Since CPU speed increase has been quite high, I'll probably leave precise contended memory emulation as optional for 1.4final version, as I did with No Frameskip vs Frameskip 1
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Emu util AmiKit 1.3.5 UPDATE

System PC - Windows

High end Amiga desktop, news:
# ADDED: id3tag library 5.6 by David Mevius

UPDATED:
# AfA_OS 3.96 (one more reboot is required to activate it)
# akGIF DataType 45.62
# akJFIF DataType 45.62
# akPNG DataType 45.62
# akSVG DataType 45.62
# akTIFF DataType 45.62
# EvenMore 0.64 (24-5-2007)
# MCC_BetterString 11.10
# Meridian 2.24
# MMKeyboard 3.26
# playOGG 6.8
# StackAttack 2.9
# TKPlayer 2.0 (now with skin support!)
just go online with it to be prompted to update if you have a version later than 1.2.0 if you have an earlier one or dont have it yet get it from here

Homebrew PSP Hexen II ver. 1.0

System PSP

its what it says a port of Hexen 2, news:
Working:
- Software rendering.
- Single player game and Portal of Praevus single player game
- Sound
- Save/Load
- Console commands
- Command line commands (through 'hexen2.cmdline' file)
- Multiple screen resolutions (trough command line params)
- User made maps loading (from console or command line params)
- Demo recording and playback (from console)
- On Screen Keyboard

Missing:
- Music playback
(disabled)

Untested:
- Multi player
(creating multi player game works)

Known issues:
- No progress bar displayed when starting/loading/saving game
(disabled because of stability problems)
- Restart or reload of a current map necessary if value of console variable
'r_transwater' is changed (otherwise water surfaces will not be rendered correctly)
- User made mods with modified progs.dat files will not work
- Sprite models with width or height that is not multiple of 4 can cause game to crash
- Some weird graphical artifacts can be observed sometimes
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[Hawq]

Emulator Snes9xGx v2.0.1b6a

System GC/Wii

Snes emu, news:
Fixed: Going up a directory when selecting a rom on a DVD wasn't working
get from here

Emulator Gp2xpectrum 1.4b3

System GP2X

ZX Spectrum emu, news:
* Fixed loading of .SNA files that became broken in previous version
* Small optimizations
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Emulator StellaDS v0.71

System DS

2600 emu, news:
* DLDI and libfat support for all of the new flash cartridges
* Updated to latest devkitpro toolchain
* Long-awaited streaming sound without any crackling and popping noises
* Code optimizations (code in the ITCM and the new armv5te compiler optimizations)
* Faster speed but still not 100%
* Usability enhancements with the menus (key repeat, no more bogus dot entries)
So now the sound finally works as it should, and many more people with microSD cards and the like can enjoy StellaDS. Look forward for more features in the future! Wifi multiplayer Warlords or Pong anyone? How about 100% speed via an assembly-optimized CPU emulator? I can't make any guarantees, but I'm definitely trying to implement these features.
get from here

[Hawq]

Emulator Mame .115u4

System PC - Windows

diff time, news:
Source Changes
--------------
Fixed a number of games to explicitly use the SN76489 now that it
behaves differently from the SN76496. [Lord Nightmare]

Fixed inputs in Ace Attacker. [Barry Gemma]

Fixed ledutil.c to work for USB keyboards again. [ahofle]

Improved colors in Safari Rally. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Fixed stobe light in Space Encounters. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Refactored the Dooyong video hardware to take advantage of tilemaps.
Also included priority fixes. [Vas Crabb]

Astro Fighter driver update: [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Added memory map/interrupt/video timings from schematics
- Hooked up SN76477 to Tomahawk 777
- Switched the two Tomahawk 777 sets. The newer version is now the
main set and the older has been renamed to tomahaw1
- General driver clean-up

Removed unused return value from MACHINE_START and SOUND_START.
[Zsolt Vasvari]

Changed save state code to not save any palette information if no
palette is used. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Simplified a number of videoram write handlers by removing extraneous
dirty checking. [Aaron Giles]

Added support for scaling graphics layouts automatically. The X and Y
scale factors are specified in the gfx_decodeinfo structures. Updated
the MCR driver to use this feature. [Aaron Giles]

Removed colortables from a number of drivers that didn't need them.
Also converted pacman and mappy drivers to collapse the colortable
and palette. [Aaron Giles]

Removed a number of common but useless and/or frequently incorrect
comment patterns throughout the code. [Aaron Giles]



New clones added
----------------
Asuka & Asuka (World) [Corrado Tomaselli]
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Emulator Mame32 .115u4

