October 1999

10/01/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here is today's EmuBits..

JoseQ's EmuViews has posted this week's Rumour Mill.. its about MAME, Impact, retrocade and more!! Please view them at his official site.
It looks like Emulation World was having trouble with the server today.. but it looks like its back to normal! :)
Exposure2k has interviewed the company Team 17, the companies that made Worms, Worm2, etc.. etc.. ( I love worms 2) :) anyways, read the Interview
AmigaMemory has released 2 roms today! They are First Samourai and Flimbo's quest. Please pick them up at their Official Site. thanks goes to Amigaman for the news.
Daves Has uploaded some screenshots from the new MAME, please take a look at the screen shots at his Site
SMS Power has released Superman, the Man of Steel. Please grab it from their official Site
Looks like Emulators Unlimited has a new layout! Please take a look at their site.
Big updated on Bleem 1.5!! Please take whats new From their official Site.

10/01/1999 - 1964 version 0.3.0 is out! [Posted by DarkMazda]

1964 version 0.3.0 is out! This is what is new

First release with dynarec core; (schibo)

There are 2 binaries. One with the interpreter core(slower) and one with the dynarec core (faster).

compatibility is not quite what the interpretive core is yet..

Various bug fixes...no more crash on exit :)

RDP and dynarec continue to be in development

Many thanks to zilmar for helping me with dynarec and for teaching me perhaps more than was "deserved" :).

Notes of interest regarding the dynarec engine source code: The GNU GPL provides authors with certain privileges..one being that he/she can withhold a new file or files from public release from version to version or even. While this may not be explicitly stated in the license agreement, I have recevied confirmation of this from GNU's FSF office staff. What the author cannot do is revoke a license from code that is already in the public domain. As such, the 1964 source will build for the interpretive core only. The dynarec core will not be made public.

Please grab this emu from our N64 Emulator Section.

10/02/1999 - TuxNES .72 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

TuxNES (NES Emu for Linux) version 0.72 is released! Here is what is new

- experimental sound support

- gzip file support

- support for mapper 99, experimental support for mapper 23, and improved support for mapper 15

Please grab this from our NES Emu Section

10/02/1999 - 2 NEW MAME releases! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Unofficial MAME32 version .36b6 and MAMEGrip version .36b6 is released! These are both for the DOS versions. MAMEGrip is a new kind of MAME where it makes the life of the people with Gravis Controllers and SideWinder controllers' life much easier! :) I also heard that it fixes some bugs for certain games :) Please pick them up at the MAME Emu Section.

10/02/1999 - Kazuya's NeoGeo Reviews and Faqs Site! has been updated [Posted by WiNGnuT]

Kazuya's NeoGeo Reviews and Faqs Site is a kool site that has alot of NeoGeo rom reviews. And, of course, they don't have any roms there... for obvious reasons. It has been updated today. You can visit thier site at http://emuhq.com/kazuya/.

10/02/1999 - Dboy version .52 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

DBoy version .52 is released! Im not sure what is new in this new version but anyways head on to the Gameboy Emu Section to download it :)

10/02/1999 - Tips from Wook: [Posted by DarkMazda]

A movie called Monkey Rap, featuring Donkey Kong rapping, is on Nintendojo. Fastest Gaming News calls the movie a "painful picture" to watch.
It can be downloaded here.

Adrenaline Vault broke a story about Nintendo's Dolphin staying in the tank for at least 9 more months.

A wonderful retrospective Atari 2600 article entitled "Stella At 20: The History Of The Atari 2600" is waiting for you on GameSpot News.

10/02/1999 - XMAME version .36b6 Source Patch is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

XMAME's source has been updated to .36b6! Please grab it from our MAME Emu Section. Since the "whats new" list is too long, please look whats new from their official site

10/03/1999 - RockNES updates! and Author interviewed [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES site has been updated!! this is the post

Finally no more problems with .DAT file (no more used, it´s appended in the binary).

The Author of RockNES, FX3, has also been interviewed by Aprentice of Emuunlim, Please read the interview at Emuunlim.

10/03/1999 - MAME32 version .36b6 and MacMAME version .36b6 [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAME32 version .36b6 is released! here what is new

Added 16 bit sample support for the DirectSound option.

Joystick names in config now based on the joystick type, not instance.

MacMAME version .36b6 has also been released! Here is what is new

Fixed bug in the Z80 core which affected sounds in Jungle King. [John Butler] Renamed some files/targets. [Aaron Giles]
Fixed problem with game window occasionally downsizing to 1x1. [John Butler]
Note - some of the new Jaleco games (Hachoo!, etc) may crash with the sound on. Disable sound for best results when playing these games.

Please grab the Source/Binary for these emulators at the MAME Emu Section.

10/03/1999 - MGX version .12fc was released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Sorry for this late post but I guess i missed it.. MGX version .12fc has been released! Please grab this from the SMS/GG Emu Section.

10/03/1999 - Z80Stealth 0.065 has been released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

I guess I missed also.. Z80Stealth 0.065 was released! This is what is new

Now my emu draws screens line by line (as real Speccy) instead of simple redrawing every 1/50 sec. This fixes gfx problems (flicker) in some games (for ex. Puzznic,Joe Blade 2).

Please grab it from the Spectrum Emu Section.

10/03/1999 - A New SNES rom has been dumped [Posted by DarkMazda]

tA guy in Japan has dumped a new rom! The Rom is called Fire Emblem Trachia 776 or Fire Emblem 5 its a Strategy RPG and the Intro is in English =)

Please Don't E-mail me about Where to download it.. because I don't know where to get it either :P Thanks goes to romar on IRC for the news.

10/03/1999 - DarcNES version 19991002 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

DarcNES(Multi Console) for unix version 19991002 is released! here is what is new

A new release.

Changed how IRQs are handled.

Started adding a 68 disassembler.

More 68k core improvements.

Added preliminary IRQ support to the genesis vdp.

Fixed a problem with mirroring on mapper 1.

Fixed SMS psg to use the correct frequency.

Please pick it up at the Multi-Console Emu Section.

10/03/1999 - Echo 0.7b is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Echo is an ATARIST emulator for DOS.. Please pick up version .7b from the ATARIST Emu Section.

10/03/1999 - MAME version .36b6 for the OS/2 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAME version .36b6 for the OS/2 has been released! Please pick it up from the MAME Emu Section. There is a Pentium Optimized and 486 Optimized versions :)

10/03/1999 - Tips from Wook: [Posted by DarkMazda]

Segadojoattempts to weight which console mascot will be left standing when the likes of Mario, Sonic, and Crash collide.

