PSXVideo 1.07 Yesterday, I posted a copy of PSXVideo, a utility that lets you watch PlayStation movies on a PC. The copy I posted was version 1.06. As it turns out, the latest version is 1.07. Thanks to megamanx for the e-mail. You can get it at:

http://www.phoenix.net/~feldon/psxvideo.html

Or you can download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.

Unofficial PSEmu Pro FAQ [DoOm] has put together a make-shift FAQ on the new PSEmu Pro. If you're having trouble getting it to work, maybe this help:

Unofficial PSEmu PRO FAQ

PSEmu Pro Released! The long awaited follow-up to PSEmu is now out! What's new in this release? Just check yesterday's news story "PSEmu Pro Scheduled for Release Tomorrow" for the full scoop. The official PSEmu webpage is down due to all the high traffic, but you can download a copy from EMU News Service by clicking here. Also feel free to try here. The version posted here earlier this morning did not have the readme.txt file included. You can download it by clicking here. Finally, if you try to run PSEmu Pro and it asks you for either Mfc42d.dll or Msvcrtd.dll you can download them by clicking here. Why not visit the chat room to talk about the lastest PSEmu?

Zophar's Domain Is Back The current URL is:

http://zophar.malicia.com/

Can't Wait Till PSEmu Pro Is Released? It's no secret that there's a lot excitement over tomorrow's release of PSEmu Pro. After all, PSEmu is the world's first PlayStation emulator and it's been over 7 months since the last release. To whet your appetite I've uploaded a copy of PSXVideo - a cool little program that lets you watch PlayStation movies on your PC. Note: this is not an emulator, but it does let you watch and listen to Playstation videos on a regular computer. This program has been around for quite a while and has appeared here on EMU News Service a few times before, but I'm sure there are a lot of people who haven't heard of it.

Again, this is NOT an emulator, just a video playback utility. Click here to download PSXVideo (Requires Windows 9x/NT). Also, here's a text file that provides a little trouble shooting help just in case you need it.

RAINE 0.14 Released! This is turning out to be a great day for emulation fans. First, the new MAME beta was released supporting 30+ new ROM sets. Now Raine 0.14 has been released adding 14 new games:

• Arabian Magic
• Cleopatra's Fortune
• Darius 2
• Darius Gaiden
• Dinorex
• DriftOut
• Growl
• Jigoku
• Jumping
• Liquid Kids
• Superman
• Tecmo Knight
• Winter Bobble
• WWF SuperStars

http://raine.retrogames.com/index.html

A/PMAME Updated The inevitable update to A/PMAME is now out:

http://www.sound.net/~rodimus/

MacMAME Updated! To correspond witht the MAME for DOS release, Brad Oliver has just released MacMAME 0.34 Beta 2. In addition to the new features of the DOS original, MacMAME 0.34 Beta 2 adds:

• John Butler has rewritten the Mac auditing code and put a new interface on it along with some options to make it easier for today's discriminating auditor.
• Aaron has revved a few of his CPU cores.
• MacMAME no longer requires QuickTime 3.0, but if you want to view .jpg  and .gif screenshots, you must have it installed. You don't need it for PICT screenshots however. You can find QuickTime 3.0 at http://www.apple.com
• MacMAME now displays the average frames per second in the status bar. You must have auto-frameskipping turned off and the frameskip set to 0 for it to report meaningful data.
• Neo Geo support has been slightly improved. You can now keep the Neo Geo BIOS ROM (neo-geo.rom) in it's own zip file called neogeo.zip instead of having to spread it to each Neo Geo ROM set. The "red screen of death" should also be eliminated. Note that some Neo Geo games require huge amounts of memory, so if you get an "Out of memory!" message, it's no bug.
• On a hunch, I have removed any and all references to InputSprocket code. Let me know if this makes any difference. It will return � and hopefully be useful � upon my acquisition of an InputSprocket-capable joystick :)

New MAME Released! Nicola Salmoria just released Beta 2 of MAME 0.34! About 30 new games have been added, not to mention the Neo Geo games. And of course, there are numerous improvements/bugfixes such as better music support in Bubble Bobble and the ending in Robocop has been fixed. The MAME webpage has not yet been updated with this release, but you can download a copy from SYS2064 or directly from EMU News Service by clicking here. Thanks to Till for the e-mail.

PSEmu Pro Scheduled for Release Tomorrow Tratax has made it official: PSEmu Pro is scheduled to be released sometime tomorrow. It's been a long time since the last PSEmu was released so lots has changed. First, PSemu is now a Windows-only program; the DOS original has been canceled. Second, PSEmu is much, much faster. It features full dynamic recompilation of the R3000 and includes 3dfx support. If you have an MMX or 3D-Now CPU, PSEmu Pro will run even faster. And since it's a Windows program, it will feature a GUI (although it's nothing spetacular). In preperation of PSEmu Pro's impending release Emulators Unlimited has conducted an interview with Tratax, and also features a few advance screenshots:
 

A new and unique feature to PSEmu is the ability for other programmers to write plugins for PSEmu. A plugin for PSEmu is a standard Win32 DLL developed to enhance PSEmu's functionality or performance. Because this technology is new (and not yet released) it's hard to say exactly where this will lead, but possible plugins could include optimized drivers for graphic or sound output, or joystick input. A developer kit will also be released that explains how write a PSEmu driver.

Again, PSEmu Pro is scheduled to be released tommorrow. According to the author, PSEmu Pro on a high-end PC will actually be faster(!) than a real Playstation on some games. Stay tuned...
 

Snes9x for Amiga Updated A new version of the Amiga Warp-up port of Snes9x is now available. Frame skipping now works, and there are plenty of bugfixes. The Snes9x webpage hasn't been updated yet with this release, but you can download a copy by clicking here.

New Bochs for Windows Released David Ross has released a new version of his Windows port of Bochs. The biggest change is that Bochs is now much faster than before. Here's the complete list of what's new:

• Significant speed boost.
• Defaults to a faster video update speed.
• Passes Winstone '98 on Access 97, CorelDRAW! 7, Excel 97, Lotus 1-2-3 97, Word 97, PowerPoint 97, Quattro Pro 7, and WordPerfect 7.
• Misc bugfixes.
• Hyper insane Widdle Doggie mode.

TEO 0.61 Released Gilles Fétis, Eric Botcazou, Alex Pukal and Jeremie Guillaume have released a minor update (version 0.61) to TEO, their Thomson TO8 computer emulator for DOS. Thanks to Cloy for the e-mail.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/FETIS_Gilles/

TI99 Emulator Debuts A new Texas Instruments 99 computer emulator has been released. This is the first ever TI99 emulator available for Macintosh.

http://perso.club-internet.fr/pytheas/english/TI99.html

ZSNES Progress Report _Demo_ and zsKnight have just updated their webpage with the latest news on ZSNES. They've both been busy this summer and haven't had much time to work on ZSNES. Although progress has been slower than they'd like, a new version of ZSNES is in the works. Here's what we can expect:

• Sprite Correction into 8-bit new gfx engine - 100%
• Mosaic into 8-bit new gfx engine - 100%
• Highres + interlaced modes into 8b newgfx eng - 100%
• Offset Per Tile mode into 8-bit new gfx engine - 95%
• SPCPlay v0.200 engine and features into ZSNES - 100%

• Tile/line engine - 90%
• Sprite Priorities - 100%
• Palette Raster Effects - 100%
• Full & Half Add/Sub support - 100%
• BG Transparencies - 80% (need some extra routines)
• Mode7 Transparencies - 0% (not started. should be quick to implement)
• Sprite Transparencies - 0% (not started. Need BG transparencies to be 100%)

• Improved compatibility with sound on
• 8-bit stereo sound

• Offset per tile mode in 8bit new graphics engine makes Yoshi Island incredibly slow at times.
• 16x16 tile mode in 16-bit new graphics engine causes tiles to be corrupt and often crashes ZSNES.

http://www.csoft.net/~zsnes/
 

RockNES Compatibility Lists You can check out two new RockNES compatibility lists:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2622/xnes.html

X-Mess-0.2b4.1 Released Hans de Goede has released a new version of his Unix port of MESS. Here's what's new in version 0.2b4.1:

• All the changes from the official mess-0.2b4
• Fileio no supports gzipped files and a search path
• Frontend options now fully supported (-verifyroms etc)
• All the unix changes from xmame-0.34b1.1
• You can now use xmess without specifying a rom/diskimage
• The title and other reference to xmame/xmess and version are now no longer wrapped in ifdef's but instead are taken from defines set by the makefile so to change the version no, or the name only the makefile has to be changed from now on.

