MESS to Add Support for Gameboy Hans de Goede is working on a Gameboy driver for MESS. Currently MESS supports 5 systems - and 5 more are on their way.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

HU6280 ver 1.61 Released Jamsponge and Mr Kipling have just released another new version of HU6280. Today's release fixes a major bug that caused most games to stop working. HU6280 is a TurboGrafx 16 emulator for DOS.

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

TOSBOX ver 1.05 Released Mark Slagell has released a new version of TOSBOX. Here's what's new in version 1.05:

• Skeletal sound support has been added (predefined system sounds only, no general soundchip emulation; may be routed through PC internal speaker or a Soundblaster-compatible card).
• Optional vt52 emulation in native Intel code has been added.
• A CPU bug involving leftward shifts and rotates of magnitude zero has been fixed.
• A GEMDOS bug newly introduced in 1.04, where the termination of a child process sometimes closed its parent's open files, has been fixed.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/4448/

Semu ver 0.1.9 Released Chuck Mason has released a new version of Semu. This release features emulation of all the opcodes of the  SH1 processor. Semu is a Sega Saturn emulator for Linux.

http://emu.simplenet.com/semu/

Nofrendo Progress Report Matt Conte has updated his webpage with the latest information on Nofrendo. The next release is currently in development and Matt has given us a sneak preview of what to look forward to:

• Woohoo! DPCM channel added- Ninja Gaiden now rocks!
• Sound code partially rewritten. Accurate info provided by Y0SHi.
• Many more games work. Still hunting for a CPU bug or two, though.
• Mid-HBlank PPU address writes implemented, which fixes split screens, status bars, etc. (Airwolf, Zelda 1, Crystalis...)

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

Emerson Arcadia 2001 Part II Paul Robson sent in a second screenshot of his upcoming Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator. This is a game called "CatTrax":

Currently, there are no Emerson Arcade 2001 emulators available; this will be the first ever.
 

• Lots of missing MSX keys were added, including the brazilian "Ç" (mapped in the End key)
• Support to more undocumented features of VDP (bits 0 and 1 of VDP(4) and bits 6 and 5 of VDP(3) ). Now you can play "Thing Bounces Back" and run "LIKE" without graphic bugs.
• Support to MegaROM Mapper #4 ("Valis")
• Support to 8x8 sprites, used in "LIKE", "Hundra", "Alcazar" and a few others.
• New command on debugger "U dddd", to change the address of the disassembler.
• New command on debugger "E dddd xx", to edit a single byte of MSX memory.
• Fixed a minor bug in the "clocks left" section of the debugger
• Huge User's Manual available in both English and Portuguese.

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

HU6280 ver 1.50+ Released Jamsponge has just released a minor update to HU6280. Version 1.50+ fixes a minor audio bug.

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

z26 ver 1.06 Released! John Saeger has released a new version of z26. Here's what's new in version 1.06:

• Elegant new design for CPU emulator. (All opcode handlers are macro generated. Instruction timing now blended into address calculation. Optimized decimal arithmetic and ARR routines a bit. Adjusted timing of some TIA writes.)
• Improved games: digdug.bin and fantcvoy.bin -- Better graphics. nghtmare.bin and reactor.bin -- Stable.

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

Emerson Arcadia 2001 Emulator In Development Paul Robson (author of Gameboy 97 and several other emulators) has announced that he is now developing the first ever Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator. Click here for a screen shot. No release date is available as of yet.

Mac Virtual Gameboy ver 1.0.1 Released! John Stiles has released version 1.0.1 of his MacOS port of Virtual Gameboy. This release adds support for Appearance Manager and Navigation Services.

http://emulation.net/gameboy/index.html
 

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

Problems with Zophar's Domain Zophar's Domain will be temporarily down for a few days while Zophar relocates his emulation site to a new server (the URL will remain the same).

vMac/MacOS ver 0.1.9a Released! Richard Bannister has released version 0.1.9a of his MacOS port of vMac. Here's what's new:

• A few speed improvements and other miscellaneous fixes
• Navigation Services Support
• Source code is now included with the program

Sinclair QL Emulator Updated Jan Venema has just released QLAY version 0.88 - a Sinclair computer emulator for DOS, Linux and Windows. All three ports have been updated. Thanks to Cloy for the e-mail.

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

Two New Arcade Emulators Debut Tony Docherty has released two more emulators in his AMOAD (Arcade Machine on a Disk) series. The two new emulators are for Bomb Jack and Galaxian.

http://www.classicgaming.com/amoad/

SNEeSe Page Moves Slightly The new URL for SNEeSe is:

http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/baberuth/24/sneese.html
 

EMU News Service Closed for the Rest of Day I will be attending a conference out of town and this page will not be updated till sometime tomorrow. During this time, my e-mail account will be turned off. Thanks. - Jim

Callus ver 0.42 Released! Bloodlust has released version 0.42 of Callus! Here's what's new:

• QSound games run with z80 disabled
• Saved callus95 video settings
• Street Fighter 2 Rainbow Edition support (sf2rb)
• Slammasters crashes a bit less often
• Fixed Dynasty Wars layer priority
• Fixed Muscle Bomber Duo copy protection

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

Atari 800 Source Code Updated Petr Stehlik has released another new version of his Atari800 emulator source code. The new version is now 0.9.7b.

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

SPCPlay ver 0.200 Released zsKnight and _Demo_  has just released a new version of SPCPlay, their Super Nintendo ROM utility.

http://zophar.malicia.com/zsnes/archive.htm
 

SNES9x ver 1.01 for Mac Released! John Stiles has just released a new version of his MacOS port of SNES9x:

"SNES9X has been updated to version 1.0.1! This version features mouse support, TV mode, support for GZ-compressed ROMs, and in-game freeze and defrost. This version is definitely worth the download.

- John Stiles

Thanks to Reed L. for the e-mail.

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

Fusion-PC ver 1.1 Released! Only yesterday, Microcode Solutions released the PC port of Fusion. Today, they issue the inevitable "point-one" release. Here's what's new in version 1.1:

• Corrected a memory allocation problem that sometimes displayed garbage characters when quitting the emulation
• Fixed a few cosmetic problems with the SETUP program
• Added the ROMUTIL program that was left out in the v1.0 release.
• A couple of other minor internal fixes/changes

http://www.microcode-solutions.com/

MAME32 Beta 6 Released! The Windows 95 port of MAME has been updated to version 0.33 beta 6 (19 new games!). Thanks to John H. for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/7110/mame32.htm

PSEmu Progress Report Tratax who is now the sole author of PSEmu has updated his webpage with the latest information on the status of his Playstation emulator. First, he confirms that there will be no more DOS versions - only 32-bit Windows releases. Second, the Windows-only release of PSEmu (now called PSEmu Pro) is progressing along. A non-public beta should be out sometime in July with a public release hopefully in August:

"... I do expect a beta release to all beta testers around the end of July. A public version should be out in August.

"This version will be released with a Direct3D driver for graphics emulation, and possibly a 3dfx GLIDE driver. In this age of 3D accelerator cards, it is a waste to use *any* CPU power for graphics rendering. The CPU already has enough to do with R3000 and GTE emulation.

"For playable PSX emulation, get yourself a good graphics card (Voodoo1, Voodoo2, Riva128, i740 or any of the new accelerator cards should do) and a Pentium 2 or K6-2."

For the complete announcement, click here.

VPCE/Unix ver 0.3d Released! Osamu Kurati has released a new version of his Unix port of Virtual PC Engine, a TurboGrafx 16 (aka PC Engine) emulator. This new release adds IPS patch support.

http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/vanthal/10/index.html

More MESS News The MESS development team has made two important announcements today. First, MESS has been ported to Sun Solaris (a Unix variant). This is the 5th platform MESS is now available for. Second, Atari 5200 support will be added for the next release.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

Replay+ ver 1.00 Released! Kevin Brisley has released Replay+ version 1.00! (multi-arcade emulator for DOS and Linux):

"I've just released Replay+ v1.00 (my multi-arcade emulator).  There are binary distributions for DOS and Linux as well as a developer distribution with source code, an integrated debugger, etc."

