Saturday, March 31st 2001 - Last updated @ 22:57 EST
MAME 0.37 Beta 14 release notes! - The source/binary files have not yet been posted (c'mon Gridle!), but check this post to read what's new for this beta! We'll post the files as they become available. (Thanks postamessage)
- prophet
D-BOY v0.75 - Hey that's what I call a nice surprise ! BouKiCHi didn't abandon D-BOY - no Sir ! D-Boy is healthy and alive :) Wanna have a proof ? Here's D-BOY v0.75 for your testing purposes, thanks Navarone-san (what's wrong with your homepage ?).
- Opi
MAME WIP - New "special" MAME WIP is online. Don't be confused - check the bottom of the page :) Rainbow Islands, Rastan and Operation Wolf are getting state saving support ! Thanks JPMorgan :)
Oh by the way .... April April ... happy FOOLs DAY :-) Don't be upset about possible "nonsense" releases and news reports during the 1st of april.
- Opi
Need Some Game Tips? - Tips Collector is a new site where you can download tons of game tips/FAQs in Windows HLP file format! 11 new collections were added today, everything from NES to SMS and lots more between! Sounds pretty cool. :) (Thanks NewPain)
- prophet
News from the Madman - Henry A. Moriarty comes through again with some interesting gaming news: "To sum it up, it explains that a Korean company Eolith, contracted with SNK for the license to make the game (KoF 2001), and that the rumroed Brezza soft is actually a cooperating company in making the game as well. So this means that both rumors which floated on the net were true... very interesting. There's also coverage on Tokyo Game Show, including Capcom vs SNK 2. Video clips of DOA3 and Final Fantasy X for low bandwidth surfers are available as well... both are under 4 megs, but not too bad in quality." Get the full story at Madman's Cafe! Also, here's a pretty funny anecdote Henry shared with me via email: "I saw Bill Gates btw, not at his X-box presentation but at the entrance of the convention center. I loved it, a bunch of girls were screaming at him in Japanglish... "I wantchu, Bill!!! Bill!!! Biiiill!! I wantchu!!" :P
- prophet
xmame binaries - gwenju wrote in to tell me that you can download UnOfficial xmame binaries here. Both SDL and XGL targets are available. There have been some new OpenGL improvements made to the beta 13 release by Sven Goethel. New xmames also now officially include the phmame pathces to allow xmame to run on QNX operating systems. Gwenju also mentioned that this page has some screenshots of Windows emulators running under wine.
- chris
StretchMAME32 Test 7 - SMAME released another test version, mostly for some little bug fixes! Keep in mind these test builds are NOT available from the StretchMAME32 homepage nor are they supposed to be distributed by emu sites at the author's request (see the readme). They are only available by reading SMAME's messageboard announcements.
- prophet
snes9x 1.37c - Snes9X is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or Workstation; they include some real gems that were only ever released in Japan. Snes9X is coded in C++, with three assembler CPU emulation cores on the i386 Linux, MS-DOS and Windows ports.
- chris
New Game Boy Endings - The Video Game Museum was updated with a handful of new "cute and sweat" Game Boy endings ! Once again magic Rey defeated some golden oldies and posted the results here ! This update includes endings for : Battle Arena Toshinden, Castlevania Legends (both extra large), Final Fantasy Legend III, Pokemon Blue Edition and more :) Fantastic !
- Opi
Visual PINMAME Officially Released - Visual PINMAME, the successor of WPCMAME is now availabe for download ! "it emulates lots of pinball ROMs. With Visual PINMAME you can build your favourite table and play them with the correct ROM set. Thanks WiGGi.
- Opi
LooseSock Is Here :) - LooseSock (cool name) is a NEW Japanese Game Boy emulator for Windows developed by PPM. Right now software and homepage are entirly in Japanese, but that should be changed in the near future. Thanks to Navarone-san, webmaster of Emulation 9 for the email :)
- Opi
NEBULA - v1.0 of NEBULA, a new CPS2 emulator, has been released and is available here. Seems to mimic NeorageX's GUI to a degree, but plays fast (for me at least). Another one joins the crowd - also, NEBULA comes with a tool to convert FB savestates (haven't tested yet).
- david
Hmmm... - Are you a Hotmail or MSN Messenger user? Did you bother to read the fine print when you clicked "I AGREE" ? No? The Register did it for you. Read the article, it's very informative :)
- atila
CPS2MAME32 - Quite a day for Win32 CPS2 emulators... Check out BMan2's build of CPS2MAME32 at CPS2Shock! All the current releases are playable.
- prophet
StretchMAME32 Test 6 - SMAME released a new test version of his incredibly delicious MAME32 variant! And yes, XMenvsSF is in there, lookin' real nice stretched full screen with bilinear filtering too. You can find this test 6 version by looking here. And here's the StretchMAME32 homepage.
- prophet
cingb - cingb is an attempt to write a Gameboy emulator for Linux. It can currently play many Gameboy and Gameboy Color ROMs. It includes a debugger for step-by-step analysis of gameboy programs. Changes in version 0.22A include: ported to MS-DOS (DJGPP), renames files to 8.3 MS-DOS names, adds support for 320x200x6bit, and implements standard keyboard support.
- chris
Friday, March 30th 2001 - Last updated @ 18:18 EST
Cowering Is Still At It - Lets WELCOME GoodCoCo v0.999.1 in the "GoodTools Family" :) This is another tool he created due to his current MESS activities ! This Tandy Color Computer Cartridge renamer currently knows the technical info of a WHOPPING 13 entries, LOL :)
- o - First release... note: carts > 8K should be redumped with eprom reader, all are incomplete now.
- o - There are more than 13 carts for CoCo, help me out and find them all!
The second new Cowering release is GoodCol v0.999.2 ! 238 ColecoVision ROMs are now recognized. "Anyone have 'Facemaker' or 'Learning With Leeper' virgin dumps??"
Thanks to Sir Jaguar for the second new GoodTool ! His homepage has all pd roms for this release available. Please stop mailing me about our Cowering section. I know it's partly outdated ... will fix it :)
- Opi
artifex v0.28 - artifex, a new Commodore Plus/4 emulator for Win9x was updated today. The homepage offers no changes info so I'm unable to provide you with the new technical bla bla :) News found at Emulation 9
- Opi
Xmame v0.37b13.1 - New Xmame is out ! This release contains ONLY xmame; if you want xmess, use 0.36.1 or 0.37b12.1.
- o - Everything from MAME 0.37b13.
- o - Numerous updates to the OpenGL target. (Sven Goethel)
- o - Added Photon2 display support for the QNX target. (Travis Coady)
- o - You can now run "make clean68k" before building with a different
...... 68k core. (Mike Coates)
- o - Applied a patch from StretchMAME that prevents a bunch of games from
...... segfaulting on startup. (Shyouzou Sugitani)
- o - A fix for the sprites in CVS games. (Nicola Salmoria)
Thanks to Mr. DigDug from www.mame.dk - the R.I.P arcade ROM resource for the notification. Nice to know you're still around guys :)
- Opi
Hiryu v0.1.5 - Ti-B0ne's - Calice DOS frontend Hiryu was updated to version 0.1.5. The official homepage isn't upodated yet, please check Total Emulation for your downloads (his host). Available are two versions :
1. With preview images (1.30 mb) and 2. without the pics (82.5 kb) :)
- o - In sync with Calice 0.1.5 DOS.
- o - Fixed option to write gamelist (Pause enabled.)
- o - Updated the Image Preview Set (Big Thanks to Ann Reh!!!)
...... Missing from current set : Warriors of Fate.
- o - Fixed two stupid typos on the Driver editor. (Thanks to Shaka.)
- o - Fixed other smalls things i can't remember.
- Opi
Thomson MO5 Emulation - DCMO5 Gamer Edition, a new version of DCMO5 (Thomson MO5 emulator) is online. It was released together with two old Thompson games : FOX & ANDROIDES. Thanks to Daniel Coulom for the email !
