Emulator News: MAME WIP
18:34:  The site of the most popular multiple arcade emulator which is known by many of us as MAME has receieved an update to its Work-In-Progress page. This emulator is the most complete multiple arcade emulator in existance due to its multi-platform availability and its many features. Here's a list of what's new so far:

• 26th October 2000: Ernesto Corvi added another romset to the Playchoice10 driver.
• 27th October 2000: Nicola Salmoria and Takahiro Nogi further fixed some Fairyland Story sprite problems.
  
• 28th October 2000: Nicola Salmoria improved the functionality of romcmp.
  
• 29th October 2000: Aaron Giles cleaned up the Sega C2 driver, added sound to all games and fixed some graphics
  and palette problems.
  
• 30th October 2000: Nicola Salmoria added Naname de Magic to the Oh My God! driver.
  
• 31st October 2000: Gerardo Oporto fixed some Sega C2 dipswitch settings.

Misc. News: Happy Halloween!
18:13:  I'd like to wish all of our visitors a happy, yet scary, Halloween. Remember to get all the candy you can and be sure to freak out your little brother or sister. :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Translation News: Final Fantasy 4 will be available soon
17:11:  Today is the day that J2e Translations has chosen to launch their completed FF4 patch...well, probably. Go check out their page, and see why. Check back often, because we will post it as soon as it's out.

Misc. News: Napster Makes Deal With Major Label
12:03:  This just might surprise somebody -- Napster now has 1/5th of the major labels working WITH them. Bertelsmann AG (known to most of us as BMG) today announced a deal with Napster agreeing to drop their suit against them after Napster releases a secure file-sharing system. Here's a quote from the article:

Under terms of the deal, Bertelsmann, parent of one of the five major music companies that is suing Napster for copyright infringement, agreed to withdraw its lawsuit once Napster successfully introduces the new membership-based service.

You can read the full article at Yahoo! News.

Utility Release: Redump: v3.2
05:51:  Are you looking for a utility which converts NeoGeo mgd2 dumps to the MVS format? Well, search no further. Redump, a utility for DOS which does exactly that, has been updated to version 3.2 which has now added support for "King of the Monsters" and changed "ridheroh" to create the 128k s1-rom.

You can pick up this goody over at the NeoGeo utilities section.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: Releases
05:37:  Genesis Power will be updating their site all day today with a pile of Sega Genesis ROMs to satsify your desire for treats this Halloween. Here's what they released yesterday and what they've given to you as a starter ROM for toady:

• A racing game ported straight from the arcade, complete with your girlfriend riding shotgun. Donated by SefiroSp. Dumped by NeoZeed. #320: OutRun.
• Here is the Japanese release of one of our previous sports releases. GoodGen Unreleased! #319: Joe Montana NFL 94 (Japanese Release).

Emulator Release: Z26 v1.40
05:26:  Z26, an Atari 2600 emulator for the DOS platform, has been updated to the freaky version of 1.40. Here's a list of what's new with this spooky release:

• z26 is now Windows 9x long filename friendly! I didn't really believe it could be done in a DOS program, but Michael Walden Jr. came up with a very cool way to show a game's long filename in the title bar of the GUI.
• We have expanded the ROM capacity of the GUI from 693 to 2772 ROMs.
  
• We have tried to automatically recognize all of the various versions of ROMS that are commonly available. So now, the paddle controllers are automatically turned on for all 5 versions of Breakout. And so on...
  
• If you run into any ROMs that aren't automatically recognized correctly, please let me know. Thanks.
  
• Thanks to Michael Walden Jr. for help with this version.

Emulator Release: Final Burn v0.051
04:55:  A new version of the multi-arcade emulator for Win9x/00 called Final Burn has been updated to version 0.051. Here's a list of what's new with this version:

• Changed to DirectDraw 3+

10/30/2000
Emulator Release: VGB-Win 2.0 Released
22:34:  Marat Fazyullin has released version 2.0 of VGB-Win (a Gameboy emu for Windows 9x) to his registered customers. There are over 20 separate things that are new in this version, and Marat e-mailed that list to you if you are a registered customer.

There is no shareware version of VGB-Win, so the only way to get it is to pay $35 at http://www.komkon.org/fms/VGB/. BEWARE: There is no auto speed fix (just a slider). So, chances are it will either run too fast or too slow.

Emulator Release: NeoPocott 0.37b for PC
20:02:  A new version of NeoPocott has been released. There is one for DOS and one for Windows. Here's the long list of what's new:

Emulator Release: TR64 W.I.P. 3
19:35:  Another work-in-progress version of TR64 has been released. Flash RAM support has been implemented, so Majora's Mask works now. There are also some other games that will save correctly now. You can get TR64 at the N64 page. Thanks to The Great D2 for the news.

Utility Release: ClrMamePro v1.8d
18:41:  A new version of the ROM management utility called ClrMamePro for the Win9x/00 platform which cleans your M.A.M.E. directories, reports missing games, ROMs, and does other nifty stuff, has been updated to version 1.8d. Here's a short, but sweet, list of what's new:

• rebuilder fix: "use sysdef paths" + "use rebuilder paths" always complains about bad sysdef paths.

Emulator Release: Hu-Go v1.29
18:33:  A brand new version of the PC-Engine/TG-16 emulator for DOS and Linux platforms called Hu-Go has been updated to version v1.29. This version brings some nice changes including joypad support under Linux! Here's a list of what's new:

• Else, I've been asked for something like a video dumping, I couldn't produce .avi, .mpg or .avi directly so I added an image dumping in a VIDEO subdirectory (only available in DOS version w/o eagle nor scanline mode since people don't seems to be interested in this, if I have time, I'll add this feature to win version before I post archives online).
• As promised, I did a CVSisation of sources while restructuring the code. Normaly, sources should soon be available with a public anonymous access

Emulator Release: Laser 0.9 for the Compaq IPAQ
16:19:  Laser, the multiple arcade emulator, has been ported to the Compaq IPAQ by Domenico Dato. This version, which is based on 0.9, supports all 15 games supported by this version, and has sound support.

You can download it from Laser Emulation.

10/29/2000
Misc. News: Help Needed
22:56:  Crazypumpkin sent a request to us:

Operation: Earthbound, an Earthbound fangame project, is in need of a skilled music composer. If you feel you are skilled, creative, and dedicated enough for the job, please contact Crazypumpkin at
email: rosfam@worldnet.att.net OR ICQ: 12002761

Misc. News: Retro Gaming Article
22:47:  Gareth Clark (Madcow) has written an article for Wookie's World about "a nostalgic look back at those carefree days of youth". It's a love story about a boy and his Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

Read the article (Speccy Heaven) at Wookie's World. (Oh, and notice the small reference to Zophar's Domain close to the end.)

Translation News: Two DBZ Patches Updated
22:21:  DBZ Translations (soon to be called DBZ2K) has released two updated versions of their DBZ Hacks. DBZ Gaiden for the NES has been updated to 20% (from 10%), and DBZ: BuuYuuRetsuden for the Genesis has been updated to 98% (from about 10%).

Also, they are in need of imaginative people to help with animations and images on the site. If you would like to help, e-mail jbtrunks at jbhnrh@hotmail.com.

Get both of these patches at our English Translations page.

Misc. News: Correction
21:47:  Those of you that saw the news I posted about SupraHLE remember that I said that it was the same file. Well, according to the readme of SupraHLE, it is a "hack" of UltraHLE. I guess that explains the similarity, doesn't it?

Translation News: New Translation Utility Released
21:30:  Mythical Raven has released a utility called Rom Editor for translating SNES roms. It lets you find words in a rom, and then create an NIC patch file for it. According to the readme, he's working on making it be able to convert the patch to an IPS file with the click of a button.

Get Rom Editor at our Translation Utilities section.

Misc. News: Redump 64: 31 Games Added
19:12:  You ROM-a-holics are in luck, especially you Commodore64 fans.

The Redump 64 site has been updated with a TON of new games for your amusement. Here's the list of games they've added:

• Batman The Movie
• Battleships
  
• Batty
  
• Better Dead Than Alien
  
• Bigfoot
  
• Blackwyche
  
• Blasteroids
  
• BMX Racers
  
• Bombjack
  
• Bombjack 2
  
• Booty
  
• Boulderdash
  
• Bounty Bob Strikes Back
  
• Brainstorm
  
• Breakthru
  
• Bruce Lee
  
• Bubble Bobble
  
• Bubble Dizzy
  
• Arkanoid
  
• Arkanoid II
  
• Astro Chase
  
• Athena
  
• Atomic Robokid
  
• Back To The Future
  
• Ballblazer
  
• Balloon Rescue
  
• Bangkok Knights
  
• Barbarian
  
• Barbarian II
  
• Barry McGuigans Boxing
  
• Batman:The Caped Crusader

Misc. News: Lemon Site Updated
19:04:  The Lemon site has been updated with more Commodore64 games for your playing pleasure. Here's what they've added to their archive:

• Ghouls'n Ghosts
• Ikari Warriors
  
• Impossamole
  
• The Last Ninja 3
  
• Rallycross
  
• Rick Dangerous
  
• Turrican
  
• Turrican II

Misc. News: M.E.P. Site Updated
19:00:  The MSX Emulator Page has been updated with a slew of goodies which are sure to satisfy every MSX emulator user out there. Want the goods? Here's what they've added:

• Added utilities for .XSA files to the Games database.
• Again added some new games to the Games database. Please expect (a lot) more to follow.
  
• For some people in Europe, our site is quote slow at the moment. A router at Euronet is giving problems. Let's hope this will be solved soon!
  
• A new fair coming up in Spain with a lot of MSX activities, the Barcelona Videojuego. You can also check out the AAMSX website for more info.
  
• Also the information for the MSX NBNO fair 2001 is available at the MSX-NBNO website.

Interview News: Sintendo Author Interview
18:49:  EmulationX has conducted an interview with the author of the Snes9x emulator port for the DreamCast called Sintendo. Here's a portion of the interview:

Emulation-X: Why did you make Sintendo?
Sin: I made Sintendo because I wanted to be able to play Super Nintendo games on my Dreamcast. I released Sintendo to the world because I imagined other people would like to as well. There was once a time when such a thing was only imaginable and I saw that I *could* do it... I used Snes9x because it is portable, maybe the development a lot easier The only other really useful SNES emulator is ZSNES, which may be better in some ways, but is far from portable. ZSNES is written primarily in x86 assembly, everything written in that way must be re-written to work on the Dreamcast. Snes9x was just a much more attractive option because it's written in C.I have had to do very little re-writing of the Snes9x code. I started most of my research on the forums of the "warez" sites.Dcisos.com had a development forum The portable version of Snes9x has a file called how2port.txt. Its like following instructions, kind of It's quite a bit more complicated than that.

Misc. News: Mario Meets Sonic?
18:30:  If you thought that WinAMP version number was weird, just wait until you hear the latest, . . .

According to the IGN site, Nintendo and Sega are becoming a joint company. This extremely insane. :) I mean, these two companies for the last decade or so have been competing for the best system available to avid gamers, and now they're joining up? Too weird. :) Here's a portion of the article:

The story at Asahi first describes Sega's recently nnounced losses, stating that Sega revealed to investors in September that its results for the half-year ending September 30th would be less than expected. And that's what happened, with the company announcing a loss of 29.2 billion yen today, down from an expected profit of 600 million yen. Poor Dreamcast performance was stated as the cause for the loss. Now, for the full year period ending March 2001, the company expects a loss of 22.1 billion yen, down from an expected profit of 1.5 billion yen. This will be the fourth yearly loss in a row for the company.

Emulator Release: YAME v0.20
18:19:  A new version of the PC Engine, Gameboy, NES emulator called YAME which is for the Win9x/00 platform has been updated to version 0.20. A translation of what's new was posted at the Emulation HQ, so here's the scoop:

[It] corresponds to the clock with built-in the cartridge of Gameboy. Improvement of CPU emulation accuracy of Gameboy Bug correction of sound of Gameboy Concealment function addition of about 180KB's worth(Hardly operate. ) etc.

Misc. News: WinAMP v2.666
13:04:  A new version of everyones favorite audio player, WinAMP, has been updated to the scary version of v2.666. That's right, folks. WinAMP has released a very odd version number in light of the freaky festiviities which surround Halloween. This audio player supports many varities of audio file types which makes it the most complete audio application available today. You can download nifty visualization plug-ins which react to the music you're playing, you can download some cool out-put plug-ins which affect the sound coming out of your player, in addition, you can customize WinAMP by creating your own skins which alter the appearance of WinAMP or you can download hundreds of pre-made ones over at the WinAMP site. At any rate, here's a list of what's new in this scary version:

• spiffier credits in about box.
• new demo.mp3 (128kbps in most versions, 24kbps in lite version).
• new mp3 input plug-in.
  
• streaming improvements (now much less intrusive).
  
• fully ISO compliant decoding.
  
• ID3v2 support.
  
• even more.
  
• AVS 2.1 . New blitter/movement filtering, MMX optimized, new presets.

Emulator Release: NeoPocott Mac/OS v0.37
12:25:  A brand spankin' new version of the NeoGeo Pocket Color emulator for the MacIntosh platform called NeoPocott Mac/OS has been updated to version 0.37. Here's a list of what's new with this emulator:

• (MACOS) Added layer selection to the preferences.
• (MACOS) Add common ZLib support (Richard Bannister)
  
• Add/Fixes some database status info (Gollum)
  
• Add BS1B opcode (David McEwen)
  
• Add CPDR opcode (David McEwen)
  
• Add fake sound init/test register (Gollum)
  
• Optimizes gfx line clear (Voodoo)
  
• Fixes MINC/MINC2/MINC4/MDEC1/MDEC2/MDEC4 (Gollum)
  
• Fixes 16-bit parity flag emulation (David McEwen)
  
• Fixes INCF/DECF to get correct RFP value (Gollum)
  
• Fixes some warnings (Anarko)
  
• Add language autoselection using database (Richard Bannister/Gollum)
  
• Improve language info from database (RichardBannister/Gollum)
  
• Fixes RLD opcode (Gollum)
  
• Add window frame color support (Gollum)
  
• Add a function to get only database info or bothROM/database info (Gollum)
  
• Add more info about ROM (Gollum)
  
• Add a database for ROM identification (Anarko)
  
• Fixes sprite flickering (David McEwen)
  
• Add sprite priorities (David McEwen)
  
• Add a ZBuffer to handle sprite priorities (DavidMcEwen)
  
• Fixes some link errors (Richard Bannister)
  
• Optimizes GFX rendering (David McEwen)
  
• Fixes BIOS initialization (Gollum)
  
• Reduce memory requirements to 4MB (Gank)
  
• Rewrite all the memory handling (Gank/Gollum)
  
• Add LDCF/STCF opcodes (Gollum)
  
• Add MDEC1/MDEC2/MDEC4 (Gollum)
  
• Add MINC1/MINC2/MINC4 (David McEwen)
  
• More accurate system autoselect (Anarko)
  
• Add RETD opcode (David McEwen/Gollum)
  
• Add LDCF/STCF opcodes (David McEwen/Gollum)
  
• Fixes (argh!) CHG opcode (Gollum)
  
• Add CHG opcode (David McEwen)
  
• Autoselect Neogeo Pocket Classic (B/W) or Neogeo Pocket Color emulation (Gollum/Anarko)
  
• Improve system initialization (Gollum)

10/28/2000
Misc. News: Pretendo Site Updated
23:54:  The Pretendo site was updated today with some news regarding the NES emulator and a new project that Delta's working on. Here's a portion of what he had to say on the site:

Anyways, the lazies have hit me once again, and I haven't worked on Pretendo in about two weeks or so. But not to worry, the new project (that I'm about to annouce) will be beneficial to Pretendo, so it's sort of like killing two birds with one stone, I guess. Okay, enough rambling. New project time. Here goes. Earlier this week, a few brief moments of thought led me to creating a new project. The project is a stand-alone NSF player for BeOS, and it's called nescience. Note: please do not capitalise the 'n', or any other letter in its name. Not too impressed, are you? How about if I open source it? Yup, nescience will be my first foray into the world of Open-Source, and naturally, I hope only good things to come out of it. This means don't be lame and/or do something stupid with the sources that would make me angry, or else I'll just close the sources, or even stop working on it. Working on nescience will be beneficial to Pretendo in that it will require me to write a new NES sound core, which will be used in both projects.

Misc. News: .INI Translations
23:51:  An Italian translation of Spinal's Corn .INI has been released. This .INI file was translated by Maxyz.

In addition to this translation, Oscar translated his TR64 .INI file into Spanish.

You can pick them both up below:

Misc. News: TR64 Screenshots
23:44:  Spinal has updated his site once again with more screenshots of the N64 emulator for Win9x/00 called TR64. The game featured this time around is Donkey Kong 64. There are 6 shots of this game available for your viewing pleasure. :)

Check the site out for these screenshots.

Emulator News: Sintendo Site Updated
23:41:  The site of the SNES emulator for the DreamCast called Sintendo has been updated with news regarding the emulator. The site reports that the author has gotten a few steps further in development. Graham Batty pointed out that he needed to call Direct3Ddevice::SetCurrentViewport() before rendering.

Be sure to check the site out for more information.

Thanks to the Emulation HQ for the news.

Misc. News: Napster for the MacIntosh?
23:37:  All you MacIntosh users who have been itching to try out Napster, the most popular MP3 search engine available, have been rescued! Napster has finally ported their popular MP3 search application to the MacIntosh platform. Here's what they had to say on their site regarding this program:

The first "official" version of the Napster software for Mac users has arrived! It acts like a Mac, feels like a Mac, and works like Napster. What could be better? It's loaded with cool items like a search history feature, which allows users to keep track of their last ten searches, full drag-and-drop capabilities and new Tool Bar Flavors to match the iMac colors. And you can call on Napster Customer Support if you run into any problems. Napster for the Mac was developed by the same team that created Macster. Existing Macster users who upgrade to Napster for the Mac can quickly get started by registering with their Macster user name and password.

Emulator Release: 2 Handheld Simulators
23:29:  Remember those little electronic games you used to play with as a kid? The little spinach-green LCD screens with the black objects flying all over and when you press on the screen it made funny colors? Okay, okay, so you know what I'm talking about here. :) Madrigal has released updates to 2 of his handheld games, one called Grabman and the other called Motor Cross.

You can check these nifty little gadgets over at the LCD Simulators emulators section.

Misc. News: 128 Museum: 9 Games
23:11:  The 128 Museum has been updated with 9 more Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48 games. You should probably chcek this site out and these new games to enhance your Spectrum experience. Here's what they've released:

• Cyrus 2 The Chess Player 128
• Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge 48-128
  
• Golden Axe (128 Remix)
  
• Hostages 128
  
• Ninja Spirit (128 Remix)
  
• Rainbow Islands-The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 (128 Remix)
  
• Street Fighter 1 (128 Remix)
  
• Super Cars 128
  
• Total Recall 128

Utility Release: GetRight v4.3
23:01:  Are you sick of getting disconnected in the middle of a ROM download and tired of having to start ALL over again? Well, have no fear. :) A new version of GetRight has been released and will wash your ROM downloading worries away. That's right, ROM-a-holics, this baby will resume downloads from various sites that support resume even after you've been disconnected for the billionth time. You can also use this application to download programs, MP3s, and other forms of media. Here's a list of what's new:

• Skins version 2 for the download window. Personalize the window to make it look how you want! The new Version 2 skins allow much more flexibility and creativity.
• Changed some of the limits for Segmented Downloading. Now up to 8 segments at once (and 3 per server)! Download up to 8 times faster.
• And a number of bug fixes and smaller improvements.

