MAME for RISC OS Updated Gareth Long has just released version 0.34 Beta 6.1 of his RiscOS (ARM) port of MAME.

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

7800 Tech Request As everyone knows, Dan Boris has been working on an Atari 7800 driver for MESS. Although he's made some great progress (checkout the new screenshot below), he's at a bit of a standstill and has asked:

"I am looking for anyone who has tried (and succeeded) is reading in 7800 carts. The reader I built had no problem with Pole Position but it is acting very flaky with other carts. I can't get much further on my MESS driver without some more ROM images to work with."

If you can help Dan, you can contact him at [email protected]. Currently, there is not one single publicly released Atari 7800 emulator. MESS would be the first.
 

NSFE Progress Report Here's the latest word from Gordon Hollingworth on the status of his Nintendo 64 emulator:

"Currently the OpenGL graphics core is being written.  The October release has been postponed for a short time due to a few major bugs found in the software.  We (myself and Ben Marsh) want to hold off release until we can deliver something stable and worthwhile to everyone who is waiting for the emu."

Also, Gordon has a little request. He seems to remember someone making an unsupported Direct/X 5.0 driver library for Window NT 4.0 a while back. If anyone knows anything about this, please contact Gordon. Thanks.
 

XPCE 0.10 Released hmmx has released XPCE version 0.10. XPCE is a TurboGrafx 16 emulator for Windows. Note: the webpage is not in English so I have no idea what's new in this release. Thanks to Lavos999 for the e-mail.

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/7052/

Oric Computer Emulator Updated Christian Peppermueller has released version 0.9 of his Oric computer emulator for the Atari ST. Here's what's new:

• CRC checksum implemented
• VGA graphics mode introduced for "modern" Atari-compatibles

http://homepage.ensica.fr/oric/emulator.html

PSEmu Plugin Updated Nik has updated his Direct3D driver for PSEmu Pro. You can download it from:

http://www.psemu.com/index.htm
 

• New multi language GUI(English/Japanese/Chinese) is added
• Powerful Cheat Finder is added, now you can beat any game easily
• Player and more joysticks is supported (2 x 2buttons, 2x Sidewinders, 2x Snespads)
• Zapper/FC Trainer is supported (some game still buggy)
• VS Arcade is supported . CastleVaina / SMB / IceClimber
• Famicom Disk System(FDS) is supported, but lack addtional sound channels
• Namco/VRC6/VRC7/Mmc5 addtional sound channels is added
• FFE File are supported (partial)
• S6502  Core related code fixed(more stable)
• Mapper 1 a bugs is fixed, now Zombie Hunter work again.
• Mapper 3 support changed
• Mapper 4 a VRAM bugs is fixed
• Mapper 8 fixed
• Mapper 5 All KOEI game fixed, SRAM backup corrected and Spilt Screen Mode added
• Mapper 16 EEPROM backup is added (only SDG2 still buggy),and FamiJump 2 fixed
• Mapper 18 IRQ Handling changed, more game work
• Mapper 19 IRQ Handling changed, game work better
• Mapper 73 Salamader fixed
• Mapper 83 Cony Mapper fixed (Garbo Dentsu 2,World Hero 2J work)
• Mapper 84 Pasofami Mapper removed and change to Pirate SMB2J mapper
• Mapper 88 Namcot 118 mapper fixed
• Mapper 90 JY??? Mapper fixed (Tekken2 ,Samurai Spirit 2 , SMB2J work) but still some bugs on other games (MK4)
• Mapper 91 Mapper fixed ,SF3/SF2Pro work perfectly
• Mapper 93 - Mapper 97 Biones Mappers added
• Mapper 112-117 added
• Mapper 118-122 added
• Mapper 225-228 added

Download FWNES 0.30

New Comeback 64 Released! JHF Software has just release a new version of their Commodore 64 emulator for DOS. Here's what's new in version 0.98:

• No more random system lockups
• No more lockups when only a few .PRG/.P00's exist in directory
• Improved 6510 emulation (much more games work now! finally!)
• Sped up some routines

ZSNES  0.715c Released! _Demo_ and zsKnight ave just released another new version of ZSNES! Here's what's new in version 0.715c:

• Fixed a crashing bug when 16bit back window clipping was using an undefined windowing clip buffer
• Added spc program counter check to the spc stall detection to reduce false alarms
• Tweaked IRQ processing a bit
• ZSNES.CFG and ZGUICFG.DAT are now fixed so that they will use the current directory when the SET CMDLINE detection fails
• Fixed several mode 7 bugs in the new graphic engines
• Implemented an option to save the configuration files in the MISC menu
• Added a shadow to the in-game text displays
• Fixed a bug created in v0.700 where pressing F3 while sound is disabled crashes zsnes
• Fixed up player 4 and player 5 so they now work again
• Fixed up color a bit in the old graphics 16bit engine
• Added gamma control to 16bit old graphics engine
• Fixed a cheat code bug where pressing the down key in the browser overflows by 3 rows
• Fixed up a bug where any memory allocation below 48mbit support crashes
• Added out of memory error when loading a file from the gui
• Fixed a minor off by 1 pixel windowing bug
• Fixed up memory requirements in the readme.txt. It seems like compiling with C takes up 3.0 more megs. It shouldn't though.  An asm only version will be release later without dsp1/ipx support unless the reason is figured out.

http://www.csoft.net/~zsnes/

You can also download the latest version of ZSNES by clicking here.

New MacMAME Beta Released! Keeping up with the DOS original, Brad Oliver has
released MacMame version 0.34b6! Yes, you can now play Neo Geo games with sound!

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

http://www.squish.net/generator/

New WinUAE Released Brian King has released a new version of WinUAE. Here's what's new in version 0.8.6 Release 5:

• Refresh-rate of full-screen DirectDraw modes are either 60Hz or 70Hz, depending on your Windows desktop refresh-rate.
• 68020/68881 is disabled in the GUI - because it is non-functional in ALL 0.8.6 releases of UAE on ALL platforms (Linux, MacOS, DOS, etc.)
• Better networking support
• ACTION_PARENT_FH AmigaOS DOS-packet is fixed.
• Windowed-mode Picasso96 support is removed (it was buggy anyways, and I didn't want to get bug reports for it!)

http://www.codepoet.com/UAE/

MSKISS 0.1.0 Released Isaac Santaolalla has released a new version of MSKISS. Here's what's new in version 0.1.0:

• Mega-RAM 256 KB primitive support added
• Z80: BIT opcode corrected. Now PV flag is correctly updated
• Optimized and corrected SEVERELLY IN/OUT functions. MSKISS is again faster.
• 16x16 and 8x8 sprites (without zoom) renderer optimized. Slight speed up achieved...
• "-jap" mode now starts MSKISS in 60 Hz
• 'R' key inside debugger (Warm Reset) fixed. Now Warm Resetting MSKISS is as safe and solid as a rock
• Added the ability to change the frame skip rate
• Added the ability to change the SCC/PSG balance, to correctly emulate the different mixings that some real MSX's had
• Volume Control added
• VDP is now 99% compatible with a REAL MSX-1 VDP. 99% of the RARE and undocumented features are now implemented
• Simple ROM loader from inside the debugger added
• Now PSG and SCC sound have 8-bits resolution, instead of 4-bits
• Faster Megarom Mapper #0 and SCC handling
• Bug corrected in PSG noise channel 1 (GUS only)
• Envelopes are now showed in the PSG_Bars
• Key '+' of the num-pad mapped
• Added ed71 and ed70 opcodes (in f,(c) and out (c),0)
• Improved debugger
• Optimized still more SCREEN 0,1,2 and 3 renderers. More speed gained again.
• BASIC cartridges support added
• Optimized main loop of the CPU. So MSKISS is again faster
• IRQ bug fixed... Zanac intro now works perfectly
• First tests with screen 5... Arkanoid 2 intro screen works
• Slowness problems disappeared as the exe has started to grow... The cache now acts OK (! :) So I've included again zoomed sprites, adlib support, etc...
• Adlib support is now MUCH better

http://www.salleURL.edu/~is05562/msx_ing.html

Vic-20 Emulator Moves Matt Browne's Vic-20 Emulator has moved to a new website. The new URL is:

http://members.xoom.com/vic_20/

z26 1.18 Released John Saeger has just released z26 1.18. This release fixes a bug that caused games to run too fast when first starting the game.