- Opi
System 24 WIP - Charles MacDonald posted a Sega System 24 Emulator update yesterday! Progress was made with the color palette, but there's still much left to be done. Good luck Charles! One can never have enough Sega arcade games! :) (Thanks M.Mercado)
- prophet
10 Best Spring Break Videogames Of All Time - According to Daily Radar, MAME gets the #5 spot (eventhough it's not really a game ;) Thanks to SAV2880 for the link.
- atila
Sega & XBOX - Sega will have 11 launch titles for the Japanese launch of Microsoft's XBOX, this autumn. Some of these titles include “Jet Grind Radio Future,” “Panzer Dragoon,” “Sega GT2” and “Gun Valkyrie.”. I nearly freaked when I saw PANZER DRAGOON!! I still play Panzer Dragoon Zwei on my Saturn, that is one awesome game :) Oh, and while you at it, check the Gaming Today board for a link to the Dead Or Alive 3 (XBOX) video. It's absolutely amazing (and real-time ;)
- atila
New 1-Up released - Darren released 1-Up v.0.9.904! 1-Up is a unique multi-emulator frontend with the ability to display pictures, text, HTML, audio & video from within the application. This latest release has some new features & fixes. I'm personally very behind on trying all the cool new emulation toys these days... :( But try it yourself, it may just be the frontend you've been searching for!
- prophet
Boredom - Here ya go. I don't condone porn... much. ;)
- dhalamar
Thursday, March 29th 2001 - Last updated @ 22:58 EST
Go M.A.R.P! - GoldenGameboy told me "The MAME Action Replay Page, one of the biggest sites for MAME recordings, or any game recordings for that matter, has eclipsed 250,000 hits Tuesday night. Come on down to check out any of our over 17,000 recordings, and learn a few things as well!" Congrats on the quarter-million mark guys! Anyone interested in obtaining or submitting really cool replays for MAME, you know where to go!
- prophet
Pinball Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator - WPCMAME is officially DEAD ! Please welcome PINMAME :) Check the official PINMAME forum for further details.
- Opi
Advance MAME 0.37 Beta 13 - Andrea Mazzoleni released the latest version of my favorite unofficial MAME! Aside from all the new games in Beta 13, this release fixes the throttle problem with soundcard 0, linkage with new SEAl library, and changes to the f5 command in mv. What is Advance MAME? It's an amazing MAME that lets the user fully customize their own video modes for use on any type of display device known to man or woman! It's pretty complex though, so newbies may want to avoid it at first. Check the Advance MAME homepage for details. Here are the new release files: source code, P2/3 Binary, Pentium Binary, K6 Binary. All are compiled with the ASM 68000.
- prophet
We Don't Support Bad Things Like Pr0n Here At Retrogames ! - Someone added this dirty stuff to our messageboard :( He called it a HotChick With Nice Pussy ! Oh my god ... the world is bad ! He should burn in hell !
- Opi
How Cute =) - There's been an addition to the Realityman family. Her name is "Emma Louise, who came into the world Monday, 4.31pm BST, weighing 8lb 13oz clutching a controller in her hand", according to Bomb. Congratulations from everyone here at Retrogames!
- atila
Hmm... - CPS2Shock and X-Men VS Street Fighter. Need I say more?
- dhalamar
Listen To The Rumours - New Rumor Mill! is up ! JoseQ talks about AGES, FreezeSMS, GENS, N64 plug-ins, Bliss, RockNES, Genital68K and Kailera. Can't wait to get the new AGES with PNG and ZIP support !
Thanks to JoseQ and JPMorgan [... I'm on a roll -> LOL :)]
- Opi
Stretchmame download link - If you couldn't find the link to download the latest test build of Stretchmame, the author is posting the links on his message board. Or you could just click here for Stretchmame32 v37b13 Test 4.
- dutch
Wednesday, March 28th 2001 - Last updated @ 17:52 EST
StrechMAME32 Test Beta Release - Next StrechMAME32 beta release happened :) Downloads are slow but don't worry - RC-Roms offers you a download mirror as well as all GoodGBA and GoodSNES Public Domain ROMs ! GoodGBA even with screenshots.
- Opi
Huh??? - Open source BeOS???? Hmm... I wonder if it'll come true. :)
- dhalamar
MAME Flyer Pack #19 - Visit The Arcade Flyer Archive and grab the latest MAME Flyer pack with 32 new images and 4 replacements.
- Opi
Linux - Linux kernel 2.2.19 was released the other day. This is the latest stable release of the older 2.2 linux kernels. Holy smokes, there is a new version of KDE out too!
- chris
JAE Does Lode Runner - Norbert Kehrer'sJava Arcade Emulator got a new driver for Irem's arcade version of Broderbund's home computer hit Lode Runner. Now go, click and play :)
- Opi
Game & Watch Sims Updated - _MADrigal_ updated his last six simulator releases to his new S3 standard. In addition : Snoopy -Table Top got its instruction manual.
4EverPSX Progress - The homepage for the upcoming PSX emulation project, 4EverPSX, was updated! CD emulation is coming along and those SCARS shots look cool. :) (Thanks EmuManiac)
- prophet
MAME WIP - Gridle just updated MAME Work-In-Progress! No pics this time, but ya gotta love those driver fixes. :)
- prophet
Slate on MAME - Yesterday, Slate posted an article on MAME. Thanks to MC68k for the link.
- atila
SMS Power Turns 4! - Zoop's SMS Power turned 4 yesterday! Congratulations to Zoop and his team!
- atila
SealSystem - It may not be all that great, but I'm gonna try it out just because I'm weird like that. ;) It's a 32 bit desktop for DOS called SealSystem. Anyone else wanna try it? Oh, and there's another called WinDOS. Have fun. :)
- dhalamar
Arcade Monitor simulation! - JustinT came up with an amazing algorithm which basically makes arcade game images look like they're on real arcade RGB monitors on our modern PC displays! You can read this fascinating thread from the Emuverse MacMAME board. Set your desktop to 1024x768+ and just look at this Bombjack mockup!
- prophet
Tuesday, March 27th 2001 - Last updated @ 17:32 EST
Mimic WIP - Mike Beaver posted a new status report for his multi arcade emulator Mimic, thanks to Till from Sys2064 for the newsbit.
- Opi
modeler News - ivilded updated the modeler homepage with the following news : "Another useful feature added. This time it's compressed save states". If you live in or near Sweden and you wanna sell an arcade cabinet - ask ivilded first - he's looking for a good one :)
- Opi
NES Emus To Conquer The Internet Gaming Community !
Can you say NETPLAY ? jabo'sJnes and TNSe'NESten will soon be updated to support Kaillera's NETPLAY feature. WHEN ? Sometimes in april if nothing goes wrong. Visit the Jnes homepage for more info. Thanks jabo :)
- Opi
Updated ROM Renamer Tool - Cowering released GoodNGPx v0.999.1. This SNK NeoGeo Pocket/Color ROM renamer now knows 191 entries and thats it !
- Opi
BoycottAdvance 0.17b - Gollum's new Game Boy Advance emulator BoycottAdvance was updated today. Please check the homepage for th bu**load of changes the made/added :)
- Opi
ePSXe Compatibility List - The ePSXe Compatibility list has moved to http://epsxe.emu2k.com. Go there if you're wondering if your game works in the awesome PSX emulator. And if you don't see a game you think should be there, by all means. Add it. :) Thanks to whoever it was on IRC that said something about it a few minutes ago for the news. ;)
- dhalamar
Mozilla - Open source web browser Mozilla has released version 0.81 of their browser. You may also peruse the release notes while you download. Thanks to erik for the news.
- chris
World of Stuart - Stuart Campbell, a longtime print journalist, wrote me about his new site: "It contains several hundred articles I've written for the old-fashioned newsprint-based gaming press over the last few years, including a couple of dozen on the subject of emulation and retrogaming." Just visit The World Of Stuart, scroll down and click on highlights for the goods.
