KiGB v1.55

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jan 18th, 2004

KiGB, a Gameboy emulator for Windows, DOS and Linux, was updated today! Here is what's new this time around:
    Highlights:
  • Most probably the world first and only emulator that can successfully emulate the following games perfectly:
    Prehistorik Man (U)
    Little Indian in Big City
    LEGO Racers
    See the Bugs Fixed section for details.
  • Games started with L's and M's are tested. Now, all games started with #'s, A's to M's in GoodGBX ROM set have been tested. 50% is done.
    Bugs Fixed:
  • In Prehistorik Man (U), the following message is now correctly displayed at the title screen:
    "TITUS PROUDLY PRESENTS THE PREHISTORIK MAN.. LET'S GO TO A TIME WHEN MEN WERE ALWAYS HUNGRY.."
  • In LEGO Racers, the colors of the cloud and the sky were incorrect in the Imperial Grand Prix race course. Fixed.
  • In FIFA Internation Soccer, the effect on the sign "probe" during the intro should now be correct.
  • When playing tricks in MTV Sports - Pure Ride, the line showing the names tricks flashed. Fixed.
  • The picture behind the title near "P" and "L" flashed at the title screen. Fixed.
  • When moving in Mario Brothers Demo, the screen did not scroll properly. Fixed. However, the screen should be near white and only some traces can be seen when moving as in a real Gameboy Color.
  • Screen flashes when screen changed in Lunar Lander. Also, the space shuttle was masked by the launcher before taking off. Fixed.
  • In Prince Naseem Boxing, when resume from pause, there was garbage flashing quickly. Also, the colors of the belt and the flag changed instead of dimmed after selecting a boxer. Fixed.
  • In Monster Rancher Explorer, there was garbage appears at the very beginning. Also, the backgroud near "P" and "L" flashed at the title screen. Fixed.
  • In UEFA 2000, the pictures are corrupted. Fixed.
  • In MainBlow (Bung V4) (PD) [C], the graphics display is incorrect. Fixed.
  • In Duke Nukem, the graphics was not correct at the very beginning. Fixed.
  • In Pocket Monster Red (V1.0) (J) [S] (Chinese), KiGB hung after pressing Start at the title screen. Fixed.
  • In Pocket Love 2, invalid opcode error was encountered. Fixed.
  • In Purikura Pocket 3, incorrect graphics displayed when selecting continue.
  • In the intro of Meta Mode, the lower half of the little guy when rotating flashed slightly. Fixed.
  • In Madden '97, garbage flashed quickly after the whistle. Fixed.
  • In Lion King - Simba's Mighty Adventure, garbage showed up at the very beginning. Fixed.
  • In Super Robot Pinball, the graphics of the slot machine was corrupted. Fixed.
  • In Pocket Voice V2.0 Demo (all versions), the screen no longer shakes. Also, the counters for PICTURE and SEC are now correct.
  • In Pocket Sonar, it hung after selecting an option. Fixed.
  • In Perfect Choro Q, the game was slow when the car was entering a town. Fixed.
  • In Urusei Yatsura, there was a flashing line at the right just above the wall when the 2 main characters were moving to the left during intro. Fixed.
  • Better sound for the following games:
    Little Indian in Big City - music during play.
    Lamborghini American Challenge - music at the title screen.
    Medarot 3 (Kabuto and Kuwagata versions) - noise removed in the speech after pressing Start at the title screen.
  • In Lawnmower Man, the player fired automatically when the game just started. Also, the joypad was not responsive before game play. Fixed.
  • In Pocket Sonar, the game hung after selecting an option. Fixed.
  • Improved the "GBC with SGB borders" preference:
    Yu-Gi-Oh! - Dark Duel Stories II - Duel Monsters - border can be shown.
    Harvest Moon GBC 2 - start in GBC mode instead of SGB mode.
    Last Bible 2 (Chinese) [C][p1] - screen will no longer be blank.
    Legend of the River King 2 - start in GBC mode instead of SGB mode.
  • When a save state is loaded, the colors are now properly shown no matter the option "Real Colors" is checked or not.
  • When changing ROMs, the screen sometimes corrupted. Fixed.
    Changes:
  • Enhanced the emulation speed. Now, a PC with PII in 16-bit graphics mode with size 2x2, no frame skip and mix frame off should run in full speed.
You can download KiGB in our Gameboy Emulators for Windows/DOS and Unix sections.