Nintendojo takes a look backward examining the past three years from the end of the Super Nintendo to the winding down of the Nintendo 64.

GamesFirst posted their review for the Dreamcast port of Mortal Kombat Gold. An abrupt synopsis of the review concludes that this game's for the hardcore fans only.

10/03/1999 - MacMAME version .36b6 French is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MacMAME version .36b6 French version has been released! Please go grab it at the MAME Emu Section. Thanks goes to Marc Vielfaure for the E-maiL :)

10/03/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Small EmuBits :)

Genesis Power ran out of roms to dump for the 32x.. and since they are called "GENESIS POWER", they released some redumps of genesis roms that had bad checksums before.. Genesis Power has released NBA All-Star Challenge (U) for the Genesis :) Please grab it from their Official Site thanx goes to Snorter for the E-mail.

Viper_X has E-mailed me about his New Hack called SMB3 2.. Please go check it out at one of our hosted sites SMB3c and go to Player-Made hacks :) Thanks goes to Viper_X for the news

AmigaMemory released two roms they are

-Globdule (platform reflexion game)
-Hybris (shoot them up)

Please pick it up at their Official Site. Thanks goes to Amigaman for the news.

10/04/1999 - I've been interviewed.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

I've been interviewed by Sav2880 of EmuCamp, please read the interview at Emucamp. If you would like to interview me, please Email me.

10/04/1999 - Impact has been updated! [Posted by DarkMazda]

I went to Retrogames and I saw a post about Impact!! It says

Yet another Capcom 3D Fighter added. This time it's Star Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein a.k.a. Plasma Sword. A traditional fighting game but with Aliens and Robots.

WOohooo! Please visit iVilDeD's Official Site for more details.

10/04/1999 - KoF99 Released [Posted by DarkMazda]

KoF99 has been successfully Dumped by RS.. and guess what. Within an hour, the game has been leaked! The game was supposed to be released on 1/1/2000 but I guess some people couldn't just wait for the time. There are many people hate this and love this, now its a BIG controversy :)

10/04/1999 - PX-MAME version .36b6.1 released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PXMAME has been released! PXMAME is just like the Pmame for the linux :) there are two versions, SVGAlib and X-Win, please go download this emu from the MAME Emu Section

10/04/1999 - CCS64 version 2.0beta release! [Posted by DarkMazda]

CCS64 2.0 beta has been released! here is what is new

Ability to load/save the emulator state (Freeze) with different filenames (Alt+F11,Alt+F12).

Color saturation control for the palette.

Various new command-line options, selectable name of config-file (C64.CFG default) and options of fastload and autorun.

New fast-keys, like Alt+Shft+R for hard reset and Alt+Shft+8 for status page of device 8.

Please pick it up at the Commodore 64 Emu Section.

10/04/1999 - RockNES .97 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

RockNES version .97 is released! Here is what is new

Appended datafile (yeah, bye rocknes.dat);

Fixed a CPU and a minor scrolling bug;

Minor fix in the sound core;

Added Mapper #8 support (such as Doraemon);

Minor Mapper #17 fix (Parodius looks better);

Mapper #18 rewritten, IRQs fixed (at least Bases Loaded works fine);

Mapper #26 (game Madara) fixed (still buggy);

Fixed a free memory problem;

Fixed a strange bug that causes random snapshot saving (???);

Better VS Platoon color support;

Please pick it up at the NES Emu Section

10/04/1999 - Well, uhm... Bye. :\ [Posted by _Bnu]

After much thought I have decided I will resign from DMD. I was needed there in the beginning when Mazda had noone else on the staff, but now people seem to be coming back and doing their share of the work. Apparently the FTP pass changed a few days ago and I wasn't notified (:\), so I can't remove myself from the staff page and main page. But please don't take me wrong now. By saying that I resign I don't say that I don't like DMD, on the contrary I strongly advise you to keep visiting this site, after all it's one of the most regularly emulation updated sites that exists.

But as things once were they will become once again..... My best luck to you Mazda, DooMStalK, zentendo and WiNGnuT! Keep up the good work and this site will go far! Sorry for leaving, but I guess working for ZD for over one year set some tracks in my soul.

10/04/1999 - True Reality Win version 1.23 [Posted by DarkMazda]

True Reality Windows version 1.23 is released! here is what is new right off their site

"First of all, I'd like to apologize for the delays on the release. I hate it just as much as you do, when people promise something and don't deliver. Please just remember that we're not paid for this, we work on it in our spare time, and programming is an art just as much as a science.

So here's the release RCP talked about. With everything from joystick support to SRAM saves."

Please grab this new TR from N64 Emu Section. Thanks goes to Zach from EmuHQ and on IRC for the news :)

10/04/1999 - I'm Sorry _Bnu [Posted by DarkMazda]

_Bnu, I have to apologize to you.. You might think that I fired you or something but I didn't. The administrator told me that the logins could be more than 8 characters long and we got the login changed to darkmazda and not theo the one.. I'm sorry _Bnu, I just forgot about it and I forgot to tell you. I have to give you a big apology, I had no intentions of firing you in anyway. Just that I was so locked up with my stuff and I forgot all about telling you about the login change.. the password was not changed at all.. Just the login is darkmazda not the other one :) I'm sorry, even if you say you quit, I will always have ya on the updater and give you access to FTP.. i'm really sorry _Bnu.. If i've fired you, your updater login would've worked :) I'm so sorry _Bnu

DM

10/04/1999 - Sega 32x Emulator??? [Posted by DarkMazda]

I just visited my friend Atila's site, Retrogamers. Atila has posted that there is a Sega 32x emulator in the making as of right now. I don't know if this is real either but we will find out soon, please check out their official site at http://segatech.iwarp.com. Thanks goes to Atila of Retrogames for the news.

10/04/1999 - SMS power releases a new rom! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SMS Power has released a new rom yesterday, its called Deep Duck Trouble, the sequel to Lucky Dime Caper, featuring Donald. Please go download it from their official site

10/04/1999 - GeForce review... [Posted by WiNGnuT]

Hey, you all know the GeForce... right ? Well, its a new video card thats coming out (or is out, depending on how you look at it) very soon. This card is awesome and this is only the beginning. You can read a review about one of these GeForce cards here. I would advise that you pick up one of these cards ASAP... they are really nice :P, Please visit the message boards, and lets talk about the GeForce and discuss stuffs about it :) Or even ask Questions :)

10/05/1999 - New Staffer at Dark Mazda [Posted by Omega]

Hi All =)

I would like just like to say I am new to Dark Mazda, but I am going to try to keep you informed with all your emulation news.