- Kevin Brisley
Author of Replay and Replay+

From the documentation, here's a summary of what's new:

• Game Save/Load
• Screen rotation
• Dip Switch saving
• Global/Local key configuration & saving
• Global/Local joystick configuration & saving
• 16/24 Bit Unix/X support (albeit slow at the moment)
• Joystick support in Linux
• Movie Capture and Playback
• Network Support
• Perfect colors in Bump'n'Jump
• Implemented mirror video in Burgertime
• Developer version includes source code, and an integrated debugger
• Supports game drivers as shared libraries in Unix. No need to link all games into the executable. Allows you to delete drivers you don't want and add drivers without recompiling the executable.
• Sound support in Linux
• AY-3-8910 support for sound in Burgertime, Bump'n'Jump, Amidar
• Sound support in Super Pac-Man
• YM2203 support for future Robocop support
• Robocop support (Pirate ROM set)
• Lock'n'Chase support
• More, More, More...

http://www.icomm.ca/replay/

SNEqr ver 0.340 Released! Qwertie has release SNEqr version 0.340, his Super Nintendo emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• DOS4GW stub replaced with PMODEW
• Another important part of the screen renderer has been converted to Pentium-optimized assembly language
• CPU core optimized somewhat
• Improved Mode 7 emulation
• Fixed bug with Indirect HDMA
• Obscure CPU bug fixed
• Wait for retrace/Leading Edge options enabled in GUI
• Revised algorithm for BG rendering; the new version is less memory-intensive and faster than before
• Auto-backtrack system revised
• SNEqr now remembers when you turn off Show FPS so you can turn it off permanently.
• Fade-out added to GUI.
• Config-file option added: AskB4Exit.  Set to 0 if you don't want the annoying quit-confirmation message.
• Quit-confirmation dialog now appears when you press ESC to exit.

http://www.sixtyfour.com/qwertie/sneqr/index.html

Atari 800 Source Code Updated Petr Stehlik has released a new version of the source code to his DOS port of the Atari800 emulator. The new version is now 0.9.7a.

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

HU6280 Adds Sound Support! Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have just released a new version of HU6280. The big news here is that for the first time HU6280 supports sound! This is still preliminary (you'll need a fast PC). Also, Jam Sponge is looking for some help with sound coding, especially anyone who has ported the Allegro sound streaming routines for use with Watcom C. If you can help, click here to send Jam Sponge e-mail.

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

Fusion for PC Released! One of the more eagerly awaited emulator releases is upon us. Microcode Solutions has just released the PC port of Fusion, their Macintosh emulator.

"Microcode Solutions is please to announce that FUSION for the PC has been officially released. You can download a demo version from our web site."

- Jim Drew
Microcode Solutions

Here's Fusion-PC's feature list:

• Works on all PC compatible machines with a 486 or higher CPU
• Supports all Macintosh operating systems (6.x through 8.x)
• On the fly resolution switching (System 7.5.0 or later required)
• Supports 16, 256, "thousands", & "millions" modes (based on video hardware ability)
• Stereo audio via SoundBlaster and compatible audio cards
• Support for up to 10 virtual Macintosh devices, including hardfiles and virtual floppy drives
• Built-in CD-ROM support (requires MSCDEX)
• Direct SCSI access through any PC compatible SCSI controller (requires ASPI manager)
• Modem and printer support through any PC serial or parallel port
• Support for Macintosh serial devices, such as graphic tablets & digitizers
• Support for accessing PC drives from the Macintosh desktop
• Custom FPU routines for high performance floating point operations
• 100% hand optimized x86 assembly language for best possible performance
• Support for 512K, and 1MB Macintosh ROM images
• Easy to use, self-configuring user interface
• Includes software for capturing ROM images from a real Macintosh machine
• Includes software for reading/writing Macintosh disk images for use with the emulation

http://www.microcode-solutions.com/

System 16 Adds New Game The authors of System 16 have just added support for a new game, Sega's Fantasy Zone. And more good news, the System 16 webpage will stay online. A few weeks ago, Thierry Lescot announced that he was closing the System 16 webpage. Today, Nao made this announcement:

"Good news, this site will be *NOT* closed soon, the emulator binaries will be back when the next version is available, in the wait, take a look to the new screen shots from Fantasy Zone!"

Not only that, the debut release of System 16 for Windows 95 is due by the end of June.

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

SNEmul ver 0.78 Released! Archeide and v0x have released SNEmul version 0.78 (for DOS). Here's what's new:

• Now the GUI can be used entirely with the keyboard.
• Many bugs fixed/improvements in the GUI
• Added the possibility to display the game in the background
• Fixed some bugs in 8 bits mode
• Fixed a bug in sound DSP. Now Secret Of Evermore works
• Fixed another bug in horizontal scrolling
• Fixed a bug when words were read from the ports
• Optimized the CPU a bit
• Fixed a bug in transparency effects
• Added fast 8192 colors effects for subscreen/mainscreen add/sub
• Fixed/implemented Full Screen increment (now Final Fantasy Mystic Quest looks better)
• Fixed a bug in SPC700 (now Terranigma works)
• Fixed a bug in HDMA
• Implemented TCALL SPC700 instruction
• Fixed another bug in old joypad reading method
• Optimized 32768 colors effects for fixed color add/sub
• Sidewinder and GamePad pro support
• SNEmul used the new Allegro 3.0+WIP.
• Other bugs fixed

http://www.mygale.org/09/cassiop/

PowerST 0.1 and NoSTalgia 0.52 Released! Philippe Gérin has released not one, but two emulators today! The first is an update to NoSTalgia, an Atari ST emulator for Macs.

Here's what's new in NoSTalgia version 0.52:

• NoSTalgia 0.52 runs MagiC, the multitasking OS for the ST
• Better speed control
• Better mouse handling
• Extended Bus Error and Address error detection
• Real Time clock
• Bugs corrections

• Up to 3 times faster (using the Asgard 68000 asm engine), it runs the Gem Desktop at full speed on any PowerMacintosh
• Up to 14Mb of ST RAM
• Support of TOS 1.0, 1.2, 1.4
• Midi In/Out
• Hard disk
• Shifter, Mfp, Keyboard, Joystick, FDC, PSG,... from NoSTalgia 0.5

MESS Progress Report According to the official MESS webpage, the next release will also have support for Apple ][. This will bring up the total of supported systems to eight. No release date is known as of yet.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

Win64 ver 0.40 Released! Ralph Mason has released Win64 version 0.40. Unfortunately, I don't know what's new in this release. In any case, Win64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows 95. Thanks to Kay for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6558/win64.htm

TrueReality ver 0.1.0 Released! Niki Waibel has released a new version of TrueReality. The big news here is that TrueReality now runs Firedemo on Linux. For the download and a screenshot:

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

MESS Ported to Amiga! Mats Eirik Hansen (author of the Amiga port of MESS) has just released an Amiga port of MESS. For those that don't know, MESS is a multi-system emulator. So far MESS supports the NES, Genesis, ColecoVision, Color Genie and TRS-80. On the way are drivers for the Vectrex and the Atari 800. Thanks to Stephen L. for the e-mail.

http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~matsha/projects.html

MAME for Amiga ver 0.33.5 Released! Mats Eirik Hansen has updated the Amiga port of MAME. Four versions are available: 68030, 68040, 68060 and PowerUP card. Thanks to Stephen L. for the e-mail.

http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~matsha/projects.html

BrSMS ver 1.10 Released Ricardo Bittencourt has released a minor update to BrSMS. Version 1.10 adds limited support for line interrupts so games like Psychic World are now fully playable.

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

BrSMS is a Sega Master System emulator for DOS.

I-Robot Adds Sound Support John Manfreda has released version 0.98 of his I-Robot emulator. The big news here is that it now supports sound. Also new is the ability for I-Robot to save settings to the Windows registry as well as some bugfixes to get rid some graphics flickering

http://purplesky.simplenet.com/emucamp/softs/irobot/

Ultra Updates Thierry Imbert has updated two of his Ultra-series front ends. UltraCallus adds support for zipped ROMs and support for Callus 0.41's new options. Likewise, UltraSystem16 has Zip support as well as many bug fixes.

http://www.mygale.org/~bkg97/
 

TG16 Debugger Debuts Jam Sponge, author of HU6280, has just released a new TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine debugger. Features include:

• Single stepping
• Frame stepping
• VRAM/RAM dumping
• Breakpoints

• Seven Cities of Gold works fine now
• Built with MFC dynamically linked instead of statically. This makes the exe much smaller.
• Last directory for disk images is remembered even when using ctrl-F1, ctrl-F2, etc. Drives selected with ctrl-F? are saved in registry.
• Keyboard joystick can be configured to automatically release when key is released. This setting is saved between sessions.
• Using relative pathnames for OS images will no longer confuse dialogs
• Bad ROM paths/names will show a specific dialog about the failed file and will not cause two boot failures in a row.
• Remaining inconsistencies in graphics/hardware dialogs are gone, and the behavior of the graphics dialog is slightly different to be less confusing
• Failure to boot (bad ROMs) several times in a row won't get Atari800Win stuck at a black screen, or leave the hardware dialog up.
• If individual registry keys are missing/corrupt, they will be replaced with reasonable defaults so booting proceeds normally next time.
• Fixed a problem that could cause the small dialogs used for graphics selection in 320xXXX modes to not actually switch until Alt-Enter was hit.
• Windowed modes now clip the extraneous overscan area like other versions
• 2X stretched non-directdraw window modes are now much faster, but unless you have an AGP graphics card, will almost certainly cause your sound to break up.
• Window/Full screen state changes with alt-enter are saved to registry
• All strings moved into the string table. This means Atari800Win should now be VERY easy to translate to other languages.
• The "dont show" flag works for the joystick dialog.
• Added a "Clear all settings" menu entry under the "Misc" menu. Basically resets everything to first-run defaults.
• Fiddled around reducing code size, got it below 200K with dynamic MFC.
• Fixed annoying DirectInput acquire bug
• Added support for four joysticks (but not tested)
• When saving the sound to a file, it is now automatically saved in WAV format (audio format is PCM, 8bit/mono, at whatever the sample rate is).
• Further refined the joystick read routines to avoid 8-bit programs that are pounding on the joystick ports with reads
• Fixed a bug that occurred when setting the sound volume to 100%
• The DirectDraw object is released when transiting modes, so if you start full screen, then go to GDI window, you can run another DirectDraw app without conflicts.
• Bad screen dimensions fixed when going from DirectDraw stretched window to a full screen mode via Alt-Enter
• Fixe timer bug; also decreased the frequency of refresh for the speed % window, and put it back to an integer percentage.
• Changed the way screen refresh works when skipping some updates, so that Atari800Win doesn't suffer any loss of emulation accuracy when skipping frames.

