Misc. News: Marat Fayzullin updates his nes document
22:14:  After about 2 years of not updating his NES technical documentation, Marat Fayzullin has released a new revision. However, it's just a minor update...still no sound information or mappers information is included in the document.

Marat's NES tech document

Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.73
22:11:  Jamsponge has released version 1.73 of his TG-16 emulator for DOS, Hu6280. Just a minor release:

- Fixed bug in joypad emulation
- Fixed Alices Dream, doesn`t seem to crash anymore
- Improved audio mixing routines...

You can download Hu6280 1.73 from the Turbo Grafx 16 page.

Site News: Links Page Updated
10:31:  The links page has once again been updated, many new links added, a couple dead ones removed, some changes in ratings, but it's best left up to you to judge for yourself, so visit the links page here.

7/23/98
Emulator Release: Raine 0.12
20:45:  Raine 0.12, a multi arcade emulator for DOS, has been released. Some new games in this release and a few changes:

- Added Following games: Bubble Memories, Puzzle Bobble 3
- Optimized Sprites and fixed sprite flicker on F3-System games.
- Partial idle 68020 skipping hacks for F3-System games.
- Some more Dipswitches mapped/commented.
- SnesPad (via LPT1) support (untested), thanks to Karl Stenerud for the code.
- Mapped Foot Pedals on Space Gun.
- Sound in Snow Bros (z80 hw info from Mike Coates).
- Fixed WrestleFest sound bug in pure dos.

You can download Raine 0.12 from the Multi Arcade page.

Emulator Release: SNEmul 0.82
20:35:  A new version of SNEmul has been released. It's a major update, and the Snes9x sourcecode has aided version 0.82:

- added some CPU/SPC700 speed hacks(SNEmul is much faster with some games)
- SPC700 timing is more accurate
- implemented joystick config dialog
- reduced memory use a bit
- implemented ADSR/GAIN sound effects (at least =)
- fixed a bug in port $2102/2103
- implemented CGRAM read
- fixed a bug in PPU multiply
- fixed a bug in SPC700 division
- fixed a bug in the Cheat finder
- several other bugs fixed in the GUI/PPU/CPUs...

You can download SNEmul 0.82 from the SNES page.

Utility News: UNIROM 0.50b!
17:06:  Yeah, bugfix release. This one makes the file requester more reliable and fixes quite a few bugs. Go download it from the UNIROM homepage. And for all of you who don't know what UNIROm is. Read the info on the homepage :)

I really want to know if the webpage is looking good :) Please mail me at klass9.v@jokkmokk.se.

7/22/98
Emulator News: Psyke Homepage Updated
20:06:  The Psyke (The new cool psx emu, for ppl that didn't now that) Homepage has been updated with some new cool screenshots of Psyke running on the 3DFX Glide driver. There is also some other info about Cdrom support and that stuff... So, if you have not seen the screen shots.. check it out now.. they kick ass.

Click here to be warped to the Psyke Homepage

Emulator Release: BrSMS 1.11
19:38:  A new release of BrSMS, the fastest Sega Master System emulator for DOS, is now available. Lots of changes in BrSMS 1.11:

- Support to PSG white noise (try to play "Afterburner"!!)
- Fixed a minor bug in the background renderer, this bug only happened when you started BrSMS after playing Nesticle (!?!)
- All the sprite renderer was rewritten from scratch, the new version is 100% faster than the previous. It also fix some graphics bugs, like the score of "Pacmania", the logo of "Sonic 2", the janken match of "Aled Kidd" and the power selector of "Psychic World".
- Added a new MMX sprite renderer (use the switch "-mmx"). This renderer is 80% faster than the normal one (yes, this means 180% faster than the previous version).
- Added five new custom Z80 emulators, they are 50% to 300% faster than the default, depending on the game (sometimes even more than that!)
- Added a preliminary video cache, this made the background renderer 100% faster than before. You can disable the video cache with the switch "-nocache", but so far I didn't found any game with cache problems.
- TURBO mode is even faster than before (even on a 486sx33 the emulation is faster than a real Master System!)

You can download BrSMS 1.11 from the Sega Master System & GameGear page.

Site News: Regarding staff positions
18:43:  OK, I've received about 40 e-mails requesting interviews to be on the ZD staff. We should be OK now, as I am contacting all of you to let you know what's going on. No more applications will be accepted at this time. Thanks to all who applied.

Emulator Release: loopynes 0.50c
18:31:  A minor update to loopy's NES emulator for DOS, there is but one new thing in loopynes 0.50c:

- VS system dip switches

Download loopynes 0.50c from the NES page.

Emulator Release: z26 1.09
10:46:  z26, one of the best Atari 2600 emulators available, has been updated once again. The new changes are:

- New games including: califgms.bin, and ofthwall.bin
- Support for Activision FE cartridge format(decathln.bin & robotank.bin)
- Support for Atari 32K format. (fatalrun.bin.)
- Support for M-Network 16K format. (he_man.bin, bnj.bin & burgtime.bin)
- z26 automatically sets player 1 difficulty to hard when playing he_man.bin so that the game starts up.

You can, of course, always download the newest version of z26 from the Atari 2600 emulator page.

7/21/98
Misc. News: Goodbye
20:33:  Hello all,

I just wanted to let you know that I will no longer be maintaining the Translation pages on ZD. I simply dont have the time anymore to keep up with the current projects. Zophar will be taking requests for someone to fill this spot, so please email him if you are interested. It has been alot of fun and very interesting.

Thanks, -Rend

Misc. News: Sega CD Info request
18:06:  Lorusa has made a Sega CD technical info request:

I would appreciate it if you would please post a request for any and all Sega CD documentation of any kind, as I am in trying to gather enough information to begin writing an emulator for it. Please also post that this will be a learning experience for me and there will probably not be an alpha, beta, test or whatever you want to call it released any time soon.

My email address is lorsua@fcmail.com

Thanks,
Lorsua

Emulator Release: TrueReality-1998071900
16:51:  So, here it is, another release of the promising N64 emulator for unix systems. This new version features some bugfixes and it now runs the rotate demo. And in the next release the author is planning to have Pong working. Cool.

Get this cool emulator by clicking HERE.

