Russian president Vladimir Putin has banned Microsoft operating systems from the country's armed forces and military-industrial complexes! Seems Putin is a very smart cookie, I just wish Clinton would follow Putin's lead and ban Windoze from being used in the US. Click here to read the full story.
- chris
David Swofford, the Origin Public Relations person, has confirmed the rumors that Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, is leaving Origin Systems (no, it isn't an April Fools):
"Yes, Richard has decided to leave Origin to pursue other interests but he's not made any definite plans. We have eliminated 20 positions here at Origin, but it is having no impact on Ultima Online Live or Ultima Online 2."
Sad news indeed. :( Thanks to Caffeine for bringing this to our attention.
- dutch
ViBE is a dynamic recompiling Virtual Boy emulator for Power Macintosh that can run at 500 frames per second on an iMac. The emulator itself is not available to the public yet, but more than 200 screenshots showing ViBE running lots of different VB games are online for you to see.
- richard
- Fixed -keys option. - Fixed again MBC3&HuC3 clock. - Fixed a CPU speed change. - Added a show message.
- dutch
We will not pull any weird April Fool's stunts, because it's our birthday tomorrow :)
- atila
MacMame 0.36 is out, now in synch with the DOS port. Here's what else is new:
- MacMAME now recognizes a new folder: "Misc Support Files". It expects to find all the miscellaneous data files thave have no other home in there (cheat.dat, history.dat, mameinfo.dat, etc). The MacMAME.mov file is also now expected to live there as well, instead of its prior home in the "Screenshots" folder. [Brad Oliver] - Pressing Command-leftarrow and Command-rightarrow in the front-end will now cycle through the tabbed panes. [Brad Oliver] - New report options to generate lists of non-working games and games that have been flagged with imperfect or incomplete emulation. [Brad Oliver]
Thanks to SYS2064 for the news, you can download the binary and source code from our MAME page (edited by Atila).
- atila
The Flash released ROM Doctor 0.986, his newest emu utility that does ROM merging via ftp for multiple PC's and renaming via a Good tools frontend for Cowering's famous renaming utilities! He makes some really nice free utilities so you might like to explore his other offerings as well.
- prophet
Alucard's Abode posted news and a screenshot about Project Hyperion, supposedly a new Sega Saturn emu for Windows! It only gets as far as the Saturn logo at this point. I personally have no way to verify the validity of this emu, but you never know... (Thanks MiniSonik)
- prophet
The Official Raine site was updated with a cryptic message about "the afterlife" & not being able to "cheat death." I have no idea what we're supposed to think... (Thanks Caffeine)
- prophet
K.o.F. Perfect was updated with a new "Garou:MotW" screensaver! There's also some new CD cover scans & icons. Lotsa cool NeoGeo multimedia - check it out.
- prophet
Tomorrow Retrogames.com will be 2 years old! Another fine opportunity to break out the champagne :)
- atila
DC.IGN has posted pricing information and the first pics (!!) of the Genesis/PCE emulator running games on the Sega Dreamcast. Check out the link above!
- atila
GLTron 0.59 released! Online are binaries for Linux, Win32, and MacOS! Here's what's new:
Other: -very cool new model from Charles Babbage -levels-of-detail for the model -configure keyboard controls (not saved between games yet) -added volume settings for music / fx to Audio menu -used wall & floor texture from Nicolas Zimmermann -(optional) sound effects, SDL version only -added trail decals on solid trails (option) -added trail bow before cycle -changed GUI background -resized menu (dynamic size now) -added screenshot function (F12 - disabled on MacOS) -fixed lightcycle going backwards (if you liked the old way better, that's an option now) -added arena overview camera mode when dead -GNU autoconf WOOO! WOOO! -textures in png format
To go along with that release of GoodN64 V0.986 (BETA), Kirkland has made N64Sort v.1, which will sort all of the ROMs in the N64Ren directory. Run the batch files IN that directory, NOT the same directory as GoodN64.exe. The batch files will sort and unsort your ROMs into appropriate subdirectories, give the readme file a look for complete explanations.
- dutch
The VZ200 Emulator for DOS has been updated to version 1.3. This emulates the "Laser" or "Texet TX8000" 200/300 computers, including: "34k RAM (maximum available), mode0 & mode1 graphics, sound (via PC speaker), keyboard, joystick (via PC arrow keys)." Thanks to Mr. Opi for the news. :)
- dutch
Squeem version 0.06 has been released, this is a small, fast (but at the moment not so compatible? :) emulator for Windows. The what's new list is pretty big.. ("Added fameskip-ish thing..." :), check the homepage for the full list.
- dutch
Got Wallpaper? Bet you don't have any like the kind Cinder made.. :) We'd like to welcome Cinder's Wallpaper Archive to retrogames (at cinder.retrogames.com), and he's got some sweeeeeeeeeeeeet wallpapers online... stop by and have a look!
- dutch
Are you having sound problems with Mame32 v.36? John mentions: "Verify that you have gotten the latest DirectX drivers for your soundcard and that you have experimented w/ Midas vs DirectSound and TripleBuffering. Failing that email me w/ your OS, soundcard, settings, other pert. info, and repro cases for the bad sound so I get the data points to the devs."
- dutch
SadNES32 0.13 Demon Edge has been released: "...New on SadNES 32, Skin Support, now comes with 1 default skin, a bit speed up (just a little bit)." Atomic Bomberman also mentioned that Ti-B0ne quit the project and Aeris is on vacation right now. Sorry to hear it A.B. :(
- dutch
You're right Opi, that is damn cool. Wow! :)
- dutch
The Beaf asked me if I've ever heard of the Killer List of Videogames (KLOV) database. While I'm sure some of you have, I haven't, so I thought I'd mention it here. This is a HUGE online database in html format of tons of classic and not-classic arcade games. It includes a cool search function, a text version, and there is also a place where you can submit entries that are not in the database.
- dutch
WiLD_'s EmuHappenings is almost at it's 25,000 visitor... if it's you, be sure to take a screenshot and mail him. :)
- dutch
Quantum3D has released a multi-game system called Ultracade. This is a pre-built upright cabinet that comes with a 27" VGA monitor and its own system software, which runs original arcade games off of "game packs" on CD ROM. The system comes with eight Capcom titles: 1942, Vulgus, Trojan, Gunsmoke, Ghosts’ n Goblins, Higemaru, Legendary Wings and Section Z. The system costs $2,999 and the games packs are $249 each. It does seem expensive to me, but to be fair I'd really need to see it and try it out to make a fair judgement. There are currently 3 other Capcom Game Packs and 1 Taito Game Pack available for it.
- dutch
BouKiCHi has released DBoy 0.58, as usual, I am unable to translate the Japanese what's new info. Thanks to Kosh for the news.
- dutch
Tomorrow's Heroes has posted Bit Age Time Issue #7: "This month we look at the upcoming video game war! It looks to be a doozy with Sega, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft pitted against each other. Also, we continue to Top 50 list as we surpass the halfway point. We also spotlight two more sites and more! So stop in and take a read!"
