March 2000

03/01/2000 - Genesis Power! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Genesis Power has released "Genesis Release #59: Klax (Atari-Tengen) (U) (!)". They also moved to Emu-World! Please visit and download their rom Here.


03/01/2000 - New Homebrewn rom for VBoy [Posted by DarkMazda]

There has been a new rom for Virtual Boy! It was posted over at UNVB website! Here is the post

Please download it from Virtual E and thanks goes to UNVB for the news.


03/01/2000 - Sope Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Sope website has been updated with some cool news

Please visit Sope website.


03/01/2000 - OverClocked: #93 - Born to be Crazzzyyyyy [Posted by Lycia]

Oh, yes! David pumps out another great episode of OverClocked! In this episode, Green and Pretzel are in the seemingly popular game Crazy Taxi and they. . .Well, why don't you find out?

Check out the episode!


Thanks to David for another great episode!


03/01/2000 - NoSTalgia v0.65 [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of NoSTalgia, an AtariST emulator for MacIntosh, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

  • Fixed crashs when the PC entered the hardware memory area.
  • Bug corrections memory manager.
  • Added some internal support for 2nd harddrive support (driver is not yet available).

Grab a copy over at the AtariST Emulators page.


03/01/2000 - SPCTool v0.6 [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of SPCToll, a utility that aids in the conversion of .SPC to .MID or .WAV, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

  • MAIN Improved command-line parsing
  • MAIN GUI can be disabled for a 'play only' mode
  • MAIN Added a poorly drawn, incomplete JIS-X0201 character set (If anyone has
  • information/character maps, e-mail me.)
  • MAIN Screens are now dynamic (Should fix some problems, as well as create
  • some new ones)
  • MAIN Buttons that get disabled now look disabled
  • MAIN Sound card can be disabled
  • MAIN Channels can be muted with the keyboard instead of the mouse
  • MAIN Can use the tilde key to fast forward
  • MAIN Wave options lists a GM instrument instead of a number
  • MAIN Wave form options can be changed with the mouse
  • MAIN Wave form options can be saved on exit
  • MAIN Output to .WAV can be customized
  • MAIN Loader correctly reads text ID666 tags
  • MAIN Fixed a major bug when files were loaded from a different directory
  • MAIN 16-bit DMA transfers can now reside above [1000:FFFF]
  • MAIN Rewrote DMA routines for 8-bit sound cards
  • MAIN 8kHz mixing works
  • MAIN Fixed a minor bug in the OK buttons of the dialog boxes
  • DSP Optimized interpolation routine
  • DSP Optimized FIR filter
  • DSP Mixing routine is now dynamically created to eliminate repetitive branching
  • DSP Improved interpolation routine to taper off the samples of instruments that don't
  • end on the base-line (No more clicking in Starfox)
  • DSP Made pitch modulation 256 times finer
  • DSP A negative channel volume no longer corrupts the instrument
  • DSP Echo volume was corrupt in monaural mode (SB owners can hear now)
  • DSP ADSR is more accurate
  • DSP Bent line doesn't stall
  • DSP Linear interpolation doesn't overflow
  • DSP The noise generator is a little more random
  • DSP BRR decompression method 3 works better (No noise in Toy Story)
  • DSP Fixed a small bug in the pitch converting code
  • DSP Fixed a bug in pitch modulation when using cubic interpolation (wind doesn't
  • crackle anymore)
  • DSP Echo works in the MMX code (MMX instructions are now enabled)
  • DSP Output is logged correctly when other than 16-bit stereo
  • DSP Temporary file created during MIDI logging gets deleted
  • CPU Added a hack to eliminate polling the counters (speeds up overall processing
  • by as much as 25%)
  • CPU Optimized opcode handler and paragraph aligned short jump destinations
  • CPU Added a trace log option to debugger
  • CPU Fixed a stupid bug in the 16-bit memory checker that was causing random
  • crashes and Vortex to get stuck
  • CPU PCALL jumps to the right location (Terranigma doesn't stall)
  • CPU STOP and SLEEP actually stop the CPU

You can pick up this utility by downloading the following file:


03/01/2000 - New Neo Geo CD Cover Of The Day ! [Posted by homt]

Today's Release "Last Blade 2 (Japanese)" is donated by Lavarini Ettore - IPM and ELA
grab it here NeoGeoCD Covers Section If anyone would like to donate covers
please e-mail me homt and i will send you a list of needed covers.
I have had quite a few donations this past week so the daily releases will keep coming !!!


03/01/2000 - A-SATURN Discontinued [Posted by Lycia]

A-SATURN, a Sega Saturn emulator project, has announced on their site that they're discontinuing the emulator project. This is definately not the year for emulators as we've seen 2 die so far and now this. Here's what the author had to say on his site:

00/03/01 A-SATURN discontinued
have a nervous break down by A-SATURN.
I will don't open A-SATURN's source code.

We at DarkMazda's Domain wish the author a quick and speedy recovery and wish him well!


03/01/2000 - DarcNES v1.06 - Windows Port [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of DarcNES, a multi-console emulator for Windows, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

  • Added a basic GUI (several items are still missing).
  • Added a screenshot function.
  • Fixed some problems with GG sprite clipping and tile rendering.
  • Cleaned up the FDS emulation code.
  • Added a lot of (inaccessible) extra FDS functionality.
  • Changed the nes bank 4 and 6 I/O hooks.
  • Fixed FDS mapper to compile again.
  • Fixed some problems with the PCE timer.
  • Changed the PCE VDP interface not to use procpointers.
  • Added clipping sprites to the right side of the screen to the PCE VDP.
  • Removed the old (disabled) ROM type identification routine.
  • Fixed the battery file handling to not use a cheap hack to get the filename (this breaks all gg savegames until you rename
  • the battery file).
  • Added SET instruction to the 6280 core.
  • Fixed some problems with mapper 24 (VRC6) IRQs (vertical scrolling scenes in CV3j are a lot better now).
  • Fixed a bug in the NES PPU that was preventing bigfoot from working.
  • Added preliminary PC-Engine timer interrupt emulation.
  • Fixed a bug with reading from the PC-Engine VCE.
  • Fixed a bug with the PC-Engine VDP that was causing graphics problems with several games and prevented Gradius
  • from working.
  • Added a new 6280 core (no noticable effect on compatability).
  • Disabled the old 6280 core.
  • Fixed tms9918 invisible sprites and right-clipped sprites.

Grab a copy over at the Multi Emulators page.


03/01/2000 - DarcNES v1.06 - Windows Port [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of DarcNES, a multi-console emulator for Windows, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

  • Added a basic GUI (several items are still missing).
  • Added a screenshot function.
  • Fixed some problems with GG sprite clipping and tile rendering.
  • Cleaned up the FDS emulation code.
  • Added a lot of (inaccessible) extra FDS functionality.
  • Changed the nes bank 4 and 6 I/O hooks.
  • Fixed FDS mapper to compile again.
  • Fixed some problems with the PCE timer.
  • Changed the PCE VDP interface not to use procpointers.
  • Added clipping sprites to the right side of the screen to the PCE VDP.
  • Removed the old (disabled) ROM type identification routine.
  • Fixed the battery file handling to not use a cheap hack to get the filename (this breaks all gg savegames until you rename the battery file).
  • Added SET instruction to the 6280 core.
  • Fixed some problems with mapper 24 (VRC6) IRQs (vertical scrolling scenes in CV3j are a lot better now).
  • Fixed a bug in the NES PPU that was preventing bigfoot from working.
  • Added preliminary PC-Engine timer interrupt emulation.
  • Fixed a bug with reading from the PC-Engine VCE.
  • Fixed a bug with the PC-Engine VDP that was causing graphics problems with several games and prevented Gradius from working.
  • Added a new 6280 core (no noticable effect on compatability).
  • Disabled the old 6280 core.
  • Fixed tms9918 invisible sprites and right-clipped sprites.

Grab a copy by going on over to the Multi Emulators page.


03/01/2000 - Nemu64 INI #2 [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of Nemu64 INI, the .INI file for Nemu64, has been released. This version now allows 120 ROMs playable!

You can pick it up by downloading the following file:


03/01/2000 - Nemu64 & 3dfx [Posted by Lycia]
The Nemu64 site has been updated with hWnd's thoughts on 3dfx. Basically, hWnd doesn't like 3dfx and will not have anything to do with supporting the cards in Nemu64. Nemu64 is specifically optimized for Nvidia video card products, and doesn't support the 3dfx cards. Here's what hWnd had to say:

It is a fairly poorly kept secret that I, hWnd, have a grudge against 3DFX. I won't get into the details, but as a coder, I refuse to write any special code to accomodate a 3DFX product. Because of this decision, secondary boards such as the Voodoo1 and Voodoo2 do not and will not work with Nemu64. Though I did not intend it, it seems that Banshee users are also experiencing problems such that they are either unable to run Nemu at all or are getting frame rates in the single digits. This is regrettable. Even Voodoo3 users are having difficulties, though I have heard there is a driver/settings combination that gives decent, though not ideal, results. Please stop writing me asking for Voodoo support. Nemu's graphics have been optimized for use with recent nVidia boards, such as the TNT, TNT2, and GeForce, mainly since the TNT2 is the board that I own. I don't have access to others. My suggestion if you are interested in N64 emulation is to make your next board a TNT2-Ultra, or GeForce, since Nemu is optimized to these boards, and UltraHLE 1.5 will be using OpenGL, which is highly optimized under nVidia Boards. (See screenshots on UltraHLE page taken with TNT2 board). Once again...I regret that the Voodoo users among you are disappointed, but there will be no graphics code written to accomodate a 3DFX product. I won't go out of my way to make things not work, so if 3DFX decides to stop making developers jump thru hoops, their boards will start working too.

Thank You

Let's hope that he can resolve those differences and work on supporting 3dfx in future versions of Nemu64.

Thanks to EmulationHQ for the news.


03/01/2000 - RockNES v1.02 [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of RockNES, an NES emulator, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

  • New IRQ handler system (using 'hooks');
  • Fixed MMC5 support (CastleVania 3 US works, still unplayable);
  • Added mapper #226 support (76in1 cart, partial);
  • Added mapper #227 support (1200in1 cart, does not work);
  • More minor bugs fixed.