Utility News: UNIROM 0.50 stuff
16:46:  Heh, I forgot to add a link to the Info page. Now you can all actually FIND OUT what UNIROM really IS! Great, huh? :) To check it out just head onto the UNIROM homepage.

Frontend News: MameFront 0.9.6
16:44:  MameFront, one of the best MAME frontends, this new update comes with Multi-configuration support. Even the experienced user is adviced to read the docs since some things have changed because of the implemention of Multi-config urations.

You can go get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Frontend News: SnesGUI 3.00
16:23:  SnesGUI has been updated and added to ZD! This is a frontend supporting all the leading SNES emulators, ZSNES, SNES9x, NLKE and, heh, ESNES. It has a jukebox for playing SPC files and various other features, try it out.
Here's the news:
- Completely new code re-written from scratch for speed, stability and ease of use.
- Tip of the Day.
- Pop up help.
- Cheats Support.
- Basic GZIP support - just added *.GZ to the filespec. Next version I will add a decompression option.
- Enhanced Plugin support - version 2.0 plugins are not compatible.
- Support for Grip and custom controllers using SnesKey.
- You can now use the ZIP features with some non-SNES roms. (Some emulators may not like this as the extension may change.)
- Lots of options to automate what you had to do manually before, such as associate a Snapshot.
- JPG snapshot support added. (as well as BMP)
- New interface.
- Tons of other stuff - Try it.

You can get it from the SNES frontends page.

Site News: Save Archives Updated
00:49:  The SPC, SRM, STA, ZST and GS0 archives have been given minor updates. Keep them coming in .

7/20/98
Site News: Nitro has been removed
23:35:  This has never happened before in the 20 month history of Zophar's Domain, but after over a month of no updates, no e-mails letting me know what was going on, and a general lack of caring, Nitro, the former FAQ and Shrines main tainer, has been removed from the ZD staff. I will also be removing another staff member soon if that person doesn't let me know what is going on.

Site News: VGB 0.8b source code removed
23:28:  As many of you may know, the source code to VGB-DOS was released about 2 years ago by Marat Fayzullin and Marcel De Kogel (the DOS porter). I received an e-mail from Marat recently, informing me that it's no longer distributabl e, and asked that it be removed. I don't really know much about copyrights as far as released source code goes but I removed it anyway.

Misc. News: Mortal Kombat arcade board tech info requested
21:21:  neoEMU has requested information on the Mortal Kombat arcade board:

I'm creating a Mortal Kombat technical site to try to get has much documents and information on Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 arcade games as possible. I was wondering if you could please make a request for me on your site for docs and information. My e-mail is neoemu@geocities.com. Thanks. And by the way I have created a site like this in the past for the Neo-Geo at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/6514 Thanks for any help.

Utility News: UNIROM 0.50
16:38:  Yeah! UNIROM 0.50 has been released! Aren't you just jumping around thinking 'Yes, yes, yes, yes!'? Probably not :) That's because ther has been some problems with loading files in earlier releases, but that has now been Fix ed! I have now added an easy-to-use File Requester. And for everyone who doesn't know what a file requester is, it's kinda like a dialog box that you choose a file from. All problems when loading files should now be totally eliminated! I also spiffed it up a bit by adding some colors. Go get it from the (New Revamped) UNIROM Homepage or from the Translation utilities page.

As usual I want FEEDBACK! :) So let's mail me now! I've still received kind of a small amount of letters, but maybe the situation will improve as this little proggy grows better.

Mail me on klass9.v@jokkmokk.se with questions, comments, complaints, ideas and other stuff!

7/19/98
Emulator Release: loopyNES 0.50b
14:33:  A new release of loopyNES has been released. Actually, 2 versions were released, but since I missed the other release, here's what's new in both 0.50a and the new 0.50b:

- 4 controller support
- preliminary VS SMB support
- changed pmode extender (from PMODE to WDOSX)
- added palette option to GUI
- added 'insert coin' key for VS games

You can download loopyNES 0.50b from the NES page.

Site News: ROM Requests
13:50:  It seems that every couple of months, I have to make the same announcement over and over again. So here we go. I will make this as easy to understand as possible:

DO NOT E-MAIL ME ROM REQUESTS

Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.72
13:43:  Jamsponge has released version 1.72 of his Turbo Grafx 16 emulator for DOS. It's just a minor release:

- Fixed TigerShark (sprites are now visible)
- Fixed a general sprite bug (see ALICES DREAM etc.)

You can download Hu6280 1.72 from the Turbo Grafx 16 page.

7/18/98
Emulator Release: Z26 1.08
21:30:  John Seigar has released a new version of his Atari 2600 emulator for DOS, Z26. Many more games now work in this major new release:

- New games including: stargate.bin (8K), defendr2.bin (8K), beamride.bin, radarlok.bin, sprfootb.bin, and humancan.bin (AKA human_cb.bin).
- Support for Parker Brothers cartridge format. This gives us: dethstar.bin, gyruss.bin, sprcobra.bin, tutank.bin, popeye.bin, swarcade.bin, qbrtqube.bin, frogger2.bin, montzrev.bin, docastle.bin, and toothpro.bin.
- Support for TigerVision cartridge format. This gives us riverp.bin and polaris.bin. Other TigerVision games jitter. I'll look into that later...
- Improved games include: oystr29.bin, spcinvad.bin, spaceinv.bin, and congbong.bin.
- We now have variable game speed with the -r command line switch (see readme.txt). This is to provide an alternate speed control method for those systems that the default monitor synchronization doesn't work, and also to allow game play at other frame rates. I think some games were designed to run at 50 frames per second instead of the usual 60.

You can download Z26 1.08 from the Atari 2600 page.

Emulator Release: XCopilot 0.6.4
21:20:  Hello.. I added a new section to the unix part of ZD. It will feature emulators for the handheld computer PalmPilot, and the first emulator to get on that page is XCopilot, a complete hardware emulator for the PalmPilot. It requires a ROM image from a PalmPilot to work tho. But you can snag it from the PalmPilot using the Pilot-Link package.