New Game Added to Raine Richard Bush has added a new game to Raine, Arabian Magic. Click here for some screen shots.
 

TO8/MacOS 0.6.1 Released Richard Bannister has updated his Macintosh port of TO8. Version 0.6.1 fixes a keyboard bug that affected some games. TO8/MacOS is the Macintosh port of Gilles Fetis' Thomson MO5 computer emulator.

http://internetter.com/titan/software/
 

Snes9X 1.07a Released John Stiles has released a new version of his Macintosh port of Snes9x. Version 1.07a now lets users have up to 12 save states per game.

http://www.emulation.net/snes/index.html

Retrocade Progress Report The Retrocade webpage was updated with the latest on info on Retrocade's release schedule. Beta 9 (private) has been out for a week now and they're gearing towards Release Candidate 1 (private) which means the long wait may soon be over. When released, Retrocade will have support for about 100 games, making it one of the biggest multi-arcade game emulators out (but still well below MAME's 700 or so games). Recent additions to Retrocade's feature list include screen shots (jpg) and save states. For the complete announcement, click here.
 

First Screenshot of N64 Emulator Gordon Hollingworth was kind enough to provide us with a sneak peak at his upcoming Nintendo 64 emulator:

Although no release date has been announced, NSFE will have support for OpenGL and 3DFx. While many people in the emulation scene previously thought that the N64 was "un-emulatable", Gordon has worked hard on doing exactly that. On March 31 of this year, Gordon released Reality64. It was little more than a CPU emulator - no games were playable. But since then, Reality64 has undergone many changes. At one point it was even canceled. But as luck would have it, Reality64 was eventually resurrected - and even given a new name: NSFE. Just recently, two new programmers have joined Gordon: Dan Guisinger (an expert in Windows programming) and Denis Oliver (experienced with both OpenGL and DirectX). Good luck goes out to the whole NSFE team!

WinUAE 0.8.6 Release 3 Now Out! Brian King has released version 0.8.6 of WinUAE this morning. Here's what's new:

• Fixed random mounting of file-systems (-M or -m), due to uninitialized ptr.
• Fixed file-system code to handle illegal Windows file-names coming from the Amiga - they get mapped to/from valid names.  This allows MUI-3.8 to install with Installer 43.3 (tested).  Hopefully this fixes other Installer probs.
• Fixed file-system code to allow ACTION_SET_FILESIZE packet, for
• ShapeShifter usage (Create FileDisks now works).
• Sound now works in full-screen.
• Sound can be configured as either DirectSound or older waveOut-style.
• Fixed a slow-down bug in Picasso96 regarding blitting, where the blit was being done BOTH by native x86 code and by emulated 68k code.
• Fixed the A500 vs. Turbo parameter settings (-w) to match the Linux version.
• Included version 0.9 of uaegfx.card driver for P96. Fixes a couple of small bugs.
• Fixed obscure bug with mounted CD-ROM drives and Audio CDs which caused a GURU.  The Audio CD will now show up on the Amiga as a list of files, but the Amiga will have no way to "play" the CD.
• Fixed .adz support.
• Fixed the help and this document regarding hard-file mounting.

http://www.CodePoet.com/uae/index.htm

Come Back 64 Source Code Released Johan Fitié and Brad Martin have released the source code to their Commodore 64 emulator. It's written in C (compiled using Borland).

http://members.xoom.com/jfitie/
 

C64 Emulator for Java Thanks to an e-mail from Grey Ranger, I've "discovered" a new Commodore 64 emulator written in Java. I say discovered because this emulator has been around quite a while, only nobody's seemed to have noticed it. I checked a few other emulation sites and they make no mention of it. Although not very advanced, this is probably the first and only Commodore 64 emulator written for Java. Written by Thomas Gruber, this emulator originally began development 10 years ago for the Atari ST. Eventually it was ported to DOS and last year to Java. You can check it out at:

http://www.pure.de/thomas/

2600 Emulator Canceled Matthew Stroup has announced that has dropped development of Virtual 2600 Amiga in favor of doing an Amiga port of Brad Mott's Stella. Currently, Stella is available for DOS, Acorn, Windows 9x, Windows NT Alpha, Irix, Linux, Macintosh and OS/2.

NESemu 0.30a Released! Kent Hansen has released a new version of NESemu. Here's what's new in NESemu version 0.30a:

• NESemu now loads 512-byte ROM trainers correctly
• MMC3 scanline IRQ emulated (more games work, less games are glitchy)
• MMC1 fix: VROM bankswitching corrected
• Mappers added: 10,16,17,19,22,23,24,32,33,34,64,65,66,69

http://home.sol.no/~kenhanse/nes/index.htm

NeoRAGE 0.2c Released! Anders Nilsson and Janne Korpela have released another new version of NeoRAGE! Version 0.2 features a gigapower bug fix and adds support for Realbout 2.  Thanks to everyone for the e-mail.

http://www.classicgaming.com/sys2064/

LoopyNES 0.51 Released! Loopy has released a new version of his NES emulator for DOS. Here's what's new in version 0.51:

• Minor 6502 fix
• Minor PPU fixes
• Minor sound fixes
• MMC1 fixes
• VS fixes
• State saving
• Midscreen palette changing
• Long file name support
• Zapper support

http://www.inquo.net/~loopy/nes.html

MAME for OS/2 Updated! Martin Amodeo has updated his OS/2 port of MAME to version 0.31.3. Thanks to JK for the e-mail.

http://www.netlabs.org/projects/mame.html
 

9.5 Millionth Hit Congratulations to Sean M. for becoming EMU News Service's 9.5 millionth hit.

X-Mame 0.34 Beta 1 Released Hans de Goede has just released X-MAME version 0.34 Beta 1. The Unix port is now in sync with the DOS original. Now that Hans has released 4 new versions of X-Mame in half as many days, what's next for him? Well, he's now working on X-Mess 0.2 Beta 3. Stay tuned...

http://drake.dit.upm.es/~mame/index.html

NeoRAGE 0.2b Released! Anders Nilsson and Janne Korpela have just released NeoRAGE 0.2b! Here's what's new:

• Support for World Heroes 2 Jet
• Art of Fighting 2 & Power Spikes 2 bug-fix
• Div. other game related fixes
• Sidewinder bug-fix
• Sidewinder L & R button support
• Gravis GPP support fixed
• Save state-fix (make sure to wait for titlescreen in every game before loading state)
• Keyboard (UP/SHIFT) bug-fix

http://www.classicgaming.com/sys2064/

RockNES 0.53 Release 3b The RockNES team (Fabiano Lopes, Shane Harrelson and \FireBug\) have just released yet another new version of their NES emulator. This version fixes a bug in the PPU emulation. Ghosts 'n' Goblins should work fine now.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2622/xnes.html

BrMSX 1.145 Released! Ricardo Bittencourt has just released a new version of his MSX emulator for DOS. New features include autofire, support for 512kb games and two new mappers. Here's the complete list of what's new:

• Support to PSG envelopes. This is used in a lot of games, like "Penguin Wars", "Choro-Q", "1942", "Rollerball" and others.
• Adjusted the PSG pitch (the central "A" was not on 440Hz but much higher). Since now the PSG and the SCC have the same pitch, some musics are a lot better!
• Support to 512kb cartridges ("Hydlide 3").
• Support to MegaROM Mapper #6 ("Xanadu").
• Support to MegaROM Mapper #7 ("Hydlide 2").
• Now BrMSX can autodetect the MegaROM Mapper (there's no need for "-roma" anymore).
• New option "-autofire", this is great for shoot'n'up games like "Gall Force" and "Zanac".
• New option "-autorun", similar to "-autofire" but for the "left" and "right" keys. This is great for sports games like "Hyper Sports 3".
• New option "-autospeed" to adjust the speed of the two previous options.
• Fixed a minor bug in the lower nibble of the VDP status register.
• Optimized the 1-bit PCM emulation.

