ClassicGaming Shuts Down EMU News Service A quick announcement: Kevin Bowen, site director of ClassicGaming, has deleted the EMU News Service account at ClassicGaming. I can neither login or upload to my ClassicGaming account. Fortunately, I have a current back up of most of the files before the account was axed. As I said in my early announcement, I'm working on getting a new website up on another server. When it's ready it will have a new URL and I'll announce the new address here. Until then there will be no more daily updates. I'll be back in a few days. Stay tuned...

Nofrendo To Leave ClassicGaming Matthew Conte, author of Nofrendo, has decided to close his home for Nofrendo and move his emulator off of ClassicGaming.com.

"I disapprove of CriticalMass's business practices. I've done a little research into their business, and it's staggering how much money they make.  Therefore, I've removed the Nofrendo site from ClassicGaming, and am asking for anyone who can give me a home to contact me."

If you would like to help Matt out, you can contact him at [email protected].

http://www.classicgaming.com/nofrendo/

NOTICE: Matt has found a new home for Nofrendo. The new URL will be announced shortly

EMU News Service to Leave ClassicGaming I have a very important announcement to make and I'm not sure where to begin, but I'll try to do my best. A little less than a year ago, I moved this website from its original location on America Online to ClassicGaming.com.  Without going into the nitty gritty details, it was a mixed blessing. Sometime after my move, ClassicGaming.com (which is a part of Critical Mass) registered the domain name www.emunews.com. They did so without telling me. In fact, I didn't even find out about it until much later. You can imagine my surprise when I read about it in a posting on Zophar's Domain's message board.

Furthermore, for some reason, www.emunews.com leads to ClassicGaming.com's main webpage, not EMU News Service. When I tried talking to them about this, they refused to discuss it. In fact, they never bothered to respond to my e-mails or ICQs. This went on for months. I finally got sick of it and last week I sent them an ultimatum. Only then, did they finally respond. And when they did, they refused to transfer the domain name over to me. So I sent them a personal letter, pointing out all the things I have done for them over the past year and asked them to reconsider. They refused. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that ClassicGaming.com is not about emulation; that it's a business. They value money over people.

On the one hand, it's only a domain name. In the grand scheme of life it's not that important. But on the other hand, I sort of feel betrayed. I thought they were my friends. I thought they were people I could rely on. But they did all of this behind my back. For months, they continuously ignored my e-mails and ICQs. They handled this whole thing very unprofessionally. And even though I was willing to pay them what they paid for the domain, they still refused.

Before I go any further, I want to make it perfectly clear that I firmly believe that both ClassicGaming and Critical Mass are entitled to run their business anyway they want. I respect their right to run their business as they see fit. I have no quarrel with that. However, it is now clear to me that these are not the type of people I wish to work with or with which I wish to be associated. Therefore, effective March 1st, I am permanently moving EMU News Service off of ClassicGaming's server. It is vitally important that everyone go to this page and bookmark it now. If anything happens between now and March 1st, this page will be the only way you can find out where I've moved.

There's a very good chance that once ClassicGaming finds out that I've decided to leave, they will kick me from their server. You may come back tomorrow only to discover that this site doesn't exist anymore. So, please bookmark this site now. You may not get a second chance.

With that said, I fully intend to continue to update this page on a daily basis until March 1st (or as long as ClassicGaming/Critical Mass permits me to do so).  With any degree of luck, they might be nice and even let this site stay up for a couple months after I move so people can find my new address.

Also, I want to take this opportunity to make a second announcement. I've been working on a complete site redesign for some time now. With the exception of a few odds and ends, it's been done for almost 2 months now. But because I was having all these problems with ClassicGaming.com, I didn't want to debut the new design until these matters were settled. Even though things did not work out in my favor, I will debut the new EMU News Service about a week (or so) after it moves to its new location. It's going to really cool and you can expect to find quite a few sup rises :) I think everyone's going to like it a lot. And for those who were worried that I might change the site too much, worry no more. I have something special planned just for you.

Finally, I want to thank everyone for their support over the last 2 years. It's been a bumpy ride and this webpage could not have survived this long without your support. Thank you very much.

- Jim Pragit
Creator and Maintainer of EMU News Service

Again, please go to this page and bookmark it now.
 