Get this thingy at The PalmPilot Emulators for Unix Page

Frontend News: StarLaunch 2.5X
18:03:  StarLaunch, the good multi-emulator frontend, has been updated! This version has a few new things, one being that the EXE file is now 1 megabyte smaller :).
Here's the news:

- Major optimizations to the ver 3 and 3.5 rom readers, ver 3.5 should be very very fast now, and best of all, it works! :)
- Added Snes9X Dos 1.05 support!
- Added NlkE support!
- Coolbuttons display correctly with click, exit, enter.
- Core for BioNes added, still have to work out some stuff.
- Optimizations of some subs, thanks to JViper for help.
- Rewrite of the Snes control pad configuration form.
- Supports the extended keyboard characters for KGen98, if wanted.
- Fixed soooo many bugs, and more error traps put in.
- Decided to compile to P-Code, so the EXE's a meg smaller.

You can download it on the Universal frontends page.

Frontend News: SNES Emu Launch 3.2
18:00:  SNES Emu launch 3.2 has been released with a few new things that are added, improved or fixed. Read on to get the latest about it:

- Support for Snes9X 1.05
- Support for NLKE 0.02a
- Other new features include:
- All parts of SNES Emu Launch which were previously handled by COMDLG32.OCX are now passed through the Windows API. This means that it is no longer necessary to bundle the OCX with SNES Emu Launch and the download file is smaller
- Autoscan feature added to SNES Emu Launch setup. Now you can setup all your emulators automatically
- Changed and simplified the interface
Added hypertext link to the SNES Emu Launch homepage on the Help About dialog and cheats dialog
- Removed support for TheSE 0.13 because it didn't fit in with my future plans for SNES Emu Launch
- Improved zip support
- Improved tooltip captions
- Optimised loads of other code

You can get it from the SNES frontends page.

Emulator Release: Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator beta 4
17:36:  Paul Robson has released beta 4 of the only Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator available. Here's what's new:

- Sound emulated
- Palette emulated with about 70-80% accuracy
- Full controller available for player 1
- Support for 320x200 video mode added
- DAR instruction fixed, scores now work
- 128x104 screen resolution supported
- Miscellaneous bug fixes etc

You can download the Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator from the Arcadia 2001 page.

Misc. News: Sega CD emulation news
17:25:  I received the following e-mail from Eidolon regarding Sega CD emulation:

Today, I finished a huge update of the Sega CD section of my site (http://homepage.psp.net/cschiller/scd.htm). I have added two new documents which will prove to be very helpful for everyone who attempts to emulate the system. These documents are the US patents for the Sega CD device and for the CD country protection routines. Though these documents are rather non-specific (in terms of giving concrete memory addresses of the various functions), they describe the inner workings of the Sega CD very precisely. I have commented the documents where I think it was necessary or helpful. With these two documents now available, it should be a LOT easier to reverse-engineer some games in order to write an emulator, because now you actually KNOW what the various code routines of the games are supposed to do according to the patents. Feel free to mail me your comments or post them on my message board (http://free.prohosting.com/~eidolon/wwwb/wwwboard.html).

With these new documents, the already-available BIOS files and of course talented programmers, Sega CD emulation is now within reach!

You should check out his site if you're interested in emulating the Sega CD.

7/17/98
Frontend News: Run It 1.2
18:12:  Run It 1.2 has been released! Run It is a multi emulator frontend that's really worth checking out. It has a user-friendly interface and other neat stuff such as screenshots of all the games supported. These are only downloadable from the homepage though.
Here's the news:

- Neorage 0.1b fully supported
- Multi bios support
- Direct bios configuration (language/system/sensor(?))
- Games list filter (avail / missing / all)
- Resizable window
- JPG, GIF and BMP support
- Menu system added
- Refresh (F5)
- Read only bug corrected
- Optionnal picture view
- 'Green' installation (proprietary directory)
- More friendly games.csv file
- RunItPic dir renamed in Pic
- Updated game list
- Main window buttons removed (more place for games)
- Games.csv format changed (delete old one)
- Game list counter

Go get it from the Universal/Multi-Emulator frontends page.

Misc. News: www.Snes9x.com Hacked
18:11:  Perhaps the site password was leaked, perhaps it was hacked. Whatever the reason, you may want to check out the Snes9x site. So everyone might get a chance to view it, a copy of the hacked site has been saved locally here. The staff of ZD do not necessarily agree with what is posted.

Emulator News: PSyKe news!
17:23:  And boy is it big news! CDROM emulation is now working in Psyke, the new, fast and cool Playstation emulator! The homepage has been updated with screenshots of games such as Grand Theft Auto, Rascal, Fatal Fantasy 7!(No, not FINAL Fantasy 7), The King Of Fighters '97, Machine Hunter, Ridge Racer, Tomb Raider 2, Formula 1 and Tunnel B1 running or partially working in the emulator! If you don't call this good I don't know what you'd call it! No new version has been released yet, but you can still go to the PSyKe homepage and feast your eyes on the amazing pictures from this amazing emulator!

Misc. News: nEMU Closes
16:02:  Well, the idiots have done it again. First Emucamp is closed due to Simplenet's ignorant belief in the gospel according to the IDSA. Then EmuViews is almost brought down due to it's own server's ignorance. But this one hurts th e most.

It is with great sadness that I announce that nEMU is no more. Due to his disgust with the emulation scene in general, [_nIRV_] has seen fit to close nEMU. For those of you that think it's no big deal, you don't realize how many news updates were culled f rom nEMU for ZD, how many times [_nIRV_] selflessly shared info with me even before posting it on his own site.

Out of respect for [_nIRV_] and the passing of nEMU, I will be doing no more updates to ZD for the rest of the day and I urge the other staff to do so as well.

Go read [_nIRV_]'s farewell and the truth about SNES9X

7/16/98
Emulator Release: Sparcade 2.24
19:43:  A minor release of Sparcade by Dave Spicer is now out. Here's the list of changes in 2.24 of this multi arcade emulator:

- Vulcan Venture / Salamander / Commando sound improved
- Terra Cresta colours + sound fixed
- Joystick button mapping fixed
- Galaxian background noise no longer affected by frame skips
- Sound Blaster mixer settings now correctly retained
- Windows keyboards now supported
- Fire logo now drawn correctly in VGA mode
- Fixed a bug in SVGA monitor mode

You can download Sparcade 2.24 from the Multi Arcade page. As a side note, Sparcade has been removed from the Sega Master System/GameGear emulator page, since the new versions no longer support SMS/GG emulation.

