Tuesday, February 29th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:45 EST
Speccyal 0.72b released! There was a small bug left in the last release: "Fixed a bug which could help the "quick load" option from correctly working on some precise configurations (if you had selected in windows explorer the option to view files extensions, because I was using a system dependent file function, which was implicitly using this option)". Speccyal is a 48k Spectrum emulator for Windows.
- atila
The SNES9x Developers Journal has been updated with some good news regarding sound emulation and a nasty problem with the auto-frame skip code in the Windows port. The few Super FX and SA-1 are now very playable on Gary's PII-266 notebook.
- atila
The lads at Explosion Net have updated the N64 Compatibility List for Nemu64 v0.7 and also have an unofficial INI file available for download. Thanks to Ben-J for the news.
- atila
iCraveTV.com is now officially dead, which is kinda sad because it was one of the coolest sites on the Internet. It allowed you to watch 17 US and Canadian channels LIVE, via the internet, at a reasonable bitrate (80 kbps max) I just hope that the networks now see that there is a market for this sort of thing and will hopefully start offering this service to their viewers. Although I doubt they will wake up anytime soon.
- atila
The iz Media Center is available for download. This might be your sort of thing :)
- atila
Lanzador Uni 0.22 final released! Lanzador is cool Windows frontend for use with MAME, thanks to [ PRoToCoL ] for the news.
- atila
I kinda updated the Quotes page yesterday, it will be updated more frequently from now on.
- atila
BloodLust Software has released NogginKnockersX, the sequel to their 'brutal' Pong clone from a few years ago. This release has loads of new features and various cameo appearances of 'emu people'. It weighs in at a hefty 15MB, so get your Getright ready and start downloading! Thanks to DarkMazda for the news.
- atila
*sigh* - looks like EmuHQ has been hacked. *UPDATE* Seems it was a configuration error by their host.
- atila
DarkMazda's Domain has posted the NeoGeo CD cover of The Last Blade, a totally groovy fighter :)
- atila
Howie (MAMEDEV) has released the first version of the hiscore.dat file for use with MAME. Just unzip this into your MAME directory and you should be set. Howie also mentioned that there will be a web form on mame.net for submissions, in the next day or so.
- atila
Wow, I just checked Roar's new link (www.roarvgm.com) and found that not only did their domain name change, but the site has been completely and professionally redesigned by Exodus3D! If you are looking for a site that contains lots of console pics, this is it.
- atila
SadNES 0.12 for DOS has been released. The 6502 CPU should be done, more games are supported, the GUI has been updated, and a vertical mirroring bug has been fixed. (Note: I got a "not found" link, just paste the url into your address bar and change "zip" to "ZIP," I'm sure it'll be fixed soon ;). Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
The PCSX Project is thankfully not dead. Their homepage has been updated with info of new developments on the Playstation emulator.
- dutch
David Lloyd (of Overclocked) made these cool retrogames wallpapers for your Windows desktop! He made two, 1024x768 and 800x600. Thanks David!
- dutch
Team Japump dumped Fairy Land Story (JPN Ver.), Space Position (JPN Ver.), War of Aero - project MEIOU, City Bomber (JPN Ver.), and Nyan Nyan Panic (Kitten Kaboodle JPN Ver.)
- dutch
Mash sent me this "unofficial" mameinfo.dat file for Mame v36rc1 and Mame32 v36rc1 (when it is released). Mash states in the header, "This maminfo.dat contains all the reported bugs from the MAME Testing Project 'Know Bugs Page' and 'MAME 0.36 Beta 16 Bugs'. Also include are the W.I.P. (MAME Work-In-Progress) News from July 1999-February 2000 and infos from the gamelist.txt and whatsnew.txt-WIP infos from MAME 0.36b2-0.36RC1." Give the file a try and see what you think.
- dutch
Monday, February 28th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:45 EST
ROAR, the videogame museum, now has its own domain at http://www.roarvgm.com/, please update your bookmarks.
- atila
Ooh... GuruChoc has a nice new logo! =) A few other things as well.
- prophet
Here's a bit of tech news: Sega isn't doing too well over in Japan, the Dreamcast sold less than anticipated (link 1 and link 2), Microsoft's X-BOX is supposed kill all other consoles (and my name is Billybob), Intel has postponed the launch of its UNANNOUNCED 833 and 866 Mhz CuMine CPUs and Sanyo CRD-Bp2 CDR-W Drive with Burn Proof Technology. BurnProof will eliminate those dreaded Buffer Underrun errors you may get when burning a CD-R :) Thanks to Floach for the Sega link.
- atila
The Nemu site has been updated with a few tips that will enhance your "NEMU experience" :)
- atila
Maechiko has replaced the archive for GBFan Plus 1.16, you can download the rezipped file here, the original .lzh archive is available from Maechiko's site.
- atila
Shane Monroe mailed me the following: "By popular demand, Amiga Emulation Zone now shows you NEW files and additions to the site - no more searching through the file lists trying to see what was recently added! Also, we've added another 10 games, including quite possibly the best game ever for the Amiga, Jetstrike AGA!" If that isn't good news, I don't know what is :)
- atila
Darkmazda's Domain has posted a new NeoGeo CD cover, this time it's KyoRetsuden ( Mah-Jong Story ).
- atila
The dudes at Overclocked have reviewed the 'greatest game of all time', namely Legend of Success Joe. I think I'll have to pay Pretzel and Green a visit for this blasphemy ...
- atila
Zoop has updated SMS power with dumps of Wonderboy for SG-1000, and NFL '95 for Game Gear. Thanks to Opi for the news.
- dutch
A new version of DarcNES has been released. Version dn9a0226 contains some bugfixes and cleanups, and also adds (untested) 24bpp support to the X video code.
- dutch
Danmanya has released Emu+ v36rc1, now in synch with the latest DOS Mame. This has been compiled with the Allegro iblit8 fix. Emu+ adds such options as auto fire, more video modes, and the ability overclock all CPUs. Now online are 3 CPU optimized binaries. Danmanya really wants you to read the readme.txt file as well. ;)
- dutch
RockNES 1.01 released! This release adds lots of fixes and minor changes, be sure to check the homepage for the full list!
- dutch
Nemu 64 0.7 released!! "I guess the features you will enjoy most are Audio HLE support, GBI=3 support and
MAJOR compatibility and speed improvements." I don't see an update yet on their "tests and shots" link, as you may be aware version 0.6 had 45 playable commericial games, so I would expect that there is probably more in version 0.7. :) While downloading, you can click here to read the readme.txt file, the what's new list is big.
- dutch
- Finally fixed weird colors for good? (Please let that be a yes :) - Added a mapper header editor for .NES files.- Moved all mappers out to DLL files. -Now that all the mappers are placed externally, you can start making your own mappers for NESten.
There is also a SDK kit supplied with examples for C (thanks to Jabo) and Delphi.
- dutch
Sunday, February 27th 2000 - Last updated @ 15:34 EST
The GAG site (hosted here at Retrogames) has been updated and will (hopefully :) be updated EVERY DAY after the newsletter has been posted to subsribers. If you're into games and hardware, then you should check out this newsletter in HTML-ised form on the site.
- atila
A new version of Blini was released today. Blini! is a powerful tool which allows you to view and to edit the bleem! ini file, thanks to Nick of Bleem! Park for the news.
- atila
Famtasia 5.1 beta 5 has been released. As usual, since it is in Japanese I don't know what's new in this NES emulator for Windows. Thanks to Armoured Soul for the news.
- dutch
Cowering has released a foursome in his "Good" series of ROM file / database utilities. Here they are: GoodSMS 0.98, GoodPCE 0.98, GoodGG 0.98, and Good2600 0.98. They now use a ZIP capable scanning engine, and have a "LISTD" command for scanning subdirectories! Thanks to Ben-J for the news.