Sega Smash Pack = KGen? It looks like then new Sega Smash Pack is none other than a new version of Steve Snake's KGen emulator! According to reader Chris F., if you look at the binary (smash.exe), it says "Encoded for KGen Ultra / Sega Smash Pack / Snake KML 1999".  After hearing the news, I went to my local Best Buy to buy a copy but they didn't have Sega Smash Pack in yet.  I was hoping to confirm this and test is out for myself. For those that have it already, is there anyway to get the smash.exe to run any other ROMs? Drop me an e-mail.)

BrSMS 1.18 Preview Ricardo Bittencourt has updated his BrSMS website to include a little sneak preview of the next release of BrSMS. Although he doesn't reveal too much information about the next version, he has posted a screenshot of BrSMS 1.18's SC-3000 emulation.

http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brsms.htm

AMAME/PMAME Updated Matt Douglas and Rodimus Prime have released new versions of their CPU-optimized compiles of MAME. These versions have new 68000, 6808, and Z80 assembler cores and fixed checksums for Samurai Showdown 3. Although the Rodimus has not (as of this writing) updated the official A/PMAME website, you can snag a copy from Matt's site:

Download AMAME 0.35a
Download PMAME 0.35a

New DarcNES Released! Nyef has just released version 990220 of DarcNES. Here's what's new:

• Doubled PCE CPU speed (but still not correct)
• Added preliminary PCE raster counter
• Fixed PCE background tile address mask
• Added preliminary PCE course horizontal scrolling
• Added size checks to sms/gg detection
• Added some hooks in the NES I/O emulation

http://www.netway.com/~nyef/

PSEmu Plugin Updated! Lewpy's 3Dfx/Glide3 Renderer has been updated to version 1.0.16. Here's what's new:

• Preliminary Texture Window support
• Revised Configuration Panel
• Change to InGame Configuration Menu Control
• Control of System Type
• New Limit Mode: Automatic
• Control of VSync
• Revised Display Setting
• Revised FrameBuffer Writing Sequencing
• Banshee works better
• BlockFill Optimization
• Misc. Bugfixes

http://www.psemu.com/lewpy/

RockNES 0.71 Released Fx3, Nyef and Kritz have released a new version of RockNES. This is a fairly minor release. Here's what's new:

• Compiled with the new Allegro 3.1, which was compiled with pgcc
• Fixed NES RAM size (too big)
• Fixed a couple of minor bugs, like unused variables

http://www.emucamp.com/rocknes/
 

New Windows HU6280 Beta! Jamsponge has released his fifth beta of his Windows port of HU6280. Directly from the documentation, here's what's new:

• Added a .ini file, edit this for your own custom settings... (rompath,savegamepath,screenshotpath and sound options)
• much more friendly loading and saving games... (assumes a nice filename)
• much more friendly saving screenshots (assumes a nice filename)
• Fixed a memory leak

http://www.hu6280.com/

Mac iNES 1.0 Released! John Stiles has updated his Macintosh port of Marat Fayzullin's NES emulator. Among other things, this release features improved video emulation and smarter mapper handling.

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

TI-85 Emu Updated Robert Stiles has released a new version of his TI-85 emulator for MacOS. This version fixes a bug that caused the emulator to crash. Thanks to emulation.net for the news.

http://www.emulation.net/ti81/index.html
 

Sega Releases Sega Smash Pack Sega has announced the release of a brand new software package for the PC called the "Sega Smash Pack."  It includes eight games (Altered Beast, Columns,  Golden Axe, Outrun, Phantasy Star 2, Sonic Spinball, Super Shinobi and Vectorman). Sega's announcement did not mention whether these games are ports or if they're emulated. If they are emulated, then you can expect Sega to release further volumes much like Activision did with thier Atari 2600 emulator. Thanks to José de Leon for the e-mail.
 

Reality Man Interviewed! Reality Man, co-author of the now infamous UltraHLE, has been interviewed by Fixo of FixoFiles. Reality Man addresses UltraHLE origins, the Nintendo 64 ROM craze and the future of emulation itself. Among the quotes:

"I think that UltraHLE and the Sony/Connectix issue will get this thing sorted once and for all and vindicate all the emu authors and their work. Also, I feel that it (UltraHLE) will inspire seasoned and new authors to attain even better emulators because now they realize that anything is truly possible. The emu scene will grow from this and we will all benefit."