Site News: I'm back
17:56:  Sorry that I haven't updated in a few days, I've been working a lot since I got my new full time job. Anyways, a lot has been going on, concerning the message boards mostly. Rest assured that there's just some...technical probl ems of sorts. The message boards work fine, but some posts were deleted that should not have been deleted. This "problem" should be cleared up after I have a little chat with someone...

Anyways, enjoy the rest of your day.

Misc. News: Street Fighter III ROM for NES
17:51:  Ok...on a positive note, the ROM for Street Fighter III (a pirate version of SFII) for NES has been released to the public. It's playable on fwnes using the -m6502 option in the command line.

SFIII is available for download from the gamerom homepage.

Misc. News: VividGate: The Truth
14:12:  The truth is here, once and for all, brought to you by two of the emulation scene's most controversial figures of recent note, InVerse and the subject himself, Vivid.

Vivid msgd me on IRC only an hour before the time of this update and I conducted an interview with him that should squelch all the rumors once and for all. So now, read the truth as only InVerse and Zophar's Domain can bring to you.

VividBarrier Interview

Misc. News: You Need To Read This
12:08:  I wasn't going to do anymore updates today, in fact, this will probably be the very last update you ever see from me, but I felt this was important enough to say a few words about.

AWJ originally posted this on ZMD, but after reading it, I felt it should be mentioned here as well, so that anyone that reads the news page but not the WWW Boards would learn of it as well.

There's not a whole lot to say, I'm still in a state of deep contemplation after reading the story The Right To Read by Richard Stallman. Drop everything you're doing. Forget about whatever e lse might be on your mind and go read this story right now.

7/15/98
Frontend News: Super Launcher 98
20:58:  This is a new universal frontend that can support up to 999 emulators through the use of emulator profiles. There are already some emulator profiles available for download on the homepage.

You can visit it's homepage or download it from the Universal frontends page.

Frontend News: NeoFront 0.5
20:56:  NeoFront, the NeoRAGE frontend, has been updated! The news this time is that it's been updated for the new version of NeoRAGE and the interface has been redone a bit.

You can get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Misc. News: More Info On Vivid Barrier
12:31:  I received an interesting e-mail this morning concerning Vivid Barrier. I can neither confirm nor deny this information, but it appears to be legit to me, so I'll leave it up to you to decide.

Here's the e-mail.

Emulator Release: Unix Virtual Gameboy 1.1
11:29:  Marat Fayzullin has released a new version of Virtual Gameboy. The Windows version is still shareware, so only the people that spent $35 to register VGBWin will get the new update. There's not even a demo of the new version as of yet. It's capitalistic bastards like this that give emulation a bad name. Anywayz, the unix ports are freeware for the time being, so here's what's new:

Fixed a bug in saving battery-backed RAM which prevented large (32kB)
RAMs from being saved (PocketMonsters, etc.)
Added autofire and GameGenie keyboard controls to VGB-Unix
Fixed a bug in support for 8MBit ROMs
Fixed a bug which prevented Mystic Quest, Final Fantasy Adventure,and Snow Brothers Jr from working properly
VGB-Windows no longer depends on WinG

Download the Linux Port from ZD or go to the VGB Homepage to get releases for other Unix flavors.

Please note that the opinions expressed in this update are mine and mine only. If you have a problem with them, take 'em up with me, don't bother Zophar about them.

7/14/98
Misc. News: Vivid Barrier Escapades
17:24:  Anyone that ordered a DR PC Jr or any other copier from Vivid Barrier can start counting your losses. It seems he not only ripped everyone off, he took the money and ran away from home. You can read more on the story on NES Wor ld's What's New Page.

Emulator Release: NLKE .02b
16:04:  NLKE, the result of a combination of ESNES and NLKSNES, has be updated to version .02b. Here's the improvements:

- Added add/sub screen support. It is incomplete and NOToptimizated, don't sprites, mode 7 and other effects supported.(Try gfxmode 4 to see it)
- Every command line is tested to see if the sintaxis is correct.
- Fixed the autoframe rate support. (some ideas from Archeide)
- Dinamy memory allocate.
- Support to stereo sound, using 16 sound channels.
- Added a alternative path to load files. It can be selected in the configure file. (nlke.cfg)
- Added a GUI with windows. Two new options has been added to the configure file to activate/desactivate the GUI, and to change the resolution on the GUI. (640x480 or 400x300)
- Added two gfxmodes with scanlines, gfxmode 5 (256x256) andgfxmode 6 (640x480).
- Found and fixed a large number of bugs in the 65816, spc700, sound DSP, PPU, and HDMA, far too many to list here. (yeah again ;-)

You can always download NLKE from the SNES Emulators page or for the time being, by downloading it here.

Emulator Release: SNES9X Ported to N64
10:40:  That's right, it's not a typo or a joke, SNES9X has been ported to N64. The current alpha release is still very slow, so don't expect to be playing SNES games at full speed on your N64. But I'd rather play any SNES game at 1/20 th normal speed than play the best N64 games at full speed. Of course I'd rather play with myself before playing either SNES or N64, but anywayz, you can download SNES9X for N64 at this link until we decide whether or not to add an "Emulators for N64" section. And to stop the flood of lamers asking how to use it on the message boards, you have to have an N64 copier.

7/13/98
Misc. News: A few items of note...
17:09:  First of all, Secain asked me to let everyone know that he's experiencing some server problems at the SNES Emulation Centre. Some files are missing and he can't upload anything new, but he promises to have everything back together ASAP. For those of you that don't know, the SEC features all types of SNES emulation related items, such as news, technical documents, utilities, save states and, of course, emulators. It also features an on-line multi-player Java version of Zelda. You can visit the SEC at http://www.snes9x.com/sec

Secondly, for those of you that actually believed that N64 Ultimate was a real emulator, then you're an idiot. It doesn't even run Fire Demo, let alone "all N64 games", it simply gives you a "Your system doesn't meet the requirements..blah blah" message, even when ran on a computer far better than their specified 266 Mhz. While it doesn't appear to be a virus, there's no telling if it's a trojan or a logic bomb, yet. So if anybody gets their computer fuxored by the emu, it serves 'em right for downloading an N64 emu that was only released on a Xoom page & w/ a Hotmail address. And on a final note, let me state that even if it is a trojan that will destroy your entire computer, that's still better than if it played every single N64 game.