System PC - Windows

Plain mame with gui
get from EmuHQ to avoid the fileplanet queues

Emulator SDLMame 0.115u4

System SDL

mame with DX out & SDL in, changes are as the regular this time
get from here

Dat Mameinfo.dat v0.115u4

info on games on mame, news:
* Updated to MAME 0.115u4.
* Added 0.115u4 Source/Listinfo changes.
* Newest Bugs (xxth Jun).
* Completely re-added MAME 0.86u3-0.88u2 Source/Whatsnew/Readme-infos.
* Added 'Recommended Games'.
* Fixed Mameinfo.dat infos.
get from here (its a patch for the previous one) or a ready to go version from here

Emulator Hoxs64 v1.0.4.22

System PC - Windows

C64 emu, news:
1) Minor VIC fixes.
get from here

Emulator CpcAlive V1.08e

System PC - Dos

Amstrad CPC emu, news:
-corrections
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Emulator dosbox_psp_01062007

System PSP

a repack of crazyc's release to make life easier for everyone trying to find all the files

The release of the Dos Emulator for the PSP the other day from CrazyC wasnt easy for most to use because you have to find the files yourself but luckily the members of DCEmu have rallied together and we have Binaries, Screenshots and even a list of games working in this release.

get from here or here

Emulator FunnyMu 0.45 unofficial

System PC - Windows

creativision emu, news:
* changed cart loading routine in order to have full compatibility with "creatiVision Basic 1982" (3*4=12 KBytes ROM)
* changed cart loading routine in order to have full compatibility with "Werben ++++ Informieren" (8+2=10 KBytes ROM)
* fixed bug in 10 KBytes cart loading routine
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Emulator plus4emu 1.1.1

System PC - Windows/linux

Commodore +4 emu, news:
* added new 1541 timing code that fixes some programs that previously did not load, at the expense of higher CPU usage; it is enabled by default, and can be turned on/off in the floppy configuration dialog
* more accurate emulation of television vertical synchronization
* MacOS X build fixes; also added patch for FLTK 1.1.7 which fixes the check callback on OS X
* improvements and fixes in TED video shift register emulation
* fixed CPU I/O port data direction register ($0000)
* the ROM package now includes the 1541 DOS, rather than the 1541-II; however, it is still possible to use the 1541-II by loading dos15412.rom to ROM segment 10 in the machine configuration
* minor optimizations
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Emulator AGEMAME 0.43/.115u4

System PC - Windows

Fruit machine emu, news:
Fixed a small bug that was affecting the Neogeo games, while also engaging in a moderately serious cleanup of the AGEMAME code. Please report any regressions caused as a result.
Lucky Today driver changed to use Galaxian family code in all cases, to allow it to benefit from the planned improvements.

* Source Changes Fixed ledutil.c to work for USB keyboards again. [ahofle]
* Removed unused return value from MACHINE_START and SOUND_START. [Zsolt Vasvari]
* Changed save state code to not save any palette information if no palette is used. [Zsolt Vasvari]
* Simplified a number of videoram write handlers by removing extraneous dirty checking. [Aaron Giles]
* Removed a number of common but useless and/or frequently incorrect comment patterns throughout the code. [Aaron Giles]
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Emulator ManiacNes v0.1.7

System PC - Windows

Nes emu, news:
* [fixes] various bugs fixed
* [misc] re-wrote some parts of the code
* [misc] updated to MS VS 2005
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Emulator fceugc 20070607

System GC/Wii

Nes emu, news:
* Wii support (PAL50 fix, 1.35GiB restriction removed)
* 7zip ROM loading support from the DVD (not from a SD card!!)
* dvd_read fix (the read data was always copied to readbuffer instead of *dst)
* slower file selection when using the D-Pad (I didn't like the selection to go as fast as in the latest release)
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Emulator Ootake 1.08

System PC - Windows

PC-Engine emu, news:- The CPU(HuC6280) processing part, Sound processing part, and Sprite&BG character processing part was sped up. I think that processing lightened in some measure of a personal computer environment so not fast.
- In some games ("Bloody Wolf" and "Power League 3", etc.), the bug with not correct display order of the screen (generated from v1.03) was corrected.
- To play comfortably, the CD-ROM seek setting of default was made "Fast Seek" mode.
* If you loaded the state of an old version, "Fast Seek" returns OFF. In that case, please put the check in the "Speed->Fast Seek" menu by hand power. Then, I think that can play comfortably.
- The processing of ADPCM voice was modeled on the movement of a real machine more. In the latter half of "Top wo Nerae vol.1" came to operate.
- In "Tengai Makyou - Fuuun Kabuki Den", the display order of the character became correct.
- In game that has changed resolution of each line, the operation was modeled on a real machine more.
- Additionally, a detailed part has been improved and corrected.
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Frontend Emu Loader 5.0