Translation News: DBZ 99% Patch
22:55:  Vincent of Saiya Translations has released a 99% patch for Dragonball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan. Here's what is new in the latest version:

• New fonts (have both upper cases and lower cases now)
• Endings are translated
  
• Bosses names are expanded (instead of Gin, it's now Ginyu

Translation News: New Pokemon Hack
22:49:  IceSage of IceSage's Domain has released a patch for Pokemon Blue/Red called Cokemon. Please note that this game is suggested for ages 16+ due to suggestive dialogue and language (according to the author).

Get the patch from our GameBoy Hacks page.

Utility Release: Redump: v3.1
22:44:  A new version of the utility that converts NeoGeo mgd2 dumps to the MVS format called Redump has been updated to version 3.1.

You can download this baby over at the NeoGeo utilities section.

Thanks to PeterD for the news.

Misc. News: Che's Site Updated
17:32:  DarKnight16 has just informed me that Che's site was updated today with a slew of goodies. Che is responsible for creating the cheating utility called Che's Ultimate Cheater!. This utility, to the sadness of the author, has been discontinued due to lack of time and motivation. Here's what Che had to say on his site:

!!Che's Ultimate Cheater discontinued!! Temporarily it is, since it hasn't been worked on for about 2-3 months. I don't have the time or motivation to make editors anymore =(. It is too easy and CUC 1.24 will be the last one for a while. The reason I'm announcing this is because:
• 1. too many people have emailed me to update, and if they know that I won't be updating anytime soon, they'll stop emailing me.

• 2. A lot of people email me asking questions about my
  editors that should be answered in the FAQ, even though it's not very detailed, you should be able to understand
  
• 3. I probably won't make anymore editors until someone can teach me about CRCs and other kinds of checksums. I need to know how to do these to make editors compatible with SRAMs and PSX games.
  
• 4. Again, not enough time anymore =(
  
  Sorry for the lack of updates =(. I've been doing a lot of things lately and haven't had much time at all for my web page or programming.
  
  I have started my Pokémon Gold editor, which I can only do n Saturday nights. I have work on Saturday, and if I don't ave anything to do, I can find cheats for Pokémon Gold to se for my editor. So far, I've finished everything except n-Battle codes, all key items, and all tm/hms.

Misc. News: OverClocked: ReMixes
16:47:  David LLoyd of OverClocked.org does it again as he updates his site with more remixes for your listening pleasure. Here's what he said over at RetroGames.com regarding his update:

OC ReMix keeps on truckin' with four new ReMixes today, including our first 'co-op' mix, done by the equally amazing McVaffe and Quasikaotic, of TETRIS. There's also a really classic Zelda 3 ReMix as well. Also, if you or someone you know have a strong grasp of PHP4 and MySQL, please see this post - I could use some help :) Grab da ReMixes here. - david

Emulator News: JAE Adds Sound!
16:38:  Norbert Kehrer has just informed us that his Java Arcade Emulator now has sound support! Here's what he had to say:

I made the first really emulated sound for the Java Arcade Emulator.The Namco sound chip used in Pacman, Ms. Pacman, and Pengo has been emulated in Java.

This time this was not done by only playing pre-recorded samples of the game, but by constructing the sound for the Namco 3-voice sound generator in real-time. The result is not very nice, when compared to MAME (due to the limitations of standard Java). But maybe I can improve the concept in the future.

Utility Release: zcompress v1.00
16:34:  A new utility has been added to Zophar's Domain! This utility is a graphics compression utility for Zelda graphics. This utility is called zcompress and its for the DOS platform. Here's a quote from the site regarding what this utility does:

This program can decompress and dump Zelda's graphics, so that they can be modified by your SNES tile editor of choice. The program can then be used to recompress and insert the graphics back into the ROM. It's very similar to what Lunar Magic does with SMW's graphics, just without the GUI.

Utility Release: Lunar Magic v1.03
16:27:  The level editor for the Super Mario World SNES American
version 1.00 ROM (with 0x200 byte header) for Win9x/00 called Lunar Magic has been updated to version 1.03. Not much new with this release, however, here's what's new:

• fixed a bug that was caused by an accidental change I made in version 1.01. It seems the "Sprite Display 1" value in the "Level/Change Sprite Header" menu was no longer being saved, making it impossible to change the value in the GUI. Thanks goes out to DarKnight13 for pointing this out.

Frontend News: BeGen v0.0.5
16:14:  BeGen, a frontend for the Genesis emulator called DGen, has been updated to version 0.0.5. This frontend is designed for the BeOS platform. Here's a list of what's new:

• Minor code improvement.
• Source code included.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: Releases
16:04:  Eek. Time for me to catch up, huh?

Anyway, Genesis Power has released several Genesis ROMs over the last few days to satisfy your ROM craving. Here's a list of what they've released:

• Tennis sim featuring tennis great David Crane (who?). #318: David Crane's Amazing Tennis
• Here is the European release of Lemmings 2. #317: Lemmings 2 - The Tribes (European Release)
  
• The sequel adds lots more tasks from which to choose, your choice of different "tribes" to save, and even a plot of sorts. GoodGen Unreleased! #316: Lemmings 2 - The Tribes (US Release)
  
• Similar to many political parties except much cuter, Lemmings are the cute little rodents who have a penchant for committing mass suicide every few years by running off cliffs in large herds. #315: Lemmings
  
• Today's release is an arcade-style World Cup soccer sim. #314: AWS Pro Moves Soccer

Translation News: Gens Translations
15:56:  Are you tired of the English language dominating the "scene"? Well, have no fear. The Gens site has posted a translation tool that will aid in translating this Win9x/00 emulator into 11 other languages other than English. They are as follows:

• French
• Spanish
• Portuguese
  
• Italiano
  
• Hebrew
  
• Dutch
  
• German
  
• Russian
  
• Swedish
  
• Chinese
  
• Japanese

Misc. News: Unofficial NEmu64 .INI
15:49:  Duncan and The Company have released a new .INI file for the N64 emulator called NEmu64. Here's what one of the authors had to say about the .INI and a list of what's new:

Duncan: "This is a no BS Nemu Ini with 252 playable games!"

• Combined Spinal's, Myzar's, Smiff's, and official Nemu Ini's for far more playable games.
  
• Added support for The World Is Not Enough (Fully Playable, but no sound), and Big Mountain 2000 (Fully Playable).
  
• Added Cruisn Exotica (Almost Playable), Blues Brothers 2000, WCW/nWo REVENGE, Turok 2: Kiosk, Toukon Road2 and Telefoot Soccer 2000 (Not Working Category) :(
  
• Optimized InI file size.
  
• Removed "Demo's" (Lets face it, dont think too many peeps download alot of Demos to play :)

Emulator Release: SNEeSe v0.53
15:44:  The site of the SNES emulator for DOS called SNEeSe has been updated to version 0.53. This emulator is quite nice, so you might wanna check it out. :) Here's what's new:

• 65c816: Fixed a bug in the MVP/MVN opcodes that could seriously disrupt timing (fixes Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest)

Misc. News: Genesis Project Updated
15:37:  The site of the Genesis Project has been updated yet again this month. If you're a Sega Genesis fan who craves Sega knowledge, then you should probably check this site out as it will satisfy your taste buds for the information. Some minor fixes to the site were done which should somewhat enhance the visuals of the site, additionally Sonic Secrets for Barkley Shut Up & Jam 2 and Bart Vs. The Space Mutants were added, and screenshots for the games were updated as well. KGEN compatibility notes for that game were added. Also, Gens compatibility notes for several games were added.

Whew! What a load of tasty information.

Be sure to check this site out, . . .NOW! :)

Misc. News: Laser Datafile Added
15:33:  Logiqx has updated his site with a new datafile for the ROM management utility called RomCenter and the MAME ROM management utility called ClrMamePro. This datafile is designed for the arcade emulator Laser.

You can pick up these fine datafiles below:

Misc. News: Myzar's Nemu64 .INI v1.7.1
15:28:  Myzar has released yet another version of his of his unofficial NEmu64 .INI file. This version brings a few more comments to the .INI and more cheats! >:)

You can pick up this .INI file by downloading the following file:

10/27/2000
Misc. News: ZSNES Page Down
23:56:  I was checking for new stuff like I usually do late at night, and I noticed that http://www.zsnes.com is down. (I guess giving you the link won't help, huh?) Anyway, that means that the sites hosted by ZSNES are also down (including DeJap). It's probably nothing important, but I thought that I would keep you informed anyway.

Emulator Release: U64Emu 1.07
20:55:  RCP's Killer Instict emulator has recieved another update today. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: Zophar's Domain mentioned on TV
20:23:  There is a TV Show in Quebec called "La Revanche des Nerdz". Today it featured a show about emulation, and mentioned EmuHQ.com, Zophar.net and IDSA.net (for legal information).

Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.

Emulator News: ZD on Slashdot
11:42:  The news that Bender posted about LaserMAME has made its way to Slashdot. On the Slashdot news page, they have a rather slow link to the MPEG file, so I thought I'd provide it for you guys here.

This awesome 12MB MPEG is called lasermameNTSC.mpg.

Emulator Release: Laser 0.13
00:02:  Laser, the multiple arcade emulator for DOS, has been updated to 0.13. Here's what's new:

10/26/2000
Translation News: Othello Millenium Translation
23:25:  Dark Tetsuya has released the first translation for Othello Millenium (a Gameboy Color game). According to the readme, here's what is left to translate:

• Translating the 'Adventure Mode' portion of the game.
• Translation of the quiz segments that preceed each match.
  
• Translating the 'Replay?: Yes/No'/'Restore: Yes/No' options into english.
  
• Possibly finding a better font.

Emulator News: LaserMAME viewing in Pittsburg
20:43:  Laser MAME is a new MAME32 variant that allows vector games to be output through a Laser Show Controller Card, which drives a laser projector. There is no release yet - however, the authors are planning something very original this Saturday night. They are going to play Tempest on the side of a 6 story building in downtown Pittsburg.

If you would like to learn more about this interesting project, go to the LaserMAME homepage.

Utility Release: ArcadeOS 2.42
20:37:  The frontend that allows you to use many emulators in real arcade cabinets without any modification, ArcadeOS, has been updated to 2.42. Here's what is new in this release:

Free ROMs News: Legal Amiga CD32 ISO
20:33:  CD32 Legal Dumping Projekt has recieved permission from Holodream in Italy to release their Amiga CD32 ISOs. They are trying to get permission from Team 17 as well, to release the game they did in conjuction with Holodream - F17 Challenge. Until then, A new release is available, Last Ninja 3 from System 3.

You can download this and other legal Amiga CD32 ISOs at The Amiga CD32 Legal Dumping Projekt.

Emulator Release: Raine for Linux 20000924
14:31:  Raine has been ported to Linux. Here's what's available in the first release:

Emulator News: Rumor Mill
14:28:  JoseQ has posted another edition of his rumor mill. This time it mentions Final Burn, SMOG, Mimic, SegaEmu, and MEKA among others. The rumor mill is done every Wednesday at Emuviews. If you have never read one before, they are always interesting and worth a look.

You can read the rumor mill at Emuviews.

Emulator Release: U64Emu Updated (Already!)
00:05:  RCP has released a new version of U64Emu that should fix the draw problem, and perhaps some other problems. Check out http://www.kiame.com/ if you're having problems with it... there's some news about how to fix a particular problem.

Get version 1.04 from our Single Arcade Emulators page. Thanks to Cyber Akuma for letting us know about the quick update.

10/25/2000
Misc. News: ZD Mentioned at Gamer Vision
23:53:  Gamer Vision (a gaming news site with reviews) has an article on the legality of Emulation, and reasons to get into it. At the bottom of the article, Zophar's Domain is the first site listed over such notables as Retrogames, Emux, and even the Bleem site. If you're here reading the news, you probably already knew about emulation (but you might have come from the link at the article.)

Check out at the article at Gamer Vision.

Translation News: Magic Knight Rayearth GB Translation
23:34:  Jennifer of Kuroi to Aoi Translations has updated her Magic Knight Rayearth GB patch. The one that I posted on yesterday (or was it two days ago?) was made from the wrong file, and she has also translated a "tad" more dialogue (in her words).

Get the working patch from our Gameboy Translations section.

Translation News: Tecmo Bowl 2000-2001 Roster
23:27:  Rmm1976 of Tecmo Super Bowl Heaven has released a patch for Tecmo Bowl (NES) that updates the rosters for the 2000-2001 season. You can get it from our NES Hacks page.

Translation News: Metriod Hack Released
23:19:  Vandal of Vandal's Hacks has released a hack for Metroid (NES). The hack includes new graphics, levels, text, title screen, and more. The point of this patch was to make a better, harder, and almost entirely new Metroid game.

The hack is called Metroid Eternal Darkness, and you can get it at our NES Hacks page.

Emulator Release: Laser 0.12
21:53:  My multiple arcade emulator for DOS, Laser, has been updated to 0.12. The only change in this version is that I changed the colors in Space Invaders Deluxe to match those in MAME.

You can download it from our Multiple Arcade section.

Misc. News: Good News For A Change!
15:58:  Well, the problem with my motherboard was a dead UART (a chip that controls the serial port(s)) Luckily, one of my cousins who is an electrical engineer was able to fix the motherboard and test it! Works great she says! I should have it tomorrow! See ya soon!

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #314 - "AWS Pro Moves Soccer"
04:18:  Genesis Power has released yet another ROM and added it to their archive of Sega Genesis game ROMs. Here's today's installment:

• Today's release is an arcade-style World Cup soccer sim. #314: AWS Pro Moves Soccer.

Misc. News: Minus4 Java Games
04:02:  I was over at the Emulation HQ site when I saw that Lando had just updated his site with 8 new games for his Minus4 Java "Play Online" page. You should have java enabled to play this. ;) Here's a list of the C16/Plus4 games that he's added:

• Oblido
• Pin Point
• Punchy
  
• Sabouter
  
• Space Pilot
  
• Trailblazer
  
• Treasures Island
  
• Video Meanies.

10/24/2000
Frontend News: The Boss v2.0a - Bug Fix
23:58:  Eep. It seems that the version of that MSX frontend called The Boss I did earlier had a small bug in it which rendered it unable to boot files. This has now been fixed.

You can pick up the fresh version over at the MSX frontends section.

Emulator Release: YAPE v0.21
23:52:  A new version of the Commodore C16-Plus/4 emulator for the Win9x/00 platform called YAPE has been updated to version 0.21. I've tried this emulator out and its excellent. Its nice and fast and I like it. :) Here's a list of what's new with this release:

• flashing mode implemented
• white noise on the second sound channel done
  
• merged the ROMs into the executable file, so you won't need them anymore
  
• ROM banking implemented (plus/4 built-in programs work)
  
• sound bug corrected (well, one of many :-) )
  
• another disk loader bug corrected

Utility Release: Mega-edit 3 Final Released
23:43:  The final version (1.0) of Mega-edit 3 (a Megaman 3 editor of course) has been released today. From the homepage: "The new version has many updates, including sprite editing, scroll editing, and palette editing, just to list a few."

Get the utility from our Facelift Utilities page.

Emulator News: WINE Updates!
23:41:  I was browsing the second best page on the internet, Slashdot, and found this neat little headline about WINE (stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator *grin*). It seems that Ian Schmidt, a large contributor to the project, posted on his website some news that the newest Wine build out of CVS allows for Microsoft Office 2000 to work perfectly... but that's not the good news....

It also appears that Wine also plays MANY DirectX and OpenGL games as well! it uses all of Pete's OpenGL and Direct3D Plugins. he has screenshots of it running PS Emu Pro, Impact Emu, NESTICLE (win32), and many others. I'm going to download this now, compile it, and provide you with a binary (tar.gz and RPM format). Linux Emu users and authors rejoice!

Again, here's the link. Check out those screenshots!

Translation News: $100 Translation Job
23:37:  This was mentioned on our web board a day or so ago, but InVerse is willing to offer a $100 reward to anyone that can successfully translate Keroppi's Adventure Journal (NES) so that it's playable on Nesticle. If you successfully do it, e-mail InVerse at inverse@pigtails.net and make sure to send us a copy of the IPS file so we can post it here.

Misc. News: Total Emulation Re-Opens With New Domain
19:50:  Total Emulation has re-opened its doors with a brand new domain! This site shut down for many reasons, however, its back to deliever you emulation news. :)

Be sure to update your bookmarks with this new domain name!

Thanks to Craig Vaughan for the news.

Misc. News: Team Japump Releases
19:14:  Team Japump does it again as they release another pile of arcade ROMs. Remember, you won't find these on their site, however, you may have some luck in newsgroups relating to emulation and ROMs. Here's what they've dumped:

• Super Football Champ (JPN Ver.) (c)1995 Taito
• Puzzle De Bowling (JPN Ver.) (c)1999 Nihon System / Moss
  
• Manhattan 24 Bunsyo (Jail Break JPN Ver.) (c)1986 Konami
  
• Lovely Poker (JPN Ver.) (c)1985 Tehkan
  
• Mahjong Hyouban Musume (JPN Ver.) (c)1989 T.R.Tec / Nihon Bussan
  
• Gals Panic 3 (JPN Ver.) (c)1995 Kaneko
  
• Idol-Mahjong Final Romance (JPN Ver.) (c)1991 Video System
  
• E-Jan High School (JPN Ver.) (c)1996 Seibu SPI System
  
• Dancing Eyes (JPN Ver.) (c)1996 Namco, System 11

Misc. News: Genesis Power ROM Releases
18:36:  Let me get caught up here. :)

Genesis Power has released 4 new ROMs the last few days. You all should probably check this site out if you're a Sega Genesis fan. Here's the list of new releaseas:

• You have been selected to fly on a top-secret mission to attack the stronghold of a fanatical MidEast terrorist organization. Isn't the MPAA located in the MidEast? #313: Air Diver
• Duke Hector Barrik, beseiged in his castle by a vicious goblin army, is musing over his demise. "Let the bards praise our courage," he says just as battle is about to be joined. #312: Dungeons and Dragons - Warriors of the Eternal Sun.
• Drive around a big bad mecha and use the weapons at your disposal to blow up various bad guys hiding behind all sorts of obstacles. #311: Death Duel
  
• Colorful run-and-jump staring the spokesperson for the McDonalds fast-food joints, Ronald McDonald. He is wandering aimlessly through the woods one day (as usual), when he finds a piece of a treasure map. Excited at his discovery, he decides to find the rest of the map and thereby find the treasure. GoodGen Unreleased! #310: McDonalds' Treasure Land Adventure

Emulator News: Bleem! Goes Down Under
18:26:  G'day mates! Those of you who live in Australia and New Zealand are in for a treat. The Bleem! site has updated their page with news that Australia and New Zealand are getting their own copies of the PSX emulator! This is a "choice" decision. ;) The expansion of world coverage of this emulator could mean that we could see a version 1.6 soon. ;) Maybe, who knows? :)

Check out the bleem! site for more detailed information.

Emulator News: Linux Version of Raine?
18:21:  I was over at the Vintage Gaming Network when I saw a post regarding a Linux port of the arcade emulator Raine. You might want to check out the following link for more information:

Misc. News: Unofficial Corn INI
18:16:  Spinal does it again as he releases yet another unofficial version of his Corn .INI file. This release now makes 48 games playable. Those of you who don't know what Corn is, should probably check it out. Its an excellent N64 emulator. Here's a quick list of what's new:

• 48 Playable Games
• 44 Almost Playable Games
  
• 89 Intro
  
• 171 Games Doesn't Work

Frontend News: The Boss v2.0a
18:10:  I was over at the Emulation HQ site when I saw that the MEP Crew had just updated their site with the MSX Win9x/00 frontend for the MSX emulator fMSX. It has background music and other neat tidbits.

Be sure to pick up this fine frontend over at the MSX frontends section.

