Non DC Emulation and Homebrew News

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sun Jan 13, 2002 5:50 am

Emulator Foon V0.18

System GBA

Spectrum emu, heres whats new:
-This update modifies the unscaled scrollable mode. Now, you can hold down the left shoulder button and use the direction pad to scroll in all 4 directions. The left shoulder button cannot be used as a control key in this mode.
-Also, as requested, there's a version number on the Injector.
Get from http://foon.pocketheaven.com/

Homebrew Brain'n'bells Version V0.3b

System GBA

Puzzle game, heres whats new:
-Added 2 Tutorial levels for beginners (very easy levels).
-Added 3 enigma/level (more harder, but easy too !)
-Lot of gfx change.
-Slowdown the game speed to avoid unwanted moves !
-Try to improve gameplay, with better gfx lisibility, and a new pad handler.
-Display various usefull variables: Keys/Level/Remaining seeds.
-Add level presentation, with title/Comments/Advice.
-Correct/Test most importantly internal things.
Get from http://perso.wanadoo.fr/someone/

Emulator Mupen64 V0.0.2

System PC - Windows/Linux

N64 emu, heres whats new:
-This new version can play mario64 in wireframe mode at a reasonnable speed
Get from http://hacktarux.multimania.com note that there will soon be a new BeOS version out

Frontends FanderMAME Front End

Emulator FanderMAME

System PC - Windows

Frontend for the unofficial MAME variant FanderMAME, it has various improvements over the "official" version, and has roms supported from the upcoming beta release of MAME.
Get from http://www.aldostools.com/index2.html

Emulator Utilities The P.E.Op.S. Project 1.4

Emulators PSEmu/ePSXe

System PC - Windows/Linux

Open source plugins for PSX emus, heres whats new:
- lu_zero: Enabled configuration for linux FPSE
- lu_zero and linuzappz: linux config dialog fix
- Pete: fixed linux stretching bug
- Pete: fixed screen clearing on horizontal centering
- Pete: linux fullscreen switching (without SDL)
- syo: added \"Wait VSYNC\" (Windows)
- syo: added toggle \"Wait VSYNC\" key (Windows)
- syo: support refresh rate change (Windows)
- syo: added \"Transparent menu\" (Windows)
- Darko Matesic: enhanced recording
- Darko Matesic: FPSE 24bit MDEC recording support
Get from http://sourceforge.net/projects/peops

Emulator MAME32 V0.57 (Japanese)

System PC - Windows

Jap version of MAME 32, apart from the language its the same as the English version.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Thom 1.5

System MSDOS/DPMI/Linux.

Emu for the old French 8 bit computer the Thomson TO7-70, heres whats new:
- disks 5"25 support
- correction of error k7 display bugs
- supplementary code optimization
- under MSDOS: correction of the screen photo filename
- under MSDOS: more elevated volume of the resonant generator
- under Linux: news user-interface, new Thomson icon, correction of mouse bug (under Mandrake 8.0), correction of the screen buffer oversizing
Get from http://thomson.rcroms.com/teo_home.html

Now news of a forthcoming game making utility for GBA, similar to game makers on other consoles it allows you to create a game by simply dragging & dropping the parts into place. For more info go here http://hferradj.nerim.net/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 2:10 pm

Emulator Kega v0.00

System PC - Windows

Odd numbering for the first realease of this new Genesis/Sega CD emu, I haven't tried this one yet (and only having Sonic CD I cant test it too much) but according to many posts here http://www.eidolons-inn.de/tavern/messages/10951.html the Sega CD emulation is good, fast, full screen and with full sound.
Get from http://www.eidolons-inn.de/kega/ note you need DirectX 8 for this emu

Emulator Classic99 QI3.0alpha3

System PC - Windows

TI-99/4A emulator, formerly known as Ami99. Heres whats new:
-Fixed lockup bug with CPU Throttling enabled
-Renamed emulator to Classic99 to deal with the realization that it's not for the Amiga after all! Silly me, all this time and I never noticed! (Okay, I knew, but many people ass-u-me.)

-Added borders to fix 2xSaI and DirectX render glitches (and to have a border for border color)
-Added non-DirectX version - I expect it to be slow, mind you! And it has no sound.
-Fixed bug that was preventing display in Windows 98 - bad parameter to the blit function!
Get from http://tursi.yiffco.com/games/classic99/

Emulator XMAME 0.57.1 and XMESS 0.56.2

System PC - BeOS

Not sure whats new in these.
Get from http://www.beemulated.net

Emulator B-EM (version 0.4)

System PC - Dos

BBC micro emu, heres whats new:
-Sound is *much* better
-Speed increased 2-4 times
-Video emulation improved. Full overscan is supported, and the colour generation is the same as on a real BBC
-New GUI
-UEF support removed, as it were crap
-Directories semi-supported in TFS (for Dambusters and Sorcery)
-Setup removed (no longer needed)
-Some 6502 bugs fixed
-Sideways RAM emulation added, but quite buggy
-Exile now works! (just)
-Elite is now playable!
Get from http://b-em.emuunlim.com

Emulator MAME V0.57 AMD optimized

System PC - Windows

Does exactly what it says on the tin, get it if you have an AMD powered machine for extra speed.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emu.phtml

Emulator PocketSMS asm demo 4b

System GBA

Master System emu, heres whats new:
-Optimisations on the cpu core
-Added some missing timing codes and opcodes. The result? Compatible games are much faster now

Get from http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/robware/index.html

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 2:14 pm

Emulator Gens V1.56

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD emu, heres whats new:
[SEGA CD]
-CDD timing emulation fixed.
-CD read improved (better CDDA playback from real CD).
-Perfect Synchro optimised.
[GENESIS]
-Fixed VDP write.
-Fixed the infamous TAS bug.
[GENERAL]
-Minor bug with auto detection fixed.
Get from http://gens.consolemul.com/

Homebrew Marbles Deluxe

System PC - Windows

Remake of the popular Amiga title Marbles.
Get from http://www.retro64.com/marbles.html

Cheats Nebula and Kawaks Cheat files update

System PC - Windows

New cheats, this time from Cheatmania. Heres whats new:
-Update 4 CPS2 games, 1 NEOGEO game, Add NEW 5 CPS1 games and NEW 1 CPS2 game. (+6 title, All 102 titles.)
-New ... Street Fighter 2 The World Warrior, Strider
-New ... Chiki Chiki Boys (Mega Twins)
-New ... Tenchi wo Kurau (Dynasty Wars), Tenchi wo Kurau II (Warriors of Fate)
-New ... Rockman 2 The Power Fighters
-Update ... Street Fighter ZERO 3 (Nebula Macro Codes Version), X-MEN V.S. Street Fighter
-Update ... Marvel Super Heros, Marvel Super Heros V.S. Street Fighter
-Update ... NAM 1975
Get from http://cheatmania.vg-network.com/

And now it seems someones beaten up the Gamecube and put it in a wheelchair http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000 ... ZZZZZZ.jpg in light of this I'm wondering 'where was Bill on the night in question?'.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Jan 16, 2002 2:52 pm

Emulator VirtualAcorn

System PC - Windows

A commercial emulator, emulating the Acorn Archimedes computer (those of us in the UK will remember these from school, well us old farts anyway).