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

New MAME Adds Neo Geo Sound! The MAME development team has released a brand new MAME beta. The big news with 0.34 beta 6 is that it now has sound emulation for Neo Geo games! Plus the usual round of bugfixes and updates.

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

"Gateway 2000, Inc. acting for Amiga Development LLC. demanded that this site be taken down immediately for posting and distributing illegally copyrighted software

"The site will remain suspended for the remaining of the investigation."

Thanks to Aengus B. for the e-mail.

http://www.therealamiga.com/

Missing Link? If anyone knows what happened to ZX-JAM (Sinclair ZX Spectrum for DOS), please feel free to drop me an e-mail. ZX-JAM's webpage used to be here, but its webpage is no longer there and I'm not sure what happened to it. Thanks. - Jim

ColEmDOS 1.0a Released Firebug has released version 1.0a of his ColEm port for DOS. This release fixes a bug that caused ColEm to run very slowly on computers without joysticks. Please note that even with this bugfix, initialization of ColEm is still quite slow. If you don't have a joystick on your computer, it is recommended you use the -nojoystick option to speed up ColEm's initialization phase.

http://members.xoom.com/ColEmDos/

New z26 Released John Saeger has just released version 1.17 of his Atari 2600 emulator. This new release of z26 features a new video mode (mode 8 - intense scanline). Also, video modes 4, 5 and 8 now have smoother animation using a new page-flipping technique. Finally, the -s command line parameter has changed (see the docs for how this works).

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

Combat School Emulator Debuts José Tejada Gómez has released a brand new arcade game emulator. Calleed Escuela de Combate, it supports Combat School and is for Windows 95.

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

X128 0.91 Released James McKay has just released another new version of his X128 emulator. Version 0.91 fixes a bug that caused DOS/4GW to crash when loading TAP/TZX/VOC files with 'Edge Loading = OFF'. X128 is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for DOS. Thanks to Martijn for the e-mail.

http://www.void.demon.nl/x128/
  

ZSNES 0.700 Released! _Demo_, zsKnight and Pharos have just released ZSNES 0.700! There are a ton of new features! Here's a list of the highlights:

- Partial DSP1 support
- Reduced static in higher sampling rates
- Turbo Buttons
- Netplay (direct modem to modem)
- Rewrote IRQ timing handle
- Added support for uninterleaved 48mbit ROMs
- Added Mode 7 horizontal flip
- Plus, tons of bug fixes

Again, these are only the highlights, please read the documentation for a more complete listing of what's new.

http://www.csoft.net/~zsnes/

You can also download a copy of ZSNES 0.700 by clicking here. Thanks to Sasha for the news.

New MAME for RISC OS Gareth Long has updated his RiscOS (ARM) port of MAME to version 0.34 beta 5.2.

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

X128 0.9 Released James McKay has released a new version of his Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for DOS. Here's what's new:

• ACB/ABC stereo via OPL3 or SB Pro
• TRD writing
• Edge loading
• 320x240 X-mode
• INI file
• DISCiPLE/+D emulation via MGT files

http://www.void.demon.nl/x128/

Snes9x 1.1.1 for Mac Released John Stiles has released a new version of his MacOS port of Snes9x.

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

Computer Links Page Updated The long overdue overhaul of the computer links page is finally done. I checked aach and every emulator's link and version number so *hopefully* everything on the page should be 100% correct. Please feel free to e-mail me if you happen to notice any mistakes or ommissions.

Computer Links Page

CoolNESs 0.71 Released Fredrik Schultz has released a new version of CoolNESs. Version 0.71 adds a screenshot feature. CoolNESs is an NES emulator for Amiga.

http://hem2.passagen.se/flubba/coolness.html

SNEmul 0.85b Released Archeide and v0x have released SNEmul version 0.85b. This release should have a little higher compatibility rate.

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

I had a hell of a time trying to download this from mygale.org's webserver (which is notoriously slow and unreliable), so I've uploaded a copy here for all to download.

RockNES 0.57 Due Out Next Week The next release of RockNES is due out next weekend!

"In the next weekend, a new version will be out, RockNES 0.57. It´s the best version since the scanline engine addition. Just more stable, with more speed, but no *big* changes."

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

Raine 0.16a Released! Richard Bush has just released Raine version 0.16a! There are numerous improvements, including support for 16 new playable games, sound for most games and joystick/sound options in the GUI. Check the docs or the webpage for the complete list of what's new. Thanks to Zach for the news. You probably also want to check out this site too.

http://www.rainemu.com/

PSEmu Pluggin Updated If you've been having problems running 2-D games on PSEmu Pro, there's a new version of Davide Pasca's software GPU driver that should help.

http://www.psemu.com/index.htm

Handy 0.51 Released! Keith Wilkins has released Handy 0.51. This is a fairly minor release: it fixes a problem Handy has with identifying the joystick on some PCs.

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

Raine Status Report The next release of Raine will feature sound support for Cabal, Armed Formation, Terra Cresta and Terra Force. Author Richard Bush has also managed to speed up the emulation in all the Taito F3 games.

http://www.rainemu.com/

CalcEm Webpage Moves The new URL is:

http://www.2good.com/calcem/
 

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

Snes9x 1.12 Released! Cyber Warrior X has just released Snes9x version 1.12! Here's what's new: 

• A new SPC Dumper has been implemented.
• Pretty much Complete Config file support(special thanks to Kreed for the inspiration). Joystick Mappings, and a few other things need to be added later.
• NetPlay has been disabled for this release since it crashes under all systems using Scitech Display Doctor.
• Diagonal Keys on number pad can now be used (makes games like Street Fighter easier to use).
• Changed Grip Mapping, should be as close to a real Snes pad as possible.
• Added a Fast-forward key. (it's like what the tilde key does in Zsnes) Use F2 to activate, and F3 to put the speed back to normal.
• Disabled Quick-freeze due to a planned rewrite of it, as well as a remap of it.

http://www.snes9x.com/index.htm

WinUAE 0.8.6 Release 4 Now Out! Brian King has just released WinUAE version 0.8.6 Release 4! Here are the highlights:

• The GUI is now functional
• Changed to be a true Windows Application again, meaning no ugly console window
• Changed configuration-file format and command-line parameters
• Added mini-Installation program
• Removed the screen-swapping, monitor-popping, display-cycling at startup. This will only happen once after you've installed, and it will remember the setting for the future
• The floppy-disk requester and kickstart ROM/Key-file requesters remember your favorite directory for .adf files and for .rom/.key files
• Added waveout-looping sound support
• Added bsdsocket.library support
• Added file-system code to allow ACTION_FH_FROM_LOCK, for ShowDVI/TeX
• Added file-system code to allow ACTION_PARENT_FH, for Fiasco
• Added drive-lights, power-LED, and FPS indicators when running in a window on the Windows Desktop.
• Fixed mounting of root-volumes
• Fixed the -w -1 and -w 0 options to work better
• Fixed vertical-blanking interval to always be 50Hz, or as close as possible
• Fixed serial-port support.  Same as in 0.7.5 releases
• Fixed the '\' and '|' key
• Fixed the numeric-keypad 'Enter' key to be different than the main 'Enter'
• Fixed the left vs. right Ctrl and Alt keys
• Fixed the ability to rename files/dirs to same name with different case
• Included version 0.9 of uaegfx.card driver for P96.  This fixes a couple of small bugs.

http://www.codepoet.com/UAE/

ColEmDOS 1.0 Released! It's hard to believe, but it's been over 2 years since the last time ColEm for DOS was updated. Today, the wait is over. Firebug has taken over the DOS port, updating it using the ColEM 1.0 source code and adding many additional features such as speed throttling, a full-screen 256x192 VGA mode, sound logging directly to MIDI files, and state saving.

http://members.xoom.com/ColEmDos/

Marat Releases a Flurry of New Ports Marat Fayzullin has released a total of 5 new emulator ports. Four are of MasterGear. One is of iNES. All are for various Unix platforms. Here's the new line-up:

• MasterGear 1.2 for Linux
• MasterGear 1.2 for OSF/1
• MasterGear 1.2 for Solaris
• MasterGear 1.2 for SunOS
• iNES 0.7 for SunOS.