RuMSX 0.14 Released! Rudolf Lechleitner has released RuMSX version 0.14. Here's what's new since version 0.13:

• LEXMSX.ZIP has been changed, MSXIMAGE.ZIP has FMPAC.ROM updated
• PSG/SCC sound-quality improved! (DirectSound no longer required)
• ROM-Type was not correctly detected if ROM-image was launched by double-clicking it! I.e. it was not possible to start MetalGear2 by double-clicking the icon (hang during startup).
• Bug in memory-manager fixed (in some cases an incorrect memory-type was assumed, this may also have caused memory-manager to fail)
• Hardboot deactivated floppy disk-access (resetted to disk-image usage)
• Copy Disk-to-Image crashes, if drive is already locked (i.e. disk is being formatted)
• Data-changes on floppy disk were not automatically applied in the explorer (must be refreshed manually)
• Win95: changed data on floppy disk may be corrupted if simultaneous changes are made from other programs (Windows NT implementation worked fine)
• Window-size description was reverse of the technical correct (i.e. 1:3 instead of 3:1)
• Portability-fixup for Alpha-Workstations running Windows NT
• MSX.EXE did not terminate fully if running on Windows NT, wave-device still occupied! KillProcess/Logoff/ShutDown hangs system
• PSG/SCC now clean resetted if MSX is restarted (sometimes sounds are played too long or infinite, even if MSX was restarted)

http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/RuMSX.html

X-Mame 0.33.3 Released Hans de Goede has just released X-MAME version 0.33.3:

"With this version the rpm should build again. What happened? Well the makefile had a dep chain for m6808.o since it was build from a .asm which was made by make6808 which was made from make6808.c.

"This seemed to work fine in rc1 but with the final I guess we were really stressing GNU make to much since (when using the asm6808) it stops with the following error: "no rule to make m6808.asm"

"A work around for this is, simple retyping: 'make -f makefile.uni'

- Hans de Goede
Author of X-Mame

Also, Hans would like me to stress that if you already downloaded X-Mame 0.33.2 yesterday, there's no need for you to download it again. If you encounter the above error, just type 'make -f makefile.unix' to fix it.

http://drake.dit.upm.es/~mame/index.html

RockNES (xNES) 0.53 Release 3 Fabiano Lopes and Shane Harrelson have just released yet another new version of RockNES (formerly xNES). Here's what's new in version 0.53 Release 3:

• Fixed a bug in the 6502 (non-decimal mode, thanks to \FireBug\);
• Some changes in the sprite/BG code;
• The screen is correctly centered for now;
• Maybe more games are working (like Power Blade 2) or with a bit less graphic glitches (like Tetris from Tengen).

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2622/xnes.html
 

New Pac Man Utility Released Serpentine Widgets have released a new ROM editing utility. Written in Visual Basic, this Windows 95 program allows you to create your own mazes for Pac-Man. Thanks to SYS2064 for the news.

http://serpwidgets.8m.com/SWDownloads/pacfudge/pacfudge.html

xNES Renamed xNES emulator has been renamed RockNES to avoid confusion that lead some people to believe that it was for Unix. The console links page have already been updated with the change.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2622/xnes.html

New X-Mame Bug Fixed Just after Hans de Goede released X-Mame version 0.33.1, he discovered a new bug which was promptly crushed. So if you downloaded X-Mame, earlier this morning, head on over to the X-Mame site and get version 0.33.2. This fixes "a minor bug which made the compilation of the x86-asm m6808 cpucore fail."

http://drake.dit.upm.es/~mame/index.html

First Ever Nascom 1 Emulator Debuts! Paul Robson has just released a Nascom 1 emulator. Nascom 1 is older, somewhat obscure computer system. Based on a Z80 CPU, the Nascom 1 achieved its greatest popularity in the United Kingdom.

"Hi Jim. My latest is an emulator for the Nascom 1, a British (only?) single board computer from the days when only the Pet, Trs 80 and Apple 2 were alternatives at three times the price. It's a Z80 machine with 2k of RAM, keyboard, 48 x 16 mono display, hardware single step and cassette I/O."

- Paul Robson

Written in 32-bit assembler, the Nascom 1 Emulator also features a built-in debugger. Paul Robson has written emulators for many systems, including the NES, Gameboy and the Atari 2600. Paul's last project was an emulator for the Arcadia 2001, also the first ever emulator for that particular system.

The Nascom 1 Emulator is for DOS.

http://users.aol.com/mk14emu/nascom.htm

xNES 0.53 Release 2 Fabiano Lopes and Shane Harrelson have just released a new, but minor update to xNES.  Here's what's new in xNES version 0.53 Release 2:

• Fixed a bug in the sprite code
• More bugs fixed in the 6502 functions (Read/Write)
• Little changes in the main code

http://internetter.com/titan/software/

Want to Write a MAME Driver? Dan Boris (author of VSS, O2E and also a part of the MAME development team) has begun writing a guide for creating MAME drivers:

"I have seen a lot of requests for information on how to write a MAME driver, so I finally sat down and wrote up something that might help. The documents I wrote takes a look at the driver for the game Zarzon and explains the details of each of the data structures that make up the driver. You can find the document on my Emulator Programming Page ... Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive description of how a MAME driver works, it's just an introduction."

- Dan Boris

http://atarihq.com/danb/

X-Mame 0.33.1 Released! Hans de Goede has just released an update to his Unix port of MAME. Here's what's new:

• All the changes from DOS-0.33 (final)
• Workaround for an of by one bug with newer oss (the Linux sound driver) versions. This caused the big delay for this release and hopefully is now solved
• Workaround for an obscure irix compiler bug this means irix is now fully supported, but don't use DCC!
• Added contrib/xnetmame.tgz this contains files for (beta) network play
• Added contrib/esound.diff, apply for sound output to the esound deamon, this patch will be included in a newer version
• Added contrib/xf86-dga.diff, apply for xfree86 dga support, this patch will be included in a newer version
• Updated contrib/mamex to work with newer versions of mame
• Added contrib/mamex.new, an enhanced version
• Integrated xf86-dga support
• Hardware palette cycling (as promised way too long ago)

New z26 Released! John Saeger has released z26 version 1.10. This release fixes a bug in Yars' Revenge and has more stable video by adjusting the VGA synchronization. z26 is an Atari 2600 emulator for DOS.

http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html

xNES 0.53 Released! Fabiano Lopes and Shane Harrelson have released a brand new version of their Nintendo emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• Removed tons of unused variables
• Big clean of source code;
• Fixed a bug in the PPU (background color, now Rockman 1 is okay)
• Frameskip range set to 0-6 (default=2)
• Fixed some bugs in the 6502 functions (Rd/Wr/loop)
• Fixed a bug in the Mapper 7 (incorrect name table)
• Fixed a bug in the Reset_Nes()
• Fixed the shutdown function (TrashMachine)
• Fixed a bit the current graphic engine
• Screen is always centered in any video mode
• You can hide the .NES extension (ex: xnes gamename OR gamename.NES)
• 5-15% more faster