- dutch
All is looking well so far at the Mame32 QA site. John has also posted the icons and screenshots for RC1. If you use the arcade@home frontend like me, you might like these. Tim has also updated a@h with a screen shot pack for RC1 as well. ;)
- dutch
Speccyal version 0.72 has been released. Lots of fixes and optimizations are in this release, check the homepage for the big list! :) Thanks to Opi for the news.
- dutch
The Glide Wrapper GL2Ideal has been updated to version 1.1. It includes bugfixes and optimizations. Thanks to several people for letting me know.
- dutch
Katharsis of the "currently dead" Geoshock has joined the Neo Geo Team 2000! Best of luck to you Katharsis! :)
- dutch
Opi reports that Zoop has released Meka 0.41 RC3 to beta testers, and that this should be the last version before 0.41 final.
- dutch
The Lanzador Uni site has been updated with new English and French language modules. Lanzador Uni (for those who missed it) is a multi-lingual Windows front end for DOS Mame.
- dutch
Rodimus Prime has updated his site with AMame and PMame v36rc1 CPU optimized binaries, as well as SNAME (Simulations and Non-Arcade Machine Emulator), which includes the gambling machine / Pong drivers. Rodimus has also posted his source modifications.
- dutch
OK ladies, are you looking for a single good-looking guy who has a hot job in the games industry? Look no further then this page posted over at nationalgamereview.com. Try to contain yourselves, these are some hot hunks. ;) You can thank AJ Valleskey for the link!
- dutch
fMSX BeOS 2.1 has been released, it's based on the code for fMSX Unix. Thanks to _axelay_ for the mail.
- dutch
If you still have any needs for Mame v36rc1, Bombjack has informed me that Mame.dk should be 100%.
- dutch
Hehehe.. I suppose if you can't nuke someone via the net, this method would be pretty effective as well. :) Thanks for the link, Lomax.
- dutch
GameBBR v.001 has been released, this is a Portuguese Gameboy emulator based on Hash, and uses DirectInput. Thanks to LrdEFN for the news.
- dutch
Saturday, February 26th 2000 - Last updated @ 18:35 EST
The bug that was causing Mame v36rc1 to crash in 400x300 8 bit mode is an Allegro 3.9.31 WIP bug, not a Mame bug. :) Gridle has replaced the three binaries with the fix, so you may want to download again. For those who compile their own, here's the fix: just replace the current iblit8.s file in allegro\src\i386\ with this one. For a list of the changes, click here. Thanks to Gridle and Bernd Wiebelt!
- dutch
Gridle has already updated the MAME WIP page; talk about fast, eh!
- atila
Sega Otaku is reporting that the Dreamcast version of Rent-A-Hero will also feature the Megadrive/Genesis game. It's not known yet if it will available via the DreamLibrary, or if it will be on the GD-ROM.
- atila
CDR Info posted news and pics of the latest CDR-W from Yamaha (8/8/24) & info about 12/8/32 CDR-W drives! If you're in the market for a hot new burner take a look.
- prophet
Our friends at Magic Box reviewed the cool new Playstation version of Strider 2! This CD looks quite good, especially considering you also get the original 2D Capcom classic as well.
- prophet
Yes!!! Here are some pics of Metal Slug 3! Remember those "secret" levels found in Metal Slug X, especially that awesome looking submarine level? Well - take a look at this! Long live the NeoGeo. (Thanks Sys2064)
- prophet
I think some of you won't let the iz Browser go, once it's released. It'll be your own personal downloader for new emulators :)
- atila
Not only is there a new Overclocked epsiode called The Revenge of Pretzel, but Pretzel and Green will have a cameo in one of Bloodlust software upcoming games, NogginKnockersX!
- atila
- Gridle mentioned that there is bug in Mame v36rc1 with -400x300 resolution. You should be able to work around it for now by forcing a different screen resolution. - In addition to the coin keys, there are several sample sets which aren't needed anymore: Stratovox/Speak & Rescue, Red Baron, Battle Zone, Asteroids, and Asteroids Deluxe. - For those of you who compile your own, be sure you have installed Allegro WIP 3.9.31. - Gridle compiled Mame v36rc1 with the K6 optimization option and also with the I686 (PPro, Celeron, P2) optimization option. They can be downloaded from the Official Mame site.
- dutch
Me and my friends spent a few good hours playing Crazy Taxi last night, it's so damn addictive. All I can say is that it's money well spent :) I have one small gripe though, if you have an Japanese VMU and you use it with the PAL version of Crazy Taxi, all the text will show up in Japanese. Anyone at Sega wanna send me a Euro VMU :) Now, if only Soul Reaver and Resident Evil: Code Veronica would show up a bit sooner here in Europe ...
- atila
Arcade ROM Heaven has everything you should need for Mame v36 RC1, I also understand champwru is on alt.binaries.emulators.misc. ;)
- dutch
Friday, February 25th 2000 - Last updated @ 22:51 EST
Roc over at Mameworld pointed out that the start buttons for Mame have changed in RC1, so you can stop banging your keyboard please. ;) Keys 1,2,3,4 are now start buttons 1,2,3,4, keys 5,6,7,8 are now coin slots 1,2,3,4, and keys 9,0,-,= are now service coin 1,2,3,4. Thanks Roc, this most likely would have taken me a while to figure out. ;)
- dutch
Back to the Roots has had an update with more legal Amiga games from the French company Lankhor. They also added Zarathrusta, Black Cauldron, Police Quest 3, Battle Duel, and Rox, and posted new mods and pictures as well! Thanks to Opi for the news.
- dutch
Game Launcher 0.9.1 has been released, this is a universal front end that's currently been tested with Mame, Nesticle, ZSNES, SNES9x, Callus, Stella, and Genecyst. New to this release are various bugfixes and cleanups.
- dutch
Roni reports that his SMS and Genesis Power mirror that was hosted over at Geoshock will be offline until further notice, as he does not have the free time to re-upload all of the files. :(
- dutch
The Lanzador Uni Spanish/English front end for Mame has been updated to version .22 beta 1. This includes interface changes, optimizations, verify roms, and more.
- dutch
Oliver updated his site with two BIOS images, currently supported in the latest MESS, they are Commodore C65 prototype and Philips P2000 T.
- dutch
Zoop has updated SMS Power with Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story, and Galactic Protector! Zoop is also looking for several games. If you've got a SMS collection, do Zoop a favor and have a look at his list to see if you can help him out.
- dutch
NO$GMB, a "nocash" gameboy emulator/debugger for DOS and Windows by Martin Korth, has been updated to version 2.4. New in this release: "windows version, major sound fixes, long filenames, bugfixes, etc."
- dutch
Barry Rodeweld (author of GalEMU) has released QPlayer 1.1.8 for playing QSound ROMs. "This basically fixes a bug involving samples larger than 32K in size, plus the odd extra feature."
- dutch
The four officers in New York who killed an innocent immigrant from West Africa in a hail of 41 bullets were cleared of all charges. Thanks to Drewbert for letting me know about this.
- dutch
MameCE, the version of Mame for WindowsCE, now has a new domain: www.mamece.com, hosted over at VGN. Thanks to f_u for letting me know.
- dutch
NAZ let me know that he is not currently planning on bringing his web page back (previously hosted on the now dead Geoshock), although he does still plan to dump ROMs, and is definitely not "quitting the scene." ;)
- dutch
Mame Version 36 RC1 has been released! Here is the whatsnew.txt, click here to download the source! In case you were wondering, four gambling machines and Pong have been removed from the source, and Street Fighter Zero Changer has been commented out. Thanks to Manu_ for the news, and thanks to VGN for the files.
