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=News=
 
We keep you up-to-date with Dreamcast scene news. Whenever something happens it will be posted here.
 
==Rush Rush Rally Racing update==
''2nd April, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
Senile Team is still working on Rush Rush Rally Racing. They've just updated their website.
 
Well, we're still working on Rush Rush Rally Racing. Progressing, expanding,
improving! To ease the wait, I've put up some [http://www.senileteam.com/r4shots.php new screenshots] and [http://
www.senileteam.com/downloads.php?i=59 Rush Rush Rally Racing wallpapers].
 
'''Source:''' [http://www.senileteam.com/ SenileTeam.com]
 
==SMS+SDL\DC 0.1 released==
''1st April, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9012 fackue] has released SMS+SDL 7.1 for the Dreamcast (SMS/GameGear emulator). He already announced that he will most likely not continue the work on his new emulator.
 
This is a very quick port of SMS+SDL 7.1 by Gregory Montoir which was based on
0.9.4a of SMS Plus by Charles Mac Donald.
Put your .sms and .gg ROMs in /roms and burn.
The menu is a bit ugly, and not nearly as good as I'd like. There's currently
no way to get back to the menu when you play a ROM - this was just a test port
and I'll most likely not work on it anymore.
The ROM list code was taken from BlueCrab's SMS\GG\SG-1000 emulator, CrabEmu 
so all credits goes to him for that.
http://dchelp.dcemulation.org/downloads/smssdl-dc_01_bin.zip
http://dchelp.dcemulation.org/downloads/smssdl-dc_01_src.zip
 
[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=96944 Discuss this in our forums!]
 
'''Source:''' [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=96944 DCEmulation forums]
 
==Makaron WIP - If I were a rich man==
''1st April, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
Deunan (a.k.a dknute) announced that his Dreamcast emulator [[Makaron]] is no longer available for free. This is a sad decision but we have to accept that. He will be using a Pay to Play system. More information about that will come soon.
 
At least some of you must realize that developing Makaron is a time consuming
process. Time I could very well be spending doing things that bring me money.
I have expenses you know, mostly PC hardware and software but also Dreamcast
games and other stuff (like a new oscilloscope, as the old one died on me
sometime ago).
I'm happy people use my emulator and find it useful, but I also belive it's
only fair I got someting out of it as well.
Having said that I've came up with an idea of Pay to Play system for Makaron -
prepaid style. Makaron will be free to download and try out but to play longer
you will need to purchase an activation code. Simply put, in exchange for
money you'll be given a limited time to use my emulator. Once that time is up
you'll need to pay again, very much like you would for a cell phone number.
Payment options will include credit cards and other common money transfer
services, but I haven't yet decided on the rates so it'll take a few days to #
set everyting up. I will be done with the activation code shortly too.
This is the last free version: Makaron T10. (link no longer working)
UPDATE: I've changed my mind - I'm going to start with payment system right
now. If you've managed to download the free T10 then consider yourself lucky.
 
[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=96947 Discuss this in our forums!]
'''Source:''' [http://dknute.livejournal.com/ dkunte.livejournal.com]
 
==Neko Project II 0.82 Dreamcast edition released==
''31th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
Histat has released  a new emulator for the Dreamcast, Neko Project II. It is a pc-9801 series emulator. You can get it from [http://neko.sourceforge.net the official website].
 
'''Neko Project II for Dreamcast'''
For more information, latest release at
http://neko.sourceforge.net
'''1) About'''
Neko Project II is a pc-9801 series emulator
'''2) Install'''
these files should contain in data directory
* BIOS.ROM
* FONT.ROM or FONT.BMP or FONT.TMP
* SOUND.ROM *1
*1 optional
unzip np2-<version>-dreamcast.zip
change dirctory np2-<version>-dreamcast
put your need file to data directory
and burn data directory at your own way
'''3) Contact'''
histat Contact
  histat <histat | AT |users.sourceforge.net>
 
[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=96940 Discuss this in our forums!]
 
'''Source:''' [http://neko.sourceforge.net neko.sourceforge.net]
 
==Request the pSX source for Chui==
''28th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
Chui needs the source of the [http://psxemulator.gazaxian.com/ PlayStation emulator pSX] in order to get a base for PSX4ALL. This emulator is available for Windows and Linux, but sadly the source code isn't available. Chui and DCiberia have started a petition to make the authors of pSX to relase the source code. We need a lot of people for this petition so post in the [http://foros.dciberia.net/viewtopic.php?t=368 DCiberia forums] or in [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=96904 topic in our forum] so we can get enough voices for this petition or just post in [http://psxemulator.proboards54.com/ the pSX forum].
 