Misc. News: EmuTech2000 Re-Opens
17:55:  The EmuTech2000 site has re-opened with a brand new design and new focus! This site will deal with subjects such as: emulation, gaming, technology, music, movies, and much, much more!

You should probably check this out as its very nice.

Emulator Release: CBEBoy v0.014
17:53:  A new emulator has been added to the Gameboy emulators section. This emulator is called CBEBoy and its written in C++ and is for the DOS platform. This brings it to version 0.014. Here's a list of what's new with this release:

• LCD int. now works fine but slow. By the moment, I have switched off this option.
• Thinking in make a new cpu in asm language. Problem: my version of DJGPP is the v2.1 and it works with AT&T asm language. Is similar to intel asm but a little strange. Does the newer versions of DJGPP supports intel asm :?

Emulator Release: U64Emu Beta 1.02
17:43:  The first release of the Killer Instinct emulator formerly known as KIAME is here.

The name has been changed because RCP wants to add support for more games running on the KI hardware in the future. He also hinted at a possibility of a sourcecode release.

You can download U64EMU at our Single Arcade section.

Frontend News: MAMERun Beta 7
16:56:  A new version of the MAME frontend for the OS/2 platform called MAMERun has been updated to Beta 7. It's recommended that you use this frontend only with MAME v0.37 or higher as you may run into problems if running a lower version. Here's a list of what's new:

• Added Screenshot viewing
• Cleaned up interface (should be easier to read now)
  
• Fixed some more minor bugs
  
• Added splash screen
  
• Checked for compatibility with latest release of MAME

Emulator Release: GiriGiri Project Updated
16:47:  The Sega Saturn project called GiriGiri has been updated with a slew of excellent changes. This emulator is for the Win9x/00 platform. Here's a rough translation, due to the fact it was originally Japanese, of what's new with this release:

The homepage was completely changed and [it] made it to a special site of GiriGiriProject. A new development version is improved though [it] changes into commemoration too much, [it] does not prosper. The content of the change is as follows.
• 1. Installing of frt and dmac
• 2. Installing of LoadMemory command
  
• 3. For Cara pattern of 2WORD
  
• 4. Change of logic of color key
  
• 5. Receipt of CD command and return of CDOPEN status
  
• 6. Change in SMPC logic
  
• 7. Addition of L button and R button(q and e key correspond. )
  
• 8. Addition of Video option
  
• 9. For smem
  
  [It] drops jumping strangely in the place in which [it] goes to the screen of multiplayer when leaving just as it is. However, it is possible to go to the memory edit screen by making it to doing power on and pushing q and e key. [It] became considerably heavy compared with the version before.

Emulator Release: SNEeSe v0.52
16:41:  A new version of the SNES emulator for DOS called SNEeSe has been released which brings it to version 0.52. Here's a list of what's new with this excellent emulator:

• Stability: Fixed a serious bug in the tile decoder that has caused crashes since the decoder was rewritten in 0.40
• Timing: Corrected an error in the CPU timing
  
• Interface: Added a fast-forward key (tilde)

Utility Release: EB Text Editor 2.5
16:21:  A new version of the EB Text Editor, a text editing utility for Earthbound, has been released. Since there's no list of new features, I'll just assume that various general improvements have been done. =) You can get EB Text Editor at the translation utilities page. Thanks to Shrooom for the news.

Emulator Release: Gens 0.88
16:01:  A new version of Gens, a Genesis emulator for Windows, has been released. Here's what's new:

Utility Release: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Save State Editor
15:50:  Cloud311 has released a ZSNES save state editor for FFMQ. It allows you to edit gold, items, equipment, and magic. You can get it at the cheating utilities page.

10/23/2000
Translation News: Magic Knight Rayearth GB Translation
23:55:  Aoi to Kuroi Translations (translated "Black & Blue") has released an early translation patch for Magic Knight Rayearth Gameboy. You can see screenshots of it at the project page.

Get the patch from our Gameboy Translations page.

Translation News: Super Mario World Hack Added
23:44:  Knux Five of Knux Five's Webzine has released a hack for Super Mario World. Right now, the hack is complete up to Donut Plains 1. This hack isn't impossible to beat like the other SMW patches, but is just different.

If you're tired of the same old Super Mario World levels but don't want to play an extremely hard version, download this patch from our SNES Hacks page.

Translation News: Sanrio Pon Pon Volley 100% Released
23:35:  Thanks to help from Spinner 8 of Whirlpool (a translation news site), Gaijin Productions has been able to finish up their English patch for Sanrio Pon Pon Volley (NES).

Get the patch from our NES Translations page. Thanks to Geechyguy for the news.

Translation News: Message at Partial Translations Website
23:21:  The Partial Translations page has a message by Neil_ about what's going on with the various translations being worked on. The script for Dragon Quest V (SNES) is still being worked on, and he is almost finished with the inserters in Dragon Quest I & II Remix (SNES).

Read the message in its entirety at Partial Translations.

Translation News: Yet ANOTHER ToP Ripoff
23:08:  According to the DeJap Translations page, yet another group is attempting to pass off Dejap's Tales of Phantasia (SNES) patch as their own work. They have an SRAM that you can use to prove it... some of the text in the game has been changed that mentions who translated it.

For more information, check out the latest news at the DeJap Translations page. Thanks to Chess Piece Face (of DeJap) for letting us know.

Emulator Release: G-NES Updated
01:10:  G-NES, a nintendo emulator for Windows 9x, has been updated to version 0.44. The page is in Japanese, and although I translated it with E-Lingo, I still couldn't find what is new. I tried out this version, and it runs too fast on my Pentium III 500.

The English version of G-NES can be downloaded from our NES Emulators page.

10/22/2000
Emulator News: Capcom to Release EMU for Next-Gen Systems
23:26:  Yakko wrote to tell us about a news link at Gaming Age that mentions some plans for the future of gaming at Capcom. It there weren't potential copyright problems, I'd just paste the article here (since it's so short.) Anyway, basically Capcom is going to continue to release titles for specific systems, but will also be trying release games that will make use of an emulator to play on multiple platforms.

You can read the 3 paragraph article for yourself at Gaming Age.

Translation News: Playstation Memory Card Editor Translation Updated
23:15:  Daemon has updated his English translation of Memory Card Captor Sakura to version 0.85. He has started translating the help file, and his site is still under construction.

Get the latest patch from our General Translations page.

Links Update: Soundfont Site Added
23:08:  I've just added The Video Game SoundFont Website to our non-emulation related links. The site contains SoundFonts based on different games that will make your video game MIDIs sound like the real thing.

Visit David Kozlowski's site at http://www.geocities.com/kingmac984/.

Frontend News: SMB2 Hack Released
22:45:  Csaw has released his first patch for Super Mario Brothers 2 (NES) today. He has changed the storyline, added new character properties, and included characters from Super Mario Brothers 3 !

Pick up this patch at our NES Hacks page.

Translation News: New Translation Added
22:38:  This is the second translation in progress that we have for this game, but Rover[SR13] has just started translating Feda - Emblem of Justice (SNES) into English. Here's what has been translated so far:

• Start menu: LOAD/DEL./COPY
• Map menu: MOVE/WAIT/CAMP
  
• Battle menu: FIGHT/WAIT/SPECIAL+MAGIC/ITEM
  
• Camp menu 1: PARTY/OPTIONS/STORE and all sub-menus
  
• Camp menu 2: only SAVE
  
• Names of many different monsters up to Area 7
  
• Names of many party members up to Area 7 (*)
  
• Spells: TREAT1-3, REMAKE1-3, TURN
  
• System messages: CRITICAL!

Misc. News: Useless NES Powerups
22:27:  Yakko was reading the comments on a Slashdot site today, and came across an extremely funny link. The link? Seanbaby's NES page. There, you can see such pages as the 20 Worst Nintendo games(which has been there for quite some time), and the newest article, Useless Powerups.

Translation News: Cyber Yugoslav Translations Joining SeeGot
22:06:  Doug Beachy (also known as d503) sent us the following letter:

Cyber Yugoslav NES Translations (beachy.freeshell.org) is coming down soon because I am joining SeeGot (www.seegot.f2s.com). Also, I'm discontinuing the Cyrillic version of my Zelda translation (and future translations), unless someone out there is interested in seeing it finished.

Utility Release: Mega-Edit 3 v0.3
17:36:  A new Mega Man 3 editor has been released after only a week of work by the author, Benjamin. So far, it supports the editing of blocks. You can get it at the Facelift utilities page. Thanks to Darknight16 for the news.

10/21/2000
Misc. News: NES System Turns 15 Years Old
20:14:  Everyones favorite console system, Nintendo Entertainment System, turns 15 years old this month in the US. That's right. For 15 years, the NES system has brought many friends and family together glued to their TV sets with those little gray, rectangular controllers. With over 1000 games available for you to play, this system is STILL entertaining the world through either the actual console or through our favourite method, . . .Emulation! An article over at Gamers.com has been posted in tribute of the gray box. Here's a portion of the article:

How old were you when you first laid hands on a Nintendo controller? Still remember those Legend of Zelda TV ads with that freak in the black jumpsuit? Ever have nightmares involving Lou Albano as a shambling Mario from the deep dark ghettos? Do you still have stacks of Nintendo Power stashed away somewhere? If you're a gamer, chances are that any mention of life in the 1980's evokes fond memories of the Nintendo Entertainment System, the single most important console behind the modern video game industry. This month, the NES turns 15, and with that anniversary, Gamers.com takes a special look back on the system -- and the games -- that started it all.

Misc. News: VGS Emulator Article
19:06:  The Daily Radar site has been updated with an article about the Sony Playstation emulator called VGS. Its a pretty cool article as they bring up a few interesting points. Here's a portion of it:

For whatever reason, some people just don't want to have anything to do with playing games on a console. Some people just think they're for kids only, while others may not have the room or money to buy a console. Connectix's Virtual Game Station gives PC game players the ability to play a huge number of PSOne games right on their PC. It worked nearly flawlessly with every game we threw at it, but those without a gamepad will be longing for one. On top of that, the PSOne's games are not up to the graphical level expected by many PC gamers. However, those who want to play PSOne games on the road or at their computer desk should look no further.

Utility Release: [pec] v1.2
18:58:  [pec], a PSX emulator cheat utility has been released and brings it to version 1.2. Here's what's new:

• Support for ePSXe 1.0.0
• Big bugfix - Some Quantity Digits weren't used correctly
  
• Message pops up now when you have selected more than 350 codes
  
• Subscript out of range"-bug in games with many cheats fixed
  
• P©SX beta button changed to full version 0.5.240

Utility Release: GoodNES v0.999.4
18:42:  Cowering does it again as he releases yet another version of his ROM renaming utilities from his Good series. This time its GoodNES and this release brings it to version 0.9994. This release brings the database entry total to: 5893 ROMs recognized.

You can pick it up over at the Good utilities section.

Emulator Release: RockNES 1.421 for Macintosh
13:56:  A new version of the Mac port of RockNES has been released. I don't have a list of what's new, but it is probably very similar to the DOS RockNES that has the same version number. You can get it at the NES page for Macs.

Emulator Release: AMAME & PMAME 0.37 beta 8
13:44:  AMAME and PMAME, optimized for AMD and Pentium processors respectively, have been brought in to sync with the newest official version of MAME. You can get them at the MAME page.

10/20/2000
Translation News: Zelda 2 Hack Added
23:08:  Csaw let me know of a hack site that I haven't visited. From the site is Zelda2k, a graphics hack of Zelda 2. The text has lowercase letters now, and Link and the Overworld have been given a new look.

Get it at our NES Hacks page.

Misc. News: CPS-2 Shock News
23:01:  The CPS-2 Shock site was updated with some news on their current status to break the CPS-2 arcade encryption scheme. Head on over to their site for the details. Here's a bit of what they had to say:

No luck yet in finding an exploit using our own program code but with a little effort I have been able to remove the code stopping the retrieval of all values at address $174. Please download the updated spreadsheet below which also has more numbers added.

Emulator News: Z80 Stealth Moves
22:52:  Wow, lots of emulators are finding new homes lately. This time the Spectrum emulator called Z80 Stealth moves to a new address. Please take this time to update your bookmarks.

You also might wanna check the site out as its got a new section where you can download disk images and demos.

Misc. News: Finalburn Datafile
22:45:  I was over at the Emulation HQ when I saw an update regarding a Datafile for the arcade emulator Final Burn. A ClrMamePro datafile was updated for the emulator which brings it to version 0.50 which adds the correct information for the Rail Chase ROM set.

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

Emulator News: GensX News
22:36:  The site of the Sega Genesis/32x emulator for Win9x/00 called GensX has been updated with some news regarding the emulator. The site reports that the author is working on including a 68k core re-write, and is also considering starting work on SegaCD emulation.

Be sure to check the site out for more information.

Emulator News: Mimic Site Updated
22:31:  The Mimic site was updated with some news regarding the arcade emulator. The author reports that he's changed the GUI allowing the user to simply insert the first letter of the menu entry and it moves you to the first match. In addition, he's changed the SMS VDP to be in 320x200 mode to permit more space down the side for debug.

Be sure to check out the Mimic site for more information.

Thanks to The Vintage Gaming Network for the news.

Emulator Release: Yape v0.20
22:17:  Yape, a Commodore C16-Plus/4 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.20. Here's a list of what's new:

• some screen rendering optimizations (never enough...)
• a new bug was introduced at the last version with disk loading, this has been fixed (I hope)
  
• SOUND! - it is a bit clumsy at the moment, but I will try to improve it
  
• saving and loading snapshots (not 100% yet); hence the dump menupoint is gone
  
• started an event logger for future bug reports

Misc. News: Emulator Sites Move
17:46:  3 sites have moved to a new URL, so make sure you update your bookmarks if you're a fan of the following items:

• Neopocott
• Boycott
  
• Emu5ever

Emulator Release: Neko Project II v0.27a
17:41:  Two releases of Neko Project II, a PC-98 emulator for the Win9x/00 platform, have been released today! This version is 0.27a and here's what's new:

• Fixed Beep, 86PCM

Emulator Release: Anex86 v2.31
17:35:  Anex86, a PC-98 emulator for the Win9x/00 platform, has been updated to version 2.31. I can't tell you what's new with this release because the documentation is in Japanese. There are other files on the site that you might want to check out because they're new. This is one of the better PC-98 emulators so you might wanna check it out.

Get yourself a copy over at the PC-98 emulators section.

Frontend News: MegaBASE Frontend
09:56:  A brand new multi-emulator frontend is in the works which will support various emulators. MegaBASE should be released soon.

You can view this frontend in action by visiting the following link:

Emulator News: AdriPSX Site Updated
09:51:  The site of the Sony Playstation emulator called AdriPSX has been updated with some news regarding the emulator. As you know, the emulator was slated to be released a while ago, however, the author found himself busy with other projects and had to temporarily place this one on hold. The author reports that he's been working on another emulator that should be released to us soon. :) A Win9x/00 port of the PSX emulator is currently in the works and should be released in the coming weeks.

Be sure to visit the site for more information.

Misc. News: Rumor Mill Released
09:44:  A new issue of The Rumor Mill, a publication which discusses the rumors that hang around in the emulation scene, has been released. This weeks issue will cover a Sega CD emulator, Mimic, and other interesting things.

You can read it by visiting the following link:

Misc. News: Ninja's AGA World: 17 Games
09:19:  Ninja's AGA World, a site which provides you Amiga fans with Amiga games for emulators, has been updated with some new games for your playing pleasure. Here's a list of what they've released:

• A.P.B
• Big Run
  
• Chase HQ and Chase HQ 2
  
• Dragons Lair 1,2 and 3
  
• Explora and Explora 2 ( I hope Fixed)
  
• Last Ninja 2 and 3
  
• Les Portes du Temps (Francais)
  
• Narc
  
• Power Drift
  
• Rampage
  
• Rick Dangerous and Rick Dangerous 2
  
• Shadow of the Beast 1,2 and 3
  
• Skate or Die
  
• Super Hangon
  
• The Humans
  
• Weird Dream
  
• Xybots

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #309 -
09:14:  Genesis Power does it again as they release yet another Sega Genesis ROM to their archive. This time around its, Davis Cup Tour Tennis.

Be sure to check it out today!

ROM RELEASE: #309 - Davis Cup Tour Tennis

Emulator News: SNES On the Sega Saturn?
09:08:  A new SNES emulator project for the Sega Saturn is in the works! That's right, folks. We could be seeing a SNES emulator for the Saturn in the coming weeks. The name of the project is Stardust. Here's what they had to say about it:

StarDust is the chosen name to a project that many, including me, believe to be impossible : To make a playable Super Nintendo emulator running on the Sega Saturn hardware. It will use HLE emulation of the video chip and a simpler CPU code than Snes9x to allow higher speed.

Emulator News: Capcom Emulation?
09:05:  According to RetroGames, Capcom is at work on an emulator that will allow their games to work on any of the next generation systems! This is excellent news. :) I wonder if they'll release the source code while they're at it. >:). At any rate, here's a quote of what they said:

The The Nihon Keizai Shimbun is reporting that Capcom has found a way to avoid the system wars. Apparently Capcom is working on emulation software that will allow their games to work on any of the next generation systems. Yes, you read that right.
Starting next fall Capcom will allow users of personal computers, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, Xbox and GameCube to enjoy online matches with other players regardless of the machines they use. The goal is to eliminate the risk involved in developing products for one specific machine. The new games will help Capcom stabilize its revenue by making it less susceptible to the fluctuations in popularity of particular game consoles. The company intends to keep adding new titles to existing series of video games for individual machines, while releasing new games capable of overcoming operating system differences simultaneously for all major consoles.

"We expect to cut development costs about 25 percent thanks to the emulator software," said Capcom spokesman Miho Hashimoto.

Emulator News: SegaEMU Site Updated
08:59:  I was over at the Emulation HQ when I saw a post regarding the Sega Genesis emulator called SegaEMU. A new version should be released and here's what the site reports:

SegaEMU .55 will have more options for which CPU core to use. Z80 cores that are going to be supported: RAZE and MZ80, 68000 Cores: StarScream (more coming soon)

Emulator Release: Neko Project II v0.27
08:42:  Neko Project II, one of the better PC-98 emulators for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.27. This emulator just keeps getting better and better. :) Here's what's new with this release:

• Fixed OPNA
• Fixed PC-9801-14
• Fixed Text
• Fixed Bootstrap [Copyaid]
• Fixed DMA
  
• Fixed FDC
  
• Fixed Interrupt [Harenochi ohsawagi]
  
• Fixed ITF

Emulator News: Magical32X Dead
08:36:  Sad news today as a Sega 32x emulator project closes. Magical32X's author has decided to stop coding his emulator and basically ensure that the emulator is not on his beta testers hard drives. Its a pity that would-be emulators need to be stopped. Here's what the author had to say:

Hi, this is RooFer. What happened you are asking? Well, basically the company found out about this little project of mine, so I'm forced to shut it down and ask my beta testers to delete their copies of the emulator. I have a family and I can't risk to loose my job because of an emulator. I know I'm disappointing you people and I'm sorry. I'm also aware of the fact that a few people will now go and call my project all fake. I can't even proof you guys wrong. Magical 32x will probably raise from its grave (like when my job situation changes), but for now, it's gone.I will ask my host to shut down this page soon. Consider this my final statement. Again, I'm sorry.

End of transmission.

Misc. News: Retrogaming Times #38
08:29:  A new issue of the Retrogaming Times has been released! This publication deals with arcade gaming and other things. Here's what they cover in the issue:

• Fred Wagaman shows you a more affordable solution for a MAME joystick!
• Geoff Voigt reviews MS. Pacman Maze Madness!
  
• Reviews of Spiders and Elevator Action!
  