- dutch
The Handy Homepage has been updated! It seems we may eventually see a new release of the world's greatest (and only?) Atari Lynx emulator! Yay! =) (Thanks Emuviews)
- prophet
Thursday, March 30th 2000 - Last updated @ 20:00 EST
Zach set up a new site called roms4all.com. There aren't any ROMs on the site ;), but, there's lots of information posted you might find handy.
- dutch
Due to popular demand, Dave Ewing has set up a MESS mailing list for users. Feel free to use this list for comments, suggestions, bug reporting etc. as several of the MESSDEVs have subscribed.... more info here.
- richard
Here it is... GoodN64 V0.986 (BETA) by Cowering, with a total of 877 ROMs recognized! Nice job to both Cowering and also Kirkland who worked for 3 weeks on the naming. ;) It is my understanding that the database in GoodN64 includes many clean redumps. Cowering mentions you might want to use this on zipped files, as it works about 20 times faster.
- dutch
If you have a minute to spare (okay okay, 90 seconds), please check out our little survey above, it's on the right side of 'ye olde banner', which you can also click if you want ;)
- atila
The people at DIV Arena have posted a demo of DIV GAMES STUDIO, the "make your own game" software.
- atila
Gridle has once again the MAME WIP page; Professor PacMan anyone ?
- atila
It's been a while since I last plugged the chat room and it is kinda lonely in there right now, so I thought this would be a good time :)
- atila
The Register has done a story on MAMED/MESSD, the MAME derivative for digital cameras. Thanks to coo|s for the link.
- atila
I've been trying to get my cable modem working in BeOS for the past 3 hours, it's kinda driving me crazy. I think I configured it correctly, yet I couldn't even ping ftp.chello.nl. I got a bogstandard 3Com card (PCI) and a nice Terayon cablemodem. anyone wanna help me out ?
- atila
CPC4X 0.21 is an AMSTRAD CPC emulator for X11. Use your old software, play games, print to files, choose freely between 64, 128 or 567k of CPC RAM, and load 3rd Party ROMs, replacements or addons and disk images.
- chris
Ever wanted to use your Sega Saturn or PSX controllers on your Dreamcast ? Guess what, now you can! Click here or here to see these lovely converters, which also have VMU ports btw. Thanks to Darrius G. and Alan K. for the links.
- atila
- Compiled with the newest DJGPP (everything's much better), hence LFN (Long FileNames) are supported - Fixed a CHR switching bug from 1.04 in mapper #1 (Bigfoot is ok again) - Fixed a stupid CHR/PRG page select bug in mapper #255 (more games work) - Fixed PRG bank switching (some values were being truncated) - Fixed MMC3 (mapper #4) 4-screen mirroring (Gauntlet works fine), and a bug with CHR bankswitching, now Taito Chase HQ works with no gfx corruption - Added/fixed mapper #19 support (preliminary, thanks Nori for the info) - Fixed mapper #70 (mirroring bug) - Added mapper #41 (Clatron / Myriad Games 6 in 1 unlicensed cart), untested, thanks to K.Horton for the info - Removed SaveRAM write-protection when a trainer is present (hacked japanese Parodius works fine again) - A couple of bugs fixed, general junk removed, a lot of code cleaned - Documentation slightly changed.
- dutch
Atari will be releasing Arcade Hits #2 next week. This package will retail for $19.95 and will also include Arcade hits #1 for a total of twelve games: Pong, Missle Command, Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Gravitar, Centipede, Millipede, Tempest, Super Breakout, Warlords, and Crystal Castles. As usual, Mike Stulir of Back in Time has gotten a prerelease copy and has lots more info about it.. go have a look. :)
- dutch
Congratulations to Sir Jaguar, whose site www.consolemul.com just hit 500,000 visitors. To celebrate, he has released all mp3 tracks of DBZ and Saphire on TG16. Nice going good Sir Jaguar! :)
- dutch
Bcass has opened a new site called Project AY: "A new site has just been posted at World Of Spectrum, covering the music of the ZX Spectrum. This site plays host to a vast array of information, an MS-DOS player and hundreds of accurately extracted game music files. The player (AYPLAY) plays back actual Spectrum music code giving the best play back quality possible, while the music files themselves contain relevant details such as credits and track titles. This is the first time a truly concerted effort has been made to gather all the music ever created on the ZX Spectrum, and with support, it is hoped that the size and accuracy of the collection can be increased."
- dutch
Wednesday, March 29th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:10 EST
ClrMAME Pro 1.2a released! Here's what's new in this release of this excellent multi-emu rom manager: changed RAINE parser....now it's damn fast (Thanks Logiqx), major sourcecode cleanup
Also be sure to check out MAME WORLD while you're at it :)
- atila
Finally, we will be able to use an icons.zip file in Mame32. :)
- dutch
Warmtoe informed me that his cool frontend project has a new home at Total Emulation! His frontend is now called Hyper (v1.1 recently released!) and is truly unique and worth a look - it basically deepscans your hard drive for emu goodies, then sets up an editable HTML frontend! Total flexibility through HTML, gotta love the concept. =) I haven't tried it yet, but that's only cause I'm lazy.
- prophet
I just had to mention BBH's Shock Therapy, a great tribute page to Saurus' "Shock Troopers" series for the NeoGeo MVS. I totally agree with BBH on the quality of this game!
- prophet
May I remind those of you who downloaded FreeBe only to find out you don't have room on your C: drive, Core Linux is feely available for download, and can be installed in any directory.
- chris
*UPDATE*Many people have mailed me that BeOS CAN be installed on any partition, not just the C: drive. Good news indeed. Here's the original post: I wanted to download BeOS 5, but once I read the FAQ I decided not to. Well not until I have a new HD, since it requires 600MB (!!) free on the C: drive. Kinda sucks when you have 150MB left on the C: drive, but still have over 2GB on D: and E:
- atila
Genesis Power dumped Castlevania Bloodlines US, known as Castlevania The New Generation in England and Akumajo Dracula Vampire Killer in Japan.
- dutch
Vortendo 1.0 Bacteria has been released at the homepage, it now includes a mapper identifier so you can have a good clue as to whether or not a ROM is supported. It also includes frameskip saving, and some core bugfixes. Give it a spin! :)
- dutch
Trash spent long hours on a guest strip he made for Gamemarks. After the time and effort he put into it, it's only fair that I mention it here. ;)
- dutch
The MEP Crew has opened a MSX Games Database, with over 1300 games available for download!
- dutch
I would like to congradulate Harry Tuttle of The Dump, whose site just celebrated its third birthday. Way to go Harry, and remember, we're all in this together... ;)
- dutch
Paul Robinson of Fleecing Krazmontrats sent me the following message: "I saw your backstreet boys article and our band came up with a response. Note: from the same band that brought 'wassup thrash song.'" Enjoy. :)
- dutch
Tuesday, March 28th 2000 - Last updated @ 05:32 EST
The Gamers Advocate Group site (hosted here at Retrogames) has been updated. System troubles kept Michael from updating the site (although the newsletter was sent to subscribers).