- dutch
The results are in for last week's bannister.org poll on whether Nicola was right to remove the gambling games and Pong from MAME. A new poll has been added, asking "In a fight of Mac emulator authors, who would win?".
- richard
RomCenter 1.90 released! Lots of new things in this release, be sure to delete old mame and raine datafiles to use this new version. RomCenter is a multi-emulator rom manager.
- atila
GBFan Plus 1.16 released! I have no idea what's new, since it's in Japanese, I did however rezip the package, since people seem to have trouble with .lhz archives :) You can download the original archive at Maechiko's site.
- atila
One last final update (nice pic btw ;) @ GeoShock. Oh, and to the people mailing the GeoShock staff for ROMS: you should ashamed of yourselfs.
- atila
The Dump: Genesis has posted a few of the old Genesis reviews, from when there were still 700+ roms available for download. Ahh, the good old days ... Thanks to Cody for the news.
- atila
EmuForce has posted an interview they conducted with the author of the new WIP 32X emulator called AGES. They also post an exlcusive Great 36 Holes pic :)
- atila
Comeback64 0.9G for DOS released! Here's what's new: Hardsid at selectable address; The emulator will run if a SoundBlaster exists but is busy; Removed unnessecary frameskips. ComeBack64 is a multi-platform C64 emulator.
- atila
Geoshockfr n'est pas mort! Roddy let me know that at the present time, he has no plans on shutting down Geoshockfr (the French mirror of Geoshock). In fact, he mentioned, "but now i must upload some neogeo stuff." :)
- dutch
Blazemore updated his NeoSkin site with lots of new NeoGeo scans, including Top Hunter, Twinkle Star Sprites, Neo Cup '98, Ultimate 11, Neo Mr. Do, Neo Bomberman, Double Dragon, Puzzle De Pon!, Puzzle De Pon! R, Pop 'n Bounce, Super Dodge Ball, and World Heroes Perfect.
- dutch
Gens v0.2 has been released, it contains a rewritten VDP renderer, uses Richard Mittons' RAZE, and has had other speedups, optimizations, and additions, check the homepage for a full list! Please note that their homepage has moved over to Emuforce. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news. (And thanks to Haze for correcting an error I initially made ;)
- dutch
MikeDX has posted screenshots of the next game to make it into EmuDX: Kung-Fu Master!
- dutch
I've been visiting Badge's Lighthouse since it opened, now online are eight new reviews of SNES games. I'd suggest joining his mailing list for even more info.
- dutch
Mathieu Rainville sent EmuHQ a scan of an article on MAME by Jason Kroll in the latest Linux Journal! It's a very refreshing read that is pro emulation, and discusses some of the technical aspects of the emulator, in addition to some of the legalities and issues surrounding ROMs. (Although he does refer to Nicola Salmoria as an "Italian Hacker." ;) One tidbit that stood out to me was "Either way, it's a major greed issue. Many of [the gaming companies] have taken steps to make emulation itself completely illegal, which would be such an abuse of government authority that it rather invalidates any arguments agains ROMs based on "moral" or "ethical" grounds, since holding civil liberties hostage at corporate or economic whim is probably not ethical, and one who is flagrantly unethical has little validity to impose moral censure on others."
- dutch
Mark has posted some exclusive news over at Emuforce regarding the upcoming release of the Playstation 2: "I think we should be one of the first to report this as 'Official' but this week (kinder today) Sony has revealed that the older PS1 games !WILL! be enhanced to look even better. The PS2 allows an anti aliasing option to be turned on that makes the textures of the graphics on games much smoother, such as those on PC and Dreamcast games." Of course that's something that Bleem! does right now. ;)
- dutch
Winzip 8.0 Beta 2 has been released, be sure to check the bottom of the page to read what's new before downloading. Thanks to cdman for the info.
- dutch
Thursday, February 24th 2000 - Last updated @ 21:28 EST
Farewell Geoshock, and thank you Haze & Katharsis for your generosity and great work. Raine, now this... sigh. :(
- prophet
Word has gotten to me that Geoshock and all its hosted sites have been pulled by the provider. A reason has not been given, but it does appear that this is permanent. I'll post more on this when I learn more. Update:Geoshock's closing does appear to be permanent. You will now see an announcement from Katharsis when you click the above link: "There were some bandwidth and legality issues raised about the site and since it was run from a department within a university, it was determined by the powers above us that it should be shut down." I must say that now I am very sad. :(
- dutch
Evil Avatar has a post about a PSX emulator which should be released soon for the Sega Dreamcast: "It seems that a major developer of emulation software is finishing work on a Sega approved emulator that will play Playstation (version 1, I'm assuming) software on the Dreamcast hardware. Probably will debut at E3. Given the extremely short supply of PS hardware that we will see thru the end of the year and the EXTREMELY SHORT supply of PS 2 hardware that we expect, this could be a major boon to Sega. Look for Sony to squeal like a stuck pig and for Sega to be showing Sony 3rd party titles in their booth at E3."
Now, I don't know how trustworthy this is, but it's bound to bring up some heated discussion. And if it does turn out to be real, I guess the DC just got 2600 extra games added to its library ;) Thanks to Sonikku_a for the link.
- atila
A new X68k emulator has been released for Windows called WinX68k, you will need a hefty machine to use this though :) Thanks to Kinox for the news.
- atila
It's been a while since I posted an old mod file, so I thought it would be cool to post one again. This time it's 2nd Dimension (650kb). This rave tune was released back in 1996, by Mekx and Phonc(ie) of Explizit. It's an .S3M file which you can play with WinAMP or MODPLUG, which I personally prefer.
- atila
Those of you who prefer a more colorful Raine site can click here, they still have the old index.html online. However, Guru-Choc has posted over at Arcade ROM Heaven, "RAINE is dead, it won't be making a comeback at all :( Richard has a job as a games programmer, so you will still be able to enjoy his excellent work at some time in the future. It has nothing to do with MAMEDEV." I have never talked to Richard or Mario very much but I am very happy to know that Richard has found what sounds like a great opportunity to pursue. I'm certain he'll be very successful, and that Raine will continue to live on with its many fans, and will go down as a top entry in the EMU hall of fame. Good luck Richard! :)
- dutch
Another EMU author, Nocomp of the PCSX Project, has left the team due to a change in work. PCSX is a Playstation emulator for the PC, Nocomp hopes that the rest of the team will continue with the project. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
The Dog brought my attention to a message out on VGN'sMame Board from Phil Stroffolino, he says that there will in fact be a seperate project for non CPU games, the first two of which will be Pong and Monaco GP.
- dutch
SNEeSe 0.41 has been released, this release includes timing tweaks, improved ADSR, and layering selection.
- dutch
Dith released a dancefloor mix of the original Pac-man music called "Ghostmix Level 4!" Pick it up here, it's a 4 meg mp3. Thanks to Guru-Choc and Roc for the news. Update: I uploaded a mirror of the mp3.
- dutch
Team Japump has dumped Pole Position II (JPN Ver.) and Tumble Pop (JPN Ver.)
- dutch
James Surine has moved the Mame for Digital Cameras site over to digita.mame.net. He also mentions that he's planning on supporting Minolta and HP cameras soon in addition to the Kodaks.
- dutch
Marc Vielfaure has the French version of MacMame updated to version 36 beta 16, grab a copy over at the MacMame site.
- dutch
If you made the upgrade to Windows 2000 you'll be pleased to know that Netscape has released Communicator 4.72, which is fully compatible with Win2000. Thanks to Adam for the news.
- dutch
Wednesday, February 23rd 2000 - Last updated @ 19:15 EST
OK you hotshot emu devs... want some inspiration & challenge? Check out the April 2000 issue of GameFan (the only videogame mag I buy EVERY month)! There's a very cool Graveyard spread on "Xexex," a spectacular looking 1991 shooter from Konami. ECM has practically thrown down the gauntlet on this one... Wonder if he reads Retrogames?