It costs ?29.00 + ?1.50 P&P for he single user version, subsequent versions for more users cost more.
It comes in different varieties but the basic package (VirtualA5000) provides very similar functionality to an Acorn A5000. It includes:
-An appropriate version of the Acorn RISC operating system.
-Complete HTML RISC OS user manual with EasyStart front end.
-Virtual ADFS hard disk drive with the latest !Boot sequence.
-Bundled ROM based applications such as !Paint and !Draw.
-Complete ADFS hard disk image with hundreds of sample programs.
-Pre-configured memory settings which allows VirtualAcorn to run "out of the box".
-Access to the many thousands of RISC OS applications available.
Get from http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/index2.htm If this has the same quality as Clonatos Amiga Forever package it could be good, just wont buy it at that price myself.

Emulator xyame 0.38

System PC - Linux/Windows/BeOS/MacOS

Multi system emu with support for PC Engine/NES/GameBoy/SNES, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.geocities.co.jp/Stylish/2068/yame.html however the homepage is in Jap so use http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr or similar to translate.

Emulator Basilisk II V1.0 snapshot

System PC - Windows/BeOS R4 (PowerPC and x86)/Unix with X11 (tested under Linux, Solaris 2.5, FreeBSD 3.x and IRIX 6.5)/AmigaOS 3.x

Mac emu, heres whats new:
- added support for on-the-fly video resolution and depth switching,
and gamma tables
- fsave/frestore emulation under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k always behaves
like a 68882/68040 FPU, eliminating the need for 68060 FPU patches
- added support for platform-independant mutexes, used by adb.cpp for
thread-safe mouse handling
- the TIME_OFFSET constant has been replaced by a (portable) function
TimeToMacTime(); file dates in ExtFS should now be correct
- ADBInterrupt() is no longer called from the 60Hz interrupt but has
its own interrupt flag, potentially increasing the smoothness of
mouse movement
- ether.cpp: implemented relatively platform-independant "AppleTalk
over UDP" mode that doesn't require any special kernel modules or
network drivers but can only interconnect instances of Basilisk II;
this is enabled by setting "udptunnel" to true
- Unix: windowed display mode supports different resolutions and color
depths, which can be switched on-the-fly
- Unix: Ctrl-F5 grabs mouse in windowed mode (enhanced compatibility
with games like flight simulators)
- Unix: X11 events are handled as soon as they arrive, outside of the
60Hz video refresh raster
- Unix: audio sample rate, bit depth and channel count are adjustable
in the MacOS "Sound" control panel
Get from http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html currently only the source is for download.

Emulator NeoPop 0.13

System PC - Windows

Neo Pocket emu (dont see many of them these days), heres whats new:
- Incorporated the RAZE z80 emulator, no sound yet, but it does boost compatibility a little with some commercial roms.
- Made a start on a scanline based renderer but it still needs more work, so the tile based one is used here instead.
- Fixed and Added a lot of instructions, \"Bust-a-Move Pocket\" now shows a lot of progress - but it is still unplayable.
- Added manual memory alteration and status flag changes for homebrew developers to fiddle with (Hope this helps Flavor

- SMALL NOTE: A lot of commercial roms exploit a known memory hole in the emulator and can corrupt the internal settings. This means that the path, zoom and control settings will be forgotten. Sorry about this, but it's not a huge problem and simply comes about from incomplete emulation. (This problem has existed since v0.111 so it's not really a new thing, it's just that with more roms getting further into their execution, there are more that can corrupt the settings). I have tried to list all of the roms that cause this problem in the compatibility list, but I may have missed some. I you find a rom that isn't mentioned in the compitability list as corrupting settings, then please e-mail me and i'll amend the list for the next version.
- A lot of greyed out menu options have been included, these will be enabled as the features are added - I have no idea of when though. My focus is on compatibility features just now.
Get from http://www.emuxhaven.net/~neopop

Emulator PocketSMS demo 4d

System GBA

Master System emu, heres the news from the homepage "I found a new way to emulate the master system's virtual screen size. There is now NO background flickering! plus, it may be slightly faster because hblank interrupts are no longer being used. We have finally got sound running on hardware!! this should be hopefully included in the next version. I also optimised cycle counting a little more.
I really need to sort out a proper site for pocketSMS

. If there are any budding artists out there who would like to design a logo for the emulator (for the site & in the emulator's menus) that would be great!"
Get from http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/robware/index.html

Also the CD32 emu I reported a few days ago is fully useable even to people whos knowledge of German is limited to beer like me, I've been using it for a while and have had no trouble understanding it at all. This means that any of you put off by the fact its in German dont really need to wait for the English version, I'll still mention when the English one comes out though.

Onto another emu now, the wonderful s11emu is dead. Actually to be more accurate it was never really alive, it was just a demo of the System 11 emulation which will be put into Zinc, now as Zinc is meant to be the Linux Modeler from this we can determine that when Zinc comes it will most likely support Modeler & s11emu's roster of games and from the homepage forums it's confirmed that it will have some suprises as well. Also Zinc will be put out for Windows as well as Linux.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 2:19 pm

Emulator PocketSMS asm demo 4c

System GBA

Master System emu, heres whats new:
-Slightly optimised rendering
-Freed a register and now use it as cycle counter (saves between 2 and 4 ARM instructions per z80 instruction)
-Changed cycle counting (removes 2 load instructions per z80 instruction)
-Optimised SBC HL,ss and fixed flag bug
-Optimised cycle counting on ED opcodes
Get from http://www.goldroad.co.uk/

Emulator Utilities Famicon Advance English Translation Patch

System GBA (apply in windows first)

Translation patch for the NES emu Famicom Advance converting the emus text to English.
Get from http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValle ... ndexe.html or http://216.167.73.47/~gbaemu/files/patc ... ngfix1.zip

Emulator RetroCoder Spectrum Emulator V1.07

System PSX

Spectrum emu for the Playstation, heres the info:
-Full speed emulation of the Spectrum home computer (with sound!), has
*real* keyboard keyboard add-on support!!!
-This emulator requires a subdirectory called \"data\" that contains the
file \"spectrum.rom\" - the bios of the spectrum.
-This file is available almost everywhere on the net, if you can\'t find
it - then you shouldn\'t be using the emulator!
-Anyhow, the emulator requires original roms. When you have the roms
you can run the adapt the batch file.
-The batch file has been customised for \"manic miner\", a z80 file -
\"miner.z80\", just change the filename for another .z80 file... Easy!
-A psx system with Caetla, or a friend who can copy the program to an
cartridge, disc or [executable] memory card!
Get from http://www.doubledutchdesigns.co.uk

Emulator NeoPop V0.13b

System PC - Windows

You wait ages for a Neo Pocket emu update then no sooner have you downloaded one another small update appears, heres whats new:
- Improved stability and removed the memory holes
- Updated the compatibility list with commercial rom information
Get from http://www.emuxhaven.net/~neopop or http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... e=ngpocket