New True Reality for Mac Released Gil Pedersen has just released his first update to the new Macintosh port of True Reality. The new release features correct colors
and improved controller support.

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

More Snes9x 1.11d Ports Updated The Solaris and SunOS ports of Snes9x have been updated to version 1.11. This brings them in sync with the Linux version. See last Sunday's news for a complete list of what's new.

http://www.snes9x.com/

New Psion Emulator Debuts Paul Robson has released a brand new Psion Organizer emulator. This emulator supports all the Psion Organizer 2 models and features a built-in debugger. Support for Organizer 1 is in the works. For DOS.

http://users.aol.com/psionorg/index.htm

New z26 Released! John Saeger has released z26 version 1.16! This release focuses its attention on fixing various video bugs and increasing its compatibility. Specifically, John fixed the problems z26 was having with video cards that uses the ATI Rage and Riva 128 chipsets. z26 is an Atari 2600 emulator for DOS.

http://www.whimsey.com/z26/z26.html
 

http://emulation.net/sega/

Warajevo 2.5 Released! Zeljko Juric and Samir Ribic have released Warajevo version 2.5. This is a major new release. Among the new features is that it now supports the Time Sinclair. There are numerous bugfixes and improvements. There is no webpage for Warajevo but you can download a copy from here or directly from EMU News Service by clicking here. Warajevo is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for DOS. Thanks to Trigo for the e-mail.

NO$GMB 1.9 Released! Martin Korth unveiled No Cash Gameboy version 1.9 today. Directly from his e-mail, here's what's new:

• Link: works in SGB mode
• Link: battery RAM is separately saved for each machine
• Supports new 2MB ROM size (Dragonquest Monsters)
• Gameshark cheats input box
• Predefined SGB border for border-less SGB games (colors untested)
• Some sound fixes, PC speaker and covox lpt sound output
• SNES pad support (parallel port adapter)

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

PSEmu Pro 1.10 Released! Duddie, Tratax and Davide "Kazzuya" Pasca have just released the much anticipated PSEmu Pro version 1.10! There's a lot of new features in this release:

• MDEC support (although not all MDEC movies work yet, due to other problems)
• Memory card support
• More GPU drivers (including a first Direct3D version !)
• XA audio support (no CD audio track support yet, though)
• More user friendly installation method
• More compatibility
• More speed

http://www.psemu.com/index.htm

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

New True Reality Released! Niki Waibel has released a new version of his N64 emulator for Unix. Version 1998102101 features improved graphics and initial controller support.

http://www.snes9x.com/n64emulators/
 

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

X-Mame 0.34b5.2 Released Hans de Goede has just released his second update of X-Mame is an many days. Version 0.34 Beta 5.2 adds:

• Fixed the __extension__ compile bug, I hope
• Fixed the segfault when compile without joystick-support & joy = 1 in xmamerc
• Merged in gl-mame code, many thanks to Mike Oliphant for the excellent and easy to merge patch
• Merged in net-mame code, many thanks to Eric Totel, for the
• also excellent and easy to merge patch
• Added a volume xmamerc and commandline option.

Villgust 1.0 Translation Now Out Transcore has updated their Villgust translation to the big 1.0. The game has now been 100% translated to Engish. For those that may not know, Villgust is a Japanese RPG for the Super Nintendo that was never released in English. Thanks to John N. for the e-mail.

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

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1148/

X-Mame 0.34b5.1 Released Hans de Goede has updated his Unix port of MAME to be in sync with the 0.34 beta 5 source code. There are also some Unix-specific stuff too (all OSS problems should be gone now), so please be sure to read the docs.

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

Atari800 Source Code Updated Petr Stehlik has released version 0.9.8d of his source code to Atari800.

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

New PCSloMo Beta Released Don Jarrett has released a PCSloMo version 0.24 Beta Release 2. This release adds support for Crush Roller and several Pac-Man clones. PCSloMo is a  multi-arcade game emulator for Windows 9x.

http://members.tripod.com/~Frodo4/slomo.html
 

New z26 Released! John Saeger has just released z26 version 1.15! Here's what's new:

• Video mode 4. 320x240 Mode-X.
• Video mode 5. This is the new default mode for tall games. It's 320x240 with an adjusted aspect ratio to match mode 3, the default mode for short games. Around 50 or 60 games now start up in this mode by default.
• Video mode 6. A much requested 320x240 scanline mode. It's really a 320x480 video mode using alternate scanlines to make it look like a TV screen.
• Video mode 7. This is a 320x480 mode that displays every single line of a game so you can see everything. Video modes are now switchable during game play using the keyboard. Press the number key on the keyboard (not the keypad) corresponding to the desired video mode to switch to.
• All of these new modes run at 60 Hz to give correct play speed and they should run on just about any VGA card or monitor.

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

Nofrendo Status Report Matt Conte continues to make great progress on his new Nofrendo emulator. According to his webpage, the new Nofrendo runs faster than NESticle. Matt has also added an auto-frame skipping system and has reworked the GUI.

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

MESS To Add 7800 Support Don't be fooled if it seems like the MESS Development Team has been quiet lately. Today, they just announced that support for the Atari 7800 is currently being worked on. You can check out an advance screenshot at:

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

Riki Kunio Translation Updated oRdErEDchaos Translations has just released a new version of their English translation of Riki Kunio. Version 0.95 of the patch has about 98% of the text translated as well as a new title screen. Riki Kunio is a fighting game for the NES.

http://members.xoom.com/rikikunio/

SVI-318/328 Emulator Debuts Jimmy Mårdell has released what is believed to be the first ever SVI-318/328 computer emulator (the SVI-318/328 is a pre-cursor to the MSX). SVI Emulator supports sound, save states and the source code is also available. Joystick support is not yet available. SVI Emulator is for DOS.

http://www.acc.umu.se/~yarin/sviemu/
 

HU6280 1.82 Beta Now Out Jamsponge has just released a new version of HU6280. Here's what's new in version 1.82:

• Improved crc detection
• Added .BAK files when using save option (very handy), use 'K' to reload.BAK file
• Fixed some graphic glitches on various games (this sped emulation up)
• Improved cycle timing accuracy - (this sped emulation up)
• Optimized CPU emulation core, now runs better on Pentium machines
• Fixed some minor bugs, and optimized memory usage

http://hu6280.com/

You can download a copy from EMU News Service:

• HU6280 1.82 Beta
• PCEID 0.99a19

FUSION-PC 1.3 Coming Soon Jim Drew of Microcode Solutions has updated his news page with the latest on his Macintosh emulator. Version 1.3 is in the works and should be released in the "very near future" though this is no firm release date. Check out the Fusion webpage for a list of what to expect in the next release. Thanks to Sasha for the news.

http://www.microcode-solutions.com/pc/new/new.html

Fellow Docs Translation You can now find an updated copy of the Italian translation of Fellow's documention at the Fellow webpage.

PCSloMo Updated Don Jarrett has just released a new version of his multi-arcade game emulator for Windows 9x. PCSloMo version 0.24 Beta Release 1 now adds support for Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man.

http://members.tripod.com/~Frodo4/slomo.html

TheSE Resumed Last July, Urban Nilsson and Christian Gyrling announced that they were dropping their Super Nintendo emulator, TheSE:

"We have decided to discontinue TheSE! There isn't much more to do on SNES
emulation than SNES9X, ZSNES and SNEMul already have implemented or is about to
implement. With the release of the Snes9x source we decided to stop programming
TheSE (at least for now). TheSE ver 0.14 was never finished. Therefore we release
TheSE ver 0.14 BETA as our last version."

Today, a new message was posted on their website:

"We are currently working on a new version of TheSE. When it will be released we don't know. But we are back!!!"