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

NeoRAGE ver 1.0015 Released! Anders Nilsson and Janne Korpela has just released a brand new version of NeoRAGE, their Neo Geo emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• Screen capture
• Support for more of the big and newer games. Goal Goal Goal, Galaxy Fight & Samurai Showdown. But Pulstar have still problem in Stage 2-4
• Metal Slug fix (no reset on level 2)
• VGA bug fix
• No crash if not VBE2.0 detected
• Keyboard bugfix

http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-50884/emulator/rage.htm

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

DTmnt ver 0.41 Released! Dave has just released DTmnt version 0.41. Today's release improves DTmnt's sound emulation, including added support for playing samples. Thanks to LBSpawn for the e-mail.

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

C.A.G.E. ver 1.07 Released! Larry Bank has just released version 1.07 of C.A.G.E. (multi-arcade game emulator for Windows 95). Here's what's new:

• Improved timing and sound support
• Zipped ROM support
• Joystick support in ALL games
• Hiscore and State load/save in most games (works well)
• Tweaked CPU emulation cores for faster performance
• New game: Galaxian

SNESKey 1.62 and SNESKey9x Beta 3 Released Benji York has updated his SNES/emulation utilities.  They allow the use of console controllers (NES, SNES, Genesis, etc.) with a PC. It also includes drivers for Gravis Game Pad Pro and MS Sidewinder PC controllers.

http://www.csc.tntech.edu/~jbyork

GBE Progress Report Jim Geffre has just made an announcement on his Gameboy emulator (for DOS). Things are going well. A number of bugs have been squashed and he has rewritten the interrupt and timing routines. GBE now runs more games than ever and a new release should be out within the next couple weeks or so:

"For the past few days, I've been working on improving the compatibility of GBE. As it turned out, version 0.30 was full of bugs due to changes in the CPU emulation code. However, I've managed to fix most of those bugs, and coupled with new interrupt and timing code, I've reached a higher level of compatibility than ever before. In fact, from the games I've tested, I believe it compares favorably with any other Gameboy emulator. If anyone is willing to due bug testing on large quantities of GB games, don't hesitate to send me an email and I will send the most recent beta version of GBE.

"I now plan on fixing a few bugs in the SGB code, and after that, will work on expanding the SGB support. I hope to complete SGB emulation within two weeks and release a new version at that point."

- Jim Geffre
Author of GBE

JFF ver 0.14 Released! Roberto Ventura has released version 0.14 of  his Just-For-Fun (JFF) arcade game emulator. This new release adds support for Psychic 5 and fixes a bug that caused JFF to crash when playing Ninja Kid 2.

http://www.classicgaming.com/freeplay/
 

HU6280 ver 1.07 Released Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have updated HU6280 to version 1.07 beta - the second release of the day. HU6280 should now run Air Zonk and Dinosaur Egg. Also, a bug in the IRQ emulation has been squashed. HU6280 is a TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine) emulator for DOS.

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

New DTmnt Adds Sound Support! Dave has just released a new version of DTmnt. Version 0.40 adds sound emulation and has better joystick support. Thanks to m.p.o. for the e-mail.

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

HU6280 ver 1.05 Released Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have just released HU6280 version 1.05 beta. Today's release fixes a graphics corruption bug in Burning Angels.

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

TrueReality for Mac Updated Richard F. Bannister has updated his Macintosh port of Niki Waibel's Nintendo 64 emulator.

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

New PlayStation Emulator Debuts RaskY and mOoNsHaDo have released a the first alpha of a new Playstation emulator they've been working on. Called PSyKe, it does not feature CD-ROM emulation and cannot running any commercial games. PSyKe runs on Windows 95 and requires DirectX 5.

http://www.nayma.com/psyke/

N64 Emulator Now Runs Demo! Niki Waibel has released a new version of TrueReality. For the first time, TrueReality can partially run a demo, namely FIREDEMO. TrueReality is a Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix. A Macintosh port has also begun (See previous news story for info on the Mac port).

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

BrSMS ver 1.9 Released Ricardo Bittencourt has released BrSMS 1.9. Here's what's new:

• Fixed a bug in the sound engine, now the voice is working again.
• Fixed a minor bug in the memory dump of the debugger
• Added two new commands to the debugger (F7/F8, "step into" and "step over")

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

BrMSX ver 1.134 Released Ricardo Bittencourt has issued a relatively minor update to his MSX computer emulator for DOS. Here's what's new in version 1.134:

• Fixed a problem in the mapper manager, now "Super Laydock" works again.
• Fixed a minor bug in the memory dump of debugger
• Added two new commands to the debugger, F7 and F8, "step into" and "step over".

vMac ver 0.1.9.5 for Windows Released The vMac development team has released a new version of vMac for Windows 95. The current release is now version 0.1.9.5. vMac is a Macintosh emulator for many platforms including DOS, Unix and OS/2. For more information and the download:

http://leb.net/vmac/

z26 ver 1.05 Released! John Saeger has just released a new version of his Atari 2600 emulator for DOS. Here's what's new in version 1.05:

• Further improvement to the CPU emulation.
• More games now play better (Amidar and Empire Strikes Back)

Callus ver 0.41b Released! Bloodlust has released version 0.41b of Callus. Here's what's new:

• 400x300 tweaked mode (maybe not very compatible)
• 16-bit SB output via 8-bit dma
• Fixed minor start/coin input bug
• Fixed DOS 8-bit QSound output (typo)

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

New Multi-Computer Emulator Debuts! Paul Hodgson has released a brand new emulator called Multi-machine. Currently, it emulates CPC/CPC+, Spectrum, Zx80/81, Jupiter Ace and the Enterprise. Although the version number is 1.30, it should be considered a beta as some features are missing or don't work. Multi-machine runs under Windows 95 and requires DirectX.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/4428/

MAME for RISC OS Updated Gareth Long has released the latest beta (number 6) for the RISC OS version of MAME. Download it from:

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

MO5/MacOS 2.0.4 Released! Richard F. Bannister has released a new version of his MacOS port of MO5. Here's what's new in version 2.0.4:

• Added the ability to save RAM Images. These are automatically compressed using ZLIB so they take up as little disk space as possible.
• The window is now greyed out when inactive.
• A few more speed optimizations here and there. When the speed limiter is removed, the emulation now reaches 100fps on my humble PowerPC 603/100.
• Removed the debugger code which wasn't used anyway in the Mac port.
• The program is now shareware.
• Corrected a number of issues where the emulator could quit without warning - in particular if you ran it from a locked volume like a CD-ROM.
• This new version requires 500K less memory than the previous releases.
• Corrected lots of spelling mistakes in the English manual.
• Added support for Navigation Services.

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

Rockulator++ Has Moved The new URL is:

http://home.mpinet.net/blevine/

Final Fantasy V English Translation 1.0 RPGe has released version 1.0 of their Final Fantasy V Translation Patch. This new release features a completed script as well as the a fully translated ending.

http://fx.ml.org/rpge/ff5.html

MAME Beta 6 For Unix! Hans De Goede has released X-Mame version 0.33 Beta 6. You can download it from:

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

DTmnt ver 0.37 Released! Dave has released a new version of his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator. DTmnt version 0.37 fixes a bug that resulted blank screens on some computers. Thanks to Christopher F for the e-mail.

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

Callus ver 0.41 Released! Bloodlust has released version 0.41 of Callus - for both DOS and Windows. Here's what's new:

• Japanese Magic Sword support (mswordj)
• Japanese Daimakaimura support (gngj)
• Japanese Muscle Bomber Duo support (mbomberj)
• Z80 CPU skipping
• ABC and XYZ button mappings
• RLE compressed state files
• 'qvol' option
• Automatic MMX detection
• Better input device remapping
• ROM loading from ZIP files
• Stereo output for QSound games (-stereo on/off)
• QSound emulation
• Kabuki Z80 decryption

http://www.maelstrom.net/callus/
 

TrueReality Mac Port Begun Niki Waibel's TrueReality is being ported to the Macintosh. This emulator is in the very early stages of development. Only the CPU is emulated, so no games play (or even load) at this point. If you're interested, you can download it from:

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

TrueReality is a Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix.