- prophet
Flash has posted a fix for ROM Zipper 1.35 Beta, his free zipping utility. "If you've downloaded ROM Zipper 1.35 Beta, then you'll want to redownload it again. It's not a major issue, but the error handling was accidently disabled, so things like pressing "Cancel" would cause the program will crash. So it doesn't drive you crazy, I've uploaded Beta 2 that fixes that. (If you are a news webmaster, simply replacing your local mirror with the file below will suffice - there is nothing new in 1.35 Beta 2, other than the error handling is fixed.)" Took me a while to update with this, I got hooked on that cool java game he has posted out there. :)
- dutch
Hehehehe... can't ever get enough of wassup. :) Thanks for the link, Numbski.
- dutch
Good news from the MAME32 front, support has been added for the ACTLABS PC light gun! Here's the update on the MAME32 site: "ChrisK has added support for the ActLab gun system so you can use this light gun through DirectInput. He says it's quite fun w/ the Exidy shooters like Cheyenne, Crossbow etc. Although he hasn't tried it, T2 should also work as would any shooting game using a cross-hair." I guess ACTLABS just got themselves a whole lot more sales ;)
- atila
Seems like it's curtains for RAINE :( The Raine site states that "RAINE IS DEAD" and the source of the page has this line it: [!-- K????? B? M????? A?? L????? (O? A?? T??? T?? S??? T????) / M4X1MUM 0WN4G3 --]
which apparently reads: [!-- KILLED BY MAMERS AND LAMERS (OR ARE THEY THE SAME THING) / M4X1MUM 0WN4G3 --]
TAS_2012 was kind enough to solve that little puzzle. Thanks to Katharsis for the news. *UPDATE* The line mentioned above has been removed from the HTML source.
- atila
For those of you who are troubled by Pong's removal from future releases of Mame, Juergen (the author of the simulator) has released a dedicated version of his Pong simulator. Get ready to suck some bandwidth, this is a whopping 1875 bytes. :))) I just ran it on my machine and it works beautifully. Thanks to James Miller for letting me know about this, hopefully this will calm some people down. ;) Update: It appears that this is not a dedicated version of the Pong driver that is in Mame, but a different program written by someone else. Juergen found this program here, apparently it's been around a while. I apologize for any confusion I caused. (Well it still plays Pong doesn't it! :) I see Till made the same mistake I did, so go easy on me. ;)
- dutch
Another Zelda remix has been posted over at Overclocked Remix called "Hyrulian."
- dutch
Genesis Power dumped Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (USA release), they are now using Cowering's GoodGen naming conventions.
- dutch
DarcNES dn9a0219 has been released, this released adds support for NetBSD CDROM (untested) and sound interfaces, and also includes many fixes and source code modifications. Download the source and Linux binary from the homepage. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Team Japump has dumped many ROMs today, here's the list: Cosmo Gang The Puzzle (JPN Ver.), Emeraldia (JPN Ver.), Exbania (JPN Ver.), Face Off (JPN Ver.), Arabian Magic (JPN Ver.), Grid Seeker (JPN Ver.), Ray Force (JPN Ver.), Bubble Memories (JPN Ver.), Kaiser Knuckle (JPN Ver.), Puzzle Bobble 2 (JPN Ver.), Puzzle Bobble 3 (JPN Ver.), Puzzle Bobble 4 (JPN Ver.), Get Star (JPN Ver.), and Dream Shopper (JPN Ver.). Geoshock has some additional information on this as well.
- dutch
Reiginsei over at EmuCamp reports that the next version of Moah's KOF91 Engine will most likely be his last, but he does plan on releasing the source, and plans on adding a TON of features and enhancements, including "improved AI (much better now), more video and windowed modes, MP3 intro, super specials with power bars, 6 special moves per character (1 new type of special added, a static special that'll allow for movements like dragon punches and long range hits), character editor update, up to 1000 characters, collision boxes, impact sprites," and more!
- dutch
If you downloaded February 13's release of ZSNES, you may want to download it again, from the ZSNES homepage: "Whoops! Accidently commented out the DSP1 logging code incorrectly (used ASM Syntax instead of C). Just re-uploaded v0.9891c with the proper fix so please re-download it if you play DSP1 games (such as Mario Kart). Sorry for the inconvenience." Thanks to Digiwrath for the news.
- dutch
RealityMan posted some new screenshots of UltraHLE 1.5.0 running various games at the UltraHLE site. Almost missed Jandaman's post of a nice homebrew Nintendo 64 ROM called Claysn64, which is a clay shooting game perfect for testing out the emulator, thanks PRoToCoL. :)
- dutch
A NES emulator called PlasticNES v0.1 has been released, you can download it from it's official site (recently opened) and give it a try. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Tuesday, February 22nd 2000 - Last updated @ 20:22 EST
NES9x has moved over to EmuHQ, their new URL is http://www.emuhq.com/nes9x. They have posted that NES9x's "primary objective is to be NES equivalent to the SNES 9x, that's why we're GOING to release the source, but we have to finishing cleaning it first, so no source probably until next week."
- dutch
Lanzador Uni, a Windows frontend for DOS Mame in Spanish and English, has moved over to Mameworld, so be sure to update those bookmarks. Additionally, the latest version 0.21 Final has also just been released, adding new design, individual configuration for games, both Spanish and English in the same package, and more.
- dutch
Christian let me know that a Quicktime clip of the X-Men Movie trailer has been posted over at Apple.com.
- dutch
The Guru has posted some great WIP pics of his recent "Suzuka 8 Hours" (Namco, 1993) dump running in an early MAME driver! (Thanks Till)
- prophet
Emulation-X did an interesting interview with Sega 32x AGES author Jeffrey Quinn! There's also an exclusive screenshot of "Knuckles Chaotix" running on the emu in its current alpha state.
- prophet
Gridle has updated the Mame WIP page, looks like the Toaplan hangs got fixed. :)
- dutch
Back In Time has posted an extensive review of The Next Tetris for the PC and PSX. Mike encourages the classic gamers that are considering picking up this title to read both the PC & PSX reviews for this game, as there are a lot of differences between the two versions.
Keep an eye on Back In Time, as the 1st Anniversary episode of the Back In Time webcast will be posted within the next week or so. Since it is the 1st Anniversary of the show, Mike has lined up a VERY special secret guest.
- atila
Here are a few short techbits: Kenwood has released a car MP3/CD player, AMD will be offerring a 933Mhz Athlon somewhere in March, an AMD CPU will also power Microsoft's X-Box, combined with the Gigapixel graphics chipset it will supposedly outpower the PS2 by 2-8 times!
- atila
DIY surgery is not a smart thing to do. Thanks to Mark for the link.
- atila
Happy birthday to Chevolt! Chevolt's birthday is today, his wife's birthday is tomorrow and Morgan's birthday (his son) is on the 28th! Also a Happy Birthday to Jeff "King of" Spain from James and a Happy Belated birthday to Enternal! People keep those mails coming :)
- atila
Genesis Power is back! While some of their files are offline from their main site, their mirrors should be functional.
- dutch
Monday, February 21st 2000 - Last updated @ 20:40 EST
SNEeSe v.0.40 released! "Many serious changes and fixes including: new tile caching method, 17.5 minute SPC crash fixed, greatly improved timing and compatibility..." SNEeSe is a SNES emulator for DOS. The source is also available. Check the homepage to learn more.
- dutch
Planet Mame used too much bandwidth, which is why it's currently down. Jon plans to have it back soon.