Welcome back guys :)

Snes9x 1.11d for Linux Released! Gary Henderson has just released a new version of his Linux port of Snes9x! Directly from the documentation, here's what's new:

• Partially fixed the DOS netplay server - the server timer is running too  slowly and it doesn't deal with disconnects correctly yet, but its getting there
• Corrected the sound echo delay - it was varying with the sound playback rate chosen by the user - it shouldn't have been
• Implemented DOS netplay code - DOS server code still not working though
• Removed all floating point calculations from the sound generation code
• Fiddled with the pitch modulation code - my guess is the output of a channel that is used to modulate the frequency of another channel is automatically muted by the SPC700 chip. Just a guess, but the wind from FF3 sounds 'better' but far from perfect
• Optimized the tile palette index calculation
• Optimized the planar to chuncky tile conversion code
• Fixed X11 port to always scale SNES image if hi-res. only (no interpolation)  support is enabled
• Added zipped ROM image support using Gilles Vollant unzip code and some code that Ivar (Lestat) sent me a long time ago
• 65c816 asm RTI instruction was destroying the program bank in emulation mode,  the C code was already correct. Caused C64E to break

AMAME/PMAME Updated Rodimus Prime has released new versions of his CPU-optimized compiles of MAME to correspond with MAME 0.34 Beta 5 which was released a couple days ago.

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

Unofficial DOS Snes9x Port Released Matt Christensen has released an unofficial DOS port of Snes9x version 1.10! The big news here is that the Super Mario Kart bug has been fixed! Thanks to Richard S. for the e-mail.

http://matt.kemske.com/snes9x.html

MAME ROM Manager Updated Joergen Bech has released a new version of his MAME ROM Manager. A merge bug was fixed in the main program and the ROMLIST.DAT file was updated to coincide with the newly released MAME beta.

http://members.xoom.com/xoomjbech/index.html

XPCE 0.08 Released hmmx has released a new version of his PC-Engine / TurboGrafx 16 emulator. Here's what's new in XPCE 0.08:

• 640x480 full-screen video mode now uses MMX
• FPS appears on screen
• Fixed noise generation algorithm
• Frameskip rate is now saved in ini file
• MMX used in sound layering

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/7052/
 

FWNES Progress Report FanWen has given us a little sneak peak at the next release of FWNES. This is the list of features that FanWen is currently working on and will be in the next release:

• New GUI is added
• Powerful Cheat Finder is added, now you can beat any game easily
• 2Player and more joysticks is supported (2 x 2buttons ,2x  Sidewinders ,2x Snespads)
• Zapper/FC Trainer is supported (some game still buggy)
• VS Arcade is supported . CastleVaina / SMB / IceClimber
• Famicom Disk System(FDS) is supported, but lack addtional sound channels
• Namco/VRC6/VRC7/Mmc5 addtional sound channels is added
• FFE File are supported (partial)
• S6502  Core related code fixed(more stable)
• Mapper 1 a bugs is fixed ,now Zombie Hunter work again
• Mapper 3 support changed
• Mapper 4 a VRAM bugs is fixed
• Mapper 8 fixed
• Mapper 5 All KOEI game fixed, Sram backup corrected and Spilt Screen Mode added
• Mapper 16 EEPROM backup is added (only SDG2 still buggy), and FamiJump 2 fixed
• Mapper 18 IRQ Handling changed, more game work
• Mapper 19 IRQ Handling changed, game work better
• Mapper 73 Salamader fixed
• Mapper 83 Cony Mapper fixed (Garbo Dentsu 2,World Hero 2J work)
• Mapper 84 Pasofami Mapper removed and change to Pirate SMB2J mapper
• Mapper 88 Namcot 118 mapper fixed
• Mapper 90 JY??? Mapper fixed (Tekken2 ,Samurai Spirit 2, SMB2J  work) but still some bugs on other games (MK4).
• Mapper 91 Mapper fixed ,SF3/SF2Pro work perfectly.
• Mapper 93 - Mapper 97 Biones Mappers added (detail in fwnes98e.txt)
• Mapper 112-117 added (detail in fwnes98e.txt)

DosUAE 0.7.5b2 Released Gustavo Goedert has released a minor update to his DOS port of UAE.

http://www.hephaestus.org/uae/dosuae/index.html
 

Beta 5 of MacMAME Now Out Brad Oliver has released beta 5 of MacMAME version 0.34. Here's what's new:

• In sync with PC beta 5. Notable new items - a built-in profiler (via F9), new on-screen displays (via `) and emulated sound for the ym3812/ym3526 sound chips.
• There is now a "No Screenshot Available" graphic to help ease confusion. Additionally, the screenshots now have a black background and are slightly larger.
• The sound issues in recent releases have all been fixed
• NeoGeo support is more complete now. You will need lots of free memory for some games (some require 64 megs of free memory). Also, make sure you have the neogeo.zip BIOS ROM file in addition to ROM files for any NeoGeo games you wish to play.  If MacMAME says it can't find a ROM file, odds are you don't have it and need to get it.
• The audit is more clear in it's message for ROMs for which no known good dumps exist. Please, don't write to us about them. If there are no good ROM dumps for them, there is nothing we can do to help you.
• A point that bears repeating - do not alter MacMAME's memory allocation in the "Get Info" box - it takes care of it's own memory management. In fact, increasing this value can prevent MacMAME from using memory, so please don't do it :)

Virtual Gameboy 1.2.1 Released John Stiles has just released a minor update to his MacOS port of Virtual Gameboy. This release now supports 16 megabit ROMs such as Dragon Quest Monsters.

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

ROM Translation Page Updated Tom has completed a major update of his ROM Translation Links Page. A big thanks goes out to Yakko who gave an incredible amount of help in making sure everything was up to date.

ROM Translation Links Page

N64 Toolkit Updated Anarko has upload a new version of his Nintendo 64 Opcode list. Due to a lack of time, this may be his last update. Thanks to Gordon Hollingworth for the e-mail.

http://members.xoom.com/n64toolkit/

GrayBox Progress Report Arthur Langereis, the author of GrayBox (NES emulator for Macintosh) has updated his website with the latest news on his emulator. Graybox is being split into 2 different versions.

GrayBox Classic will be a continuation of the existing GrayBox. According to Arthur, it will be a no-nonsense, fast NES emulator for slower computers. This emulator will be gradually phased out. After the initial release of Graybox Classic the only improvements will be to fix existing bugs or to increase compatibility.

The second version will be called GrayBox Z - "Macintosh NES emulation flagship" for those that want the very best. This is being completely redesigned from the ground up. While it will be slower than GrayBox Classic, it will have more features such as an NES programing environment (debugger, disassembler, etc.). You can also expect a stand-alone NES compiler as well.

For the complete news story, just follow the link.

http://www.spidernet.nl/~Arthur_Langereis/info.htm

New NES Utility Debuts Yep, Richard Bannister is at it again with another ROM identifing utility. This time he tackles the NES. Some of NES ROM Info's features:

• Displays the information embedded in the ROM
• Renames the ROM to the original ROM name, taken from an internal database - which currently supports no less than 1612 different NES ROMs!
• Can append (jp) to Japanese ROMs
• Can remove spaces from the file names
• Can append .NES to all ROM names
• Can set the mapper settings for the NES ROM to what they should be
• Can save the ROM Info into the Finder comment of the ROM
• Changes the Type and Creator of the ROM to iNES or Graybox - or any other setting (on your choice)
• The ability to print out the information from the ROM
• Direct Internet Links from the Apple Menu
• Support for Appearance Manager, Navigation Services, and Apple Events
• Configurable Preferences

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

MasterGear 1.2 Released! Marat Fayzullin has just released MasterGear version 1.2! Here's what's new:

• Added emulation for Japanese SG1000/SC3000 systems which were predecessors to the Master System
• Fixed Japanese/English switch
• Even more accurate VRAM read/write emulation. (multiple minor glitches)
• Fixed VBlank control bits in VDP. (multiple minor glitches)
• VBlank interrupts are persistent now. (Samurai Spirits and Robocop 3)
• Added multi-phase VBlank processing. (Smash TV, Spiderman)
• Memory is initialized to 00h not FFh now (done by bootup ROM?). (Shanghai 2)
• Windows version has got a "Sync to Timer" option to control emulation speed