Emulator Gngb 20020111

System PC - Linux

Gameboy emu, heres whats new:
-Improve FrameSkip code (should be more accurate)
-Opengl mode now resizable (as YUV)
-Add SDL_OVERLAY_YUY2 support (use option yuv_type 1 )
-Add support for getopt_long (ex: --sound)
Get from http://frogus.multimania.com/gngb

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 2:25 pm

Emulator Yame V0.38E

System Pocket PC

Multi system emu supporting SNES/NES/Gameboy, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/gate.phtml?ht ... /yame.html use Babelfish or similar to translate

Homebrew Rally

System GBA

A top down racer using sprite rotation.
Get from http://www.dcvision.com/TheBlackFrog/

Emulator Utilities Mameinfo.dat V3.73

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

New info containing info on all bugs known as of January 16th.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator Utilites MAME HIstory.dat updated

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

More history, now including: Smash Tv, R-Shark, Atari Soccer, Top Speed, 720 Degrees, Batman, Cyberball, Air Wolf, Gun.Smoke, Grid seeker, PlayChoice-10:Super Mario Bros 1, 2 et 3, Night Stocker, Peegle, Strata Bownling, Ninja Clowns, Hot Shots Tennis, Golden Tee Golf II, Arlington Horse Racing, Star Guards, Blasted, Pigskin 621Ad, Sarge, Chicken Shift, Gimme A Break.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Frontends Emuloader V2.7c

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows

One of the more popular MAME frontends, or so I've heard, personally I just use MAME32. Heres whats new:
-There are a few extra logos on resources\images\logo folder
-Added background image support for progress bar (in status window).
-Just create a .bmp file with size 417x18, name the file the same as the logo filename, adding a " pb" string (space + pb), and put it on resources\images\logo folder e.g.: MAMu_ Logo 1.jpg (logo filename)
-MAMu_ Logo 1 pb.bmp (progress bar filename)
-Added two option on Preferences screen to change the logo file
-Splash Logo: Just select a logo file to use (splash and about screens).
-Only the .jpg format is valid (no restart needed)
-Show Progress Bar Border: Show/hide the frame box of the progress bar
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/frontends.phtml

Emulator Kega V0.01

System PC - Windows

The oddly numbered Genesis/Sega CD emu gets updated & despite the number its the second release. Heres whats new:
-Fixed stupid Shadow/Highlight bug in DOUBLE mode (I accidentally deleted a line)
-Added 15-Bit Colour support
-Added information on what to do if your display is in 32-Bit Colour mode. This will later be replaced by 32-Bit Colour support.
-Kega no longer requires ASPI to be present (Just had to remove one line!)
-Made a few changes to the CD-ROM functions. Hopefully CD-ROM problems will be gone now.
-Rewrote Joystick handlers. Most, if not all, joysticks should work now.
-Added the ability to remap Joystick Buttons. See below for more info.
-Fixed the "APPLY" button, even though it isn't really neccessary, it was causing some confusion with several users. So now it works.
-ZIP support. This is my own UNZIP code, using nothing but the RFC docs for reference. (in ASM

ok, I'm a speed freak...) Kega does not require ZLIB.DLL.
-Rewrite/Speedup to some CDC emulation code. Should improve SegaCD speed slightly.
-Fixed stupid bug in .BIN format for SegaCD images.
-Altered Genesis .BIN/SMD loader to handle incorrectly named files. Thanks to Dave for the hint

-Several compatibility fixes. More games should work now.
-Improved Country AutoDetection. Thanks to Eidolon for the info.
-Cleaned up ASPI code.
-Several other small fixes that I've forgotten about...
Get from http://www.eidolons-inn.de/kega/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 5:19 am

Emulator VB81 V1.30

System PC - Windows

Spectrum ZX81 emu, heres whats new:
- Significantly faster Z80 emulation core. You should have no problems running vb81 v1.30 at full speed in both SLOW and FAST modes even on a relatively low-spec Windows system
- Improved performance of both standard and hi-res display routines.
- Fixed a couple of bugs in the keyboard support which caused many games not to respond to key-presses.
- Added new 3x display magnification option.
New 'Allow writes to shadow ROM area' option allows access to the 8K-16K area of the memory map. Some games use this to provide hi-resolution graphics and custom character sets (FROGGER- for example).
- Fixed a bug in the interrupt routine that caused FRAMES to be incremented wrongly. Some games such as Rocket Man froze after a few seconds or minutes of playing.
- Fixed some minor bugs in the Z80 emulation. I believe the CPU emulation is now 100% correct in terms of timing, flag operation, and support for undocumented opcodes -- let me know if you think otherwise!
- Playtested against literally hundreds of ZX81 games to ensure full compatiblity. The only known problem is ZX-Xtricator, which has a custom overscanned hi-res display routine that does not yet work properly with vb81.
Get from http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/vb81

Emulator Kegs 32 0.60 3rd release

System PC - Windows

Apple ][ GS emu, heres whats new:
- Fixed long filename problem
- Support for long filename
- Disable audio when no sound card is found
- Support Drag and drop in disk image loader
- Support Visual Themes of Windows XP
- Support variable speed control
- Scanline/Interlace video mode via F12 key.
- Fullscreen now switch to 800x600 if possible
Get from http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/kegs32/ note that you may have difficulties getting in, I kept getting a 'The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer' message. Hopefully it will soon be at http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=mac

Emulator Liss NES V1.0

System PC - Windows

NES emu coded in Visual Basic, Im not sure whats new but here are the features:
- 6502 CPU 95% (timing may be wrong, no undocumented opcodes, sometime crash)
- PPU:
- Sprites 8x8, 16x8, flipped all directions, priority
- Horizontal, Vertical scroll
- No mirroring
- APU: (many bugs)
- Square 1, 2
- Triangle
- Noise
- No Delta Modulation yet
- Maybe VRC6 and MMC5 in the future
- Bankswitching:
- Mappers: 0, 1, 2, 3
Get from http://user.tninet.se/~zxy965r/lissnes/

Also VisualBoy Advance has now been translated into:
- French
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
Get from http://vboy.emuhq.com

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sun Jan 20, 2002 9:42 am

Emulator Gens 1.60b

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD emu, heres whats new:
[SEGA CD]
-Vector GFX engine fixed.
-CELL conversion fixed.
-Minor fix in CDD emulation.
-BRAM emulation fixed.
-Some minors others fix.
[GENESIS]
-Minor fix in Z80 timing.
[GENERAL]
-Game genie codes list no more sorted.
-Added an option to remove SCD LED.
Get from http://gens.consolemul.com/

Homebrew TankZone

System GBA

Top down tank game where you must shoot the enmy tanks to protect villages.
Get from http://hferradj.nerim.net/ under the games section, there is also a link to BoycottAdvance online which runs this game.