- atila
Gridle updated the Mame WIP page again! Those Airduel (M72) screenshots look nice! :)
- dutch
Congratulations, Guru-Choc. All I have to say is you're nuts. ;))
- dutch
Cowering released GoodPCE 0.986 Beta, now recognizing 916 entries! Remember that Digitoxin also has all of the utilities conveniently archived over at ROM Collectors Anonymous. Thanks guys. :)
- dutch
Just wanted to send out some special messages, first to Emucamp and their third birthday! Yes, three years ago in March 1997 I was still working as an database programmer for a seed company, while Zoop was opening Master System Camp. :) Nice going guys.
Also to Dave of Vintage Gaming, whose site recently hit 40 million hits! Dave's Classics has been around since February of 1996, making it over 4 years old. Dave's Classics was probably the most influential site for me as far as my "scene history" is concerned. :) Join me in wishing Dave a big H4W, KTHX. ;)
- dutch
Gridle has released Hiscore.dat 2.5 for use with Mame. Just unzip the file and put the hiscore.dat file in the same directory as Mame.
- dutch
Yesterday I didn't include a link to the SMYNES page when I updated on their WIP news, sorry about that. :)
- dutch
Microsoft has unvelied Media Player 7. Thanks to Adam Valleskey for letting me know, otherwise it would have been awhile before I checked for an update. ;)
- dutch
DBoy 0.57 has been released, the what's new info is at the homepage, in Japanese of course. :) Thanks to Emucamp for posting the changes by BouKiChi:
ShinobiZ has been very busy this month updating his Sega website with tons of arcade screenshots and flyers. Thanks for the reminder Till. Till also mentions that the Sega System 24 page has been updated with more information on the Sys24 hardware.
- dutch
Roman added more DAT files to the CLRMame Pro page, including MESS .36 RC2 by TAS2012, and NGPC RC1 WIP by Darren Bradbury.
- dutch
Yes, more Spectrum games! Malc Jennings added 48 games to his archive of ZX Spectrum titles! Thanks to Emucamp for the news.
- dutch
Atani Software has released Generator32 .13a, a great Genesis emulator for Win32! It now has windowed video mode, keyboard controls, splash screen, and more! Be sure you have DirectX installed, it needs at least version 5.0!
- dutch
Jandaman has posted a fix for the Voodoo3 card's functionality with Ultrahle over at UltraHLE.com. The fix was made by Walter Mundt, and Jandaman reports that various users tested it and reported perfect graphics and no texture misalignment.
- dutch
Team Japump dumped a whole slew of boards.. 23 of 'em to be exact. Woo-hoo!
- dutch
The day wouldn't be complete without an update from Myzar. Here's his Unofficial Nemu INI version 1.4. "Many games added too long to mention ! Rainbow Six GER it's playble btw :)"
- dutch
Monday, March 27th 2000 - Last updated @ 17:23 EST
I have nothing personal against people working at the Internal Revenue Service (tax office :), but god, I sure do hate y'all!
- atila
In ROM dump news, Genesis Power dumped Bram Stoker's Dracula, and The Guru redumped the NBA TE uj17 ROM image, which should be used in Mame v37b1. Thanks to Guru-Choc for posting it. ;)
- dutch
I've gotten some responses regarding the "patch" for VGS out on Emulatronia. Some are saying that it allows VGS to play CDRs, while others report that the VGS plays some CDRs without the need of a "patch." Pepe from Emulatronia tells me "that patch is not to make the emulator play CDR Backups, it's for play "damaged" cd's. In my computer the emulator doesn't work with some of my psx original cd's, and with that tool they work." If you can't get VGS to play some of your original PSX games, the patch may be worth a try until a new version of VGS is released.
- dutch
Vortendo, a new NES emulator for Win32, has moved over to Zophar's Domain. The new url is vortendo.zophar.net, if you bookmarked their old site be sure to update it.
- dutch
Another sitemove, this time for The Webulator, now hosted over at kinox.org. The new URL is www.kinox.org/eDen (clever logo ;). Also, FDSPray 1.0 Final has been released! It now knows 168 games, and most all bugs should be killed. :) FDSPray is a utility you can use to manage Famicon Disk System images.
- dutch
GEM, a gameboy emulator for the MSX2/turboR running MSX-DOS2, has had an update to version 0.31. Castlevania 3 and Tetris now should work, as well as some sound improvements (channel 3 was too loud previously). It also uses a configuration file now.
- dutch
BillyJr let me know that he and others are currently working on a NES emulator called SMYNES. They plan on a release that will include 100% full sound support + extra sound and NES keyboard support. Currently, they are in need of some help: they need the "Langrange Point" cart (uses VRC7 sound chip), a Nintendo mouse and one cart for it (for mapper 96), and the "Barcode World" cart (along with the hardware system and some cards if possible, for mapper 69.). If you can help, let BillyJr know.
- dutch
Sunday, March 26th 2000 - Last updated @ 15:28 EST
WinAGES 0.17c released! This is the GENESIS-ONLY Version of AGES, as it will have to be perfected before the Sega 32X part can be implemented. Here's what's on the AGES homepage: WinAGES v0.17c (Quark) is available for download. The code name is Quark because the emulator has been stripped to its bare essentials (Genesis emulation only). Anybody wishing to speed up development of AGES can always help me out by testing AGES and making notes for me. Compare AGES's performance to your favorite highly-compatible emulator with rasterFX, Z80 emulation, and sound turned off. If you observe any differences write them down. For now, do not email me about it, I will put up a "contact" page a little later with some guidelines. You can email reports to me then.
Thanks to DJ Jeremy for the news.
- atila
There's a status update on the TRWIN site, together with heap of new screenshots. Thanks to bwb for the news.
- atila
The Cassiopeia E-105 port of Come Back 64 (free, multi-platform Commodore 64 emulator) has been released, here's what's new: Fast/accurate sprite draw routines, partion .T64 file support, DSA mode for fast screen display. HPC, HPC/pro and Unix ports of this emu will be updated ASAP. If you have any comments and/or requests for new features for the Cassiopeia port then please mail dato@di.unipi.it Download the port at http://www.comeback.c64.org
- atila
I spoke to my host and we're very close to giving each and every one of YOU a free webbased email address: yourname@retrogamers.com. I think this will be a nice extra service for our visitors and hopefully it'll be available by the end of this week!
- atila
Here's a funny commercial I downloaded from The Stile Project (site is not for the faint at heart). The .mpg is a commercial for Super Timor, which is a bugspray. The video was shot in Ivory Coast, Africa for a local company there. It's in French, but luckily my French was good enough to understand every word they said :) Could this be the next "waaaaaaaassssssssuuuuuuuuuupppppp?!" ?
- atila
There's an update on the Corn site (n64 emu), which shows some nice new features of Corn 0.2, which should be released in a while. Mulit-language support is cool :)
- atila
"The music of the Backstreet Boys and other pop groups are being used by University of Toronto campus police to "torture" students into ending a sit-in in the president's office." ..... 'This is probably the first time the Backstreet Boys have been deliberately used as a form of sleep deprivation torture,' the National Post newspaper quoted protester Sonia Singh as saying." I would leave after the first 3 minutes, the pain must be horrendous. I wonder if the students will sue the university for 'mental abuse' :) Please click here for the full story.