- prophet
MAMEinfo.dat v2.93 - The latest mameinfo.dat file is now ready to roll! This file allows you to view bug report info and more using the TAB menu in MAME. (Thanks M.A.S.H.)
- prophet
EasyEmu Update - Take a look at EasyEmu, they've just updated with a ClrMAME Pro tutorial, hints & tips on getting the DECO cassette games to load faster, new screenshots for MAME 0.37 Beta 13, plus of course there's plenty of other emu tutorials as well!
- prophet
The Onion 0wns 0ne & Zero? - First off, please stop emailing me about yesterday's link being fake! I KNOW that, that's why there was a ;) next to the post. It's a joke, funny haha... :) What I did not know, however, was that the story was originally from TheOnion.com. Here's the link to the original article. Though I still think the CNN link makes it funnier. :P (Thanks to the many folks who emailed me about this)
- prophet
'Genesis OST'-Time Again! - SegaXtreme has posted the soundtrack to the Genesis game "RED ZONE". It's the second OST from Jesper Kyd and "this one is techno with a Military flavor and some really neat C64 influenced bits", according to IceMan2k :)
- atila
MAME Cab Pac #11 - John IV has released pac #11 for use with MAME32. This pac contains 82 images and can be downloaded from the MAME32 QA Site
- atila
Monday, March 26th 2001 - Last updated @ 23:41 EST
The Godfathers of Gaming - Game Spot UK has a nice feature about God Fathers of Gaming. They have write ups on Shigeru Miyamoto (Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., etc.), Richard Garriot (Ultima), Namco (Galaxian, Pacman, etc), and many other notable figures in the gaming industy. Well worth the read. Thanks to /. for the news.
- chris
Micro$oft 0wns Zero & 0ne? - Check this story! ;) (Thanks Mason)
- prophet
Nebula Release Date & Location - Miyamoto posted on our CPS2 board that Nebula will be officially released on March 31st at EmuGenerations! Let's hope so - release dates have a way of changing. ;) Also mentioned is their Official Nebula messageboard, where you can post in Spanish or English.
- prophet
Nebula Interview - EmulationX interviewed ElSemi, the author of Nebula the upcoming new CPS2 emulator! Some beta-testers are interviewed as well, including some names you will surely know. Check it out at CPS2Burn! It should also be mirrored at EmulationX's site and in Spanish at EmuGenerations.
- prophet
Advance Menu 1.9 - Andrea Mazzoleni released a new build of my favorite frontend, Advance Menu! This release includes a new 'rotate' feature for cocktail cabinet users, the ability to read screenshots & sounds from zipped files, plus various fixes. Advance Menu is a DOS based frontend for Advance MAME, MAME, Raine & MESS. It works great on any type of display, from PC monitor to arcade monitor, but like Advance MAME, does require some configuration time.
- prophet
CCS64 Still Loves DOS - The latest beta update of CCS64 is now available for DOS as well - thanks Ulf.
- Opi
iGBA News - Next iGBA beta is online. Iki added a warning sign, or something like that ;)
Consolemul posted ten screenshots showing F-Zero Advance running on iGBA.
- Opi
MAME WIP - Another lovely MAME WIP update is up ! Ryujin was added to the Taito B driver, save state keys are changed ! Link fixed - thanks guys :)
- Opi
Genesis Collective - On behalf of the Retrogames staff, I'd like to welcome Snorter back with his new site, Genesis Collective. Just so you know, there are no ROMs, but, "We intend to document every Genesis and Sega 32x game in existence, and provide you with screen shots, cartridge scans, box scans, and manual cover scans. We will consider adding full manual scans sometime in the future if we can find a legal way to do so." The site design should also look a little familiar. :)
- dutch
Sunday, March 25th 2001 - Last updated @ 18:09 EST
iGBA v0.08 - iGBA v0.08 is available now : "New bios functions emulated... Many bugs are fixed (OAM, BG Rotate/Scale, ...). I am working on the debugger". Thanks to Skates and Sir Jaguar for the emails.
- Opi
First "Intercontinental" Modeler Match - Does this really mean .... ? "Yes, this means - Modeler now has full-on Kaillera support :-)" Thanks Sixtoe :)
- Opi
Jumpman '86 Release 2 - Pär Johannesson has sent us the revised version of Jumpman '86, his freeware Game Boy / Game Boy Color game. You can get it here. I dare to say it's not the final version but it has a nice ingame music. Hrrrm - Pär ! SubPort or GameBoy Emulation Heaven are usually better places for stuff like this ;) At least if you disappoint me with the "fake" Jumpman title. The old Epyx Jumpman games are both some of my alltime faves :)
- Opi
VisualBoy v1.4.10 - The probably best (read most advanced) Game Boy emulator for Windows - VisualBoy - has been updated today :
- o - Fixed problem loading save games
- o - Window title changes when changing languages
- o - Simplified Chinese translation (thanks Eric)
- o - Finnish translation (thanks Hannu Pulli)
- o - translations halted for the moment so that I can work on VisualBoyAdvance (GameboyAdvance emulator)
Check also Frogotten's new emulation project : VisualBoyAdvance. Thanks to EmuManiac for the news.
- Opi
Faster Loading - Our admins played around with the servers yesterday and it resulted in much faster loading of our main page and the messageboards. The difference when loading the boards is remarkable, especially for you 56k users :) It takes about 1/5th of the time it used to, how's that for FAST ?
- atila
new Game & Watch Sim - Nokrum released a new Game & Watch simulator : FLAGMAN v1.0b (NINTENDO silver series, 1980). Developed for DOS but should work well in Win9x/ME (according to Nokrum) :)
- Opi
CCS64 For Windows v2.0 Beta (Again) - Ulf Andersson informed me about the release of a new beta version of CCS64, Per Håkan Sundell's fantastic C-64 emulator. This version is still labeled as 2.0 BETA ! No-one, with the exception of Per, will ever be able to figure out the emulators history, I suppose :) Anyway, below are the changes - please remember : CCS64 is shareware and needs to be registered for a fee of $30 US.
- o - Fixed bug with some cartridges like Buck Rogers etc.
- o - Support for Zaxxon Cartridge.
- o - PAL TV filter emulation by John 'Graham' Selck and
...... Philip 'Pepto' Timmermann.
- o - Screen repeat mode in order to support native 100, 150 Hz video modes
...... to emulate the C64 50 Hz refresh rate.
- o - Screenshots can now be saved in different sizes and screen positions.
- o - Machine code monitor now also handle loading / saving of .prg files.
- Opi
Yahoo - For the first time, I bothered to go to a Yahoo voice chat dealie. Why do these companies even bother with voice chat rooms? :) All it is is people going in there cussing people out and everything else. Pointless, but hilarious at the same time. :)
- dhalamar
Saturday, March 24th 2001 - Last updated @ 22:43 EST
HEAT.net - My favorite online gaming place is closing down. :( HEAT.net will be closing it's doors at the end of this month. How am I going to play Net Fighter now. :( Head on over to the site for the complete post.
- dhalamar
Kaillera 0.71 - Kaillera 0.71 was released earlier today; if you want to play MAME via the net, then you need this little program :) Btw, a new SDK was released too. Thanks to Fazeo and TonyD for the news.
- atila
PCSX 0.6.500 Linux - The Linux version of PCSX (PSOne emu) has been updated to v0.6.500. New sound and joypad plugins for use with the Linux version were uploaded too. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.
- Opi
S.H.A.C.C. v0.81 - A new version of S.H.A.C.C., MartyB's "multi purposes" frontend is now available at EmuHQ.
- Opi
Marquees For MAME32 - Till from Sys2064 mentioned EMAM as an interesting MAME support site and as source of updated Marquee packs for use with MAME32. He has takenover the Marquee Library from Phydeaux Brigands.
- Opi
Please - Give The Emu Authors FEEDBACK ! - Julien Frelat aka Gollum would like to get some feedback about BoyCott Advance, his Game Boy Advance emulator. Click here to read the related messageboard thread, thanks to Rico2000 for the hint.