'''Source:''' [http://www.dciberia.net/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=749 DCiberia]
 
==Giana’s Return (Beta) (26-03-2008)==
''28th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
Giana's Return team has updated their blog again. They informed us about bugfixes and they also said that they have created a group called "Giana's Return" on the German social network "StudiVZ" ("meinVZ"). You can talk to the beta testers there. To all Germans here: Join this group. ;)
Today we thought to keep you updated about the ongoing bugfixes and
improvements.
*First of all we have extended the time limit from 99 seconds per level to 120
seconds. A bunch of people who were able to play a preview complained about
“lack of time” as they prefer exploring levels and collecting as many items as
possible. Those 120 seconds should be now really more than enough for
everyone, even for “explorers” and “diamond collectors”.
*We have two types of wall bricking now. As you know if Giana has her curly
hairstyle she can destroy bricks - depending on her power there are two ways
the brick disappears. If you have the energy-ball and you are bricking a wall,
the brick get’s dissolved. As soon as you get stronger and have shooting
ability, your “energy” level raises too and if you destroy a brick it splits
into 4 parts as you know it from the preview videos. This is more like an eye
candy and grant at least a little bit of difference during gameplay.
 
*Here comes something we have shameless stolen from “Super Mario”  If you
destroy a brick, you will get one extra score. This might be not a lot, but
the main goal is not to destroy as many bricks as possible. Maybe as soon as
the game is out some ppl might be worried about “who has the highest” score,
so adding this ability to bricks, will be an important factor for score
hunters. One point might be not a lot, but see everything in bigger
dimensions. We might raise the amount of points you get from 1 to 5 or 10, but
we are pretty unsure about that. After all you get 50 points just for
squeezing an regular enemy 
*The whole intro stuff is done - Credits, a “special inspriation screen”,
language selection and then it goes over to the titlescreen from where you can
start the game - just finetuning left there.
Last but not least, our coder fixed something which is of internal matter, the
test mode shows everything animated now - which is a lot more comfortable when
testing things
 
'''Source:''' [http://www.gianas-return.de/?p=135 gianas-return.de (1)]/[http://www.gianas-return.de/?p=136 gianas-return.de (2)]
 
==Makaqu 1.3==
''28th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
I'm posting this a bit late, but anyway: [http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7905 Manoel] has released version 1.3 of his QuakeMod Makaqu. It can be downloaded from [http://quakedev.dcemulation.org/fragger/dl.php3?url=Makaqu1.3.zip here].
Visit the [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=73662&st=0&sk=t&sd=a forum thread] for a changelog and more information.
 
'''Source:''' [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=73662&st=0&sk=t&sd=a DCEmulation forums]
 
==Makaron WIP - Time off==
''28th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
Deunan (a.k.a. dknute) has posted news about Makaron, his Dreamcast emulator.
 
I knew there was a good reason for not touching the GD-ROM code. But I did,
and as it stands now it's pretty broken - I will need to redesign it quite a 
bit.
There are several major problems to solve, all tied to multithreading.
Unfortunately I don't really know how to fix them. Or rather, I do, just
haven't come up with an idea I feel like implementing. I'd rather spend some
time thinking about it and do it right (well, mostly) than throw a ton of
nasty patches in. I might actually have to pull out a drawing block, some
pencils, and start designing it on paper first. This is a bit new to me, not
being able to easily cover for all possible cases in my head. I guess that's
MT for you...
I hope to release something in the first week of April. If the new GD code is
not ready by then, I'll revert to the old one. I want to see if vibration
works for other people too. By the way, I haven't done a single thing during
holidays  I blame Knurek. And Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call he told me
about. But mostly Knurek.
 
'''Source:''' [http://dknute.livejournal.com/ dknute.livejournal.com]
 
==Giana's Return WIP - GFXxXx & more!==
''26th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
The Giana's Return-Team has updated their blog.
Earlier this morning (1am) [thUg] came up with a fixed tileset of World 1. It
is looking a lot cleaner than the one we used before.
Some of you might think, why do you guys need to clean and detail pixel things?
It’s pretty easy to answer. The graphics are optimized for 320×200 pixel
screens, this also keeps us the possibility open for a MS-DOS port. If we have
“dirty” pixelgraphics and resize this to native solutions of other systems,
things would look a bit rubbish. With this clean-pixel task we try to improve
the quality for fullscreen stretching on any machine, while keeping the retro-
style.
Due to the professional repixeling the amount of colors are also reduced a
lot, which ensures we can save some RAM  This might not be relevant for new
systems, but we want to have this game running on many beautiful (retro)
systems such as GP2x, Amiga AGA, Dreamcast, Playstation Portable, etc…
 
Also some gossip about Giana’s Return GP32: As our music is available as .xm
this willl eat lots of CPU speed, it might be a special difficult task to
manage this game on a GP32, which does not mean it will not happen. We are 
currently discussing what to do and if it’s possible at all. Our musician
op3rator took the old MOD’s and improved them and added more channels, which
turned out in 8 channel .xm’s. His base music is basically available as .xm
only now (specially the new composed tracks) and we wont give him more work
with “backcomposing” to .mod. So either we can get Giana jumping on a GP32 or
not… the chances are 50:50.
Also there are still thoughts which platform we should support first.
Initially we have thought about a GP2x release, but it’s unsure at this time,
if this will really happen first. There are severall reasons for this… we will
just track the homebrew scene, follow comments and behaviours of users and our
decision will be positive for the “most helpful and thankful” community.
With today we are one stop closer and many more steps will follow. While the
tileset adjusting is not fully done, we are working on many “minor” engine
improvements - specially eyecandies. Our genious french coder is working very
hard to get the bugtracker empty and add improvements, which should work out
really well for the final product.
 