Arcade Links Page Updated The arcade links page has been updated by a new maintainer, XiP. Scott (the last arcade page maintainer) has been officially relieved of his duties.

MacMAME ver 0.33 Beta 6 Is Out! Brad Oliver has release MacMAME 0.33 beta 6! This release bring the Macintosh port in sync with the DOS version, plus:

• Fixed a bug in the PPC 68000 core which caused Alien Syndrome and Sega Tetris to never start up.
• Games which can use 16-bit color depths are forced to use them. This is a temporary change, probably for this release only. The net effect is that these games will appear slower if you have the "Use 16-bit color" checkbox unchecked.

DTmnt ver 0.36 Released! Yes, another update. This time Dave has replaced the 68000 CPU core (written in C) with StarScream (written in assembler). This should make DTmnt much faster than before. Thanks to Whoop Zee for the e-mail.

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

DTmnt is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator for DOS.

BrSMS ver 1.8 Released! Ricardo Bittencourt has done it again. Two releases in one day; the first was BrMSX 1.133 and now BrSMS 1.8 has been released. Here's what's new:

• Fixed a vertical IRQ problem, now "Sonic 2" runs at correct speed.
• Fixed a problem in memory emulation, now "Spellcaster" fires to correct side and "Wonderboy 3" doesn't lock anymore.

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

BrMSX ver 1.133 Released! Ricardo Bittencourt has just released a brand new version of BrMSX. Here's what's new in version  1.133:

• Fixed a problem in memory emulation, this fixes many games, including "Phantis 2", "Mopiranger" and "Maze of Galious"
• Support for two cartridges at the same time. Try the combos "Nemesis"+"Twin Bee", "Nemesis 2"+"Penguin Adventure" and "Salamander"+"Nemesis 2" (required to see the good ending).
• New options "-roma" and "-romb" to select the MegaROM Mapper.
• Support to MegaROM Mapper #2 (Konami with SCC) and MegaROM Mapper #3 (Konami without SCC). They were included only for completeness, since the default Mapper #0 already runs most of these games.
• Support to MegaROM Mapper #5 (ASCII 16kb). Now you can run the original version of "Gall Force"!!! This Mapper also supports the cracked version of "Gall Force" and "Eggerland Mystery 2".
• Support to 80/1 (360kb) .DSK images, like "Elite".
• TURBO mode is even faster than before.
• Additions to debugger: Stack Dump and Advanced Info.

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

Breakpoint Leaves Project UnReality Startling news from the Project UnReality camp: effective immediately, Breakpoint (the main author of Project UnReality) has quit working on his Nintendo 64 emulator. Mike got a new job as a Nintendo 64 game developer (good for him) but he must drop his emulator as a result (bad for us). This leaves the entire Project UnReality project in doubt. Whether or not co-author Brian Gordon will continue it is not known at this time.

Here's Mike's complete announcement:

"Is it time to start Project UnReality back up?  Well, no, not exactly. In fact, I have to stop work on it.  To sum it up, I've been offered a position by a company (which will go unnamed) to develop games. Since this company develops games for the Nintendo 64, it is in my offer letter to terminate work on Project UnReality since I will have access to proprietary information.  Feasibly, I could continue work on it up till the date-of-hire, but it's better if I just stop now.

"I now leave Project UnReality in the hands of Brian Gordon... what he plans to do with it, I don't know.  He doesn't have an email address, so don't try to get a hold of him.  I'm sure he'll inform me of his plans when he decides on them, so I'll post the news here once I hear it.  On another note, I have removed my email address as well, since it's kind-of pointless to continue to answer emails after I've stopped.

"Since I also have to leave BlackBag (and this site is provided at the grace of datawiz), I don't foresee it being around much longer.  But maybe datawiz won't mind keeping it here long enough for me to get the news out to everyone...

"That's it for now... again, I'll post the news about Project UnReality's future once I know about it."

- Mike Tedder (Breakpoint)
Former Author of Project UnReality

Good luck and best wishes go out to Mike with his new job and all his future endeavors.

Thanks to Brandon G. for the e-mail.

http://projunreality.blackbag.org/n64emu.html
 

The Latest On Retrocade The Retrocade page has been updated with the latest news on Retrocade. Things are going well and there could be a public release in as little as 2 weeks, although more likely it will take 3-4 weeks. Many bugs have been fixed and they're now concentrating on the GUI.

Here's the full text of their announcement:

"We've been in beta now since June 1st, and are now at beta 5. All of the major crash & burn bugs are gone, and Retrocade is getting REALLY solid. We now have emulated speech in Sinistar (thanks to Zonn Moore), have made some massive speed improvements over our prior beta releases, and generally cleaned things up and made them much more efficient. Our preliminary GUI makes its debut in beta 5.

"The GUI needs to be completed before Retrocade can be released. It contains all of the game selection, favorites selection, game/dip switch settings, and controller configuration screens, and can't be released until that's finished and all the bugs are out of it. A release could come as early as 2 weeks from now, but more realistically will take another 3-4 to get things ship-shape and ready for release."

http://www.retrocade.com/status.html

AMAME/PMAME Updated Rodimus Prime has updated his CPU-optimized versions of MAME to keep up with the new beta released earlier today.

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

GBE ver 0.30 Released! Jim Geffre has released version 0.30 of GBE, his Gameboy emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• Major rework of CPU flag emulation (This fixed Final Fantasy Adventure, Darkwing Duck, Kid Niki, F1-Race, and others.)
• Partial Super Gameboy support
• Added an integrated debugger
• Added two new video modes, both 256*256*256, one with scanlines
• Various bug fixes (Fortress of Fear, Daedalian Opus, Zoop, Alfred Chicken, and several others)
• Added correct CPU cycle counts
• External saves for various configuration flags
• Improved LCD emulation (sprite on/off bit, Taz Mania
• Two screenshot sizes to accomodate SGB and non-SGB compatible games
• Fileloader now allows for directory changes

EMIX ver 1.0 Beta Released Daniel Andrade and Marcus Pereira have released a new beta of EMIX (MIX emulator for DOS). Here's what's new in version 1.0 Beta:

• Fixed minor GUI and emulation bugs
• Now EMIX detects file errors
• Implemented the Run option in the Debug Console

http://members.tripod.com/~dandrade/

New TrueReality Released Niki Waibel has updated his Nintendo 64 emulator. This release should be easier to port. TrueReality is a Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix.

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

MESS To Add Support for Atari 800 Juergen Buchmueller has submitted a preliminary MESS driver for the Atari 800 home computer. This is the 7th system to be emulated by MESS. Atari 800 support will probably be in version 0.2 which is not yet available.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

Mac SNES9x ver 1.0 Released! John Stiles has released version 1.0 of his Macintosh port of SNES9x:

"This release offers amazing emulation quality and performance, when compared to any other SNES emulator available today. The new team has truly done miracles."

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

NeoRAGE ver 0.0010 Released! Anders Nilsson and Janne Korpela have just released a brand new version of NeoRAGE. Here's what's new in version 0.0010:

• Joystick support (-j)
• Vesa hi-color support 320x240 (default)
• 640x480 with scanlines (-s)
• Support for many of the big and newer games
• Autoframeskip
• No sound

The official webpage appears to be down at this moment, but you can click here to download NeoRAGE 0.0010 directly from EMU News Service.

DTmnt ver 0.35 Released! Dave has released DTmnt version 0.35. Today's release speeds up the sprite routines considerably. Thanks to Tom K for the e-mail.

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

DTmnt is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator for DOS.

PC Atari ver 2.1 Released! John Dullea has updated his formally discontinued Atari 2600 emulator. Here's what's new in version 2.1:

• Ability to capture the screen to Windows .BMP files
• Ability to save a game in progress to disk and restore it later
• Vastly improved sound using revamped sound code (XMS is no longer necessary).
• Emulation of Pitfall II music is much more accurate, no longer using FM synthesis but instead attempting to generate the correct waveforms digitally
• Minor graphics engine bugfixes
• If a file is missing or there are no game files in the target directory, the emulator exits gracefully and displays an error message
• Compiler run-time library problems relating to ultra-fast PC's (300MHz+) have been fixed
• Updated joystick code that might help with faster machines
• Sound cards set at DMA 0 to 3 now work properly
• In the debugger, hitting the "-" (minus) key toggles display of a hack mark showing the current scan line when the game screen has been displayed with the space bar.