-Reality Man
UltraHLE Co-Author

For the complete interview, click here.

RockNES 0.70 Released! Fx3 & Kritz have released RockNES 0.70! Directly from the documentation, here's what's new:

• Mid-HBlank writes fixed (or almost perfect)
• PPU Name Table setting fixed
• Some changes in the NES interrupt code for a better PPU support
• Major changes in the CPU/PPU functions (Read/Write)
• Fixed scrolling problems (works ok)
• IRQ emulation fixed, now you can see raster effects, for example
• Detection if there are more than 8 sprites at current scanline
• Fixed a palette color bug (Darkwing Duck now works fine)
• Added Mapper #78 (untested, but probably it works)
• Mapper #68 fixed (AfterBurner 2 works fine, thanks Nyef)
• Mapper #66 fixed and working
• Mappers #21 and #25 merged (partial support, bad for now)
• Fixed some bugs in the Mapper #16 (not working yet)
• Fixed a minor Mapper #7 bug
• Fixed a problem with Mapper #1 (MMC1)
• Auto search for a valid gfx mode if the selected isn't supported
• Added Game Genie codes support
• Fixed RockNES shutdown (when you quit to DOS prompt)
• Fixed problem with '-nosound' option (no more crash when you quit)
• RockNES startup messages changed
• Added '-info' command line option to show information about the ROM
• Removed '-revmirr' command line option (bah)
• Fixed a stupid problem with gamepad/joysticks (working again)
• 6502 working with non-decimal mode
• Fixed minor bugs in the 6502 emulation core
• Changed the source around a lot making a GUI now possible
• Working Super Mario Bros.3 *perfectly*

http://www.emucamp.com/rocknes/

MAME32 0.35 Beta 3 Released! Christopher Kirmse and Michael Soderstrom have released MAME32 version 0.35 Beta 3. This brings MAME32 up to date with the DOS version.

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

DBOY 0.44c Released BouKiChi has released DBOY version 0.44c. Here's what's new:

• Fixed initial state of SIO. (Aryway got to move)
• Refixed LCD part. (The part software got not to move)

• Bug fixed - MBC1 work correctly but MBC3 does not work.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/dboy.htm

New Windows HU6280 Beta Released! Jamsponge continues to work on his Windows port of HU6280 as he releases his fourth beta of HU6280 for Windows. This release Added adds save state support. HU6280 is a TurboGrafx16 and TurboExpress emulator for Windows 95/98/NT.

http://www.hu6280.com/
 

New Genesis Emulator for Amiga Debuts Mathias "AmiDog" Roslund has released a new Sega Geneis emulator for Amiga. Thanks to Thomas P. for the e-mail.

http://www.amidog.com/amigenerator/

iMAME 0.35b3 Released Maurizio "I_Morriz" Clementini has updated his Italian translation of MAME to coincide with the latest MAME beta. You can snag a copy form here.

DBOY 0.44b Released BouKiChi has released a new version of DBOY today. This release fixes a MBC3 and MBC1 bug. DBOY is a Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator for DOS. Thanks to Steven Livingston for the e-mail.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/dboy.htm

MacMAME 0.35 Beta 3 Released Brad Oliver has released MacMAME version 0.35 Beta 3. Here's what's new:

• In sync with the DOS port. The PowerPC 6809 CPU core has been disabled for this beta, so those games that use it might run slower. It will probably return in a beta or two.
• In the never-ending battle of memory allocation, the default size for MacMAME has been bumped up yet again to give Navigation Services some room. If you are not using OS 8.5 or later or you do not have Nav Services installed, you can probably crank the memory back down a few hundred k.
• I've enabled the code which attempts to allow you to use the right modifier keys - the right shift key, etc. However, none of us has gotten it to work, so don't expect it to do anything. Apparently the proper code to enable this is shrouded in mystery and protected by monks up on a cloud-covered mountain. If you have information that will make this feature work, by all means take a look at the source code, in particular "macinput.c" and tell us what we're doing wrong.
• In other source-code related news, we've documented the bug in the CodeWarrior Pro 4 optimizer which affects MacMAME and several of its source files. It was submitted to Metrowerks in December and no fix is yet on the horizon. It's disturbingly common to run into, so if you are curious about the details, read the documentation that is included with the Mac source distribution.

http://www.macmame.org/

DarcNES for DOS Updated Sephiroth has just released a new version of his DOS port of DarcNES. The biggest news is that you can now add TurboGrafx16 as one its emulated systems, although TG16 support is still rudimentary.