Emulator Pasofami V1.3a

System PC - Windows

NES emu, heres whtas new:
-Trouble correction of WindowscXp
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=nes

And now a compatibility update for PSX emus, find it at http://www.psxfanatics.com
For those of us that folow N64 emulation there is a review of the Adaptoid controller here http://www.vg-network.com/board/viewthread.php?tid=1564 for those who dont know this device allows you to use N64 controllers with emulators or PC games.
And finally I.R. Pinball has moved, their new home is here http://irpinball.zophar.net

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Mon Jan 21, 2002 2:17 pm

Emulator PocketSMS ASM Demo 4f

System GBA

Master System emu, heres whats new:
-Full sound on hardware !! (sound emulation is by JustBurn)
-Added pause button emulation
-Re-orientated display slightly (fixes Alex Kidd level 2)
Get from http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/robware/index.html

Emulator Foon V0.19

System GBA

Spectrum emu, heres whats new:
-Fixed problems with the flash attribute, allowing Kokotoni Wilf to be completed.
Get from http://foon.pocketheaven.com/

Emulator Liss Nes version 1.01

System PC - Windows

NES emu, heres whats new:
- Fixed some bugs in the CPU
- Mirroring added (crappy sometimes on MMC1)
- Fixed a SRAM bug, now Metroid and Maniac Manson works
- Added battery save support
- Mapper 4 (partially), 66 and 68 added, now totally 7 is supported (more to be added)
- Indirect Jump CPU bug should now work (hope so)
- Some sound optimizations
- and a big Sprite optimization
- New icon =)
Get from http://user.tninet.se/~zxy965r/lissnes/

Emulator B-EM v0.4a

System PC - Dos

BBC micro emu, heres whats new:
-Some 6502 bugs fixed, Exile now working properly
-Re-added Model A emulation
-Disc drive noise added
-Default config file no longer points to a non-existant file
-Can now log sound - invented new file format for this (.sn - player and format description included)
-Arrow keys and delete/copy now work again
-Updated documentation.
Get from http://b-em.emuunlim.com/

Emulator FCE Ultra V0.74

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux

NES emu, heres whats new:
-Added/Fixed support for iNES mapper 248.
-Fixed several bugs in the Namco 106 extra sound channel emulation
code. Games using this chip sound much better now. Thanks to
\"Mamiya\" and \"Applepie\" for help.
-When an NSF file is being played, FCE Ultra will no longer go through
its scanline rendering loop. This speeds up NSF playback
substantially.
-Fixed some iNES mapper 18 IRQ counter emulation bugs.
\"Ninja Jajamaru Ginga Dai Sakusen\" now works.
-Rewrote large pieces of the iNES mapper 64 emulation code.
-Changed the way CPU/PPU cycle timing/counting is done. This should
have no affect on NTSC emulation, but PAL emulation is more accurate
now.
-Changed the behavior of indirect indexed CPU instructions to behave
more like they do on a real NES.
-Added support for double buffering and waiting for vertical blank.
-Changed the behavior of the menu hiding/showing code. Now when
the menu is disabled, the window style will stay the same.
-Cleaned up the window resizing code.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=nes

Emulator VirtuaNES V0.40

System PC - Windows

NES emu (again, turning into a NES day),this ones open source, heres whats new:
-Addition of a cheat code function.
-Restrained that there can be ALT and the thing that system BEEP sound sounded when pushed a key simultaneously.
-Shortcut key worked only in an aktiv a main window. So far launcher was active, and shortcut key came to work.
-A revision of the bug that Rapid-fire setting becomes the same as an A button with a B button.
-Because a sound could be broken, made each part-time volume small inconsiderably.
-Be revisions with can fall that lets you read the thing that size is funny by list update of launcher. Note) The thing that file size was small sent in Bad File size indication to a clause of DB.
-Be revised what turned DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME into by a primary buffer.
-Fixed Mapper19.
-The title which revised movement defectiveness and a quiver of a screen with a version of this time.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=nes

Emulator Project32 V1.1

System PC - Windows

CD32 emu now supporting some CDTV games, the English version is expected tommorow (although I've been using the German version since the first release with no problems and I dont speak a word of German). Heres whats new:
-Akira
-Chambers of Shaolin
-Defender of the Crown 2
-Fantastic Voyage (CDTV)
-Guardian
-Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (CDTV)
-Lemmings (CDTV)
-Speris Legacy
-Syndicate
-Turrican 2 (CDTV)
Modifications:
-Gloom: NVRAM emulation added
-James Pond 2 - RoboCod: NVRAM emulation added
-Mean Arenas: Joypad emulation removes (unnecessarily)
-UFO - Enemy Unknown: Joypad emulation added and NVRAM emulation improves
Other:
-All plays run now from CD
-Additional options
-Fullscreen is now standard
-Many other errors recovered
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... hive=amiga
Edit: Forget tommorow the English versions out now, note it's only the translated exe file, so you have to download the full german version first.
Get from http://pj32.emubase.de/

Emulator AdvanceMESS

System PC - Dos/Linux

Like AdvanceMAME (also updated alongside AdvanceMenu & AdvanceCAB) this allows you to use the MESS emu on arcade moniters, TV's etc..
Get from http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/

Emulator Basilisk II 15012002

System PC - Windows NT4 (should work in 9X as well)/Unix/BeOS R4/AmigaOS 3.x

Open source 68k Mac emu, heres whats new:
-Added support for on-the-fly video resolution and depth switching, and gamma tables
-Fsave/frestore emulation under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k always behaves like a 68882/68040 FPU, eliminating the need for 68060 FPU patches
-Added support for platform-independant mutexes, used by adb.cpp for
thread-safe mouse handling
-The TIME_OFFSET constant has been replaced by a (portable) function
TimeToMacTime(); file dates in ExtFS should now be correct
-ADBInterrupt() is no longer called from the 60Hz interrupt but has its own interrupt flag, potentially increasing the smoothness of mouse movement
-Ether.cpp: implemented relatively platform-independant "AppleTalk
over UDP" mode that doesn't require any special kernel modules or
network drivers but can only interconnect instances of Basilisk II;
this is enabled by setting "udptunnel" to true
-Unix: windowed display mode supports different resolutions and color
depths, which can be switched on-the-fly
-Unix: Ctrl-F5 grabs mouse in windowed mode (enhanced compatibility
with games like flight simulators)
-Unix: X11 events are handled as soon as they arrive, outside of the 60Hz video refresh raster
-Unix: audio sample rate, bit depth and channel count are adjustable in the MacOS "Sound" control panel
Get from http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html

Emulator UAE 0.8.20

System PC - Linux

Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000 emu, go here for the changes http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/uae/src/ChangeLog
Get from http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/

Also there are interviews with the FinalBurn Alpha team & Razoola up at Emulation4Ever. Its a Spanish site but the interviews are in English.
FBA team interview here http://devilryu.ensaladilla.com/entrevistas/fbaen.htm
Razoola interview here http://devilryu.ensaladilla.com/entrevistas/razen.htm

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Tue Jan 22, 2002 2:27 pm

Emulator Yape V0.33

System PC - Windows

Commodore 16/+4 emu, heres whats new:
-Added display contrast, brightness and gamma correction
-One missing key added (oops)
-Numeric keyboard now always acts as cursor keys, even when joystick emulation is on
-Reworked INI file a bit
-Window always on top option
-The original palette is now the default
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=c16