- atila
MAME32 0.36 Final released!!! MAME32 is the Windows 9x/NT/2K port of MAME, now supporting 2048 (2K) ROM sets. Go here for more info and related art files. You might like to visit MAME.DK as well. Hey John IV - I want one of those cheerleaders too! ;-)
- prophet
Mike Green has updated the current version of EmuDX to support PSX Pads! Nice going, Mike. And hang in there!!! :)
- dutch
Mmmmmmm.. games.. :) More C64 tape images to be exact. :) Peepo added Arcadia 64, Batman The Caped Crusader, Championship Wrestling, Crazy Kong, The Curse Of Sherwood, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters, The Evil Dead, Hunter Patrol, On Cue, Return Of The Jedi, Slap Fight, Space Pilot, Swoop, Transformers and Zaxxon to Redump64.
- dutch
The ZX Spektrum emulator for Windows ZX32 has finally had an update (the last release was on June 22 of last year) to version 2.00.03.22:
-Contented memory effects for the +2A/+3 are now emulated in accordance with the guidelines in the comp.sys.sinclair FAQ. -All 24- and 32-bit color depths are now supported indirectly (i.e. you're missing the 'direct' bit of DirectX when you use them J). Screen update speed for these color modes should be relative to your video adapter's general 2D performance and about 10 times slower than 8-bit color updates.
- dutch
Sick of all the Nemu64 INI's? Merge 'em all into one quickly with the Nemu64 INI File Merger 1.1 by Aldo Vargas. Aldo also has other useful utilities online, such as ones that will convert your memory cards to GameShark format for Bleem! and VGS. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Japanese swords, anyone? $2,000 US gets you God's sword, created in the Shinji Shinto Ceremony.
- dutch
The Japanese X68000 Emulator - EX68 (for Win32) - has had an update for version 1.09. Looks like another minor bugfix, but I can't be sure since I didn't take Japanese in college. ;) Thanks to Rain for the news.
- dutch
I don't have the ability to try this, but several people told me about a patch that Emulatronia has posted that supposedly will allow the VGS to work with a CDR backup.
- dutch
Anex86 2.14 is out, and that's about all anyone seems to know. :) Thanks to Emucamp for the news.
- dutch
Missed another dot upgrade yesterday of SNEeSe to version 0.441: "APU skipper: Fixed a nasty bug that caused the emulator to crash upon entering the GUI if the APU skipper was enabled."
- dutch
Einstein II has released version 0.9 of his SNES ROM Renamer. It's still in beta and currently recognizes about 200 ROMs. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Lemon has been updated with 101 new C64 games, many of them are rare and can't be found anywhere else! Also, they have selected a winning logo! It's pretty cool, just look at all of the great entries they got! It can be hard to pick just the right one as they are all very well done. Thanks to Peek and Poke for the news.
- dutch
Want to put that DVD you paid $30 for onto a single CD? CDRInfo.com sent me this link that explains how (using DivX).
- dutch
I read about a version of Mame over at EmuHQ that includes recognition of the 61 Jerky's hacks. :) It's called Mame-EX2.
- dutch
CCS64 2.0B for Win32 DirectX has been released. This update of the Commodore 64 emulator includes DirectX/Win2000 bugfixes, and adds the possibility to change between new and old version of SID.
- dutch
Apologies to all those who have had problems downloading from bannister.org in the last 24 hours. The server changed machine and I forgot to update the CGI. Oops...!
- richard
MESS has been updated to v0.36rc2. The new version adds three more systems and a slew of bug fixes.
- richard
Hehe... I just discovered a really funny and useful site called leakedbetas.com! Yeah, it's been around a while but thanks to my "friends" I had no idea. :( Anyway, it's a pretty humorous look at the emu "scene" and also has some serious "content" (lotsa NeoGeo goodies online etc.) as well. Stop playing with Pikachus Dutch.
- prophet
Saturday, March 25th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:46 EST
The Chinese government has (basically) decided to completely ban MP3s, thanks to CD-man for the link.
- atila
Martin Koth, the creator of no$cpc, no$gb has released a 1 year anniversary version of no$msx. You can download it at The MSX Emulation Page.
- atila
Shane Monroe has released a new Retrogaming Radio. This time it's in ASF format and lasts well over 50 minutes. The show is available in streamed format, as well as zipped format.
- atila
Myzar's unofficial INI for Nemu64 is now at version 1.3, playable in this release: F1 World Grand Prix (playable, use dummy Audio Mode), Iggy's Reckin' Balls (playable, no audio), and South Park (dummy Audio mode, bad gfx).
- dutch
Bwb has posted a page over at EmuHQ comparing Bleem! and VGS's rendering of Ogre Battle. While you can see that the highest quality shot comes from Bleem!'s hardware mode, bwb does mention that the game runs too fast for him. The other point I've seen made is that Bleem! can be harder to configure. It will be interesting to see how hardware mode will look on the VGS once it is supported.
- dutch
BeOS 5 is going to have a free release shortly! Thanks to Radioman for the news.
- dutch
Friday, March 24th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:49 EST
BEN-J has posted an interview with Atani of Atani Software. He's the author of, among other things, SegaEMU (SEMU) and Generator32.
- atila
DreamNES has had an update to version 1.8. This includes some timing fixes and adjustments, allowing games like Kick Master and Daiku No Gensun 2 to run. There is a full version and an update version (from version 1.7) available.
- dutch
Small update to yesterday's release of SNEeSe, it's now at version 0.44 with the following update: "Render: Implemented correct sprite priorities (helps MANY ROMs: Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Allstars, Terranigma to name a few)."
- dutch
ROMList would like us to know that they aren't dead. Thanks for the reassurance. :)
- dutch
Today's Divorce Court will show a couple who are having trouble because one of them doesn't want to stop playing with his PSX! Now, if he was smart he would "play" with his girlfriend. Thanks to DrkTetsuya for the link.
- atila
I just noticed on the "what's new" page @ Future Zone that the Dreamcast version of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is now available in The Netherlands. I guess this title will help sell lots of new Dreamcasts :) For what it's worth, I played Ridge Racer 5 on the Playstation2 last week. It looked good, but I think it could also have been done on DC :)
- atila
Nemu64 0.7a released!"Here is nemu 0.7a finally. It contains alot of bug fixes and some new features. Enjoy. Read the readme.txt please."
- dutch
Guru-Choc posted quit a bit of news, including very busy activity progressing on Mame v.37b1. He also has a complete list of .35 -> .36 ROM changes online (courtesy of Stefan). There's also some needed soon stuff posted. :)
- dutch
More DAT files have been posted at the ROM Center homepage, including updated SNES, System16, Amiga, NeoRageX, and MESS DAT files. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Pete has released Version 1.30 of his TNT OpenGL plugin for PSEmu (remember it will work even if you don't have a TNT card). "'Enable Mask bit detection' option... a nearly never used PSX feature, but hey :)" Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
A new (and free) Gameboy emulator for Windows has been released about a month ago (we missed it) called Otaku No Yen. The current version is 0.3 Alpha. The author mentions "Right now the control doesn't do much, it has a limited number of methods, has some graphical glitches, does not run every game out there, does not support sound or save RAM or link cable." What's unique about this emulator is that it is an Active-X control. There is also a standalone binary available for download as well. Thanks to Marc Hofland for pointing this out.