You can pick up the new version by heading on over to our NES Emulators page.


03/01/2000 - PSMPlay v0.3 [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of PSMPlay, a utility that lets you see/hear STR/XA/TIM files on your PSX CDs, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

  • The process of the Y parameter was strange at the time of the YUV change.
  • All XA channels are supported (32ch). But, not perfect.
  • The FF8 data of only the audio can play-back.
  • Copes with the output which LAME was used for.
  • The Analyze process of the STR data was changed. (I thinks that many STR forms are found.)
  • CDXA was added to the object of Analyze.
  • The STR form of "Gran Turismo", "Gran Turismo 2" and
  • "Ace Combat III" can be play-back.
  • All can't be playback, and it isn't understood whether it can cope with it from now on, too, at present.
  • It may work with the environment after DirectX3 because only the function of DirectX3 is being used fundamentally.

Grab a copy of your own by downloading the following file:


03/02/2000 - New Neo Geo CD Cover Of The Day ! [Posted by homt]

Today's Release "Neo DriftOut" is donated by Lavarini Ettore - IPM and ELA
grab it here NeoGeoCD Covers Section


03/02/2000 - Big Age Times #6 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Big Age Times #6 has been released! Here is what is in this release

  • The Top 50 Games of the Bit Age continues
  • A look at Magic Engine
  • Spotlight on the Cinemaware website
  • Review of Metal Slug
  • A whole lot more!
Please read the Big Age Times #6 Here


03/02/2000 - fMSX version 2.01 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

fMSX version 2.01 has been released! Here is an E-mail I got from M.E.P

    "fMSX is now also available for BeOS. Version 2.01 has been ported to this new OS. It still lacks sound support and not all keys are mapped. Also there's no GUI. So it's quite basic, but it works pretty well. So now you will be able to play all your favourite MSX games on the BeOS systems as well !!"
Please download fMSX from our MSX Emu Section. Thanks goes to the M.E.P crew for the E-mail.


03/02/2000 - MESS32 version .36b16 has been released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MESS32 version .36b16 has been released! This one is finally caught up with the MESS .36b16! Please download from our Multi-Console Section.


03/02/2000 - Nemu64 ini is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Unofficial Nemu64 Compatibility Page has posted that a new version of the Nemu64 ini has been released! This ini makes Castelvania, Wipe out 64, Fifa 99 Partially Working.

Please click Here to download the new ini


03/02/2000 - Corn Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Corn site has been updated with some cool news

    "Sorry for not updating the page for a long time. But lots of things happened in my life. Many sad days. Well, now they have passed, almost. I am recovering and back to develop Corn.
    Also, because of a disaster on my pc, I lost all the email sent to me before EmuHQ changed the server. Later email was kept on the new server untouched since I didn't have the mood to activate my account till today. I am processing them. Lots of email may be lost. So, if you sent me important ones, please resend them.
    A new release will be out in several days. It will add functions people asked when playing mario64. What are they? Just play mario64 and see what you need most. Besides, here are some new screenshots."
Please visit Corn to see those screenshots! :)


03/03/2000 - New Neo Geo CD Cover Of The Day ! [Posted by homt]


Today's Release "Ragnagard" is donated by Mengele,J of EMUL8ION 3L33T
grab it here NeoGeoCD Covers Section


03/03/2000 - RockNES Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES site has been updated with some news

  • - A Windows port release is not distant (_maybe_ next week, around thursday).
  • - Fixed MMC5 CHR banks, no more glitches in Metal Slader Glory (working better).
Please visit RockNES website.


03/03/2000 - UltraHLE website updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

UltraHLE website has been updated with a post!

    "Over the last 24 hours I have received many e-mails and communications from people asking why I am dropping 3DFX support. THIS IS NOT TRUE. I do not know where this has come from. 3DFX has a stable OpenGL ICD now which actually runs faster on my Voodoo3 than OpenGL on my TNT2 card. I also have excellent developer access at 3DFX so why would I drop it ??? - RealityMan. "
Please visit UltraHLE.com for more info.


03/03/2000 - 1-UP v0.9.832 [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of 1-UP, a universal frontend, has been released. Here's a list of bugfixes and new features:

Bug fixes in this release:

  • The emulator picture for a "single game" emulator would be only displayed for a split second. This has been fixed.
  • It was possible, under certain circumstances, for 1-UP to become frozen after launching an emulator. This is now fixed.
  • If you had the image toggle set on and selected a game that had no images assigned to it 1-UP could also freeze. This is now fixed.
  • If you attempt to edit a game in the "Multi-Add Results" window you will no longer get an invalid procedure call (this was a bug new to the last version).
  • Configuration file changes are now made when an emulator function is run. This improves the reliability of the MAME functions when you have both arcade and NEOGEO ROMs AND they are in different directories.
  • If a game information resource file is specified, but doesn't exist, 1-UP will now tell you that game information is not available.
  • You can no longer change the emulator associated with a game when editing it. This fixes an obscure "subscript out of range" bug.
  • If you have a game selected, showing it's cabinet image and then select another game that has no images available, 1-UP now correctly displays the "Preview of [game name] is unavailable".
  • You can no longer create a file name to real name resource file for single image emulators (ZNSES, KGen, RockNES, etc.) only CRC files. File name resource files can still be created for emulators such as MAME, Raine, Shark, MESS, etc.
  • The "preview not available" text message was badly aligned when in the large window view in previous versions - it's now fixed.
  • The game information textbox was badly aligned when you started 1-UP in the small window view - it's now fixed.
  • If you cancelled the import emulator wizard after selecting the emulator file AND had no other emulators loaded would get a "subscript out of range" error. This is fixed.
  • Several users have reported that 1-UP doesn't redraw correctly after they exit an emulator. This should be fixed in this release.
  • The mouse pointer is set the "busy" when you click the finish button in the multi-add wizard.
  • It was possible to get a "subscript out of range" if you had the image toggling on, selected a game associated with an emulator that you were about to remove and then removed it.

New features in this release:
  • When you open the games manager window to add a game (or games with the multi-add wizard) the emulator combo box will be given focus. This has been done to make it clearer that you can actually do something with this window.
  • The searching for game resource files (screen shots, flyers, etc.) has been optimised.
  • If 1-UP encounters a corrupt zipfile whilst you are attempting to add a zipped game, it will tell you! I thought that might be handy :)
  • If a game image contains a single quote (') this will be replaced with an underscore (_) as no application likes single quotes in game names. For example, "Yoshi's Island" becom "single-image" emulators are effected. I never understood why ROM sites had files in zips that you couldn't run until you renamed them; anyway 1-UP now takes care of this for you!
  • Singe image game resource files (screen shots, flyers, cabinets, information files, etc.) can now be named by the 32-bit CRC of the game image they relate to. 1-UP will now match on either filename or 32-bit CRC values. This has the same advantages as naming games by the file's CRC; although the filename can change, the CRC doesn't so 1-UP still knows what the game is.
  • NOTE: I'll be uploading my screen shot archives for Genesis (800+ images), SNES (260+ images), PC-Engine (200+ images) and more over the next few months. All of these filenames will be in this format.
  • When creating real name resource files, you can choose to append to the currently loaded resource. For example, if you load the SNES resource, but have a game that is not listed in it, you might want to name it correctly and use the append function to update the resource file.
  • A new wizard has been added - the "Filename to CRC converter wizard". This will rename all your existing screen shots, etc. to the game's ROM/disk image 32-bit CRC value. You can elect to keep the old versions, see a report etc.
  • Focus now goes to the game list after you have quit from an emulator.

You can pick up this fine frontend by downloading the following file:


03/03/2000 - Rom Releases! [Posted by DarkMazda]
Here are some Rom Releases!

SMS Power has released 3 new roms

  • Lion King for the Master System
  • Fantasy Zone 2 - the Tears of Opa Opa - japanese for the Master System
  • Jeopardy! for the Game Gear
Genesis Power has released 2 new roms
  • X-Men (U) (!) (768k)
  • X-Men 2 - Clone Wars (JEU) (!) (1219k)
Thanks goes to Snorter for the E-mail for Genesis Power release


03/03/2000 - CCS64 v2.0b [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of CCS64, a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows, has been released! Here's a list of what's new:

Fixed:

  • Fixed bug with the memory write command in the machine code monitor.
  • Fixed bug with the dissamble write command in the machine code monitor.
  • Fixed reset bug (with initial values in register 1) which caused problems with some ultimax cartridges. No, it was not caused by some error in my VIC-II emulation as some people suggested.

Added:
  • New cartridge type 13 (Final Cartridge I).

Grab a copy over at the Commodore 64 Emulators page.


03/03/2000 - VICE version 1.3 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

VICE(An awesome C64 Emu for multiple OS's) version 1.3 is released! Here is the E-mail post I Got from the author

    "VICE emulates the Commodore C64, C128, VIC20, PET 8-bit computers and
    the CBM-II (aka C610) and is completely written in C/C++; it runs on
    Unix, Win32, MS-DOS, RiscOS and OS/2 systems.

    VICE is *free* software released under the GNU General Public License,
    and as such it comes with full source code.

    Most important changes since the last version include:

    * Changes in VICE 1.3
    =====================

    ** C64 changes
    --------------
    - Super Snapshot V5 and REX fastload carts are emulated now.
    - The REU emulation has been improved.
    - Sprites in non-visible parts of the screen should not crash the
    emulator anymore.
    - A sprite snapshot bug has been fixed.

    ** C128 changes
    ---------------
    - The VDC can display flashing and reverse text attributes now.

    ** VIC20 changes
    ----------------
    - Fixed VIC display bug.

    ** Drive changes
    ----------------
    - A drive RAM expansion is available now.
    - New 2040, 3040 and 4040 disk drive support.

    ** Unix changes
    ---------------
    - New GNOME port of VICE.
    - G64 images can be created now.

    ** MS-DOS changes
    -----------------
    - A status bar has been implemented.
    - NTSC support is available now.
    - A simple printer emulation which dumps the data to some file is
    available now.
    - The virtual device resource did not work like shown.
    - The attach image dialog is case insensitive now.
    - The x-resolution of the VIC20 is doubled now.