New M.A.M.E. Beta Adds 19 New Games! The MAME development team has released 0.33 Beta 6! Nineteen new games have been added bringing the total number of supported games to 601! The nineteen new games are:

• Nova 2001
• Super Bond
• Avalanche
• Gladiator
• Lazer Command
• Dead Eye
• Gypsy Juggler (preliminary)
• Fax
• Heli Fire
• Space Fever
• Birdie King 2 (preliminary)
• TMNT (Japanese, 2 Players USA, 2 Players Japanese)
• Fighting Fantasy
• 1941 (Japanese)
• Nemo (Japanese)
• Ghouls'n Ghosts (Japanese)
• Magic Sword (Japanese)
• 1942 (alternate)

http://www.classicgaming.com/freeplay/

Atmosperical Heights Part II Bad news for Atmospherical Heights fans: John den Hartog will not be bringing back his emulation website. While he will be making a comeback of sorts, his new website will not be emulation related. Click here to read the full story.
 

More SNES9x Releases! The SNES9x team has released 3(!) new versions of SNES9x! The first two are the Unix ports: Linux(i386) and SunOS (Sparc). These catch up with the DOS and Macintosh ports (see previous news stories for the list of features). And finally, SNES9x ver 1.01a for DOS is also out. This is a minor update with better joystick support:

"This is a minor update only and only concerns people which have problems with their four, six or eight button joystick. If you are experiencing other joystick/control problems, you might want to try out this version too."

You can download them from any of these three (official) SNES9x sites. If one doesn't work try the next. If none work, let me know and I'll post a local copy.

http://www.euronet.nl/users/jkoot

http://snes9x.fraggle.net/

http://www2.uk.defiant.org/snes9x

z26 ver 1.04 Released! John Saeger has released a new version of z26, his Atari 2600 emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

"Improved CPU emulation based in part on 6510core.c by Ettore Perazzoli. In particular, decimal arithmetic works much better now, and we support all of the CPU's undocumented instructions. 6510core.c is part of the VICE Commodore 64 emulator."

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

HU6280 ver 1.04 Beta Released! Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have released HU6280 version 1.04. Here's what's new:

• Added frameskip
• Added gamepadpro support
• Added some proper options to the command line (see readme.txt)

SNES9x for DOS Released Part II I've uploaded the DOS binaries for SNES9x to EMU News Service so if you had trouble trying to connect to the official webpage, you can also download them here:

Download SNES9x 0.96 (GUI)
Download SNES9x 1.00 (No GUI)

Hit #8,000,000 Congratulations to Devastator for becoming EMU News Service's eight millionth hit.
 

Handy for Mac Updated! Richard Bannister has released Handy/MacOS 0.4b5. This release adds ZLIB support and several bug fixes.

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

SNES9x for DOS Released! As promised, the new SNES9x for DOS is out! And now there are two versions, one with a GUI and one without. Here's what's new:

• SuperFX support, needed for Yoshi's Island, StarFox, StuntRace FX and Vortex.
• Sound digital FIR filter and echo.
• Sound pitch modulation.
• Mouse & multi-tap support.
• 8-bit and 16-bit colour screen modes.
• Transparency (screen addition and screen subtraction).
• Offset-per-tile, needed for Tetris Attack, Puzzle Bobble, etc.
• Hi-RES and interlaced screen modes.
• Improved ROM detection routines.
• Lots & lots of bugfixes

http://www.euronet.nl/users/jkoot

http://snes9x.fraggle.net/

http://www2.uk.defiant.org/snes9x

DTmnt ver 0.34 Released! Dave has released DTmnt version 0.34. Here's what's new:

• All kinds of Joystick and mouse support
• Redefinable keys and joystick buttons
• Four-player simultaneous now possible
• F12 toggles emulator keys on/off (useful if your keys cover the whole keyboard)
• Slowed down the theme music a bit
• Frames per second counter

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

HU6280 Adds Sidewinder Support! Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have released HU6280 version 1.02 Beta. This new version adds support for Microsoft Sidewinder.

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

A/NES ver 0.99.11b Released! Morgan Johansson and Fredrik Schultz have just released a new version of their Nintendo emulator for Amiga. Here's what's new in A/NES v0.99.11b:

• Changed the memory-monitor
• Optimized the graphics-engine
• Primitive vs. Unisystem support
• Small mapper 3 fixes
• Bugfixed mapper 22/23
• Added fwMapper66

Zophar's Domain Has Moved The new URL is:

http://zophar.net

Handy ver 0.41 Released! A few months ago, Keith Wilkins dropped his Atari Lynx emulator but released the source code so that others can continue his work. Today, a new author (Snubber) has released a new version of Handy. Version 0.41 is a minor update, but it does concentrate on improving Handy's speed.

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/7452/

Handy is an Atari Lynx emulator for Windows 95.

DTmnt ver 0.33 Released! Dave has released DTmnt version 0.33. This release fixes a bug in the sprites routines. DTmnt is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator for DOS. Thanks to Lee for the e-mail.

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

Mac Port of ColEm 1.0 Released! John Stiles has released the Macintosh port of ColEm, a ColecoVision emulator:

"This version fixes several games which experienced problems with previous versions of ColEm, makes video generation more accurate, and supports Navigation Services."

http://emulation.net/coleco/index.html
 

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

EMU FAQ Has Moved The new URL is:

http://www.vgernet.net/wacko/emulator/faq/

XTender2 Beta-3 Released! John Carlo Delhez has released the third beta of his XTender2. There are a few bugfixes as well as improvements to the screen emulation. XTender2 is a ZX81 computer emulator for DOS. Thanks to Francis B. for the e-mail.

http://www.delhez.demon.nl/

Atmospherical Heights To Make Comeback? It appears as though John den Hartog may be bringing back Atmospherical Heights, his long standing but now defunct arcade emulation webpage. Today he updated his website with this simple remark:

"Within a few days I will begin rebuilding these pages. Until then, check out the remains."

Thanks to Gerald G for the e-mail.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~delite/

Thierry Lescot Interviewed JoseQ had done an interview with Thierry Lescot (of System 16 fame):

http://www.emuviews.com/news/news-12051998142358.html

New TMNT Updated! Dave has already updated his brand new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator - several times today, in fact. As of this writing the current version is 0.31 with 0.32 on the way. So far, he's added some sound support (only the theme music) and fixed a couple bugs in the timing routines and graphics. You can check it out at:

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

Penix ver 0.2 Released! Jason Lutz and Craig Clayton have released version 0.2 of Penix. Penix is a Phoenix arcade game emulator for DOS. This new release has an improved CPU core and better graphics routines. Linux and Windows 95 releases are also on their way.

http://www.spis.net/penix/

New TMNT Emulator Debuts! Dave has written a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator for DOS. This is brand new, and according to the author it is faster than than M.A.M.E. or TMNTemu, but there is no sound as of yet. You can download if from:

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

New TrueReality Released! Niki Waibel has updated his Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix called TrueReality. For more information and the download, visit:

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

This was Drew's second stint with EMU News Service. He first joined us last year and was instrumental in helping us organize our Arcade, Computer and Console Links pages. Drew left to focus more on school and then returned when an opening popped up for the Console Links Page Maintainer. We at EMU News Service wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavors.

Important System 16 News There's a few things to report here. First the good news. System 16 now supports Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars and support for Euro League is also being worked on. Now for the bad news. Thierry Lescot is quitting the project and the System 16 webpage will be closing down. Li Jih Hwa might continue with the DOS port, but for now, we don't know for sure. Either way, the Windows 95 port (not yet released) will continue on.

Here's the full text of Thierry's announcement:

"It's the last update of these pages, this site will be down soon, I leave the project for ever. I hope Nao will continue a DOS port but it's not sure. The Windows 95 version continues and will contains the announced games but I don't know when it will be released! Bye and thanks to all users that supported me and my efforts!"

Finally, you can check out screenshots of System 16 playing Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars:

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

Boycott ver 0.40 Released! Gollum has released Boycott version 0.40, his gameboy emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• Added a timer to evaluate Boycott emulation speed by measuring Frames Per Second and Instructions Per Second
• New default screen (default.pcx) smaller
• New skin (smaller) pack in .pcx (old .ski do not work
• anymore)
• PCX loading added (skins)
• Parameter added to disable joystick detection
• Optimize BG Displaying (11% faster)
• Fixes command line parser (parameters)
• Optimize some Z80 instructions
• Fix 32Ko batteries saving
• New memory engine
• Optimize RAM bank switching (faster now)
• Optimize ROM bank switching (faster now)

SNES9x Page Updated Jerremy Koot has updated his webpage to say that the new version of SNES9x for DOS will be out before Monday, possibly sooner:

"As you all probably noticed another delay, hopefully the last, there were some problems with the GUI of the DOS version, but there will be a new DOS version before Monday, either with or without GUI and that's a promise! The source will also be released within two weeks from now (11-06-1998). The Windows version isn't ready yet, I haven't been swimming in the free time, so I just haven't had time to work on it."

http://www.euronet.nl/users/jkoot/snes9x/index.nj.htm

SNEmul for Linux Updated Archeide and v0x have released the Linux port of SNEmul version 0.73. Check Wednesday's news for the list of what's new.

http://www.mygale.org/09/cassiop/

ColEm ver 1.0 Released!  Marat Fayzullin has released his long-awaited update to his ColecoVision emulator. With this release, ColEm jumps from version 0.4 up to version 1.0. Here's what's new:

• Standardized Z80 emulation
• Standardized PSG emulation
• Soundtrack saved into .SND files
• Screen refresh done line-by-line
• Sprites are refreshed line-by-line
• Limit on sprites per line introduced
• General cleanup of the source code
• Rewritten documentation

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

HU6280 ver 0.001 Released Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have released HU6280 version 0.001 of HU6280. Today's release adds -v2 command line option (320x240 modex screen).