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

MAME 0.34 Beta 5 Out Well, this is turning out to be a big MAME day. First both the Windows and OS/2 ports were updated this morning. Now beta 5 for DOS has just been released. Eleven new ROM sets have been added:

• Ring King / King of Boxer (merged)
• Time Tunnel
• Bio Attack (no collision detection)
• Sea Fighter Poseidon (not working due to protection)
• Top Gunner (bootleg; also fixed the original set)
• Black Tiger (bootleg) (merged)
• Pinball Action (set 2) (merged)
• Exerion (Taito) (merged)
• Space Trek (cocktail version)
• Phoenix (IRECSA) (merged)
• Regulus (not encrypted) (merged)

Click here to download MAME 0.34 Beta 5 for DOS

New Pleiads Emulator Debuts _DrMario_, author of Penix, has released the first alpha of a new Pleiads emulator for DOS. It's called Les and it based on his Penix engine. Les is for DOS. Also, as a side note, _DrMario_ would like to thank all the people who responded to his Atari Jaguar tech request earlier in the week. He says he's getting info left and right :)  Good luck goes out to _DrMario_.

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

Snes9x Source Code After many requests, Jerremy Koot has decided to release the Snes9x source code in ZIP format.

http://www.snes9x.com/

Come Back 64 0.97 Released! JHF Software has released version 0.97 of Comeback 64. Here's what's new:

• Sped up 360x240 mode (almost as fast as 320x200 now)
• Fixed directory listing filesizes (LOAD"$",8)
• Border color line by line scanlines added in 360x240 (no open border/DYSP effects yet)
• Added cartridge memory configuration (Cartridge ROM is now readonly)
• Removed parallel port 1541 emulation (didn't work anyway, so removed it)
• Improved compatibility

http://www.classicgaming.com/cb64/

Atari 2600 Emulator Updated! John Saeger has just released z26 version 1.14! Here's what's new:

• More intense NTSC (normal) colors
• Added support for PAL colors
• Added support for paddle games with keyboard or joystick

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

MAME32 / MAME for OS/2 Updated! Two new betas of MAME have been released today! The first is MAME32, the Windows 9x port by Christopher Kirmse and Michael Soderstrom. This is beta 4 of MAME 0.34, so MAME32 is now in sync with the DOS original. Not to be outdone, Martin Amodeo has also released a new version of MAME for OS/2. His release is Not to be outdone, Martin Amodeo has also released a new version of MAME for OS/2. His release is version 0.34b3.2. You can read what's new at the official homepage.

Click here MAME for Windows

Click here for MAME for OS/2

DTmnt 0.53 Released Dave has just released a minor update to DTmnt. Version 0.53 adds parallel port support for up to four Super NES controllers. Also, the sound underwent some minor changes. DTmnt is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emulator for DOS.

http://www.cybermillenia.com/dayvee/
 

M72 / System 16 Author Interviewed Steve Jones has conducted an interview with Li Jih Hwa of M72 Arcade Emulator and System 16 fame.

http://www.backyard.u-net.com/

More Emulation Stuff in Next Gen Mag After reading the Playstation emulation article in November's issue of Next Generation magazine, I soon disovered something else. None other than ClassicGaming's very own Kevin Bowen was featured in the Letters section (page 167). For those that don't know, Kevin is the Editor-in-Chief\Site Director for ClassicGaming.com. Enjoy your 15 minutes, Kev. ;)

PSyKe in Next Gen Mag Those of you who received the November issue of Next Generation in the mail today should turn to page 4. Their number one story for the month is about (you guessed it!) emulation. Specifically, it mentions PSyKe and the possibility that it could be ported over to Sega's Dreamcast system. One thing they did hint at which I would like to say outright here is that if anything, emulators can actually increase sales for CD-ROM based systems. This is because most of the money companies like Sony make is from software, not hardware:

"Hardware has long been the least profitable end of any console's business model, and so, from a financial viewpoint, the emulator ought to have very little effect on Sony."

- Next Generation
November 1998

Since very few people (if any) would actually download a complete PlayStation game over the 'net (aka World Wide Wait), software sales could actually increase from working, fully playable Playstation emulators.

Snes9x for Amiga Updated Jesper Svennevid has released version 1.10a of his Snes9x port for Amiga computers:

"This beta is compiled with full optimizations and also has CD32 joypad support! Keys are: A - RED, B - BLUE, X - GREEN, Y - YELLOW, TL - REVERSE, TR - FORWARD, START - PLAY Then I ran out of buttons so SELECT is still only space :P "

http://come.to/snes9x/

Looking for Jaguar Info _DrMario_, author of a Phoenix arcade emulator is looking into emulating the Atari Jaguar. If anyone has any tech info, he would greatly appreciate the help. You can contact him at [email protected].

RPGe Secret Message Discovered Mark Twain once remarked that rumors of his death were "greatly exaggerated". Well, it appears RPGe isn't quite as dead as we might have feared either. Embedded into the HTML of their farewell statement is this secret message:

<!-- RPGe will be back.  I promise you, it will.   -->
<!-- I just need time to think.  Alone.            -->
<!-- Thanks for your support.          -harmony7   -->

So let's all give Harmony7 some time off. After all, things often have a tendency to work themselves out. Thanks to Matrim for the e-mail.

CaPriCe32 0.03ß Released Ulrich Doewich has released a new version of CaPriCe32. Here's what's new in version 0.03ß:

• Correct H&VSYNC emulation; fixed screen centering
• Preliminary ZIP support for DSK images
• Modified VESA code to accommodate Matrox video cards
• Expanded colour palette to include the first 16 VGA colours
• Fixed drive letter assignment in file selector

http://www.classicgaming.com/cpe/

BoyCott Updated Gollum has released Boycott version 0.42b for DOS. Here's what's new:

• Major release (but still beta as there is not a complete GUI)
• GUI improvements
• Debugger improvements
• Fixes first BG line (eg : looks better in Zelda)
• Fixes mouse coordinates (stupid bug)
• Scanline mode (320x288 with one line skipped) added
• Double resolution mode (320x288) added
• Disables background skins with Double or Scanline modes
• Prevents lores modes from Double or Scanline (320x350 minimum)
• Stupid "divide by zero" error fixes (while exiting program quickly)
• VESA modes now sorted
• Not always video selection (bug fixes with no parameters or errors)
• Autofire for A and B buttons added
• Partial mouse support (only two buttons until I found a solution for movements)
• Stupid 0.41b window bug fixes (compatibility rate back to 90%)
• Font created and added for GUI and graphical messages

http://www-eleves.iie.cnam.fr/themes/Emu5ever/boycot2.html

RPGe Closed Down RPGe, one of the oldest and best ROM translation groups has closed down, at least for now. The final message was short, but to the point:

"I was in a very destructive mood, so I've decided to shut down RPGe. If you're going to complain, complain to those people who didn't read our feedback page before sending e-mail. Complain to those people who continuously sent me e-mail saying, "please translate ____" or asking "how do I apply a patch"... Complain to those people who STILL send me e-mail telling me that I don't update my site often enough. This is a HOBBY, for god's sake! ... I know I sound like a jerk but I've had enough."

Thanks to Bl00dY NoSe for the e-mail.

http://fx.ml.org/rpge/
 

M72 0.33b Released! Li Jih Hwa has released version 0.33b of his M72 Arcade Emulator. Here's what's new:

• Trace play supports. Show your friends your best play records! Use F9
• to record, F11 to play. Try it now!
• Scanline display option.
• Alternate keyboard control set.
• Sound states are put in save game data now.
• Fixed two bugs that caused Gallop to crash at certain places.

http://users.skynet.be/system16/m72.html

Raine Progress Report Direct from the Raine homepage, three new games will now be supported: Rastan Saga 2, Warrior Blade, and Syvalion (the first Taito System H game to be supported).