10/05/1999 - New Staff member at DMD [Posted by Chronoso]

Hello. my name is Chronoso. I am going to be the new staff member for DarkMazda's Domain. DarkMazda asked me to join to DarkMazda's Domain today during Lunch as an updater for hardware and palm pilot emulators and news kinda stuff. If anyone been to #DarkMazda, you would see me as ChronosFX with my best friend RogersFX. :) Drop me an email at Chronoso@yahoo.com. Thank you and have a nice day. I shall have my icon up very soon :)

10/05/1999 - RAID is back [Posted by DarkMazda]

Anyone remember RAID on toasted.net? which toasted.net isn't back yet anyways! The RAID is back :) Visit it Here Thanks goes to s!ne for the news.

10/05/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here is EmuBits today!

MAME Wip site has been updated! WIth this update Takahiro Nogi sent in drivers for Crazy Climber 2 and Syusse Oozumou. Please visit the MAMEWIP Site.

Winamp 2.5e is released! Im not really sure whats new in this version.. prolly some minor bug fixes :) Anyways please pick it up at the MP3 PLayer Section thanks goes to Patrick Arata for the E-mail

RS's site has been closed down for a PERSONAL REASON.. we all know what it is! But anyways, I hope you feel better RS from what happened :( Wish you luck.

Dboy version .53 is released! please pick it up at the Gameboy Emu Section. If anyone can tell me whats new, please send a EMail .to me

SFA playable patch for Callus 1.1 is released! Please look at whats new

Patch is 10% faster.
Fixed a problem with missing files, it now displays exactly which file is missing.
Fixed a problem with uncompressing Street Fighter Alpha (CPS-2) romset that was causing the patch to pause.
Renamed RSWAPSA to RSWAPSFA.
Fixed Web page address in RSWAPSFA.
Fixed a problem with duplicated filenames.
Easier Web page address (linked above.)
Added aditional checking for correct patch files decompression.
Fixed hiscores, if you don't enter anything, it shows SFA instead of SFZ.

Please get it from here.

10/05/1999 - MagicEngine page updated... [Posted by WiNGnuT]

Yay !!! The MagicEngine site has been updated... you can visit them here. Here is whats new...

They just competed CD-ROM emulation

They are almost finished with the windows version of the emulator (yay)

The MAC version is coming along... slowly

They also completed thier custom built-in System Card: "MagicSystem". It replaces the System Card ROM that was necessary to play CD games with the old version of MagicEngine

The next step is to introduce 100% sound emlation

Thanks goes to Destination Emulation for the news.

10/05/1999 - Intel Chip renamed [Posted by Chronoso]

Intel's 64 bit processor changed it's "code name" from Merced to Itanium. Reason's for change:

1-Itanium sounds like Pentium

2-Itanium sounds like titanium, a strong light, (very expensive) prescious metal

10/05/1999 - Palm VII [Posted by Chronoso]
The Palm Pilot VII's wireless internet service has offically been "released" nationwide, also, the prices for the wirless service have dropped 33%

All palm pilot prices have dropped as much as $200 in response to the new Handspring Visor. As usual in computer harware purchases, should have waited a week to buy...

10/05/1999 - New CD-R formats yeild higher size [Posted by Chronoso]

New Cd technology be disigned in Isreal called C3d puts up to 3 layers or data onto a cd allowing storage up to 140 GB (that right GB as in giga-). The cds, known as FMD-ROMs (Florescant Multilayer Disc-Read Only Memory) use a technology called Florescant Multilayer which allows for higher data compacting and cause the disc to well, glow. Currently, the scientist are working on getting FMD-Roms up to 20 layers coming out to a little over 1 terrabyte an a disc the same size as a cd.

10/05/1999 - Doraemon RPG Translation Patch Released [Posted by Omega]

Wakd Hacks has released a 100% completed Patch for the NES Game Doraemon RPG.
You can download the Rom and the patch from their site.

The address is Wakd Hacks

10/05/1999 - Interview with Neill Corlett [Posted by Omega]

Archaic Ruins has done an interview on Neill Corlett, probably best known for his translation of SD3.
If you wish to know more about him visit Archaic Ruins

The actual article is here

10/06/1999 - Beta TNT dirvers for Win2K... [Posted by WiNGnuT]

Do any of you use a beta version of Windows 2000 ? Do you own a TNT/TNT2 video card... ? Well, VooDoo Extreme has leaked out beta drivers for beta Windows 2000. You can grab them here. Might I remind you that these are beta drivers and theu might not work too well... but yet again... Windows 2000 is beta too... so why not give it a shot.

10/06/1999 - New FAST chip from IBM [Posted by Chronoso]

IBM has announced that they will release a new chip that kinda fast.

Kinda? Well, if 2.1ghz isn't fast enough for you, go back to sleep for another year or two. IBMs new Power4 processor will contain a two processor cores plus a shared on-die L2 cache and control circuitry for an external L3 cache. It will run at 1.1GHz and deliver 11,000 MIPS at launch(sometime next year), when it will be fabbed in 0.18 micron. IBM however intends to shift it to the dream combination of 0.13 micron, copper and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) by 2002-3, which is expected to kick clock speeds up in the direction of 2GHz.

See more here: TheRegister News

10/06/1999 - AMD news [Posted by Chronoso]

AMD has released general details of the x86-64 architecture and their K8 - SledgeHammer processor. In addition, they've let slip that the Athlon Ultra will have a 266MHz Front Side Bus with 1MB-2MB of full speed L2 cache, and a chipset that will support 4x AGP Pro, 64-bit / 66MHz PCI, and PC2100 DDR DRAM. The AMD Athlon 750 will be out soon, with an 800MHz version as early as November. AMD is mulling the K6-2+ idea, but didn't announce any details yet.

10/06/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Ahh!! DMD is turning in to a hardware place! Anyways here is our EmuBits

SMS power has released Sonic & Tails, Heavyweight Champ. Please grab it from their Official Site
Animaniacs (JU) for the Genesis is released at GenesisPower. Thanks goes to Snorter for the news.

10/06/1999 - AMAME version .36b6 is out! [Posted by DarkMazda]

AMame version .36b6 is out! Please grab the C/ASM version from the MAME Emu Section.

10/06/1999 - Final Fantasy Anthology is Out [Posted by Omega]

In case you have been living in a cave for a while, You should know that Final Fantasy Anthology has been released for the PSX. The game contains Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy IV(US.3), but with new FMVs.
I just want to tell everybody to go out and get this game it should be great!!!! Although Square's translation had better live up to RPGe's.