Emulator GB on GBA version 3

System GBA

Gameboy emu, heres whats new:
-Now runs twice as fast
-Sound is now recognizable!
Get from http://mapage.noos.fr/gbongba/

Homebrew Abuse-SDL

System PC - Linux

Remake of the side scrolling shooter Abuse, Abuse-SDL has the following extra features over the original Abuse:
- Run at any screen depth from 8bpp to 32bpp.
- Run fullscreen or in a window.
- Lock the mouse to the window.
- Mousewheel support for changing weapons.
- Stereo sound.
Get from http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~trandor/abuse/

Emulator Cygwin 1.3.9

System PC - Windows

A DLL which provides a Unix emulation environment for Windows, heres whats new:
-A problem with SIGCHLD not being delivered, which caused various applications (tcsh, rxvt) to hang, has been fixed.
-A problem with import libs like libpthread.a where /dev/null was set as the DLL to use has been fixed.
Get from http://cygwin.com/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Jan 23, 2002 2:25 pm

Emulator ACE v1.8

System PC - Windows

CPS1/2 & Neo-Geo emu, heres whats new:
-Added Metal Slug 3 (nd).
-Added Rockman the Power Fighters 2 (Japan).
-Added Viewpoint.
-Finally fixed save state bug in NeoGeo savestates. Now you can save and reload without hanging the sound chip.
-Fixed music in Shock Troopers (now it doesn't hang after intro).
-Added some basic renderers.
-Fileselector recognizes your mousewheel!
-Extended pro-Logiqxetor crc32 support and rom search.
-Source: rewritten video interface code. Now the interface should be pixel correct & portable (I hope!).
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ultiarcade

Emulator Kega V0.02

System PC - Windows

Genesis/Sega CD emu, heres whats new:
-Added workaround for bug in Nero's WNASPI32.DLL (thanks to all who made me
aware of this problem)
-Added the "incorrectly named ROM" fix to the ZIP support also, forgot to
do that last time

-Rewrote a SegaCD fix - I discovered why Snatcher keeps pausing a long time ago (before Kega's first release), and fixed it. I told Stef and he fixed
it in Gens too. The difference is, Stef's fix actually worked, and mine
didn't, because of a stupid typo. Should be OK now.
-MANY compatibility fixes - more games should now work.
-Added YM SuperHQ mode. When this mode is selected, the sound rate will
automatically change to 44100Hz, and my YM2612 core will go into SuperHQ mode. This is probably about as accurate as a YM2612 core can get at this present time (well, it will be once I finally get around to adding LFO support!) - the Sonic "signpost" sound is now accurate, for example. But this mode is probably (I haven't timed it...) a fair bit slower, so you
should probably only enable it for games that need it, or if you really
care about the odd sound not being *quite* right.
Get from http://www.eidolons-inn.de/kega/

Emulator Apple II Oasis 2.5

System PC - Windows

Sharware Apple II emulator, heres whats new:
- Colors in hires graphic mode (HGR) are improved. Now they are very
similar to ApplePC style.
- Numeric keypad can be re-programmed to generate game-specific keys.
- Scroll Lock LED disk drive indicator works under WinNT/2k/XP.
- Apple II Disk Manager supports FTP.
Get from http://www.geocities.com/apl24win/

Emulator pocketSMS asm demo 5

System GBA

Master System emu, I'm not sure whats new but its meant to have increased compatibility.
Get from http://pocketsms.emuunlim.com/

Homebrew Brain'n'bells v0.4b

System GBA

Puzzle game, heres whats new:
-Added 3 new enigma/levels (more harder, but easy too !)
-Added a code generated presentation (Gimp script-fu)
-Added extern animations engine

-Minor bug corrections.
-Lot of GFX change.
Get from http://perso.wanadoo.fr/someone/

And now news that Capcom is planning to release its Capcom Generations packs for the PSX in the US, expect to see:
-Capcom Generations Vol. 1: 1941, 1942, 1943
-Capcom Generations Vol. 2: Ghosts 'n Goblins, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
-Capcom Generations Vol. 4: Commando, MERCS, Gun Smoke
The pack containing Son Son, Higemaru, and Vulgus is currently not planned for release outside Japan.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Jan 23, 2002 4:10 pm

XORS Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (US 980123),(Japan 980123), (Japan 980112), (Asia 980112) & Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Euro 940705)

Emulators FBA, Kawaks, Nebula

System PC - Windows

New decrypt files for CPS2 games.
Get from http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/

Emulator Kawaks 1.41

System PC - Windows

CPS1/2 & Neo-Geo emu, heres whats new:
New drivers:
- Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (US 980123)
- Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Japan 980123)
- Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Japan 980112)
- Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Asia 980112)
- Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Euro 940705)
* Changed kof2000, garou, kof99 and clones romsets to be MAME 57 compliant. ## READ THE INCLUDED 'ROMCHANGES.TXT' FILE FOR MORE INFO. ##
* Big optimisations to NeoGeo rendering
* Added frame interpolation (replaces flickering by transparencies) I recommend you use this only if you have a powerfull PC enough, and with AutoFrameskip disabled
* Added starfield emulation (CPS1. Affects Strider, Forgotten Worlds and their clones)
* Fixed a NeoGeo calendar bug. Date is correct now
* Fixed Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (Japan) (CPS1)
* Changed tracklists format for the better (more compact, and more flexible) The format it now the same as ElSemi's excellent JukeBox program Also, tracklist is handled dynamically: no need to reload the game to reload the tracklist.
* Added the ability to cycle thru sound codes for CPS1 and NeoGeo games. Use Numpad +/- (It was already implemented for CPS2 games)
* Hopefully fixed sound issues in Kof99 and clones thanks to Overlander
* Fixed missing button 4 for CPS1 Quiz games
* Hopefully fixed crashes if the Kawaks is run from a CD (or a non writeable directory)
* Fixed bug causing (for example) Kof2000 chars to taunt at the end of a movie replay
* Fixed some tick marks errors for record input slot and bg color in menus
Get from http://kawaks.retrogames.com/

Emulator Nebula v1.97

System PC - Windows

CPS1/2 & Neo-Geo/Neo CD emu, heres whats new:
NEOGEO:
-Fixed SS3 protection. You must delete the Samsho3.dat file in the CONFIG folder.
CPS1:
-Fixed some sprite wraparound bugs that still remained.
GENERAL:
-Added sprite transparency using external tables. Read the Transparency.txt file to know more about them, and how to make your own tables. Some tables are included and more will come. If you want to share your tables, send them to me and I'll include them.
-Added 50% Frame Blend (and +scanlines) gfx renderer that removes flickering sprites making them transparent.
-Fixed movie recording.
-Rewritten graphics core to use DDraw 3, that is faster in older video cards and will probably fix some hang bugs.
-Added a configuration screen for nebula.ini options. Launch Nebulaconfig.exe or Nebula.exe -config.
-Added autofire option for all buttons in all games.
-Separated hotkey configuration for Neogeo and CPS.
Get from http://nebula.emulatronia.com/indexe.html or http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/download.html