- Opi
Look At 2,008 Arcade Games - The Video Game Museum has reached another milestone, they just surpassed 2,000 Arcade games, 2,008 to be precise. Congratulations to my friend Mek and his team :)
- Opi
Help With DIV, Dark Basic, Jamagic and Blitz Basic - We talked and reported a lot about Retro Remakes, and tools like Blitz Basic or Div Games Studio to create them. Mats Westberg made a nice site with information, examples, tutorials and downloads (his selfmade games) for these tools as well as a comparison of DIV, Dark Basic, Jamagic and Blitz Basic against each other. Hobby coders might find some interesting stuff ! Thanks Dan !
- Opi
ElectrEm Beta 7a - Soon after the intial beta 7 release of Name - a fixed beta 7a has been made available. Look here for more details. Thanks to Dave, the man who walks on The Stairway To Hell :)
- Opi
Yape Updated - New Tapes Available - Yape v0.32 released. Visit Lando's homepage and grab the latest tape images for use with this Commodore Plus4 / C-16 emulator.
- Opi
WinUAE Status Update - The official WinUAE site has posted a status update. Take note of point 12: Cleaning up source-tree in preparation for release. Start drooling now ;) Thanks to EmuManiac for the news (again ;)
- atila
Modeler WIP - iVilDed has posted various new pics of emulated games in Modeler. Some of them have a screwy palette, this is being worked on as we speak :)
- atila
ArcadeTones - The ArcadeTones site has had a redesign. Not only that, but they've also added 12 new tones for your Nokia GSM :)
- atila
WWF Buys WCW - The WWF has bought out the WCW. Personal note: I've not been a wrestling fan since Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat lost his speech because of the Macho Man's actions. That's a looooooong time ago :) Thanks to The Fox for the news.
- atila
MAME WIP - New "pictureless" MAME WIP update - Gridle mentioned improved Namco NA1/2 and Taito F2 drivers.
- Opi
GNUBoy 0.9.9 - This multi-platform GameBoy emulator was updated yesterday, the source code and the DOS binary for version 0.9.9 were posted. Hopefully, the WIN32 binary will be posted soon :) Thanks to EmuManiac for these 2 bits of news.
- atila
Friday, March 23rd 2001 - Last updated @ 19:08 EST
Mametesters - The Mametesters site has updated their current bugs page with the latest reports from beta 13. If you notice anything odd in the latest Mame beta, check the list and see if it's been reported!
- dutch
Mir Re-Entry - For those of you who haven't seen it yet, you can see the videos of Mir burning up on re-entry out on CNN.
- dutch
Official Nemu INI 2.1.6 - Visit Emumanic to download the new Official Nemu INI version 2.1.6. Using this INI, you can play Aidyn Chronicles - The First Mage in Nemu, albeit with some graphics glitches and some speed issues. (Have to love the better rendering you get on a PC though. :)
- dutch
Ngine Snes9x 0.40 - A bit old, but we missed it. Ngine Snes9x .40 has been released. You burn this SNES emulator to a CD along with ROM images and play it on your Dreamcast. This new version will do savestates on your VMU, sweet. :) It'll also load those pesky "split-rom" images.
- dutch
F-Zero GBA Emulated - Looks like BillyJr has some screenshots up of F-Zero running in a GBA emulator. I know, it is a new system, but it's news to us EMU freaks nevertheless. ;) UPDATE - That emulator btw is iGBA, and the beta that runs that may be released soon. Thanks to Dave for the follow up info. :)
- dutch
PSX Plugins - New PSEMU Plugins are now available from Null2 (SPU Sound Plugin) and Kazzuya (GPU Graphic Plugin).
- dutch
Unnofficial Nester 03/23/2001 - Here's you're daily update of Unofficial Nester, a top notch NES emulator.
- dutch
GoodGBA 0.9992 - It was bound to happen. ;) GoodGBA 0.9992 is a Gameboy Advance ROM image identifier / renamer by Cowering.
- dutch
Those Canadians - All cigarette manufacturers in Canada are now required to put one of these images on the outside edge of packs of cigarettes.
- dutch
Generator/MacOS has been updated to v0.18. The new version is faster, and no longer crashes under MacOS X.
- richard
Sewing Machine - JCR pointed me towards this link which shows a sewing machine, which loads sewing patterns from a special GameBoy cartridge! I may have to get my mom one ;)
- atila
ClrMAME Pro 1.94 Released - Roman Scherzer has updated his excellent rom manager, click here to see what's new and to download the update. He also mentions that he's currently working on a new rebuilder, new merger and a new profile system for ClrMAME Pro.
- atila
Thursday, March 22nd 2001 - Last updated @ 13:34 EST
BeEmulated Interview - Tommy over at BeEmulated E-Mailed me that he has interviewed Caz. Caz is the guy who ported the likes of GNUBoy, DGen, Jum's Atari 5200 emulator, SMSPlus, and recently he's on a new team. But you'll have to read the interview to find that out. :)
- dhalamar
GBA Out In The Open ;) - Nintendo released its GBA 2 days ago and it's apparently sold by the boatload :) Well, you can't go wrong with about 3 million, pre-oders, can you ? The European launch will be in 3 months time, so I will not be importing one. Check out pocket.ign.com for all the latest news, previews and reviews. This is one feisty little machine :)
- atila
Emu Moved - PSoneEmu found a new home at EmuKult.De. Please update your bookmarks for this Playstation emulator to http://www.psoneemu.com. D1Y uploaded some new screenshots showing PSoneEmu running some commercial games.
- Opi
NO$MSX v1.4 - NO$MSX, a shareware MSX emulator by the author of NO$GMB, was updated to version 1.4. Here are the changes and the emu "dev-history". NO$MSX is available for DOS and Windows - thanks to Skates for the info.
- Opi
Blitz Basic Arcade Remakes - Looks like Blitz Basic is a very strong tool to recreate arcade classics in a modern computer enviroment. Check out Masteroids and DragonFyre to see some great examples ! Both games are part of Steve's Blitz Basic Arcade Remakes.
Would someone please do a remake of Pooyan or Bank Panic ? :)
Update : There's already a Pooyan Remake created by Geoff Storey with help of Blitz Basic ! Check out Shane Monroe'sBLITZ BASIC SHOWCASE for more interesting stuff.
- Opi
JoseQ's Rumor Mill! - JPMorgan informed me about a newly uploaded edition of The Rumor Mill! !
- Opi
MESS WIP - Well not really, just wanted to let everyone know MESS, or MESS WIP page is not dead. The reason there has not been any MESS WIP updates lately is because CVS check-in notifications are not being mailed out. Cowering is working on it. If you are a sendmail expert please notify Cowering, Thanks. :)
- chris
QUEF - The QT Universal Emulator Frontend for Linux version 0.1.1 has been released. QUEF only supports two emulators at the moment (Stella, and SNES9X) but more are sure to follow. QUEF is written in C++ and is licensed under the GPL.
- chris
Wednesday, March 21st 2001 - Last updated @ 18:46 EST
Bugfixed Remake - Kablooey! v1.15 has been released ... Lots of bug fixes!
- Opi
MAME WIP - New MAME WIP ! Gridle posted news from the last 4 days of MAME development. It's "fixing time" again !
- Opi
New Game & Watch Simulator - Nokrum released a new Game & Watch Simulator : Circus Circus by CBM/Q&Q, 1981?. Thanks to Nokrum himself for the news :)
- Opi
Advance Menu 1.8 - Andrea Mazzoleni released a new version of my favorite frontend (works with Advance MAME, MAME, Raine & MESS), Advance Menu! Lotsa fixes & tweaks, including adjustable screenshot aspects and better MP3 support. Whether you're using a PC monitor, arcade monitor or TV, this truly kicks. No bloated OS needed, but it works great in a DOS box. ;) Advance Menu homepage.
- prophet
Teo 1.5 - Teo is a Thomson TO8 Emulator for PC which runs on DOS, Windows and Linux/X11 operating systems. Thanks to Rico2000 for the news.
- chris
Mameinfo.dat v2.92 - M.A.S.H.'sMameinfo.dat was updated - most recent version is now v2.92 - grab it here. You may also think about visiting his Arcade At The Movies site ... maybe :)
- Opi
highscore.dat v7.2 - Leezer did it again - he uploaded a new unofficial highscore.dat. Release v7.2 adds support for Pole Position 1 & 2, Battle Cruiser M12 (requested by me - thanks man !) and Street Fighter Alpha 1 + 2 plus many more. After you leeched this file, grab also the needed NVRAM files :) Thanks ~Roc~
- Opi
Past-O-Rama 0.05 - This wicked little emulator has a had a rather big update, both Game Gear and Master System support was added! To see the entire list of new/fixed things and to download the emulator, I suggest you visit the Past-O-Rama site! Thanks to Pascal and Skates for the news.
- atila
SIMULATORS! - _MADrigal_ has updated five of his excellent simulators, they are (in no particular order):
Bandle Bobble - Thanks for the mails regarding the Bandle Bobble mp3. One of the things I forgot to mention is that it changes to the New Zealand story part of the way into it! :) The mp3 is mentioned on this page: "Tatsumakisenpukyaku, maker of the infamous game "Super Bubble Fighter II Turbo Alpha Championship Edition + 4 Ned", created an arrangement of the Bubble Bobble and New Zealand Story music and convinced his high school band to play it on 18 May 2000! You MUST hear this!" Again, thanks to all who mailed.
- dutch
Tuesday, March 20th 2001 - Last updated @ 19:08 EST
The Arcade Flyer Archive Updated - The Arcade Flyer Archive was updated with the addition of more than 100 flyers to the database and a new "Top 25 Viewed Flyers" feature. The Secret Files Razoola donated are a must see.
- Opi
Back to the Roots Meets Graftgold - Back to the Roots, my beloved Amiga site was updated with a fine selection of famous Amiga games from the past ! Fire and Ice, Virocop, Paradroid 90 amd Uridium 2 (all from Graftgold), Castle of Dr. Brain by Sierra, Beast Busters from Activision and and and ! I can't and won't name them all. Don't forget to check the other sections, new scene demos, new music files and pictures were added too. And finally an intersting chat with Adam "Scorpik" Skorupa, (one of the best scene musicians - now he's writing soundtracks for computer games) was put up online !
SORRY: This news is two days old ... a new DVD player ($150 US - very cheap but it does its job) and the preparation of my own forthcoming site ScreenMania (10,000 screenshots already uploaded), keep me away from the news business. Watching "High Noon" (I love this movie) and "Gladiator" in english was an interesting and sometimes difficult experience.
- Opi
Chinese Wallpapers - Wanna get some nice looking gaming/retro wallpapers ? Look here (click the numbers to browse...) and "preserve" some of them on your hd :) Thanks MAMu_ ! Sorry for telling you the wrong home country - it's a Chinese site - of course - and not a Japanese :)
- Opi
ElectrEm beta 7 - ElectrEm, a Acorn Electron emulator was updated yesterday. Check the massive changes.log for the latest news or go straight to the ElectrEm homepage and download beta 7. It's available for MS-DOS, Linux (GGI/SVGALib) and Windows ! Thanks to Cloy and Dave from The Stairway To Hell (great BBC/Electron site btw.) for the info.
- Opi
Rock Rush - Over at the Div Arena, the version of that kick ass Boulderdash clone, Rock Rush is up. Go and grab it up, it's worth the 341k. ;)
- dhalamar
Wanna Make Your Own Game? - If all this talk about homebrewn games makes you want to make your own game, then you should definitely check out this new project at ArcadeDev, they're planning to create games for old arcade hardware and they're in need of people to help out!
- atila
Another Free Game! - This time it's an update to Qb for Atari 2600, the author writes:
"Qb is my port to the venerable Atari 2600 of a game I wrote waaaay back in 1984 on the Atari 800! It's been a lot of fun, and is complete (as of early March 2001). Writing a game for a machine with just 4K ROM, 128 bytes of RAM and no graphics memory has been a real challenge - especially considering the original took nearly all of the 48K memory available on the Atari 800. A challenge, but I've managed to do it!".
You can download this little gem (version 2.15) from the link above, thanks to Kojote for the news.
- atila
Unofficial nester - Everyone's favourite NES emulator unofficial nester was updated with the following changes :
- fixed mapper ... #5, #44, #105
- support nestoy rom database 'nesdbase.dat' to fix header info.
- support 'VS Battle City (Bootleg)'
- support 'VS Excitebike (Alt)' and 'VS Pinball (Alt)'
Game Lad v1.4 - An updated Game Lad is out, new in version 1.4 of this Game Boy emulator :
"Serial link cable, joystick/gamepad support... Game Lad 1.4 has been released and should run in Windows 95. DirectX 8.0 or higher is now required. Spanish translation is updated, and my own Swedish translation is also available".
SSF2 XOR Files - CPS2Shock has released the xor files needed for Super Streetfighter 2: The New Challengers.
- atila
Ultima 3 GBC 0.995 Released! - Sven has decided to release a new version of his Ultima 3 port for the GBC. He has released a new version because of the following:
"I was going over some sections of the code and I found a bug that would make it impossible to finish the second game under certain circumstances. To save yourself a lot of frustration later, I suggest you download this updated binary"
LazyNES - LazyNES was updated today, netplay was added to this Windows NES emulator. Thanks to coolmos for the news.
- atila
Parade Music? - Bubble Bobble fans check out this mp3.. I have no idea where this was recorded or who it is, but I have to agree with Marconelly that this is one of the most hilarious and best mp3 songs I've heard in a while. :)
- dutch
Monday, March 19th 2001 - Last updated @ 16:57 EST
RetroBase - I could say "All Your RetroBase Are Belong To US" or something similar, but I won't ;) RetroBase has had a redesign and it looks quite nifty! OMG, did I just say 'nifty' ?
- atila
Capcom's Official Public Statement - Here's a translation from Japanese by our friend "Madman" Henry Moriarty: "Today, there have been some reports by the media that our company will be withdrawing from the arcade game software market. These reports are not official announcements made by our company, and are not formal decisions made at the current time. Though our company will cut down on the arcade department in the next fiscal and focus on the home console market, we will also continue to provide software for the arcades as well." So there you have it - check out Madman's Cafe for more info, and also great gaming news. Note about Midway: I've also received "inside" information, AKA rumors (thanks Dan M.), about Midway getting ready to to cut down or perhaps close down their arcade operations as well. True or not, it's pretty clear that the classic arcade era is over. :( Long live preservation through emulation.
- prophet
Neon - Ever wanted to do neon? Lumicron (aka Neon Americana and located near me :) has stuff you can order online that's all hand done and is just awesome. They do custom jobs as well, so if (for example) you want a yellow neon Pac Man or a blue neon Mame logo for a cabinet marquee, they are the folks who can make you one. Check out those retro sculptures! :)
- dutch
BeEmulated - The site devoted to emulation on the BeOS operating system has moved to their own domain at BeEmulated.Net with a new, better look and everything. It's not 100% up yet, so keep checkin back. :) If you're like me and like BeOS, this is the place to go for emulation on it. Now that ZSNES is open source, someone wanna port it to BeOS? ;)
- dhalamar
MIR - If you fear MIR, you may want to get yourself one of these :) Thanks to moebius for the link.
- atila
Sunday, March 18th 2001 - Last updated @ 22:03 EST
EasyEmu Update - Check out mrv2k's EasyEmu! There's a brand new ePSXe tutorial, and a links section for MAME goodies!
- prophet
Cyberbots in English! - Get on over to Kuno's Memory Bank and download the "English" Final Burn savestate for Cyberbots! It's pretty cool knowing Jin needs to kick Gawaine's butt because he knows how his father died! LOL! There's lotsa other savestates too. Nice going Kuno. :)
- prophet
MAMECPS - Want a small (430k) version of MAME with only CPS1 & CPS2 games? Well, here ya go! Et c'est francais! (Thanks Rico2000)
- prophet
X-Arcade Update - I recently received a communication from deep inside of X-Gaming's laboratory - apparently their secret weapon, the X-Arcade is approaching completion! The moulding is being finalized, and then these babies should start rolling off the assembly line. A quality 2 player arcade panel that works with PC's *and* consoles - sounds sweet to me. I hope to review one ASAP, here's hoping this puppy lives up to our dreams. :)
- prophet
Bad Cyberbots? - I don't think anyone posted about this yet, but CPS2Shock has a Cyberbots dump patcher online. It'll fix your bad CRC dump. (Thanks Rico2000)
- prophet
Capcom quitting the Arcades?! - Yes, you read right. According to Nikkei Telecom 21, Capcom may become a home-only game house during fiscal year 2001! Why? NOT because of emulation, but because arcade games only sell around 5000 per title now, as opposed to the 80,000 peak back in the good ol' days. *IF* this is true, I'd chalk it it up to home games getting so good - my fellow old timers will remember when the arcades were way better than anything for the consumer market, but times have changed. Thanks to Henry "Madman" Moriarty for this interesting/sad story - check out the full translation at his awesome site, Madman's Cafe.
- prophet
Kablooey! v1.11 - Shane R. Monroe'sKABOOM! remake KABLOOEY! was again updated and improved :
"Hopefully the FINAL version of Kablooey! - this new version features better synced framerate and built-in high score posting to the internet at the Worldwide Kablooey! Scoreboard : Its time to show what you're made of!" So go for it and show your skills !
- Opi
Team Japump!!! - The busy dumpers from Nippon - Team Japump!!!, updated their site with the names of the latest dumps they've made :
- Nekketsu Mahjong Sengen
- Ojanko-Yakata
- Quiz Gakumon no Susume (JPN Ver.)
- Momoko 120% (JPN Ver.)
- Baraduke (New Ver.)
- Cyberbots - Full Metal Madness - (JPN Ver.)
- Birdie King (JPN Ver.)
OC ReMix - Once you're done playing Cyberbots, which I know will consume my morning, head on over to OC ReMix for our latest offerings: Q!bert, my own Lufia II ReMix (both firsts), and other recent tracks like Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, FF8, Megaman 3, and DKC. Nothing like ReMixes and a new FB to clear up that queasy eFront aftertaste!
- david
Final Burn v0.112 - Final Burn v0.112 was released. Can you say Cyberbots? I've never even heard of this game before, so I might as well try it. :) Thanks to JTS for the news. :)
- dhalamar
UAE v0.8.16 - A new UAE has been released by Bernd Schmidt. Let's hope for a fast Windows port (as long as you prefer this OS like me) - thanks to James Maurice Battle for the email. Amiga forever !
- Opi
Virtual GameBoy v2.1 - Marat Fayzullin'sVirtual GameBoy emulator has been updated. Marat wrote :"The new version contains many new things, including rewritten sound emulation, much improved support for GBC palettes, more precise CPU and LCD timings, 16bit color in VGB-Windows, and countless small fixes".
VGB is a portable emulator of Nintendo's various GameBoy releases. Several ports are available (Windows, MacOS, Unix, PSX ...). The Unix version is free, the Windows version will cost you $35US !
Thanks to Marat Fayzullin for the notification. Also a thanks to Lrd[EFN] from GameBoy & NeoGeo Pocket Emulation Heaven for the mail :) Wanna be part of this Game Boy devoted site ? This is your chance, they're looking for a new staffer.
Saturday, March 17th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:10 EST
Megabase v4.3 - A new version of Megabase is available for download (with databases , screenshots and Plug-Ins). Megabase is a multi-purpose frontend - version 4.3 adds the following stuff : "New Function : 'IMPORT COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS', now is easy configuring the command line for an Emulator.. just download the file for a particular emulator (for example Zsnes) and import it by pressing the 'Import Setting For This Emulator' button that you will find in the 'Setting Section'".
Two Cowering GoodTools Updated - GoodGBx v0.999.8 with 5422 entries (new entries + lots more off the redumps list (thanks PDMG-01)) and the most interesting imho - GoodSNES v0.999.2 : 3643 entries with the usual additions/fixes :-)
- Opi
Bliss v1.51 & Xanadu v0.5 - A tiny bugfix was released for Bliss, Kyle Davis' Intellivision emulator for JAVA and Windows as well as version 0.5 of Kyle's new own C++ port of Bliss called Xanadu.
- Opi
xmame/xmess 0.37b12.1 - Lawrence Gold has released a new version of xmame/xmess. View the changes in version 0.37b12.1 while you download.
- chris
"Official" Message Boards - Dave Ewing asked me to mention that he offers totally banner-free web boards (powered by UBB6) for any emulator authors that want them. You can check out his existing forum area or e-mail him.
- richard
"Happy Days Are Back Again!" - No, I ain't talking about that series with Richie and The Fonz, I'm talking about MAME BETA ROMS! Back in the day, we had a good fellow by the name of ZYCLONE, helping us all out with beta roms. He had to stop a while ago, but today I received a mail from him that he's once again offering valuable space and bandwith for all of us! There are no banners, no pop-ups and no time-outs! Oh yeah, before I forget, here's the download link, I've also added it to the left table. Thanks a lot, Zyclone!
- atila
Work In Progress Info From The Famous Multi Arcade Machine Emulator - For short - new MAME WIP. Oh my GOD, another dream came true. They added support for Quiz Gakumon no Susume :) (joke).
- Opi
Generator/MacOS v0.17 has been released. The new version fixes the long running bug that caused slow music in some games. It's available here.
- richard
Happy St. Patrick's Day - Don't drink too much green beer. Sorry about the logo, just be glad I didn't dye the whole site green. :)
- dutch
Friday, March 16th 2001 - Last updated @ 22:31 EST
pLauncher - pLauncher allows you to centralize all of your emulator/ROM launching needs. It is open ended enough to allow the launching of any emulator (xmame, snes9x, xmess, vgb, dgen, WINE, etc.) and its ROMS/binaries. Changes in version 1.2 include: A rom count, support for personal config file ~/.pLauncher, a fix for a bug which gave a warning with no custom views, a new graphical installer, and fixes to the help menu item to bring up the html manual in Netscape.
- chris
Official Emu Loader Messageboard Opened - Ciro informed me about the opening of the official Emu Loader messageboard !
"Go to the Mame World's main page and click on "messageboards" link at the top of the page. Once there, click on "Emu Loader board" ...".
- Opi
RealSpectrum Beta #10 (v0.80.22) - A new beta of RealSpectrum, the most advanced Sinclair Spectrum emulator is available now - here are the changes ! Thanks to EmuHQ for the news and the "whatsnew" link :)
- Opi
CPS2mame Updated - Play Cyberbots with Razoola's new CPS2mame release.
- Opi
CPS2Shock: Cyberbots - Razoola has released the XOR files for CyberBots!
- atila
Div Games Studio - Over at the Div Arena homepage, they've had an update with a Space Invaders clone, a weird Stunt Wrestling game, and an Asteroids clone. All programmed in Div. :) Head on over there to check out and other cool demos, and download the trial for Div Games Studio and see if you like it. :) Thanks to Jon for the E-Mail. :)
- dhalamar
Nemu Lives! - I guess Nemu's been 'taken off of life support', a new audio.dll was released today! This should fix most of the audio problems. As for Nemu itself, a new Nemu will surface soon, but a date is not known yet. Thanks to coolmos for the news.
- atila
Sega President Dies - Sega's Isao Okawa died of heart failure, at age 74. Our hearts go out to his friends and family. May he rest in peace in "The Great Arcade In The Sky".
- atila
Kaillera 0.61 - This wonderful program has been updated yet again, here's what's new:
CPS2 games are back!
what's new:
-----------
- fixed MAME32 crash bug on some games (especially CPS2 games).