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

HU6280 is a Turbografx 16 (aka PC Engine) emulator for DOS.

New MacSloMo Released TJ Grant has updated his MacSloMo emulator to version 0.58, "Four!". Here's what's new:

• Astro Fighter/Astro Fighter (alternative) are now supported, but are not playable yet
• Centipedes and Millipedes drivers are no longer dependent on address  masking.
• Atari Tetris/Asteroids drivers are in the works.
• Pause and Display Character Set is broken, will fix soon.
• More redundant event code killed

http://inspired.netstreet.net/POC/
 
 

MacMAME ver 0.33 Beta 5 Released! Brad Oliver has just released his Macintosh port of MAME.

"It's in sync with the PC beta 5. Additionally, John Butler added some fixes which make the auditing work a little smoother for those people not using the Appearance Manager."

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

X-Mame ver 0.33 Beta 5 Released! Hans de Goede has released the Unix port of MAME version 0.33 Beta 5. This catches up the Unix port with the DOS release.

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

PMAME/AMAME Updated Rodimus Prime has updated his CPU-optimized versions of MAME:

"After what I have learned from Beta 4, a and b, the joystick code is now stable. This will be included in Beta 6, as I'm told. :) Official MAME release Beta 5 did not include the new code, but I have. Source changes are included in Joystick.zip. Use with Allegro May30 WIP,  if so desired."

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

SNEmul ver 0.73 Released Archeide and v0x have just released a new version of their SNES emulator for DOS.

"It's mainly a bugfix. But there is also a better joystick support and an experimental sprite/tile editor!"

Here's the complete list of what's new in version 0.73:

• Added sprites/tiles editor
• Better joystick support
• Fixed a bug in vertical scrolling that made some ROMs to crash
• Fixed VRAM read. Many gfx glitches removed...
• Added primitive dual window support
• 0.72 snapshot format was no more compatible with 0.6 format. That's fixed (although the  palette of old snapshots will be not restored correctly)

RetroVader 1.1 Released Matt Smith has issued the first update to his multi-arcade game emulator for DOS. Version 1.1 of RetroVader features support for the Seal audio system. You can now use your existing MAME sound samples with RetroVader.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/7269/

TrueReality Updated Niki Waibel has released a new version of his Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix. TrueReality "can now do graphical output on 'X-Windows' Unix based systems as well as having improved documentation on topics such as installation, a project diary, a to do list, a file list and information on how to submit code and additional help with the project."

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

Retrocade Progress Report According to Mike Cuddy (part of the Retrocade Alliance Corporation), the first public release of Retrocade will be released shortly - probably by the end of the month:

"So far, the beta test is going well, lots of weird bugs that didn't show up on any of the developers' systems are being squashed left and right.

"We are hoping for a release in another couple of weeks; sooner or later depending on how much work I get done on the user interface stuff :-)

"Be patient:  it's getting there."

- Mike Cuddy
Retrocade Team
 

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1296/winql.html

No$GMB ver 1.5b Released! Martin Korth has released a new version of his Gameboy emulator today. Here's what's new in version 1.5b:

• Cheatfix: ID7 byte (zen - intergalactic ninja)
• Gamegenie cheats: fix for pokes in rombanks 01..nn (zelda, etc, etc)
• Gamegenie cheats: inputbox shows internal performed poke (NNNN) NN->NN
• Emufix: rombanking ignores dirtbits (fifa96)
• emufix: bugfree initial 32K ram allocation (warioland2,furaino siren)
• ROM size: rom banking exceptions verify bank# against romsize in header
• ROM size: warning if incorrect (different to header specification)
• Fix for battery ram saving after loading a snapshot
• Fix for combination "graphix debug AND 3..6 machines AND hw swapping"
• Re-fix for int48 while lcd disabled (bartsimpson/campd)
• Re-fix for calling OS shell (with upper mem enabled)
• Re-fix for calling external dos editor (with upper mem enabled)
• Undo Run Function (writing to UNDO_RUN.SNA) can be disabled

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

MESS News The MESS development team has released the source code for the Unix port. You'll have to compile it yourself, but at least Unix people can try it out for themselves. Also, a Vectrex driver has been written, so expect MESS to add support for Vectrex games in the next release.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

MAME 0.33 Beta 5 Released! The MAME development team has released a new beta of MAME. Beta 5 adds many new games:

• Nemesis
• Konami GT (preliminary)
• Depth Charge
• Cosmic Alien
• Spiders
• Exerion (bootleg?)
• Last Duel (preliminary; the ROM set is incomplete)
• Mad Gear (preliminary; the ROM set is incomplete)
• Cobra Command
• Bowl-O-Rama
• 1941
• Nemo
• Sinistar (allegedly from a prototype machine that was displayed at the 1982 AMOA show in Las Vegas)
• Moon Alien Part 2
• Masao
• Satan of Saturn

http://classicgaming.com/freeplay/

Q-emuLator for Windows 95 Debuts! Yes, another brand new emulator is released today. This time it's a Sinclair QL computer emulator. Written by Daniele Terdina, Q-emuLator is partly based on the Macintosh program of the same name. Here's an excerpt from Daniele's announcement:

"Q-emuLator emulates the QL's 68008 processor, the QL's hardware (video, keyboard, sound, serial ports) and many QL add-ons (floppy disks, hard disk, more memory, support for non Sinclair ROMs, RAM disk, mouse, parallel ports) ... Q-emuLator can read and write to QL floppy disks, or access files on the Windows hard disk."

For more information and to download Q-emuLator version 1.0:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1296/winql.html

New KGen 98 Released! Steve Snake has just released a brand new version of KGen 98, his Sega Genesis emulator for DOS! Directly from the documentation, here's what's new in version 0.4 Beta:

• Various compatibility issues have been fixed. Surging Aura, MazinSaga, Dashin' Desperadoes now work correctly, to name but three.
• Improved ScanLines support. (VESA 2.0 ONLY). Should work on more video cards. Use at your own risk.
• Altered EUROPEAN mode. Previous versions only had full European support when in 50Hz mode. Note that music / sampled sounds will sound faster - This is due to emulating 1/50th Sec. of European Genesis in 1/60th Sec ! But this will fix the European games that only worked in 50Hz mode.
• Stopped LEFT & RIGHT or UP & DOWN being pressed at the same time. This can happen on a real Genesis with a worn pad, and programmers are SUPPOSED to make sure it won't affect their games.... But some people don't listen, apparently.
• Improved the File Requester Keyboard Shortcuts. You can now type a few letters within a short space of time, and it will jump to the first file starting with those letters. The current search string is displayed at the top of the file requester. Also, pressing SHIFT and a letter will jump directly to the Disk Drive of the same letter.
• Added 16-Bit Video Mode. (VESA 2.0 ONLY). This was ported from the now defunct KGen-X, and has been considerably rewritten to cope with the new Raster FX System. It is slower than the 8-Bit mode, but allows games that try to do more Palette Raster FX than the 8-Bit mode can cope with to function properly. Note that there are a few things left to do in this mode - for example, you cannot  currently save a ScreenShot when you are in 16-Bit mode, and the only Joypad modes that work in this mode are SLOW and SIDEWINDER.
• Various small changes to the GUI.
• Various cosmetic fixes.

New Gameboy Emulator Debuts! Matt Currie has released the first version of a new Gameboy emulator for DOS called KGB. There is no sound yet, but it does feature:

• CPU emulation
• Screen emulation - sprite priorities need testing
• MBC1, MBC2, MBC3 crudely emulation
• Battery backed-up RAM into .SAV files
• Blurry LCD gameboy screen
• Speed throttling

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/7673/kgb.htm

SNEmul ver 0.72 Released! Archeide and v0x have just released a brand new version of SNEmul. Here's what's new in version 0.72 (for DOS):

• Fixed a bug un HiROM mapping, now Illusion of Gaia works :)
• Removed a bug in SPC700 that made some games to hang at the beginning
• Fixed an other bug in SPC700, now DKC1 works :)
• Fixed a bug in port $2102
• Fixed vertical and horizontal scrollings(especially for 16x16 tiles), now EVO works :)
• Fixed flipped 16x16 tiles
• Added transparency effects clipping windows
• Speeded up palette update, colors add/sub, scrollings effect, etc. (all thoses optimizations give a 4 FPS increase)
• SNEmul now uses 16 bits video modes instead of 15 bits video modes
• Implemented NTSC timing (SNEmul now play NTSC game faster)
• Added a timing option to choose between Auto/NTSC/PAL timings
• Added tiles/sprites viewer. you can select the palette with the right mouse button
• Added TrueColor graphics
• Added palette viewer
• Added a dialog to config the joypad keys
• Fixed a bug in full screen modes (Thanks to JACKY to tell me :)
• Fixed many bugs and removed mouse glitches
• Plays more games without gfx glitches

http://www.mygale.org/09/cassiop/

New Version of AssiST Released Aengus Jankowsky has released version 0.29a of AssiST. AssiST is a PaCifiST front end for DOS. Version 0.29a fixes "an annoying bug regarding the mounting of disk images on more recent versions of PaCifiST (0.48 and 0.49)."

http://www.iol.ie/~ajankows/st/assist/dosasst/dosasst.html

HU6280 ver 0.00099 Released  Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have released version 0.00099 of HU6280 (TurboGrafx 16 emulator for DOS). This release adds a low resolution video mode (320x200) for those who were unable to run at 640x400.