Keith Wilkins Resumes Handy Keith Wilkins has decided to resume Handy, his Atari Lynx emulator for Windows. For those that don't know, Handy is by far the best Atari Lynx emulator out. Keith dropped the project last year after getting burned out. But he's back and now working on a new release. Stay tuned...

Broken Links I'm in the process of completely revising the computer links page. There are several emulators whose websites have either moved or may be permanently down.

• KEGS (Apple II emulator for HP-UX (Unix)
• XGS (Apple II emulator for Linux and Unix)
• XGS (Apple II emulator for MacOS)
• Pokey (Atari 400/800 emulator for DOS)

New ZSNES Screenshots _Demo_ and zsKnight have just updated their ZSNES webpage with some very impressive screenshots of Tales of Phantasia.

http://www.csoft.net/~zsnes/schedule.htm

New N64 Emulator Timmy Schwartz has released the first alpha of a Nintendo 64 emulator he's been working on. Please note that it's in the very early stages of development. Only CPU, memory and registers are emulated (no graphics or sound).

http://ultra64.hypermart.net/

Penix 0.3 Released After a long layoff, _DrMario_ has returned with a new version of his Phoenix emulator for DOS. Version 0.3 features several bugfixes and is also faster than the previous version. Sound is not yet supported, but _DrMario_ is working on it. He's asked that I mention that he's looking for some help with sound emulation. If you can help, please contact him at [email protected].

http://www.spis.net/penix/
 

RockNES 0.56 Release 2 Now Out Fx3, Kritz and Nyef have just released a minor update to RockNES. Here's what's new in version 0.56 Release 2:

• Some changes in the gfx engine (+speed)
• Fixed a bug in the save screenshot function
• Screen is correctly centered again

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

PC Arcade Has Moved The new URL is:

http://www.emulnews.com/pcarcade/index.html

Snes9x 1.10a Source Code Released The source code to Snes9x 1.10a is now available at:

http://www.snes9x.com/

New NES Emulator Debuts! Jason Millard has released a brand new NES emulator for Windows 95 called NES496. It actually started out as a school project for Penn State University. In fact, NES496 gets its name because the class was CSE 496. The class is over and Jason has decided to release it. NES496 has joystick support, but no keyboard support. It features a GUI and an integrated debugger. Sound is not yet emulated.

Thanks to Dave Drake for the e-mail.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/s/jsm174/nes496.html

New Pac Man Emulator Debuts! Tony Docherty has released a new Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man emulator in Visual Basic:

"I've just released a beta version of my new Visual Basic Pacman emulator (a follow on from VB-Space Invaders). It's more or less in a finished state though I'm currently trying to speed up the sprite routines before the final release. The emulator currently runs Pacman (Midway) and Ms Pacman (Bootleg Midway)."

http://www.surf.to/vbemu

Retrocade for MacOS John Stiles of emulation.net is reporting that the Macintosh port of Retrocade should be released in a few more weeks.

EMU 24x Has Moved The new URL is:

http://come.to/emu24x/

EMU-1 Has Moved The new URL is:

http://welcome.to/emu1

EMUTools Updated Marat Fayzullin has updated his suite of emulation utilities, EMUTools. GBLIST (a Gameboy ROM utility) is now based on a more recent version of
GBCarts library which recognizes new MBCs, ROM sizes and attributes. Most of the other programs have also been updated, including his Gameboy disassembler.

http://www.komkon.org/fms/EMUL8/
 

New PSEmu Pro Screenshots Posted Just added to the PSEmu Pro webpage are some new screenshots of the upcoming release PSEmu:

http://www.psemu.com/ScreenShots.htm

Executer 2.0x Released Ardi has released version 2.0x of Executer. Executor is a Macintosh emulator for several platforms, including DOS and Windows 98.

http://www.ardi.com/
 

Chinese Translation of ENS Moves Dicky Tsang's Chinese (Cantonese) translation of EMU News Service has moved to:

http://come.to/emuroom

madNES 0.95 Beta 5 Released Robert Rosario has released a new beta of his NES emulator for DOS. Here's what's new in madNES 0.95 Beta 5:

• Improved mapper 8, it is now playable & scrolling is Ok.
• More speed, about 10fps
• Support for multiple state save files (up to 25) use keys F8 & F9 to select slot
• Changed the frameskip key to - or +
• Much better support for mapper 16, IRQ support is buggy
• Preliminary support for mapper 17, IRQ support is buggy
• Preliminary support for mapper 19
• Preliminary support for mapper 21, gfx corrupted
• Preliminary support for mapper 23, most games should work ok
• Preliminary support for mapper 33, most games should run
• Preliminary support for mapper 34, no games work yet
• Preliminary support for mapper 66
• Preliminary support for mapper 71, no games work yet
• Preliminary support for mapper 78, untested
• Preliminary support for mapper 79, most games should work
• Preliminary support for mapper 91, no games work yet
• Fixed snapshot code when the game name was less than 5 letters long
• The snapshot code now clips correctly the leftmost 8 bits when the game lowers the screen resolution
• Fixed savegame code not saving the battery RAM on some games
• The new gfx engine is about 70% complete almost every game's screen is interpreted correctly, even the complex ones (Isolated Warrior, Skate or Die, Road Blaster)
• Bug fixes to Mapper 11

PowerPCEngine 0.3.7b2 Released Jingai has released a new version of his Macintosh port of Jens Christian Restemeier's Virtual PCEngine. Here's what's new in version 0.3.7b2:

• Included a Register application to make donations easier
• Calmed down regulate framerate option
• Fixed a problem with the key dialog in preferences
• Cleaned up dialogs a bit

http://www.emulnews.com/penguinsoft/

Come Back 64 0.96 Released JHF Software has released version 0.96 of Come Back 64 today! New features include:

• Select between 360x240 and 320x200 resolution (360x240 is slooowwww, needs a P166)
• Improved emulation detection method at 0xDFA0
• Improved 6510 CPU compatibility
• Sprites work better (still not 100%, though)
• Made more games work with the emulator
• More bugfixes

http://www.classicgaming.com/cb64/

PSEmu Plugins Updated The PSEmu Pro development team has released five updated plugins today:

• gpuGlide - a new from Tratax long awaited Glide that is sometimes faster (sometimes slower as well :) )
• spuSeal - better XA play
• gpuDudSoft - replacement for gpuSoft, with support for 16bit VideoCards
• cdrDAO - fixed problem with loosing CurrentDir in PSEmu
• cdrDudAspi - added read with Retry for dirty or damaged CDROMs

Genecyst MIDI Converter Downloads Paul Jensen's webpage for his GYM-2-MID utility has been closed due to excessive bandwidth. I've been getting a lot of requests for these files so I've placed copies here so anyone who wants to download them can:

GYM-2-MID (Full Version)
GYM-2-MID (EXE Only)

Cartlist32 Moves The webpage for the Cartlist32 ROM utility has moved to:

http://members.theglobe.com/suntzu7/

PSEmu FAQ Translated to Italian The official PSEmu Pro FAQ has been translated to Italian.

http://user.itl.net/~starwars/PSFAQ/index.html
 

Stella 1.0 Released! After many months of development, Bradford W. Mott has finally released version 1.0 of Stella! Here's what's new:

• Supports Robot Tank and Decathlon
• Supports Joystick, Keyboard, Booster Grip, and Indy 500 Driving controllers
• DOS version supports 320x200 and 320x240 graphics modes
• Preliminary support for Chris Wilkson's Megacart bank-switching scheme
• Improved graphics emulation (TIA)
• Improved timer emulation (6532 PIA)
• Improved CPU emulation (6502)
• Improved Supercharger support
• Contains properties for over 540 ROMs

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

HU6280 Moves Barry Rodewald has released a GalEMU 0.13\The new URL is:

http://www.hu6280.com/

GalEMU 0.13 Released Barry Rodewald has released a GalEMU 0.13:

"This basically just fixes a nasty little bug which caused - at least on my PC - a page fault when run under DOS mode, but worked fine under Windows 95.  Also, Pisces is working fine, but may have a few graphical glitches."

GalEMU is a multi-arcade game emulator for DOS.

http://members.xoom.com/mahlemiut/galemu.html
 

http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~oliphant/glmame/

Thanks to Alain S. for the e-mail.