'''Source:''' [http://www.gianas-return.de/?p=134 gianas-return.de]
 
==lxdream WIP - A distinct lack of time ==
''26th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
There's new progress on the Dreamcast emulator for Linux.
 
I apologise for the lack of updates recently - unfortunately I have not had a 
lot of time to work on lxdream lately due to real life conspiring against me.
I’ll try to update when I can, but for now there probably won’t be a lot to
report until at least the end of May.
The good news is that lxdream-render is pretty close to mergeable now (doesn’t
seem to break much now), and I’ve spent a bit of time trying to track down the
irritating “geometry” bugs I’ve been seeing (It looks like bad geometry on
screen, but the same data renders just fine on the DC). The bad news is that
thus far, I haven’t really gotten anywhere with said bugs  .
 
'''Source:''' [http://www.lxdream.org/news/archives/41 lxdream.org]
 
 
 
==New interviews==
''23rd March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
I added 4 interesting interviews to our [[DCEmulation:Interviews|interviews]] page. (An interview with GPF, Dan Potter, DJGeki and Sin.) All those interviews were previously unreleased or had gone lost. We hope you enjoy reading them!
 
==ScummVM and the Quest for Code: Join the Google Summer of Code==
''21st March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
The [[ScummVM]] project is participating on the Google Summer of CodeTM. Since [[ScummVM]] is one of the most interesting projects in the Dreamcast-Scene, some of you might be interested.
 
Do you know what a fabulous time we had last year participating in the Google 
Summer of Code? OK, you don't have to answer that, it's a rhetorical question.
Fact is, it was fabulous! So fabulous we thought we'd apply again. And Google
is so fabulous that they've elected ScummVM to take part again. Fabulous.
(overuse of some words purely intentional).
So, where are you going to spend this summer*? Again some exotic beach?
Perhaps this year on Monkey IslandTM?
Well if you are a student and want to make a buck this summer (more accurately
$4500 US of them), Google is organizing the absolute Open Source recruitment
drive, also known as the Google Summer of Code! The program is designed to
create an incentive for students to participate in Open Source projects, by
providing guidance and economic support. What's more, your favorite project
ScummVM is proud to be participating!
Think about it. Have you ever thought about contributing to a large Open
Source project like ScummVM but were intimidated to do so? With the Summer of
Code opportunity, you can put your skills at work under close cooperation with
our mentors. They'll help you ease in the team, plan the task ahead of time
with you and guide you all along.
To get things started, you have to pitch us your idea. Take a look at our Open
Tasks page for some suggestions. Then visit the Google Summer of Code website,
read up on the FAQ and check out the application guide.
Now, hurry up! You've got until March 31, so get cracking!
*: Summer in the northern hemisphere definition :-)
 
'''Source:''' [http://www.scummvm.org/?shownews=20080321.xml ScummVM.org]
 
==Stealth Quake v1.1 released==
''20th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7831 Tyne] has released a v1.1 patch for his QuakeMod "Stealth Quake."
 
Stealth Quake v1.1 Patch Released
Extract and overwrite all the files in the /Stealth/ (or /StealthWQ) directory.
'''Darkplaces ver,'''
http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthDP11.rar
'''WinQuake ver,'''
http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthWQ11.rar
 
'''Source:''' [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=96837 DCEmulation forums]
 
 
VERSION 1.1 CHANGES
-------------------
 
* Version is now displayed at start up
* Chthon is harder
* Balance tweaks
* Pistols do not remove in E2M6 and E4M7, fixes incompletion bug
* Minor bug fixes
* Updated Readme file
* Intermission fixes
* Fixed collision for Winquake and find() for AI point markers
* Fix LightAffect flag not disabling at times allowing monsters to see you
  even though you're hidden
* Fix cycleweapon commands, mainly concerns console Quake players
 
==Stealth Quake  released==
''19th March, 2008'' Posted by: [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29699 Maturion]
 
[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7831 Tyne] has updated his Quake mod that works on Xbox and Dreamcast.
 
 
Grab it here:
'''High-end Darkplaces version:'''
http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthDP.rar
'''Text:'''
http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthDP.txt
'''Low-end Winquake version:'''
http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthWQ.rar
'''Text:'''
http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthWQ.txt
I've tested the Winquake version on Xbox which uses nearly the same engine as
nxQuake, so it should work on Dreamcast; it'd be nice if someone can test it
for me to be sure though.
 
'''Source:''' [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=96837 DCEmulation forums]

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