Emulator Release: Atari800Win v2.2
12:21:  The Windows 95 version of Atari800 has been updated to v2.2. Here's what's new:

- A disk indicator is drawn at the bottom right hand corner ofthe display when sector I/O occurs. The small block drawn contains the number of the drive being accessed, and is red for writes, green for reads.
- 5200 controllers work. F5 is reset, Shift-F5 is coldboot, F4 is the start button. Keyboard 0-9 are equivalent to the 5200 controller 0-9 (you can use the keypad if you aren't using it for a joystick). Keypad - or regular * work as the 5200 * key, and keypad - or regular - work as the "#" key. When running in 5200 mode with a joystick triggers 2-4 operate as 5200 triggers 2-4, NOT as function shortcuts like in Atari computer mode. WARNING: At present several 5200 carts fail. This will have to be worked on for a while.
- Found the (atari side) bug that was keeping multiple stick inputs from working. You can now play with at least two sticks; I don't have four to test but that should work as well. I HAVE played a full game of MULE with joystick on one port and keypad on another. It works.
- ModeX was abandoned in favor of simple linear modes at320xXXX resolutions. Some cards will support these modes, some won't - but at least when present they work reliably. If you have "use ModeX for 320 resolutions" set in your DirectDraw control panel you might want to turn it off (default is off).
- Switched back to DirectDrawSurface revision one interfaces, since it's obvious some cards that claim to be DirectDraw 5 compliant are not, and do not support DirectDrawSurface2 or 3. If full screen wasn't working for you, this was probably the reason (and it should work now).
- Shift-ctrl + keycode is sent properly to Atari machine now
- Fixed a potential Windows crash condition when the Atari crashed
- Fixed a bug that could cause some cartridge options to not be saved out.
- DirectDraw mode transitions are a little smoother (one screen size to other)
- Sound is not restarted on mode changes, but it will still get a little garbled (unavoidable).
- Various small tweaks and refinements.
- Source code released (this doesn't imply it is done).

You can download Atari800Win v2.2 and it's source from the Atari 8-Bit emulators page.

Misc. News: nEMU Has Returned
11:55:  Just a quick note to let everyone now that [_nIRV_] has reopened nEMu with a new address and new look. With all the recent site closings and the downward spiral that others have fallen into, we need to support as many good sites as possible.

nEMU Homepage.

Emulator Release: Neo*Rage .01b
10:54:  Anders Nilsson & Janne Korpela have issued a bug fix to the recently released Neo*Rage .01. Fixes in this release include:

- Non pentium bug-fix.
- Small animation bug-fix
- Small zoom bug-fix
- Super Spy is playable again
- Puzzle de Pon & King Of Monster2 are also back but they are not really playable
- Sidewinder Y-button = A+B and Z-button = C+D

You can download Neo*Rage .01b from the Neo*Geo Emulators page.

Emulator Release: Raine 0.11a
00:31:  After a couple months of idleness, a new version of Raine, a multiple arcade game emulator for DOS, has been released. There is lots new in version 0.11a. The following new games are now supported:

- Space Gun (dumped by malcor; playable; Dual 68000)
- Ninja Warriors (dumped by malcor; playable; Dual 68000)
- Double Dragon 3 (dumped by Thierry Lescott; playable)
- Operation Wolf (dumped by NAZ!; playable)
- Operation Wolf bootleg (dumped by Thierry Lescott; bootleg; playable)
- Elevator Action 2 (dumped by 'PowerJaw'; playable but messy)
- Twin Qix (dumped by 'PowerJaw'; playable but messy)
- Puzzle Bobble 2 (dumped by araCORN; playable but messy)

Also, the following stuff was updated/changed since 0.10:

- Much faster zooming routines (Operation Thunderbolt/Space Gun).
- Idle 68000 skipping in virtually all games (gives speed increase).
- Removed UAE 68000 engine (all 68000 games are Starscream'ed now).
- Inserted UAE 68020 engine (Taito F3-System).
- Inserted Marat Z80 engine (For Op Wolf bootleg c-chip, I'll use a faster one soon).
- Early Sound (adpcm samples only) for WrestleFest, Double Dragon 3, Zero Zone.
- Mouse support (Op Wolf, Op Thunderbolt, Space Gun).
- Joystick support (hopefully it works...).
- Dipswitch support for some games (early, but seems ok).
- Simple Save/Load support (F2/F4), Toggle FPS (F11).
- Auto frame skipping, scanlines hack, less ugly gui.
- Compiled with Allegro WIP beta, this adds vesa3 and vbe/af drivers for screen selection.

You can download Raine 0.11a from the Multi Arcade emulator page.

Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.69
00:15:  Another release of Hu6280. Here's the changes in version 1.69 (heh heh) of this Turbo Grafx 16 emulator for DOS:

- Fixed sidewinder joypad + audio problem (marius, mail me)
- Jammie Dodger joins the hu6280 team and codes up a cool spr.asm routine! (nice speed increase)

You can download Hu6280 1.69 from the Turbo Grafx 16 page.

Misc. News: Vs Castlevania palette fix
00:04:  There is a palette fix now available for the recently released Vs. Castlevania NES rom. The colors in the original release were wrong (pink sky, among other things) so by using this file you can make the colors look correct. In structions are included in the ZIP file.

- Vs Castlevania ROM
- Palette fix

7/12/98
Emulator Release: Z26 1.07
22:21:  John Seigar has released version 1.07 of his Atari 2600 emulator for DOS. There's just one change:

- This version has new timer code. It should fix the problem some folks have been having with z26 running too fast. If you are still having that problem with this version please let me know.

You can download Z26 1.07 from the Atari 2600 page.

Emulator Release: System 16 .79 Direct X
14:12:  System 16 now comes in a 32 bit Direct X flavor. It now supports 26 games, the newest of which include Fantasy Zone, Aurail, Flash Point, Alex Kidd and the currently unplayable Major League. You can download System 16 Direct X from the Multi-Arcade Emulators page or by downloading it here.