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 2:50 pm

Homebrew ferk

System GBA

Small demo/game type thing, I'm not really sure yet. Heres some words from the auther:
my first gba coding attempt, and a nice high first target :]. basiccaly it was going to be a GTA clone. it currently has, fixed point usage (for positioning, speed and trig math), 4 layers, an alpha blended layer, rotated sprites, mask (other sprites and map)collisions, hud text output, dynamic tile reloading (tile maps that are bigger than fit into memory). unfortunetly, i forgot to make this into something distributable before i started on the gba dev compo entry (next project down there), but the game is moderatly playable, and compiles for me (see first section on how my stuff compiles). feel free to use the source but i like to know where this stuff goes (if anywhere) so do email if you plan to use it or make somehting of it. it could easily be optimized in many places, and the main stuff in the core has been updated in the hockey project. included are some random tools that i cant remember how to use.
enjoy!
Get from http://www.ferk.co.uk/

Homebrew zombie

System GBA

From the same auther as ferk, heres what it is in the authers words:
Whilst trying to think up some ideas for my new game, i though of a kinda alien breed crossed with luigis mansion style game, complete with a torch hurrah! i was really just trying to see how the effect comes out. this may or may not be used, so i decided to give up some of the source anyway :] enjoy, and read the readme.txt (i spent a good 5 mins on that)
Get from http://www.ferk.co.uk/
Note - for these two the source code is also available.

Frontend MyFront

System PC - Linux

Multi emu frontend, it supports different themes for a customizable interface.
Get from http://linuxemu.hem.netlink.se/packat/m ... 0.4.tar.gz Note - this is the source code, there is currently no homepage, if you have spare webspace to offer contact the auther vertigo17@clix.pt so a homepage can be created.

Emulator Fanbuild V0.57.3

System PC - Windows

Unofficial MAME, heres whats new:
-Support for Marvel Vs Capcom
-Support of good dump for crush roller
Get from http://Fandemame.fr.st

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 2:06 pm

Emulator PocketNes V7

System GBA

NES emu, heres whats new:
- Multiple save states
- Better detection of bad roms
- Optional splash screen
- 1P/2P Controller switchable
- Sleep option
- Brighter NES palette
- Improved sound
- More mappers (9,11,66,71,21,25)
Get from http://nes.pocketheaven.com/

Emulator Unofficial Final Burn Alpha V0.230

System PC - Windows

As the name says its an Unofficial FBA, it supports the new CPS2 Shock releases. So if you cant wait until tomorrow, then get this one.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ultiarcade

And now news that 29 - 31 March brings the Amiga Expo to Baltimore, MD USA - Marriott Hunt Valley Inn. This show brings developers, resellers and other exhibitors of Amiga and Classic platforms together in an east coast venue!. It will have AmigaDE, AmigaXL & Amithlon, WinUAE, QNX, Linux, Classic Gaming, MAME, Vintage Computers and more. So emulation will be a big part of it.

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 5:10 am

Emulator InfocNes V0.76j

System PC - Windows/Linux
PS2 - Linux

NES emu, heres whats new:
-Win32 peculiar function improved
-Win32: Inscription of the メニュ was corrected
-PPU: The top and the bottom of the picture (8 pixels) the performance which the clipping is done was added
-Compatibility improved
-PPU: Timing of sprite #0 hit was corrected
-Mapper: It corresponded to the mapper of 80 or more
-Mapper: The mapper (the icNes #1, #4) it corrected
Get from http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValle ... fones.html the page is in Jap so use Babelfish or similar to translate.

Emulator MAME32 Sharp V0.57

System PC - Windows

Version of MAME32 with much better looking stretch effects than regular video memory induced blurring on modern cards. It also supprts the new CPS2 shock releases.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Emulator NOSE

System PC - Java

Online Master System emu, you can currently play Sonic while online.
Find it here http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer

Emulator Meka V0.62

System PC - Dos

SG-1000, SC-3000, Sega Mark III (+ FM Unit), Master System, Game Gear, Colecovision, Othello Multivision emu, heres whats new:
Compatibility notes:
- Sonic Blast [GG] minor glitches on title screen in non Japanese mode
has been confirmed to appear on a real Game Gear, so the game is now
marked as perfectly working.
- Thanks to the new 93c46 EEPROM emulator, Game Gear perfect compatibility
has now increased to 98.09% (counting like FreezeSMS does, that gives us
a whooping 150.00%

- Statistics: as far as I know, out of the 7 Game Gear games marked as
NON-WORKING, 5 games requires a simulation of LCD blurry persistance to
show up without flickering, 1 may be severly broken (not possible to
complete the game), and 1 is minorly broken.

As always, please report if you find out anything you feel as not emulated
PERFECTLY: even a single suspicious pixel, etc.. Thank you!

- Rewrote 93c46 EEPROM emulation from stratch, it now works and saves
data properly. This fixes the following Game Gear games:
- Majors Pro Baseball
- Nomo's World Series Baseball (J)
- Pro Yakyuu GG League (J)
- World Series Baseball [A]
- World Series Baseball
- World Series Baseball 95
- Emulated onboard 64 kb RAM chip of Ernie Els Golf (GG).
- For the sake of accuracy, started to implement emulation of the four
slighty different VDP chipsets used in Master System 1/2, Game Gear and
Megadrive (compatibility mode). They all have subtle differences, causing
some games not to work perfectly on all of them.
- Fixed glitches in Ys (Japanese version), using 315-5124 VDP emulation.
- Fix bugs Z80 emulation, letting the Game Over screen for Rambo III to
appears normally - and this required many many hours of work! (thanks
to Jonas Persson for reporting the bug). Also changed behavior of EI
instruction, fixing Double Dragon for Game Gear (again).
- Fixed VDP refresh disable emulation for Game Gear.
- Fixed YM-2413 state restoring when loading a save with FM playing.
- Now store YM-2413 state initialization in VGM files.
- If available, store Japanese game name (in romanji form) in VGM files.
- Fixed shifted instruction offset in debugger.
- Updated TECH.TXT with instructions about how to build a DB-9 adapter
to connect SMS Joypads on your PC.
- Added full French (by Overture 1928) and Swedish (by Henrik Sankala)
localisations. Complete Italian localisation (by Andra Ballandino).
- Fixed minor display bug in the Inputs configuration tool.
Get from http://www.smspower.org/meka/ as always for this emu the registered users get it first, for the rest of us it will be a couple of days.