10/07/1999 - Emulator Pages Updates!!! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Jnes's site has been updated with some news.. here is the post that they posted on their website.
Okay, after a long time of relaxation I updated all of the things in Jnes that have been toying at me. DirectSound is back and fully working now, controller #2 has been added. There is a new input dialog that you can customize the input buttons for both controllers.

I've started new projects, I am rather satisfied with the emulation level Jnes attains. The build that will be released in possibly a few days isn't a final build in a sense, but there is nothing major I see happening. I hope everyone enjoys this emulator, the new build is nice.

Please visit their official Site. Thanks goes to our friend EmuHQ for the news.
DarcNES Dos page has been updated as well.. This is what they posted on their site.

Recompiling source code is fun :), so today I'm releasing precompiled Linux Binaries of DarcNES 100299 for X86 and PPC. Enjoy!

PS: As for DarcNES DOS, I'll start working on it again as soon as I have access to a DOS based machine (I'm using only Linux at work, and MacOS/Linux at home

Please visit their official site for more details.

It looks like Scott Riemann (WiNGnuT) is really bored right now :P

10/07/1999 - GBDev '99 Demo Competition [Posted by Omega]

ConsoleDev.com is hosting this years GBDev Demo Competition. It is being ran by Wooden Spoon. If you do GBDev, then this is would be good to show off your skills and win some prizes :)~
If you are interested, Check this page out GBDev '99

10/07/1999 - Final Fantasy Anthology [Posted by Omega]

Just to let you people know, I have recieved numerous E-mails about Square's Translation of FFV compared to RPGe's. It seems everybody agrees that RPGe did a better job, BUT Square does clear up a few points that RPGe missed.

Oh and just in case you didn't know, RPGe will be back eventually...The Group shut down to do a "Massive Update" on everything...so hopefully they will be back soon.

10/08/1999 - PSX3?!??!?!?!? [Posted by Chronoso]

The-Register has posted an Article about the new PSX3!!! Please take a look Here Thanks to DarkMazda for the news!

10/08/1999 - Shattered Soul interviewed. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Shattered Soul (The Maker of the new Sega 32x Emu) has been interviewed by uzplayer of EmuCamp and Frog of Total Emulation. Please view the interview at the EmuCamp's website

10/08/1999 - Quake 3 GeForce Screenshots... [Posted by WiNGnuT]

You all know the GeForce, and how good it will be. But maybe you are confused by what it will actuall look like... Well 3DGPU.com has postead a few screeonshots of the normal version of Quake 3 and GeForce optomized Quake 3. You can see them all here. The differences are quite different... especially when looking at the arch-ways in the game.

10/09/1999 - Super Bonk 2 Translated [Posted by Omega]

Gaijin Productions has released a patch for the SNES game Super Bonk 2.
It is a GOOD translation. If you are interested screen shots and the patch are found here. Super Bonk 2

10/09/1999 - Treasure Hunter G [Posted by Omega]

Hiryuu Hon'yaku: Flying Dragon Translations has picked up the project of translating Treasure Hunter G, that was dropped by Square Translations. They appear to be making progress.

Hiryuu Hon'yaku: Flying Dragon Translations

10/09/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here's today's EmuBits..

EmuWorld was down again, so that means DMD was also down :)
DMD's New layout is going pretty nicely, it will be a frames page for sure thats all I know :)
Genesis Power has released Comix Zone for the Genesis, Please pick it up at their Official Site Thanks goes to Snorter for the E-mail
SMS Power has released Ace of Aces, Power Rangers, please pick it at their OFficial Site
Amiga Memory has released Globdule and Hybris, please get it from their Official Site Thanks goes to Amigaman for the news.
Raine site has been updated with this post

We added Ghox, another great Toaplan game in the style of Arkanoid. Thanks to Noel Miruru for it.

Please visit the Official Site to see some screenshots of the new game :)

10/09/1999 - Geoshock stays!! yay! [Posted by DarkMazda]

GeoShock didn't quit after all!! woohoo!

I don't want to have to give this up.. as I don't want to let the 'innocent users' of this site down. I guess its just going to be a case of blank out what I don't like. With regards to Kof'99 I stick by my statement, the damage has been done. Its on the net, it may as well be on GeoShock now, which isn't the same thing as me wanting to see it dumped and on GeoShock but as I said, damage has been done. By throwing the towel in now I'd feel I were letting you down. Maybe there is hope. I'm sure I can't be the only one to have this kind of abuse targetted at me, I guess I've still got a lot to learn. Saying that is it worth it still, if I'm not cut-out for this why open back up, if it just brings me more unhappiness that anything else why bother.

Just trying to help people seems to be a crime in this world, and to me that was what GeoShock was about, just helping people out, governed by the lay of the land I guess thats just not possible, every move just seems to be the wrong one, god this scene seems to be full of bullshit, false assumptions, and more. I've never claimed to be any kind of god, I just want to be able to get on with doing what I do, helping people and informing people of whats going on. Just because sometimes my opinions don't quite match yours doesn't mean we can't exist in the same world, the same scene, flaming people just because you don't like something isn't the way forwards, I guess its time to just move on, GeoShock has no value, that seems obvious, but the again so does CPS2Shock, a genuine attempt at something thats not yet been done, someones got to try it, but its written off before its started. I guess thats what happens if something becomes a public project, people just think you're not capable if you're asking for help. You don't know who your friends are thats one thing for sure

Good luck geoshock team :)

10/09/1999 - Athlon news [Posted by Chronoso]

Word on the street is that AMD has lots of Athlons, but there aren't enough Athlon motherboards to go around. Maybe you can find one if you look, but I bet Dell, Gateway and Micron held off for exactly this reason. The three biggest motherboard makers I can think of - that don't have Athlon boards our - are Abit, Asus, and Tyan. Well, Asus is coming forward with their motherboard, and there are already reviews up about it at Lost Circuits and BX Boards. The forum over at Ace's Hardware has an interesting post saying that Asus has 40,000 of their new K7M boards in stock and ready to go. It's an anonymous post, so I don't know how true that is. What is true is that Asus definitely has a board ready and it will be out soon. It is also true that in its current revision, you can overclock your Athlons bus speed easily, but both reviewers had trouble getting over 110MHz bus speed. It appears to be a motherboard / chipset limitation as opposed to an Athlon limitation.

10/09/1999 - Tyan Athlon Motherboards [Posted by Chronoso]

Tyan will be launching their Athlon motherboard at Comdex in November, according to an article at The Register at least one sentence at the end. The rest of the article discusses the Intel motherboard situation. It's a decent read. So, the big question in my mind is: Where's Abit?