- dutch
I still haven't gotten around to those Japanese lessons, but for now Justin, one of our visitors, has this report regarding Famtasia 5.1 beta 4: "It's obvious that the sound is emulated 100% accurately now! =D This also means that both square wave channels sound right, the noise channel sounds correctly, and DPCM channels and samples (especially in Tengen's "Gauntlet") are emulated 100% accurately. I didn't translate any text, but using the emulator obviously proved what I'm reporting." Thanks for letting us know!
- dutch
Stefano let me know that his MESS Companion page is on hold for now due to his computer dying. Don't worry Stefano, I'm sure you'll be back up and running soon! :)
- dutch
Steven sent me a link to R-Cade master out at videologic.com. This may be old news to some, but for newbies (like me) to building your own Mame cabinets this looks pretty sweet. This is a controller board designed to hook up analog input switches on an arcade cabinet to your PC, including the coin slots. :)
- dutch
This week's bannister.org poll asks "Is Nicola right to remove Pong and the Gambling games from MAME?".
- richard
My perspective on the MAME thing is that Pong should be left in MAME until such time as an alternative emulation project supporting it is released. The same goes for the gambling games. Taking stuff out of MAME and throwing it away is the senseless part IMHO.
- richard
I notice a lot of people seem worried about the gambling games / pong issue in future releases of Mame. From what I've been reading, this is not "games with a gambling theme," but games that actually are gambling machines (like Golden Star). Pong can still be done as a seperate project. (Please bear in mind I am not MameDev.) I suggest you read this post and also this one, both by Dan Boris, I myself am keeping a cool head. ;)
- dutch
Azuco has posted various screenshots that were made with A-Saturn. No game pics yet, but some very nice "Saturn Menu" pics are available.
- atila
Madrigal (hosted here @ Retrogames) has updated 4 (!!) of his simulators and he has also released his first docs on how to write your own simulator!
- atila
I recieved a mail from DOX yesterday regarding the "eXboy situation". Dox is the author of HASH, the HASH source was used in creation of eXboy. You can read the mail by clicking here.
- atila
ZSNES 0.9891 released! Another small update to this fine SNES emulator, here's what's new:
- Slightly changed SB16 initialization
- Forgot to remove DSP1 debug code
- Fixed a pitch modulation bug when Voice 0 modulates Voice 1. Thanks to kode54 for this fix!
If you have trouble with the regular version (linked above), the the ASM only version of ZSNES. Thanks to JoseQ for the link.
- atila
Shane Monroe delights us with another RetroGaming Radio, "This 28 minute episode features reviews of Dragon's Lair II: Time
Warp DVD Video, Intellivision Lives! CDROM compilation, the return of the 8-Bit Flashback, and more! Flash4 format has been improved with FF/REW controls to jump through segments - plus we've added more mirrors.
- atila
And a happy birthday to DinkeyToy (Xray1's wife :). I've mentioned this before, if YOU want to wish someone a happy birthday, just mail me.
- atila
Planet Mame has been shut down by the provider. Jon has tried to contact his provider for an explanation, but he hasn't heard back from them yet. He is unsure when he will be able to get it back online.
- dutch
John IV has been posting lots of WIP updates over at the Mame32 QA (Quality Assurance not Questions and Answers :) page. He reports "after about 6 builds and testing/tweaking we've once again got an excellent sounding, non-crasher." Sounds nice!
- dutch
Emucamp is giving away lots of prizes for their two millionth visitor.. they've posted quite a nice prize list with all of the details. The prize list includes a Classic Gamer CD ROM, a Personal Arcade CD ROM, a copy of Bleem, a copy of Magic Engine, a copy of Amiga Forever, and a Zophar's Underworld Volume 3 CD autographed by Uzplayer and Darkmazda! :)
- dutch
What do the mafia and RS have to do with one another? I've absolutely no idea, but that limo sure looks nice. :)
- dutch
I read about a new NES emulator over at EmuHQ called NES9x (not to be confused with an SNES9x). Version 1.0 beta is now out. It's coded in C and is apparently pretty fast (I haven't tried it yet, too busy ;). I suggest visiting the site and giving it a try. Here's a direct link to their readme.
- dutch
Pete has released version 1.29 of his PSEmu GPU TNT OpenGL Plugin. You don't need to have a TNT card though to use this plugin with PSEmu Pro. This version adds "two more filtering modes for sharp looking sprites and texts."
- dutch
Zeograd has released the source code to Hugo 1.10. "...don't expect the source to be fully compilable right after the extracting. You'll need Allegro for Linux and Dos version and also Seal and eagle for the dos one (maybe also the libamp library). All of this stuff can be freely found on the net." Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Atani Software has released Generator32 version .13. They report "some things have been broken again, but some have been fixed." :) Please note you must have DirectX 5.0 installed in order to for it to work properly. Visit Atani Software for more info.
- dutch
Apparently Pong and the gambling games are to be taken out of MAME. Here is Nicola's post on the subject.
- richard
Sunday, February 20th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:40 EST
Sun believes the only place for 63,000 bugs is a rain forest.
- richard
Leo Postma has conducted an interview with Hans de Goede, maintainer of XMAME, the *NIX port of MAME. The interview is available in both Dutch and English, since not everyone can read/understand Dutch (odd eh ;)
- atila
UPDATEHav0k contacted me and told me the following: "eXboy uses Hash source code (from the free source thing on EG), and i know the guy, and he is being helped by the guy who made Hash...so it is a new emu in it self...he is adding sound next.."
(old post) *Sigh*, seems Exboy (mentioned yesterday) is merely a recompile of HASH. That's a pretty low thing to do. Thanks to everyone that mailed me.
- atila
MikeDX has released the private betas of EmuDX32! "Due to the present situation with rebuilding lost data, the recently unavailable EmuDX32 private betas are now available for download. Before you download these, please note that they are VERY buggy and probably will not work on your machine." MikeDX has posted three builds, each of which works to a different degree. Remember to read all of the docs thoroughly before reporting any bugs.
- dutch
The Official Raine Site posted about Silver Translations working on a translation for Armed Police Batrider, a great game supported by Raine! They have several other projects lined up as well.
- prophet
Everyone should check out Ontrack.com - as you may know, my hard drive died last week, and I thought I'd lost all my stuff. But I was actually able to recover ALL my files by using the Easy Recovery software at Ontrack. Yes, it cost me some cash, but it was worth it! They have a free demo version there and I'd highly recommend everyone keeping it around just in case. Oh yeah, my mail is working now too. :)
- prophet
Oh no!! Cataclysm!!! NESten Beta Cataclysm has been released, here's what's new:
- Fixed problem with Save RAM where it would not save unless the Save RAM already existed. - Fixed a wicked problem. (Which caused crashes) - Hopefully restored "weird"/incorrect colors on some computers. - Added Recently opened files. - Added Reset configuration. - Now remembers window position and size.
Here's our mirror of the binary. Oh and by the way, happy birthday TnSE! :) Thanks to Lycia for the news.
- dutch
-A look at the new Pacman for the Atari 2600 as well as an interview with Rob Kudla! -Reviews of Blaseroids and Targ! -Video Game Challenge with Ladybug vs Mousetrap! -The conclusion to The Menace From Outer Space story! -A whole lot more!
Hugo 1.10 has been released: "I've mainly managed to chase out the bug of controller remapping as said previously. One more Hu card is playable (dungeon explorer US) and ISO support have been slightly modified (some iso can now run in bios mode instead of no bios)." Click here to go directly to their download page.