• Top 10 most annoying things about buying classic games on eBay!
  
• A whole lot more!

Emulator Release: Final Burn v0.050 Released
01:42:  Final Burn has been updated once again... this time, to version 0.050. Here's what is new according to the readme:

• First public release of Rail Chase driver.

Misc. News: Jagulator Site Moves Home
01:35:  "Realityman's Clone" told us that Jagulator is back home at http://www.jagulator.com where it belongs... Give it a visit.

Translation News: Memory Card Captor Sakura Translation
01:28:  Daemon has just made his first translation release... the program: Memory Card Captor Sakura. It's a Japanese utility designed to manage your Playstation memory card images.

Get version 0.25 at our Translations page.

Translation News: FF4 Release Date
01:22:  The Lost One let us know that j2e Translations has set an official release date for their Final Fantasy IV translation (as you can tell by the big picture on their homepage.) For those of you that are too lazy to click on the link, it will be released October 31st (Ooohh... scary.)

Utility Release: Translation Utility Released
01:16:  Hight1mes has released a utility that is a script inserter for NES/SNES ROM translations with built in pointer table calculation. He wrote it because he needed it for a script inserter for Captain Tsubasa 3. You can read more about it in the readme which is in the zipfile.

Pick it up at our Translation Utilities page.

10/19/2000
Site News: PSEmu Pro plugins
17:28:  The PSEmu Pro plugins page has been a little out of date for a while, so I spent some time updating it this afternoon. =) Here is what I updated or added:

Utility Release: ZELDIT 0.53 and Source
14:37:  A new version of ZELDIT, a Zelda ROM-hacking utility, has been released. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: Spike's Site Moves
11:01:  Spike's BIG Vectrex Page has found a new home and has moved to the following URL: http://www.classicgaming.com/vectrex/. So, if you're a Vectrex fan, then you'll want to check it out. Also, fans of this site might want to take this opportunity to update their bookmarks with this change.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #307 - "Dynamite Headdy (UE)
10:48:  Genesis Power has released yet another Sega Genesis ROM. Here's the description of this release:

Here is a great game from Treasure in which you bop enemies with your head.

Misc. News: Team Japump: 14 Arcade ROMs
10:43:  Team Japump does it again as they dump 14 new arcade ROMs! You won't find them on their site, however, you may have luck scouring newsgroups and other places for them. Here's what they've dumped:

• Wakakusamonogatari Mahjong Yonshimai (Maboroshi Ware, 1996)
• Psychic Force 2012 (Taito, 1997)
  
• Sonic Blast Man (Taito, 1991)
  
• Star Sweep (Axela, 1997)
  
• D-DAY (Jaleco, 1984), VS. Hot Smash (Kaneko/Taito 1987)
  
• Tokoro San no MahMahjan (Sega, 1992)
  
• Naname de Magic! (Atlus, 1994)
  
• Gyakuten!! Puzzle Bancho (Fuuki, 1996)
  
• Quiz DNA no Hanran (Fave, 1992)
  
• Raiga /Strato Fighter (Tecmo, 1991)
  
• Super Pinball Action (Tecmo, 1991)
  
• Saboten Bombers (NMK, 1992)
  
• Super Othello (Fujiwara / Success, 1986

Misc. News: Lemon Site Updated
10:19:  The Lemon site has been updated with 14 new C-64 game reviews. Here's a list of game reviews that was posted:

• Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
• First Samurai
  
• The Goonies, Gunship
  
• Lemmings
  
• Mayhem in Monsterland
  
• Red Storm Rising
  
• Rick Dangerous 2
  
• James Pond 2: Robocod
  
• Rodland
  
• Time Tunnel
  
• Trolls
  
• Turbo Charge
  
• Wrath of the Demon

Emulator News: Sintendo Site Updated
10:06:  The Sintendo site has been updated with some news regarding the SNES emulator for the DreamCast. The site reports that the author is currently at work on a frontend and he hopes that these changes will be in the next release. He's also adding the ability to save to this emulator.

Be sure to check out this site for more information and to give the current version of Sintendo a shot. :)

Misc. News: TR64 .INI
10:04:  Spinal's site has been updated with a Norwegian translation of his TR64 .INI file. This .INI file can make more games playable by changing settings within the .INI.

Head on over to Spinal's site for more information and the download.

Emulator Release: NMAMECombo32
10:01:  A NeoGeo optimization of MAME for Win9x/00 called NMAMECombo32 has been released. Here's a list of features:

• Many powful macro functions:
• Combo brancher: Can branch to different macro when doing macro.
  
• Combo recorder: Record your inputs as macro. You don't have to edit the macro files anymore!!
  
• Combo shower: Record your best combos and show them to your friends.
  
• Combo demo: Reocrd your favorite combos and show them out in sequence. You can use the function as screen saver!
  
• Built in command list.
  
• Support real time save and load state.
  
• Autofire support.
  
• Show command log. (press End)
  
• Built in cheat.dat.
  
• Patch roms automatically. (kof99 etc.)
  {DOS}WAV recording (press BackSpace)?

Emulator Release: RockNES v1.421
09:48:  A new version of RockNES which is an NES emulator for DOS, has been updated with a minor bug fix. Here's what they fixed:

• Fixed a bug on sound reset, the noise channel is now working properly.

Utility News: ClrMamePro Site Updated
09:45:  The site of the MAME ROM management utility called ClrMamePro has been updated with some news regarding the utility. The author is currently busy at work on a new version and here's what he's thinking of adding:

• "Fix Missing" - will also do a very fast search for a crc match in your rompaths (...e.g. nice to automatically add proms which are already used in other sets)
• "Auto Rezip" - automatically rezip bad zipfiles
  
• System dependent default paths for rebuilderdestination and scanner-fixmissing
  
• "Fix Missing" will also replace bad sized roms which weren't fixed by 'fix size'.
  
• Scanresults Statusbar which also shows the manufacturer...and maybe more.

Emulator Release: RockNES X v1.42
09:43:  A new version of the NES emulator for Win9x/00 called RockNES X has been released. This release brings us to version 1.42. This is one of the better NES emulators. Here's a list of what's new:

• Windows 2000 bug solved!
• Small GUI problems fixed (now you know when the ROM is incorrect)
  
• Better noise emulation (by Fx3)

10/18/2000
Emulator Release: Old News
22:35:  AcdReign told us about two older updates that we missed (well, I guess it's better late than never, huh?)

The Atari 800 Emulator (Win 9x) was updated to v2.6c on 7/25/00, and SegaEmu v0.51b was released on 8/08/00.

You can get the Atari emulator at our Atari 5200 page, and the Sega emulator at our Sega Genesis page.

Translation News: Chrono Trigger Hack Updated
21:59:  cHiBiMaRuKo has updated "Chrono Trigger: Another Stupid Hack" to version 0.15. Here is what's new, along with a request from the readme (Warning... This contains somewhat of a spoiler. If you don't want to know, you should probably just download the patch and play it.):

• 20 kb increase of this spoof!
• Hacked until the first battle with Magus at Magus castle in 600AD.
  
• I actually didn't test ver 0.13 before it's released, thus some bugs escaped. I've fixed what I found, but some still remain, like a bug in 65000000BC that I haven't fixed yet because I still can't figure out how to do it!
  
• WARNING!:- Don't go to 65000000BC before Melchior instructed you to find the Dreamstone ( well it wasn't Dreamstone you gotta find for inside the spoof, but only to give you some rough idea ) to fix the Masamune ( the visit that you won't meet Ayla yet ). The game will stop at one certain dialogue if you speak to a certain people when you go there.
  
• There's some extra documentation at my homepage abt. a table bug. If you think you can help, scroll down at my 'Readme and Documentation' section to 'extra documentation' section and take a look. If you know how to fix it, mail me or put it inside the message board.

Emulator Release: RockNES French Version 1.41
21:46:  Top50 from Power3d has translated RockNES v1.41 into French, bringing the translation up to date with Monday's release of RockNES. (RockNES was updated again today, so I would expect a translation to follow shortly.)

Get it from our NES Emulators page.

Misc. News: BLIP & BLOP III
10:29:  I got an e-mail from LOADED TEAM which reports that a PC freeware game project which will be released for christmas. Its basically a 2D shooter game like Metal Slug and Gryzor. In this game, you basically have to kill characters such as: Mario, Lara Croft, Sonic, Rayman... and some silly creatures like The Care Bears, Pokemons, Teletubbies,
Lemmings. ;) Here's what their site had to say:

"The first playable levels of Blip'n Blop are now fully functional and our beta-test team have begun to work on them. Concerning the last improvements about the program and the advancing of the game levels, check the work in progress page held by Prosper, the main coder. We're now concentrating our efforts on the musical part. We'd like to thank El Mobo, Erik Stridell and Rik Ede who gave us the authorisation to use some of their best songs. But the reason we've decided to update our website today is mainly to announce the arrival of a new contributor in the Loaded Team: Gerard Kelly. This talented musician has agreed to produce all the music and audio of the game. We're glad he accepted to be fully involved. He has already made several interesting suggestions concerning the music and the sounds. And he has offered us some music which is just... amazing ! We have no doubt his work will give the game a real musical identity.

Misc. News: Team Japump Releases
10:08:  Team Japump does it again as they release 3 new arcade games. Remember, you won't find these on their site, so don't bother looking. Here's a list of what they've released:

• Kosodate Quiz My Angel 3 (JPN Ver.)(c)1996 1997 1998 Namco Namco System11
• Final Bunny (JPN Ver.) (c)1991 Nihon Bussan
  
• Battle K-Road (JPN Ver.) (c)1994 Psikyo

Misc. News: Genesis Power ROM Releases
10:05:  Genesis Power has updated its Sega Genesis ROM archive with 5 new ROMs over the last few days. Here's a list of what they've released:

• #306: Crack Down.
• #305: Darwin 4081.
  
• #304: Dahna Megami Tanjyo.
  
• #303: Dark Castle.
  
• #302: Marko's Magic Football.

Utility Release: GoodGBx v0.999.3
10:00:  GoodGBx, a utility which renames Gameboy ROMs into their correct file formats, has been updated to version 0.9993. This is a utility for DOS and now has 4370 ROM entries in its database. Here's a list of what's new:

database update (68 new JAP dumps.. I'll need help on the translations)needed redumps list updated

Utility Release: ePSXe Tool
09:54:  Aldo Vargas has updated his site with a utility which lets you convert ePSXe memory cards to a format that can be read by bleem! or VGS.

You can pick up this utility over at the PSX Utilities section.

Frontend News: MAME Wizard v2.0 Beta 6
09:43:  A new MAME frontend has been released! This frontend is for Win9x/00, and here's a list of what's new with this release:

• 65000 games capable 32bit database
• Full mame configuration, switch and command line control
  
• Fully automatic emulator scanning engine
  
• Profile support with profile creation wizard feature
  
• Profile and romset printable detailed descriptions
  
• Powerful file test engine with comprehensive detailed report
  
• Search games/romset by string, randomly or with a quicksearch option
  
• Joystick/mouse driven game selection
  
• Fully customizable MAME command line
  
• Various list sorting options
  
• Screenshot / cabinet / hardware / flyer images support
• PNG, JPG, BMP and WMF image files support
  
• ZIP, RAR and ACE compressed rom/sample set support
  
• Splitted/merged romsets support
  
• Romset protection system: important files are granted to be only read
  
• History, cheat, mameinfo and hiscore files support
  
• MAMECD support (also see the new Creating MAMECD compliant discs guide)
  
• Statistic functions with pie-chart style report

Misc. News: TR64 Fix
09:29:  If you're having problems running TR64, an N64 emulator for Win9x/00 due to the problem of having no core, then simply copy the library file of "Msvcrtd.dll" and stick it in the TR64 directory.

Don't have the file? Then you can visit the following link to pick yourself up a copy:

Emulator Release: RockNES v1.420
09:25:  It seems that this emulator is being updated more and more lately, which is a great thing as this is an amazing emulator. Those of you who aren't familiar with RockNES, should probably check it out if you're an NES emulator fan. This emulator is for DOS, however, theres a Win9x00 version available on the NES emulators page. At any rate, here's a list of what's new:

• Better noise emulation;
• Added an option in the GUI to save sprite ram within all informations for each sprite, like a text file;
  
• Added stretched mode, due the request (delete the old config file to setup this option);
  
• Minor optimization in the scanline blitter;
  
• Fixed some GUI options that were working when no game was loaded.

Emulator Release: SNEeSe v0.51
09:19:  A brand new version of the SNES emulator for DOS called SNEeSe has been updated to version 0.51! With this new version brings only one change which fixes a bug that caused some sprites to be corrupted.

You can pick up this fine emulator over at the SNES emulators page.

10/17/2000
Translation News: Dejap Page Updated
21:07:  DeJap, the group that's translating Dragon Quest V, VI, and Tales of Phantasia has updated their homepage with some news. Right now, they're looking for help with the Danish, Portuguese and Russian translations and possibly the Chinese translation for Tales of Phantasia, among other things.

Check out their page at http://dejap.zsnes.com. Thanks to Golden Paladin for the news!

Emulator Release: TR64 WIP Release 2 Unveiled!
19:01:  Yes, Icepir8, and crew over at the TR64 site have updated their page today with a pretty substantial WIP release. here's what's new straight from their page:

F|RES has also rewritten the UI. I like the new interface much better.
Also The TR64 now uses the "standard" plugin system, so you should see more video and controller plugins that work with TR64.
Stil have to add sound support. :/ But I think that everyone will enjoy this WIP.

As always, we've added this latest bit of N64 goodness to our Nintendo 64 Emulators for Dos/Win9x page, to be downloaded at your leisure.

Emulator Release: FreezeSMS Build 69
13:23:  FreezeSMS, the new Sega Master System emulator for Win32, has been updated to Build 69. This version adds some much needed speed (it now runs full speed on a Pentium 100).

You can download it from our Sega Master System page.

Utility Release: Pokemon Pinball SRAM Editor Released!
09:05:  Kajung let us know that he has released a new editor for Pokemon Pinball. Like the header says, this one lets you edit the SRAM. This editor, along with it's portuguese translation, has been added to the Game Boy utilities page for your downloading pleasure.

Utility Release: MrClick's TilEd 0.34 Released!
08:19:  Wow! MrClick is a busy man! He's upated his TilEd program to version 0.34... the second update in a week! Keep it up, MrClick! For those who don't know what TilED is, it's a Tile editor for NES, Gameboy, NGPC, and SNES. If you want to pick it up, I've added it to the Facelift Utilities page. Thanks for the glowing review of ZD at the bottom of your main page, too! :-)

Misc. News: Sega Smash Pack 2 reviewed.
07:52:  Seems like our friends over at Gamer's Hell have posted a review of Sega's "Sega Smash Pack 2". It's great that Sega is releasing more of these CD's, as it not only makes the public perception of emulation look better, but also broadens the attention that the emulation community will recieve.

Quickie: Some SNESamp quickies!
06:47:  Datschge sent us an update that warranted a quickie in itself. :)

• SNESamp changed sites! The new site is http://modz.lalula.de/snesamp.
• SNESamp is available in Polish!
• Anti Resonance just released an SPC renamer. If the song title is available, it'll rename it for you. I just added this to our SPC Utilities Page for your downloading pleasure. :)

10/16/2000
Translation News: Serbo-Croatian Patch Updated
23:57:  The guys at SeeGot Translations have updated their Serbo-Croatian Metroid patch to version 0.999. Get the patch from our Serbo-Croatian Translations page.

On a side note, Jandar of Snakeyes Gaming Corp. has given me permission to use his site to update our non-english translation pages, so look for that soon. Of course, I'll keep you posted as each section goes up.

Emulator Release: SSF 0.04 alpha r4
20:40:  A new version of SSF, a Sega Saturn emulator for Windows, has been released. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: More Bad news.....
16:00:  Well, I found out that what was wrong with the PowerMac 6100, the hard drive is dead! And, I still can't figure out what the heck is wrong with my PC. I would build or buy another computer, but I have no money! (college tuition and other necessary expenses). If there is any individual, company or organization who would be willing to give me some PC or Power Macintosh computer, it would be greatly appreciated. The machine(s) would be used to help maintain ZD and test Linux/Windows/MacOS emulators and various other emulation related programs. Please send e-mail if you are interested in helping me out! vonpleck@crosswinds.net I will only be able to access this account when I am at college!

Misc. News: Bad news....
11:00:  I have some bad news, lately my home computer has been acting up, and I have been able to connect to the internet from home (I'm typing this message at college. There are still a couple of things I need to try to make sure the computer or it's add-ons aren't damaged. In the meantime, I attempted to use an old PowerMac 6100 (rescued from my high school) to connect to the net. To my displeasure, the sad Mac icon came up with the hex code 0000000F 00007FFF. Until I figure out what the hell is wrong with these machines, I will be unable to work on ZD.

Misc. News: Genesis Project Update
07:12:  The site of the most complete Genesis site called Genesis Project was updated with some cool things. Four game reviews were posted and Gens compatibility notes were also added.

Be sure to check out this site if you're a Sega Genesis fan.

Emulator Release: 1964 v0.51
07:05:  The site of the N64 emulator for Win9x/00 called 1964has had an update. The emulator of the site was updated to version 0.51. This version brings a few good changes such as:

• Started register caching for more speed. Still much more to do.
• Some more axes settings repairs for jostick controllers.
• Repairs to various user interface problems.

Emulator Release: RockNESX v1.41
06:42:  Remember that update I did last week regarding the DOS version of the NES emulator RockNES? Well, the Win9x/00 version of this amazing emulator has been released! This brings it to version 1.41. Remember, you'll need to pick up DirectX 7 in order to make this emulator work. Here's a list of what's new with this release:

• Improved Rendering Engine
• Windowed Mode Support
  
• VS Palettes Support
  
• Pause Key
  
• Improved Joystick Support
  
• GUI bug fixes
  
• GUI support for NES, VS and FDS roms
  
• and... ALL the core is in sync with the newest RockNES DOS) version (TONS of changes to describe here!)

Emulator News: TR64 Site Updated
06:25:  Spinal does it again as he posts some new screenshots of the N64 emulator known only as TR64. Spinal's posted screenshots of: Blast Corps, Cruisin Usa, and Cruisin World! He's also updated his site with a slew of save states and a brand new TR64 .INI.

Check out the site for all this and the download.

Emulator News: MAME WIP
06:21:  The work-in-progress page on the multiple-arcade emulator MAME has been updated with yet another list of things they've updated with the popular arcade emulator. They've changed the memory system and the debugger which is good. Here's the goods:

• 14th October 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics problems in Shippu Mahou Daisakusen and Armed Police Batrider, added sound to Armed Police Batrider and sped up the driver a little.
• 13th October 2000: David Graves further improved the new Taito drivers' groundwork and fixed sprite / tile priorities in the Asuka & Asuka driver games. Luca Elia sent in a driver for Scud Hammer. Phil Stroffolino added Sega PCM emulation to After Burner and After Burner II.
  
• 12th October 2000: David Graves fixed some missing sounds in Earth Joker. Bryan McPhail fixed Bionic Commando sprite colors.

10/15/2000
Translation News: Translation Site
23:45:  I was directed to a translation site by someone whose nick (I believe) is NueDream. This site has TONS of different non-English patches, and makes the Italian Translations page that I just put up look lonely... I've e-mailed the author of the page asking permission to add the large list of patches that he has collected to ZD, but until then you can visit his site: Snakeyes Gaming Corp.. He has 17 non-english translation pages including Hebrew, Romanian, and Thai.

Translation News: New Serbo-Croatian Translation Site Added
23:29:  Mirza and Nokiboy both wrote to tell me about a second Serbo-Croatian Translation site. I've added their translations to the page, and now we've got four Serbo-Croatian language patches available for those that speak the language.