10/09/1999 - Corn 0.001 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Corn version 0.001 is released!! Here is a post from them on their site

First I must thank all the people in N64emudev for your very informative and firendly chatting and great help. Without you, Corn cannot be like what it is now.

Also I would like to thank all the people who sent me information about Corn 0.01 beta. I can not reply every email, but whether or not I replied your email, I will not forget the help you gave to me.

Now, here it is Corn 0.01. Well, I think it should be called a ATI-RagePro-work-around version. Because in order to make mario look properly on ragepro, I had to use unusual (sometimes even incorrect) methods to implement some combine modes such as the river water and mario's hat. After I upgrade my video card, I may no longer use those incorrect methods, although they works for mario. That means, you probably will not be able to see transparent water on a ragepro with later releases.

This version should fix many graphics problems, and the crashes on some cpus. The very hard flickering shadows problem was solved by hWnd of Nemu.

For people with a fast PC, you can press F1 to slow down and F2 to speed up. For people who don't want to use joystick, you can try disable it from the misc menu.

Please pick up Corn at the N64 Emu Section.

10/09/1999 - PacMAME and PacMAME32 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PacMAME version .36b6 with PacMAME32 .36b6 is released! Here is what is new

New game (hack) Ms. Pacman (I'm Going Berzerk) added

Additional Pacmania corrections/speed ups (Namco driver fixes)

Compiled using latest Allegro WIP (3.9.26)

Updated Pacmame to support PACMAME.CFG

What is PacMAME32?

PacMAME 32 based off of PacMAME modified source code. PacMAME is a modified version of MAME that only supports the Pacman family games. PacMAME supports both PacMan games and clones.

Please grab these two versions of PacMAME from the MAME Emu Section.

10/09/1999 - PMame version .36b6 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

PMAME has finally been updated to .36b6! Please grab the C and the ASM version from the MAME Emu Section.

10/09/1999 - SMS Plus version .7a is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SMS Plus version 0.7.0a is released! Here is what is new

Fixed a lot of bugs that caused crashes.

Game Gear games properly detected now.

Fixed a bug that caused stereo sound to not work.

Please don't be mistaken by this emulator from the japanese SMSFan Plus :) Please grab this from the SMS/GG Emu Section.

10/09/1999 - 1964 version 0.3.1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

1964 version 0.3.1 is released! here is what is new

This version features better compatibility and more speed. But be warned, there still is no 3D support in this release! :)

Bug fixes to dynarec and interpreter; Compatibility of dynarec improved- appears to have same compat as interpreter with the exception of firedemo and audio- which do not work yet in dynarec

Dynarec speed increased (schibo)

Significant code cleanup

Please grab this new version from the N64 Emu Section.

10/09/1999 - Sega32x Website has been updated! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Sega32x website did an update! Everyone should read this Here.

10/09/1999 - Calypso build 009 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Calypso build 009 is released! I'm not sure whats really new in this version but all i know now is that it has GameGear Support and many VDP fixes. Please grab this from the SMS/GG Emu Section.

10/09/1999 - SMB3C version 7-2 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

New SMB3c has been released! Here is what the Author E-mailed me :)

"It seems I have been away for a while. It has been a month since CG's last release, but now a new version of Super Mario Bros. 3 Challenge is out. There are many new, extremely hard levels, plus there have been some background color changes and such from levels from previous versions. There are some very cool, very hard puzzles in it, plus the World 7 map has been changed around again. Level 9, world 7 has a glitch, so it is gone.

New versions of SmbC should come soon, and maybe MetroidC. ZeldaC is having some major holdups, who knows when that will have its debut release? And, of course, there are only one or two more releases to come before Smb3C is FINISHED! "

Please go download the new SMB3C from their Official Site which is hosted by DMD at http://smb3c.darkmazda.com. Thanks goes to X-4000 for the Email :)

10/09/1999 - Z80Stealth version 0.077 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Z80Stealth version 0.077 is released! here is what is new

New: Beeper emulation using Sound Blaster! Note that now Z80Stealth comes in two varieties:

1) The Adlib version (z80s_adl.exe). Includes AY-3-8910/12 emulation. This version is faster than the SB version but has no Beeper sound emulation.

2) The SB version (z80s.exe) uses the Sound Blaster to emulate Beeper sounds. (If you have problems with the SB version or do not have a SB card then use the Adlib version. Sound Blaster clones may work or may not. The Current SB version requires P166.)

Bugfix: Crash under Qemm and some emm386 configurations.

Please grab this new version from the Spectrum Emu

10/10/1999 - EmuGaming having a contest.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

bomb` from Emugaming has Emailed me about a contest that you could win a Free Dreamcast!! please Visit EmuGaming for more info. Thanks goes to bomb` for the news.

10/10/1999 - Tips from Wook: [Posted by DarkMazda]

While some individuals might claim Sony is taking longer than it should with the PSX2, after reading what The Register printed from Ken Kutaragi's statement concerning the PSX3, you will be surprised at the speed in which the PSX2 will become obsolete.

Nintendojo interviewed Henk Rodgers, known to GameBoy Tetris fans, in a straightforward discussion of his roots, work, and experiences.

Square's Chrono Cross will allow gamers to form their party from over forty personas. Gaming Intelligence Agency keeps a close eye on this game's development while wondering if Square can manage this large cast without sacrificing the plot or story.

10/10/1999 - Would anyone.... [Posted by DarkMazda]

Would Anyone like to make an Emulator(NES, SNES etc..)/Game/MP3 Player that is deticated to DMD? We would like you to E-Mail us. We would love to host the site for you and everything :) Please E-mail DarkMazda for more info.

10/10/1999 - IGN Interviews [Posted by Omega]

The Folks at IGN have interviewed Vice Chairman of Square EA, Yoshi Maruyama and the Senior Software Engineer of Squaresoft, Jay Fong.
The interview is hosted on FFNet and written on the 8th of October.
The article is here

10/10/1999 - Jnes0.26 is Out [Posted by Omega]

Jnes0.26 was released yesterday. Here are some of the major updates:
v 0.26 (10/09/99)
- Improved PCM channel emulation
- Fixed 4-window vram
- Support for Controller #2
- Put back correct palette reading
- Fixed game genie length detection
- Major 6502 core optimizations
- MMX enhanced PPU emulation
- DirectSound is now used again
- Dialog for input devices with button config
- Sound output graph
- Command line load option

You can get this new version at the NES Emu Section
You can visit the Jnes homepage here

10/10/1999 - Corn 001a released [Posted by Omega]

Corn has released a new version, Corn001a. It just adds support for AMD processors. Both version can be found in the Nintendo 64 Emu Section

10/10/1999 - ZDSpc version 1.92 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

ZDspc version 1.92 is released! Here is what is new

RAR SUPPORT!!! Thanks goes out Green Angel

ZD-spc Web Browser (check out the ZD archive, or other links provided)

Title bar dim when ZD-spc is not active

Scrolling title displayer (and option to turn it off)

Keyboard led visualization added, cool, but can be annoying when typing

Fixed a bug for DDE. It made external programs not be able to communicate with ZDspc.