System PC - Windows

multi emu frontend, news:
version 5.0 change log [June 09, 2007]
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.fixed: Games list not being fully created when using a "MAME Plus!" binary

.fixed: Added ".inp" extension to MAME's input playback / recording feature (by request)
... MAME does not add the extension automatically

.fixed: When using relative paths for snapshots and other image types, the frontend was pointing to
its own root folder instead of pointing to the emulator's root folder

.fixed: Record wave output feature from MAME was not setting the correct folder when using relative
paths... it should redirect to the emulator's main path (for each system)

.fixed: No more memory leaks after closing games filters screen

.fixed: Procedure "GetFilesList" (uCommon.pas) was adding folder names in the ouput list when
"sub-directories" setting is disabled (only filenames should be added)

.fixed: Very slow scan when building a list of files or directories (when a directory has a LOT of
files... like MAMu_ icons)

.fixed: Grouped view modes were not displaying the "Tree Root" toggle button

.fixed: Show game F.A.Q. was not working correctly... if using relative paths, the full path of the
emulator will be used (according to the selected game)

.fixed: crazy "Joystick Deadzone" / "Joystick Saturation" floating values when updating "mame.ini"

.fixed: when using relative paths with images folders / zip files, the full path is based on the
emulator path, not the frontend

.fixed: Couple bugs with parental lock feature

.changed: Moved "MAMu_ Icons" feature with all its settings to main screen's buttons tool bar

.changed: Moved MAMu_ Icons settings from [Preferences] to [MAMu_] section, "EmuLoader.ini" file

.changed: Update for MAME save state feature. According to MAME 0.114u3 all .sta files must be inside
their own game name folder now

.changed: MNG output files are now generated inside a game name's folder, just like snaps (MAME emus)
eg: "c:\snaps\bagman\bagman.mng"... when snapshots folder is set to "c:\snaps\"

.changed: Updated documentation files: "docs\el-quick-setup-quide.txt" and "docs\el-readme.txt"

.changed: The "MAWS Game Info" is now handled as a new image type instead of a separate feature

.changed: Images tool bar is now visible even when MAWS view mode is enabled

.changed: Moved "New Description Format [Game, The]" from preferences screen to "Games List" main menu

.changed: Renamed file from "filter2_02_master.ico" to "filter2_02_parent.ico", folder
"<frontend>\resources\main_icons\" and all "master / clone" references to "parent / clone"

.changed: Renamed files
- folder: "<frontend>\resources\main_icons\"
-> "gameicons_checkmiss.ico" to "mamu_scanmiss.ico"
-> "gameicons_checkunneeded.ico" to "mamu_scannotneeded.ico"

- folder: "<frontend>\resources\gameslist_icons\"
-> "*Master.ico" to "*Parent.ico"

.removed: File "<frontend>\resources\main_icons\gameicons_enable.ico"

.removed: Zipped MAMu_ icons support is gone so multiple folders can be used

.optimized: Several optimizations thru the entire project, reducing memory variables and for future
improvements. A bunch of duplicated codes were removed and some were merged, resulting on
hidden bug fixes. Frontend is much more solid now

.added: New system: "SEGA Model 2"
Thanks to ElSemi, we now have support for "SEGA Model 2 Emulator"!
Only version 0.5a and newer are supported...

Some of the supported features:
-> Game custom options:
Custom .ini are created on folder "<frontend>\arcade\segamodel2_ini\" and when running
a game with custom options, the file "<emulator>\emulator.ini" is renamed to
"<emulator>\default_emulator.ini" and the custom ini will be copied over

-> Custom command line

-> Audit ROMs

-> No merged games support, since ElSemi's emulator works with split-merge sets

.added: New column: "Bios Name". Useful for bios based games, like Neo Geo, PlayChoice-10, CVS, etc

.added: Menu items renamed and added new features to run games (games popup menu):
-> renamed menu item "Play" to "Run Game"
-> renamed menu item "Play (Custom)" to "Run Game (Custom)"
-> added menu item "Run Game and Playback Input"
-> added menu item "Run Game And Record Input"
-> added menu item "Run Game and Load a Save State"
-> added menu item "Run Game and Record Wave Output"
-> added menu item "Run Game and Record MNG Output"