• VPeriod/HPeriod are counted in the CPU cycles instead of CPU opcodes.
• Fixed bug preventing Rainbow Islands from running
• Fixed bug which caused trash to appear on display in Galaxy Force
• Changed VRAM read/write code which fixed glitches in Surfing Ninjas and many other games using inappropriate VRAM access modes.
• Changed -delay option so that AstroWarrior, MahJong, and several other games run without glitches.
• Changed sound chip base frequency to make it sound correctly.
• Changed keyboard assignments.
• Unix version runs in 8bpp, 16bpp, 32bpp, and 24bpp X11 modes (24bpp not on all servers though).
• Music is saved in the MIDI format. No conversion needed.

http://www.komkon.org/fms/MG/

XGenEm 0.11 Released! Marcus Gietzen has just released his first follow-up to XGenEm, his new Linux Sega Genesis emulator. Here's what's new in version 0.11:

• Speed-up
• Faster priority handling
• Lock speed  at 50Hz
• Experimental sound-support for PSG (SN76496)
• Needs less memory
• Better 68000<->Z80 communication: more games work

New CCS64 for DOS Released Hakan Sundell has released a newly compiled beta of CCS64 for DOS. Apparently, there was some sort of problem with the version released Wednesday, so Hakan recompiled it with a total rebuild. Thanks to Tony for the e-mail.

http://www.computerbrains.com/index.html
 

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005758/

HU6280 1.77 Beta Released! Jammy has released another new version of Hu6280, his TurboGrafx16 emulator for DOS.

"Now supports multiplayer! Two player street fighter is just awesome! also, games like motoroader are now playable in on and two player mode!"

- Jamsponge
Author of HU6280

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/3135/index.html

MAME for Amiga 0.34 Beta 1 Released! Mats Eirik Hansen has released the Amiga port of MAME version 0.34 Beta 1. The DOS, Macintosh and Windows ports have all been updated.

http://www.triumph.no/mame/

MAME32 0.34 Beta 1 Released! Christopher Kirmse and Michael Soderstrom have released the Windows 9x/NT port of MAME 0.33 Beta 1. You can get it at:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/8706/mame32.html

NESemu 0.20a Released! Kent Hansen has released NESemu version 0.20a, a relatively new Nintendo emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• Implemented mapper 8 (FFE F3xxx), mapper 11 (Color Dreams) and mapper 15 (100-in-1). (Mapper 8 support is untested)
• Fixed bug that prevented sprites from being displayed if the background was disabled (Ghosts'n'Goblins intro).
• Rewrote sprite code; sprite flipping in 8x16 mode is no longer buggy.
• Scrolling is no longer choppy in games that change HScroll value in the middle of the screen.
• Lots of code rewritten / optimized. NESemu is now much faster

http://home.sol.no/~kenhanse/nes/index.htm

NSFE Teams Expands Again Gordon Hollingworth has announced that a third programmer has joined the NSFE development team:

"One FINAL member has been added to the NSFE team in the form of Dan Guisinger.  He has a very high level of experience with Windows, from kernel programming to graphics and some sound and networking. He also knows how to program hardware directly (in other words, he can help with emulation)...

"I look forward to working with Dan and Denis and can assure you that we are all going to work very hard to get the emulator out.....

"The most interesting thing that Dan has already suggested is that we add multi-player support (using DirectPlay) where up to four computers can act as the different controllers (as well as each computer displaying the output).  This is ovbvisouly a little way down the line but is certainly an exciting idea."

- Gordon Hollingworth
Author NSFE

NSFE is a Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows 9x/NT.
 

Psion Series 5 Tech Request I received an e-mail from a programmer named Darren Christie who's looking into writing a Psion Series 5 emulator. He's posted this request a few times in the newsgroups but so far not much has turned up. Hopefully, someone out there can help him.

"I am currently looking in to writing a new emulator to emulate the Psion Series 5 ...  Basically I need memory maps for the machine, binary formats used by the Series 5 and also info on the ROMs holding EPOC32. If anyone wants to supply the same info for the Series 3 (along with processor used), I will also look into adding that as well. Any other information on the Series 5 would be welcome also."

You can e-mail Darren at [email protected].

New CCS64 2.0 Beta's Released Hakan Sundell has released a new beta of CCS64 version 2.0. Both the DOS and Windows versions were updated:

• Added filter emulation on/off option
• Increased .P00 support, now handles filenames like "@:filename" and "0:filename"
• Now supports two PC joysticks with DOS version
• Fixed crash when specified illegal filename for autostart at command line
• Increased speed (especially with 320x200 mode)

http://www.computerbrains.com/index.html

MacMAME 0.34 Beta 1 Now Out! Brad Oliver has just released the Macintosh version of MAME 0.34 Beta 1. Here's what's new:

• In sync with PC 0.34 beta 1 code
• Added ability to automatically determine the best frameskip to give you 100% speed
• Screenshots can now be seen in the 4th pane for each game
• You can now adjust the gamma correction via Command-equals or Command-minus

http://www.primenet.com/~bradman/mame/macmame.html

NeoRAGE 0.2 Released! Anders Nilsson and Janne Korpela have released a brand new version of NeoRAGE! Here's what's new in version 0.2:

• Native Zip-support
• Highscore saving
• Save/Load state
• Sprite flickering bug-fix
• Hotkeys
• Remappable buttons (Sidewinder only, untested)
• Dipswitch settings in Arcade mode
• Puzzle de Pon now fully playable

http://hem.passagen.se/ogg/

HU6280 1.76 Beta Released! Jamsponge has released version 1.76 Beta of Hu6280. Here's what's new:

• Added -sixbut command line option to emulate Avenue 6 button joypad.
• Added auto 6 button pad emulation on Street Fighter II
• Updated keyboard controls to use 1,2,3,Q,W,E for the six buttons,
• Sorted sidewinder to handle the six buttons!

MAME for RiscOS Updated! Gareth Long has released version 0.34 Beta 1 of his RiscOS (ARM) port of MAME. This adds support for many new games, including Neo Geo.

http://www.elecslns.demon.co.uk/MAME/

Snes9x 1.05 (GUI) Released! The Snes9x Development Team have released a new version of Snes9x for DOS. This is the version with the GUI. Thanks to Daegney for the e-mail. For some reason, it hasn't been uploaded to the Snes9x web site. You can get a copy from Dave's Video Game Classics or directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.

QSP Also Updated Along with Nesticle and Genecyst, Sardu's Q-Sound player was updated. The new Q-Sound player supports a few more CPS2 ROM sets. Thanks to (anonymous) for the e-mail.

http://www.maelstrom.net/callus/
 

• Support for certain disk-protections by A. Pukall. He sent me his routine a long time ago, but until now, I couldn't find an appropriate way to integrate it into my code ;). TurboCup runs perfect!!
• Mute option implemented in the menu :)
• Multiple filters for the 2 sound-generators (with different cut-off frequencies). Sapiens sounds much better... In general the sound is much closer to the real thing. Unfortunately, there is a weird sound in the TO8 menu with the optical pen.
• Selecting carts is much improved (by JnO)
• Memo7 is implemented (maximum 16 ko for the moment)

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/FETIS_Gilles/to8.htm

TEO is a Thomson TO8 computer emulator for DOS.

Game.com Tech Info Requested Shawn Carter and Tony Crowe are hoping to put together a Game.com emulator. If they succeed, it will be the first ever emulator for Game.com. So far they have collected some information regarding the CPU and some other specs, but they need more. If you can help, contact them at [email protected].

Links Pages Updated As promised, the arcade and console links pages were updated with all the latest releases. Again, if you see any missing emulators (only  *released* emulators, no emulators in development please), send an e-mail. Thanks.

http://www.classicgaming.com/emunews/links.htm

EMU News Sweden Is Back The Swedish translation of EMU News Service is back and better than ever.

http://www.classicgaming.com/emuswe/

Come Back 64 0.91 Released! JHF Software has released Come Back 64 version 0.91 - a new Commodore 64 emulator for DOS. You can check it out at:

http://members.xoom.com/jfitie/

Thanks to BIGPHOOT14 for the e-mail.