- dutch
AdriPSX DOS version 00.02.16 has been released, This is a Playstation emulator that can run Alundra, Tomb Raider II, Tales of Destiny, and other games. This version adds:
- Some speed ups on DynaRec - Added instructions J and JAL to the compiler - Improvements on MDEC skipping and GTE - More Dynarec instructions added - Many other bugs fixed
Download it from psxemu.com. They also have some screenshots posted, I must say they look quite nice! :)
- dutch
No Mame beta or RC release yet.. you did remember to stop by Guru-Choc's Arcade ROM Heaven, didn't you?
- dutch
A bugfix release of 1-UP has been released. Head on over to the 1_UP site to pick up a 375K patch that will update your version to 0.9.77.
- dutch
Generator32 has been released over at the Atani Software site, this is a Win32 port of the Linux Genesis Emulator. Expect there to be bugs, but feedback is needed now. :) Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Team Japump reports that they have dumped Esprade (JPN Ver.), UO POKO (JPN Ver.), Dangan Feveron (JPN Ver.), and Battle Garegga (JPN Ver.)
- dutch
WinBoycott 0.61b has been released, this is a Win32 port of the Boycott Gameboy and Gameboy color emulator. Thanks to JoseQ for the news.
- dutch
Saturday, February 19th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:05 EST
GoodCompare 1.01 released! Straight from the docs: "An incredible utility for Cowering's "Good" series of rom renamers has been created by a very talented programmer (who wishes to remain anonymous) for the use of the emulation community! Good Series Missing File Compare v1.01 allows you to take your "miss" text file generated by any of the "Good" series of programs available, and compare it with another person's "miss" file. It then creates a list of what you need from that person, and what that person needs from you! It will also create a batch file for the missing romsets. *NOTE* you both MUST be using the same newest version of the "Good" rom renamer or else the compares will not be correct. There is currently no support file or help for this utility."
- atila
CPS2Shock has been updated ""with a few screenshots of two new games known to be released for the CPS-2 system this year thus proving the system is far from dead. One game is by Eighting / Raizing, the people who do the wicked shooters currently emulated in RAINE which some may find interesting."
- atila
EXBOY released! This is a new Gameboy emu, I haven't it tried yet, thanks to _Bouncer for the news. (Can you notice I'm bored?)
- atila
MGhandi has done an interview with Tyranid, author of 2 WIP Sega Saturn emulators (Lucifer and Sat'on'Em). It's quite a lenghty interview, but well worth a read.
- atila
A-Saturn 0.15 released! Lots of new things in this release, here goes: "added SCU-DSP emulation, finish SMPC emulation, bug fix SH2-LD-DIV emulation, bug fix VDP2 cell mode drawing, divide VDP drawing routine form RTI routine(more time critical), full rewrite RTI-SMPC source code, many bug fix ...." More info about this Sega Saturn emulator can be found at the A-Saturn site. Thanks to Ben-J for the news.
- atila
Gridle updated the Mame WIP page! Get out your beta capsules. ;)
- dutch
Speaking of Overclocked, the Overclocked Remix site has its own domain now: remix.overclocked.org. Now online is a Zelda remix called "Rabbit Joint."
- dutch
I've read on several sites that a Win32 port of RockNES is in development. "Currently, it´s *very* slow ´cause of 6502 emulator used (we´re trying to replace it) and it runs at 14FPS in my P166."
- dutch
A new site has opened up over at Emuviews called The Games Nostalgia. "This project has the intent to redesign, remake and sequel many games that for some reason didn't receive a special attention from its developers, was forgotten or deserve to be revived." While this is not emulation, it is about keeping the spirit of classic games alive. I had a look at his WIP List, it includes the following titles: "Altered Beast 2," "Golden Axe 4: Eternal Power," "H.E.R.O.: Danger In Downtown," "Double Dragon: No Limits To Survive," "Thunder Force VI," "Space Harrier: Galactical Conflict," "Super River Raid," and something called "Wait for more suprises..." ;)
- dutch
SadNES32, a NES emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 11 beta 5. It runs around 40 ROMs, supports Direct Draw, and control pad 1. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Peepo is still at it... even more Commodore 64 tape images have been added to Redump 64, they are: Barry McGuigan's Boxing, The Dam Busters, Dan Dare, Laser Zone, Last Mission, LED Storm, Luna Landa, Magnetron, Mama Llama, Match Point, Matchday II, Matrix, Mermaid Madness, Metabolis, Metropolis, Miami Vice, Monopoly, Monte Carlo Casino, Manic Miner, Monty On The Run, Music Maker and Nexus.
- dutch
BrMSX 2.3 was released a couple days ago. This is Ricardo Bittencourt's MSX emulator for DOS written in 32 bit assembly. This version introduces MSX2+ support (which is a bit buggy at this stage), 512x384x15 video mode, and various bugfixes and improvements. Thanks to the MEP-Crew for the news.
- dutch
Friday, February 18th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:01 EST
Prophet here, just getting back after a horrible hard drive malfunction. The following is a public service announcemeht: Make regular backups!!! I didn't. :( Also, don't email me, because I can't get it yet. A huge thanks goes out to the kind people who helped me recover the URL's to some favorite websites. And also thanks to Atila for keeping me active here at Retrogames despite my long absence. Dutch has certainly been doing an awesome job in my stead!
- prophet
The Mame Tester's site has been updated with the latest Mameinfo.dat file. This covers all known bugs and issues up to Mame v36b15. Unzip the mameinfo.dat file into your Mame directory, then use the "history" function to view.
- dutch
Bill Gates supposedly said that he would be willing to "open-source" Windows if it would mean that Microsoft would not have to be split up.
- atila
Shane Monroe has some good news for all you Amiga lovers out there: "Amiga Emulation Zone is proud to announce we have broken 125 games now posted on line! New games include MANY classic pinball games, and some of the absolute best classics for the Amiga like Stunt Car Racer, Veteran, and more!"
- atila
Peepo has updated Redump64 with more Commodore 64 cassette tape images! They are: Hole In One, Hollywood Poker, House Of Usher, Hyperbowl, I-Alien, Impossible Mission, International Rugby Simulator, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, The Island Of Dr. Destructo, Jack Charlton's Match Fishing, Kane II, KGB Superspy, Kikstart II and World Cup Soccer '90 (Italia '90). There's lots more new stuff as well. :)
- dutch
Digitoxin has released NESToy 3.01 with Windows 2000 support. :) It also includes bugfixes, spelling corrections, and other additons which you can read by clicking here. Thanks to Emucamp for the news.
- dutch
Cowering has released GoodGen 0.27, now all ROMs are classified, and more good dump info has been added. If you find anything missing in his database, please mail him. :)
- dutch
Amiga Mania (a French site) has been updated with 5 Amiga disk images: Bargon Attack, Carvup, Kult, Maupiti Island en Français, and Player Manager. Thanks to EmuHQ for that one. :)
- dutch
Sardius has updated his site with some new dumps.
- dutch
Any of you 80's video game freaks remember JM Production Co.'s Starcade? I do.. it was on every weekday where I lived. This was a gameshow where the contestants (usually pre-teen kids :) would have to play arcade games like Sinistar, Dig Dug, etc. and score a certain number of points in order to win. I saw over at a@h that JM Production Co. has now set up a Starcade web page! You can browse all of the games that were featured on the show, play some online trivia games, and they'd also like to hear from former contestants! While the web site is still under construction it did bring back quite a few memories. :)
- dutch
Roman posted a Shark 3.1 datfile (made by Logiqx) for CLRMame at the CLRMame Pro site.
- dutch
SkulleateR, a member of the Jag Bag team (currently working on a Jaguar Emulator), has posted some very upsetting news about a gas leak and explosion at his father's house. His father is thankfully OK but has suffered burns, and the house was not insured. Jag Bag is therefore delayed but by no means stopped, please visit the Jag Bag page for more info about how you can help.