Utility News: SPC2SSG .1
07:54:  Archeide of SNEmul fame has created a program which converts SPC files into an SSG format which can be easily read by a player. The idea was to create a sound format that was more accurate than MOD and less complex than SPC.The main focus is to provide help for those who would make such song player. A DOS SSG player is already made and freely available with its source in the SPC2SSG package.

7/11/98
Emulator Release: SNEmul 0.8
18:05:  A new version of SNEmul was released a few minutes ago, it's no big updates tho.
So, what's updated?
- implemented Object Name Select(fixed sprite bugs)
- fixed some bugs in the GUI that make SNEmul crash
- added a "game codes" dialog
- added a "search codes" dialog

So, if you want it, click HERE to jump to the Snes Emulators Page

Emulator News: Hu6280 1.65 Updates
17:31:  Okay.. i found the updates in the readme file now.. took some time =P.
So, here are the updates:
- tweaked internal emulation core
- removed -freq44100 option (its default)
- added assembler ram access routines
- tweaked audio code, should be more stable now

Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.65
17:25:  A new version of Hu6280, the TG-16 emulator for Dos was just released. Since the readme wasn't updated i can't tell you what's new since the last version (1.63), but that's for you to find out :)

Get this nice thing at the Tg-16 Emulators Page
Thanks to Slidey for the news.

Emulator Release: Snes9x 1.05 Linux/SunOS
17:01:  Hi, I finally got my lazy butt of and took some time to upload Snes9x 1.05 for Linux and SunOS...
Check the Snes9x DOS 1.05 update for the new things.

So, if you want them... just click This Link and you will be warped directly to the Snes Emus for Unix Page.

That's all for now.

Emulator News: More on Snes9x
12:01:  Just to clear up a few things that [NOAM] forgot to mention about the new release of Snes9x:

- The version that was released, 1.05, was the DOS version without the GUI.
- The source code was also released this morning, and can be downloaded from the SNES page.
- SunOS, Linux, and other versions of Snes9x were also released, and will be uploaded and updated on the SNES Unix page when Total gets off his lazy butt and does the update :)

That's all.

Emulator Release: Snes9X 1.05 Released
11:23:  Yes a new version of Snes9x has been released. Since there's been many non-public versions since last we saw (1.00a), I'll list everything that's new since then.

1.05
- The master volumn disable code was looking that the wrong variable!
- Fixed crash bug in newer sound code if a ROM tried to start a sample
playing who's data went past the end of SPC700 memory. (Cannon Fodder)
1.04
- Fixed DSP1 ROM header detection bug.
- More DSP1 work; still nothing works, although I know the multiply command
is correct because I've compared the results against a real DSP1.
1.03
- Oops, the multi-player 5 disable code change broke the multi-player 5 being the default controller.
- Implemented the colour window on the main screen - now Zelda's oval zoom window displays correctly and Krusty's Super Fun House clips the left-most 8 pixels as it does on the real SNES.
- TERRANIGMA didn't like me returning a random value when it attempted to read a channel's the current sample byte.
- Hacked in initial support for mode 7 priority-per-pixel - the priority bit doesn't actually change the priority of the pixel but the two games that I know of that use the feature look OK. (Winter Extreme Skiing and the intro of Tiny Toons Adventures).
- Colour addition/subtraction code now uses RGB565 rather than RGB555 calculations - helps a little with the loss of the bottom bit of SNES colour data.
- DSP1 emulation started - nothing works yet.
1.02
- Switched to adding back drop colour rather than fixed colour when sub-screen addition is enabled but there's nothing on the sub-screen. Uniracers seems to need it. - DISABLED it again. Causes problems for other ROMs and Uniracers itself on later screens .
- Fixed XOR window logic combination mode and area inversion code, now Uniracers works correctly.
- Oops, if colour window and half colour addition/subtraction were both switched on, area outside colour window was still being halved, it shouldn't. Hacky fix at the moment until I implement the correct fix.
- Fixed several bugs with the mosaic effect and 16x16 tiles and a few possible background scroll offset bugs and the mosaic effect.
- Optimised the sound sample generation code for cases when the SNES sample playback frequency was higher than the sound card playback rate.
- Fixed possible click sound when a sample was first started to be played.
1.01
- Corrected scanline count for PAL games - should be 312 lines verses 262 for NTSC. Was causing slow music on PAL games.
- Added error correction code to the SPC700 timer update code - the SPC700 timers are updated using the emulated h-blank handler which is called every emulated 63.6 microseconds (15.720KHz) but the SPC700 timers need to be updated at multiples of 8KHz, hence the error. Was causing music to be played slightly too fast.
- Switched back to using C SPC700 code - the old SPC700 asm code was lacking several optimisations that the C version had. It also had multiple speed hack cycle skipping bugs. Plus I hadn't even finished optimising all the code from the last time I conver ted the C compiler output.
- Optimised SPC700 memory access routines a little.
- Disabled code that prevented ROMs updating SPC700 timer values while the timer was running - it seems like it is allowed, even though docs on the 'net I've seen say its not.

Snag the new Snes9x at the Snes Page.

On a side note, the Snes9x Home page has moved to Snes9x.com. Also, the SNES Emulation Centre has moved to www.snes9x.com/sec.

7/10/98
Misc. News: Damaged Cybernetics
23:33:  It appears that the old generic message at the DC remains was changed! You can now see some information regarding what DC once was, as well as "the real truth" regarding the real truth on why the NESticle source code was stolen, straight from MindRape himself. Read it, it's quite interesting.

Emulator Release: NeoRAGE 0.01
23:24:  A new release of NeoRAGE 0.01 is upon us. This release's memory requirements are much less now. Here's the full list of new things in this Neo Geo emulator for DOS:

- Much lower memory requirements.
- Full background animations.
- Zoomed object clipping bug-fix.
- Language/System selection.
- Native Sidewinder & Gravis Gamepad Pro (not tested) support.
- Vesa bug-fix. More compatible.
- Faded scanlines. Choose between 25%, 50% and 100% (same as double). This is a very slow operation so its not recomended on slow machines.

You can download NeoRAGE 0.01 from the Neo Geo page.

Utility News: EX68Update101 Patch
17:01:  KiWi_SLT, author of the Neo*Geo Genie replacement BIOS, has written a patch that will fix a crash that accord on certain computers when running the X68000 emulator EX68. you can download the patch from the recently created Comp. Utilities section.