New PlayStation Emulator for Unix Debuts SaD has released a new Sony Playstation emulator for Unix. So far, binaries exist for Linux (Intel and Alpha) plus OSF/1. As you could probably guess, this emulator is in the early stages of development:

"I'd like to announce that Sope v0.02 has finally got out. Sope is a Playstation emulator for Unix systems. For now, the source code isn't available, but binaries are provided for Linux/x86, Linux/alpha and OSF1/Alpha. Beware that Sope can't run any CD-ROM games now, but runs many demos."

- SaD
Author of Sope

http://technopole.le-village.com/rejeb/sope.html

New Space Invaders Emulator Debuts Tony Docherty has just released a new Space Invaders emulator for Windows 9x. Written in VB5, VBEmu features sound support, a setup program, online help and full source code.

"I've just released a new Windows emulator called VBEmu, and along with it a screen saver (ssVBEmu). They are written in Visual Basic & utilize Larry Bank's (aka C.A.G.E.) processor emulation library. It currently support two games, Space Invaders & SP Deluxe. Both play immaculately on my P166 (sound is a little iffy though)."

- Tony Docherty
Author of VBemu

http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/descent/702/index.html

More On New Nesticle In addition to the new features outlined earlier today, Nesticle x.xx has preliminary support for VS. games (~ inserts a coin). Colors, however are not very accurate. Thanks to all who e-mailed.

Emulation Zone May Be Closing Down The long standing site, Emulation Zone, is in danger of closing down.

"This month, the Emulation Zone will be celebrating our second year of existence! But this could be our last yearly celebration. After this month, I will no longer be able to work on this page full time like I have in the past. With my absence, I'm afraid this page may perish. I refuse to let this happen while I still have time to steer this page away from this fate. If you are interested in helping us out here at the Emulation Zone, or want more info on our current situation then please check out http://www.vgernet.net/wacko/emulator/zone.htm."

- Andrew Wolan

Arcade Links Page News Another announcement regarding the links pages: I will now be maintaining the arcade links pages. The previous maintainer, XiP was only with ENS on a temporary basis, but I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the excellent work he has done for us over the past couple months. We wish him the best of luck. Again, I've fixed a couple broken links and added a few new emulators to it. In my estimation, there are probably still a few arcade emulators missing so I will be updating them again shortly. In the meantime, feel free to e-mail me if you notice any mistakes or missing emulators.

EMU News Service Arcade Links Page
 
A/PMame Updated to 0.34 Beta 1 Rodimus Prime has released new versions of his CPU/compiler optimized versions of MAME version 0.34 Beta 1. You can get them at:

http://www.sound.net/~rodimus/

Here's What's New in Nesticle x.xx: NES guru Jeremy Chadwick (aka Yoshi) was kind enough to send an e-mail telling us what's new in Nesticle x.xx. Here's a brief synopsis:

• Sidewinder support works
• Changes/improvements in sound emulation
• GrIP support has been fixed for users who own Gravis GamePad Pros
• Changes in timing (check out Magician)

NSFE Author Interviewed An interview with Gordon Hollingworth can be found at:

http://members.xoom.com/vipor/zsnes.html

Sidewinder Support Confirmed I've received several e-mails confirming that Genecyst does now feature Sidewinder support. Thanks to Toten M, Rambisboy and everyone else for the e-mails. If you're joining us late, Sardu released new versions of both Genecyst and Nesticle earlier this morning. See the below news stories to catch up.

New Apple Emulator Released! Steven W. Mentzer has released a new Apple ][ GS emulator based on Josh Thompson's XGS. This runs strictly on Windows NT, it will not run on Windows 95 or Windows 98. Thanks to Jon for the e-mail.

http://www.ecom.net/~smentzer/xgs32/

New Genecyst Supports Zipped ROMs Aside from stereo sound, the new version of Genecyst has zipped ROM support! Also, I've heard that Genecyst now has Sidewinder support. Thanks to PACHUKA and brandon m for the info.

New Genecyst and Nesticle Released! Sardu has quietly and mysteriously released brand new versions of both Genecyst and Nesticle. I say mysteriously because the webpage makes no direct mention of the new releases. The version numbers are "x.xx" and the docs don't say what's new. The files are dated 1/1/00. One thing I did notice is that Genecyst's menu now has a new option for stereo sound (but it doesn't work for me). In any case, new versions of Genecyst and Nesticle (DOS only) are now out! I'll post more news as soon as I find it out. Stay tuned...

http://www.maelstrom.net/callus/

You can also download Genecyst x.xx and Nesticle x.xx directly from EMU News Service.
 

http://www.elecslns.demon.co.uk/MAME/

Console Links Page News Part II OK, I've updated and uploaded the Console Links page with some new emulators I missed. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed. Again, if you see any mistakes or missing emulators, drop me an e-mail.

EMU News Service Console Links Page

NSFE Adds New Programmer Gordon Hollingworth has announced that Denis Oliver Kropp has joined the NSFE team. Denis is experienced with both OpenGL and DirectX programming. His main task will be to work on the graphics side while Gordon works on the hardware emulation. With both Gordon and Denis working together on NSFE, development should go a lot smoother and faster. NSFE is a Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows.

Raine Progress Report Now for the latest on Raine ... A new game has been added, Tecmo Knight.  WWF Superstars is now playable and has sound support.

http://raine.retrogames.com/index.html

Console Links Page News This is just a small announcement to say that I will now be the maintaining the Console Links page myself. Over the past few months, the page has not been updated as much as I would like and as the saying goes if you want something done right do, it yourself. So I've gone through it, updated all the version numbers, fixed the broken links and added a few new emulators to it. But please take a look and if you see any mistakes or missing emulators, please feel free to e-mail me.

EMU News Service Console Links Page
 

New MySNES Released! Martin Johansson has just released a new version of MySNES, his Super Nintendo emulator for Amiga. Here's what's new in 0.15b:

• ROMs always loaded into FASTmem. Before it could often end up in CHIPmem for some reason.
• Hopefully removed bug that made MySNES hang up when loading a ROM. It now works for me when using MCP1.30 with FASTrom=on.
• Corrected a major mistake I had made in my DMA-handler. It assumed that only one channel was started at a time, so many dma-requests where left-out.
• Better tilecache which now detects ALL changes in gfx and makes the necessary tile updates after that. The texts in Zelda now come up and alot of background animations are now visible.
• Small fixes in hwregs.

New MAME Beta Plays Neo Geo Games! The MAME Development Team has just released a new beta of MAME. The biggest news is that version 0.34 Beta 1 adds support for Neo Geo games! Not counting the Neo Geo games, MAME 0.34 Beta 1 includes support for 33 new games, including the Avengers and Bionic Commando. Thanks to MegaHertz for the e-mail.

http://www.media.dsi.unimi.it/mame/

You can also download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.

WinSTon 0.1 Release 2 Now Out! Paul Bates has just released a brand new version of his Atari ST emulator for Windows.

"A lot of NT machines don't support 320x200 resolutions, WinSTon now scales up to 640x400 (or 480) automatically. The screen corruption that was happening on certain graphics cards under NT is now resolved. The Windows mouse pointer sticking when running in full-screen has been fixed. When running at Max Speed double-clicks now work. Hard Drive saving has been enabled."

http://winston.fatal-design.com/

New Snes9x For Win9x Released! Jerremy Koot has just released a new version of Snes9x for Windows! Here's what's new in Windows Beta Release Build #26:

• ROM loading routine now displays all the ROMs
• Freezing/unfreezing a game works
• Different display modes
• Transparency/hires modes can be disabled
• Settings now are saved in the registry

You can also download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.