- dutch
Zipmany 6.07 has been released, here's what's new in this release:
- Resources are now just 25% of previous versions, if you were experiencing low system resources, you should definitely upgrade to this version - Folder/File display is now set to 2/5 Folder 3/5's file, but you can change it to suit your needs - Tray icon for when Zipmany is minimized during zipping or unzipping - Toggle option to hide ZM from the taskbar when minimized - A bar showing how much disk space you have remaining - Password protected Zip files can now be tested (Using Unzip P/word) - Subtle Interface Changes - Icons to menu items. - Zip history now updates from the top ;) - Invert now inverts the folders - Folders update after creating a new folder
Zipmany is shareware, it's $20 US to register.
- dutch
1-UP 0.9.76 has been released. Lots of bug fixes and new features have been implemented, including a folder tree view (like Explorer) and an import Wizard that walks the user through the setup paths. Have a visit to the homepage to review the full list of changes and download your copy, it's about 4 megs. (My ISDN date is 2/28 so you'll start to see me post more local mirrors of things then.) Thanks to PRoToCoL for the news.
- dutch
Thursday, February 17th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:48 EST
More news from JoseQ, the latest *private* alpha of NEMU can run Ridge Racer64, which was released a few days ago. A pic is provided at the NEMU site.
- atila
Is it true !? A 32X emu?! FINALLY !??!?!?!? (okay, I stop with being melodramatic now ;) Thanks to JoseQ for the news.
- atila
Sony of Japan did some compatibility testing with the Playstation 2, they ran 15 random PSX titles on it. The results were "bleemish" to say the least, PSX owners are going to be in for a rough ride ;) Thanks to Sony-Otaku for the news.
- atila
This is from the "totally uncredible" section, Windows95 for the C64. I must say, it's very well done :P Thanks to |\/|arc for the link.
- atila
Remember that bit of news that Dreamcast users would be able to play Genesis/PCE games on their machine ? Well, Sega Otaku is now reporting that the emulator will come with Dream Passport revision 3 (that's the DC browser), which will be out in March. It's going to be called DreamLibrary and it will be available for Japanese users only (for now ?).
- atila
The UHLE site has posted an UltraHLE screensaver, courtesy of Razor Edge. Speaking of screensavers, DemoNews has 2 new cool screensavers up, one is called Flux, which kinda looks like the Geiss plugin used in WinAMP. The other is a really cool fireworks screensaver, best one I've seen :) thanks to [ PRoToCoL ] for the news.
- atila
The Mame Testing Project is looking for new testers.. if you're willing to "adopt" some games in Mame, thoroughly test them, and report bugs with each beta release, this is the place to go. They have recently updated the known bugs and bug report page, give it a check. ;)
- dutch
Since this was talked about earlier, I just thought I'd mention... take a look at where www.mameworld.com points to now. Roc asks that you do not update your bookmarks yet. (Note: at 2:00 am EST 2/17/00 it points to Mameworld, my apologies if it points somewhere else when you read this.) :P
- dutch
MESS WIP has been updated with the following news: "Paul Daniels has submitted a driver for the Philips P2000T. He is also working on a driver for the Acorn atom, but this one isn't finished yet." Thanks again to Opi for the news.
- dutch
Overclocked reviewed Data East's 1989 arcade game "Trio the Punch." Hehe.. "We Give Up: What the Hell is going on??" ;)
- dutch
Bleem! just keeps getting more recognition.. EmuHQ has posted a magazine scan of a review from a Swedish Magazine (I don't see the name of it) on Bleem!. Looks like on a scale of 1-10 they give it a 7. :) The Bleem! team has also been interviewed over at 3D Game Force.
- dutch
This year's Classic Gaming Expo is scheduled for July 29-30 at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Thanks to the Coinop History Archive (which has just been updated with lots of stuff btw :) for the news.
- dutch
Roddy let me know that he once again updated GeoshockFR with some Amiga Games, they are: Cannon Fodder, Darkseed, Dune II, Eye Of The Beyolder I, Eye Of The Beyolder II, Flashback, and Holidays Lemmings '94.
- dutch
The MEP-Crew has posted a special version of the Java MSX emulator that will play games in 512x384 window size. (The previous version only did 256x192). You will need Microsoft Internet Explorer with Java enabled (does not work with Netscape yet).
- dutch
Users of Cowering's "Good" utilities will no doubt be familiar with bad dump entries in the output listings... Digitoxin released a utility that removes these. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
A Microsoft console? Yep, the rumors were true, Microsoft is in fact developing a console called the X-Box, which is supposed to be more powerful than the Playstation 2. "Not only does it utilize a 1 GHz CPU (!), but it also has a 4 GB hard drive, which will allow you to download patches, have an internet cache, install new software, download games, download media (music, movies) and so much more." Guess all they need now is Sony's developers. ;) Thanks to Snoopie for the link.
- dutch
Looks like Zoop is getting ready for a Meka RC2 release, here's what's new so far:
- Optimised "double" blitter. - Fixed a sometimes happening savegame loading bug introduced in RC1. - Fixed some emulation bugs introduced in RC1: Out Run, Back to the Future 2, Spiderman vs the Sinister Six, and probably billions of other are working again. - Fixed a text overlapping screenshot bug introduced in RC1. - Fixed rare crashing bug with the blood cursor GUI effect.
Go Zoop! :) Thanks to Opi (a day late :) for the report.
- dutch
Let's see if I can catch up with things... sorry I'm late :)
- dutch
Wednesday, February 16th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:12 EST
The Macintosh version of Generator has been updated to v0.13.
- richard
In a surprise move, ATI has bought ArtX, the developers of the graphics chip used in Nintendo's Dolphin (new next-gen console). ATI will most likely use the technical know-how to boost the quality and performance of future graphics chips :)
- atila
Mac users are well aware that the Mac version of Hu6280 has been stalled for some time due to the failure of Jamsponge to send me the most recent source code. A completely unscientific poll can be found here - asking if YOU think that I'll ever be sent updated code.
- richard
I have a small complaint about gasprices in The Netherlands. Shell will be raising the price for a liter of Euro95 benzine (gas) to Fl. 2,50 this Friday here in Holland. That's about $1,14 per liter, or just under $5 per gallon. my car takes 85 liters for a full tank, that's Fl. 212,50 or $96. I'm going to cry now ....
- atila
MAMEWORLD IS CLOSED!
Below is Tim Eckel's list of demands for the return of the MAMEWORLD.COM domain name, as you can see it is the most pathetic pile of crap you are ever likely to read. All hosted sites will remain open, but the news and everything else will stop until we decide if it really is worth the time and effort to continue.
Sony has filed a new suit against Connectix alleging patent infringement. Sony claims that "Connectix is illegally using those patents to make a rival product". Connectix are the makers of Virtual Game Station (PSX emu) for the MAC and soon Windows.
- atila
If you would like to join us on EFnet IRC #Retrogamers and you have no idea HOW, then you should read this guide by SAV2880. It'll only take a few minutes to set up and when you login, you'll be surprised how many people are in the channel (or "chatroom"), talking about everything except emulation =)
- atila
GoodDeal Games have posted an interview they did with Nolan Bushnell. Chances are you've played one of the games that Mr. Bushnell has worked on :)
- atila
The guys at MAME WORLD have been trying to get MAMEWORLD.COM for some time now. First it was cyber-squatted by an Italian dude, who let it go without notice. Then somehow it ends up in the hands of Tim Eckel, when accessing www.mameworld.com you will get redirected to tim's site: Arcade@Home. I'm sure there's a perfectly logical explanation for this and I'm sure that Tim Eckel will be willing to hand ownership of the domain over to the MAME WORLD guys, they are so pissed now, that they want to call it quits. Thanks to --[ PRoToCoL]-- for the news.