Direct from Sephiroth's announcement, here's what's new:

• Implemented proper video_setsize() function
• Because of the above, some PC-Engine demos (and some games) are working!!! Double Dungeons is playable, and Jamanoid shows the title screen/level select.
• Modified screenshot code to capture only the game image, not the whole screen. Now NES/TG16 screenshots are 256*240, and SMS ones are 256*190
• Now the video code detects correctly which system is being emulated, and selects the correct size for the game screen. So, there's no garbage at the bottom of the SMS screen anymore.

http://www.emulationzone.org/projects/dnes/

DBOY 0.44a Released Yep, another DBOY. I'm not sure what's new since there's no translation yet available, but judging from the version number, it's probably a fairly minor release.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/dboy.htm

A/PMAME Updated Rodimus Prime has updated his CPU-optimized compiles of MAME to coincide with the new MAME beta that was released over the weekend.

http://www.sound.net/~rodimus/
 

DBOY 0.44 Translation The DBOY webpage was updated today as yencu translated the DBOY 0.44 documentation to English. Here's what's new

• Support TAMA
• Fixed LCD part (SaGa got to move)
• mbc1ex became unnecessary with fixing MBC1
• Moreover, pocket love 2 got to move, too

http://square.millto.net/~yencu/dboyoeh/db044eng.txt

DarcNES Updated! Both the Unix and DOS versions of DarcNES have been updated! First, here's what's new in version 990214 of the Unix original:

• Moved NES memory and I/O emulation from assembler to C
• Started looking at FDS emulation
• Squashed some warnings
• Added XShm support to the XWindows driver
• Added GTK UI for XWindows

http://www.emulationzone.org/projects/dnes/

Kazzuya To Leave PSEmu Pro Much like the Chicago Bulls, the PSEmu development team continues to dissolve. Today, Davide "Kazzuya" Pasca has announced that he too is leaving the project:

"... I eventually received an offer from a game company that I esteem so much to be flattered just for being considered from them. Unfortunately one of their requirements is for me to stop working on PSEmu ... I could release, after consulting Duddie and Tratax, the sources publically. But there are enough 'emulamers' out there just waiting to compile PSEmu under a different name and look ... I can't continue on the project but I know some programmers that are very skilled and, most importantly, knowledgeable of PlayStation hardware to whom I can pass the ball."

- Davide "Kazzuya" Pasca
PSEmu Pro Co-Author

Thanks to Xaroth for the e-mail.

http://www.psemu.com/kazzuya_anno.html
 

New MAME Beta Released! The MAME Development Team is at it again. Today, they've released a new beta of MAME for DOS! MAME version 0.35 Beta 3 features 20 new games:

• Devil Fish
• Magical Spot II
• Devil Zone
• Turbo Force
• Space Intruder
• Tropical Angel
• Capcom World 2
• Quiz and Dragons
• Warriors of Fate
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
• Punisher
• Slam Masters (not working)
• Muscle Bomber Duo (not working)
• Ambush
• Fire One
• Street Fighter
• Gondomania
• Last Mission
• Shackled
• Captain Silver

New DarcNES Now Out! Nyef has updated his DarcNES emulator to version 990213. Here's what's new:

• Fixed XWindows version to accept a filename from the command line
• Added error checking to the NES battery file code
• Added support for the keypad arrow keys in XWindows

http://www.netway.com/~nyef/

DBOY 0.44 Released! BouKiChi has unveiled a new version of DBOY, his Gameboy emulator for DOS. The page is not in English, so at this time, there is no English translation available. Check back later for more details.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/dboy.htm
 

AMAME/PMAME Updated Rodimus Prime has released A/PMame version 0.35 Beta 2c. This adds support for Stakes Winner 2 (2b) and Shock Trooper sound ROM fix.

http://www.sound.net/~rodimus/
 

Nintendo to Take Legal Action Against UltraHLE Both FGN Online and Next-Generation Online are reporting that Nintendo is planning on taking legal action against the UltraHLE authors:

"Nintendo is very disturbed that Reality Man and Epsilon have widely distributed a product designed solely to play infringing copies of copyrighted works developed by Nintendo and its third-party licensees. We are taking several measures to further protect and enforce our intellectual property rights which, of course, includes the bringing of legal action. Emulators and Roms are clearly infringing and damage not only 'larger industry players' such as Nintendo but hundreds of smaller companies who invest millions of dollars and thousands of hours to develop and program software only to have it stolen on the Internet."