GenEm Returns! After leaving the emulation scene twice, Marcus Gietzen has returned with a new version of GenEm. This time, Marcus tackles the Linux operating system with a new port of his long-standing GenEm Sega Genesis emulator. This is version 0.1 Beta - no sound, no joystick, but it does feature battery-backed-up RAM and GameGenie support. Thanks to Riot for the e-mail.

http://stud.uni-sb.de/~magi/
 

http://members.xoom.com/n64emulators/index.htm

TEO 0.6 Alpha Released Gilles Fétis, Eric Botcazou, Alex Pukal and Jeremie Guillaume have released TEO version 0.6 Alpha. I'm not sure exactly what's new since the page is in French. TEO is a Thomson TO8 emulator for DOS. Thanks to Cloy for the e-mail.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/FETIS_Gilles/to8.htm

Boycott/MacOS 0.3.9b Now Out Richard Bannister has updated his Macintosh port of Boycott. Here's what's new in version 0.3.9b:

• Added the ability to configure keys
• Added the ability to configure colours. Boycott supports a 12-colour mode, which can look nice in some games
• Added the ability to load GZ-compressed ROMs. The saved states are now gz-compressed too (although Boycott can still open uncompressed ones)
• All dialog boxes are now movable

http://internetter.com/titan/software/

New Sparcade 2.25 David Spicer has released a new version of Sparcade. The version number remains at 2.25. Anyone who has had problems with Domino Man, Satan's Hollow, Tron or Vulcan Venture should check this one out. Thanks to Till for the e-mail.

http://www.hubcap.demon.co.uk/sparcade.htm

BrMSX 1.143 Released! Ricardo Bittencourt has just released a brand new version of BrMSX, his MSX computer emulator for DOS!

• Support to PSG noise (including the undocumented behaviour of register 6 for very high frequecies).
• Support to SCC wavesamples (but only 5 bits of the original 12-bit output).
• Support to zoomed sprites (intro of "Valis", intro of "Rambo", "Ligue-se ao Expert").
• Support to 5th sprite ocultation ("Antartic Adventure", "Parodius").
• Fixed two bugs in the video cache ("River Raid", "Knight Tyme").
• Fixed a MAJOR bug on MegaRAM emulation, but I think it's still not 100%
• Lots of improvements in the debugger
• Now you can use the keyboard to play joystick-only games, like "Gauntlet", with the option "-fakejoy".

PCSloMo Virus This is a warning to anyone who downloaded PCSloMo version 0.23br1 yesterday. It was infected with the win95.cih virus. If you downloaded it yesterday, it is strongly recommended that you run a virus checker immediately and delete the file from your computer.

100% Complete Final Fantasy III Translation After a year and a half of development, Alex Jackson, Neill Corlett and SoM2Freak have released a 100% complete English translation of Final Fantasy III! The Final Fantasy series is probably one of the most famous and popular RPGs ever.

http://shell.cdc.net/~loiosh/demi/ff3j.htm
 

PCSloMo 0.23br1 Released! Don Jarrett has just released a new version of SloMo (multi-arcade emulator for Windows 9x). This release adds partial support for Vanguard and Astro Fighter.

http://members.tripod.com/~Frodo4/Slomo.zip

Just For Fun 0.16 Released! Roberto Ventura has released JFF version 0.16. Another new game has been added: Getstar. Also, Roberto has fixed the Higemaru sound speed. You can get it at:

http://www.classicgaming.com/sys2064/
 

Sparcade 2.25 Released! David Spicer has just released a Sparcade version 2.25! The biggest new feature is that Sparcade now has a save game feature, and there are several bug fixes. Here's the list of what's new:

• Vulcan Venture sprite<->background priorities fixed
• Cured a bug in Vulcan Venture which caused noisy SB sound fx
• Terra Cresta's second fire button can now be redefined
• Terra Cresta's performance improved for slow machines
• Benchtest facility added
• Save game feature added

http://www.hubcap.demon.co.uk/sparcade.htm

You can also download a copy of Sparcade directly from EMU News Service by clicking here. Thanks to Alex W for the e-mail.

MESS 0.2 Beta for DOS Released! The DOS port of MESS is now out and available at:

http://indigo.ie/~titan/mess/

MESS 0.2 Public Beta Released! The MESS Development Team has just released the first public beta of MESS 0.2! New systems include Apple ][, Atari 800, Atari 5200, Bally Astrocade, Kaypro 2x, PDP-1, Sega Master System/Game Gear and Vectrex. So far only the Macintosh port and source code has been released. The other ports should follow soon.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/
 

HU6280 Author Looking for Help Jamsponge, author of HU6280, has released a sample TG16/PC Engine program and is asking for people to test it on a real machine.

"I uploaded a little PC Engine cycle counter onto my HU6280 page. I'm looking for someone to test this on a REAL PC Engine and tell me the value printed on screen. Obviously this will only work for people with a PC-Engine copier."

If you can help him, please do. You can download the file from:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/3135/index.html

System 16 News The latest from the System 16 camp is that the next release will have full sound support in Out Run, Space Harrier and Super Hang-On! These games all use Sega's 6 channel PCM sound chip, which up until now has a weak spot for System 16. No release date is known as of yet. System 16 is a multi-arcade game emulator. Ports exist for DOS, Windows 95 and Linux.

http://users.skynet.be/system16/news.html

MAME To Support Neo Geo? The MacEmu mailing list is reporting that the next beta of  MAME will have Neo Geo support. This has not yet been confirmed, but the MacEmu mailing list is a highly reliable source of news. Stay tuned for further details...

Mac SNES9X 1.0.7 Released! John Stiles has released
version 1.0.7 for Macintosh. According to John, "this release has the option to allow background tasks to run, includes a new Music Box feature, and fixes a few bugs from the previous release." Also, John has released the source code.

http://www.emulation.net/snes/index.html
 

Eldorado's Emulation Heaven Has Moved The new URL is:

http://www.golden.net/~mjmcg/

EMU News Service Portuguese Translation Has Moved The new URL is:

http://www.emuroms.com/emunews.br/

New WinSTon Released! Paul Bates has just released his long-awaited follow-up to his Atari ST emulator. New features include a new 68000 CPU core, floppy disk emulation and DirectX support.

• All new emulation code. More accurate than previous versions.
• Re-written IKBD/ACIA emulation code.
• Simple Floppy Disc Controller(FDC) emulation.
• Support for '.MSA' file format.
• DirectX support for full screen
• Full screen in all resolutions on all versions of Windows.
• Sound compatible with all Windows sound cards.
• 'Favourites' disc listing feature.
• Double-click a game to run it!

http://winston.fatal-design.com/

WinUAE 0.8.6 R2 Released! Brian King has released a WinUAE 0.8.6 R2, his second release in less than a week! Here's what's new:

• Finally fixed Picasso-screen refreshes when restoring minimized WinUAE!
• CD-ROM drives should be mountable using EITHER x: or x:\ or x:/, where x is the drive-letter of the CD-ROM drive.
• Fixed detection of 16-bit colour-modes, so that specifying a 16-bit Picasso mode shouldn't crap out your UAE-session.
• Fixed bug with -H option, such that specifying a "-H 2" to get 16-bit Amiga screens wouldn't work, and would drop you back to an 8-bit screen - even if your machine had a 15-bit mode available.
• Fixed -w options, and Cyrix users should be able to use this new version.

http://www.CodePoet.com/uae/index.htm

DTmnt Bugs Fixed Dave has fixed the bugs reported here yesterday and has promptly released DTmnt version 0.48. In addition to bugfixes, DTmnt will now support 5 different ROM sets. Thanks to Riot for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/4330/

MAME32 0.33 Released! Christopher Kirmse and Michael Soderstrom have released the Windows 9x of MAME version 0.33. This brings it in sycn with the DOS and Macintosh versions. Thanks to Till for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/8706/mame32.html

If you have any trouble downloading it from the official website, try here.