    ** MS-Windows changes
    ---------------------
    - Improved monitor console.
    - The autostart dialog allows to start some file by clicking on its
    name in the preview window.
    - Command line options, contributors, license and no warranty can be
    listed now.
    - The attach dialog allows to create and format disk images now.
    - The snapshot save dialog is much better now.
    - A simple printer emulation which dumps the data to some file is
    available now.
    - Reordered short-cuts to aviod duplicates.
    - Reset or video mode changes will not change the size of a maximized
    window anymore.

    ** OS/2 changes
    ---------------
    - C128-, CBM/2-, VIC20- and PET-Emulation added.
    - new menus added (emulator, datasette).
    - menu support enhanced (see also Vice_for_OS2.txt).
    - monitor implemented.
    - install script (install.cmd) now available.
    - using of zippes images (eg with gzip) should work correctly now.
    - commandline options for window border type added.
    - Status window removed (information display implemented at dialogs).

    ** Miscellaneous changes
    ------------------------
    - The monitor "z" command has been fixed.
    - Fixed some tape counter bugs.
    - Fixed a crash with ZIP archives.
    - Fixed a bug that prevented writing to gzipped disk images.
    - Fixed a crash if the image content lister is used on disk images
    with many files.
    - There is some experimental read only REL file support in the vdrive
    emulation now.
Please download VICE from our C64 Emu Section. Thanks goes to MfG Andreas for the E-mail!! :)


03/03/2000 - SadNES WIP Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SadNES WIP has been updated!

    "SadNES 32 0.13 WhIP - Well, I think now I can start (again) to make support for more mappers, I think I'll had to re-write all the Loading ROM Code, to make support for more Mappers, that should a long Hard Road, but it's ok, I'll try it anyway."
Please visit SadNES website.


03/03/2000 - XMAME/XMESS version .36b16.1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

XMAME/XMESS version .36b16.1 has been released! Here is what is new

  • Everything from mame & mess msdos 0.36b16
  • Fixed error messages for: "error optionx requires an argument".
  • Fixed --boolean option parsing.
  • Fixed bools in configfiles overriding commandline.
  • Fixed printing of NULL strings in -showconfig.
  • Fixed -vectorres for vertical oriented games.
  • Reworked and cleaned up the makefile, you can now choose your os and cpu seperatly. This adds linux-sparc support amongst other things.
  • Made oss.c compatible with linux/powerpc giving sound on this platform thanks to John Cramp.
  • Wrote a generic plugin system, currently only supporting static plugins, but prepared for dynamic plugins.
  • Rewrote the entire sound subsystem, to match a few core changes. Sound-drivers are now plugins, allowing for example esd support. All sound drivers need to be converted to this new system. Platforms which sound-driver(s) haven't been converted, don't have sound.
  • Added a sound-mixer (for volume control) subsystem, again plugin based.
  • Converted the oss driver to be a dsp plugin.
  • Added an oss mixer plugin.
  • Updated (fixed) SDL display driver, thanks to: Ricardo Calixto Quesada (riq@ciudad.com.ar).
  • Added an esound dsp plugin.
  • Fuzzy name matching alla the dos port, thanks to: Andrea Vettorello .
  • Don't parse the game specific rc file untill the final name lookup has been done (for fuzzy / random name matching).
  • Converted the netbsd sounddriver to be a dsp plugin, thanks to: Krister Walfridsson
  • Removed emulation of analogjoysticks using the mouse, this is now done by the core.
  • Converted the solaris sounddriver to be a dsp plugin, added a mixer plugin thanks to: Mathis Rosenhaue
Please download the new version from our MAME Emu Section.


03/03/2000 - MAMELang32 .36RC1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAMELang32 version .36RC1 and the PacMAME version of MAMELang has been released! Here is what is new

  • 1) Some errors related with two of the new Mame32 characteristics, were fixed at ML32_36rc1a.zip. Also AutoFire capabilities have been added.
  • 2) A special MameLang32 version, with PacMame's games incorporated, and the posibilitie of filter them if you want see only original Mame32 games.
Please download it from our MAME Emu Section.


03/03/2000 - PR Translations Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PR Translations has been updated with some news on the Pokemon Gold translation

    "There is now a brand new Message Board, thanx to Lorelei! You now have to sign up to be able to use it, and also we can now ban people who cause problems! Expect a new Pokémon Gold patch in a few days, I am going to try to fix all the mistakes in the text, for example where it goes out of the box."
Please visit PR Translations. Thanks goes to {Slime} on IRC for the news :)


03/04/2000 - MESS WIP Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MESS WIP has been updated with a little news and 5 screenshots

    "Peter Trauner has sent in drivers for yet more weird and wonderful Commodore systems."
Please view the screen shots of the Commodore Systems at the MESS Website!


03/04/2000 - Team Japump dumps more roms! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Team Japump has dumped more roms recently. Here is a list

  • World Stadium (JPN Ver.)(c)1988 namco
  • World Stadium '89 (JPN Ver.) (c)1989 namco
  • Hyper Sports Special ('88 GAMES JPN Ver.) (c)1988 Konami by Uki
  • Beraboh Man - C Ver. - (JPN Ver.) (c)1988 namco
  • Rompers - Old Ver. - (JPN Ver.) (c)1989 namco by Gansuke
  • Ojanko High School (c)1988 Video System
  • Idol Janshi Su-Chi-Pi Special (c)1994 Jaleco
  • Taisen Quiz HYHOO (c)1987 Nichibutsu
  • Taisen Quiz HYHOO 2 (c)1987 Nichibutsu
  • Wedding Rhapsody (JPN Ver.) (c)1997 Konami
  • Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama (JPN Ver.) (c)1996 Konami by N.M.
Wow! Thats alot!! Please visit Team Japump today!


03/04/2000 - WinAMP 2.61 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

WinAMP version 2.61 has been released! Here is what is new

  • SuperPiMP installation is cleaner and has more options
  • Winamp Advanced Visualization Studio 2.0 (in Full Version only)
  • Support for .wsz files in your skin directory as well as .zip files
  • Bookmark playlists and SHOUTcast streams
  • Massively improved CD Audio support (enhanced CD support, etc)
  • Updated Mjuice and Audiosoft
Please download the new Winamp from our MP3 Players Section. Thanks goes to Scott Riemann for the News.


03/04/2000 - PS2 Is OUT! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PlayStation 2 has been released in Japan today! 3/4/2000.. well its more like yesterday in Japan but. I AM GETTING ONE!!!! Yippie!!!! :D! Thank god im Japanese.. I could get stuff from Japan :)


03/04/2000 - PacMAME WIP Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PacMAME has been updated with some news

    "New sets are in the works, some great progress has been made in the "artwork" department, new sounds, screenshots, etc. have been added, plus the update to the RC1 build, with hi score support once again. All these files will be uploaded to the site once I sift through all the new goodies, plus, I have a lot of "hunting" to do to catch up."
Please visit PacMAME website.


03/04/2000 - RockNES Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES Website has been updated!

    "Fixed MMC5 IRQ mode 0, used by Castlevania 3 (USA). "
Please visit RockNES website.


03/04/2000 - GoodLynx v0.982 [Posted by Lycia]

Cowering has just released a new utility in the line of popular ROM renamers. This one is for Atari Lynx ROMs. This release has 151 ROM entries supported in it.

Grab a copy by downloading the following file:


03/04/2000 - MAME WIP Updated! [Posted by DarkMazda]
MAME WIP has been updated also! Here is what is new

  • 4th March 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed Ambush palette bugs.
  • 3rd March 2000: Karl Stenerud has added some more 68020 functionality to the C 68k core. Vernon C. Brooks fixed some key chip problems with World Stadium.
  • 2nd March 2000: Bryan McPhail added the world romset of Cobra Command.
  • 1st March 2000: Vernon C. Brooks added World Stadium and World Stadium '89 to the Namco System 1 driver, and he cleaned up some things in the Namco System 2 driver. Marco Cassili fixed quite some dipswitches all over the place. CAB fixed Labyrinth Runner sound frequency. Tatsuyuki Satoh fixed a memory corruption bug in the Namco System 1 driver.
Please take a look at the screenshots over at MAME website.


03/04/2000 - NLMSX version .22 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

NLMSX version 0.22 has been released! Here is what is new


    The memory layout is now configurable with a GUI:

    - multiple memory mappers of different sizes (64 kbyte - 4 megabyte)
    - multiple disk roms (2, 4, 6 or 8 disk drives are possible)
    - multiple configurations are now possible
    - two main slots or sub-slots can be assigned as cartridge A and cartridge B
    - MSX DOS2 Cartridge is now also configurable
    - Changes in the running configuration can now be made
    See the Edit Configuration dialog.
    - Konami MEGAROMs can now be fully configured.
    - Commandline Parameter support, see nlmsx.txt document.
    - Support for KANJI.

    Todo:
    - Fix some minor glitches that occur when trying to set a default configuration.
    - Add support for the commandline parameters /DriveB through /DriveH
Please download the new version of NLMSX from the MSX Emu Section. Thanks goes to the M.E.P Crew for the E-mail.


03/04/2000 - bleem! article [Posted by Lycia]

Over at Sony-Otaku there's an article on bleem! and a few screenshots. They basically say that bleem is better than their system. Pretty amusing since normally the hardware is better than the software. Anyway, you can check out the articles over at the site.


03/04/2000 - The x68000 Game Pile updated [Posted by Lycia]
The x68000 Game Pile has been updated with 2 new games for PC98 emulators. Here's what was added:

  • Elle
  • Irium

You can check them out by going on over to The x68000 Game Pile

Thanks to Opi at Emulation Camp for the news.


03/04/2000 - Unofficial Nemu64 INI and Compatibility List released! [Posted by Lycia]

An unofficial Nemu64 INI and compat. list has been updated. The compatibility list has 3 HTML files with the following information:

  • 126 playable
  • 42 showing something, but not playable
  • 40 not working at all.

This INI file is merged with the official INI file and contains more tested games.

You can pick these by visiting the following link:

Thanks to The Vintage Gaming Network for the news.