- dutch
Gridle wanted me to be sure to give Gnutella a mention. If you have tried Napster with the Wrapster hack and like it, you should definitely take a look at this. Search for virtually any kind of file on hunderds of hosts. It's a very small, simple, and powerful program, that I will definitely be playing with more later on. :)
- dutch
Genesis Power follows yesterday's dumps with Ecco Jr. (Children's platter :)
- dutch
Thursday, March 23rd 2000 - Last updated @ 13:57 EST
Amiga fans rejoice! Amiga Emulation Zone has some GOOD news for you: "Amiga Emulation Zone in conjunction with Dark Unicorn Productions (http://dup.monroeworld.com) brings you the FULL REGISTERED versions of two of the HOTTEST selling shareware Amiga games of all time - TOMCAT and DESERT APACHE! First to bring complete interactive FMV action games to the Amiga, DUP offers up these complete versions for download in a read-to-run HDF (hard drive file) format - no installing to Workbench - just mount the drive image and play!"
- atila
Dragon's Lair for the Gameboy Color looks AMAZING! Thanks to |badger| for the link.
- atila
I guess dental floss will be the next item to be put on the banlist in prisons:
"AUSTIN -- A suspected member of a deadly prison gang who is accused of killing a rival gang member last week painstakingly sawed his way out of his cell with dental floss or similar plastic-coated string, a high-ranking official said Monday".
Click here for the full story, thanks to blazemore for the link.
- atila
What is it with girls/women and commitment ?
- atila
Cowering has released GoodNES 0.985! This recognizes 3393 entries. I finally had time to try some of Cowering's utilities recently, and I personally have to say they ROCK. We needed this around for a LONG time. :) Awesome work, Cowering! :)
- dutch
Don't forget, Gridle has the K6 and I686 compiles of Mame version .36 online over at Mame.net. He also has the patched Seal library available there, which should be the same as the one I compiled earlier. :)
- dutch
Nero, a very cool CDR burning program, has been updated to version 4.0.9.1, adding a VQF encoding option. Thanks to Cdrinfo.com for the news. (I don't see an update on the homepage yet.)
- dutch
Missed the update of the Little John NES Emulator to version 0.2.1, which includes various bugfixes. Online are versions for Linux, Windows, and Sun/Solaris. The source is also available.
- dutch
Most of you are probably aware of this (I was not), a hack called "Wrapster" was released yesterday that basically lets Napster work with any kind of file. Thanks to Johnny Bluejeans (of Viva Variety? :) for the news.
- dutch
The Mame32 QA site has been updated with a bit of news: "Michael cut a build based on .36 final. It fixes #318, #319, and #322. Will run through a final pri. 1 pass for this build, and hopefully that should be it."
- dutch
Genesis Power's catch of the day: Ecco The Dolphin and Ecco 2 - The Tides Of Time.
- dutch
The No$gmb homepage has closed. "No$gmb seems to be published by somebody called "utopia" now, so this webpage doesn't appear to be of very much use anymore. Please inform me if anybody knows the identity (real name, and address) of this so-called "utopia" group or person." I can definitely understand the frustration of seeing your hard work get ripped off and hacked. Thanks to JoseQ for the news.
- dutch
Dagee has released version 2.0 in his series of Genesis IPS Patch archives. Thise can be used to fix known bad dumps in your backup archives.
- dutch
Human 68K Experiment reports that yesterday's update of EX68 1.07 added LFN support to windrv and added 68030. The 1.08 (as I suspected) is a minor bugfix. Thanks Rain!
- dutch
Wednesday, March 22nd 2000 - Last updated @ 16:46 EST
Here's the patched DOS compile of Seal 1.07 for Mame v.36, which includes the Sound Blaster fix. To patch it, I copied the three patch files included in the Mame v.36 source archive into the Seal \src\ directory (and also copied audio.h to the \include\ directory for consistancy's sake), installed DJDEV202, changed to Seal's \src\ directory, and typed "make -f DOS\DPMI32\DJGPP\Makefile". I then recreated the directory structure for Seal 1.06. To compile Mame v.36 final, delete the files in your old Seal directory and replace them with the Seal 1.07 patched archive. Then copy SEAL\AUDIO\LIB\DOS\libaudio.a to DJGPP\LIB, and SEAL\AUDIO\INCLUDE\audio.h to \DJGPP\INCLUDE\. Don't forget to upgrade Allegro (if you haven't done so yet) to 3932 WIP, and that DJDEV203 can also be used to compile Mame. For even more information on compiling, check Gridle's How to Compile page.
- dutch
Here's the fix for the Mame v.36 source that Guru-Choc mentioned: In the \src\ directory there is a naughtyb.c file. Move it into the \src\drivers\ directory. There is a naughtyb.c file in there as well, so overwrite it with the one from the \src\ directory. Also, Seal 1.07 needs patched again to include the Sound Blaster fix. I'll upload one later (when I have time) for your convenience. Thanks also to SYS2064 for the help.
- dutch
The NeoGeo Review Center is being redesigned, but Gazoo seems to have some HTML problems. If you can help him out, please do so :)
- atila
Ever wondered what it would take to be considered 'l33t' ?
- atila
Guru-Choc says the Mame v.36 source has a file in the wrong place. I'm not sure where the problem is yet exactly, but I will update when I know more. In the meantime, Till has a fixfile online. Gotta love short hunt lists. ;)
- dutch
Visuatrox informs us that his Unofficial VGS (Virtual Game Station) compatibility list is now approaching 500 Playstation games. So far, the results show that about 88% of the games tested work perfectly on the VGS. Visitrox also pointed out this post from one of the VGS developers, Eric Traut, who mentions that the VGS "attempts to display the same bit depth as a real PlayStation would." (16-bit for game play and 24 bit for movies.) He also mentions that the reason many PAL games don't work is due to a bug which has top priority right now, and should be fixed in the upcoming version 1.4.
- dutch
CPCE version 0.6 is out. The Amstrad CPC emulator for Windows has had a full rewrite and new GUI. Can you say bugfixes? Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Here's some more IPS patch archives some people sent in. Mug_uk sent this archive of 59 IPS files covering 29 ROMs for SMS. Dagee sent in this archive of 23 patches for Genesis ROMs. If you have bad dumps in your backup collections, you might find some fixes within these.
- dutch
EX68 version 1.08 for Windows has been released, this is an emulator for the Japanese X68000 Computer. Since the homepage is in Japanese, I've no idea what's new. Thanks to Lycia for the news. (That's not a typo, version 1.07 was released a bit earlier, so I suspect 1.08 might fix some bugs or problems in 1.07 ;)
- dutch
MacMame v36rc2 has been released. This improves audio/video sync (required Sound Manager 3.21 or later), fixes a lockup with fast forwarding when sound is disabled, and fixes some vector graphics garbage. MacMame needs a Power Mac in order to run.