- atila
Tuesday, February 15th 2000 - Last updated @ 20:41 EST
Remember that post back on the 8th about the legislation (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act or UTICA) they were trying to pass that would allow software companies to have much greater control over your system in general? They passed it. At least, in Virginia they did. Let's hope more states in the US don't follow. Thanks (I think) :\ to Drewbert for letting me know.
- dutch
Roman Scherzer has released ClrMAME Pro 1.1, the "pig newton" problem has been fixed! ClrMAME Pro is a MAME rom manager for Windows, hosted by MAME World.
- atila
Pretzel and Green have done a review of Shaq Fu. I can wh00p Shaq's behind any day, I know Kung Fu, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Peking Duck and 7 other asian words.
- atila
DemoNews (at first I thought it was the trackerscene e-zine ;) has posted a 3D pacman clone, called PacMania 3D. It's pretty cool, it uses Direct3D when available for some cool effects. Thanks to Marconelly and Tim & Cheryl for the news.
- atila
Snorter sent me some info regarding the status of Genesis Power: "First our zip files were abducted by aliens, now some server misconfiguration has Genesis Power deep in a coma... I have been assured that it is being worked on, and that the site should be back up at any time. We suspect the near-death experience will bring new releases, although a liberal dose of banner clicks will be required to nurse it back to full health." As for EmuChrist (in case you missed the update), Judas posted earlier that they will be needing a new host.
- dutch
I missed this yesterday, I read over at arcade@home that the US Postal Service did in fact do a 80's video games postage stamp. As you can see in the link, it's two kids playing Defender on the Atari 2600. Remember how bad it was? If I'd have had Mame back then, I would have freaked. :)
- dutch
Generator 0.13, a Genesis emulator for X-Windows (Linux) has been released, with other ports to follow over the next few days. This version adds svgalib mode, auto-skip, bug fixes, and interlace support. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Cowering has released GoodGen 0.26 with updates to the database and a bugfix.
- dutch
Woom!, a MSX emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.3 beta. New to this version are MSX2 support, preliminary V9938 emulation, WD2793 FDV Disk emulation, full screen support, and fixes in memory handling. Thanks to The MEP-Crew for the news.
- dutch
I think if I hear one more person say "WASSSUP!" I'm going to scream. :)
- dutch
Razoola updated CPS2Shock's gamelist with lots of game artwork. He's currently seeking game instructions and marquee artwork from CPS2 games, drop him a line if you can help!
- dutch
Monday, February 14th 2000 - Last updated @ 19:33 EST
Yet another ROM release today, this time from Arcade ROMs from Japan. It's Gun Buster, a Taito game, this is not in Raine .28f. Thanks to Razoola for the news.
- dutch
Fx3 has released RockNES 1.00! I'm sorry I can't provide a local copy since our FTP server seems to be down. Thanks to Snotz for the news.
- atila
Yet another release from Team Japump, this time it's Ring Rage (jp, us, world versions). They also report to have dumped Metal Black, though it doesn't appear to be available (yet :). Thanks (as always) Till. ;)
- dutch
I don't know what happened to Emuchrist or Genesis Power, I'll report on it as soon as I know more. (403 means that public access to the site has been turned off by either the providers or site maintainers.) Update: Judas let us know why Emuchrist is down, you can click here to read it.
- dutch
"Two Columbine High School students were found shot to death in a Subway sandwich shop near the school where 15 people were killed last year." Thanks to Drewbert for the news.
- atila
Today is Valentine's Day, it's not too late to pick up that phone and get your girl-/boyfriend some nice flowers or something! (Mental note: call Fleurop!)
- atila
MGhandi has interviewed Sean Doidge, SEGA IRC Network admin (official DC IRC network) and SEGA DC Zone employee. Click here for the interview.
- atila
Eraser showed me this mpeg file (1.6MB), I couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes :)
- atila
Michael Russell has posted another rant, where he describes the fiasco that is Ultima IX and Electronic Arts' total lack of respect for their customers, with regards to Ultima IX. I must say that I read it and was amazed by EA stupidity! Click here and see WHY Michael calls for a boycott of EA.
- atila
The suprise release of Raine .28f caught just about everyone offguard, I don't think I've ever seen an arcade emulator release that enabled as many large (file-sizewise) and unreleased games. Regis over at EmuChrist sent me his current ROM report. According to his report, there are still 16 games that have checksums in Raine's database that have not been released. (The report doesn't account for yesterday's release of Riding Fight from Team Japump.) Oh, just thought I'd also mention, they have all the correct ones online. ;)
- dutch
David Lloyd has posted three new "OC" remixes over at the Overclocked site, they are: Super Mario Land 'Millennium', Bubble Bobble 'Jungle', and MegaMan 2 end theme 'Raveland'. I'll be leeching them overnight.. my ISDN date is 2/28/00. :P
- dutch
I just checked back over at Redump64, and I see Peepo has been adding lots of games!
- dutch
Winamp 2.6 is out... thanks to Sonikku for letting me know.
- dutch
What's your favorite emulator? How about your 25 favorite? Head on over to Emucamp and vote and vote! Lilac writes, "Theres 150 to choose from,and everyone can cast avote for thier top 25. The results of the poll will be announced beginning March 31, as the top 100 as voted by all emulation fans will be revealed."
- dutch
If anyone's been having problems finding mirrors for Sega CD Power's releases, SAV has posted that more will be available shortly. They will also be releasing an ISO+MP3 release of Dark Wizard within the next day! (ISO+MP3 = much smaller download :)
- dutch
Sunday, February 13th 2000 - Last updated @ 13:21 EST
Do you have this urge to kill those pesky Pokemon ? Well, now you can with this screensaver that acts as a game. It's kinda like Space Invaders, except you shoot at PokeMon :) Thanks to DrSteveW for the link.
- atila
I didn't get home until 7:30 AM, kinda tired right now.
- atila
- Fixed some SA-1 sudden slowdowns. This does slow down the overall emulation speed in SA-1 games though. - All sounds were being played at the wrong pitch (slightly higher than normal. It's now fixed so Zsnes should sound better now. - Thanks to kode54 for helping out here!
If you have trouble running it on your machine, try the ASM only version.
- dutch
There has been some WIP news posted at the UltraHLE site for the upcoming version 1.5.0. "The OpenGL development is now at a stage where both 2D/3D wireframe and filled poly's are working well and all the only major bit of code to finish is the texture code." They've posted 9 screenshots from the latest development version.
- dutch
More sad news I'm afraid.. Charles M. Schulz, the creator of "Peanuts," has passed away at the age of 77. :(
- dutch
Segu has released a PSEmu plugin called PSmplay 0.1. "This is the tool which can see STR/XA/TIM of PlayStation. All can't be playback, and it isn't understood whether it can cope with it from now on, too, at present. It may work with the environment after DirectX3 because only the function of DirectX3 is being used fundamentally." Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Blini release 4 is out! It now supports 1212 Known disc ids. Blini is an ini file editor for Bleem. Right from the homepage, here's what's new:
- Bug fixes - Blini! now shows when a game works under D3D - An improved update function for those of you who didn't got the old one working. The old function : "Online Update (based on MSWINSCK)" The new function : "Online Update (based on MSINET)" - Changed the window size - Now viewable in 800x600 - The Compatibility.TXT isn't load on startup any more, this causes a speed improvment of more than 400% on startup
Peepo has updated Redump64 with more games! The aim of Redump64"...is to collect as many original Commodore 64 tape images and related files as possible." Remember these? It would take 30-60 minutes to load 60k games from a cassette tape. :)
- dutch
GalEMU 0.40.9 has been released for DOS and Win32. This is Barry Rodewald's Galaxian arcade emulator, and this release "adds Streaking and Black Hole, and is now also compiled with M-Z80 v3.3."
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