NOTES:
- As you can imagine, the new menu items work just like in MAME32. Select one of them
and a window will open, so you can select a file name
- The new menu items are for MAME based emulators only (no ZiNc, Daphne or SEGA Model 2)
- Hit the "Cancel" button to abort running the game
- You cannot change the folder where files are created, go to MAME default settings instead
- The old features located under "Advanced User" main menu were, of course, removed

.added: New tool bar button: "Favorites". Use this to toggle favorites lists ON/OFF

NOTES:
- The favorites filter is removed from the main filters list now
- When favorites is enabled, the main filters button is disabled

.added: New menu item: "Reload ROMs Folders" (main menu "Emulator")
Use this menu item to reload the ROMs folders into memory, if you edit the "rompath" entry
in "mame.ini" file manually

.added: Support multiple folders in MAMu_ icons feature. Now each system can have its own
set of folders (preferences screen, "Folder/Files" / "General" tab)

NOTES:
-> From now on, you must set all folders you wish to use for each system
When using relative paths, the full path will be based on frontend's main folder

-> Files will be scanned from 1st folder to last so, make sure to always put the main
folder for a specific system at the top of the list, when using multiple folders

-> You can edit folders after adding them to the list with the new "Edit [F2]" button

-> Zipped icons is removed so multiple folders can be used

.added: Feature "MAMu_ Icons" rewritten:
- New settings:
- "Show Parent Icons"
-> show/hide icons for parent games (clone icons are also affected)

- "Show Clone Icons"
-> enable to display game icon for, disable it to display the icon of the parent game

- "Show Special HazeMD Icons"
-> enabling this setting will make EL load the following icons for HazeMD games, when
game icons are not found (MAME and HazeMD systems):
.Mega Drive / Genesis: "g_games.ico", using drivers "md_games.c"; "md_gamul.c"
.Master System: "s_games.ico", using driver "sms.c" and game names starting with "s_"
.Game Gear: "gg_games.ico", using driver "sms.c" and game names starting with "gg_"

- "Show Game Bios Icons"
-> show/hide biosname.ico, when game icons are not found (for bios based games only)

- "Show Game Driver Icons"
-> show/hide drivername.ico, when game icons and bios icons are not found

- "Force Game Bios Icons"
-> show biosname.ico even if game icons are found (for bios based games only)

- "Force Game Driver Icons"
-> show gamedriver.ico even if game icons are found
... if "Force Game Bios Icons" is enabled and the biosname.ico is found, the driver
icon will not be loaded

- "Settings Info"
Access this menu item for more info on how to use MAMu_ icons feature

.added: Feature "Scan for Not Used MAMu_ Icons" has been rewritten
Now you can delete old files using the frontend, instead of just generating a HTML file
You can even edit the file using the "Edit" menu item (with .ico associated app)
To use this feature:
1. Select the system you want to scan
2. Click the "Scan" button and wait a moment
3. Repeat steps #1 and #2 to scan other systems
3. Check all files you want to delete
4. Select "Delete Checked Files" button to delete all files

NOTES:
- Files are grouped by system, making it easy to navigate
- Recycle bin is not supported. Once you delete files there is no turning back!
- You can export the current list to a .txt file
- You can sort the list by clicking the column's headers
- There is a file "<frontend>\ini_files\el_mamu_exclude.ini" containing a list of files
that you don't want to be included in the list (like "!mamu.ico" and others)
Update this file using a text editor or directly in the frontend (list popup menu)
- There is a popup menu (mouse right-click), use it

.added: Feature "Scan for Missing MAMu_ Icons" has been rewritten
Create a list of all games with no game icons directly in the frontend, instead of a HTML file
You can even create and edit a .ico file using the "Edit" menu item (with .ico associated app)
To use this feature:
1. Select the system you want to scan
2. Check "Search Clone Icons" checkbox to scan icons for clone games (optional)
3. Click the "Scan" button and wait a few seconds
4. Repeat steps #1 to #3 to scan other systems

NOTES:
- Games are grouped by system, making it easy to navigate
- You can export the current list to a .txt file
- You can group all "parent + clones" related games sorting the list by the "clone of" column
- Show all games, only parents or only clones
- When creating/editing a icon, there will be a 700 milliseconds pause before the .ico
associated application is called (for slow computer systems)
- There is a popup menu (mouse right-click), use it

.added: New games filter: "Konami Hornet System / Konami GTI Club System"
Two systems in one filter, based on Voodoo hardware

.added: The hint in games filter tool bar button now contain the selected filter's descripton

.added: Feature "Scan for Not Used Images" has been rewritten
Now you can delete old images using the frontend, instead of just generating a HTML file
To use this feature:
1. Select the system you want to scan
2. Click the "Scan" button and wait a moment
3. Repeat steps #1 and #2 to scan other systems
3. Check all files you want to delete
4. Select "Delete Checked Files" button to delete all files