- Beth Llewelyn
Nintendo

http://www.fgnonline.com/

http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5810.html

Thanks to Cy and Rudy for the e-mails.

PowerST 0.2 Released! Gérin Philippe has released version 0.2 of his PowerST emulator. Here's what's new:

• Mode VDI 640*400*16 colors
• Added CPU cycles counting
• Correction bug TimerD
• Appearance Manager Support
• More precise mouse
• New Hard disk driver
• Configurable Joystick
• Bugs corrections

http://users.skynet.be/sky39147/
 

More iNES 1.0 Ports Released Marat Fayzullin has just released the Solaris and OSF/1 ports of iNES version 1.0. For more information, see the previous news story on iNES 1.0.

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

New NeoMAME Released Apollo and Snotz have updated NeoMAME. NeoMAME is a scaled down version of MAME with only Neo Geo support. Thanks to Jedi M. for the e-mail.

http://home.columbus.rr.com/apollo69/

TrueReality Ported to DOS Lemmy, author of Nemu64, has ported Niki Waibel's Nintendo 64 emulator to DOS. For those unfamiliar with TrueReality, it cannot run any commercial games but can run some demos. Thanks to Carlo for the e-mail.

http://www.emuunlim.com/EmuUnlim64/

iNES 1.0 Released! Marat Fayzullin has just released iNES version 1.0, his long standing NES emulator. Here's what's new:

• Rewritten and extended documentation.
• Famicom DiskSystem emulation
• VS System emulation
• Majorly bugfixed PPU emulation
• Completely rewritten mapper code
• NES 6502 does not support decimal math
• Direct saving of soundtrack to MIDI files
• Default palette can be loaded from a file
• Speed control in iNES-Windows
• Window size/position snapshots in iNES-Windows
• Keyboard assignments added to iNES-Windows
• Added speed control to VGB-Unix
• Removed description of the .SND format
• Moved .NES format description to the hardware document
• Many other small fixes and improvements

http://www.komkon.org/fms/iNES/
 

HU6280 for Windows Updated! Jamsponge has updated his new Windows port of HU6280. Here's what's new since yesterday:

• Now uses 16-Bit screen (all 512 colors)
• Optimized screen dump code & Palette emulation code
• Fixed palette bug (erk, casting error!)
• Now added romloading on F1
• Now added screenshot code (TGA) on F9
• Added sound emulation! (WORKS really nicely on a PII450, forget it if you`ve got anything less than a PII 266)
• Fixed another palette bug that somehow cropped in there
• Fixed some memory leaks and general bugs
• Generally sweetened source code up a bit

http://www.hu6280.com/
 

New HelloGB Released A new version of the HelloGB emulator was released today. Here's what's new:

• Fixed Color Gameboy and Super Gameboy functions
• Fixed channels 3 and 4 (sound)

http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/Mall/2560/gb/index.html

HU6280 Ported to Windows! Jamsponge has ported his DOS TurboGraphx16/PC Engine emulator to Windows 9x/NT! Although it is based on the version 1.89 source code,  it is a first release for Windows so expect some bugs. Also, it does not support sound or save states as of yet. These features will probably be added at a later date.

http://www.hu6280.com/

New Amiga Forever Online Edition Available! Cloanto has unveiled a new version of its Amiga Forever Online Edition. For those that don't know, Amiga Forever is a complete commercial emulation package. It features the Fellow and UAE emulators along with fully licensed versions of the AmigaOS (versions 1.3 and 3.0), ROMs and other Amiga software. One such program, Amiga Explorer is a networking program developed by Cloanto that lets you connect a PC with a real Amiga. Amiga Forever is available as a CD-ROM or an "online edition". The Amiga Forever Online Edition has been updated to include more than a dozen software packages, such as Personal Paint 7.1 and TurboText. The Online Edition is available for $29.99. All users of the previous version are eligible for a free upgrade, and have been sent instructions.

http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/forever/online.html

For more information, click here to read Cloanto's press release.
 