Added Text color change in INI Skin Support

Added Mouse cursor change in INI Skin Support

Added Titlebar in INI Skin Support

Added Region support in INI Skin Support

Fixed many bugs with internal timer

Fixed ZST \ ZMV loading, cause before some played for 2 seconds, then stopped

Added new ID666 strings (Author, fade in milliseconds, emu dumped from)

Fixed Skin support. Now when a picture isnt specified in INI, it loads that default button

Please pick this up at the SPC Player Section.

10/10/1999 - Hello GB is being recontinued [Posted by Omega]

The Gameboy Emulator Hello GB is being recontinued.
Today the Website said it was being recontinued and a new version isn't far away.
Thanks to Zophar's Domain for the news
The Hello GB Homepage can be found Here

10/11/1999 - MESS version .36b6 is released [Posted by DarkMazda]

MESS (MULTI CONSOLE Emu) version .36b6 is released! here is what is new

New drivers supported (in no particular order):

Amstrad CPC [Kevin Thacker]

Atari 7800 [Dan Boris]

Commodore Amiga [Ernesto Corvi]

Dragon 32 [Mathis Rosenhauer]

EACA Colour Genie 2000 [Mathis Rosenhauer]

Enterprise 128K [Kevin Thacker]

KC Compact [Kevin Thacker]

PC-Engine / Turbo Graphics-16 [Charles Mac Donald]

PC-compatible (MDA, CGA) [Juergen Buchmueller]

RA+A Spectrum I+ [Mathis Rosenhauer]

TI-994a [Raphael Nabet]

ZX-Spectrum 48k [Allard van der Bas]

These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:

Misc. mapper and PPU fixes for the NES. [Brad Oliver, Firebug, Fx3]

Rewrite of Sega MasterSystem/GameGear code. It is now much more playable than before. [Charles Mac Donald]

Better color imager support for the Vectrex. [Mathis Rosenhauer]

Vectrex Driver overlay support. [Mathis Rosenhauer]

please grab this new version of MESS(which supports over 15 consoles) from the Multi Console Emu Section

10/11/1999 - New Roms Released... [Posted by WiNGnuT]

Genesis Power has released a new 32X rom. The new rom is WWF Wrestlemania Arcade.

SMS Power has also released a new rom for Game Gear. The new rom is Puyo Puyo 2 (best game ever).

Redump2K has added the following SNES roms... King Arthur & The Knights of Justice, C2: Judgement Clay, Super 5-in-1 DBZ Edition, Super 11-in-1, Super Mario Kart, NBA Give N' Go, Mutant Chronicles: Doom Troopers, Jammit, Wario's Woods, Oscar, Super Conflict, Road Riot 4WD, and Dragon Ball 3 - Spanish.

10/12/1999 - Page updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Mooncoalition and Dream64 site has been updated with some news

Mooncoalition has posted many things has posted things about Sunset. It looks like its gonn have NT 4 support and more! Please visit their Site and see what's new.

CrusieR has updated the Dream64 site with this post

Hello everyone. This is 'CruiseR' of the Dream64 team. As you have all recently heard, Spectre has left the team and has publicly embarrassed us. This was not a good step in the progress of our emu. Let him think that we don't have the knowledge to finish Dream64. We'll prove him wrong. After this horrible news of his leaving, Nuke and Sunman have decided to do the VI and DMA interrupts themselves. And Yes, they know what they are doing. But the main reason this update is here is because we are in need of an experienced OpenGL graphics coder. We need someone that really knows what they are doing and will be faithful to the team no matter what Dream64 has or doesn't have. We cannot afford another flake because Dream64 has been around for quite a while now, and to tell you the truth, it seems we've fallen way behind. So if anybody reads this and thinks they could help, please do so, it'll be greatly appreciated."

thanks a bunch
CruiseR

Please visit Dream64.

10/12/1999 - Rom Releases [Posted by DarkMazda]

AmigaMemory has released 2 new roms Night Hunter and Blues Brothers. Please get it from their Official Site Thanks goes to Amigaman for the news.
SMS power has released The Smurf for the SMS Please get it from their Official site

10/12/1999 - New Version of snes9x out [Posted by Omega]

snes9x released a new version for DOS. There isn't to much new that I see except that the debugger is back and some glitches are fixed.

Go pick it up at the Snes Emu Section

10/13/1999 - Quick Palm note [Posted by Chronoso]

TRG has licensed the PalmOS for use in a soon to be announced enterprise deployable PDA. TRG is well known for their 8MB expansion module for most Palm devices available today and their FlashPro app which gives you access to more of your PDAs RAM. TRG will announce their new PDA at PalmSource '99 in a few weeks. Here is my question, who remembers the IBM "clone" days of old where your choice of OS dwindled down to nothing? Hrmmmm, I'm not sure I like where this is heading.

According to Palm's press release, Nokia will be helping "expand the Palm OS® operating system as a platform for smart phones" while at the Symbian site they have a little different spin stating that the Palm-Nokia partnership will "extend the device families based on Symbian’s platform." Ok, which is it boys, PalmOS or Symbian (EPOC)? Maybe Nokia hardware with PalmOS brains, or maybe Palm hardware running EPOC? Maybe an frightening hybrid of both? Ugh, all this is making me dizzy.

10/13/1999 - Itanium Motherboard Pics [Posted by Chronoso]

It looks like motherboard includes two risers with 8 DIMM slots on each, for a total of 16 DIMM capacity. Also, the processors appear to be socketed and fit into a dual-processor riser card. What's that, 8 64-bit PCI slots? Not too shabby. Go here and scroll own

10/13/1999 - SMB3c version 7.4 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SMB3C version 7.4 is released! Here is what is new from the Email from the Author

Due to a very serious bug, the previous version of Super Mario Bros. 3 Challenge, 8.0, was nearly unplayable. After two days of trying to fix this problem, I have discovered that it either cannot be done, or at least that it would be much easier to simply re-implement the changes found in version 8.0 on a fresh patch. Hence version 7.4, which does NOT contain the bug, and has two more levels than 7.2. This patch is intended only to give people something to tide them over until I can completely redo version 8.0, hopefully in the next day or two. I thank you all for your understanding, and your support of Challenge Games!