Get the new patches at our Serbo-Croatian Translations page.

Emulator Release: Boob!boy 1.1 Beta
18:57:  Cyrus has just released a new beta of his gameboy emulator for the Sega Dreamcast. Here's a list of what's changed since the last version:

Emulator Release: DBOY 0.72
17:50:  A new version of DBOY, a Gameboy emulator for DOS, has been released. This version adds support for recording movies. You can get DBOY at the Gameboy page. Thanks to Elijah Chu for the news.

Emulator Release: Final Burn 0.041
17:37:  A new version of Final Burn, an arcade emulator that runs games like After Burner I/II and Thunder Blade, has been released. Here is what's new in this version:

Emulator Release: AGES 0.22a (Borg)
17:23:  The race for Sega CD emulation has ended, and we have a winner. AGES is the first emulator to emulate the Sega CD. Here's what's new in this version of AGES:

10/14/2000
Emulator News: UltraHLE's website gets odd..
18:35:  I'll let you guys judge for yourself what's going on...

http://www.ultrahle.com/

Thanks to everyone for the news.

Emulator Release: ePSXe 1.0.0
15:56:  ePSXe, a new Playstation emulator for Windows, has been released! Here are some features:

Emulator News: TR64 Screenshots
10:08:  The Emutendo64 site has updated its site with some news regarding the N64 emulator TR64. The author has re-written the GUI and now has the game Crusin' USA playable! The site also reports that there are some texture issues.

Be sure to check out some screenshots of the emulator in action by visiting the following link:

Emulator News: 1964 Site Updated
10:00:  The 1964 site has been updated with some news regarding the N64 emulator for Win9x/00 and the MacIntosh. The site reports that version 0.5.1 should be released this Sunday.

Be sure to check the site out for more information.

Emulator Release: Magic Engine v0.97 beta 3
09:52:  Magic Engine, a PC-Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.97 Beta 3. Here's the 3 main new features of this release:

• a vsync option for super smooth scrolling
• user customizable video resolutions (320x240, 512x448, etc...)
• gamepad support in the GUI

  
  A special note about this beta, though... The vsync option seems to not work very well in Windows 9x, it seems to work only in Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000. We have spent the whole night trying to figure out why, but without success... If you get a weird display when this option is enabled, simply disable it

Misc. News: OverClocked: #133 - "THE DAVE"
09:31:  David does it again as he releases yet another episode of OverClocked!

You can check it out by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: ParaMSX v0.19
09:26:  ParaMSX, an MSX emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.19. Here's a list of what's new:

• Changed Korean MSX2 (IQ2000)'s memory layout. (MSX-tutor works correctly)
• Improved PSG, FM & sound balance.
  
• Fixed Launcher's bug.
  
• Added Tape file support.
  
• Added ROM-type restoring.
  
• Added FPS counter.

Utility News: RomCenter Site Updated
09:21:  The RomCenter site has been updated with some news regarding the ROM management utility. Version 2.0 is almost done! It's taken almost an entire year to write this version. A feature in the next version will have the ability to directly show the ROMs status. Here's what the site had to say regarding other changes:

Among other news, you will find: Full windows install/uninstall, zipped datafile support, archive directory, zip/directory/files handling, five repair functions, explorer-like view, separate scan window, custom roms flags (for color-blinded people), new datafile 2.0 with full support of latest mame releases, compatibility with 1.9x datafiles and other new I don't remember now...

Emulator Release: MacMAME v0.37b8 - French
09:17:  MacMAME FR, a French translation of the MacIntosh port of MAME, has been updated to version 0.37 beta 8.

You can pick it up over at the MacIntosh Multi-Arcade emulators section.

Misc. News: HuGO Site Updated
09:12:  The HuGO site was updated by the author with a little bad news. His hard drive crashed, however, nothing important was lost. He's also mentioned an idea for a new PC-Engine E-Zine. Here's what he had to say:

With several friends, we were thinking about the need for a pc engine ezine... That's a reason why I hadn't worked on Hu-Go! recently. So we have space, we have some scripts to handle this easily. We just lack design and a motivated people who could write down articles about all stuff around the pc engine (tests, cheat, history, anything ....) so if you're a pc engine fan wanting to give an hand, don't hesitate to write a mail. Ok, it's now time for me to get back to Hu-Go! coding ... :)

Emulator Release: SNEeSe v0.50
09:08:  SNEeSe, an SNES emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 0.50. Here's a list of what's new:

• History: Inserted a description of a change left out of the history for 0.49
• 65c816: Completed the memory mapper changes started in 0.49
  
• Source: Moved some debugging-related code into its own file
  
• Source: More source cleanup
  
• Stability: Fixed bugs in SRAM loading/saving (files opened weren't being closed) - appears to have fixed the last of the exit crashes
  
• Config: Changed the default save RAM file extension to SRM, and removed support for the old 'frameskip' setting in the config file

Site News: Save & Music archives updated
08:25:  Save archives updated: NeoRAGEx, SRM, CHT archives.
Game music archives updated: GYM, NSF, SPC archives.

Interview News: Interview with Windows author of Rocknes
01:10:  Marcelo Barbosa of Macbee's Rom Hacks has recently interviewed Alexandre de Veiga, author of the Windows version of Rocknes. The interview is in portuguese only, so you might need e-lingo to translate to english.

You can read the interview in Portuguese at http://www.mcb.f2s.com/nes/entr01.htm.

Frontend News: New DBOY Frontend
00:57:  Joao Barata has just released a new DBOY frontend (a Gameboy emulator.) This frontend for DBOY lets you choose two directories to run your games from, and has basic support for the DBOY emulator, including button definition.

Get it from our Gameboy Frontends page.

10/13/2000
Translation News: Two New Hacks Added
23:40:  I've just added two new Super Mario World hacks to our SNES Hacks page... Both of them are extremely challenging, so check them out.

Also, look for two new translation pages going up later this weekend...

Misc. News: 128 Museum: 14 New Games
10:04:  The 128 Museum has been updated with 14 new games for your playing pleasure. Those of you who are Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48 fans, should probably check this site out as its got tons of games for the ultimate Spectrum experience. Here's what the site has released:

• APB (128 Remix)
• Astro Marine Corps 1 48-128
  
• Astro Marine Corps 2 48-128
  
• Black Tiger (128 Remix)
  
• Bronx Street Cop 48-128
  
• Dizzy 3-Fantasy World Dizzy 48-128
  
• Dizzy 4-Magicland Dizzy 48-128
  
• Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters (128 Remix)
  
• Fairlight A Prelude 128
  
• Ghostbusters (128 Remix)
  
• G-Loc 128
  
• Grell And Falla 48-128
  
• Hudson Hawk 128
  
• Skull & Crossbones 48-128

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #300!
09:56:  Genesis Power has hit a milestone as the site which offers you Sega Genesis ROMs cheap (Well, actually free.), releases its 300th ROM! Today's release is the game where you command a smallish army staffed with worms trained for various duties. Your object is to fight a war, and your goal is to be the last worm left crawling.

Be sure to check this ROM out as its pretty fun!

Emulator Release: STew v1.0
09:31:  STew, an Atari ST emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 1.0. Here's a list of what's new:

• fixed the bug in which the mouse pointer did not work as expected running in full screen.
• 20-30% faster than WinSTon v0.5 because this version was compiled using the Enteprise version of Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 which includes the code optimiser which was missing from the Standard Edition

Misc. News: ClrMAME Datfile
09:06:  The ClrMAME Pro site has been updated with a brand new datafile. This datafile is for the arcade emulator Final Burn.

Those of you who aren't familiar with ClrMAME should probably check it out. Its a really good ROM management utility which aids in keeping your ROMs in order.

Check the site out for more information and to pick up the new datafile.

Emulator News: Mimic Site Updated
09:03:  The Mimic site has been updated with some news regarding the arcade emulator. The site reports that there should be a release of the emulator either today or tomorrow. This release will include fixed Sega Master System support. The author is also considering writing a utility which ID's and cleans SMS ROMs.

Check the site out for more information.

Emulator Release: Neko Project II v0.26
08:59:  Neko Project II, PC-98 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.26. Here's a list of what's new:

• Fixed GDC [Dragon Buster, 30 BIOS, etc...]
• Fixed EGC
  
• Fixed FDC
  
• Fixed i286core (STI) [KISS]
  
• Fixed TEXT 40-colomn mode
  
• Fixed FDD seek sounds
  
• Fixed Bitmap save

Emulator News: Windows RockNES News
08:50:  The Win9x/00 port of the NES emulator called RockNES is scheduled to be released this weekend! RockNES is considered to be one of the better NES emulators.

Visit the site for screenshots of this emulator in action!

Emulator Release: NLMSX v0.30
08:46:  NLMSX, an MSX emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.30. Here's a list of what's new:

• Solved a few bugs in the SCC emulation.
• Solved a major bug that caused a lot of stability problems.
  
• Solved some major bugs regarding the online changing of cartridges.
  
• Solved frequency problems in the PSG emulation. (Thanks to Samor)
  
• Added browsing functionality for disk images and rom images.

Links Update: Dhalamar's Public Domain ROMs Homepage Opens
02:36:  A friend of mine, Dhalamar, recently started a public domain ROMs homepage. The site features over 1,400 different ROMs for various systems, from the common to the not-so-common. It also features a section of emulators for consoles.

I promised to give his site a mention, so here it is. Check out the website at http://dhalamar.twistedgaming.com/.

10/12/2000
Translation News: Norwegian Page Added
22:32:  Two posts ago, I noted that Mike Haggar from Just4Fun was looking for help. I've taken the translations available at their page and created a Norwegian Translations page. Both this new page and the Serbo-Croatian Translations page have patches by only one group. I'll be looking for others, but it anyone is aware of any translation groups that we don't have, please drop me a line at aardwolf@zophar.net.

Translation News: Serbo-Croatian Patch Available
22:15:  d503 of Cyber Yugoslav NES Translations wrote to tell us that he has a 40% complete Serbo-Croatian patch of The Legend of Zelda (NES) available at his site.

You can get the patch at his site, or download it from our Serbo-Croatian Tranlation page.

Translation News: Translators Needed
22:07:  Mike Haggar from Just4Fun is looking for the following:

• A Japanese to English translator
• A Japanese to Danish translator
  
• A Japanese to Swedish and/or Norwegian translator
  

Emulator Release: Final Burn 0.40
21:59:  Dave updated his multiple arcade emulator, Final Burn, to 0.40. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: Operation:Earthbound- Help wanted
11:47:  The "Operation:Earthbound" Project is in need of tileset designers and sprite artists for their fangame based on the popular RPG series. If you are comfortable designing NES/GB -style tilesets and character sprites, they could use you!. Motivated workers only please! If interested, email Crazypumpkin at or ICQ him at 12002761

If you would like tolearn more about the projectm please visit their webpage.

Emulator News: squeem Site Updated
07:28:  The squeem site has been updated with some news regarding the NES emulator for DOS and Win9x/00. The author has mentioned that his very own 6502 core has been finished and that a public release of the core should be available in a few days.

Please visit the site for more information.

Emulator Release: JAE: 2 New Games
07:25:  The JAE site has been updated with 2 new Java Arcade Emulators. Here's a list of what they've released:

• Phoenix, an absolute classic made in 1980 by Amstar
• Pleiads, a game based on Phoenix hardware, released a year later by Tehkan.

Site News: Zophar's Domain Hits 11 million!
07:20:  Just about an hour ago, Zophar's Domain hit 11 million. What a ride these last 11 million hits have been. We would like to thank you, our visitors, for continuing your support, sending us news, and keeping Zophar's Domain as your first site for emulation news and downloads.

Thanks for visiting ZD!

Emulator Release: AdvanceMAME v0.37 B 8
07:15:  AdvanceMAME, a MAME optimization which supports arcade monitors and other video display units which have fixed frequencies for DOS, has been updated and is now in synch with the current version of MAME.

You can download the binaries over at the MAME emulators section.

Emulator Release: Unofficial NESTer
07:01:  An unofficial version of NESTer, an NES emulator for Win9x/00, has been released. This is not an official release so please don't bug the author of NESTer about problems. Here's a list of what's new:

• mappers fixed 16,23,75
• support 'Dragon Ball 3 Gokuh-den'(#16)
  
• support 'Parodius-da' and 'Tiny Toon Adventures'(#23)
  
• support 'Tetsuwan-Atom' and 'Jajamaru Ninpou-chou'(#75)

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #299 -
06:49:  Genesis Power has released yet another ROM for today. This time around its Bubble Bobble meets Mario Bros and the Burgertime Chef!

10/11/2000
Emulator Release: SNEeSe v0.49
23:49:  SNEeSe, an SNES emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 0.49. Here's a list of what's new:

• Render: Implemented BG3 highest priority in mode 0
• Render: Corrected wrapping from end of tilesets
  
• GUI: Now uses standard keyboard controller auto-repeat
  
• Interface: Emulation no longer pauses when pressing certain keys (ESC to go to GUI, F1-F8 to toggle sound channels, 1-8 to change render options, 0 for screenshot)

Emulator News: Sintendo Site Updated
23:39:  The Sintendo site was updated with some news regarding the Snes9x port to the DreamCast. The author reports that he is working on a new menu system and hopes to have a new release soon!

Be sure to check out the site for more news and screenshots of the emulator in action!

Emulator Release: MacRockNES v1.410
23:35:  MacRockNES, a MacIntosh port of the NES emulator RockNES, has been updated to version 1.410. Here's a list of what's new:

• Added mapper #118 (IQS MMC3) driver, now YsIII - Wanderers from Ys and Goal! Two are playable;
• Fixed FDS memory allocation and system startup, major cleanup/rewrite;
  
• Added FDS image identification by the NINTENDO-HVC string. The previous message of looking at the file size has been removed.
  
• Fixed ROM load/free, squashed several mistakes;
  
• Small mistakes squashed on FDS driver;
  
• Fixed FDS disk writes somewhat, no more 'ERRxx' problems;
  
• Fixed mapper #42, pirate MarioBaby works fine;
  
• Fixed frame-IRQs, now there's sound output in DragonQuest games;
  
• Fixed a possible memory leak problem;
  
• Removed some general junk, more minor changes that I don't remember.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: ROM Dump Explosion
23:23:  Genesis Power has released 4 new baseball ROMs for those of you who are avid sports game players. Here's what they've released:

• World Series Baseball 98.
• World Series Baseball 96.
  
• World Series Baseball 95.
  
• World Series Baseball.

Frontend News: Multiple Emulator Frontend Added
23:12:  I just finished adding a new frontend to our Universal Frontends page. It was updated to version 3.01 today, and has the following features:

• Windows 9x Emulator Launcher (Frontend)
• Multithreaded Application Launcher
  
• Multiple Emulator Support
  
• Unzip Support for Emulators that do not support unzipping.
  
• 8.3 Naming Conventions
  
• PNG, JPG, PCX, TIFF, and BMP preview image Support.
  
• User Definable Command Line Support.
  
• Multiple Image and Rom Directory Support.
  
• Multiple Extension Lookup support
  
• Association File to Rom Image Conversion Support
  
• Registry Writer (for all Settings except association File)
  
• And much, much more.

Emulator News: MAME WIP
23:06:  The MAME site has been updated with more work-in-progress news today regarding the multi-arcade emulator. Here's what's up:

• 11th October 2000: smf submitted some MAME debugger fixes.
• 10th October 2000: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Sega System16 update and added After Burner 1 & 2 support thanks to Dave.
• 9th October 2000: Yochizo re-applied the Toaplan2 driver updates

Emulator Release: VGS v1.4.1
23:03:  VGS, a Sony Playstation emulator which is available on Win9x/00 and MacIntosh platforms, has been updated to version 1.4.1. The site has also been updated with a survey to see how people feel about the performance of the emulator and you also get to include what you'd like to see in future versions. There's a patch available on the site which makes more games playable.

Be sure to check out their site for more information and the downloads.

Frontend News: MAMELoad v3.00
22:58:  MAMELoad, a MAME frontend for DOS, has been updated to version 3.00. Here's a list of what's new:

• I was wanting to make v3.00 something special for MAMELOAD, but it just turned out to be a general bugfix release.
• Gamelist reading was retooled. (as it drastically needed to be - full lists were giving users "Out of String Space" errors - You really *HAVE* to love QuickBasic's limitations ) Upwards of 4000 game entries are now supported and should hold MAME for a few releases anyway. When MAMELOAD fails to read a full game list - this will be retooled yet again. This also has the effect of me never giving up this project. HEHE...
  
• If you are using MAME in pure DOS mode or equivilent - please make sure SMARTDRV is running. Many fuctions are now disk speed intensive.
  
• Corrected spacing on displaying Beta numbers. It should now support up to 99 betas per version. Let's hope that never happens.
  
• Slight interal/display tweeks.
  
• As always, suggestions/bug reports are welcomed. I'll do what I can to make MAMELOAD as simple and compatable with your system as possible.
  
• I'm looking for a person to help update the MAMELOAD.PAT file. If you have info to contribute, please do so.

Misc. News: Singer Creates IZEK System
20:26:  Surprise your mother! Amaze your friends! Make... a quilt. Do it all with your GameBoy!

Recently, I read a story on everyone's second-favorite site (behind ours), Slashdot that talks about a new system being developed by Singer (you know, the sewing machine company) with the help of Nintendo. The Singer IZEK system includes a GameBoy add-on cartridge. The cartridge and sewing machine include these features for GameBoy and sewing fans alike to salivate over:

• 150 stitch functions
  
• Letters, numbers & symbols in block, script or outline format
  
• Five buttonhole styles
  
• Design and create custom stitches
  
• English, French and Spanish
  
• Quick threading
  
• Hand-operated speed control
  
• Built-in accessory storage
  

Misc. News: RCP diagnosed with a brain tumor
15:39:  RCP, the author of TRWin and KIAME, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The good news is that it is benign and he will be undergoing a relatively simple operation to take it out on Thursday.

I wish the best for you RCP. May your operation be successful, and may you have a safe recovery. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

You can show your support at this board set up for RCP.

Utility Release: Lunar Magic 1.02
08:52:  A new version of Lunar Magic, a Super Mario World editor, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Atari800 Source Release
08:46:  The source code of the Atari emulator Atari800 has been updated to version 1.0.6. This source is for DOS. Here's a list of what's new:

• cpu_m68k.s updated - the rest is Piotr's work:
• BUGS updated
  
• antic: fixed PMG collisions bug in horizontally scrolled lines (bug was found by Krzysztof)
  
• antic: PMG flickering depends on VDELAY setting
  
• makefile.dos: in 1.0.4 BASIC and PDCURSES weren't compilable, because of pokeysnd call, while pokeysnd wasn't linked - fixed
  
• antic,gtia: few warnings killed
  
• devices: -H1..-H4 options work correctly now
  
• E_Device, K_Device and AtariEscape moved from atari.c to devices.c
  
• E_Device and K_Device ESC codes work only in BASIC version now
  
• sio: debug code removed
  
• devices, rt-config: H: devices can be set to read-only mode: use -hdreadonly option or HD_READ_ONLY config file item (0 disables, 1 enables read-only mode). For safety, by default it is on
  
• BASIC version: EOF in stdin quits emulator. BASIC version can be used now with redirected input (from a script file, for example).

Emulator Release: TOSBOX 1.10a
08:42:  A new version of TOSBOX, an Atari-ST emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Misc. News: Japanese MAME FAQ
08:39:  Konnichiwa. O-genki desu ka? Well, if you understood that, then you'll want to check out the new Japanese translation of the MAME FAQ created by Naoki Toyoshima.