Magic Interview Steve Jones of Backyard Emulation Links has interviewed David Michel of Magic Engine fame.

http://www.backyard.u-net.com/

Boycott 0.41b Released! Gollum has updated his Gameboy emulator to version 0.41b. Here's what's new:

• Beta release since GUI is not completed
• Preliminary mouse support (only an inactive cursor in 320x200)
• Debugger improved
• Gameboy screen now centered within the current resolution
• Video mode selection (VESA 2.0 to get VESA modes)
• All linear VESA modes added (VESA 2.0)
• Boycott Icon in 256 colors (by Gollum) added for Win95/98/NT users
• FPS (Frames Per Second) and IPS (Instructions Per Second) corrected
• TIMER util removed (not anymore needed)
• Add a vertical synchro (vsync) for highly powerful Pentium-class computers
• Bug fixes for display (last vertical line was wrong)

http://www-eleves.iie.cnam.fr/themes/Emu5ever/boycot2.html

RockNES 0.56 Released! Fx3, Kritz and Nyef have released new version of RockNES. Here's what's new:

• Added a new graphic engine (scanline based, buggy), now, more games works fine, like Super Mario Bros. 1, DuckTales etc
• Bankswitch using pointers, so the address don't need to be re-calculated for each read, slightly faster
• Re-added autoframeskip system to be used with the new gfx engine
• Fixed a bug in the autoframeskip system (delay time control, for fast PCs, now, works fine)
• Many bugs fixed in 6502 functions (Rd/Wr/Loop/PPU)
• The joystick is checked more easily
• Correct free memory when you quit to DOS
• Fixed snapshot so that it works in any video mode
• Fixed a bug in sprite displaying
• Fixed bugs in the mappers #1, #7 and #11 (#7 not working)
• Working screen clearing (just play Ghosts'n Goblins)
• Added One-Screen Mirroring to the new scanline engine
• Added command line options to change video card type/resolution
• Added ability to save more than one snapshot/ROM (limit=999)
• Sprite visibility (top/bottom) works fine

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

Rolling Thunder Emulator Jimmy Hamm has released a new Rolling Thunder emulator for DOS. You need a Pentium II 266 (or better) to run it, plus 12 megs of RAM. Sound support is included.

http://www.davesclassics.com/hosted/thunder/
 

Genecyst MIDI Converter Debuts Paul Jensen has just released a brand new Sega Genesis utility that converts Genecyst GYM files to standard MIDI files. Written in Visual Basic 5, GYM-2-MID is for Windows 9x/NT. Source code is also available.

http://home.pacbell.net/pejcs/index.html

EMUSeek Moves Yes, yet another emulation website has moved. This time it's Craig Johnson's Emuseek. The new URL is:

http://freeweb.digiweb.com/games/emuseek/index.htm

MAME ROM Manager Joergen Bech has released a new MAME ROM utility for Windows 95. MAME ROM Manager can scan a directory (including its subdirectories) and add them to one, large binary ROM Pack. You can check it out at:

http://members.xoom.com/xoomjbech/index.html

Nofrendo Progress Report Here's the latest on Matt Conte's Nofrendo emulator. After having his computer stolen (along with Nofrendo's source code) Matt has decided to start over and continue on with it. He posted this progress report on his webpage today:

• Core emulation complete
• Rewrote graphics engine from scratch
• Custom GUI hits puberty
• Sprite priorities still broken- need to think or something
• Square Wave, Triangle, DPCM sound channels working
• Save/Load state working
• Mappers 0,1,2,3,4,7 functional

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

New CPE32 Released! Ulrich Doewich has released version 0.02b of his CPC emulator. The first major change is that CPE32 has been renamed CaPriCe32. Secondly, the CRTC video emulation has been completely rewritten. Now more software runs without any graphical glitches. CaPriCe32 is an Amstrad CPC emulator for DOS.

http://www.classicgaming.com/cpe/

madNES Moves The new URL is:

http://www.emulnews.com/madnes/

Nintendo-Related Interviews Emulators Unlimited has released 5 new interviews, each with a Nintendo connection:

• Fabiano Lopes - RockNes
• Roberto Rosario - MadNes
• Loopy - LoopyNes
• Martin Korth - No$Gmb
• Jesse Smith - World of Nintendo homepage

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

GalEMU 0.12 Released! Barry Rodewald has just released a brand new version of his new multi-arcade game emulator for DOS. Version 0.12 adds support for three new games: Pac-Man (bootleg), Uniwars, and Gingateikoku no Gyakushu. In addition, the War of the Bugs sprite bug has been fixed.

http://members.xoom.com/mahlemiut/galemu.html

VPCE/Unix 0.3f Released! Osamu KURATI has updated his Unix ports of VPCE. Here's what's new in version 0.3f:

• FreeBSD version can play sound
• More OS supported : NetBSD, OpenBSD and GNU Hurd
• Debug sound routines
• 4 bit PseudoColor is supported
• Key assignment is slightly changed

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

A/NES 0.99.96b Released Morgan Johansson and Fredrik Schultz have released a new version of A/NES. Here's what's new:

• NESA-code bugfixed and improved
• Manual NESA-rip mode available
• Added partial fwMapper65 support
• Minor GUI-changes

http://www.funpoint.com/ANES/

A/NES Has Moved Yes, yet another emulator has moved webpages. This time it's A/NES, the NES emulator for Amiga. The new URL is:

http://www.funpoint.com/ANES/

MacMAME Updated! Brad Oliver has updated his Macintosh port of MAME version 0.34 Beta 4r2. Here's what's new:

• In sync with PC 0.34 beta 4.
• Slightly rearranged the front-end. The screenshot tab is now the default. It'll be a big empty white square if you don't have a screenshot for the selected game.
• MacMAME will now use Navigation Services if it's available.
• There is a known glitch with a checkbox in the Video tab in the front-end with MacOS 8.5. This is a bug in MacOS 8.5, not MacMAME.
• Some internal tweaks to MacMAME's integration with the MAME debugger to make it work a little smoother when you are compiling that build. The PPC 68k core should also compile properly in all configurations.
• Some more strings were moved to resources to aid in internationalization.

ftp://ftp.boffomac.com/Emulation/MacMAME/
 

NeoRAGE Author Interviewed Elitegamer has conducted an interview with Anders Nilsson, co-author of NeoRAGE. Thanks to SYS2064 for the news.

http://www.elitegamer.com/frames.htm

New MAME Beta Released Yep, another public beta of MAME is now out. Version 0.34 Beta 4 adds support for 20+ new ROM sets, including Arkanoid 2 and Mr. TNT, although many are not working. Also Nemesis, Terra Cresta and Rastan all support high score saving. As usual, the MAME webpage has not been updated, but you can download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.  Thanks to Dave's Video Game Classics for the news.

Download MAME 0.34 Beta 4 for DOS

Color GameBoy Screenshots! Marat Fayzullin has released some advance screenshots of the next release of Virtual Gameboy:

"Although the screenshots show both CGB colors and SGB screen border, the actual game obviously uses only one of those (there is no SuperCGB :)). Virtual GameBoy emulates both though, so the game shows up with both GB and SGB features."

- Marat Fayzullin

Virtual Gameboy is available for many different platforms, including Windows and MacOS.

Snes9x 1.10a for DOS Released! The DOS port of Snes9x version 1.10 is now out. It has all the features of the Unix source, but no netplay. Also, the future of the DOS version is in doubt and the Snes9x team is looking for someone new to maintain the DOS port.

"The DOS port is also NOT supported anymore, the current maintainer (Gary) doesn't want to spend time on the DOS port anymore. So if there are others willing to maintain the DOS port, please email me."

Thanks to WhiteKnight for the e-mail.

http://www.snes9x.com/

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

Please note that the DOS port of Snes9x is NOT supported by the Snes9x team. Please do not e-mail them with complaints about the DOS port. Thanks.

Emul5 1.5 Released; Linux Port Now Available! Edouard Forler has released version 1.5 of Emul5, his Thompson M05 computer emulator for DOS. What's more, a Linux version is also available. New features include the Leanord nanoreseau emulation and revised HTML documentaion. Also, please note the official Emul5 webpage has moved to a new address:

http://emul5.scdi.org/

New Calc Emulator Debuts Programmer Daniel "Krach" Foesch has released a new TI-86 calculator for DOS. It's in the early stages of development. There are some problems with Z80 virtual processor but Dan hopes to have these problems worked out. You can check it out here.

Come Back 64 Moves The new URL is:

http://www.classicgaming.com/cb64/

nEMU Returns nIRV has brought back nEMU, his previously defunct emulation website.

http://nemu.asmith.net/

The M72 Arcade Emulator Updated! As soon as the new System 16 was released, Li Jih Hwa unveiled a new version of his other emulator, The M72 Arcade Emulator! Seven new games have been added:

• R-TYPE 2
• Dragon Breed
• Hammerin'Harry
• Gallop - Armed Police Unit
• Mr.HELI(BChopper JP)
• R-TYPE US
• X-MULTIPLY

http://users.skynet.be/system16/m72.html

You can also download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.
 
System 16 0.80b Released! Thierry Lescot (ShinobiZ) and Li Jih Hwa (Nao) have just released a brand new version of System 16, their popular Sega arcade game emulator! Directly from the documentation, here's what's new:

1. YM2203 emulation for Space Harrier.
2. YM3438 emulation for System18 games.
3. Ricoh RF5C68 PCM sound chip emulation for System18 games.
4. SEGA PCM sound chip emulation for OUTRUN, Space Harrier and Super Hang-On.

1. Alien Syndrome sprite/BG priority problem shown at corners of R1 and R5.
2. Keyboard become jammed after heavy system activities.
3. Background scrolling bug in Hang-On and Super Hang-On.
4. OUTRUN wheel handle auto-centering problem.

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

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

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

GalEMU 0.12 Released! Barry Rodewald has just released a brand new version of his new multi-arcade game emulator for DOS. Version 0.12 adds support for three new games: Pac-Man (bootleg), Uniwars, and Gingateikoku no Gyakushu. In addition, the War of the Bugs sprite bug has been fixed.

http://members.xoom.com/mahlemiut/galemu.html

VPCE/Unix 0.3f Released! Osamu KURATI has updated his Unix ports of VPCE. Here's what's new in version 0.3f:

• FreeBSD version can play sound
• More OS supported : NetBSD, OpenBSD and GNU Hurd
• Debug sound routines
• 4 bit PseudoColor is supported
• Key assignment is slightly changed

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

A/NES 0.99.96b Released Morgan Johansson and Fredrik Schultz have released a new version of A/NES. Here's what's new:

• NESA-code bugfixed and improved
• Manual NESA-rip mode available
• Added partial fwMapper65 support
• Minor GUI-changes

http://www.funpoint.com/ANES/

A/NES Has Moved Yes, yet another emulator has moved webpages. This time it's A/NES, the NES emulator for Amiga. The new URL is:

http://www.funpoint.com/ANES/

MacMAME Updated! Brad Oliver has updated his Macintosh port of MAME version 0.34 Beta 4r2. Here's what's new:

• In sync with PC 0.34 beta 4.
• Slightly rearranged the front-end. The screenshot tab is now the default. It'll be a big empty white square if you don't have a screenshot for the selected game.
• MacMAME will now use Navigation Services if it's available.
• There is a known glitch with a checkbox in the Video tab in the front-end with MacOS 8.5. This is a bug in MacOS 8.5, not MacMAME.
• Some internal tweaks to MacMAME's integration with the MAME debugger to make it work a little smoother when you are compiling that build. The PPC 68k core should also compile properly in all configurations.
• Some more strings were moved to resources to aid in internationalization.

ftp://ftp.boffomac.com/Emulation/MacMAME/
 

NeoRAGE Author Interviewed Elitegamer has conducted an interview with Anders Nilsson, co-author of NeoRAGE. Thanks to SYS2064 for the news.

http://www.elitegamer.com/frames.htm

New MAME Beta Released Yep, another public beta of MAME is now out. Version 0.34 Beta 4 adds support for 20+ new ROM sets, including Arkanoid 2 and Mr. TNT, although many are not working. Also Nemesis, Terra Cresta and Rastan all support high score saving. As usual, the MAME webpage has not been updated, but you can download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.  Thanks to Dave's Video Game Classics for the news.

Download MAME 0.34 Beta 4 for DOS

Color GameBoy Screenshots! Marat Fayzullin has released some advance screenshots of the next release of Virtual Gameboy:

"Although the screenshots show both CGB colors and SGB screen border, the actual game obviously uses only one of those (there is no SuperCGB :)). Virtual GameBoy emulates both though, so the game shows up with both GB and SGB features."

- Marat Fayzullin

Virtual Gameboy is available for many different platforms, including Windows and MacOS.

Snes9x 1.10a for DOS Released! The DOS port of Snes9x version 1.10 is now out. It has all the features of the Unix source, but no netplay. Also, the future of the DOS version is in doubt and the Snes9x team is looking for someone new to maintain the DOS port.

"The DOS port is also NOT supported anymore, the current maintainer (Gary) doesn't want to spend time on the DOS port anymore. So if there are others willing to maintain the DOS port, please email me."

Thanks to WhiteKnight for the e-mail.

http://www.snes9x.com/

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

Please note that the DOS port of Snes9x is NOT supported by the Snes9x team. Please do not e-mail them with complaints about the DOS port. Thanks.

Emul5 1.5 Released; Linux Port Now Available! Edouard Forler has released version 1.5 of Emul5, his Thompson M05 computer emulator for DOS. What's more, a Linux version is also available. New features include the Leanord nanoreseau emulation and revised HTML documentaion. Also, please note the official Emul5 webpage has moved to a new address:

http://emul5.scdi.org/

New Calc Emulator Debuts Programmer Daniel "Krach" Foesch has released a new TI-86 calculator for DOS. It's in the early stages of development. There are some problems with Z80 virtual processor but Dan hopes to have these problems worked out. You can check it out here.

Come Back 64 Moves The new URL is:

http://www.classicgaming.com/cb64/

nEMU Returns nIRV has brought back nEMU, his previously defunct emulation website.

http://nemu.asmith.net/

The M72 Arcade Emulator Updated! As soon as the new System 16 was released, Li Jih Hwa unveiled a new version of his other emulator, The M72 Arcade Emulator! Seven new games have been added:

• R-TYPE 2
• Dragon Breed
• Hammerin'Harry
• Gallop - Armed Police Unit
• Mr.HELI(BChopper JP)
• R-TYPE US
• X-MULTIPLY

http://users.skynet.be/system16/m72.html

You can also download a copy directly from EMU News Service by clicking here.
 
System 16 0.80b Released! Thierry Lescot (ShinobiZ) and Li Jih Hwa (Nao) have just released a brand new version of System 16, their popular Sega arcade game emulator! Directly from the documentation, here's what's new:

1. YM2203 emulation for Space Harrier.
2. YM3438 emulation for System18 games.
3. Ricoh RF5C68 PCM sound chip emulation for System18 games.
4. SEGA PCM sound chip emulation for OUTRUN, Space Harrier and Super Hang-On.

1. Alien Syndrome sprite/BG priority problem shown at corners of R1 and R5.
2. Keyboard become jammed after heavy system activities.
3. Background scrolling bug in Hang-On and Super Hang-On.
4. OUTRUN wheel handle auto-centering problem.

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

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

http://www.rainemu.com/

MAME32 Webpage Moves Michael Soderstrom's MAME32 web page has moved. The new URL is:

http://www.classicgaming.com/mame32/

Fortune City Back Up After being down for a day or so, Fortune City is back up.
 

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

New French Translation of EMU News Service Debuts A new French translation of EMU News Service is up and online at:

http://www.alt-potes.com/emunews/

Links Pages Updated The arcade, calculator, console and portable gaming systems links pages were all updated today. 

PSEmu Pro Official FAQ Translated The official PSEmu Pro FAQ has just been translated to Spanish and French.

http://user.itl.net/~starwars/PSFAQ/index.html

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