Please grab this new patch from their OFficial Site hosted by DMD! :) Thanks goes to X-4000 for the news.

10/13/1999 - MAME Wip Updates! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAME WIP site has been updated with this update

12th October 1999: Keith Wilkins sent in another Namco System 2 update with controls working in most games, and also fixed a lot of the graphics bugs. The playable games are now Assault, Ordyne, Mirai Ninja, Phelios, Legend of Walkyrie, Finest Hour, Burning Force, Marvel Land, Dragon Saber and Cosmo Gang the Video. Zsolt Vasvari fixed Wanted colors with new PROMs. Andrew Prime sent in a small System16 update with a few bug fixes and a new Tough Turf romset. Yasuhiro Ogawa fixed Assault input ports

Please visit the MAME WIP Site for more info.

10/13/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here is today's EmuBits

EmuHQ has released some TRWinGL screen shots! please view them Here.
Bleem CEO has been interviewed by AGN! Please look at the interview here.
GenesisPower has released World Series Baseball for the 32x. Please grab this from their Official Site.

10/13/1999 - Omniverse is back!!! [Posted by Omega]

The famed ROM-hacker Omniverse is back, but he is only hacking Roms he owns.
I'll keep you informed if I get more information.

10/14/1999 - Pretendo UPdates [Posted by DarkMazda]

Pretendo website has been updated with this post

"Okay, so we lied. We weren't "back" in a week. Anyway, here's some attempt at an update I guess. We've been working crazy hard all summer, and throught September and October.... We're almost ready for a release soon, hopefully by next month the latest. We're about to give out beta software to our testers, and we'll see how that goes. If you haven't heard, we have a plugin system. This means that you can contribute to the project, if you want. We want to test out a plugin written by someone other than one of us. We're looking for an experienced Win32 coder to write a GDI based graphics plugin. You must know C++, be using MS VC++, and know how to do DLLs. If you are interested, please drop either of us a mail... tell us a few things about yourself, what kind of experience you have, etc.... samples are cool. "

Please visit their Official Site.

10/14/1999 - EmuBits.. [Posted by DarkMazda]

EmuBits for today

EmuViews posted a new Rumour Mill.. This week is about Impact and Retrocade and more, please view it Here.

CPS2Shock WIP page has been updated with this post

I've had my first glimpse of how the encryption works. WOW This is big news... I've posted my findings so far to the encryption page, along with another update. Please visit the Encryption Page

SMS power has released a Demo program, here is the post

Zoop has written a demo SMS program which is now available in the "Sources" section of S8-Dev. This program, tentatively called "SMS Power," includes graphics animation as well as sound. The source code is a great resource for those programmers interested in a better understanding of the SMS and GG machines.

Please grab it from their Official Site.

10/14/1999 - Gameboy emulator for palm [Posted by Chronoso]

I received an e-mail this morning from the creator of Gambit, a GameBoy emulator for the PalmOS. It seems that he has been trying to figure out the legalities of his emulator program. Basically, he's afraid of being sued by Nintendo and he has been reading up on the legalities of emulation software. At this point he has been contacting other GameBoy developers and says that the response is favorable for porting their GameBoy titles to the PalmOS.

For now it looks like he's going to be releasing a version of the emulator that only plays the freely-distributed games, with another version in the works that will play the ones that he'll recompile with the authors' permission. He's also saying that he can probably get the sound to work on the recompiled ones, so that's some good news.

He wants to know what games the Palm community would be interested in and would be willing to pay for. If you have some suggestions, e-mail him at maven@planetkc.com.

One more thing: he's also thinking that if a developer wants to make a device that allows the GameBoy cartridges to be "plugged in" to the Palm, that would be legal. So, if you have suggestions or want to build some hardware, send him some e-mail. I played the emulator a while ago and was very impressed with its functionality.

I've been thinking that maybe instead of an emulator he could just recompile the PRC files to be self-running and have the emulator live happily with each of them. That way he could easily put in code for registering and such and then could start distributing self-running, freely available ported games. Just a thought.

10/14/1999 - Gameboy emulator for Palm scrapped [Posted by Chronoso]

It looks like the legalities of emulation software have taken another victim. The Gameboy emulator that was in development for Palm devices has been scraped due to the legal implications of a public release. One idea which has come from this is a springboard module that would allow you to plug in Gameboy games directly to a Visor or other springboard capable unit. My take is, emulation is very sticky business and it will be hard to find anyone willing to put in the cash for R&D on such a product after what Connectix and the makers of Bleem! have been through. I don't think Nintendo themselves would release such a springboard either since their new Gameboy is expected to compete with PDAs such as the Visor.

10/15/1999 - Come Back 64(win) version Beta 3 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

ComeBack 64(Commodore 64 Emu) for Windows version beta 3 is released! This is what is new

Fullscreen mode (640x400)

Window fully resizable

'Remove Cartridge' added to menu

Slight changes to 'open' dialog

'About' box changed to a dialog window

Please pick it up at the C64 Emu Section.

10/15/1999 - SNEeSe version .37 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SNEeSe version .37 is released! Here is what is new

PPU: Modified the way VRAM read is done - now uses 'VRAM read buffering' which makes MUCH more sense, thanks to Ben Parnell of FCE Ultra (NES emulator) for info!

Sound: Made a few improvements to the sample decompression routines

Sound: Figured out why Soundscape cards weren't getting any sound and told Allegro to put the drivers in

Sound: GUI should now be quiet on more cards

CPU: Completely redid CPU opcode timing tables - thanks to Neill Corlett for better timing info!

CPU: More improvements to the execution loop

HDMA: Removed some unnecessary code that was in since the last rewrite

Source: Removed an erroneous extra line in one file, thanks to TNSe^1999 for finding this...

Source: Added a kludge in many files to work around the DJGPP linker's lack of object file alignment

SPC700: Changed flag format conversion to use lookup tables

65c816: Fixed a few bugs related to the Break flag in emulation mode (allowing Break flag to be cleared, Break flag set on stack after NMI)

65c816: Simplified stack operations

PPU: Fixed a bug that caused CGDATAREAD to be disabled

Commandline: Added support for video standard forcing (-fvp to force PAL, -fvn to force NTSC)

Please pick it up at the SNES Emu Section

10/15/1999 - WinUAE version 0.8.8 R8 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

WinUAE(Amiga Emu) version 0.8.8 R8 is released Here is what is new

FIXED: Crash when no kickstart-ROM was selected, or xdms.exe not present.

FIXED: Sound output on Diamond Monster Sound MX-300 and similar devices. NOTE: Make sure you are using the latest Aureal reference-drivers!!!