You can check out this new FAQ by visiting the following link:

Emulator News: Apollo Site Updated
08:36:  The Apollo site has been updated with some excellent news regarding the N64 emulator. Here's what they had to say:

After all this terrible news I have some good news to report. Phrodide and I are both back to work. Yes Phrodide too. He left one of his jobs which freed some time from his schedule. He is taking over the graphics plugin portion of Apollo while I am working on the main executable. You can expect a lot more to happen now. Definately a release before Thanksgiving is possible. I will start by hunting down the infamous CPU bug and/or making a new CPU completely. Best of luck to Phrodide in his new task. Thanks to everyone for their supportive comments.

Emulator Release: RockNES v1.410
08:34:  RockNES, an NES emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 1.410. The author says he doesn't know when he'll release RockNESX, however, we could see a release soon, right? :) At any rate, here's a list of what's new in this version:

• Added mapper #118 (IQS MMC3) driver, now YsIII - Wanderers from Ys and Goal! Two are playable;
• Fixed FDS memory allocation and system startup, major cleanup/rewrite;
  
• Fixed FDS image loading. Files with no header should be ok;
  
• Added FDS image identification by the NINTENDO-HVC string, removed the old one by file extension (required only by images with no fwNES' FDS header).
  
• Fixed ROM load/free, squashed several mistakes;
  
• Disabled MMC3 WRAM control, enabled from previous version.

Misc. News: Final Burn's Site Update
08:27:  The Final Burn site has been updated with some screenshots with the emulator in action featuring the game called Galaxy Force II.

Final Burn is a multi-arcade emulator for Win9x/00.

Check the site out for the shots.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #295 - "World Series Baseball"
08:25:  Genesis Power does it again as they release another game in their line of ROM dumps. Today's installment is #295: World Series Baseball.

Be sure to check it out!

Emulator Release: Gleam 10/10/00
03:06:  The Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator for the Sega Dreamcast, Gleam, has been updated to version 10/10/00. Here's What's New:

10/10/2000
Emulator Release: Snes9x 1.30a for Macintosh Released!
22:40:  Crusader was kind enough to let us know that Snes9x for Macintosh has been updated to version 1.30a. This new version is now fully compatible with OS X beta! Just gives me one more reason to try out that sexy new OS. :)

you can pick this one up at our SNES Emulators for Macintosh page!

Misc. News: History of Video Gaming
13:45:  If anyone happened to catch the history of videogames on the History Channel last night, head on over to the message boards and voice your opinion.

I've already done so, and my little "review" wasn't good. I'll give it a 3/10...for effort.

Technical Docs News: How to Trade Pokemon
12:44:  Someone named Melody has released a document that tells you how to trade Pokemon between the Red and Blue versions using No$gmb.

Check it out at our Gameboy Technical Documents page. Thanks to Tekno for the link.

Misc. News: Gamecube Photos
12:35:  Those of you that haven't seen in depth photos of Nintendo's upcoming Game Cube should head over to http://www.nintendo.com/spaceworld/. They've got close-up pictures of the Game Cube hardware as well as pics of the games in action. Thanks to Dr_goat_lips for the news.

Misc. News: Game Reviewers Needed
12:32:  John Lange at Gamer Vision is looking for people to review console games on the SNES/Genesis and older systems. If you're interesting in helping him out, e-mail him at Reviews@Gamer-Vision.com.

I've also added his link to our Links page.

Frontend News: FrontRunner Updated
12:24:  A new version of FrontRunner (a universal frontend) was released last week. I've been on painkillers since last Monday (I had surgery to remove a kidney stone), and I missed the e-mail that Marius Fodor sent me. Nevertheless, it's here now. Here's what is new:

• Fixed a program launching bug.
• Added an Open file dialog box if no file is given on the command line.
  
• A few other minor changes.

Misc. News: Bleem Available in Europe with local shipping charges
00:18:  I was checking out the bleem! page a couple of days ago and noticed that it hadn't changed in MANY months. Well, I looked at it tonight, and noticed that bleem! is now shipping to Europe. From their homepage:

In an effort to lower the outrageous shipping costs that everyone in Europe has had to endure in our first year, we have now come up with a way to lower your costs by warehousing the product and shipping it from the UK.

So select your location, see the savings, be...be the savings and enjoy the savings by golly!

Don't forget that the web is the only way to buy bleem! in the UK. Even though we have sold 300,000 units of bleem! worldwide for some reason the UK retail outlets seem a little shy, a little reluctant, a little afraid even, I wonder why....

10/9/2000
Misc. News: Genesis Power: #294 - "Dick Vitale's "Awesome Baby!" College Hoops! "
23:56:  Genesis Power has been updated with an installment of a Sega Genesis ROM. Today's release is: Dick Vitale's "Awesome Baby!" College Hoops!.

Be sure to check this and over 200 other ROMs over there. :)

Misc. News: Ninja's AGA World!
23:55:  Ninja's AGA World has been updated with more Amiga 1200 games. Here's a list of what the site has added:

• Gloom 3
• Jungle Strike
  
• Ishar (the trilogy is complete now)
  
• Odyssey
  
• Reunion (german)
  
• Rise Of the Robots
  
• Skidmarks 2.20
  
• Star Crusader
  
• TinToy Adventure
  
• Tornado (Fixed)
  
• Tower of Soul
  
• U-Chess

Misc. News: Consollection Legal Rom
23:53:  Consollection was updated over the weekend with a slew of public domain ROMs for your playing pleasure. Consollection has released ROMs for the following systems:

• Amstrad CPC
• Atari 2600
• Mattel Intellivision
• MO5
  
• PC Engine
  
• NES
  
• Game Boy / GBC
  
• Master System
  
• Genesis
  
• Neo Geo Pocket
  
• SNES

Emulator Release: Final Burn v0.035
23:48:  Final Burn, a multi-arcade emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.035. Here's a list of what's new:

• Reduced AB's Interrupt 2 to 1500 times a second because it was messing up the intro.
• Fixed sluggish controls in After Burner. Input is now read by calling interrupt 2 3000 times a second rather than 60 times a second.

Emulator Release: PacMAME WIP
23:42:  I was over at the Emulation HQ when I saw a post regarding the status of the MAME optimization for Pac-Man related games. According to the site, the PacMAME author is having difficulties with new release, however we should see a partial release soon consisting of PACTRAY.EXE, PACMAME.EXE, and support for the new games.

We'll keep you posted about the progress of the emulator.

Emulator Release: FE Version 0.04b
23:38:  FE, an NES emulator for DOS, has been udpated to version 0.04b. Here's a list of what's new:

• Fix DMC IRQ (for Romanca)
• Change key mapping (RTS and Sound)
  
• Fix Mapper #0,#2,#3 (for FFE)

Emulator News: System24 Update
23:25:  The System24 site has been updated with some news regarding the Sega SYstem24 emulator project. He mentioned that we could be seeing some screenshots of the emulator in action soon! Here's what the author had to say:

At the moment, I have the inputs working, the two lamps mapped to the keyboard LEDs, and the palette for the background layer partially working - I'm not entirely sure how the palette is allocated between the sprites, ackground, and whatever else. I've also figured out where the sprite patterns and attributes are stored.

Emulator News: MAME WIP
23:22:  The MAME WIP page has been updated with some news regarding the next release of the multi-arcade emulator. Here's what's going on:

• 1st October 2000: Bryan McPhail added flipscreen support to Karnov and Stadium Hero drivers.
• 2nd October 2000: Jarek Burczynski added Selfeena to the Taito B driver. David Haywood started adding dipswitches to the Sega C2 driver.
  
• 3rd October 2000: Nicola Salmoria fixed Arabian graphics.
  
• 4th October 2000: Luca Elia improved the sound in the Seta driver and added Thunder & Lightning, Rezon, Athena no Hatena, Oishii Puzzle wa Irimasenka, Eight Forces, Pro Mahjong Kiwame and Krazy Bowl. Phil Stroffolino fixed a tilemap bug which made it crash in pure DOS. Aaron Giles fixed the buggy graphics in the Williams 34010 drivers.
  
• 5th October 2000: Bryan McPhail added the Japanese romset of Bomberman World and fixed the input ports for players 3 and 4. Paul Swan submitted a driver for Cavelon.
  
• 6th October 2000: David Graves sent in a bit improved Taito Z driver with no playable games, but he also sent a driver for another Taito system supporting the following games: Asuka & Asuka, Maze of Flott, Galmedes, U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker.
  
• 7th October 2000: Jarek Burczynski sent in an update for the Taito sound system, improving several Taito Z games' sound. David Graves added Kokontouzai Eto Monogatari to the Asuka & Asuka driver.
  
• 8th October 2000: David Graves sent in yet another Taito update with a working driver for Cadash.

Emulator Release: Steem v1.1
23:19:  Steem, an Atari STE emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 1.1. Here's a list of what's new:

• Zipped disk images supported.
• Fixed STOP command to make Team work.
• HBL interrupt fixed. Improved syncronization generally.
• Fixed MFP timer counter reset bug - fixing most palette switching problems.
  
• KaosTos and Tos 2.05 bugs fixed.
  
• More forgiving for disk images, 84 tracks allowed.
  
• Fixed very rare but major tint whole screen blue crash.
  
• Fixed STE DMA sound for early versions of DirectSound.
  
• Frameskip fullscreen STE scroll change screen flip bug fixed!
  
• More TOS images accepted.
  
• Easier window sizing options.
  
• Drag and drop into the disk manager.
  
• Joystick/keyboard autofire.
  
• Avoid stretch-blitting for slow video cards.
  
• Speeded up drawing.
  
  
• Many little GUI bugs that nobody probably noticed fixed.

Frontend News: ArcadeOS v2.41
23:15:  ArcadeOS, a frontend which supports MAME, Callus, System16, Raine, Rage, BRSMS, ColEM, KGen98, GENECYST, MGX, Magic Engine, NESTICLE, RockNES, SP, Z26 and ZSNES for DOS, has been updated to version 2.41.

You can pick it up over at the Arcade Frontends section.

Misc. News: Request for Help
18:05:  Rich Craig (Cragman) of the Video Game Review Center is looking for some staffers. Here's the e-mail request that he sent us:

I used to own and operate the Video Game Review Center. Well, I'm starting it up again, but I need a little bit of help. I need some staff members, probably just like 1 or 2. These people need to be able to type well without errors (at least as well as I do :) ) and be good with grammar. They also have to be really into gaming and know of a lot of good games to review. It's a non-paying "job" but it's not like I expect people to be cranking reviews out like mad. Expect to do 3-5 reviews a week at least, and of course more is good. To see the beginnings of the site, go to http://www.vgrc.bizland.com. To apply for the "job", just send me an email at cragman77@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Emulator News: Impact Site Updated
17:55:  lulu_ray tells us that the Impact(an emulator that emulates newer Capcom games) website has been updated. There are no links there, just three screenshots... Perhaps they are from an upcoming version. See the screenshots for yourself at http://www.impactemu.com/.

Translation News: Pokemon Green Translation Added
17:35:  I have just added a 20% English patch for Pokemon Green. This patch was made by N3L87 and Gamerboy64 of BG Translations.

Get the patch at our English Translations page.

Translation News: Serbo-Croatian Translators Get Webpage
17:26:  The first Serbo-Croatian translation team has gotten their homepage up. The group's name is South East European Group of Translators (SeeGot), and their page can be found at http://www.seegot.f2s.com.

Emulator Release: RockNES v1.400
05:44:  RockNES, an NES emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 1.400. Here's a list of what's new:

• Small mistakes squashed on FDS driver;
• Fixed FDS disk writes somewhat, no more 'ERRxx' problems;
  
• FDS images with no header present are loadable (you need .FDS extension);
  
• Fixed mapper #42, pirate MarioBaby works fine;
  
• Fixed frame-IRQs, now there's sound output in DragonQuest games;
  
• Fixed a possible memory leak problem;
  
• Added WRAM (bank at $6000) dumping;
  
• Removed some general junk, more minor changes that I don't remember...

Site News: Save & Music archives updated
00:36:  Save archives updated: CS0, NeoRAGEx archives.
Game music archives updated: GYM, SPC archives.

10/8/2000
Misc. News: Emuita.it turns 1
23:39:  Emuita.it, the Italian emulation site, has turned 1 year old today.

Happy birthday!

Misc. News: NeoPocott Logo Contest Over
23:25:  Remember that contest that was held a while ago for a new NeoPocott logo? Well, the contest is over and there were 2 winners.

Visit the following link for more information:

Misc. News: ePSXe Article
23:13:  I was over at the Emulation HQ when I saw a post where the PSXEmu site had posted an article about the Sony Playstation emulator ePSXe. They talk about the emulator and they also provide screenshots. Here's a portion of the article:

The great thing is : Right before this preview has been written, the ePSXe team sent out another beta version, which played a game many of you have been looking forward to : Gran Tourismo 2 ! Before you get into to much of an hurry yet, you need a fairly FAST PC to play it at a descent speed (a PII 350 plays the game at about 10 FPS, double the amount is necessary). It also seems, as if only the PAL version of GT2 is playable, but I can't verify this yet ... we'll have to see. But enough talking, here're some nice shots (thanks JNS !) Click on them to get the full 800x600 shots!

Utility Release: Zeldit v 0.53
23:06:  Zeldit, a utility that lets you edit the levels of the original Zelda game, has been updated to version 0.53. This utility is for the Windows platform. Here's a list of what's new:

• Edits Story at Beginning (new)
• Edits Levels 1-5
  
• Edits Doors
  
• Edits Floors
  
• Edit Monsters
  
• Edits/Adds Objects
  
• Edits Music's Square instrument
  
• Kind of edits compass/map/and starting position
  
• Edit titles of Levels 1-5
  
• Destination Window changed (bla)

Misc. News: Twisted Gaming Site Updated
20:52:  TwistedGaming , a site which contains retro music, interviews with emulation authors and the occassional post about emulation news, has receieved a new look and has over 80 MP3s on the site for your listening pleasure.

Be sure to check this site out. :)

Misc. News: Consollection: 1263 Public Domain ROMs Uploaded
20:06:  Consollection has updated its site with a slew of ROMs for various computer and console emulators. These are public domain ROMs which means they are legal. ;)

The site has been updated with ROMs for the following platforms:

• Amstrad CPC
• Atari 2600
  
• Mattel Intellivision
  
• MO5
  
• PC Engine
  
• NES
  
• Game Boy / GBC
  
• Master System
  
• Genesis
  
• Neo Geo Pocket
  
• SNES

Translation News: Super Mario World Jazz Updated
20:03:  Jazz411 has updated his Super Mario World patch. Included now is all of worlds 1 and 2. Get it at our SNES Hacks page.

Misc. News: New ePSXe Screenshots
20:03:  I was over at the RetroGames site when I saw that the ePSXe site had been updated with some screenshots featuring some EA-Sports games. Those of you who aren't familiar with ePSXe, should probably check this site out for more information.

ePSXe is a Sony Playstation emulator for Win9x/00.

Misc. News: Translated INIs
19:54:  A pile of translated .INI files in various languages have been released. There's a Norwegian one and a Korean one for various N64 emulators.

You can pick them up by visiting the links below:

Emulator Release: Snes9x LinuxPPC v1.32
19:48:  The Snes9x site has been updated with yet another port release. This time around its the LinuxPPC port who was updated by Casey which brings it to version 1.32. This was compiled with LinuxPPC 1999. Apparently, 16-bit color and above are supposed to work in this version (It wasn't working with the 1.05 release.), and the sound may not work.

However, you can pick it up at the Unix SNES emulators page.

Thanks to PeterD for the news.

Utility Release: MrClick's TilEd v0.33
19:33:  MrClick's TilEd, a multi platform tile editor utility for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.33. Here's a list of what's new:

• Added loading and saving of color palettes in custom PAL files
• Added loading and saving or bookmarks in custom BKM files
  
• Added loading of Tile Layer v.050b palette files (*.pal)
  
• Added a tool to measure the time it takes to load and draw the browser window. In the Options menu there is a check box to activate this feature
  
• Moved the two standart color palettes into the TilEd.pal file and out of the executable

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #292 - "Dynamite Duke"
17:56:  Genesis Power has released yet another Sega Genesis ROM dump to their collection. This time around its, #292 - "Dynamite Duke."

Be sure to check this out.

Emulator Release: TR64 Binary Fix
17:27:  TR64, the N64 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated. This version fixes a small ZIP problem in file.

Head over to the N64 emulators section to pick it up.

Emulator Release: Sintendo Beta v0.02
17:00:  Sintendo, an SNES emulator for the DreamCast, has been updated to version 0.02. Version 0.01 was released last night, however, the author found a bug in the emulator this morning and released a quick version. This version already plays games and has a ton of screenshots of the emulator in action. Here's a bit on what the author had to say:

You guys better get your multi-sessions ready, because this version works! I discovered the problem and it has been fixed; by accident actually. I disabled transparencies to see if it would improve the emulation speeds, and tried it out on Castlevania IV. A few minutes into the game and I accidentally fell in the water. Anyone who's played it on Sintendo knows that that just isn't possible. Now it is!

Emulator News: DreamSNES for REAL
12:28:  I've seen some rumors here and there that the DreamSNES is a hoax. Well, with some help from Rockman, I was able to get it up and running on my Dreamcast. I'm playing Zelda right now, and although it's pretty slow, I AM playing Zelda 3 on my Dreamcast! (Note: Please do not e-mail me asking me how to get it working... there are plenty of sites with instructions out there. Use a search engine.)

Emulator Release: 2 SNES Emulators for Dreamcast released
10:27:  DreamSNES and Sintendo (two SNES emulators for Dreamcast) have both been released. Sintendo requires the WinCE directory from a Dreamcast Game (the Midway arcade game was mentioned.) DreamSNES on the other hand, requires nothing but the emulator, some roms, and the knowledge of how to burn a CD for the Dreamcast. Detailed instructions can be found at both homepages.

Get these SNES emulators for Dreamcast from our SNES Emulation page. Thanks to Rockman for the news about DreamSNES.

Emulator Release: TR64 v10.08.00
05:25:  TR64, an N64 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to beta release 10.08.00. This version is not as fast, however its a lot more compatible than TRWin-GL was. The author has added Adaptoid support, however, you'll need their driver to use the Adaptoid with TR64. There's no sound yet, however, the author is working on it and will be adding it soon.

You can pick up TR64 over at the N64 emulators page.

10/7/2000
Emulator News: Sintendo News
23:50:  The Sintendo site has been updated with some news regarding the SNES emulator for the DreamCast. Here's what the author had to say:

"Unfortunately, Sintendo still crashes. I underestimated the problem and unfortunately, now, on the deadline, I still lack a completely functioning product. Against my better judgement, however, I will still release a Sintendo beta version today, with the following caveat: It doesn't work!"

Emulator Release: Sintendo Beta 0.01
23:50:  A beta of the port of SNES9x to the dreamcast has been released. No frameskip has been implemented in this version. The games play slow because of it, some at less than 40%, some as high as 80%. Most (that work) are playable but may become irritating quickly. The author appologizes for this, and is working on it.

You can download it at the Sintendo Homepage.

Misc. News: PcPowerplay Mentions Zophar's Domain!
23:04:  PDTari has informed us that one of the leading magazines in Australia, PcPowerplay, has mentioned Zophar's Domain in their magazine! PDTari has scanned the page and shipped them to us. In addition to the mention, there are 2 interesting articles in the pages.

You can view them below:

Interview News: TR64 News
22:37:  Emutendo has posted an interview of one of the coders of TR64, an N64 emulator. They've also posted screenshots and they have other interesting things. Here's a portion of the internvew:

Q: What is the current status of TR64?

A. I am writing at a new core for ~2 month the interpretive core is pretty compatible but very slow the new core has some nice features like 32/64 bit detection, reg-caching and some other stuff.