NOTES:
- Files are grouped by system, making it easy to navigate
- Recycle bin is not supported. Once you delete files there is no turning back!
- You can export the current list to a .txt file
- You can sort the list by clicking the column's headers
- There is a popup menu (mouse right-click), use it
- Image types are separated by the icon you are used to

.added: Feature "Scan for Missing Images" has been rewritten
Create a list of all games with no snapshots directly in the frontend, instead of a HTML file
You can even run the game from this screen
To use this feature:
1. Select the system you want to scan
2. Select the image type you want to scan
2. Check "Search Clone Images" to scan images for clone games (popup menu)
3. Check "Scan Unavailable Games" to scan images for games you don't have (popup menu)
4. Check "Scan Bios Games" to scan images for bios sets, like neogeo, cvs, playch10 (popup menu)
5. Click the "Scan" button and wait a moment
4. Repeat steps #1 to #5 to scan other systems

NOTES:
- Games are grouped by system, making it easy to navigate
- You can export the current list to a .txt file
- You can group all "parent + clones" related games sorting the list by the "clone of" column
- Show all games, only parents or only clones
- When creating/editing a icon, there will be a 700 milliseconds pause before the .ico
associated application is called (for slow computer systems)
- There is a popup menu (mouse right-click), use it

.added: New feature: "Delete All Selected Games Files" (games popup menu, "Delete" sub-menu)
Delete multiple .zip files at once. A new window will open so you can check all files to
delete. Separeted by system
Note that "Enable Multiple Selection" setting ("Games List" main menu) must be enabled

.added: New feature: "Delete All Visible Games" (games popup menu, "Favorite Games" sub-menu)
Same as delete all selected games files, but is for favorites lists and with 3 differences:

1. You must be in favorites mode
2. Only games that are visible on the list will be added, meaning, the list will be affected
by the current games filters settings
3. No need to select multiple games, as they will all be added to the list automatically

.added: Multiple folders support in "ZiNc - 3D Arcade Emulator" system
Note that parent + clones + bios sets must be in the same folder since ZiNc does not
support loading sets on different folders

.added: New audit options: "Export Results to File" and "Export Bad Results to File" (audit popup menu)
these 2 options replace the "Save to HTML" menu items (they are still available though)

.added: New feature: "View Audit Results" (main menu "Games List")
View the results of your audited games at any time, without using the audit screen.
To use this feature, you need to save the audit using "Export Results to File" menu items on
the audit screen's popup menu
There is also a new file: "docs\el-audit-results-format.txt"

.added: New game documents view: "PCB Info" (main menu "View", sub-menu "Documents")
New feature to view pcb info, also works with automatic game info
Make sure to set the folder where .txt files are (preferences screen, "Folder /Files" tab,
"General" sub-tab, in "PCB Info Folder" frame)
You will find pcbinfo files at MASH website (http://www.mameworld.net/mameinfo/)

.added: Support for Daphne v1.0 betas
Works the same as before, but the file "\ini_files\daphne.ini" is not needed anymore
The only required file is "<daphne1.0>\config.xml" to build the games list

NOTE: File "\ini_files\daphne.ini" is still needed for Daphne v0.99.7
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Plugin nullDC NetPlay 1.0.0 BETA 1

Emulator NullDC

netplay plugin, news:

Remember there are MANY problems and it will more than likely not work. I suggest you read through the readme thoroughly to make sure everything is configured correctly.

WARNING! Netplay is still in its early stages, it has known bugs, problems and limititations. It's not user friendly either.
If you encounter any problems regarding Netplay configuration and usage, don't bother reporting them or asking for help.
"We" know about them. "We" will not take the time to fix them any time soon because the current state of the emulator does not allow it. If the information in this document does not help you then "we" can't help you either.
Configuration is very important so be sure to read this document because it's almost certain that you will encounter problems (unless you REALLY know what you're doing).
If you're OK with all the known bugs, problems and limititations then you can continue reading this document. Have fun.

Netplay Compatibility
Explaination:
Working: Does not Lose Sync (with some luck and if everything is configured correctly)
Not Working: Lose Sync (expected )
Unknown: Same as Not Working, just not verified yet.

# Known Working Games: Dead Or Alive 2
# Gauntlet Legends
# Ikaruga
# Powerstone

Known Not Working Games:
# Marvel Versus Capcom 2
# Soul Calibur

Unknown Compatibility:
# *Everything Else*

Note: Games with Unknown Compatibility are expected Not To Work unless proven otherwise.

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