NSFE/TrueReality Gets New Home After being closed down by their webhoster, NSFE and TrueReality now have a new home. The new addresss is:

http://members.xoom.com/n64emulators/
 

A/PMame Updated to 0.33 Rodimus Prime has released new versions of his CPU/compiler optimized versions of MAME to correspond with the new MAME 0.33.

http://www.sound.net/~rodimus/

DTmnt ver 0.47 Released Dave has released another version of his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator, however, before you download it, a couple bugs were discovered just after its release and the author is recommending that you not download it just yet:

"I rushed out dtmnt047.zip without checking it heavily, and just after uploading it found two strange bugs (TYPICAL!) - firstly it writes a debug.log file, and secondly it crashed and I don't know why. So I wouldn't use it. Wait till I fix it."

- Dave
DTmnt Author

Thanks to Dcepticon for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/4330/

MacMAME 0.33 Released! Brad Oliver has just released the MacOS port of MAME 0.33! This brings the Macintosh version in sync with the DOS original.

http://www.primenet.com/~bradman/mame/macmame2.html

WinUAE 0.8.6 R1 Released! Brian King has released a new version of WinUAE, his Amiga computer emulator for Windows. Here's what's new in version 0.8.6 Released 1:

• Synchronized with Bernd's latest source-tree
• GUI is missing (temporary)
• 68020/68881 CPU type is not working yet
• 8-bit display is now the default.  Use -H option to specify other modes
• New -O options for Amiga and/or Picasso displays in window or full-screen
• New -w options for CPU speed settings

http://www.CodePoet.com/uae/index.htm

MAME 0.33 Released! The MAME Development Team has just released the official M.A.M.E. version 0.33 (final)! This is the final version of 0.33, not a beta or release candidate. The feature set of today's release should be identical to the previous beta with perhaps a bugfix or two. All in all, 151(!) new games have been added since 0.31 to make a grand total of well over 600 arcade games supported. Thanks to Till of SYS2064 for the e-mail.

http://www.media.dsi.unimi.it/mame/

If you have any trouble downloading it from the official website, try here instead. Ports for Macintosh and Windows are soon to follow. Stay tuned...

MasterGear 1.0.5 Released! Darrell Spice Jr. has just released a new version of his OS/2 port of MasterGear. Here's what's new:

• Performance improvements
• Workaround for black-bitmap problem which showed up in FixPack 5
• MasterGear now begins in ROMS directory, if present
• Improved throttle routine for faster machines
• Fixed window resize problem, occurred if only Master System games had been played, the default window size was bigger than 1, and the oscilloscope was turned on using the O key
• Source code now available, to hopefully drive new emulator ports to OS/2

http://www.geocities.com/~spiceware/mastergear.html

MO5/MacOS 2.0.5 Released! Richard Bannister has just released a new version of his MO5/MacOS emulator. Version 2.0.5 features a TV mode and speed improvements on the 68000 version. MO5/MacOS is a Thomson MO5 computer emulator for Macintosh.

http://internetter.com/titan/software/
 
DTmnt ver 0.46 Released! Dave has just released version 0.46 of his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator! This is a bugfix release. A bug that caused DTmnt to crash has been squashed and channels_on now works again. Also, I forgot to mention this last time. The author of DTmnt is looking into emulating the music of several other games (Out Run, Street Fighter 2 and others) and has put out a tech request. Specifically, he's looking for information on how ADPCM 8/4 compression works and information on the ym2151. His e-mail address can be found on the following link. Thanks to cH@0$ for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/4330/
 
 

Unofficial MAME32 RC1 Released An unofficial version of MAME32 RC1 has been released compliments of Videoman. This is unofficial, meaning it is NOT at all supported by the MAME development team. Head on over to Dave's Video Game Classics for the scoop.

Atari800 0.9.8a Source Code Released Petr Stehlik has just updated his Atari800 source code to version 0.9.8a. Atari800 0.9.7, the compiled version, was already released a few days ago. See Wednesday's news for the complete story in case you missed it.

http://cas3.zlin.vutbr.cz/~stehlik/a800.htm

Two New Snes9X Ports Debut Two new ports of Snes9x have been released: Linux (PowerPC) and FreeBSD (i386) with ELF support.

http://www.snes9x.com/
 

DTmnt ver 0.45 Released! Dave has updated his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to version 0.45. This release fixes a problem with DTmnt's sound emulation. Many people were having difficulties getting their SoundBlaster compatible cards working with DTmnt 0.43. Dave has revised this code and it should be better now. Also, DTmnt now can record and play back movies. DTmnt is for DOS.

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/4330/
 
Snes9X For Windows Released! As predicted here last Saturday, the long-awaited Snes9x for Windows is now out! Jerremy Koot has chosen to release this as an unsupported beta which means several features (such as multiple video modes) are not yet present. But the good news is that it is based on the current Snes9x version 1.05 source code, so most of the features of the other ports should be here.

http://www.snes9x.com/

If you have any problems downloading it from the official website, you can also download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.

iNES 0.7.1 Plus Released! John Stiles has updated his Macintosh port of Marat Fayzullin's iNES emulator. Here's what's new in version 0.7.1 Plus:

• Improved sound generation
• GZ-compressed ROM support
• TV Mode
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

New MESS Coming This Weekend  The MESS Development team has announced that a new public beta of MESS 0.2 will be released shortly, probably this weekend. A lot of changes will be in version 0.2, including support for Apple ][ Series, Atari 800, Atari 5200, Bally Astrocade, Kaypro 2x, PDP-1, Sega Master System/Game Gear and Vectrex. You can also expect substantial improvements in compatibility in the Sega Genesis driver.

NSFE/TrueReality Webpage Down Gordon Hollingworth's web site, which is the home of his NSFE and Niki Waibels' TrueReality, is down, but not necessarily out. Brian Faber (webmaster for NSFE/TrueReality) has contacted EMU News Service to say he's not sure of what happened, but he's looking into the problem. He'll post a message here once he know more.

Rainbow Islands 100% Playable The next release of Raine will have Rainbow Islands and Darius Gaiden 100% playable. Ricard Bush has posted some screenshot, just in case you can't wait:

http://raine.retrogames.com/index.html
 

Atari800 0.9.7 Released! Petr Stehlik has updated his Atari800 for DOS to version 0.9.7! Atari800 now supports undocumented GTIA priority ("transparent missiles") and Joust (5200 version) should now be playable. In addition to his DOS version of Atari800, Petr has also updated his Atari Falcon port. You can get them both at:

http://cas3.zlin.vutbr.cz/~stehlik/a800.htm

NO$GMB 1.7 Released! Martin Korth has released version 1.7 of his Gameboy emulator for DOS. This release features an all new sound routines (Soundblaster digital audio), revised background GIF support and various bugfixes (including a battery RAM fix). You can get it at:

http://www.work.de/nocash/gmb.htm

New Glide Driver for PSyKe mOoNsHaDo has released a new Glide driver for PSyKe. This fixes a bug for those who have Voodoo 2 chipsets. You can get it here.
 
DTMNT ver 0.43 Released! Dave has released a brand new version of his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator! Here's what's new in version 0.43:

• Got the new Z80 working (MZ80 - many thanks to Neil Bradley)
• Big speed increase (about 80% faster with 16000hz sound)
• Proper shadows (in hicolor modes they look better than 8-bit)
• Gamma correction option if your monitor is dark (in dtcfg.txt)
• So-called 'trippy sprite'(!) option - displays all frames of sprite animation (hit T to activate)
• ym2151_amp variable in dtcfg.txt (higher values = louder music as long as it doesn't overflow; default is 18)
• alter_pitch varible (dtcfg.txt)
• Finally sorted out dip switches (dtcfg.txt)

If you have any trouble downloading it from the above link, feel free to try here instead.