Q. What new features will TR64 have (if any)?


A. The new core :) we will support the new video-plugin standard and (if I have to much free time) LLE of the sound I think that will be all.

Emulator Release: NeoMAME v0.37 Beta 8
22:26:  NeoMAME, a MAME version optimized for Neo Geo games, has been updated to version 0.37 Beta 8. Here's a list of advantages of using NeoMAME:

• smaller download size
• supports only NeoGeo games (for example useful if you use a frontend and don't want other stuff listed)
  
• runs Diggerman
  
• provides better support for the MS Sidewinder Gamepad, my two cascaded ones work perfectly well

Emulator Release: Anex86 v2.30
22:15:  Anex86, a PC-98 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 2.30. I'm unable to report what's new to you because the documenation is in Japanese.

You can pick it up over at the PC-98 emulators section.

Emulator Release: AMAME + PMAME Updated
21:26:  AMAME + PMAME, optimizations of MAME for various processor brands, has been updated and is now in synch with the latest version of MAME. Here's a short list of processors supported by each optimization:

PMAME: Pentium and Pentium MMX CPUs.
AMAME: AMD CPUs, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium II, and Celerons.

You can pick up these emulators over at the MAME emulators section.

Emulator News: KIAME Moves
20:59:  KIAME, the Killer Instinct emulator, has moved to its own domain. Please ensure that you update your bookmarks and links. Let's hope that we see some action with this emulator soon.

Misc. News: Overclocked: 6 ReMixes
17:51:  The Overclocked ReMix page has been updated with a slew of remixes for your listening pleasure. Apparently, David's been busy, and hasn't had time to update his site, and as a result, has a ton of remixes for you. Here's the list:

• Toejam & Earl
• Jade Gemini's (you go girl!) mix of Super Mario 64
  
• Castlevania
  
• Castlevania 4
  
• Yie Ar Kung-Fu
  
• Chrono Cross

Emulator News: PSEmu News
17:43:  I was over at the Emulation HQ site when I saw a post regarding the Playstation emulator PSEmu. The site has a rather odd message and photograph with the message, "Stroller Killed PSEmu!" This emulator project died after several leaked betas were released which caused the author to stop progress on it.

Check the picture out over at the site.

Emulator Release: A5200 v0.5a
17:37:  A5200, an Atari emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 0.5a. This version brings improved scanlines, collision detection and speed! Its now much faster. Here's some information regarding teh Atari emulator:

My Atari 5200 emulator (Jum52) is a 32-bit MSDOS application. It will run on Windows 95/98. Originally it was intended to run on Playstation too, but I haven't got round to that, and my experience with my other PSX-based emulators tells me that it would be very slow. However, the DC and PS2 should handle it easily...

Emulator News: Mimic WIP
17:29:  The Mimic site has been updated with some news regarding the multi-system emulator. The author has noticed a few problems that have wormed their way into the last release, however, it turns out that when he fixed the problems, most of the graphics problems were gone in the SMS driver. He also mentioned a 32bit port, soon!

Visit the site for more information.

Interview News: NeoPocott Interview
17:23:  RC-Roms has conducted an interview of the author of the NeoGeo Pocket emulator, NeoPocott! Here's a portion of the interview:

Q.When did you know about emulation?
A. Good question. Actually, 3 years ago, one of my friend told me about a Master System emu called Massage. He pretended that this software managed to play old games on a PC. I didn't think it was possible, but I tested it and after that I got myself involved in the Emulation Scene ;-)
One year after, I was speaking with 2 others friends about a programming project, we decided to develop an Emulator. For a simple and fun beginning, we choosed a Gameboy Emu. We thought it was easy to do. Time passed, and I was the only one person left on the project, and this emu became Boycott. I coded it during my studies.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #291 - "Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story"
17:19:  Genesis Power has released yet another Sega Genesis ROM for your playing pleasure. Today's installment is: . Those of you who are Sega Genesis freaks, should probably check this site out if you've been scouring the Internet for Genesis ROMs. This site is wonderful.

Site News: Snes9x for Windows Updated to 1.32a!
15:22:  The Snes9x team has released another version of Snes9x! This new version is the same as the 1.32 release, except it fixes OpenGL support. Get it on the SNES Emulators page.

Emulator News: Jagulator Page Temporarily Moves...
13:31:  According to news from Emucamp the official Jagulator page has been moved temporarily to Emugaming due to some problems with uploading files to Jagulator's own domain.

According the the emulator's main page, "The aim of the first 'development alpha' release of Jagulator was to show that Jaguar emulation *is* possible and that it is progressing. Since the release, things have been progressing really fast and another public release is expected soon."

Please visit the Jagulator page for more information.

Emulator News: New NES emulator in the works.
13:15:  A group of programmers who call themselves Ravaged Labs , are working on a NES emulator for Windows called Project #51. According to the webpage, the group is working on it as a senior design project. From the looks of the screenshots, and the technical information available on the project's implementation,The Ravaged Labs crew knows what they are doing. Project #51 looks very promising.... Look for a release soon! Good luck guys!

Misc. News: Lando's C16/PLUS4 Classix: 26 Games Added
02:12:  Lando's C16/PLUS4 Classix site has been updated with a whopping 26 new games for your playing pleasure. They can be used with the emulator YAPE.

Check this amazing site out.

Misc. News: Get Right v4.3
02:04:  Get Right, a utility that allows you to manage downloads from the Internet and also allows you to resume files from sites (If your ISP isn't so stable.), has been updated to version 4.3.

Head on over to their official site to check it out.

Misc. News: Amiga Legal Emulation: 6 New Games
02:01:  The Amiga Legal Emulation site has updated its page with 6 new games! They are as follows:

• Lamer Exterminator
• Amiga Scrabble
  
• Seven Tiles
  
• Survivor
  
• Take-Em-Out
  
• Wrex

Misc. News: PSXEmu Site Back
01:55:  The site of PSXEmu is back! The site was down for a few days because the site was being redone and its now ready to be displayed to you! On a side note, the site hit 1.4 million hits and they are celebrating. If you want to have a chance at winning a copy of bleem! for the DreamCast, then head on over to the site for more details.

Thanks to Emulation HQ for the news.

Misc. News: Genesis Project
01:51:  Been looking for a site which features Genesis games in action and also contains information about the game? Then search no further. The Genesis Project site has been updated with a ton of things. This site is dedicated to putting up screenshots and providing a description for every Sega Genesis game in existance.

Check out this site if you're a huge Sega Genesis fan.

Misc. News: TR64 Screenshots
01:45:  Spinal has once again updated his site with a slew of screenshots featuring the N64 emulator, TR64, in action. Todays shots are from the following games:

• Bottom Of The 9th
• Duke Nukem 64
  
• Gex Deep Cover Gecko
  
• International Tracks & Fields 2000
  
• Milos Astro Lanes
  
• Rampage 2 Universal Tour
  
• Rampage World Tour
  
• Star Soldiers
  
• Armorines Project Swarm and Turok Dinosaur Hunter!

Utility Release: GoodGBx v0.9992
01:41:  GoodGBx, a utility used to aid you in renaming your ROMs into their correct file names, has been updated to version 0.9992. This version brings a database update and 4,281 entries!

Head on over to the Good Utilities section.

Translation News: 3 DBZ Patches Updated
01:11:  Here's that update I talked about only a couple of hours ago... DBZ Translations has released 3 updated patches. They are:

• Dragonball Z: Buyuu Retsuden (Genesis)
• Dragonball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsu Metsu Kiaku (NES)
  
• Dragonball Z: Gokou Gektiouden (Gameboy)

Emulator Release: YAPE v0.18
00:54:  YAPE, a Commodore C16-Plus/4 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.18. Here's a list of what's new:

• optimisations in screen rendering (about 20% speed improvement)
• implemented almost all DirectX modes (16 bit, 32 bit and 8 bit fullscreen)
  
• enhanced the autostart feature to support D64 images as well
  
• the Commodore key is at the CAPS LOCK
  
• at last I made the BRK instruction work
  
• some more illegal opcodes done
  
• miscellaneous bugfixes

10/6/2000
Translation News: Final Fantasy Hack Added
22:46:  Craig Weight of CW Trans has released version 0.45 of his Final Fantasy 3 hack. Currently, 45% of the text has been hacked, and all of the cursors (except for the battle cursor) are 3d.

Get this patch at our SNES Hacks page.

Utility Release: New Version of TilEd!
21:30:  Mr. Click has released a new version of his rom tile editor, TilEd. This new version fixes some bugs, and NES mode. Mr. Click plans to add palette editing support, bookmarks, and saving. in the near future. This utility becomes better with each release, good luck Mr. Click!

Get TilEd on the Facelift Utilites page.

Site News: Final Fantasy Utilities Added
21:16:  DarKnight16 let me know about a site that had three utilities that we didn't have here at Zophar's Domain. The first two are SRAM editors for Final Fantasy 2(US) and 3(US), which can be found at our SNES Utilities page. The third program is a monster editor for Final Fantasy 3(US). It can be downloaded at our Facelift Utilities.

Translation News: DBZ Translations to release MANY patches
20:58:  At 12 Midnight (CDT, which is 1AM Eastern), DBZ Translations will be releasing an "enormous" amount of patches. The files will be at http://sjfempire.com/hage/trans.htm, but that will be a broken link until 12 CDT. I'll be up tonight to add these patches to ZD, so expect to see them here in the morning.

Emulator Release: AMD releases an emulator that emulates it's upcoming 64 bit chip!
20:28:   AMD, the maker of Intel compatible chips, has just released an emulator that allows developers to test 64 bit code for the upcoming AMD x86-64 chip. Please visit AMD's website for more information.

Misc. News: The Return Of The Timex Sinclair/ZX81?!?!
19:58:  I found this page while wondering around on the Internet. Apparently a small company bought a whole lot of Timex Sinclair kits and is now selling them on the Internet! If you are interested building a computer from a kit, or are just plain obsessed with old computers, visit the website above. If you would like to emulate the ZX81, please visit the Spectrum/QL emulation sections, which also contain emulators that can emulate the ZX81 and other Sinclair machines.

Emulator Release: Snes9x v1.32
17:57:  Snes9x, an SNES emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 1.32. This is one of the better SNES emulators. Here's a list of what's new:

• Changed the Windows port to delay load the two OpenGL DLLs, so now they're only loaded if you switch to OpenGL mode. The original version of Windows 95 didn't include the OpenGL DDLs, so Snes9x wouldn't even start on that platform; now it should.
• Added yet another sound buffer option to the Windows port - this time the block size of sound data to mix. Some DirectSound sound card drivers only report the play position moving in steps rather than continuous amounts and
  Snes9x's default mix block size turned out to be smaller than this step value on several cards. Snes9x couldn't work out out where the true play position was accurately
  enough resulting in broken, noisy sound output.
  
• Modified the Windows frame timer code to use semaphores rather than events - they should make Snes9x more reliable at not missing frame sync pulses when Windows is busy doing background tasks.
  
• Added SA-1 shutdown code - basically, Snes9x now stops emulating SA-1 CPU instructions when the SA-1 enters an idle loop waiting for the main SNES CPU to give it something to do. All SA-1 run much faster and smoother now.
  
• Added multi-axis joystick/game controller support to the Windows port and tweaked the dead-zone threshold position a little.
  
• It looks like the SNES PPU was designed to support 128K of V-RAM but only 64K was fitted; Snes9x wasn't wrapping all V-RAM address to stay within the 64K limit causing a corrupt title screen on ReX Ronan - there will be others.
  
• Added amend functionality to the Windows Cheat Entry dialog and added extra text boxes for direct address and cheat value input rather than only being able to type in a Game Genie or Pro-Action Reply code.
  
• BS Suttehakkun2 was crashing just before start of play the ROM was performing a junk DMA that was corrupting RAM, crashing the game when it went searching for a particular value.
  
• F-1 Grand Prix requires IRQ triggering when IRQ scan-line register set to current scan line, but Chuck Rock objects. Hmm. Chuck Rock seems to indicate the CPU emulation is running too fast, but I can't see where the mistake is. Special-cased Chuck Rock for now.
  
• Optimised SNES DMA handling slightly - copying data to SNES V-RAM is now significantly faster.
  
• Windows Cheat search dialog was ignoring data type parameter in various places which was causing problems when larger numbers were being searched for.
  
• Forced unknown PPU register reads to always return 0 - a coding bug in Equinox shows that this is required. An earlier fix didn't work.
  
• Puya Puya 2 & remix were objecting to an NMI being triggered when enabling NMIs after scan-line 226, but Ys 5 seems to require this. Hmm. Added a hack to support both games.

Emulator Release: Atari800 v1.0.5
17:44:  Atari800, an Atari emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 1.0.5.

You can pick it up over at the Atari 5200/8bit emulators section.

Emulator Release: YaSe v0.8a
17:03:  YaSe, a Spectrum emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 0.8a. Here's a list of what's new:

• 128k/256k Snp-format
• better frame_skipping on slow machines
  
• percentage display
  
• new AY8910-Emulation for the Speaker (I guess it sounds better than in Warajevo)
  
• source restructured
  
• added Scorpion, Plus 3 and Didaktik ROM
  
• assembler emulation of add,adc,sbc,cp,sub- functions is now optional
  
• mf128/mf3 emulation

Misc. News: ClrMAME Datfile
15:58:  The ClrMAME Pro site has been updated with a new Gameboy datfile. This update now supports 4,281 games. Those of you who aren't familiar with ClrMAME Pro, should check it out. ClrMAME is a ROM cleaning utility.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #290 - "DJ Boy"
15:53:  Genesis Power has updated their site with a new Sega Genesis ROM. Todays installment is DJ Boy.

Head on over to the site to pick it up.

Emulator Release: MacMAME v0.37 Beta 8
02:27:  MacMAME, a MacIntosh port of the multi-arcade emulator MAME, has been updated to version 0.37 Beta 8. Here's a list of what's new:

• In sync with the DOS 0.37 beta 8 build. [Brad Oliver]
• Added support for Cabinet Marquee artwork in the front end. Place a file called "marquees.zip" into the 'Cabinet Marquees' folder. [Brad Oliver]
  
• Expanded the number of screenshot packs supported. Valid zip package names are images.zip, images_0 through 99.zip and images_a through z.zip. [Brad Oliver]
  
• MacMAME is now built with CodeWarrior Pro 6. Please report any unusual issues as they might be compiler optimizer bugs. [Brad Oliver]
  
• Many internal fixes for the Carbon target. The Carbon build runs under MacOS X, but much work remains before it's acceptable. [Raphael Nabet, Brad Oliver]

10/5/2000
Utility Release: Zeldit v0.52 Released
23:47:  Zeldit (a dungeon editor for the original Legend of Zelda) has been updated to version 0.52. Here's what is included in the new version:

• Edits Story at Beginning (new)
• Edits Levels 1-5
  
• Edits Doors
  
• Edits Floors
  
• Edits Monsters
  
• Edits/Adds Objects
  
• Edits Music's Square instrument
  
• Kind of edits compass/map/and starting position
  
• Edit titles of Levels 1-5

Misc. News: Source Code Needed
23:13:  007 Cheater from DC Emu has written a request for source code to any and all emulators. From his site:

We are currently looking for source code for any emulators you can find. The best code we need is windows C++ source code which is currently the most easy to convert. We will take any source code you got. We would really like to port every emulator out there to the dreamcast but we would need source code for all of them. If there are any pc emulation developers out there willing to spare your source code in order to make dreamcast emulation more possible. Please send your source code to me 007Cheater.

Utility Release: Harvest Moon Editor Updated
23:00:  The Harvest Moon Editor has been updated to v0.4u. This version includes an updated Ranch editor and an all-new Mountain editor. Thanks to DarKnight16 for the news.

Get it from our Facelift Utilities.

Translation News: English Translation of Japanese Chrono Trigger
21:22:  Much like the original English translation of Final Fantasy IV (Japan), the English version of Chrono Trigger released in the states was translated horribly. Sky Render (of Sky Render Translations) has decided to translate the Japanese version of Chrono Trigger (SNES) for our enjoyment. He's calling the re-translated version "Chrono Shift".

Get the 5% English patch from our SNES Translations page.

Site News: Greetings!
21:09:  Hello, I am Vonpleck, the newest member of the ZD family. I will be maintaning the Unix/Linux sections, doing some web design and performing other tasks. I will do whatever I can to help make ZD the #1 emulation site on the internet. I look forward to serving the emulation commuinity! (My contact information and staff listing entry will be up soon!)

Links Update: Shrine of the Synth
20:53:  I've added a link to Shrine of the Synth. This website is creating an archive of documents about old sound hardware.

Thanks to Lindoarn for the news!

Misc. News: TR64 Screenshots
19:42:  Spinal has updated his site with more screenshots of TR64 in action! This time he's posted screenshots of Zelda 2 and Pokemon Snap. Those of you who don't know, TR64 is an N64 emulator.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #288 + #289
19:39:  Genesis Power has added two new ROMs to their Sega Genesis ROMs collection. This time around, they've released David Robinson's Basketball (J) and David Robinson's Supreme Court. If you're basketball fans, you'll wanna check these releases out.

Emulator News: Sintendo Gets a Release Date
18:00:  Sintendo, the port of SNES9x to the Dreamcast, is scheduled to be released on October, 7 2000 according to the author:

Sorry to have to do this to you guys - I know you've all been waiting very patiently - but I'm going to hold off the release of Sintendo until October 7th, the deadline.

This buys me some time to iron out the problems, make sure it works and works well, type out some burning instructions, and deal with all the other tiny details that must be taken care of.

After that, I am taking a week off to reassemble my life, get a job, study for classes, et cetera. I have neglected every day living for so long I need some catching up to do. You guys should be more than satisfied to play one or two SNES games on the Dreamcast for a week until I start working on menu code.

If there are any major problems with the first release, I will try to solve those on an as-needed basis. But I do not intend to start adding other features to Sintendo until the weekend of the 14th.

You can read the statement at the Sintendo Homepage.

Emulator Release: Gleam SH-4 ASM CPU Source
17:37:  The source code of the core of the NES emulator for the Dreamcast Gleam, has been released. According to the author:

I've released the source code to gleam's assembly cpu core, written in sh4 asm. My goal is that people will download, correct, and send me patches. I will appreciate anything that helps. I know there are smart and witty people out there, so help :) This core is a LOT faster than my old C core, but there are a LOT more bugs, most of which I don't have the time to stomp out. I know it's hard for you to work on the core without the other part of gleam, but if you can do it, then I will appreciate your help.
I can't wait to see what's next.

You can download it from the Gleam Homepage.

Emulator Release: Final Burn 0.032
13:47:  Final Burn has been updated to 0.032. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Mimic 1.03
13:46:  Mimic has been updated to 1.03. Here's what's new:

Site News: "Good" utilities page updated
13:28:  The page that contains Cowering's GoodXXX ROM verifying utilities has been updated in several ways. First, a new version (v1.7) of GoodWindows, a frontend for the DOS-based utilities, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Final Burn 0.031
00:20:  Final Burn has been updated to 0.031. Here's what's new:

10/4/2000
Misc. News: MAME Flyer Pack #14
23:58:  The Arcade Flyers site has been updated wtih more MAME arcade flyers! Todays release includes 10 new and 17 replaced images. If you haven't checked this site out, you probably should, if you're a huge arcade fan.

Utility Release: PK Hack 2.0
22:49:  I've updated our Translation Utlities page with PK Hack version 2.0. PK Hack is an Earthbound ROM editor for Windows.

Thanks to NessJeff for the news!

Emulator News: ePSXe release soon
21:42:  Crescens wrote in to let us know about an update on ePSXe's web site.
There should be an initial release of this PSX emulator soon. The screenshots on the site are pretty impressive! Check them out at http://www.epsxe.com

Links Update: Two Sites Added
20:15:  Tempest of Shadows told us about two sites that I just added to our General Emulation pages.