FIXED: Illegal audio-frequency choices for the user's system are now masked.

FIXED: 8-bit Picasso screens (256-colours) in windowed mode on a 15-bit (or higher) Windows desktop would have problems when the Amiga's palette should've changed.

FIXED: MIDI-output has been re-written and now works perfectly!

FIXED: Socket code could fail on some machines because of bad version check.

FIXED: Socket code has been changed and optimized, so that changing display modes during socket operations should no longer cause crashes.

FIXED: Bugs in 68881 (FPU) implementation involving FMOVE not updating FPSR, and FMOVEM pushing and popping things in the wrong order.

FIXED: BlitRectNoMaskComplete now implements all blit-opcodes, for better performance and no more warnings.

FIXED: Arrow-gadgets of the XEN BOOPSI class now render properly.

FIXED: CD-ROM drive(s) will now work without a LoadWB being issued.

FIXED: Enforcer-hits aren't reported while the CPU is in supervisor mode.

ADDED: Accelerated InvertRect functionality. Oooh... Ahhh...

ADDED: z3 fast-mem allowed up to 128-Megs again. STILL MIGHT BE BUGGY!!!

ADDED: German translation of help-file available on web-site.

ADDED: English help-file is improved. Thanks to Georg Veichtlbauer!!!

CHANGED: Printing may work better now.

Please grab this from the Amiga Emu Section.

10/15/1999 - Getright version 4.1 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Getright version 4.1 is released! Here is what is new

Major new things and other nice improvements in Version 4.1:

Segmented Downloading. Split a file into pieces and download different parts from different servers at the same time. This can greatly increase the speeds of your downloads.

(And some bug fixes from 4.0)

Major new things and other nice improvements in Version 4.x:

Easy function ("Daily Downloads") to download the same files, like your stock info or news, on a daily basis.
Support for several phone numbers for your ISP so GetRight can try a different one if one is busy.
Faces for changing the look of the toolbars and buttons. (Kind of "Skins Lite")
One click to run or view the file you downloaded from the download window or run it from the Tray Icon menus.
You can increase the file-list limit.
Many other minor improvements and bug fixes.
And all this is a FREE upgrade if you have purchased any earlier version of GetRight! Just download and run the new installer and it will update your version of GetRight. Buy it Now!
GetRight will now show banner advertisements during your evaluation time. But there is now no set limit to the time you may evaluate GetRight to see if it suits your needs. But if you decide to keep GetRight and continue to use it into the future, please do Buy it. Purchasing GetRight will remove the advertising banners.

Please grab it from their Official Site.

10/15/1999 - SMS Power releases 2 new roms [Posted by DarkMazda]

SMS Power has released 2 new roms! They are Party / Family Games for the Master System (Japanese version of Parlour Games) and the Game Gear version of The Smurfs. Please pick it up from their Official Site.

10/15/1999 - Amigamemory has released new rom [Posted by WiNGnuT]

Amigamemory has released 2 new roms they are

242

Wayfarer

Please get those games from their Site Thanks goes to Amigaman for sending DarkMazda the E-mail and Thanks to DarkMazda for TELLING me the news.

PS. IM BOOORED! :PPPPPPPPP

10/15/1999 - Athlon Price Reduction [Posted by Chronoso]

The Register reports that the 700MHz Athlon will be reduced from US$815 to the suspicious sum of $666 on the date of October 24th. The suspicion is that the price reduction, if true, will signal the release of a 750MHz Athlon. On the open market, it's getting easier to locate Athlon 650's, but Athlon 700's still appear to be scarce. On PriceWatch most of the vendors have an ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) listed with their 700MHz Athlon listings, indicating that they listed the Athlons before they were in stock. If 700MHz is out, let's get some stock out there. It's kind of lame in my book for AMD not to build up enough stock to supply demand before announcing new chip speeds. Intel, on the other hand, always seems to have chips that they've announced available in quantity. We'll see if they can keep it up with AMD blazing such a tough trail.

10/15/1999 - Celeron III [Posted by Chronoso]

Apparently, confidential Intel documents make reference to the Celeron III. The Register wonders what the Celeron III is. Why name a processor the Celeron III with no Celeron II? Well, the answer is that the original Celeron is the Celeron II, modeled after the Pentium II. The next Celeron may be called the Celeron III, but it will modeled after the Pentium III, featuring a 100MHz bus speed and SSE instructions.

10/16/1999 - New Design!! [Posted by DarkMazda]

Here is the new design!! :) I'm only done with converting the Emulator Pages, and the others should be done soon!! :) Thanks for visiting DMD :)

10/16/1999 - LoopyNES version 10/15/99 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

LoopyNES version 10/15/99 beta has been released! Here is what is new

- 6502 bug fixed

- Improved load menu, FDS added, SNES pad controller support added

Please grab it from the NES Emu Section.

10/16/1999 - SNEeSE version .371 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

SNEeSE version .371 is released! Here is what is new

Config: Added save directory support (must be set manually in cfg file, read the config file section of the readme for info)

Please grab it from the SNES Emu Section.

10/16/1999 - MAME version .36b7 is released! [Posted by DarkMazda]

MAME Version .36b7 is released! here is what is new

Spiker [Aaron Giles]

Finalizer - Super Transformation [Nicola Salmoria]

Crazy Climber 2 [Takahiro Nogi]

Syusse Oozumou [Takahiro Nogi]

Mayday [Aaron Giles]

Chimera Beast [Luca Elia]

Iga Ninjyutsuden [Luca Elia]

Plus Alpha [Luca Elia]

Peek-a-Boo! [Luca Elia]

Orbitron [Zsolt Vasvari]

Mystic Riders [Bryan McPhail]

Herbie at the Olympics [Mike Coates]

Arcade Classics [Aaron Giles]

Sparkz [Aaron Giles]

Battle Chopper [Nao]

Ninja Spirit [Nao]

Image Fight [Nao]

Legend of Hero Tonma [Nao]

X Multiply [Nao]

Dragon Breed [Nao]

Beta 7 also supports the following clones:

Snow Bros (set 3)
Makai Densetsu (= Legend of Makai)
Growl (US)
Runark (= Growl)

Please grab this from the MAME Emu Section. Thanks goes to Zach from EmuHQ for the news.

10/16/1999 - A huge EarthQuake in CA [Posted by DarkMazda]

On Yahoo news, it says that there was a huge EarthQuake in LA, California it said

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked southern California early Saturday morning, knocking out power to parts of Los Angeles, more than 100 miles from the epicenter.

My best friend and many other friends live around there since I was from LA.. I hope they are all ok and hope everything goes well there :(

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