BioNES 0.2 Released! Shu Kondo has released version 0.2 of BioNES! Here's what's new:

• Frameskip option added (Press [F2]/[F3] to increase/decrease frameskips)
• Joypad support added (Press [F4] to enable/disable joypad reading)
• NES timing significantly improved
• Scrolling improvement
• MMC2 sprite bug fixed (Mike Tyson's Punchout works PERFECTLY)
• MMC5 custom sound channels added
• MMC5 vertical split screen mode added
• 2 types of MMC5 IRQ couters supported (Metal Slader Glory works PERFECTLY)
• 4th MMC5 name table emulated correctly
• VRC6 custom sound channels added
• VRC7 custom sound channels added
• Konami VRC1 bug fixed
• Mapper 78 mirroring bug fixed
• Mapper 80 mirroring bug fixed
• Realtime save/load bug fixed
• Hypershot emulation bug fixed
• Mappers 65,73,76,88 added
• Mappers 94,95,97,101 newly assigned and emulated
• Mapper 96 defined (Not emulated yet)

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/8304/index-e.htm

JFF 0.15 Released! Roberto Ventura has released version 0.15 of his Just for Fun arcade emulator. This release adds support for Higemaru and fixes the some of the bugs in Psychic 5. JFF is for DOS. Thanks to MC for the e-mail.

http://www.classicgaming.com/sys2064/
 

New TrueReality Released Niki Waibel has released a new version of his Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix. The project is now being developed under the GNU General Public License. New features include SI register implementation and other changes to the emulated memory handling.

http://wkweb5.cableinet.co.uk/gordon.hollingworth/

Stella 1.0 Beta for DOS Released! Brad Mott has just released the DOS version of Stella version 1.0 beta. Here's what's new:

• Improved graphics emulation (TIA)
• Improved timer emulation (6532 PIA)
• Improved CPU emulation (6502)
• Improved Supercharger support
• Supports Robot Tank and Decathlon
• Supports Joystick, Keyboard, Booster Grip, and Indy 500 Driving controllers
• Contains properties for over 540 ROMs

http://www.classicgaming.com/stella/

You can also download a copy from EMU News Service by clicking here. Thanks to Erik N. Kovach for the e-mail.

New NeoRAGE Screenshots Released Anders Nilsson and Janne Korpela have posted new screenshots of three new games that NeoRAGE will soon support: Fatal Fury Special, Shock Troopers, and Waku Waku 7. Here's one of Fatal Fury Special:

Follow the link for the rest:

http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-85694/neorage/shots.htm

X68000 1.01 Released X68000 version 1.01 (EX68 emulator for Windows) is now out. Please note the following page is in Japanese:

http://www.kumagaya.or.jp/~yamama/emul/index.htm

MasterGear on the Move Panutat Tejasen has released a Windows CE port of Marat Fayzullin's Sega Master System/Game Gear emulator. This is the first ever SMS/GG emulator for Microsoft's new operating system. Additionally, Panutat is working on GameBoy, NES and Colecovision emulators for Windows CE. Not only that, but Marat has revealed that a Windows 9x/NT port of MasterGear is being developed and has now reached the beta testing stage. Stay tuned for further details...

http://www.jimmy.com/Unicorn/
 

Atari800Win 2.3 Released! Rich Lawrence has released version 2.3 of Atari800Win. This release lets you convert DCM files directly to ATR from within Atari800Win. Rich also added a new 1024x768 DirectDraw mode and fixed a cartridge loading bug (5200). Atari800Win (as the name implies) is an Atari 800 emulator for Windows.

http://www.concentric.net/~Twist/atari800win/

New Snes9x Port Debuts Yes, another port of Snes9x has been released. This time it's for HP-UX.

http://www.snes9x.com/

PSyKe 0.15 Alpha Released! Giovanni Bajo and Stefano Crosara have just released their much anticipated new version of PSyKe, their Sony PlayStation emulator for Windows 95. PSyKe 0.15 Alpha features both CD-ROM and 3dfx and the first commercial games are now playable. Here's the complete list of what's new:

• CDROM emulation (still buggy) Now some commercial games and demos are working
• CD Audio should work.
• 3DFX Glide Driver, pratically completed, but buggy (specially in alpha blending)
• Rootcounters (needed for some games, eg. Crash Bandicoot)
• Configurable IRQ system
• Autostart CD with F1
• Some fixes in the GUI
• Alpha blending on polygons in the software driver (still buggy)

You can also download a copy by clicking here.

System 16 Progress Report Great news for System 16 fans. System 16 can now emulate the YM3438 FM sound chip (used by System 18 games) - without the use of samples! Thanks to the work of Tatsuyuki Satoh, Hiromitsu Shioya and Kathleen Garcia, the PCM sound chip wil also be supported. No release date for the next release of System 16 is known as of yet.

http://users.skynet.be/system16/

Mac SNES9X 1.0.6 Released! John Stiles has released version 1.0.6 of his Macintosh port of SNES9x. This release has a higher compatibility rate than previous versions.

http://www.emulation.net/snes/index.html
 

A/NES 0.99.95b Released! Morgan Johansson and Fredrik Schultz have just released a new version of A/NES:

"The big news is that NESA soundsystem is supported. NESA (NES Audio) is a fileformat we've created that contains NES audio (surprising or what? :). Anyway, the user can rip audio data from a NES ROM while playing it, and save it to disk, and replay later with an external replayer."

- Morgan Johansson
Author of A/NES

Here's the complete list of what's new in version 0.99.95b:

• Prefs-enforcer hit fixed!
• Small prefs-changes.
• Improved iNES format supported  (Vs.Unisystem).
• Battery-files can now be saved  into a separate directory.
• Fixed an ugly CPU-emulation bug.
• Optimised the CPU emulation (+128Kb).
• Optimised the PPU code which  reduced memory-needs by 192Kb!
• NESA sound system added!
• Mapper 4 fixes (compability improved!)
• Mapper 19 finally works.
• Added fwMapper71.
• Added fwMapper79.

http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-28134/ANES/

New PSyKe To Be Released Today? Emulators Unlimited is reporting that the next release of PSyKe will be out today! There's been a big build up to this release and only time will tell if it's been worth the wait. Until it's released, here's an advance screen shot to whet your appetite:

Snes9X Ported to OpenBSD The fifteenth(!) port of Snes9X has been released: OpenBSD (i386), version 1.05.

http://www.snes9x.com/

New Atari ST Emulator Debuts! A programmer named Nick Madsen has just released a brand new Atari ST emulator for DOS. He names it "Oids" after the Atari ST game of the same name. Oids is one of Nick's favorite games and since PaCifiST doesn't yet support this game, Nick went out and wrote his own emulator. You can check it out at:

http://www.megalomania.demon.co.uk/nick/atari.html

Thanks to Cloy for the e-mail.
 

New Snes9X for Windows Coming Soon Jerremy Koot has announced that the long awaited update to Snes9x for Windows will be released soon, in about a week:

"I'm working hard on it, although the last few days I've been kinda busy with my brothers birthday.. (They're now 27 years old, 7 years older then me =) So I haven't been able to spend as much time on Snes9X as I would have wanted... But if all goes well (and it never does with me) then a version will be ready for a release in about a week..."

- Jerremy Koot
Author of Snes9x Windows Port

http://www.snes9x.com/

Snes9X Ported to IRIX! Yes, another Snes9x port has debuted. This time it's for IRIX. You can get it from:

http://www.snes9x.com/

HU6280 1.75GT Beta Released Jamsponge has just released a new version of HU6280. This release adds a new command line option (-v3) to "emulate handheld pc-engine." HU6280 is a TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine) emulator for DOS.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/3135/index.html
 
Executor 2.0w Released! Ardi has released a new version of Executor. The Win32 port is now much faster and more stable than the previous versions. Both the DOS and the Win32 port are more Windows 98-friendly. Executor is a Macintosh emulator for several platforms, including Linux, DOS, and OS/2. Ardi is hard at work on version 2.1 which should be coming out soon. Thanks to m.p.o. for the e-mail.

http://www.ardi.com/

JAS Progress Report JROK is back from his vacation in the United Kingdom and is back at work on JAS, his multi-arcade game emulator for DOS. He just added high-score save to Mappy and will soon be adding it to SkyKid.

http://www.jrok.com/
 

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