Emulator Vice V1.8

System PC - Windows/Dos/BeOS/Linux

C64 emu, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/crossplatfo ... tors/VICE/

Emulator FakeNES V0.1.0

System PC - Dos/Windows/Linux

A portable, Open Source NES emulator which is written mostly in C.
Get from http://fakenes.sourceforge.net/

Plugins NextGL v1.8

Emulators PSX emus (not sure which but should work with all)

System PC - Windows

OpenGL plugin for PSX emus, heres whats new:
- Fixed non textured primitive and sprite semi transparency mode setting bug thanks to gpuDebug
- Added faster rectangle intersection testing code.
- Fixed drawing offset bug. This makes games like Chrono Cross actually playable.
- Fixed semi transparency mode 1.0 * B + 0.25 * F
Get from http://nextgl.ngemu.com/NextGL_Download.html

Plugins Next3D v1.2

Emulators PSX emus (not sure which but should work with all)

System PC - Windows

Direct3D plugin, heres whats new:
- Added a fix for Intel graphic chipsets. Many thanks to prafull for testing!
- Finally fixed the problem that Win2K/XP users have been having with the configuration!
- Added frame limiting as in NextGL v1.7
- Fixed the color depth adjustmed for windowed modes.
- Added centered window in windowed mode.
- Added "select device" to the main configuration menu so that you can either select the Direct3D device that you want to use, or have the plugin choose the best device to use.
- Added a centered window for windowed mode.
- Fixed non textured primitive and sprite semi transparency mode setting bug thanks to gpuDebug
- Added drawing offset fix.
- F12 now toggles the textures.
- Fixed semi transparency mode 1.0 * B + 0.25 * F
- Fixed a very nasty alpha testing bug for non textured primitives!
- Updated the about dialog
- Added a new key chart to the next section of this file.
Get from http://nextgl.ngemu.com/Next3D_Download.html

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 5:28 am

Emulator Final Burn Alpha v0.2.5

System PC - Windows

Bringing this in line with Nebula & Kawaks, this release now supports MVsC. Heres whats new:
-Fixed menu/cheat incompatibilty bug.
-Added a suprise (in the source).
-Fixed dstlk driver for euro parent set.
-Added mvsc driver.
Get from http://cp-systems2turbo.emuunlim.com/

Emulator PocketSNES V1.01.16

System PocketPC

SNES emu, heres whats new:
Changes since 1.01.14
---------------------
* Merged my changes with Darren's:
Darren: Code reorganization
Darren: Support for Black and White iPAQ 3135
Darren: Put landscape modes against a black background
* Centered landscape mode displays on the screen
* Combined 3800 drawing routines with the regular ones, some
more code reorganization
* Generalized some iPAQ 3800 speed increases to possibly benefit
future Pocket PC's with similar GAPI properties
* Speed improvements for iPaq 36xx/37xx in landscape mode
* Fixed flipped screen on landscape for some devices
* Optimized the portrait display modes for Cassiopeia E-125,
EM-500 and Jornada 54x/56x
* Specialized the threading to each draw routine to increase
speed
* Tweaked compilation options for MIPS and SH3 releases for
increased speed
* Fixed virtual keypad not displaying problem
NOTE: Double buffering not added to this code merge as it seemed
to have no visible effect and slows down the program
NOTE: One of the optimization options was to set the CPU
execution to 85%. This MAY make some games no longer
function. This setting will be made user-settable in the
near future.
NOTE: Landscape mode currently flipped for iPaq 38xx devices
for speed reasons. Currently being investigated for a
possible best-solution, set the key bindings for the
directional pad to the opposite what they should be
for correct keys for 38xx for now in landscape mode.
Get from http://www.bytecave.net/paqpark/projects/pocketsnes.asp

Emulator MAME32 Sharp V0.57a

System PC - Windows

Small update, heres whats new:
-Added 'RGB sharp' as its own entry in the effects drop down menu.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/mame.phtml

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Mon Jan 28, 2002 2:13 pm

Emulator ePSXe 1.5.0

System PC - Windows/Linux

PSX emu, heres whats new:
- Fixed a bug in MDECs, which caused Metal Gear Solid and Rayman 1 to
crash. Furthermore, the MDEC options aren't read from the windows
registry any more, so you can only disable them with command lines
from now on.
- Rewritten the code what loaded the ps-exe files when starting a game, for a better detection of the games name and the region.
- Added native support for ppf files. Now you don't need to patch the games any more, simply copy your ppf file into the directory "/patches", with the same name than the main PS-exe file in the cdrom (SLES*,SCES*, SLUS* ...), in uppercase. ePSXe will load it on startup then and patch the game in memory on the fly !
- MCI code is now disabled in WinNT/2k/XP, expect when you are using an external CD-ROM plugin which has its own CDDA functions (e.g. Pete's). Furthermore, the external CD-ROM plugins can now play some games like Tomb Raider I and II PAL, what was not possible before due to a bug in 1.4.0.
- Fixed a bug in the internal CD-ROM plugins, which caused some games to hang when they played CDDA sound and later accessed a data
sector (Rayman 1)
- Fixed some bugs in savestates. New savestate are not compatibles with old epsxe versions, but the savestates from a savestate from an old version can still be loaded. The command line -ssv0 has been added, which will let ePSXe save the savestates into the old (but buggy) format.
(Fixed savestates in square mdecs, and in threads of fate)
- Some games which ran only with a certain bios version, should now run
with any (only checked with Legend of Dragon PAL)
- Fixed some GTE bugs. (Looney Tunes: Perro y Lobo, Nhl 99)
- Included a file with help, what can be accessed from help->contents.
(Thanks to Bobbi of http://www.ngemu.com)
- Last hour changes in internal spu, what fixes Metal gear solid and
Valkyrie profile sound, but we have not had too time for test it

- Added a new workaround in order to run Parasite Eve 2 (thanks to
Psychojak!). You need to use the command "-pe2". Some PE2 versions are
automaticly detected and don't need it though. We didn't play through
the complete game though, we we can't tell if it's playable until the end.
- Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which make some more games playable like for example Valkyrie profile, Syphon filter series speech, Rayman 1, Micromachines V3, Croc 2, Duke Nukem: Land of Babes, Vrally 2 and Nfs 5 menus, Time Crisis 2 music, Casper Around the World ...
- Multiples games can be played using additional commands like:
Rebelt Assault 2 (-noignorecmd), Micromaniacs (-cdtiming), Front Mission 3 (-nocdinc) ...
Get from http://www.epsxe.com/

Emulator BGB V0.66b

System PC - Windows

Gameboy emu, heres whats new:
-Saving zero length .sav files problem is fixed. save-filenames were truncated at first dot, fixed.
-Problem with pressing U+D or L+R key simultaneously is fixed.
-Fixed problem of "Mr. do!" hanging at hi-scores screen.
-0.66 -You can drag & drop files to the BGB window.
-BGB can start with no rom loaded - you don't get the load rom dialog. 0.65 - removed the vram viewer; i didn't use it, and it was not stable. Fixed problems with "Mr. Do!". fix in gfx engine: dirty statusbar-split in "fortress of fear".
-0.64 - minor update+bugfix. based on test roms. Fixed speed of envelope sweep, it is now 1/64 sec per unit as in reality.
-Sound registers now behave more like on real gb.
-OAM is now zero filled on reset, sprites were flipped incorrectly.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ve=gameboy

Emulator Fanbuild 0.57.4 released

System PC - Windows

Unofficial MAME, heres whats new:
- Support of Pirate pete.
- Added new cave and cps2 drivers from shiriru.
- Added new fixes from stephh:
- Marvins.c: Fix Dip Switches and Inputs.
- System1.c: 'nprinces' is now playable, Fix Dip Switches.
- Tehkanwc.c: Fix nasty resets 'teedoff', Fix Dip Switches and Inputs.
- Tnzs.c: Fix MCU emulation when "continue play"
- Wpg.c: Fix some Dip Switches, Very preliminary LAN support.
Get from http://fandemame.rcroms.com

Emulator Utilities MAMEINFO.dat V3.75

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

This update contains Bugs (26th Jan). Newest WIP. Added JEmu emulator infos. Correct many dat bugs and Listinfo changes entries.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emu.phtml

Emulator Utilities MAME Highscore.dat V7.91

Emulator MAME

System PC - Windows/Dos/Linux etc..