03/05/2000 - OverClocked: #94 - EmuTrek II: Wrath of MAME [Posted by Lycia]

A new episode of OverClocked has been bestowed upon the emulation scene once again! In this episode, MAME invades and RAINE is involved. Green and Pretzel attempt to reason with the MAME cube, but to no avail. But then. . .ah, why don't you check out the episode? Also check out the new ReMixes!


Thanks to David for the e-mail.


03/05/2000 - DreamNES version 1.5.0 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

A New Chinese/English NES Emu has been released! Its called DreamNES! Here is what it supports

DreamNES:

  • - Support mapper 0,1,2,3,4,7,8,11,16,17,19,21,23,64
  • - Partially support mapper 5,6,34,48,91
  • - Support DirectInput compatiable joystick and Keyboard input
  • - Emulated RapidFire,speed adjustable
  • - Scanline based graphic engine
  • - Support all 5 sound channels
  • - Emulated Stereo effect!(Few games sound better in Mono mode*_*)
  • - Support Trainer
ROM Encyclopedia:
  • - Auto detect bad header and header trash.Click "YES" to correct your ROM
  • - Super database with full ROM infomation,including ROM version,etc.
  • - Selectable screen shot library(There are TOO many!)
  • - DreamNES Control Panel.Have key(button) assign and many more.
  • - NSF player(not activated yet)
Its a really nice Emulator! Please download it from our NES Emu Section.


03/05/2000 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here are some EmuBits


  1. EmuForce has interviewed NoCamp! Please click Here to read the interview.

  2. RockNES Site has been updated with some news! It states that "Added frequency sweep to sound emulation! You listen the Mario jump perfectly!" Yay! A nice sound improvement. Please visit RockNES and support him!

  3. Generator32 status update: ^ATani^ informed me on his update on his Genesis Emulator, Generator32, He states that "Generator32 .13a should be out soon... i am working on the direct input code now." We will inform you with more information about Generator32 soon, Please visit ^ATani^'s Website for more info on Generator32. Thanks goes to ^ATani^ for the info

  4. _MADrigal_ has been interviewed by M3! Please read the interview Here.

  5. ReDump 64 has been updated with some new dumps! They are "Gaplus, Ninja Massacre, Olli & Lissa, Peter Beardsley's International Football, Ping Pong, Pub Trivia, Quest Of Kron, Quintic Warrior, Ranarama, Revenge Of The Mutant Camels, Rolling Thunder, Scramble Spirits, The Sentinel, Short Circuit, Soccer Boss, Soccer Challenge, Soldier One, Spooky Castle, Square Scape II, Stars & Rings, Super League Soccer, Superkid, Tales Of Arabian Nights, Tapper, Terry's Big Adventure, UFO and Up 'N Down." Please visit Redump64 to download the games! Thanks goes to Opi from EmuCamp for the news!

  6. SMS Power has released 3 new roms! They are
    • Sega Music Editor (Japanese) for the Sega Computer 3000
    • Super Monaco Grand Prix 2 for the Master System
    • Ninku for Game Gear
    Please download them from SMS Power.


  7. SNESZone has released 6 more roms! They have released Al Unser Junior - Road to the Top, The Junglebook, Spawn, Sutte Hakkun 2, Wario's Woods, Yogi Bear. Please download them from SNESZone.


03/05/2000 - VisualBoy version 1.4 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

VisualBoy version 1.4 has been released! Here is what is new

    "VisualBoy version 1.4 is out:

    - GameGenie and GameShark are now implemented
    - Bug fixes: Ken Griffey Slugfest, Pro Darts, Go Goemon and others now work

    I took some time off and now I will start internet play.

    Forgotten"
Please download the new VisualBoy from our Gameboy Emu Section. Thanks goes to the VisualBoy team for the E-mail.


03/06/2000 - OverClocked: #95 - 24 hrs to go [Posted by Lycia]

Twenty. . .twenty. . .twenty-four hours agoooooooooooooo, I wanna be sedated. . .Nothing to do, nowhere to gooooooooo. . .I wanna be sedated. . .Just put. . .Oops. Sorry. Have you ever seen those sites that tell you to delete ROMs/MP3's and other forms of media off your computer after 24 hours? Well, in this episode, Pretzel finds himself testing time as he gets worried over having ROMs on his computer almost 24 hours. . .

So, on a side note: Delete ALL ROMs after 24 hours. *wink*

Check out this episode:
OverClocked: OverClocked: #95 - "24 hrs to go"


03/06/2000 - Amiga Mania Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]
Amiga Mania site has been updated with some new games! They are

  • Birds of Prey
  • Dragon's Lair
  • Entity
  • Extase
  • Gremlins 2
  • Head Over Heels
  • Journey
  • Lupo Alberto
  • Player Manager 2
  • Skweek
  • Space Ace 2
  • Space Harrier 2
  • Teenage Queen
Please download these games from Amiga Mania. Thanks goes to the Amiga Mania crew for the news.


03/06/2000 - Genesis Power has released new roms! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Genesis Power has released 2 new roms! They are

  • #64 - Sonic And Knuckles
  • #65 - Sonic 3D Blast.
Please download them from Genesis Power. Thanks goes to Snorter for the info.


03/06/2000 - EmuCamp's interview with Sasha rescheduled! [Posted by DarkMazda]

EmuCamp's uzplayer was supposed to interview Sasha from EmuNews Service last night but it looked like Sasha did not come on IRC. uzplayer is going to reschedule the interview soon.


03/06/2000 - PSXEmu is back! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PSXEmu site has returned! Here is the post

    "PSXEmu is back online ... Exactly one year, after I started my first bleem! site somewhere on free Xoom hosting space (when I find the URL again I might post it here later)

    Well, what was the reason for our downtime ? Since it's over now, I don't want the discussion to start again. Let's say we had some internal team troubles, which should be fixed now, so we can continue to bring you the best emulation news out there.

    There was something else that changed ... :) Ah, exactly : We changed to this new design, which has been in development for quite some time. A big thanks goes to Thorgal, who had the original idea and to JNS, who created many of those nice logos everywhere on the page. Though I worked on it through the past few days, it isn't finished completly yet ... Some colors don't fit properly, some pages are missing ... I'll add all those things over the next few days.

    A big thanks also goes out to DragonYen, EmuManiac and mathew2, who made this return possible.

    Check back tomorrow for some nice specials I prepared over the past days, but which I just didn't got finished. I promise, there're some really interresting facts in it."
Please visit PSXEmu today!


03/06/2000 - 3 New Neo Geo CD Covers ! [Posted by homt]


Hello everyone well since i was away here are 3 new neo geo cd covers
Today's Release #1 "Savage Reign" is donated by Lavarini Ettore - IPM and ELA
Today's Release #2 "Sengoku 2" is donated by Mengele,J of EMUL8ION 3L33T
Today's Release #3 "Wind Jammers" is donated by Lavarini Ettore - IPM and ELA
grab them here NeoGeoCD Covers Section
P.S. I still need more covers so please if you can help e-mail me here
and i will send you a list of needed covers


03/06/2000 - EMUL8ION 3L33T TURNS 1 YEAR OLD TODAY !!! [Posted by homt]


Today is the 1 year anniversary of EMUL8ION 3L33T one of my best neo geo cd cover donators !!


03/06/2000 - SHu Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SHu site has been updated with some news

    "The HuC6280 INF file is almost finished. This INF file is vital to the production of the new RISC2 core. Since this INF file contains all the specs about this cpu, it will make it possible to enhance the cpu, make programming languages for the cpu, debuggers, decompilors, compilors, better emulators, HLE emulators, ect. The next step the SHu Team has to worry about, is to make the INF compilor to auto-generate the new RISC2 core in VB& MASM. Later the compilor can be used with an INF file to make cpu cores for other cpus to help emulators. example: programming the INF file to match the SNES cpu spec, when compiled, it will yield a SNES RISC2 cpu core intirely in MASM. FASTER & SMALL THAN BEFOUR!!!"
Please visit SHu website for more info.


03/06/2000 - Randy Linden interviewed by PSXEmu [Posted by DarkMazda]

Randy Linden has been interviewed by PSXEmu, please read the interview Here.


03/06/2000 - Kazuya's Page Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Kazuya's Neo Geo Reviews and FAQs site has been updated with a new review!

    "I added a review of Biomotor Unitron on the NGPC page. Go check it out! :)".
Please check out the new Review at the Kazuya's NeoGeo Reviews and FAQs site


03/06/2000 - Team Japump has released 7 more games! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Team Japump has released 7 more games! Here is the list

  • Tiger Heli (Japanese Version)
  • The Bounty (Japanese Version)
  • Funky Fish (Japanese Version)
  • Kangaroo (Japanese Version)
  • B-Wing (Japanese Version)
  • Performan (Japanese Version)
  • Puzzle Club (Prototype Version)
Please visit Team Japump for more info.


03/06/2000 - Meka .50 RC4 to Beta Testers! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Zoop has released Meka 0.50 RC4 to the beta testers! Here is what is new

  • - Fixed Colecovision emulation, screwed in RC2/RC3.
  • - Fixed 32k RAM mapper (The Castle, Othello..) screwed in RC2/RC3. (The cause of all these bugs is the rewrite of the drivers system).
  • - Revamped palette update handling.
  • - Made some structural optimisations, increasing speed of a few percents. Now Phantasy Star runs at 49 frame per seconds on my computer !
  • - Fixed palette applet size when first loading a SG-1000/SC-3000/Coleco game from the commandline.
  • - Fixed bug virtual longfile name self created list saving.
  • - Added new games and product numbers to compatibility and checksum lists.
  • - Rewrote palette handling, reducing snow and slighty increasing speed.
  • - Blitter improvments:
  • - Added page flipping.
  • - Added Double TV Mode blitter.
  • - Added "Perfect" blitter definition with all best features enabled (TV Mode, Doubled Fullscreen, Page Flipping and Vertical Sync) for people with very fast computer.
  • - Added wide effective area emulation (2 Star Trek games on Game Gear).
Please visit Meka website for more info! I hope the new Public one comes out :)


03/06/2000 - Nemu64 and VooDoo3 [Posted by DarkMazda]

Remember when hWnd took the support off for VooDoo3 since he doesn't like 3dfx? well Shadyn has E-mailed me with a trick so you COULD get Nemu64 to work with VooDoo 3 cards! Here is the post I got

    "What the Nemu team said about setting the resolution and color depth IS necessary, but that alone may not work. If you still have problems running Nemu, make sure you have the latest drivers (1.04 series, use either 1.04.00 or one of the betas) then go into your Display Properties and click the Settings tab, then click Advanced. Go to the 3dfx Tweaks tab and there will be four sections (Desktop, Direct3D, OpenGL/Glide, and Video Overlay), simply uncheck ALL of the options checkboxes for these four sections, Apply the >changes, and start Nemu. It should run very well now. (It crashed my computer upon loading a rom at first. Since I did this it runs more or less perfectly)"
Thanks goes to Shadyn for the E-mail :)


03/07/2000 - Virtual Game Station for the Windows has been released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Virtual Game Station, the Playstation emulator for the Macintosh has been ported to the Windows Version! They are selling it for about $29! Here is the post from Yahoo!