- dutch
Gens Windows version 0.34 has been released. The Sega Genesis emulator now uses the Starscream 68000 core which has a compatibility rate of about 75% with known ROMs. For sound it now uses the Raze Z80 core. Check the homepage for the full list of updates. Thanks to WilD_ for the news.
- dutch
Some news from James of Mame/MessD: "The latest version of Kodak's camera firmware 1.0.4 is availble from kodak's web site for the DC290, now all those DC290 owners can get arcade sound on there cameras with the latest version of MAMED and MESSD!!!"
- dutch
Today's Nemu64 INI file from Myzar :) is at version 1.2. Playable games in this version are Virtual Pool 64, Mahjong64, Firepen (J), Heiwa (J), and Famista 64.
- dutch
Tuesday, March 21st 2000 - Last updated @ 14:17 EST
The people at Div Arena asked me to tell you that the mail addres on the page was not functioning over the weekend, if you sent them a mail, please resend it.
- atila
On a personal note, I would like to send a special message out to a very close and dear friend of mine Melanie Burns, aka Exodus3D. Melanie overdosed on prescription medicine yesterday, and spent the greater part of the day in intensive care. She is at home and recovering now, and will be alright. Please get well soon Melanie, all of your friends are thinking about you.
- dutch
Some Arcade ROM Heaven news: Guru-Choc's 3 millionth visitor will be happening soon, make sure you take a screenshot, zip it and send it along to him, even if it's close. He also reports a SEAL fix for Mame v.36 Final, so owners of PCI SB 128 Cards will now have Mame working properly! All of his JFF ROMs are also back online. :)
- dutch
RePlaymag.com reports that Capcom, Hudson, Jaleco, Konami, Namcoe, SNK, Taito and Tecmo will be recieving the first PSX2 boards for use in new arcade machines. Thanks to NAZ for the link.
- dutch
Retrogaming Times #31 has been released! "This issue is a themed issue of sorts. We look at video game remakes including reviews of Crazy Climber 2000, Pacman World, Q*Bert and Pong! We also look at a few of the games that have been enhanced by EmuDX. Alan Hewston brings us some more Eyeball Benders with a April Fools theme to them." To go directly to the online newsletter click here.
- dutch
More C64 Tape images over at Redump64! Peepo has added HERO, Hollywood or Bust, Mission Omega, Nonterraqueous, Paperboy, Predator, Skate Wars, Starforce Nova and Tetris.
- dutch
A new classic arcade emulator for the Playstation is in the works called Retro2000. Thanks to Anthony for the mail.
- dutch
Zoop updated SMS Power with Shooting Gallery (SMS), Streets of Rage (SMS), and Jurassic Park (Euro)(GG). Don't forget about the Meka 0.51 "Overclocked" edition posted out there as well. Thanks to DarkMazda for the news.
- dutch
CPS2Shock has been updated with six new manual scans (thanks to NAZ) for the following games: Cyberbots, Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Pocket Fighter, Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 3.
- dutch
American Gladiators fans, don't miss today's Genesis Power update! :)
- dutch
I missed another dot release of RockNES, this time to version 1.042. This fixes PCM output for better RAW sound and may be a bit faster than the previous release.
- dutch
After nine months, GLMame32 has been updated to v36rc2 Open-GL 1.3 Beta 1 (now that's a long version number :) For a list of changes click here. Thanks to JEK Chan for the news.
- dutch
The day wouldn't be complete without another Nemu64 ini file from Myzar would it? The version is now at 1.1.1, and "add[s] 4 games missing from emumaniac beta."
- dutch
Monday, March 20th 2000 - Last updated @ 10:34 EST
If you read the Overclocked update below closely, you'll see it also says: .. a NEW release of MEKA with an OC gui background .. That's right, a new MEKA (SMS/GG/SG-x000 emu, version 0.51) is available for download at the site :)
- atila
WOW! Who would have thought we'd see 100 episodes of Overclocked :) To celebrate this, David has gone crazy; he's added two new episodes, three new remixes, one BIG interview, two new hosted sites, a NEW release of MEKA with an OC gui background, a new site design and a new competition. Congratulations, David, Pretzel & Green :)
- atila
RockNES has had a dot upgrade to version 1.041. This fixes a crashing problem when "No Sound" is set, and also contains a "save state" fix and some cosmetic changes in the sound core.
- dutch
NESToy 3.1 has been released, this version contains bugfixes and can now sort translations by country in the translation directory. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
Shernand let me know that he updated the Neo Geo Team 2000 site with more resources for the CD version of KOF99. Shernand also tells me that he is working on a patch that will allow the backup to work on the NGCD console, but he does not have a release date yet. "...the date is a surprise ;)"
- dutch
Zonn Moore has released the Cinematronics Emulator 1.2. This emulator has "Support for all Cinematronics Vector Games -- with the exception of Cosmic Chasm which doesn't use the standard Cinematronics CPU." and "Mouse support for Tailgunner, Boxing Bugs and Speed Freak." While sound currently isn't emulated, this version contains code that can run control of the physical soundboard with some work. The source is also available. Thanks to SYS2064 for the news.
- dutch
Myzar has updated his unofficial Nemu64 ini to version 1.1 (yes, he's numbering them now :). G.A.S.P!! Fighters 'NE, Airboarder64, Dynamite Soccer (gfx errors), Doremon Japan, and All Star Baseball 99 are now playable.
- dutch
There has been some WIP updates in Japanese on the SSF Sega Saturn Emulator homepage. BenJ was very kind to send along a translation. It basically says that he will be removing some code that might make the emulator about 1/5 as fast in order to speed work along, he is also using NASM now.
- dutch
The Webulator has updated FDSpray. This is a utility for converting Famicon disks from FAM 4.0 format to FDS format, thus saving hard disk space. It now works with 160+ games and examines all sides of a disk before renaming.
- dutch
The Webulator also has a new utility called EmuAide 1.0. This utility can "Make RomCenter datfiles from ClrMame datfiles, or from Mame/Mess -listinfo output." It can also "Edit text files, removing lines containing designated text, removing "bad dump" entries from GoodXXXX missing lists, or NeoGeo from RomCenter MAME datfiles, or any other imaginable line-based editing job."
- dutch
Einstein II has updated his N64 ROM Renamer to version 3.1. This elimates many bugs, and now will move duplicates and uknown files into their proper directories. It can also generate detailed lists in html, and fixes many bugs in the previous version. There are both English and German versions online.
- dutch
Mark "KILLZAT" Jackson over at Emuforce now has reviews of both Bleem and the Virtual Game Station online, it's nice to see some reviews that weigh the pros and cons of both emus.
- dutch
DaGee sent me this archive of 49 IPS patches to repair various bad Genesis dumps. If you have some bad backups in your collection this certainly is worth a try. DaGee tells me he will be releasing more patch archives in the near future.
- dutch
What a nasty weekend... let's see if I can catch up somewhat...