DBOY 0.43a-x Translation Here's what's new in the DBOY version 0.43a:

"Just a minor bug fix. Report any problems via e-mail"

DBOY is a Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator for DOS. Thanks to Steven Livingston for the translation.

DarcNES for DOS Updated Sephiroth has released a new version of DarcNES:

"I've (finally) updated my DOS port of DarcNES to version 990202. The only change from the previous versions is that I've reversed the joystick button order, to match the layout of a NES joystick (Joystick Button 1 is B, Joystick Button 2 is A, Joystick Button 3 is Select, Joystick Button 4 is Run). The rest is the same as the Linux version."

- Sephiroth
DarcNES for DOS Author

http://www.emulationzone.org/projects/dnes/

Another DBOY It looks like BouKiChi has released another version of his Gameboy emulator. The current version is now 0.43a-x.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/
 

MAME WIP Page Moves The official MAME Work-In-Progress page has moved. The new URL is:

http://mame.retrogames.com/

uNESsential Source Code Released Here's something for all the QBasic enthusiasts. Johannes Holmberg has released the source code to uNESsential version 0.20, his NES emulator written in QBasic.

http://www.emucamp.com/unessential/

DBOY 0.43 Translation Here's what's new in DBOY 0.43:

"DBOY 0.43  Apparently .42 was skipped, a missing number,
Some type of LCD support was fixed which was broken in .41a.
Author is trying to implement gamepad support also a nojoy option."

Thanks to Steven Livingston for the e-mail.
 
New Danji Out R. Compig has unveiled a newer version of DANJI. No translation is available as of yet.

http://www3.shinbiro.com/~compig_r/frame1.htm
 

DBOY 0.43 Released BouKiChi has released DBOY version 0.43 today. As of this writing, there is no English translation available yet. DBOY is a Gameboy emulator for DOS.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/dboy.htm
 

Connectix Wins First Round The San Francisco Federal District Court has rejected Sony's request for a preliminary restraining order against Connectix's Sony PlayStation emulator, Virtual Game Station. Thanks to Mike T. for the e-mail.

http://www.excite.com/computers_and_internet/tech_news/zdnet/?article=/news/19990204/2203424.inp

UltraHLE Authors Respond RealityMan, co-author of the remarkable UltraHLE has sent an e-mail to EMU News Service regarding the recent reports that Nintendo was considering filing legal action against the UltraHLE authors.

"I would like to state that Nintendo have yet to contact us regarding any legal action. I can adamantly state that we, in no way, circumvented any security device as Beth Lewellyn (from Nintendo) has suggested (I don't even know what it is).  We used publicly available information in the creation of this software and only emulated core processor technology."

In light of Nintendo's recent controversial actions and statements, there is growing support for a boycott of Nintendo. If Nintendo does go ahead with a lawsuit, momentum for such a boycott will no doubt gather steam, and could ultimately cost Nintendo more than had they just left well enough alone.

A lawsuit could also be a public relations fiasco. Not only would it be bad business for a company to crack down on its own customers, it would also draw attention to a relatively quiet emulation community. The average video gamer is probably unaware of emulation. A lawsuit would undoubtedly be covered by both the mainstream and video game press - bringing more fans into the emulation fold. Unwittingly, they're at risk of promoting emulation to a much wider audience.

Good luck goes out to RealityMan and Epsilon.
 

BrSMS 1.17 Released! Ricardo Bittencourt has just released BrSMS version 1.17 to registered users. Here's what's new:

• Added "-.res 4" (512x384x15 with bilinear filtering). This is the same as ZSNES "interpolation"
• Added "-res 6" (512x384x15 with "Parrot" engine)
• Added Game Gear palette raster effects (used in the water of GG "Sonic and Tails 2", and in the sky of GG "Space Harrier")
• Rewrote the border engine from scratch again. Now the border is always disabled by default and "-noborder" was removed
• Support to SG1000 backdrop color, used in SG1000 "Congo Bongo" and SG1000 "N-Sub"
• Support to 40kb ROMs (SG1000 "Monaco GP")
• Fixed a bug in 3D glasses emulation (SMS "Poseidon Wars 3D")
• Now BrSMS can detect bad dumped roms at startup

http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brsms.htm

New DANJI Released R. Compig has released a new DANJI beta. Thanks to -ReGNaSTa-, here's an English translation of the documentation:

"2.4 Danji is back with old sound code. (That means lots of bugs)
Memory problems, Noise, unstable sound effects

KOF98 Sound Rom
ren kof98_m1.rom z80.bin
copy /b kof98_v1.rom + kof98_v2.rom + kof98_v3.rom + kof98_v4.rom pcm.bin

Sound programming is not yet complete, so I reverted to old version code for
now. It will take me a little more time to finish... (I still have some bugs to
work out) Please do not delete the original ROM files as there is no way to go back for now. If you really want this buggy version... go ahead."

Again, thanks to -ReGNaSTa- for the news and the translation.

http://www3.shinbiro.com/~compig_r/index.htm

DirectX 6.1 Released Microsoft has released an update to DirectX which used by many Windows 95/98 emulators. This latest release adds DirectMusic and better support for the upcoming Pentium III. (Note to Windows NT users, Microsoft still hasn't gotten its act together over the DirectX/Windows NT compatibility problems. You must still use DirectX 3).

http://www.microsoft.com/directx/default.asp

AMAME/PMAME Updated Rodimus Prime strikes again. Today, he's released A/PMame v35 Beta 2a (Joystick Fix, Breakers added, and Money Idol Exchanger sound fixed). Thanks to us2 for the e-mail.

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

Nintendo Considering Legal Action Against UltraHLE Authors According to recent article featured on TechWeb, Nintendo is looking into filing a lawsuit against Epsilon and RealityMan, authors of UltraHLE. Nintendo spokeswoman, Beth Llewelyn was quoted as saying "Emulators such as this are illegal. They obviously had to circumvent our security chip. It promotes continued piracy." Regardless of whether or not Nintendo would follow through on such legal action, the mere threat of a lawsuit could be a significant deterrent against further development of UltraHLE or other Nintendo 64 emulators. With the recent lawsuit between Sony and Connectix, and now this, the future of emulation may very well be in doubt. Thanks to Ben for the e-mail.
 

Nemu64 Updated Lemmy has just released a brand new version of Nemu64! Directly from the official webpage, here's what's new:

• Much faster due to a hack
• More RSP, no results yet
• Did some more CPU and COP1 opcodes, now almost all important opcodes are implemented
• Implemented automatic CRC fix
• Changed many internal things
• Speed increased again
• Bugfixes....(for example rpa bug is fixed)

http://www.emuunlim.com/nemu64/

DBOY 0.41a Translation Thanks to Steven L, we now have a translation of the DBOY 0.41a documentation. Here's what's new

"Changes in 0.41, 2PK option
2 player support through the keyboard is now implemented."

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/

New Gameboy Emulator Debuts! HelloGB, a new Gameboy emulator for Windows, is now out. The emulator and webpage are in Japanese, but the documentation is in English. Supposedly, HelloGB supports both Gameboy and Gameboy Color, but it failed to run a single game on my computer, but you may have better luck. Thanks to mad^2 for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/Mall/2560/gb/index.html

DBOY 0.41a Released BouKiChi has released DBOY version 0.41a today. No English translation of the documentation is available as of this writing.

http://members.xoom.com/foo01/

System 16 Moves Bartman's Windows port of System 16 has moved. The new URL is:

http://www.abyss-online.cx/s16w32.html

New PSEmu Beta Released! A new public beta of PSEmu Pro is now out. Here's what's new in version 1.0.21 public beta:

• CD XA audio finally works ..in most cases
• New CDR plugin using Peter Barrett (Psyke's) CD-ROM routines. This plugin is best suited for IDE CD-ROMs when XA audio is enabled (less CPU usage)
• New version of kazzuya's DirectSound and GamePad plugins
• Improved compatibility
• Improved debugging: PSEmu will notify if a GPU plugin is the source of a crash

http://www.psemu.com/

Echo 0.6 Released Nick Madsen has released a new version of Echo. Here's what's new in new in version 0.6:

• ACIA/IKBD interface much better (at last!)
• CPU fixes
• MFP fix (service bit...)
• Much better sound
• Changed sychronisation code (speed throttling)
• Removed a debug 'feature' that crashed programs (ahem!)
• Dungeon master now works, Turrican II, MatchIt, Turboass etc

http://www.narcissus.freeserve.co.uk/atari.html

Valiantly Resisting the Light To correspond with the latest release of DarcNES, Nyef has finally decided on a slogan for his emulator, "Valiantly Resisting the Light". This latest release mostly focus on TurboGraf-16 (aka PC-Engine) support, particularly on joypad emulation. Here's a complete list of what's new in version 990202:

• Fixed some more bugs in the 65c02 core
• Added emulation of the first PC-Engine joypad
• Fixed PC-Engine joypad direction controls
• Added emulation of PC-Engine VRAM reads
• Added emulation of PC-Engine background map size
• Double Dungeons is almost playable

TrueReality Updated Niki Waibel has released a new version of TrueReality. TrueReality is a Nintendo 64 emulaotr for Unix. 

http://www.snes9x.com/n64emulators/
 

Emulation Legality Rich Lawrence (author of an Atari 800 emulator) has written an excellent essay on the legality of emulation and related issues. If you care about emulation and wish to be educated on this issues involved, this is a great resource.

"I think it's important for the emulator community to understand for themselves the legalities of the situation rather than listening to the equally stretched versions of truth typically presented by either 'side' in the debate."

- Rich Lawrence
Author of Atari800Win

Keep in mind, Rich is not a lawyer, so he's asking that if anyone who has a better understanding of the law to e-mail him with corrections, specifically if they can cite particular precedence cases.

http://www.cris.com/~Twist/atari800win/legal.shtml

QLAY 0.90 Released! Jan Venem has released a new version of his Sinclair QL emulator. Here's what's new in version 0.90:

• "Double mouse" pointers solved, use F12.
• International keyboard support: US, UK, GE, FR, IT
• Configuration setup dialog for option settings
• WIN1_ till WIN8_. Recognize WIN1_BOOT boot file
• Quick start installation: download, unzip, and 'start/run' qlayw
• Supports any screen size or display mode, direct boot, mouse

http://web.inter.NL.net/hcc/A.Jaw.Venema/
 

DarcNES DOS Updated Sephiroth has released a new version of his DOS port of DarcNES. This release adds a new screenshot feature (PCX format) and a new color palette. The preliminary TurboGrafx-16 support is also present in this release but not yet tested. Finally, DarcNES for DOS now has an official webpage:

http://www.emulationzone.org/projects/dnes/

Duddie Leaves PSEmu Team Not too long ago, Tratax announced his resignation from the PSEmu Pro team. Today, there was another casualty. Duddie has decided to leave due to a conflict between continuing the PSEmu Pro project and a future job.

"I'm leaving PSEmu and am starting a new life. Of course I'm not leaving all of you dear emulator fans, and I'm not leaving my friends. I just have to leave PSEmu due to the fact that it will collide with a future job. Speaking of emulation, it became strange in the last days, and it turned into a flame war of ROM beggars, pirates, thieves, etc. Those people can ruin everything, especially since I, as emu author, know how much work it costs. We do things for free, killing our social life, spending every free minute on exploring the meaning of one bit (which sometimes takes hundreds hours). But people don't appreciate this work, and simply don't understand this style of life."

Co-author Kazzuya vows to continue on. Good luck goes out to Duddie in all his future endeavors. Thanks to Jasper for the e-mail.

http://www.psemu.com/

Shark 3.0 Released! Magnus Danielsson and Carl-Henrik Skårstedt have released Shark 3.0!  Shark supports:

• Flying Shark
• Sky Shark
• Hishou Zame
• Same!Same!Same!
• Fire Shark,
• Twin Cobra Europa/USA
• Kyukyoku Tiger
• Zero Wing
• Hell Fire
• Truxton
• Out Zone
• Vimana
• Teki Paki
• Tiger Heli

Atari Lynx Emulator Ported to Alpha Jonas Gustavsson has ported Keith Wilkins's Atari Lynx emulator to Windows NT for Alpha computers.

http://www.dysfunction.demon.co.uk/

New DarcNES Released Nyef has released a new version of DarcNES. Since not much has changed, only the source code has been released. If you want to play it, you have to compile it yourself. DarcNES is a NES, Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator for Linux.

http://www.netway.com/~nyef/