    "SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000--Connectix Corporation today announced shipment of Connectix Virtual Game Station(TM) for Windows, a software program that enables many popular PlayStation® games to run on Pentium II, Pentium III and Celeron or compatible computers.

    At an introductory estimated street price of $29 in North America Connectix Virtual Game Station offers Windows users a cost-effective way to play the large installed base of PlayStation games on their existing personal computers. Connectix Virtual Game Station is available through most retail outlets in addition to the Connectix eStore."
Please read the whole article Here.


03/07/2000 - AdriPSX version 00.03.05 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

AdriPSX version 00.03.05 has been released! Here is what is new

  • Improved Dynamic Recompiler Core for greater speed
  • Software Graphics Renderer
  • Working MDEC and XA skipping routines
  • CDROM Decoder Handler that allows AdriPSX to play commercial games
  • Not-as-friendly GUI, which is being worked out a little more every day
Please download from our PSX Emu Section.


03/07/2000 - RockNES version 1.03 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES version 1.03 has been released! Here is what is new

  • Added MMC5 IRQ modes 0 & 1 (Castlevania 3 and Metal Slader Glory works)
  • Added NES sound frequency sweep (Mario jump sound works)
  • Fixed MMC5 CHR bank switching (no more glitches)
  • Fixed a color bug with VS Excitebike (black instead of blue)
  • Fixed 4-screen mirroring set when you load a state (*.RNx), ok
  • Fixed RAM saving when you save a state ($0800-$1000 block fills the RAM)
  • Keyboard & joystick can be enabled (like p1 as joystick, p2 as keyboard)
  • Added joystick calibration on startup (check rnsetup.cfg for information)
  • Adjusted mapper #40 IRQ timing to fix the 'cloud glitch'
  • Removed screen clearing (bitmap is always cleared with black)
  • Added vsync, joypad calibration and bitmap blitter select in the config
  • Default bitmap blitter changed to old blitter (more compatible)
  • More minor problems has been fixed, some junk removed.
Please download the new RockNES from our NES Emu Section.


03/07/2000 - RomCenter version 1.91 released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RomCenter version 1.91 has been released! Here is what is new

  • Fixed: 1999 year in report
  • Fixed: Nes roms detection
  • Fixed: French name in some dialog boxes
  • Fixed: MoveTo directory check when repairing roms.
Please download the new RomCenter from our MAME Emu Section.


03/08/2000 - Happy birthday, EmuHQ! [Posted by Lycia]

That's right! EmulationHQ is celebrating its first birthday today. The site has come a long way in a short amount of time and is a great source for emulation news (Just like DarkMazda's Domain. ;) ) The site hosts many emulation sites and emulator sites such as:

  • 1964
  • Corn
  • Mac1964
  • MacTR
  • N64 VM
  • Pagan
  • TrueReality
  • TRWin
  • TRWinGL
  • GeoMAME
  • JagBag
  • SleepNES
  • SadNES
  • SadNES32
  • Nes9x
  • PSMac
  • Sope
  • ThePI
  • Calliope
  • French UltraHLE
  • Mame32ASM
  • MAMELang
  • PXMAME
  • RomCenter
  • VisualBoy

So go over to the site and wish them a happy birthday!


03/08/2000 - MacMAME and French MacMAME .36bRC1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]
MacMAME and the French version of MacMAME translated by Marc Vielfaure has been released! Here is what is new

  • In sync with DOS rc1. [Aaron Giles]
  • New assembly 6502 core. [Aaron Giles]
  • Updated RAVE plugin to automatically work around bugs. [John Butler]
  • Improved speed of the ATI plugin. [Aaron Giles]
  • Adjusted Mac mouse sensitivity to correspond better to the PC mouse sensitivity. [Brad Oliver]
  • Minor fixes to window positioning, automatic frameskipping, and sound generation. [Aaron Giles]
Please download the new MacMAME's at the MAME Emu Section. Thanks goes to Marc Vielfaure for the news.


03/08/2000 - Bung suspends sells :( [Posted by DarkMazda]

It looks like Bung, the creator of many rom dumping utils such as Doctor V64, GBX etc.. etc.. suspended their sellings in HK! Here is the post

    "We regret to announce that, we will suspend our business for selling the following products since 12:00 PM on 8/3/2000 in Hong Kong (2:00 AM in London).

    Doctor V64, 128M RAM Card for V64, Emulation Adapter for V64, Connection Adapter for V64, Power Supply for V64, Doctor V64jr, Doctor 512, GB Xchanger, GB Card 4M, GB Card 16M, GB Card 64M, GB Starter's Kit, GB Beginner Kit, GB Professor Kit, Mini MGD Kit, Pro MGD Kit"
Very Very Sad :( I have a GBX with a 64mb GB Card :D!!!! Rare ITem? :) Please visit Bung Enterprises. THanks goes to ZD for the news :)


03/08/2000 - A New Hosted site! [Posted by DarkMazda]

A New site came to DMD! Its Geechyguy(Former Staff of DMD and staff of Cherryrom)'s page, which is entitled "A Single Corner of the Room". Here is the post from his site.

    "March 6, 2000
    After a short hiatus, the page is back up (don't ask why). There is also a new section (wallpapers)"
Please visit Geechyguy's Website now hosted on DMD! welcome to DMD Geechyguy!


03/08/2000 - ZD-SPC version 2.61 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

ZD-SPC version 2.61 has been released! Here is what is new

  • Fixed a major bug for Windows NT\2000 (thanks Tom-Servo for testing)
  • Fixed small bugs with loading Plugins
  • Added credit where credit was due
  • Most stable version of ZD-spc 2.X !
Please download ZD-SPC from the SPC Players Section. Thanks goes to Nitro187 for the news.


03/08/2000 - Corn version 0.1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Corn version 0.1 is released! Here is what is new

  • Audio ucode 0 implemented
  • Save state support
  • Voodoo/Voodoo2 support
  • Individual rom configuration no longer needed.
  • 2D framebuffer support eliminated
  • More gfx functions implemented
Please visit N64 Emu Section.


03/09/2000 - OverClocked Episode & Personal Things [Posted by Lycia]

It looks like everyone is quitting the scene lately or at least threatening to. So, I've personally decided to take a small break from emulation for a week. I know that I promised you that I'd update this site like mad, but the truth is I need a break. So, one week from today, I'll be back to deliver to you more emulation news.

Today, it looks like Pretzel has quit the scene! Ack! What is this world coming to? Anyways, Green and a few others take bets on when Pretzel will be back, but theres no bets here. I'll be back in a week!

Check out this episode and "quit the scene":


Thanks to David for a great episode, and I'll be back in a week!

So until then, . . .

Stay tuned!


03/09/2000 - RockNES updates@! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES site has been updated with cool news

  • Using Matt Conte´s 6502 core (emulation is a bit faster).
  • Thank you Matt for the permission.
Please visit RockNES website!


03/09/2000 - ANes Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

ANES site has been updated with some news! we haven't really seen that much action from ANes but it looks like they are back! Here is their progress.

  • - Mapper 40 support (SMB2J, partially done)
  • - Smart-Patch function (optimizes some of the code in the ROM = a little bit faster)
  • - FDS-emulation is in the works...
  • - More mappers will be CGFX-compatible
Please visit ANES website.


03/09/2000 - New Rumour Mill! [Posted by DarkMazda]

JoseQ posted a new Rumour Mill for this week! This week, he talks about a new Sega System 32 emulator in the works, Raine Dead etc. etc.. and other neat stuffs you might want to check out! Please visit JoseQ's EmuViews for more info :)


03/09/2000 - EmuCamp interviews Katharsis! [Posted by DarkMazda]

EmuCamp has interviewed Katharsis from Geoshock! please read the interview Here. Thanks goes to Lrd[EFN] from IRC for the news.


03/09/2000 - eXboy updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Everyone thought eXboy was a fake and dead! But they are not! Here is the post from their website

    "Hello world of unbelievers and believers ofcourse :) i was planning a release tommorow but my hard drive crashed and i lost the direct x 7.0a sdk damnit , man with a single isdn line this takes 3 hours to download and its highly costly here in holland , so a next release will come soon , with 60 % sound , it doesnt sound nice , but i must show the unbelievers that exboy is not fake"
Please visit eXboy!


03/09/2000 - Squeem! version 0.05 has been released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Squeem! version 0.05 has been released! Here is what is new

  • Added all sound registers, but they so you dont get 82 million "unhandled write" messages!
  • Made it more beautiful looking in fullscreen, and touched up ddvideo plugin!
  • Made a Glide 2.x plugin, FAST!
  • Added nifty debugger and cheat dialog!
  • Added partial mapper1, mapper11, and mapper71 support!
  • Added full mapper3 support!
  • Created a Joystick Input plugin!
  • Background priority for sprites (kinda)!
  • Almost finished background!
Please download Squeem from our NES Emu Section.


03/09/2000 - satsu's ROM Hacking Workshop hosted on DMD [Posted by satsu]

A certain site that does some certain translations is now hosted on another certain site. You may wish to check it out.

Click here.

Yay for me! :D!


