Well there is some news on SuiCiDE, finally.  But it is not good news for the emulation community.  I have completed SuiCiDE the Sega MegaCD emulator and submitted it to my university for my MSc in Computer Science, as yet it remains unmarked but I confidently expect to receive a distinction.  However, I have decided not to release this emulator to world at large, and for a number of reasons.
 
Firstly, because of the sceptics.  The emulator was written to benefit me and me alone, as my project for my Masters degree.  However, I have had to numerous snidy comments about my abilities as a programmer, and sexist comments from people who thought that by chiding me, I would release the emulator as a Beta.  What could I gain from this?  I do not believe for one minute that it would have been sesible or beneficial to me to release it prior to my submitting it as my university project; do you the reader believe it would have been sensible?
 
Secondly, I (and my stepfather Steve_W) have had to endure varying quantities of "begging" emails, some of which had been sent to my *private* university email address (I would like to know how they found this out), some of it teasing (name removed by atila until it's verified), some of it pleading and some of it downright nasty and vindictive.  In total, between the various email accounts, there has been somewhere in the region of over 1000 emails.
 
Thirdly, both myself, and again Steve_W, have received a number of mailbomb attacks for the last 3 days, each account receiving somewhere in excess of 2000 mails *each* per day.  This will not be endured at all.  Note, that both I and Steve_W work at very high calibre universities with access to computer science departments second to none, the email bombers will be found adn when we find you are for it.  This action has cost us both in financial and personal terms; Steve_W for example losing details of forthcoming appointments with clients (for those who don't know Steve_W is a Clinical Psychologist), and myself losing a number of important emails regarding job interviews, and private correspondence from my partner, etc.
 
Fourthly, and finally, on the strength of my emulator I have been offered an extremely well paid job with a leading software games company, as it seems assembler programmers are few and far between!  I intend to take this job, and I don't want to associated with the emulator any longer.
 
I'm sorry to disappoint anybody, but this is the way it's going to be.  The emulator will not be released, and neither myself, Steve_W or the beta testers will be releasing it.  In the meantime I hope another emulator comes along which you can all enjoy.