Emulator Release: TOSBOX 1.06
10:09:  TOSBOX, the most actively improved Atari ST emulator of recent note, has been once again updated. The changes are as follows:

- A bug affecting operation only under plain MS-DOS was fixed.
- Path handling for PC programs launched from within emulation was improved.
- An experimental feature to help with keyboard behavior for machines set up for a language other than English was added.
- Support for the hardware video address counter was improved.

You can download TOSBOX and several other good Atari ST emulators from the Atari ST emulator page.

Site News: SNES/SFC SRM archive added
00:21:  GSlice was tired of maintaining it, so I took it over for him. You can access it through the left under "SaveGame Archives," or by clicking here.

7/9/98
Emulator Release: Emmerson Arcadia 2001 Emulator
18:08:  Paul Robson has made his first official release of the first ever emulator for the Emmerson Arcadia 2001. For those of you that don't know, which included me before doing a bit of research, the EA2001 is an extremely obscure co nsole. The emulator is still in beta form, but there are a few games playable on it, so download it from the new Arcadia 2001 emulator section.

7/8/98
Emulator Release: PC Atari 2.1a
22:32:  A new version of PC Atari is now available. It's just a minor release:

- Windows 98 timing problem fixed
- Same timing problem when entering text into the filename dialogs fixed
- Screen capture code fixed
- Joust emulation fixed

You can download PC Atari 2.1a from the Atari 2600 page.

Misc. News: I'm back too..
17:19:  Not that anyone particularly cares, but I'm once again active on ZD. As most of you have probably noticed, I've taken some initiative to clean up the message boards. I'll be catching up on the utilities section tomorrow and wil l be working on several other emulation and ZD related projects as well. Wait a couple of days and if you see anything I've missed, let me know and I'll be sure to catch up on it.

Emulator Release: DOS UAE 0.7.5b
16:31:  DOS UAE, an Amiga emulator that's obviously for DOS, has been updated to version 0.7.5b. Here's what's new:

-New interface code form the original Unix UAE version
-New keyboard layout
-New DosUAE logo
-Joystick emulation bug fix.
-All unix uae075b features like all CPU's and PICASSO on a single binary, and other things, read the NEWS file...
-No more GUS code, it was to buggy and out of date.

If you have to ask where to get UAE, then you either need to A) read the FAQ or B) get a lobotomy, but I'll be nice and provide a link to the Amiga Emulators section anywayz.

7/7/98
Site News: I'm back :)
15:46:  As if anyone would care anyway, heh. Well. I'm just here to make a little update and mention that I've gotten a summer job and will work with that from 7am to 4pm (Swedish time) this whole week. After that, I'm going down to Go thenburg with mu parents and I will not have any time at all to update ZD. I will be back though, and I will make updates at least to the end of this week.
Next. I've only received ONE mail about UNIROM. Although the page has a thousand hits only ONE mail. I'm trying to put in the stuff that was proposed in that mail into UNIROM, but I'm still short on ideas! Please mail me at klass9.v@jokkmokk.se and give me feedback!

Th-th-th, that's all folks.

Frontend News: Forté 2.6x
15:39:  Forté, the SPCPlay frontend, has been updated. It was quite a while since the last update and kind of many things are new, check it out:

- Volume fade outs when a song's timer expires
- Supports most of the options in SPCPlay 0.200 fully
- It can associate itself with SPC (data) and FPL (Playlist) files so explorer recognizes it
- Changed the GUI again
- Various other little options and bug fixes
- It's kinda drawing away from a plugin now, much more like a standalone frontend.

You can download it from the SNES frontends page.

Frontend News: FrontRunner 1.1
15:37:  Frontrunner, the universal DOS-based frontend has been updated to version 1.1. Here's the news:

- Using VSync before screen redraw, for flicker free updates.
- Pressing an alphanumeric key will take you to the first menu entry that starts with that character.
- Now triming menu entries to 77 characters.

You can download it from the Universal frontends page.

Frontend News: System 16 Menu
15:35:  A new System 16 frontend debuts! This one is for Windows 95 and supports all games and most options of System 16. The homepage is in Japanese though and so is the readme so I can't really tell you either what's new or what spec ial features it has.

You can get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Frontend News: Emu(X)CC 0.31
15:32:  Here comes another multi emulator frontend knocking at your door! This one supports all versions of SNES9x, KGEN, NeoRAGE and MAME. Old ones, and ones not yet released.

You can get it from the Universal frontends page.

7/6/98
Misc. News: Emulation Camp problems
23:08:  The following post was made on ZMD:

Simplenet has suspended Emulation Camp's account citing that emulators are illegal and all that crap (which they are not of course). Please write to abuse.review@simplenet.com and tell them the truth abou t emulation. Nothing on EmuCamp is illegal; we don't have registered versions of any emulators nor any
commercial ROMs (only freeware and homebrewn). I know many of you dislike Simplenet saying its slow and unresponsive, but thats not the point. The point is that if web services continue to try to close perfectly legal emulation sites, then nothing will re main of our hobby and joy. Even if you don't like Emulation Camp as much as Zophar's or Emu News, please voice your support for not only my site, but the others like it accross the web. Thanks for all your help.

And if you want someone to blame, try this guy: Brad Gula.

- lilac

We at ZD urge you all to e-mail SimpleNet about this.

Site News: Things
15:02:  Since I am starting my new job tommorow (5 days/40 hours a week), I'll have less time to work on ZD. Therefore, my staff will be doing the updates (such as DOS/Windows emulator releases) that I normally do. So, this shouldn't r eally affect the amount of updates that are added to ZD, as long as my staff does as good a job as me :)

7/5/98
Emulator Release: TrueReality Update
16:45:  A new version of TrueReality was released a while ago... no big news tho. So, here is some of the things added:

- Changed/added some debugger functions -> TrueReality / Documentation/ Debugger
- Changed/added a lot of '#define's to make porting easier -> send email for suggestions (if you are doing/will do a port)
- Changed the configuration stuff completely. Now everything has to be configured in 'Makefile.tmpl'.
- TrueReality supports ZLIB now.
- Compressed images (by gzip & pkzip) can be used like uncompressed images. Just activate support in 'Makefile.tmpl' :)

Get this nice thing at the N64 Emulators for unix page

Emulator Release: FCE-Linux 0.1b5
16:26:  Ok... Here is another NES emulator for Linux SvgaLib, it's discontinued but since it has sound emulation and supports a fairly amount of mappers i'll put it here...
Some of the features is:

- Sound Emulation using /dev/dsp
- Mappers 1,2,3,4,7,10,16,17,24,32,65,66

If you want this... get it at the Nes Emulators for unix page.