03/09/2000 - YnT Updates [Posted by DarkMazda]

My translation group YnT's website has been updated with some news from Kammendo

    "Thanks to Kaiser Dragoon for sending me the font I needed, I implemented the lovercase and so I finally could start debugging the programs that Truplaya started working on. Haven' t heard anything from him for awhile now, still hope he gets back someday. Well, in any case, I fixed a few bugs in the proggies (like I said) and tried an insertion, unfortunately it wasn't successfull, just because there isn't a pointer support implemented yet :/ . I'm going to fix that next weekend, because on this monday the 2nd turn at the University starts, so I won't be able to work on the project until Friday. Hope in the meantime that Strago and Celes get more script translated. I'm really just a few troubles from a patch away :), wow that's amazing :D. Ciao"
YnT website is updated pretty often! Please visit YnT hosted by DMD :)


03/10/2000 - Gens 0.24 windows is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Gens 0.24 has been released! Here is what is new


  • I'm return with MZ80 (Neil Bradley neil@synthcom.com) z80 emulator, it's now works correctly !
  • Prelemenary sound emulation :
    • YM2612 works correctly :)
    • PSG works strangly :o
    • DAC not works and only does some noises :(
    • Sound sync is not yet perfect !
    • Sound is played slowly with certain roms
    • Fix a bug in the window plane (Zombie no crash any more ...)
  • Others ...

Please download the new Gens from our Genesis Emu Section.


03/10/2000 - Snes9x Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Snes9x's Journal has been updated! Here is the post

    "Network game-play (both local network and Internet) on the Windows port is progressing; no GUI yet, but several rewrites later and I can now play multi-player games between machines on my mini-network at home. There are some Windows threading issues I still have to look into - basically if Snes9x can't hit 100% frame rate, the main emulation thread seems to steal all available CPU time from network client and/or server threads and emulation speed doesn't remain constant. Also, I need to improve the protocol: slim-line it some more, otherwise just two people playing will saturate a modem connection, and add additional messages; but it's getting there."
Please visit Snes9x. Thanks goes to _94_ for the news.


03/10/2000 - 2 New Genesis Power releases! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Genesis Power has released 2 new roms! Here is the post

    " 10 Mar 2000 - Sonic week wraps up with Genesis Release #68: Sonic And Knuckles + Sonic 2 and Genesis Release #69: Sonic And Knuckles + Sonic 3.

    Information on combining Sonic and Knuckles and Sonic 1, 2 or 3 can be found at Lock-On Technology Hacking Guide by No Carrier. The S&K+Sonic combined carts we are releasing are our dumps combined using the procedures mentioned there. We are making these available here since we realize many folks today are DOS challenged and wouldn't know how to use a hex editor if they had 0x10 fingers and toes. "
Please download them from Genesis Power. Thanks goes to Snorter for the E-mail.


03/10/2000 - RockNESX version 1.0 is released!!! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Finally! Its here! The Windows/DirectX version of RockNES(dos) has been released! Which is called RockNESX. Here is whats new

  • After a hard work, here it is... We hope you enjoy... Send feedback!
  • RockNES X 1.0 released! This is the DirectX port of RockNES (in sync with 1.03).
  • Update: this version does not use the new CPU core yet.
I hope they add their new CPU Core! :) Please download RockNESX at the NES Emu Section.


03/11/2000 - _MADrigal_ releases more handheld emu! [Posted by DarkMazda]

_MADrigal_ has released more handheld emulators! Here is the post

    ""Banana/Banana Sbang (VTL/Polistil) Simulator" 1.00 released right NOW!
    "Donkey Kong Circus (Nintendo) Simulator" updated to 1.01 ("Chance-Time" release).
    Now it's 100% complete!"
Please download them from _MADrigal_'s website.


03/11/2000 - TVGM updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

The Video Game Museum has been updated with some nice news!

    "Current online stats :
    Gamepics - total games: 5,473
    Gamescans - total scans: 1,001
    + a lot of game endings !!!!"
AWESOME! Please visit Video Game Museum.


03/11/2000 - EmuChrist is back! [Posted by DarkMazda]

A really nice emulation page, which is called EmuChrist is back online! Please visit them http://www.emuchrist.com.


03/11/2000 - Arcade Flyer Archives Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Arcade Flyer Archives has been updated! Here is the post

    "Hi again, been a while but here we go again.
    MAME pack #16 is released, this release contains 8 new and 22 replaced images.
    Many of the replacements have a much better quality, the reason why they've been replaced.

    Pretty soon we also will release a new Raine pack (#07). Some work to do here, but hold on...

    Some words about the Flyer Viewer;
    Until now we didn't post all updates that we made to the archive, after a few complaints we can tell
    you this is over. Now every update will be posted and pretty soon this will go automatically.
    Take a look over there, 536 flyers are up and still we have many (read MANY) "
Please visit Arcade Flyer Archives for more info! Thanks goes to SyS2064 for the news.


03/11/2000 - AdriPSX Moves! [Posted by DarkMazda]

AdriPSX has moved to http://insanegamers.com/adripsx/. Please update your bookmarks :)


03/11/2000 - DragonYen reviews VGS! [Posted by DarkMazda]

My friend DragonYen(from Bleem!) has reviewed the Virtual Game Station for Windows! Here is a clip

    "Got my copy of Virtual Game Station for the PC today and I must say that I was impressed. Not as much as the first time I played bleem!, but impressed none-the-less. So I ripped open my FEDEX package like it was Christmas, eager to look at the box and play with my new toy. Most of my review will be based on my preconceived notions of a PSX emu based on bleem! While it may be unfair to VGS to compare it to bleem! VGS has had plenty of time to play with and look at bleem! and further develop any short comings that bleem! may have. As well as they have had much user feedback from the Mac version of VGS."
Please visit PSXEmu to view the review!


03/11/2000 - Pretendo Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Pretendo site has been updated with some progress! Here is the post

    "Here's a bunch of good news to read for March. As rumoured earlier, we do in fact have CPU core plugins! Currently, we've got two plugins. The first is Neil Bradley's M6502, (which we've been using in non-plugin form since the first WIP) as well as Shu Kondos S6502. (used in BioNES) Both cores work rather well, and we'll be finalizing and documenting the CPU plugin format hopefully by the next release. Next in line, we now have mapper plugins. The next version of Pretendo will include a set of commonly used mappers that are built in, (not plugins) and other mappers will be available for download someplace on the download site. Also, the plugins are fully compliant with those of NESten... so you write a mapper for Pretendo, it works on NESten, and vice-versa. We implemented a couple more mappers, and finally fixed the problems with MMC3, so Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3 finally work nicely, as well as many other MMC3 games. The next release will be a bit faster than the previous due to improvements in the tile-cache, as well as our memory system. We've made some changes to the PPU. (yes, scrolling is FINALLY fixed for good.... if you play Mario 1, you'll be grateful) Otherwise not too much else... hopefully we'll fix up the sound by the next release (should sound normal) and, hopefully, we'll release the next version by the end of this month."
Please visit Pretendo website.


03/11/2000 - SNES Zone Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SNES Zone has released 5 new roms! Here is the list

  • Lother Matthäus Soccer
  • Robocop vs. Terminator
  • Dr. Franken
  • Marios Time Machine
  • Sky Blazer, Street Fighter 5 (HACK).
Please download them from SNES Zone. Thanks goes to Opi from EC for the news.


03/11/2000 - New OC Remixes! [Posted by DarkMazda]

OverClocked has released 4 new remixes! They are

  • Contra AMEN Reflux
  • Zelda64 Ocarina Boogie
  • Sonic Labyrinth Zone
  • Megaman 3 Topman
Please visit OverClocked Remixes to view them :)


03/12/2000 - EmuBits [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here is the EmuBits for ya guys


  1. Power3D released the French translation of Hyper Volley Ball! Please download the rom from Power3D.

  2. MAME Highscore.dat has been released! Here is what it does
      "HISCORE.DAT contains highscore saving and loading information for games that didn't actually have highscore saving and loading in the arcades. To use it, simply put HISCORE.DAT into the same directory with MAME. The latest HISCORE.DAT was released on 29th February 2000."
    Please visit MAME HighScore.dat page!

  3. SSF site has been updated with some news! If anyone can translate it 100%, please E-mail me! Please visit SSF for more info. I can translate parts of it. :)

  4. AmigaMemory has been updated with some new games! They are "Alien Breed92" and "Alien Syndrome". They also have a new layout with 100% Graphics! Please visit them at their new URL Here. Thanks goes to AmigaMan for the E-mail.

  5. 3DGame Force has released a Review of their own for bleem! Please read the review Here.

  6. MAME32 Q/A has been updated with a new WIP of MAME32
    • 00.03.10 Michael submitted a build that fixes the two previous and #254, #267, and #268.
    • 00.03.11 Bugs regressed, priority 1 test cases run through on latest build, no failures. New support.htm submitted. [note my email is back to the hotmail account, now that they have improved their spam filtering.]
    Please visit MAME32 Q/A for more info!


  7. MAME WIP has been updated!
    • 12th March 2000 - Jürgen Buchmüller sent in a sound core for TMS36xx sound chips, and modified Phoenix, Pleiads, Naughty Boy and Monster Bash to use it.
    • 11th March 2000 - Mike Coates fixed some more 68k core bugs. Zsolt Vasvari wrote functions for global sound enable and modified MCR and D-Day drivers to use them, and he also fixed some 8080bw and alibaba driver problems.
    • 10th March 2000 - Tatsuyuki Satoh fixed m6800 port write functions, Namco System 1 DAC gain and also a sound stream bug. Jürgen Buchmüller improved the Phoenix sound driver again. Malcolm Lear fixed Lazer Command palette. Aaron Giles added sound volume control to the MCR drivers.
    Please visit MAME WIP page!


03/12/2000 - DreamNES version 1.6.0 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

DreamNES version 1.6.0 has been released! Here is what is new

  • - Totally rewritten CPU core with inline assemble.Speed up a lot!
  • - Added Realtime Save/Load state,support 10 save slots per game
  • - Added NES Movie Record and Playback.
  • - Added Mapper #22 Support(Konami VRC2 Type A). Twinbee 3 run correctly
  • - Fixed Mapper #23 IRQ timing. Dracula Kun run correctly.
  • - Fixed Mapper #25 IRQ timing. Gradius 2 run correctly.
  • - Fixed Mapper #16 bug. Run several Dragon Ball games now.
  • - Mapper #17 Improved.Dragon Ball Z 3 run correctly.
  • - Mapper #21 Improved.Wai Wai World 2 Playable
Please download DreamNES from NES Emu Section. There is a Chinese/English version.


03/12/2000 - MAME WIP news [Posted by DarkMazda]

12th March 2000: Jürgen Buchmüller sent in a sound core for TMS36xx sound chips, and
modified Phoenix, Pleiads, Naughty Boy and Monster Bash to use it.

11th March 2000: Mike Coates fixed some more 68k core bugs. Zsolt Vasvari wrote functions for global sound enable
and modified MCR and D-Day drivers to use them, and he also fixed some 8080bw and alibaba driver problems.

10th March 2000: Tatsuyuki Satoh fixed m6800 port write functions, Namco System 1 DAC gain and also a sound
stream bug. Jürgen Buchmüller improved the Phoenix sound driver again. Malcolm Lear fixed Lazer Command palette.
Aaron Giles added sound volume control to the MCR drivers.

9th March 2000: Jürgen Buchmüller sent a preliminary Phoenix analog sound driver. Aaron Giles fixed yet more
Vindicators color problems.

8th March 2000: Gareth Hall added a new Kangaroo romset. Marco Cassili added the Japanese romset of Tiger Heli.
Nicola Salmoria added Funky Fish to the Kangaroo driver. Aaron Giles fixed Vindicators II palette marking bugs. Bryan
McPhail added some clone romsets of Data East games.


03/13/2000 - MAME .36RC2 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAME .36RC2 has been released! Here is what is new

    New games supported:
    --------------------
    Got-Ya [Zsolt Vasvari]
    Desert Gun [Zsolt Vasvari]
    Shuffleboard [Zsolt Vasvari]
    Beraboh Man [Keith Wilkins, Vernon C. Brooks]
    World Stadium [Vernon C. Brooks]
    World Stadium '89 [Vernon C. Brooks]
    Puzzle Club [Vernon C. Brooks]
    Kyukai Douchuuki [Vernon C. Brooks]
    Lasso [Phil Stroffolino]
    Ghox [Quench]
    V-Five [Brian A. Troha]
    Dogyuun [Quench]
    Batsugun [Quench]

    New clones supported:
    ---------------------
    Cobra Command (World)
    Hyper Sports Special (= 88 Games)
    Cosmic Alien (set 2)
    Kangaroo (Sun)
    Act-Fancer (World revision 2)
    Shoot Out (Japan and Korean bootleg)
    Asteroids (bootleg)
    Rompers (old)
    Crime Fighters (2 players)
    Bosconian (new version)


    These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:
    -------------------------------------
    - Correct colors in Space Invaders Part II, Lunar Rescue and Balloon Bomber,
    colors should also be close in Space Chaser (minus the "green lane" effect)
    and Rolling Crash/Moon Base. [Zsolt Vasvari]


    These drivers have new or improved SOUND:
    -----------------------------------------
    - Rewritten sound emulation in Phoenix, samples are no longer used. [Juergen
    Buchmueller]
    - Fixed volume control in the MCR games. [Aaron Giles]

    Other drivers changes:
    ----------------------
    - Emulated the protection in Combat School. [Nicola Salmoria]
    - Fixed Vindicators 1&2 colors. [Aaron Giles]
    - Won the first grand prix of the season. [Micheal Schumacher]

    Changes to the main program:
    ----------------------------
    - [DOS] Modified the SEAL audio library so it outputs real 16-bit samples
    instead of truncating the least significant 8 bits. [Jarek Burczynski]
    - [DOS] There are now two options for Hot Rod key mapping, -hotrod and
    -hotrodse. The latter remaps NeoGeo games to use the lower row of buttons.

    Source:
    -------
    - There's a new game flag GAME_NO_COCKTAIL to mark drivers that don't support
    screen flip, please use it because gamelist.txt is now generated
    automatically and this is the only way to know whether a driver supports
    it or not.
    - TMS36XX emulation (Phoenix, Pleiads, Naughty Boy, Pop Flamer, Monster
    Bash). [Juergen Buchmueller]
Please download MAME .36RC2 from our MAME Emu Section.


03/13/2000 - New OC Review! [Posted by DarkMazda]

OverClocked has reviewed their 14th game! It is "Last Action Hero". Please view the review Here.


03/13/2000 - PacMAME version .36RC1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PacMAME version .36RC1 has been released! Here is what is new

  • - (36.RC1.1) New games added/updated, thanks to T-Bone
  • - (36.RC1.1) Ms. Pacman SNES (New Mazes)
  • - (36.RC1.1) Ms. Pacman SNES (Regular & Tall)
  • - (36.RC1.1) Ms. Pacman SNES (Tall)
  • - (36.RC1.1) Ms. Pacman SNES (Tall Alternate)
  • - (36.RC1.1) Pac-Man 2000 (Set 2)
Please visit our MAME Emu Section to download.


03/13/2000 - New Member [Posted by Slime]

Hi, I'm Slime and I will be working on the translations section so let me know if you see stuff that is not up and I will check it out and put it up


03/13/2000 - PR translations updated [Posted by Slime]

New patch availible at PR translations for Pokemon Gold version 1.99 check it out at PR Translations


03/13/2000 - SkulleateR gets Jagbag.net! [Posted by DarkMazda]

yay!!! My Friend SkulleateR has gotten the jagbag.net for his emulator JagBag! Please visit them Here.


03/13/2000 - X-4000 interviewed! [Posted by DarkMazda]

X-4000, whois hosted by us and the owner of Challange Games has been interviewed by Daily Emulation News! Please visit Here to read the interview. Congrats X-4000 and good luck on Challange Games!


03/13/2000 - New Neo Geo CD Cover Of The Day ! [Posted by homt]


Today's Release "The King Of Fighters '98" is donated by Kyo Takagen of The King OF Fighters Perfect grab it here NeoGeoCD Covers Section


03/13/2000 - Che's Ultimate Cheater 1.23!! [Posted by che]

I finally updated my page..=Þ I'm doing a FF2(Snes) editor right now. I will do the Harvest Moon one later. I haven't been doing much...because I haven't felt like it =(

Che's Ultimate Cheater v1.23!
·EarthBound 1.0 - first edition, thanks to Daniel Fenick
·Secret of Mana II 1.14 - class editor works!!! 99 of every
armor, helmet, etc..
·Chrono Trigger 1.14 - Magic!!
·Chrono Trigger 1.13 - fixed labels, added Marle pic
·Final Fantasy I (Nintendo) - first edition
·Mega Man X 1.0 - first edition
·Ogre Battle 1.05! - fixed save...I screwed up at first
·Ogre Battle 1.04! - new classes, more characters

Download it here!


03/13/2000 - EmuForce interviews Corn! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Corn authors has been interviewed by the EmuForce team! Please read the interview Here.


03/13/2000 - RockNES Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES site has been updated with some news! Here is the post

  • Rebuilt a lot of stuff to suit the new CPU core.
  • Mappers #225, #226, #228 and #233 were fixed and working good.
  • Added mapper #229 support (31-in-1 cart, working with no problems).
  • It would be nice if you can make a RockNES WinAmp skin (no skins yet).
PRetty good! RockNES is working on the #2** mappers! Please visit RockNES.


03/13/2000 - Lina`chan, Nuku-Nuku and Filia's Translation Domain updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Lina`chan, Nuku-Nuku and Filia's Translation Domain site has been updated with some news!

    "First let me welcome you to our new homepage! Welcome! ^.^;
    Finally we have our own domain name and we are very happy, weeee! So, we haven't updated in a lot you say, well the thing is that we were very busy, but guess what?

    Do you see anything different? You do?! Well GOOD! YES! I've finally killed that bug! Woooo! *Lina`chan flails and spins like the FF6 characters.
    "So what happens now? Where is the patch?" We are in the beta-testing, ironing and readme-writting stage! *Lina`chan throws the Tenchi news paper away.


    Now onto other news. Record of Lodoss War is progressing nicely. Soon we will have screenshots of our work so keep visiting.
    We have new sections in the homepage, a Frequently Asked Question section, for those who keep asking the same thing!
    A translation utilities and translation documents on our Links section for those who wish to translate like we do!
    And a Message Board, where you can interact with other people who visit our site! ^.^ "
Good luck to Lina`chan, Nuku-Nuku and Filia on their translations! Please visit Lina`chan, Nuku-Nuku and Filia's Translation Domain Here.


03/13/2000 - PacMAME WIP Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PacMAME WIp has been updated with some news

  • 32 new maze .PNGs have been added
  • 17 manuals, schematics, troubleshooting guides, etc. in .PDF format have been added, 42mb space (these will not be posted on the site, my hosts would probably kill me ;)
  • Minor updates made to PacTray
  • Portions of Rodimus Primes' PowerScore (http://www.mameworld.net/cybertron/) have been included in PacTray.
Please visit PacMAME here.


03/13/2000 - DarkDaze turns 21!!! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Happy Birthday goes out to my friend and the Top-25 site owner, DarkDaze! He's turned in to an adult by turning 21 today! I must say Happy Birthday to him. He has been a good friend for me and he helped me out quite a bit in the DMD Early Years! Please visit Top-25 and sing Happy Birthday to him! :)


03/13/2000 - MAME .36RC2 FIXED version and the CPU optimized released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAME .36RC2 Fixed Binary and the CPU Optimized versions has been released! Here is the explanation for the fix

    "It's a bug, that has been fixed by T. Nogi.
    In stream.c line 173 replace:

    mixer_play_streamed_sample_16(channel+i,
    stream_buffer[channel+i],sizeof(INT16)*SAMPLES_THIS_FRAME(channel),
    stream_sample_rate[channel]);

    with:

    mixer_play_streamed_sample_16(channel+i,
    stream_buffer[channel+i],sizeof(INT16)*SAMPLES_THIS_FRAME(channel+i),
    stream_sample_rate[channel]);

    Manu."
Please download the new MAME Binaries at our MAME Emu Section.


03/14/2000 - New Neo Geo CD Cover Of The Day ! [Posted by homt]


Today's Release "Final Romance 2" is donated by Kyo Takagen of
The King OF Fighters Perfect grab it here NeoGeoCD Covers Section


03/14/2000 - J2E not dead [Posted by Slime]

J2E's site has been updated stating that it is not dead just busy with something they call... a life? Also mentioned is Final Fantasy 4 Final patch still being worked on and... (dramatic pause) mystery projects. Anyway for more details go to J2e homepage


03/14/2000 - New rew floating around is not official release [Posted by Slime]

Many sites have mentioned the new rew then mentioned that it may not be an official release go here for an official statement.

Thanks to Retrogames for the news


03/14/2000 - Zophar interviewed! [Posted by DarkMazda]

my friend Zophar has been interviewed by Console-Emulation, please read the interview Here.


03/14/2000 - New rew is official [Posted by Slime]

In yet another interesting twist the previous news item on rew is proven wrong by a email by BouKiChi which is put up here for your convenience: Rew is not made by him, it's by a "secret" author and v.12PR *is* a public release. Go to Retrogames to get it. Thanks to Retrogames for the update.


03/14/2000 - Unofficial MAME32 RC2 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Unofficial MAME32 RC2 is released! This version is synced with the DOS version of MAME RC2! Please download it from our MAME Emu section.


03/14/2000 - MAMELang32 and MAMELand32PM version .36RC2 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAMELang 32 and the PacMAME Version of it has been released! This version has added this

    "The "Category" of the game. Also the version info was almost completed, "
Please download the new MAMELang32 from the MAME Emu Section.


03/14/2000 - Kazuya's site updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Kazuya's NeoGeo Review/FAQ site has been updated! He uploaded a review of Garou: Mark of the Wolves and many other stuff! Please visit Kazuya's NeoGeo Review/FAQ site!


03/14/2000 - OverClocked! [Posted by DarkMazda]

OverClocked released 2 new episodes, which are funny as hell! They are

Hahahhaha! These are funny! Good luck David!


03/14/2000 - MESS version .36RC1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MESS version .36RC1 has been released! Please download this new version of MESS from our Multi Console Emu Section


03/15/2000 - New Neo Geo CD Cover Of The Day ! [Posted by homt]


Today's Release "Gan Gan" is donated by MasSnead2
grab it here NeoGeoCD Covers Section


03/15/2000 - New GBC emu in the works by author of FWNES [Posted by Slime]

It appears that fanwen the author of fwnes has plans to release a gbc emu for dos and linux, possibly even win9x. FWNES as you may remember has the highest compatibility of all the nes emus so we can expect FWGBC to give even the reigning gbc emus kings (no$gmb, rew, etc.) a real run for the money. And to top it off it appears that it does not need EMS memory to run gbc and gb games that are more than 512k so this should be an emu to watch for.

FWGBC Site


03/15/2000 - Arcade Flyer has released Rainepack #07 [Posted by DarkMazda]

Arcade Flyer has released Rainepack #07, this release contains 8 new images and 3 replacements which brings them to a total of 65. Please visit Arcade Flyers. Thanks goes to the Arcade Flyer team for the E-mail.


03/15/2000 - TAP-Central Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

TAP-Central has been updated with some new TAP Files

    "The TAP-Central brings you five new TAP-Files, they are Bubble Bobble (Firebird), Krakout (Gremlin), Moon Cresta (Incentive), Prowler (Mastertronic) and Rogue (Mastertronic)."
Please visit TAP-Central! Thanks goes to Euzkera/Jontxu/Janne for the E-mail.


03/15/2000 - Meka .50 to registered users! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Zoop has released Meka .50 to the registered users! Whats new? Take a lookat it Here since there is too much to list :) But I Gotta say. Great Job Zoop! Keep it up :) Please visit Meka website.


03/15/2000 - MAMED/MESSD version .36b16 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

NEW MAMED and MESSD released! Here is what is new

    "First, sound is now working on the DC290! BUT! you must upgrade to version 1.0.4 of the camera firmware. I don't know when 1.0.4 will be availible from Kodak but you should be able to find the firmware updater here when it does becomes availible. Dynamic loading for the DC290 is also working with this new version of DC290 firmware.

    Second, sound is much better, the new MAME core sound code is much better and faster than the XMAME sound code I was using to mix the multiple channels, you should notice the improvement immeadiately. I also rewrote my Kodak sound code for better performance and quality.

    Third, this release is much faster in general, I removed all task delays from the core and implemented some semphore handshaking for much more responsive buttons."
Please download MESSD from our Multi Console Emu and MAMED from our MAME Emu Section.


03/16/2000 - Guess who? [Posted by Lycia]

That's right, emufreaks! I'm back from my week of relaxing and getting stuff in my head organized. Let me tell you; its been an eventful week for me. Some of you know, but the rest of you will have to find out. . .

At any rate,. . .

I'm just posting this message as a sign that I AM back and that I'll start delivering you emulation news and events tonight!

So until then, . . .

Stay tuned!


03/16/2000 - AGES Page up! [Posted by DarkMazda]

AGES, one of the newest 32x emulator that is being work on, opened up a Homepage. Here is a clip of the post

    "In other news, I have made some good progress with AGES, but have reached somewhat of barrier. Many 32X games still are not working properly, and I believe this is due to incomplete Genesis compatibility. I need compatibility reports, so stay tuned for a Genesis-only release of AGES soon! "
Please visit AGES Here.


03/16/2000 - NLKE & ESNES Moves! [Posted by DarkMazda]

NLKE & ESNES ( Both SNES Emulators), moved to http://megax.aig.uc3m.es/esnes/. They are both pretty good SNES Emulator, just that ESNES hasn't been updating. Mostly NLKE :)


03/16/2000 - Phantasy Star 2 Genesis retranslation done [Posted by Slime]

The classic genesis rpg has been redone to fix a few "minor" mistranslations. Go here to download the new PS2 translation here, and the rest of the site is a pretty nice phantasy star site so check out the rest of the site too :)

Thanks to RPGd for the news


03/16/2000 - EmuCult gets a re-design! [Posted by Lycia]

EmuCult, a site that parodies emulation events, people, and sites, has recieved a re-design courtesy me! Keep in mind that if you find nudity and/or offensive language offending, then don't visit it.

Go check it out today!


EMUCULT 4 LYFE!


03/17/2000 - New Relase from NGT2K! [Posted by DarkMazda]

NeoGeoTeam has released a new ISO/MP3! TODAY ITS KOF99!! :) The game that everyone's been bugging for!! :) Look at what Shernand even posted on the site

    "Please note that to play this game you need the latest version of the Neo Geo CD emulator with the "kof99" addon, both are avaiable at many sites out there, like Darkmazda's Domain ;)"
Yippe! :) Anyways Please visit NGT2K and show them your support!

Looks like Shernand had a nice anniversary!
    "Btw, yesterday, 15th, was my first aniversary of our boyfriend - girlfriend relationship with Viviana (happy aniversary Vivi)."
Congrats Shernand and Viviana!


03/17/2000 - Genesis Power release! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Genesis Power has released "#72: Aerobiz Supersonic (JUE)" Please download it from Genesis Power. Thanks goes to Snorter for the E-mail.


03/17/2000 - JoseQ's New Rumour Mill!! [Posted by DarkMazda]

JoseQ released his new Rumour Mill for this week! He talks about upcoming releases of MAME and couple of other emulators out there! Please visit EmuViews to check out this week's Rumour Mill!


03/17/2000 - Amiga Mania releases 11 Games! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Amiga Mania has released 11 new games! They are

  • Cosmic Pirate
  • Croisiere pour un Cadavre
  • Fred, Fright Night
  • Interphase
  • Platoon
  • Red Heat
  • Shuttle
  • Tangram
  • Terrorpods
  • Walker
Please download them from Amiga Mania.


03/17/2000 - RockNES Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES site has been updated with some news!

    "Fixed all major problems with sound emulation. PCM RAW works fine, and the output is better (fixed the waves to be rendered as signed samples). Rebuild most of sound stuff (VBlank tables). A new version should come out this weekend, stay tuned!"
Please visit RockNES for more info!! The New version should be out soon :)


03/17/2000 - Kazuya's Site Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Kazuya's NeoGeo Reviews and FAQs site has been updated with some news

    "I just added another NGPC review (Crush Roller) and also a few other things to my site. I also need feedback on a couple of small things... Read my latest update for more info."
Please visit Kazuya's NeoGeo Reviews and FAQs site for more info.


03/17/2000 - Speccyal moves! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Speccyal site is now hosted at VGN! Please visit them at http://speccyal.vintagegaming.com


03/17/2000 - NESten 0.6 Beta Epitah [Posted by Lycia]

A new version of NESten, an NES emulator for Win9x has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

  • Sound wrapping/static fixed. (mainly on CV3j)
  • Fixed sound enable/disable bug (arrgh :P)
  • Changed how DLL's are loaded. (doesn't keep the DLL's open unless needed)
  • Mapper5 and Mapper6 readded. (No, CV3 still doesn't work 70%)
  • Probably more fixes which I don't remember :)
New Mappers not programmed by TNSe
  • Mapper 4, 15, 69 and 225 by PrOxY
  • Mapper 8, 15, 66, 71 and 78 by The Quietust
  • Sources added to the MapperSDK

Grab a copy of your very own by heading on over to our NES Emulators page.

Thanks to TNSe for the news on IRC.


03/17/2000 - Pokemon Gold Translation reaches version 2.0 [Posted by Slime]

PR Translation site updated. "Virtually everything is translated up to Enju City, plus some other stuff is done." Go here to get it


03/18/2000 - OverClocked: #98 - GoodLife Utilities [Posted by Lycia]

I'm sure you've seen those Good utilities, utilities that rename ROMs to their correct names, that Cowering releases. Well, OverClocked brings you an episode that may help you in your daily life. Green and Pretzel do it again! Also, a new remix has been released, so be sure to grab it and give your ears some smashing tunes while reading the episode!

Check them both out by visiting these links:


Thanks to David for the message on IRC.


03/18/2000 - FPSE is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

FPSE has been released! Here is what is new


  • Fixed a bug in DMA6, now Bouncer 2 and other demos runs great in all configurations.
  • Little improvement in GPUDx3. Known bugs are missing semi-trasparency, line functions and a bad clipping fo