- dutch
Sunday, March 19th 2000 - Last updated @ 15:36 EST
". 00.03.19 I am very pleased to report that Michael added the HotRod and HotRod SE options to Mame32's control tab! He's also submitted another build w/ numerous fixes for bugs: #274, #279, #284, #306, #312, #320. The bug fixing continues on the push toward the final release."
KOF Perfect has added arcadeflyers for Garou: Mark of the Wolves, new icons for various NeoGeo games are also available now.
- atila
GL2ideal 1.3 released! Here's what's new in this release:
+ Minor bug fix ( grDrawLine(), grDrawPoint() )
+ Minor code optimizations
+ PentiumII-only instructions were removed. Now available on Pentium and K6.
+ Color clamp method was changed to simpler and faster way.
This may causes problems in some games. (Black background goes blue.)
+ GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 was implemented.
GL2Ideal is a Glide wrapper, which can be used with UltraHLE, for those who do not have a 3fdx card. Please visit the GL2ideal site for more info, thanks to Alexei for the news.
- atila
Barry Rodewald has released Qplayer 1.3.3, it is now win32 based and uses a different audio SDK than the DOS version. The old DOS and Linux versions are still available for download. Qplayer is a Qsound emulator, it can play the music and sound effects from arcade games based on Capcom's CPS-2, ZN-1 and ZN-2 hardware.
- atila
Tuxedo Mask has opened a site over at Vintage Gaming for a new emulator called FwGBC. "FWGBC is a Gameboy, Super Gameboy, and Gameboy Color Handheld Systems emulator which in time will hopefully support all of them perfectly." While there is no public release yet, there is a lot of info about it. :) Thanks to Destination Emulation for the news.
- dutch
Mega Menu DX has been updated to version Alpha 19. Mega Menu DX is a DOS based front end for your emulators and ROMs. You can keep ROMs zipped, even if the Emu doesn't support zips, it can automatically Zip your ROMs, and can rename ROMs based on a CRC database file. Check the homepage for a full list of updates. Thanks to maxi for the news.
- dutch
Digital Relics is now open! Formerly known as the Sega 16 bit project, Digital Relics includes online game info and screenshots for 900 Sega Genesis games and 80 Atari Lynx games.
- dutch
Star Dudes!!! The Game Guru sent me this link to Star Dudes Episode IV (based on the Star Wars film of the same name, except everyone says "Dude" :). Now you can watch the entire movie in a few minutes, filmed in gorgeous Flash 4. (You need to download Flash if you don't have it installed yet. :)
- dutch
GuruChoc updated again - a few new needed-soon goodies and what's this about MAME 0.36 FINAL?
- prophet
St0rm GCC 0.1 (Genesis emu) has been released! St0rm GCC is a revised version of the original code, now done using DJGPP & NASM. The author, Kaneda, admits it's still early but he's very enthusiastic. :)
- prophet
In other NeoGeo news, Sanjiyan's Burning Knuckle is undergoing a "HUGE revision" - this is a superb new site so stay tuned!
- prophet
KOF Perfect has been updated with new scans, including Garou:MOTW, as well as many new NeoGeo icons!
- prophet
Dutch is ill eh? Well HA!, not only do I have a nasty cold but I've also been busy reinstalling my PC! So there. =P And would someone at VGN please do something about their MAME board. :(
- prophet
A new cheat program for use with PSX emulators has been released called PEC, it also works with VGS which was released this week. Thanks to Bobbi for the news.
- atila
NESten Epitah released! This marvelous NES emulator has had another update, go download now!! Thanks to Hy G. for the news.
- atila
A new version of MAME Classic (MAME frontend) has been released, the list of new/fixed things is too long to post, so you will have to visit the site linked above :) Thanks to the dude that never breaks the protocol, for the news.
- atila
A new LINUX-based console has been announced called INDREMA, with specs that will make you salivate! Thanks to Setsuna for the link.
- atila
Ever wanted to create your own games ? Enter the DIV ARENA, with minimal coding efforts will you be able to make really cool demos and games! It's not free, but it's not too expensive either.
- atila
-New 2X Zooming Mode.This may cut down performance a lot.
-2 CPU Cores availiable:New ASM Core and the old C Core
-Hardware sound buffer number selectable.
++ DreamNES:ROM Encyclopedia V2.1 Release!
-New World Edition,multiple languages in one package!
(English and Simplified Chinese for now)
-Correctly Identify ROM that have trash at the end of ROM
-Add 200+ ROM to the database.Now identify 550+ NES ROMs!
Amiga Flashback has also been updated with 30 new Demos/12 more docs and 6 reviews which include Quake & Gloom Deluxe.
- atila
Amiga Emulation Zone just added 10 more games including some cool unusual games like KellyX and Killer Ball plus some great goodies like LED Storm, Bar Games and Advanced Ski Simulator.
- atila
Sorry for the lack of updates today, Dutch is ill and I have no idea where Prophet is :) I watched GodZilla twice today, don't ask me why. Maybe I'm ill too.
- atila
Friday, March 17th 2000 - Last updated @ 14:40 EST
If you have a quality emu or site (not news :) and you're looking for a (new) host, feel free to mail me and perhaps you too, can get that cool http://yoursite.retrogames.com subdomain!
- atila
The final release of A-Saturn has been released, you can download A-SATURN 0.15a by clicking here. Thanks to BEN-J for the news.
- atila
"Sony may recall all PlayStation 2s shipped so far...to stop the consoles being used to play US DVDs.
A Sony representative said the manufacturer was considering recalling or exchanging the one million PlayStation2's in use, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese company refused to say how much it would cost to fix the machines already shipped." You can read the full story at The Register.
- atila
E.N.D. is being updated again! It's about time! :) This cool emu site often manages to find some unique news and links.
- prophet
The long awaited public release of Cowering's GoodSNES has been released, the version number is 0.984. This knows 3464 SNES ROMs.
- dutch
Now Rom Center does M72 with another DAT file update.
- dutch
Mame Frontends: The MameMe front end has been updated to version 0.91. This corrects the joystick bug, and adds mono/stereo support and a command line viewer. Also updated is the Unix based front end called MameCat, now at version 0.39. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
PacMame v36rc2 has been released, this adds one new game to this mega Pac-man only version of Mame. :)
- dutch
The infamous f_u, an op on many EFNet emulation channels, has interviewed Exodus3D, a regular in the emulation scene who has done the artwork and web design of many emusites. Another popular name in the IRC channels is JDR, who has kindly helped with the interview. The interesting note about this interview is that it is the first IRC interview that has been conducted entirely in kicks. :) (Note: If you happen to browse the rest of f_u's site and take it seriously, you need help. ;)
- dutch
Oliver has once again followed through with 19 new BIOS images online for MESS v36rc1.
- dutch
AnakinVdr's Nintendo Game Archive is now located at nga.zophar.net. If you're looking for screen, cartridge, box, ad, and poster scans for a slew of NES games, this is a good place to start looking.
- dutch
JoseQ has a nice rumor mill this week. He talks about ROMList, a new Intellivision emulator, ROMs :), and Mame.