The first is a site called Video Game Webpage Services that contains a LARGE savegame archive as well as savegame editors, cheat codes, and filetype converters. The second link is to Casmaster. This site contains save state editors for Dragon Warrior 1-4 and one for Final Fantasy 2 all written by the page owner.

Thanks again to Tempest of Shadows for the news!

Translation News: Translation Updates
19:53:  This is just a quick note to let you know that I've updated the NES/GB and SNES translations with a few new patches each (given to me by none other than Gamer_X!)

Misc. News: But It Could Never Happen To Me...
19:43:  Well kids...it did. I need to get this off my chest. I totalled my car about an hour ago. Why? Deer jumped out in front of me.

"But what about anti-lock brakes?"

Nopers. The automotive place that serviced it YESTERDAY (and did $700 worth of work) apparently didn't do a thing. The anti-lock brake warning light was on the entire trip, so, when I saw Bambi jump into the road, I heard screeeeetch instead of that vibrating noise the ALBs make. And yes, seat belts DO save lives...I would have kissed the windshield had I not been wearing it (no bruises, no pain, no nothing...I'm perfectly fine). Bambi went about 15 feet in the air and flew about 20 feet infront of me (only was doing 40mph in a 40mph zone).

A word to PETA and animal lovers: I hate deer...that stupid animal cost me my car. I hope Bambi dies a horrible death. I hope Bambi is still twitching in pain on the side of the road. That car was a gift from my grandfather that I'd been waiting for ever since the day he bought it.

Goodbye, 1988 Acura Legend, license plate "SWMPGAS". You will be missed.

I took some pics incase I decide to sue (and for insurance company purposes), so if you'd like to see my baby, here they are (it may not look like much...but...it's an old car):

#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9.

Emulator Release: MAME32 0.36 Beta 8
18:33:  The official version of MAME32 has been updated to 0.36 Beta 8. Upon inspection of the whatsnew32.txt file, here is what's new in Beta 8:

Emulator News: Sintendo Progress
17:47:  Sintendo, the port of SNES9x to the Dreamcast, is now playable on the Dreamcast:

Breaktrough. This time it was by myself. The games weren't playing because the ROMs weren't loading correctly. Fixed. I pulled a roommate into my room to show him how far I've gotten, telling him "there's an off chance it might work". We watched anxiously as it gave me line after line of good information, then... boom: Nintendo. Illusion of Gaia, actually an accidental pick, its a favorite of one of my roommates (another roommate). This was the first game I saw run on the Dreamcast, Build #93. I've since gotten up to Build #97 and I've seen Zelda and Super Mario World run as well. None of them run particularly well as the system is kindof "flaky". It tends to crash and I think I know why. I'm much too tired tonight to figure it out, but I'll get on it tommorrow.

Emulation is kindof slow. I should be able to improve that as well, but it was plenty fast enough for me to play a little Super Mario World.

I'm sorry to all you slow modem guys for doing that to you, but this is some neat stuff! These shots were taken through my TV card so the quality, unfortunately is poor, but you can certainly get the idea. The Utopia shot is used for reference and in case anyone doesn't believe it's not actually running on the Dreamcast. Beta release once I press over the last few details.

You can see the statement and screenshots at the Sintendo homepage.

Misc. News: Hacker Needed
17:32:  DBZ Translations is in need of one more person to help hack games. If you can help, e-mail jbtrunks at jbhnrh@hotmail.com.

Translation News: DBZ 3 Translation Released
17:27:  Vincent of Saiya Translations has released a 60% English translation patch for Dragon Ball Z 3: Ressen Jinzou Ningen (Violent Battle Against The Androids), an NES game.

Get it from our English Translations page.

Translation News: Russian Translations Updated
17:17:  Alex Shalin told me about a place that has many russian hacks... I went there, and added them to our page.

Get the new Russian tranlations at our Russian Translations page.

Utility Release: Lunar Magic v1.01
16:08:  Lunar Magic, a utility that lets you edit levels of the Super Mario World SNES American version 1.00 ROM (with 0x200 byte header) for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 1.01. Here's a list of what's new:

• fixed a minor display bug involving sprites in vertical levels.
• included an option for using joined GFX files instead of split ones.
  
• included Layer 3 options in the "Change Other Properties" Menu.
  
• documented the unknown bit in the "Change Properties in Header" Menu, which controlled Layer 3 layering. (thanks goes out to Mr. 207 for noticing what this bit was doing)
• documented and replaced the second value of the "Change Properties in Sprite Header" with options for sprite buoyancy.

Emulator Release: Kegs v0.60
15:48:  Kegs, an Apple GS emulator, has been updated to version 0.60. This emulator is available for HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and OS/2 platforms. This version brings better X support and 64 bit support. Here's a list of what's new:

• The 16-bit colors were still wrong due to another coding error. It would be much easier to get this right if I had a 16-bit color display... A user says it works now.

Misc. News: VGS Compatibility
15:41:  A VGS compatibility list has been posted on Connectix's site with more testing results. Those of you who aren't familiar with VGS and who love the Sony Playstation, should check out VGS. Its available to you in both Win9x/00 and MacIntosh ports.

Try it out today and be sure to check the compatibility list out.

Emulator News: UltraHLE And Jagulator
15:38:  I was over at the Emulation HQ when I saw a post regarding the status of the N64 emulator UltraHLE and the Atari Jaguar emulator Jagulator. Here's what RealityMan had to say about the status of the 2 emulators:

Not commenting on UltraHLE at this time but Jagulator is coming back. There is a lot of support for this project right now so I will be continuing it.

Misc. News: Redump 64: 11 New C-64 Tape Dumps
05:56:  Redump 64 has dumped 11 new C-64 tapes, additionally, the site maintainer also mentions why he hasn't been updating his site as of late. Here's a list of the dumps he's posted:

• 180
• 1943
• 1985
  
• Ace Of Aces
  
• Afterburner
  
• Airwolf 2
  
• Alleykat
  
• American 3D Pool
  
• Arcade Flight Simulator
  
• Arcade Fruit Machine
  
• Arcadia 64

Misc. News: Wine 20001002
05:46:  Wine, an implementation of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs on top of X and Unix (Sort of like an emulator, but not really.), has been updated to version 20001002. With this release brings the merging of the treeview control from the Corel tree, many new definitions for better Winelib support, additionally, the removal of 16-bit definitions from all exported headers, and tons of bug fixes.

For a complete list of changes, please visit the following link:

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #287 - "Dick Tracy"
05:27:  Genesis Power has dumped yet another ROM. Todays installment is Dick Tracy. Those of you who haven't checked out Genesis Power, and are Genesis fans, should probably check out this site as its got heaps of ROMs to satisfy your ROM craving.

Emulator News: BleemCast, maybe?
05:22:  According to Emulation HQ, the Sony Playstation emulator for the DreamCast known by many of us as BleemCast, may be out soon! The site reports that someone was talking to a CompuCentre employee and mentioned that they were supposed to get BleemCast on October 9th. Not sure if this is valid information or not, however, we will keep you posted!

Utility Release: SortInfo v1.1
01:13:  SortInfo, a utility that lets you to import MAME -listinfo output and catver.ini data, and organize, select, delete and export all the information, has been updated to version 1.1. Here's a list of what's new:

• Parsing engine now accept valid DOS file name characters like underscore etc. Thanks to Pi Juan John for the bug report and beta testing.

Emulator Release: YAME v0.18
01:01:  YAME, a multi-system emulator which emulates TurboGrafx-16, NES, and the Gameboy, has been updated to version 0.18. Here's a list of what's new:

• Added English binary.
• Fixed Gameboy Color cartridge recognition bug. (Gameboy)
  
• Enabled pseudo PCM sound. (Gameboy)
  
• Fixed HDMA. (Gameboy Color)
  
• Fixed LCDC bugs. (Gameboy)
  
• Fixed initial volume of sound. (Gameboy)

Emulator News: 3DO Emulation?
00:19:  It seems that there is an emulator for 3D0 in the works. gopher sent us an email with the URL of: http://www.flatearthmultimedia.com/3dopen/default.asp included in it. There's some information regarding the emulator project, however, we'll keep you posted as this story unfolds.

Thanks to gopher for the email.

Emulator News: UltraHLE Site Status
00:13:  Hmmm, weird things are happening over at http://www.ultrahle.com. It seems that the emulator either might be coming back or possibly a tribute page will go up in honor of the N64 emulator. The site says "Coming soon to a browser near you." Maybe something is stirring below the surface. :)

Thanks to Azag for the news.

10/3/2000
Translation News: MANY GB Hacks Added
23:44:  The Gameboy Hacks page has been updated with TONS of new hacks (most of them Pokemon hacks.)

Get them at the Gameboy Hacks page. Thanks to Gamer_X for the news!

Utility Release: GoodN64 v0.9992
23:44:  GoodN64, a utility that aids in renaming N64 ROMs to their correct file names, has been updated to version 0.9992. Here's a list of what's new:

• some dumps that were too corrupt to even load were removed, so stop searching for them :-)
• 22 new dumps

Translation News: translation added
22:52:  I updated the Translation patch for Dragon Ball Z 2: Evil Freeza!!, it's up to 70%. I also fixed the link for the Hello Kitty Magic Museum patch file.
You can find them on our NES translation patches page.
Thanks to Gamer_X for the news!

Translation News: New Super Mario Bros. Hack
21:14:  Krillin214455 has sent me a Super Mario Bros. 1 (NES) hack that he's working on. It is complete up to world 4-1, and is extremely challenging. Just to give you an idea, the first enemy you meet in the first level is a Hammer Brother. Many of the graphics (such as the graphic for Mario) have been changed as well...

Get this patch from our NES Hacks page.

Emulator Release: NGine SNES9x port to Dreamcast Progress
19:42:  tubooboo updated the homepage of his port of SNES9x to the Dreamcast via his porting platform "ngine" today with some good news:

Hey all... time for a quick status update: File selection in ngine is up and running. I never claimed it being very pretty, but it works fine now. So all that is missing now is sound and some minor issues. Stay tuned...

You can read about it and see some screenshots at the NGine Homepage.

Emulator Release: Final Burn 0.023
19:02:  Final Burn has been updated to 0.023. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Rocknes 1.304 for Macintosh
19:00:  The Macintosh port of Rocknes has been updated to 1.304. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: iMAME 006
18:57:  iMAME, the version of MAME for the Compaq's Ipaq Pocket PC has been updated to 006. Here's what's new:

Emulator News: Spectrum Emulator for the Dreamcast
16:05:  The first Spectrum for the Dreamcast is in development by Ishmair, author of the emulators Rishgar and Blacktishger, among others.

You can read more in spanish, and see some screenshots (captured using the Dreamcast emulator Dreamer), at Emulatronia.

Emulator Release: NeoPoccott 0.36b for Acorn RISC OS
15:56:  The Acorn RISC OS port of the NeoGeo Pocket Color emulator, NeoPoccott, has been updated to 0.36b. It is inline with yesterdays release of NeoPoccott.

You can download it from the NeoPoccott homepage.

Emulator News: TrueReality 64 Windows OpenGL Progress
15:53:  Icepir8 has updated the homepage for the TR64 Windows OpenGL homepage with news that a release may occur sometime this week. Although this will be a WIP release, compatibility has improved since the last release.

You can read the entire statement at the True Reality 64 Homepage.

Emulator News: Sintendo Progress
15:48:  The homepage of the port of SNES9x to the Sega Dreamcast, Sintendo, has been updated with some good news and a few screenshots from A Link to The Past. Here is a quote from the author regarding the progress of his port:

A friend of mine, who programs a little, came over today and sat and watched me program for about 4 or 5 hours, giving me idea, helping me talk why way through problems and generally being a great asset. Thank you, Shawn, for your help. I acomplished some really good things in those hours, solving two or three of the several problems that have risen while trying to move my code over to the Dreamcast. The first was memory, which I'd imagined would be a problem anyways, which is now temporarily solved until after I get some code running. The second was that the Snes9x code didn't load the ROM file correctly due to incompatibility with UNICODE. It took some messing arround with the WinCE system calls, but it finally loads the ROM correctly and initializes all of the memory structures Snes9x needs. I've played with a few graphic scenarios and finally found one I like and is both compatible with the PC and the Dreamcast at high speeds. While the Dreamcast code does not yet output Snes9x graphics, it should soon. The bonus side of this is that the PC code now runs at a full 60 fps, on a PIII 450 with a mediocre graphics card. It didn't budge from 60 for even a second.

You can read the whole statement, and see the impressive screenshots, at the Sintendo homepage.

Emulator News: PSMac is Discontinued
15:43:  The freeware Playstation emulator for the Macintosh, PSMac, has been discontinued. The author has moved on to other projects.

You can read the short message by the author at the PSMac Homepage.

Emulator Release: Unofficial MAME32 0.37 Beta 8
15:40:  The unofficial version of MAME32 with autofire has been updated to 0.37 beta 8. As this is an unofficial build of MAME32, be aware that it is not supported by the MAME or the MAME32 authors.

You can download it from our MAME section.

Utility Release: Logiqx Dat Files
15:38:  Logiqx has released new Romcenter DAT files for MAME version 0.37 beta 8 and for the unemulated Capcom CPS2.

You can get these files from the Logiqx Homepage.

Misc. News: Genesis Power: #285 + #286
07:22:  Genesis Power has updated their site with two new ROMs. Those of you who are not familiar with Genesis Power, should check this site out. They've got loads of Genesis ROMs for your playing pleasure.

Here's what was released:

Misc. News: Team Japump Releases
06:58:  Team Japump does it again as they release 7 more ROM dumps! Remember, you won't find these at their site, however, you'd have better luck searching the newsgroup alt.emulators.misc.

Here are the new releases:

• Soul Edge (JPN Ver.) (c)1995 Namco - Namco System11
• Xevious 3D/G (JPN Ver.) (c)1982 1995 Namco - Namco System11
• Tel Jan (JPN Ver.) (c)1999 Kaneko / Electro Design SUPER KANEKO (NOVA) SYSTEM
  
• Dragoon Might (JPN Ver.) (c)1995 Konami Konami System GX
  
• Slam Dunk (JPN Ver. of Run & Gun) (c)1993 Konami
  
• Street Fighter Zero 2 ALPHA (c)1996 Capcom Ver.960805 CP System II
  
• X-Men VS. Street Fighter (JPN Ver.) (c)1996 Capcom Ver.960910 CP System II

Emulator News: Mimic Site Updated
06:50:  The site of the arcade emulator Mimic has been updated with some news regarding the emulators current progress. The author has fixed his computer (The problem was virtual memory settings.), and therefore, we should see a release soon! He's done a lot more with the emulator. The CP opcode in the Z80 core was re-done to fix a minor bug and it uncovered cleaner looking SMS games with less bugs on some, and the arcade version of Galaxian now says "Namco" on the bottom of the screen. The author has finished the Galaxian driver by adding bullets. A new version should be coming out soon, which will bring this emulator to version 1.03!

Stay tuned!

Emulator Release: Neko Don Don! v1.1
02:53:  A new version of Neko Don Don!, a handheld simulator for Takatoku's handheld LCD game Neko Don Don!, has been released. You'll need Microsofts runtime files to use this. Here's a list of what's new:

• Fixed a bug in the highscore-saving routine.
• More accurate demo mode: now there is a short pause before the cat's paw appears after each cat movement, as in the real game.
• Disabled the auto-repeat function of the keys which was not a feature of the original game. If you want to move the cat, you now have to press the left or right key for each step, as in the real game. Keeping the key pressed won't work anymore.
  
• Retouched the two images that show the mouse grabbing the cheese. They are still not perfect, but now they are closer to the original.
  
• Retouched the score display images for the 100x digit.

Emulator Release: NeoPocott v0.36b
02:04:  NeoPocott, a NeoGeo Pocket emulator for Win9x/00, DOS, Linux, and the MacIntosh, has been updated to version 0.36b. With this release, brings the usual bug fixes, additions, removals, etc., and the mention of a Dreamcast port in the works! Here's a list of what's new:

• MANY MANY GAMES WORK NOW !!! ; )
• Check initialization functions (Gollum)
• Change keyboard handler to avoid confusing with Allegro (Anarko)
  
• Initialization functions now returns a boolean when malloc fails (Anarko/Richard Bannister)
  
• Add special DIV opcode (Gollum)
  
• Add 16-bit shift opcodes (Gollum/David McEwen)
  
• Add LDCF/STCF opcodes (Gollum/David McEwen)
  
• Add LDDR opcode (Gollum)
  
• Add MINC1 opcode (Gollum)
  
• Optimize some opcodes (Gollum)
  
• Split main emulation function (Gollum)
  
• Rewrite entirely the cpu core to eliminate all stupid bugs (Gollum)
  
• Change KEY_XXX into NGPKEY_XXX to avoid confusing with Allegro (Anarko)
  
• Fixes Load_Rom (Richard Bannister)
  
• Fixes some warnings with MSVC (Gollum)
  
• Fixes many warnings with GCC (Anarko)
  
• Fixes unknown instruction error display (Gollum)
  
• Change Debugger into NGPDebugger (Richard Bannister)
  
• Add fake Z80 sound emulation (Gollum)
  
• Add STCF opcodes (Gollum)
  
• Add a few AND/ADC missing opcodes (David McEwen)
  
• Remove link errors (Richard Bannister)
  
• Fixes (aaarghhh !!!) read/write memory addresses (David McEwen)
  
• Remove all warnings (Gollum)
  
• Code is now 100% in C (remove all C++ stuff) (Gollum)
  
• Emulator now uses independant code modules (Gollum)
  
• Win32 specific code is now isolated (Gollum)
  
• Add directories for each specific port code (Gollum)

Utility Release: XSPC v2.21
01:27:  XSPC, an SPC player for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 2.21. Here's a list of what's new:

• removed analyser type B
• removed oscilloscope
  
• visualization blur FX
  
• volume knob is working
  
• playlist editor buttons now actually do something
  
• skin support is being worked on, it's currently disabled
  
• fixed mouse hit detection code
  
• fixed FFT sampling usage bug
  
• fixed spectrum analyser synchronization bug
  
• fixed sound streamer crash bug
  
• internal sound streamer code
  
• internal FFT spectrum code

Site News: Bit Age Times #11
01:06:  The eleventh issue of Bit Age Times has been released! Those of you not familiar with this online periodical should probably check this out as it features features games and other goodies from the Bit Age of video games. Here's a few things that are featured in this issue:

• A look at the Greatest Console Battles!
• The "I Was a Teenage Altered Beast" story concludes!
  
• Review of Football Frenzy.

Site News: Hacks Page Broken Up
00:59:  As I was adding that last hack, I realized that our Hacks page was WAY too long. To make it easier to browse through, I've separated it into console specific pages. (We now have Gameboy,Genesis,NES, and SNES pages.) Of course, you can still get to the sections from the sidebar, which I've updated to include a "Hacks" section.

Emulator Release: NoSTalgia v0.7
00:56:  NoSTalgia, an Atari ST emulator for the MacIntosh, has been updated to version 0.7. Here's a list of what's new:

• Multiple partitions (TOS 1.4 or better).
• New IKBD code preventing data overrun in the emulated code.
  
• New hard disk driver (Ver 0.4)
  
• Improved stability.
  
• Bugs fixed in the pending interruptions routines.
  
• Fixed internal debugger.
  
• Run MagiC 6 and NAES 2.0 (with some limitations).

Emulator Release: Neko Project II v0.25
00:50:  Neko Project II, a PC-9801 emulator for Win9x/00, has been updated to version 0.25. Not sure what's new with this release because the documentation is in Japanese, however, you can view screenshots of the emulator by visiting the following link: