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  •    Monday, November 29th 2004 - Last updated @ 23:54 EST

  • MAME 0.89u1 - MAME 0.89u1 source, MAME32 0.89u1, MAME32FX 0.89u1, and MAME32Hp4 0.89u1 are out.

    Thanks to lux_92886 and Hawq for the news. - MetaFox

  •    Saturday, November 27th 2004 - Last updated @ 23:37 EST

  • MagicEngine 1.0 PR 5 - Magic Engine has been updated to MagicEngine 1.0 PR 5. - MetaFox

  • MESS 0.89 - Mess for Win32 has been updated to 0.89. - MetaFox

  •    Thursday, November 25th 2004 - Last updated @ 20:49 EST

  • Bhole DC - Quzar has released a port of toh-ava's DOS/386 emulator to the Dreamcast. The currently supported games are Round 42, Moon Bugs, Styx, Exterminator, Rollo and the Brush Bros., Transylvania, and Livingstone. - MetaFox

  •    Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - Last updated @ 09:03 EST

  • MAME 0.89 - MAME 0.89 "Turbo Outrun" has been released.

    MAME32 0.89, MAME for Windows with a built in GUI, has also been released.

    Thanks to Pr3tty F1y and wildcat for the news. - MetaFox

  •    Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - Last updated @ 23:56 EST

  • SainT 1.85 - SainT, the AtariST emulator, has been updated. - MetaFox

  • Nostalgia 4.2 beta - Nostalgia, the AtariST emulator, has been updated. - MetaFox

  •    Monday, November 22nd 2004 - Last updated @ 12:36 EST

  • PS2p Handheld PS2 - In more portabalized console news, Ben Heckendorn, creator of the p line of handheld consoles - the Atari VCSp, the NESp, the SNESp, and the PSp (handheld version of the PSOne, not the PSP - the news of which came way after the PSp was made), has made a new handheld system from the new slimlined PS2 model. - MetaFox

  • Handheld Dreamcast - Dave (no, not that Dave ;)), the man behind the infamous Atari Jaguar handheld, has successfully constructed a handheld Dreamcast. This is not in kin with Treamcast's Dreamcast with an LCD screen, but is an actual handheld portable unit that is built into a custom case and runs on rechargable batteries.

    The site hasn't been updated yet, so you can check some pictures of the unit in action here. - MetaFox

  •    Sunday, November 21st 2004 - Last updated @ 21:50 EST

  • Magic Engine 1.0PR3 - Magic Engine, the shareware TG-16/PCEngine/CD/SCD emulator has been updated. Here's what's new:

    - new gamepad code, should fix most problems.
    - fixed cd-da looping.
    - fixed a bug in the load menu that was crashing MagicEngine.
    - the cursor is now hidden when playing.
    - tiny fixes/improvements here and there. - MetaFox

  • Raine v0.42 - Big CPS-2 update of Raine.

    Thanks to TheInformer for the news! - Hanman

  • olafnes v1.0p - The NES emulator olafnes has been updated.
    • changes in the program and website for avoiding future legal matters
    • optimization of certain portions of code
    • added a varying amount of support for mappers 243 and 245
    • olafnes has a new homepage: http://olafnes.1emulation.com
    Thanks to Hawq for the news! - Hanman

  • DCaSTaway - A new release of the Atari ST emulator for the Dreamcast has just been released, Chui posted this news at DCEmu UK
    New beta release of Atari-ST emulator for Dreamcast.
    - Patch keyboard/joystick interrupt (a lot of new games runs ok).
    - Brightness correct.
    - Mouse bug fixed.
    - Optional vertical synch.
    - 60/50 Hz selection (only PAL).
    - Better sound.
    - ST-Border render.
    - Show/Hide virtual keyboard.
    - X button map a ST-key under Virtual Keyboard.
    - Filemanager show large file names.

    Download at the DCaSTaway Homepage
    Discuss in the Official DCaSTaway Forum

    Thanks to wraggster for the news! - Hanman

  •    Wednesday, November 10th 2004 - Last updated @ 22:29 EST

  • xmame/xmess-0.88 - xmame/xmess 0.88 is now available. The changelog is way too long to mention here, but you can read it here. - chris

  •    Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - Last updated @ 00:17 EST

  • RPGOne has released a complete English translation patch for the sidescrolling brawler Koryu no Mimi for the Super Famicom.

    There is also a portugese Dragon Quest I&II translation available, plus news of a translation in the works for the puzzle game Super Gussun Oyoyo II.

    Thanks to The Whirlpool for the news. - MetaFox

  • NeoToxin NES Homebrew Game - NeoToxin is a new homebrew game in the making for the NES by Snowbrow and EFX. It's a platforming game that appears to be very Castlevania-like from it's screenshots. It's not yet ready for download, but you can check out some screenshots and listen to it's soundtrack in NSF format at it's homepage. - MetaFox

  •    Monday, November 8th 2004 - Last updated @ 23:58 EST

  • ZiNC 1.0.2 - ZiNC, an emulator for arcade video games based on Sony PlayStation hardware, has been updated. Here's the changes:

    * Reversed Qsound channels.
    * Tekken 3 now runs. Yes, I know it sounds like hell. Turn your speakers off.
    * sfexp reparented as per MAME 0.88u3, the new US version is the parent.
    * Added the release date to the description of all Capcom games so you can tell the difference between the 2 US sets of sfexp.
    * Fixed misidentified sfex2-series sets.
    * Added player 2 controls for Konami GV games.
    * Fixed graphical issue in Bloody Roar 2.
    * (Linux) libs11player.so now can also be in the LD search path. This is helpful for frontends.

    Thanks to TheInformer for the news. - MetaFox

  • NeoToxin - NeoToxin is an advanced NES homebrew project that has been under development for over five years. Neotoxin is a game that has already beeen compared to Castlevania SOTN and Megaman, it's a platforming sidescrolling action RPG with elements from many various succesful 2d games, there is leveling up, quests for items, choosing your loyalities for replayability, huge player and enemy/npc sprites, a kickass soundtrack which rivals many Scene Demo soundtracks, and a stellar game engine all made from 100% scratch. - chris

  • PearPC 0.4pre - PearPC 0.4pre, is an unofficial version of the Macintosh PowerPC emulator for Linux and Win32. Here's the changes:

    * CPU: stfiwx implemented
    * config: "ppc_start_fullscreen" for starting in fullscreen mode
    * POSIX: allow bridging of tun device
    * use FISTTP instruction on SSE3 aware processors
    * merged native_cd branch from Alexander Stockinger
    * endianess fixes
    * warn that the generic CPU is slow
    * better detection of HFS+ volumes
    * support for DVD-Drives
    * correctly check for NASM
    * Work-around for graphic errors in Mac OS X 10.1

    Thanks to Hawq for the news. - MetaFox

  • SNESGT 0.163 - SNESGT, a SNES emulator for Win32, has been updated. Here's what's new:

    * Fixed several bugs with settings(about directory,sound and window...).
    * Fixed sprite glitches in the top edge of the screen.
    * Fixed a handling of ENDX flag in DSP emulation code.
    * Fixed a bug of the sound I/O access queue
    * Improved BRR decoding method.
    * Rewrote DirectInput device handling code.

    Thanks to TheInformer for the news. - MetaFox

  • olafnes v1.0l - olafnes, is a modified version of basicnes 2000 v1.5 [debug level 2], a nintendo entertainment system emulator by don jarrett, david finch, and tobias strömstedt, has been updated. Here's what's new:

    * added support for multiple sram files for individual games
    * changed a few keyboard shortcuts, mostly function keys (f1-f12)
    * number of roms is now displayed in the title bar of the rom list window
    * added support for zipped files through zlib.dll (roms within the zip must be the same name as the zip)
    * improved some buggy code from the original basicnes 2000 source code
    * all files in /temp are now deleted when olafnes is closed
    * added a varying amount of support for mappers: 57, 58, 200, 201, 203, 229
    * minimal improvement on support for mapper 51
    * removed 'refresh' from rom list window, as it was not working properly
    * added menu function to randomly select a rom for the most recent rom directory

    Thanks to Hawq for the news. - MetaFox

  • MAME Releases - There have been a whole slew of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator releases since the news has last been updated. Here's the rundown:

    - MAME 0.88 u3 - the official sourcecode release of the latest WIP build of MAME
    - MAME32FX 0.88u3, an unofficial build of MAME32 with added features
    - Mame32Hp4 0.88u3, a Pentium4 optimized build of MAME32FX
    - MAME32 0.88u2 - the build of MAME32 with a built in GUI
    - EMame 1.0 - a version of MAME for Series 60 and Motorola A925 cellphones.
    -
    PinMAME, PinMAME32, and Visual PinMAME 1.50 - the pinball emulator that also has a simulated table in the Visual Pinball iteration. Now with better Stern soundboard support, Spinball, Mr. Game, and X-Force hardware emulation, Playboy, Golden Cue, and Sharkey Shootout support, and more.

    Thanks to IceMan, TheInformer and Hawq for the news. - MetaFox

  • Appologies - I appologize for shirking my newsposting responsibilities. It's not hard to update at least one news item a day, and there's really no excuse for me not doing so. I feel like I've been letting you guys down, and I'll try my best to make it up to you. Unless I'm on vacation from this point on, I vow that I'll make at least one newspost a day on this site, and all sites for which I post news for. - MetaFox

  •    Thursday, November 4th 2004 - Last updated @ 11:57 EST

  • Bush Wins - Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few days (like me), you will have heard that George 'Dubya' Bush will be 'prez-o-dent' of the USA for 4 more years. Yay? On to more pressing matters... - atila

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