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

JFF ver 0.12 Released! Roberto Ventura has released version 0.12 of his JFF (Just-For-Fun) arcade game emulator. This new release adds support for Ninja Kid 2. JFF also supports Ambush and Vastar.

http://www.classicgaming.com/freeplay/

New PSX Emulator Debuts After almost a year of development, Shawn McIntire has finally released the first alpha of his Sony Playstation emulator for Windows 95. So far, no games are playable:

"This release of virtual.yarouze is to show you what the program is going to look like for all future releases. This is only a GUI release and will not play any PlayStation games."

http://www2.novagate.net/~xeon/virtual.yarouze/

Thanks to Duddie for the e-mail.

N64 Emulator for Unix Debuts Programmer Niki Waibel has released a new Nintendo 64 emulator for Unix called TrueReality. This emulator is in the very early stages of development and so far only the source code is available (no binary). TrueReality is sharing the same webspace as another Nintendo 64 emulator, Gordon Hollingworth's NSFE. These are two separate projects; they are not ports of each other. However, both Gordon and Niki will be sharing ideas so both emulators should benefit from a mutual exchange of ideas.

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

PCNES Discontinued Jim Geffre has just announced that he is dropping PCNES, his NES emulator for DOS. Jim will now focus his attention on his new Gameboy emulator instead:

"PCNES, as of today, is discontinued. I simply don't have the time to adequately maintain two emulators. There is an abundance of quality NES emulators available, so I would like to focus my efforts on my GB emulator. I would like to thank all those that have helped on my NES emulator, I truly appreciate it."

http://www.nd.edu/~jgeffre/pcnes.html

Jim has setup a new webpage for his Gameboy emulator. It is located here:

http://www.nd.edu/~jgeffre/gbe.html

Finally, a new version of GBE should be out shortly, possibly within the week.

PaCifiST 0.49 Beta Released! Frédéric Gidouin has released PaCifiST version 0.49 Pre-Release. Here's what's new:

• Fixed several bugs in ACIA emulation
• Timer B fixed back
• Fixed problem with 4x joysticks interface detection
• File selector allow disk images creation
• Blitter emulation speeded up
• Support for raw 'DIM' disk image format
• PCX saving now works in medium resolution
• Monitor improvements (Commands stack, mem search...)

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

Links Pages Updated Thanks to Sasha and Lord KnightHawk, the links pages have been updated:

• Arcade Games
• Calculators
• Computer System
• Game Translation Sites

New Zealand Story ver 1.00 Released! Richard Mitton has released what is possibly the last version of his New Zealand Story emulator. Here's what's new:

• Finally got music working
• Added '-nomusic' option
• Added '-scanlines' option (for that genuine, 80's arcade look)
• Removed '-accurate' and added '-fast'

http://purplesky.simplenet.com/emucamp/softs/tnzs/

XMAME Updated! Hans de Goede has release two new versions of MAME for Unix:

"After some high-quality beta-testing and a lot of catching up XMame, the MAME-Unix port, is back and better then ever."

Two versions have been released, the 'official' XMame-0.31.1 and also XMame-0.33b4.1 (public beta). Juan Antonio Martínez was the original Unix port coder but now Hans De Goede has taken over the project.

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

HU6280 ver 0.00097 Released  Yes, another new version of HU6280. Today's release features:

• Tweaked VRAM emulation
• Save games are 64k smaller
• Turrican titlepage now works
• No graphics corruption on Impossamole
• Ninja Gaiden seems to work

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

Final Fantasy 4 Translation Updated  J2e (translation group) has released a new version of their Final Fantasy 4 translation patch.

"The latest patch that includes all the new scripts, new font, and other new improvements!"

http://members.aol.com/j2etrans/

MacSloMo ver 0.56 Released  TJ Grant has released MacSloMo version 0.56. Here's what's new:

• Reset works perfectly now; however, you may have to "hold" F3 to reset.
• Event handling is a little better, and makes the emulator a little faster.
• Get6502Memory has been "patched" to work better. This fixes some bugs with the controls and scores in Millipedes.
• The drivers that never worked have been removed from the emulator. This makes the emulator about 12k smaller than before.

Villgust Translation Updated  Transcore has release version 0.50 of their translation patch of Villgust. This release has the intro and forest text translation completed. This will be the final release until the game is completely translated.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/1303/index.html

Ultra Front Ends Updated  Thierry Imbert has updated not one, but two of his emulator front ends. UltraCallus now supports the new features of Callus 0.40 and UltraMAME new features an external module to rebuild the game database from any further release of MAME.

http://www.mygale.org/~bkg97/

More Interviews  Emulators Unlimited has released three new interviews:

• Steve Snake (KGen 98)
• Tratax (PSEmu Pro)
• Richard Mitton (New Zealand Story Emulator)

MESS Compatibility List  Mike Coyle is starting a MESS compatible game list. You can check it out at:

http://members.iquest.net/~coyle/
 

HU6280 To Add CD-ROM Support  Here's the latest news on HU6280 - the authors (Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling) are working on adding CD-ROM support! Unfortunately, they don't have any CD-ROMs to test with. If you can help them, feel free to contact them. Also, they're looking for programmers to port HU6280 to some new platforms, specifically Unix, Macintosh and Amiga.

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

HU6280 is a TurboGrafx 16 / PC Engine emulator for DOS.

HU6280 ver 0.00095 Released  Jam Sponge and Mr Kipling have released an update to HU6280. Version 0.00095 fixes a bug found in the VRAM emulation. Also, the save game format has changed and it is not backwards compatible.

Thanks to Alex for the e-mail.

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

HU6280 is a TurboGrafx 16 / PC Engine emulator for DOS.

TEO ver 0.4 Alpha Released!  Gilles Fétis and Eric Botcazou have released a new version of TEO, their Thomson TO8 computer emulator for DOS and Macintosh. Thanks to Cloy for the e-mail.

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

Virtual Boy Technical Information Site Ben Haynor (author of MetaLynx) has set up a site dedicated to providing technical
information about the Nintendo Virtual Boy game system.

"Thus far, it covers most of the elements of the Virtual Boy's display processing, minus hardware registers and memory maps.  I'm hoping that by exposing this site to the emulation community, more information will come to the surface."

You can check it out at:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/b/c/bch132/VirtualBoyInfo.html

Duddie Quits Emulation Duddie, author of PSEmu, has just announced that he is quitting the emulation scene. Duddie wasn't specific, but he cited work-related reasons as the reason for his decision. The good news is that PSEmu has not been discontinued. Co-author Tratax will continue on with the project.

Here's part of the e-mail Duddie sent:

"Due to my new contract (that is strictly confidential) I cannot code PSEmu any longer. But do not be afraid, PSEmu Pro is coded by Tratax with little help from me, so there will be Windows version that many of you expect so nervously. So... any questions, regarding PSEmu should be directly posted to Tratax. Do not bother me with mails like: "Oh G, do not do that!!" or something like that. However my mbox will be removed today! :)"

- Duddie
PSEmu Author

MAMELOAD ver 2.50 Released Scott Stone has updated his MAME front end to keep pace with the new betas. Version 2.5 adds support for -record and -playback commands and a few other things. For more information and the download:

http://people.delphi.com/tafoid/emulutil.htm

Brad Oliver Interviewed The Italian Emulation Palace has conducted an interview with Brad Oliver (author of the Macintosh port of MAME). Both Italian and English transcripts are available.

http://volftp.tin.it/ludus/iep/

Handy/MacOS 0.4b4 Released! Richard Bannister has release a new version of his Macintosh port of Handy. Here's what's new in Handy/MacOS 0.4b4:

• Graphical Keyboard Configuration dialog
• Quintuple size video mode
• You can now open a new game without reloading the emulator
• The window is now byte-aligned properly when rotate video is active
• The single & double size video modes are now roughly twice as fast as previous betas, and the quadruple size video mode is now roughly four times faster than previous betas. Triple and quintuple size modes still run at the old speed.
• A few other tiny speed improvements here and there.