- changed text in netsync dialog to be more meaningful.
- fixed bug in server list get process
Download it here, thanks to coolmos for the link.
- atila
MAME32 0.37b13 Released! - MAME32 is now in sync with the DOS version, both the regular version and the i686 version are available for download. You can find out more about MAME32 at the MAME32 QA site. Thanks to everyone who mailed!
- atila
MAMu_'s Icons for Linux - I have updated my MAMu_ Icons for X page with icon packs for beta 12 and beta 13. You must either compile your own xmame with the latest DOS code, or be using one of the xmame pre-releases to take advantage of these icons, however xmame-0.37b12.1 will be released probably tomorrow or very soon anyway.
- chris
Thursday, March 15th 2001 - Last updated @ 19:51 EST
Overclocking your Nvidia - Serious Linux gamers who want to get the most speed out of their Nvidia graphics card should check out Nvclock. Nvclock allows you to overclock your Nvidia card under Linux! Changes to the most recent release include: More code cleanups, better commandline handling, and root warning.
- chris
NC 100/200 Emulator - nc100em is an Amstrad NC100/NC200 emulator for Linux; there are versions for X, svgalib, and ttys. It can run both the ROM software and ZCN. The latest release adds NC200 support and an important bugfix for the GTK+ version.
- chris
Stella Shell - Stella Shell is a shell/GUI for Linux to allow easy selection of your Stella ROMs. "Click'n'Play" requires Xdialog for proper operation. Version 0.2 adds small bugfixes in filename handling.
- chris
New MAME Icons - MAMu_ has uploaded a new beta 13 icons-pack for MAME. Click here to check a preview PNG or use this link to download the new pack !
- Opi
Arcade Screenshots - If you're looking for a complete screenshot pack for your prefered MAME frontend, modeler or any other arcade emulator - visit Crashtest's site and grab his collection (titles and ingame shots).
- Opi
Kaillera v0.5 And v0.6 - Kuno sent word about the latest Kaillera release - version 0.5. Test it if you wanna play some retro games online, below are the changes :
- desynch problem fixed! yay!
- game list when creating a new game is now always correctly sorted
- active games list now properly updated
- "manual server ip enter bug" fixed
- fixed ghost players/games
- added games played report in the touch process
Look Into The Future - Hard Head and Rough Ranger are the "stars" of the current new MAME WIP update !
- Opi
GeoMAME v0.37 b10d - GeoMAME, the NeoGeo games only (enhanced) version of MacMAME, has been updated "to fix a bug which would cause the emu to reset itself after repeated save states/restores". Thanks to Zophar's Domain for the news.
- Opi
More Things You Shouldn't Say To A Cop :) - Here's the list I received yesterday, some funny stuff in there :) Btw, I'd like to thank to men and women working at the force for trying to keep our cities safe.
- atila
Sony & Connectix - Finally, the legal battle between Sony and Connectix is over. They settled out of court. Sony bought the emulation technology! :P Apparently, Connectix will continue to improve VGS with Sony's help! It will be interesting to see how this will turn out. Thanks much to lain_iwakura for the news!
- dutch
artifex v0.27 - Emulation9 reported the release of artifex, a new Commodore Plus4 emulator for Windows. Version 0.27 is the first publically available release. Click here to see a list of the currently realized emulator features.
- Opi
Rumors Are All Around - New Rumor Mill! is up ! " In the bag I have rumors from: Genital, Gens, Bliss, RockNES, and Sega Arcade Project ("Monaco GP")". Thanks JPMorgan :-)
- Opi
Rock Rush - Rock Rush with Tool's Undertow album = good mix. ;)
- dhalamar
Wednesday, March 14th 2001 - Last updated @ 20:41 EST
Mame.dk - No, the ROMs are not back (didn't mean to get your hopes up) but the site is far from dead. :)
- dutch
Sega Museum Updated - Nearly all hardware descriptions of Sixtoe'sSega Museum have been redone or updated - interested Sega fans should click here.
- Opi
eFront - While *I* don't like the situation and don't want to be talking about it on the news page (or at all for that matter), *I* think that Tim Johnson did a pretty good job summarizing the situation, given that all of his facts are accurate of course.
- dutch
Game & Watch Simulators - _MADrigal_ updated 5 of his old simulators to match the new S3 standart.
FEMAME v2.03 - Looks like march is a good month to update MAME frontends :) A new FEMAME is online (wow, still alive on a geocities account). FEMAME is a DOS frontend for MAME and according to the author it is small, fast and user friendly. Check it out here.
- Opi
TZX Vault - Gilby sends word that his TZX Vault is "now an associate of the World of Spectrum and as games are preserved they will be passed directly to me. Anyway, there have been a further 92 tape images preserved." This should be good news to Speccy fans. And yes, my other computer runs at 3.4Mhz ;)
- atila
Things You Shouldn't Say To A Cop :) - Here's one: "I'll get my driver's license if you'll hold my beer." And here's another: "Please keep in mind that I pay your salary" :P
- atila
EmuLoader v2.4 - The MAME frontend EmuLoader has been updated to version 2.4, with a lot of bug fixes and a lot in the what's new list. Too much to list here. :) Thanks to Mugnier Aymeric for the E-Mail.
Oh, and he said b13 MAME Icon Packs should be released sometime today, so keep your eyes peeled.
- dhalamar
UnOfficial ePSXe FAQ v1.4.0 - With the recent ePSXe release, there is now a new version of the UnOfficial ePSXe FAQ written by the guys who know more than I do about these things over at PSXEmu. If you're constantly asking "Huh?" as far as ePSXe is concerned, then you need to get this FAQ, don't ya think? ;)
- dhalamar
Windows in BeOS - I had to post about this one because I run Windows 98 and BeOS 5. I was over at BeEmulated, and saw a post about a Windows emulator for BeOS. Strange twist, huh. :) Anyway, head on over to that site for all your BeOS emulation needs, and he has some great links to other BeOS sites as well.
- dhalamar
MAME Screensaver - The MAME Screensaver has been updated in conjunction with the recent MAME 37b13, and this also doubles as an unofficial MAME32 for those of you who are weird like me and like using different versions of stuff.
- dhalamar
ArcadeTones - The ArcadeTones site has been updated with Secret of Monkey Island ringtones for your Nokia phone. :)
- dhalamar
CD-i Emulator Screenshots! - The person who used to work for the company who made the Cd-i, as you know, is working on a CD-i Emulator, and he has screenshots from Rise of the Robots!! (Ok, the game sucks, but still, the emulator is running) Hopefully we'll see a release soon, I've seen CD-i games before, but I've never played one. Maybe I'll get my chance. :)
- dhalamar
Tuesday, March 13th 2001 - Last updated @ 19:17 EST
Calice v0.1.5 - katharsis from Geoshock mentioned a new Calice release. David Raingeard added the following stuff to version 0.1.5 :
- o - 20 more games (Japanese, Usa, and Bootleg versions of games)
- o - Support for clones (see PARENT in drivers)
- o - Scanlines support - 3 buttons support
- o - Eeprom support
- o - Installed drivers automatic detection (You can add your own driver,
...... it will be detected by Calice so you can use it)
- o - Layers activation fixed. All games works now nearly perfectly
- o - Fixed some drivers (msword,...)
- o - ...and other things i forgot now
- Opi
Small Web Links Update - I'm still not in a real links update mood, but I added 4 requested sites and removed ONE link - requested by many ! GUESS which link I've removed ? NO, I won't send you a Dreamcast if you successfully solved this super easy riddle :P
- Opi
DarcNES Lives! - After what seems an eternity (damn the 'net ;), DarcNES (multi-platform, multi-console/computer emu) was updated again! Here's the what's new list:
-Five months and two days later... (little trivia fact: Before this, not a calander month has gone by since December of '98 without some sort of DarcNES release).
- Removed the m6502 core.
- Disabled compilation of the 68k core and genesis driver (they don't work, so...).