- dutch
Thursday, March 16th 2000 - Last updated @ 16:31 EST
MADrigal (hosted here at Retrogames) has released his seventh and perhaps best simulator: "Lifeboat (Nintendo - Multi Screen Series) Simulator" 1.00. This also includes the original manual, in an .exe file. Enjoy the download :)
- atila
Most of you will probably have heard of Napster, yestersday I found this nifty little application called iMESH. Not only does it have Audio search (mp3/wav/etc), it also allows the transfer of video files. Look hard enough and you'll even find complete movies ...
- atila
The Emulator now being hosted over at Emuunlim.com is Ages (update your bookmarks to ages.emuunlim.com), the Genesis emulator that is showing signs of 32x development. Keep in mind, "Many 32X games still are not working properly, and I believe this is due to incomplete Genesis compatiblity." They report a release of a Genesis only version of Ages soon.
- dutch
Remember The Games Nostalgia mentioned about a month ago? It's still being worked on, there has been some progress on Altered Beast 2, and two new games have been added to the "wait" list: Enduro (Activision) (!!!!) and Shinobi Against Evil Clan (a.k.a Shinobi 4) (SEGA). For those who may not remember, the Games Nostalgia's mission is "...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." Thanks to Emucamp for the news.
- dutch
MameD and MESSD version 36 beta 16 have been updated, these are ports of Mame for digital cameras. Sound now works on the Kodak DC220 camera (with version 1.04 firmware), and it has better sound and faster performance overall!
- dutch
Coolbest's unofficial Nemu64 Support Site that was mentioned on Monday has moved to www.emuhq.com/nemu64, be sure to update your bookmark if you have it linked.
- dutch
Xavier has updated the catver.ini file for use with the Arcade@home Mame front end. This adds the information for version added for each game, Xavier has also added more beta information in this release.
- dutch
I read about a new utility over at EmuHQ called Cheet. This allows you to use Playstation codes with Bleem!, and the newly released version 1.1 works with the Virtual Game Station as well!
- dutch
M.A.S.H. resent his Unofficial Mameinfo.dat file for Mame v36rc2 over to us, yesterday's copy was missing some things. If you downloaded it be sure to download it again and replace yesterday's with this new one.
- dutch
vBAY, the Spectrum Music Player for DOS, has had two updates in the past couple of days, it is currently at version 1.6 with various fixes and updates, check the homepage for all the details.
- dutch
In the DAT files department, the ROM Center homepage has been updated with a DAT file for NeoRageX, supporting 130 games. TAS 2012 has also made a CLRMame Pro DAT file for MESS 0.36 RC1.
- dutch
John has posted some WIP news at the Mame32 QA page, looks like they are having a bit of sound trouble at the moment. The images and icons for rc2 have been added as well. :)
- dutch
Rodimus Prime has released PowerScore 1.07, now PowerScore has support for initials and names (all games except Time Pilot). I see it also has a new logo by Exodus3D. :)
- dutch
Guess what Myzar released? :) This version of his unofficial Nemu64 ini file has Madden NFL 98 and 99 playable (turn off audio prebuffering & mempack, turn on new combiner) and Myzar also reports that Star Soldier is now playable with no more graphic errors!
- dutch
Since reading the somewhat unflattering initial review of Connectix Virtual Game Station, I've seen nothing but people raving about this Playstation Emulator. :) EmuHQ has posted a review of the VGS by JS, and I noticed this interesting thread on our message boards earlier today. I encourage everyone to read what's out there and formulate your own opinion. :)
- dutch
The Playstation Emulator AdriPSX has had a DOS release, this brings the DOS version to 00.05.14. A noteworthy item in this release is a CDROM decoder handler that allows commericial games to be played! Also new in this release is a software graphics renderer, working MDEC and XA skipping routines, and an improved dynamic recompiler core for greater speed. Thanks to Arcade@home for the news.
- dutch
I missed Stef's release of Gens Windows version 0.3 yesterday. This release has perfect DAC, sound fixes, CPU timing fixes, and selectable sound sample rates.
- dutch
Reiginsei over at Emucamp mentioned a site called Rysley Emulation that has a full archive of alternative icons online for Mame32, for those who like to try something different... ;)
- dutch
Wednesday, March 15th 2000 - Last updated @ 17:25 EST
Zoop has released Meka 0.50 to registered users, the list of changes/fixes is huge :) Non-registered users will have to wait a few days before being able to download it. Thanks to Troutman for the news.
- atila
Bad Ronald, bad! Thanks to JNX for the link ;)
- atila
EmuUnlim.com will soon host a new emulator, if you read the post you can probably guess which one ;)
- atila
Hans de Goede has released xmame/xmess 0.36rc1.1 today. Looks like the xmame home page has a new logo too...You can view the changes here and you can download a patch here or you can download the whole xmame/xmess 0.36rc1.1 sources here
- chris
A little birdie told me that those "missing" NBA JAM roms can be found at Guru-Choc's site now :)
- atila
Another classic game to get remade by Hasbro Interactive for the Playstation is Breakout, and Back In Time has posted a first look at it! Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- dutch
M.A.S.H. has sent us his updated Unofficial Mameinfo.dat file for Mame v36rc2. He's added some RC2 bugs and known bugs, and has deleted fixed bugs. This just goes right in your Mame directory and can be viewed via the TAB key while running a game.
- dutch
Hehehehe.. I almost forgot about Gamemarks, thanks Trash. :)
- dutch
Several people pointed me to Multi-canal.com's review of the Virtual Game Station. The site is in French, so knowing the language does help. :) Non French speakers can still check out the Bleem comparison charts they have posted however.
- dutch
MSKISS 0.2.4 has been released. This is a MSX Emulator for DOS that currently emulates MSX1, MSX2, MSX2+, and MSX Turbo-R. There is a MASSIVE list of changes for this version so you can click here to read them all. :) Thanks to the MEP Crew for this news.
- dutch
TempEd 0.52 released! This is a way cool Windows-based level editor for Tempest that allows you to edit ROM '136002.118' so that you can create new levels of the game for use with emulators like Mame. This release adds the abilities to change enemy, level, and player colors. Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news.
- dutch
Network Solutions has once again been hit with a lawsuit, this one is for 1.7 billion. This is basically going after the company for "its perceived failure to observe the Internet protocols that restrict top-level domains '.com,' '.net' and '.org' to, respectively, commercial companies, ISPs, and nonprofits." Thanks to metallik for the news.
- dutch
CNN is reporting that "Sony Computer Entertainment has taken back PlayStation 2 game consoles from some users for testing, though it has stopped short of issuing a recall of the hot new product or its memory card, a Sony representative said today." Thanks to CD-master for the link.
- atila
The Arcade Flyer Archive have released Raine Flyer Pack #7, you can use this pack with Raine.
- atila
I received email from BouKiChi about Rew v.12PR and here's the story: Rew is not made by him, it's by a "secret" author and v.12PR *is* a public release. According to BouKiChi it says "you can reproduce" in the Japanese text file. I was unsure what BouKiChi meant on his site, but now we know for sure. :) Anyway - if you've never tried Rew, do so - it's a great Windows Gameboy/NES emu with early support for TurboGrafx-16 as well! (Tux & Dave, you guys had it right afterall)
- prophet