Great DAT for those of you that like to keep track of high scores, heres whats new:
-Includes support for a lot of the newly added MAME V0.57 games.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emu.phtml

Cheats FBA Cheat File & Nebula/Kawaks Cheat Archive 0.2.5 Released

Emulators FBA, Kawaks/Nebula

System PC - Windows

Mike Haggar updates his cheat files again, heres whats new:
New games added:
-DarkStalkers: The Night Warriors (Euro)
-Marvel Vs. Capcom (USA)
-Marvel Vs. Capcom (Japan)
-Marvel Vs. Capcom (Japan r1)
-Marvel Vs. Capcom (Asia)
Added more cheats for:
-Mega Twins & Clones
-Quiz & Dragons (USA)
-Quiz Nanairo Dreams & Clones
-Street Fighter II - The World Warrior & Clones
-Strider & Clones
-Tenchi wo Kurau & Clones
-Warriors of Fate & Clones
Fixed some cheats for:
-Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter & Clones
-Super Street Fighter 2 & Clones
-Warriors of Fate & Clones
Get from http://haggar.emuunlim.com

Emulator Calice V0.5.4

System PC - Windows

CPS 1/2 & Neo-Geo emu, heres whats new:
-Support for the recent cPS2 shock releases
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ultiarcade

Emulator Chip 8 emu

System GBA

This emulates an old interpreter which was used in the late 70's / early 80's. It is black and white and has basic sound. A good thing is that the majority of the games available are free to use. Heres some shots, they are Connect 4, Space Invaders, Pong and Tetris.

Get from http://mapage.noos.fr/gbongba/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Tue Jan 29, 2002 2:08 pm

Emulator Utilities ePSXe plugin pack

Emulators ePSXe/FPSE

System PC - Windows

This plugin pack for ePSXe (and of course other emulators that support these plugins) contains all the latest plugins as of Jan 28.
Get from http://www.aldostools.com/index2.html

Emulator Boycott Advance v0.26

System PC - Windows / MacOS

GBA emu, heres whats new:
-(WIN32) Add option to select FLASHROM ID (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add support for MagicKeyboard TM [DISABLED] (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add Sound Recording in MP3 file format (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add option to select a BIOS file (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Fixes WAV recording to allow sound logging for each game (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Fixes movies support to allow a movie for each game (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add support for movies (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add nine more slots for load/save states (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Improve the news & history dialog (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add reverse stereo support (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Change joystick initialization (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Add/Fixes Sound Recording in WAV file format (Gollum)
-(WIN32) Fixes command line support thanks to FinalBurn's Dave (Gollum)
-Add support for FLASHROM identification (Gollum)
-Fixes FLASHROM identification [Magical Vacation/Golden Sun] (Gollum)
-Fixes MSR opcode [PocketNes] (Gollum)
-Add BIOS call 4 [Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius] (Gollum)
-Fixes HBLANK interrupts thanks to Forgotten [Advance GTA/Hot Wheels: Burnin' Rubber/Andrew May Mode 7] (Gollum)
-Fixes DMA transfers in 16/32 bits (Gollum)
-Fixes BIOS memory access [Rocket Power Dream Scheme/The Wild Thornberrys: Chimp Chase/Ogre Tactics] (Gollum)
-Fixes SRAM/FLASHROM emulation [Golden Sun] (Gollum)
-Fixes FLASHROM emulation (Gollum)
-Fixes misaligned 16bit memory reads (Gollum)
-Fixes Mode 5 display [Engine Software Voxel] (Gollum)
-Fixes registers initialization [Eurasia Intro Normal] (Gollum)
-Fixes misaligned memory reads [Predator Development's FMV Player] (Gollum)
-Fixes ROM loading again (Gollum)
-Add support for 128Mbits roms (requires 8MB extra memory) [Yu
Gi Oh! Duel Monsters 6 Expert 2/Snap Kids] (Gollum)
-Fixes BAM movie support palette bug (Gollum)
-Improve BAM movie support to start at any time (Richard Bannister)
-Add support for movie recording/replaying in BAM file format (Gollum)
-Version Numbers are now MacOS compliant (Richard Bannister)
-Fixes sound buffer for SDL portability (Niels Wagenaar)
-Add reverse stereo support (Gollum)
-Fixes source code for portability issues (Niels Wagenaar)
Get from http://boycottadvance.emuunlim.com/ for the Mac version go here http://www.bannister.org/software/

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 2:20 pm

Emulator JavaGear Beta 1

System PC - Java

Master System/Game Gear Emu, its being made as a final year university project. Heres whats new:
-Runs as an applet or application
-SMS and GG Emulation (Compatiblity 80%)
-Region Setting (Application Only)
-Ability to load ROMs from ZIP files
-User Friendly GUI
-Sound Recording to WAV files (Application Only)
Find it at http://www.alienwebshop.com/pointblank/javagear/

Homebrew Knights Revenge

System PC - Dos

This is a remake of an old MSX game titled Knightmare, I dont know much about it though.
Get from http://revengeknight.multimania.com

Homebrew Kick Off 2002

System PC - Windows

Remake of Kick Off 2 from the Amiga.
Go here to download a demo http://ko2002.com.exxs.net/ I reccommend leaving it unless you have broadband or an unmetered connection, just saw its 42mb.

Emulator CustomGB V0.024

System PC - Windows

Gameboy emu, I dont know whats new.
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml ... ve=gameboy

Emulator YAPE V0.34

System PC - Windows

C16/+4 emu, heres whats new:
-SID card support is back and is now better (not really accurate)
-Largely improved original palette (fixed saturation, not so greyish anymore)
-Fixed two awkward, long standing bugs in the IRQ handling
Get from http://www.vg-network.com/emulist.phtml?emuarchive=c16

Hawq1 · Post by **Hawq1** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 1:55 pm

Emulator Arnold V1.5.5

System MacOS

Amstard CPC+ emu, heres whats new:
-Improved sound
-Fixed several issues with the PSG emulation
-Compatibility increase
Get from http://www.bannister.org/software/

Emulator ZX9200

System Nokia 9210/9290 phones

Spectrum emu for mobiles, it?s based on James McKay?s X128 emulator.
It features:
-High compatibility
-Full speed
-Full colour
The only things missing are a pause-function, the ability to save Snapshot-Files and sound.
Get from http://www.wildpalm.co.uk/dload9210.htm maybe this is the reason Amstrad want to revive some Spectrum titles.