- Changed many things internally in my quest to get rid of the CAL interface.
- Started abusing the C preprocessor in the 68k core.
- Added a workaround for a bug in the linker (and enabled a warning to let me know when I need to do so again).
- Added a workaround for the very common bad dump of Zelda 2 (the one that is "missing" some CHR pages) (I thought I did this earlier, but I guess not).
- Added a preliminary MSX driver.
- Added a preliminary SC3000 driver (thanks to Marc Le Douarain for the patches).
- Added mode 1 support to the TMS9918 video emulation (for both MSX and SC3000 support, again, thanks to Marc Le Douarain for the initial patch).
- Oh, and DarcNES/Win32 now has sound support.
You can download it from the DarcNES site. Thanks to |pogo| for the news.
- atila
Apple II/e Win v1.10.3 - Oliver Schmidt released Apple 2e for Windows v1.10.3 - these are the changes. Thanks to www.emukult.de.
- Opi
Contest - Win A Million (not) - Emulation64.com wants to give away a sweet Sega Dreamcast - all you have to do is solve 4 riddles - check it out here.
- Opi
MacMAME .37b13 Released! - MacMAME is now in sync with the DOS version, here's what was added:
- In sync with the DOS 0.37 beta 13 build. [Brad Oliver]
- Modified PPC 68k core to support encrypted opcode arguments in pc-relative reads. [Brad Oliver]
- Added support for 555 and 888 direct modes, used for transparency effects in some games. [Brad Oliver]
- Moved some more strings to the resource fork to aid in translations. [Brad Oliver]
Anyway, head on over to MacMAME.ORG to download it! Thanks to malogato for reminding me to post this ;)
- atila
CPS-2 Shock #21 - Razoola released XOR tables for Alien Vs. Predator (Japan 940520) ! He also updated his own MAME version CPS2mame to support this new release. Thanks RetroLover :)
- Opi
Doodie To The Rescue! - Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's DOODIE! "Corporate Hell" indeed ;)
- atila
1-UP v0.9.903 - Looks like we have a newly hosted site here at Retrogames ! Welcome to DarrenC and his general emulator frontend 1-UP ! After a looong break (almost 1 year, he bought a house and became father [nice]) he finally has a come back and released a new version of 1-UP, please visit the homepage for further information.
- Opi
Genesis OSTs - SegaXtreme has added the following soundtracks to their site: Contra Hard Corps, Target Earth, Thunderforce 2, Thunderforce 3 and Thunderforce 4/Lightning Force Soundtracks. I recommend the Thunderforce soundtracks :)
- atila
FixMAME v0.37 b13 - M.A.S.H. uploaded a new version of FixMAME with LOTS of fixes, adjustments and enhancements : click here to read his full announcement on our General emulation messageboard.
Yes, I read and visit it - if you use Yahoo as email client and wanna send me news - please post your info there instead of trying to notify me via email - Yahoo is a no no for GMX, no clue why.
- Opi
SainT v0.91b - James Boulton smashed some nasty bugs out of the SainT source code lately, making it more stable and compatible. To find out more about this Atari ST emulator - leftclick here and ... enjoy (as always). Your life is too precious and short to waste it with unhappyness :-) Thanks to Korik for the email !
- Opi
MameLang32 Moved And Updated - MameLang32 has been moved to EmuHQ, please update your bookmarks to http://www.emuhq.com/ml32. NanoMicroMan released a MameLang32 v0.37 beta 13 version with some plus features (overclocking) disabled. Thanks Peter.
- Opi
MAME32 : Do The Stretch ! - Looks like future updates of MAME32 will include an equal or similar stretch effect as StretchMame. Click here to read John IV's full update - the development of MAME32 beta 13 is coming along nicely ! Thanks Xray1
- Opi
Classic Arcade Game Locations - Wanna recall that good feeling standing in front of an arcade cabinet and playing some classic games ? Brian Luttrull hinted me Tony Perkins'Classic Arcade Game Locations, "the largest collection of places that still have classic video arcade games to play". He even reports ONE place in Germany with a working Wonder Boy cabinet ! Look here for American places with 10 or more playable original arcade classics. And remember - sites like Tony's need YOUR help and contribution to remain interesting and helpful. Report your locally survived classics :)
- Opi
unofficial nester v2001/03/13 - Great ! unofficial nester is now hosted at Emulation 9. TAKEDA, toshiya posted a new nester patch with the following additons :
- o - added mapper ... #51,(#105),#236,(#237)
- o - fixed mapper ... #33
- o - fixed PAL emulation
- Opi
New CPS2 Emu - Nebula - Alejo I wrote me the following email :
"There is a new CPS2 arcade emulator. It´s called Nebula, and comes from ElSemi, (creator of Dreamer, the first DC emulator). It runs almost as fast as FinalBurn, but the sound its not perfect yet. It does *not* require any update to play new CPS2 games, it works with CPS2 drivers, and it has a simple and cute GUI. You can read the original text (in spanish) here : www.emulatronia.com".
"... It does *not* require any update to play new CPS2 games" Hmmmm, don't ask me what this sentence mean, I can only speculate but I won't (btw. I'm sure it's a translation error) :P At least the GUI looks interesting ...
UPDATE : Looks like Nebula uses a "driver" system to add support for new games, so you won't have to wait for emulator updates to play new games. Thanks to Solvalou, Mike Morton and Eric Gonzalez for the help :)
- Opi
MAME - Work In Progress Info - New MAME WIP is up - Konami's Hexion (1992) is the latest addition !
- Opi
DreamSNES v0.9.4 - New DreamSNES release for all you Dreamcast fanatics :) DreamSNES is a port of Gary Henderson's Snes9X to Sega's DC done by Marcus Comstedt, Peter Bortas, and Per Hedbor. New in release 0.9.4 :
- o - Support for C and Z button (as select and exit to menu)
- o - Better keyrepeat handling in the menus
- o - Fullscreen mode added (default, but configurable)
- o - Translation to Swedish. And French (sort of).
- o - Screen "blanker" in menu
- o - New music by Jan Warnstam
- o - Keyboard support: Press ESC for menu, Pause for "blanker"
- o - Better support for third party memory cards
- o - ROMs can now be placed in a directory "ROMS/" instead of in the root
Go here for more info, thanks to Kagaden for the hint.
- Opi
NeoMAME v0.37 Beta 13 - katharsis once again compiled a NeoGeo only MAME version with Diggerman in and an activated ASM core - visit Geoshock for your download (normal, PII/III, AMD K6II/K6III/Athlon build and source). Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news.
- Opi
StretchMame32 v0.37 Beta 13 - StretchMame32, the cool Japanese MAME32 version was updated (ASM and C core) to match the latest DOS release - thanks Oscar :)
- Opi
Sunday, March 11th 2001 - Last updated @ 19:50 EST
QB ? - If you're a collector of Atari VCS 2600 cartridges, then check out this homebrew game. It should appear as cart (with a limited production run of 25) at the next classic gaming convention.
- Opi
Official Calice Forum Opened - If you're looking for a messageboard with information about Calice :) .... - look no further :) Hi B|oHazard :-)
- Opi
MAMECE3 For PocketPC v9.0 - New MIPS, ARM, and SH3 binaries for MAMECE3 are online. Now with "auto installation file", a better GUI and many other improvements - look here for the complete list. Thanks to TechMaster for the info. Sorry man about the email problem, but it's beyond my powers :) My email account can't be reached through Yahoo Emails :(
- Opi
MAME WIP - Gridle posted a new MAME WIP for the last three days !!! Thanks Kurama !
- Opi
MAME32 Icons And Screenshots - John Hardy IV has updated the mame32 qa/test and art dept. with new icons and screenshots for MAME v0.37 beta 13. No, sorry - the new MAME32 is still pending ... Thanks to John himself for the notification - I appreciate it :)
- Opi
*SIGH* - I made a promise a long time ago that I would refrain from posting stuff against fellow site-ops. Since this is basically a very childish thing (yep, I learned