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

Final Fantasy 3 Translation Patch Updated Three Man Translations have updated their Japanese - to - English translation of Final Fantasy 3. You can check it out at:

http://www.execpc.com/~lindoran/
 
KGen 98 ver 0.3b Released! Steve Snake has released another bugfix release of KGen 98. Here's what's new:

• Fixed minor VDP problem
• Added bits to File Requester

MESS for DOS/ARM Released! The MESS development team has released the DOS and ARM ports of MESS! MESS is a multi-platform emulator that supports:

• Sega Genesis
• ColecoVision
• NES
• TRS-80
• Colour Genie

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

X-Mame-0.31.0b3 Released! Hans de Goede has released a new version of X-Mame, the Unix port of MAME. This release, a beta, catches up with the DOS and Macintosh versions. Thanks to jagg for the e-mail.

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

SNEqr ver 0.302 Released! David Piepgrass has released a new version of SNEqr, his Super Nintendo emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• This release is major because I converted the ENTIRE CPU core to assembly language!  This has made the emulator as a whole almost TWICE the speed!  Also, without the C compiler's FAT code, the size of the executable has decreased by over 300 KB!
• Small amount of assembly added to screen renderer.
• A couple of new bugs have appeared as a result of the new assembly core; nothing serious.
• Single windowing added... and removed.  Unfortunately windowing won't work properly until I implement Indirect HDMA, which I have no information about!
• Mosaic (screen pixellation) added.
• Added direct ROM write protection.  This will prevent copy protection schemes from working in some games.
• Converted the entire documentation to from text to HTML format.

• Perfect IRQ emulation. Many games will run at correct speed
• New option "-ramslot" to select the slot of RAM
• Support to 180kb and 360kb .DSK disk images
• Emulation of the undocumented behaviour of VDP in VRAM reads, this fixes the bug on "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles".
• Support to Korean MSX memory layout (use the option "-korean", you will also need a korean MSX.ROM and MSXHAN.ROM)
• Emulation of the Kana LED, in the Num Lock LED (require Japanese or Korean ROM set).
• Emulation of the Gradiente's green monitor
• Now BrMSX can use read-only files, like files on CD-ROMs
• Support to .PCX screenshots (use the F9 key).
• Fixed a minor bug in Load Rom (now you can read "Magical Kid Wiz" through the GUI).
• Improved idle bus emulation
• Option to adjust joystick sensibility
• Fixed a bug on Sound Blasters configured to IRQs greater than 7.

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

MESS for Mac Released! A brand new emulator has been released. What makes this one different from all the other emulators out there is that this is a multi-console emulator. It supports Sega Genesis, ColecoVision, NES, TRS-80 and the Colour Genie! Just today, the Macintosh port was released. We can expect version for Windows, DOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Solaris, and RiscOS within the next few days.

http://internetter.com/titan/mess/

A/PMame 0.33 Beta 4b Released Rodimus Prime has fixed a joypad bug in A/PMame. A/PMame is based on the same source code as the original MAME for DOS, but with compiler optiminations that can result in slightly faster excecution speed.

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

Second New Arcade Game Emulator Debuts! Matt Smith has released a brand new mult-arcade game emulator for DOS. It's called Retrovaders and it supports 25 classic games, including Space Invaders and Galaxy Wars. You can check it out at:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/7269/

Thanks to BIGPHOOT14 for the e-mail.

New Sega Arcade Game Emulator Debuts! Bernat Arlandis and Juan Arnal Arlandis has released a brand new multi-arcade game emulator for DOS. Called ZEM, it emulates Wonderboy Deluxe,  Wonderboy in Monsterland and Pitfall 2. Thanks to BIGPHOOT14 for the e-mail.

http://purplesky.simplenet.com/emucamp/softs/zem/

KGen ver 0.2b Released! Steve Snake has just released a brand new version of KGen 98! Quite a few people were having problems with yesterday's release and this should fix most of them:

• Fixed problem with KGen 98 locking with 8-bit soundcards
• Fixed VDP Status register
• Fixed problem with Joypad modes
• Added long file name support (use -L to disable)

KGen 98 is a Sega Genesis emulator for DOS.

CNN Covers Emulation Emulation continues to garner more and more publicity by the mainstream press. Whether or not this is a good thing is debatable. Just today, CNN's website featured an article regarding emulators and the legality of ROM image distribution.

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/02/game.emulators.idg/index.html

Thanks to Nick H for the e-mail.

HU6280 ver 0.00094 Released! JamSponge and Mr Kipling have another new version of HU6280 (TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine emulator for DOS). Here's what's new:

• Fixed sprite masking bug on third level of R-Type - this also sped emulation up a little bit.
• Saved 128k, now freeing up GUI buffers
• Fixed screenshot feature (now outputs correct size bitmap image)
• Removed the remainder of debugging rubbish still left in the code

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

Callus ver 0.40 Released! Bloodlust has released version 0.40 of his Capcom System-1 arcade emulator. Here's what's new:

• Senjyo no Ookami II support (mercsj)
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts support (gng)
• Fixed GrIP support
• TCP/IP netplay
• DirectX port ("callus95.exe")
• Game settings stored in game.ini
• 16 bit hicolor renderer (-hicolor)
• Jap Capcom World 2 support (cworld2j)
• YM logging
• 'map2to3' option

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

HU6280 ver 0.00093 Released! JamSponge and Mr Kipling have release version 0.00093 of HU6280. According to the docs, here's what's new:

• After a mammoth debugging session, fixed bug in DMA length :) (Volfield now works) re-instated fps on F2
• modded plenty of crap in the source.

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

A/PMame Updated Rodimus Prime has updated his Pentium/K6 optimized versions of MAME:

"This may fix some of the problems people were having with Joypads, and it may not.  :(

"This was an unfortunate side effect of the new joystick code in Allegro..  I make no promises, as I didn't write Allegro!!"

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

MSX Turbo-R ver 0.13 Released! Rudolf Lechleitner has released a brand new version of his MSX computer emulator for Windows 95. Here's what's new in version 0.13:

• LEXMSX.ZIP has been changed (MSXIMAGE.ZIP unchanged since V0.12)
• Double-clicked disk- or tape-image inherits the configured (default) write-protect setting
• Media read-only change did not enable the apply button
• Inactive emulator-window does no longer accept device-input (keyboard, joystick)
• Support for real floppy-disks added
• Errorhandling during startup improved
• Minor support for Philips Music-Module external MIDI added (I/O port &H01 used)
• Random error-message if DSOUND.DLL not found
• Command switches for troubleshooting added: /SOS, /NoDDraw, /NoDInput, /NoDSound
• GET TIME returns correct time now (previously always GMT/UTC time!)
• Colored Screen 12 mode, if hires driver used (emulation runs very slow in this mode, also no sprites are displayed yet)
• Help for MSX2 Basic improved
• Manual for memory-mapper (DOS2) added
• SETUP.EXE is now compatible with Disk-Manager (also FreeWare by Lex Lechz)
• Support for *.IMG disk-images added

New Asteroids Emulator Released Tony Docherty has released a new Asteroids emulator for DOS - the latest edition in his line of AMOAD series of floppy disk emulators. You can download it from:

http://www.classicgaming.com/amoad/

New KGen Released! After months of anticipation, Steve Snake has released a new version of KGen! And the wait was well worth it. Over 90% of the code was completely rewritten from scratch. A lot has been added, such as stereo sound. Here's the complete list:

• All Raster Effects are now implemented.
• Shadow / Hilight mode is now 100% accurate.
• Most games that had severe graphics problems are now fixed.
• Waves calculated with a much higher degree of accuracy.
• Support for 44.1Khz 16-bit Stereo Sound. (SB16 and above only.)
• Mixer values now restored on exit.
• Any previous PSG sound problems should no longer occur.
• Support for undocumented PSG sound features also.
• Better support for Sega "Fighting Pad" 6 Button Controller.
• New Joypad modes : Fast, Medium and Slow for both 4 and 6 button pads.
• Support for one or two Microsoft SideWinder pads.
• Load SnapShot still included for old SnapShot / Genecyst saves.
• Save SnapShot removed.
• SnapShot Slot system added.
• Saves / Loads are now done from within the game using F5 / F8.
• Added ScanLines video mode (VESA 2.0 Only)
• Added Game Genie Support.
• Parts of the GUI rewritten / improved.
• Many, Many, Many bugs removed (most of it rewritten !)
• Loads more parts re-written to get all the new systems working together.

http://www.emulnews.com/kml-empire/

KGen 98 is a Sega Genesis emulator for DOS.

MacMAME ver 0.33 Beta 4 Released! Brad Oliver has released MacMAME 0.33 Beta 4. Here's what's new:

• In sync with the PC beta 4.
• Aaron fixed a bug in the rendering code which caused some games like Pac-Man to draw much slower than they needed to be.
• Some strings have been moved to resources to tidy things up. Not all are in there yet though