Misc. News: Happy Birthday to [NOAM]
01:07:  Yes, my good friend Zophar made me update the news saying my birthday is today. If i didn't he would have and he prolly woulda said something dumb cuz he likes to do those things (hi zoph).

Anyhow, i'm now 16 (yay) and all that really means is now i can legally work till 4 am at work :P (it's a blast...really).

If you want to give me a present either send me money or uh....send me more money. kbye

7/4/98
Emulator Release: VGB 1.0 Linux
19:09:  Ok... when i checked all links to see if there was newer version of the emulator i noticed a BIG mistake... VGB-Linux was too old, and the newest version (1.0) was released last year... But, it's fixed now.

You can find it at the Gamboy Emulators for Unix Page.

Misc. News: TurboGrafx 16 tech info requested
07:33:  "Casper" has recently e-mailed me to inform me that he is interested on coding a free TurboGrafx 16 emulator that is up to par with Magic Engine. He has very little tech info on the system right now, and has requested that anyone who has detailed information on the TG-16 or can help him find any, to please e-mail him at cfernand@ucsd.edu. He is very serious about this project, and dedicated, so please, anyone with Tg-16 info, let him know.

Misc. News: 4th of July
07:26:  For all of us Americans, it's the 4th of July! That means, for those of us who live in places like Philadelphia, if you haven't already, head down to North Carolina to buy fireworks. Speaking of Philadelphia, one of my friends came across the '20 signs that you are from Philly'. So for people like me, who are from Philly, this should be pretty entertaining:

1 Realize that your favorite desert is wooder ice. (It comes in churry, strawburry, and other assorted flavors)
2. Find yourself using "Yo" and "Youse guys" when talking long distance to family members.
3. You know how to spell Schuylkill.
4. Think $2,500 for insurance on a '79 Toyota is a bargain.
5. Find yourself at a nice restaurant thinking, "This would only be three bucks at a truckstop."
6. Can sleep soundly through gun shots in the neighborhood.
7. Visit New York and notice how clean it is.
8. Believe that the car on your side, flashing its turn signal, wants you to close the gap with the car in front.
9. Can't eat fries without Cheeze Whiz.
10. Find street people greet you by first name.
11. Don't think WaWa sounds funny.
12. You snub a cheesesteak that isn't on an Amoroso roll.
13. Your parents, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles all live on the same block.
14. You know who Jim O'Brien is and how he died.
15. You love scrapple for breakfast.
16. You know what Jerry Pennacolli is famous for.
17. Took a vacation at the shore (and liked it).
18. You know where to find the Rocky statue.
19. Only tourists go to Geno and Pats for an authentic cheesesteak unless you are drunk and it is 3am
20. You buy soft pretzels at a traffic light.

7/3/98
Emulator Release: ColEm 1.0 Unix
21:37:  Ok.. Actually... this version was released some time ago... but i missed it =(
New in this version is:

- Standardized Z80 emulation.
- Standardized PSG emulation.
- Soundtrack saved into .SND files.
- Screen refresh done line-by-line.
- Sprites are refreshed line-by-line.
- Limit on sprites per line introduced.
- General cleanup of the source code.
- Rewritten documentation.

So.. go get this at Colecovision Emulators for unix page.

Emulator Release: WinNES 0.0.4
10:48:  A new NES emulator has surfaced. This one's for Windows95, and was coded in Delphi by an Italian programmer named Cosimo De Michele. The source code is freely available. Note that it's still very slow at the moment, with limited sound and mapper support. You can download WinNES 0.0.4 from the NES page.

Site News: Leo Ciao leaves ZD
01:57:  Leo Ciao, or more commonly known as _Rza_ to Zophar's Domain, has left the staff. He no longer has the time or ability to be on the staff, much less emulation. We will miss _Rza_, and we wish him the best of luck. _Rza_ was responsible for the entire ZD page layout.

7/2/98
Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.63
23:20:  Hi there, Hu6280, the TG16 emulator has been updated.

Here's what's new:

- Added Stereo sound if your soundcard supports it.
- Added -bigbuf for bigger audio buffer, beware tho, it tends to delay the audio.
- Fixed bug in sound, sound should now sound ALOT better...

Snag the new copy at theTG16 Page.

Utility News: I need feedback on UNIROM!
18:44:  OK, this is the deal. UNIROM is getting better by every release, script dumping has been implemented and I'm working on NES gfx editing. Now only one problem remains. I know that a lot of people don't get UNIROM to work since they're too lazy to check out unirom.ini. The program says: "File not found", so some assume that: "Hey. This sucks." and then they don't even bother to tell me about the problems. I also need suggestions for what to do in the next release! I'm no mastermind that get deviously smart ideas by the passing of seconds. Please. Mail me at klass9.v@jokkmokk.se and tell me about your problems with UNIROM, your projects started with UNIROM, questions about it and suggestions for stuff to be in the next release. Don't mail me about ROMS though, cuz I'll most likely ignore that. By the way, UNIROM was recently updated to 0.45. You might've missed it since Zophar did a really big update and pushed it really far down :).

Check out the UNIROM homepage for information and downloads.

Frontend News: Emulator Runner 3.5
18:31:  The universal frontend Emulator Runner has been updated to version 3.5! It's been a while since the last update, so let's check out what's new:
- External program execution changed a bit. Now Emulator Runner can launch unlimited number of external programs before or after the emulator. Very useful if you need more than one program to be executed (e.g. Univbe, JoyEmu, ...).
- I have added the ability to launch programs after the emulator, because I got bored of the DOS box appeared every time I used Univbe before an emulator, that was asking me to close it by using Ctrl-C. Now I just launch "univbe -u" (uninstall Univbe) after emulator termination and this DOS box never appears. About box has changed. Take a look!

You can get it from the Universal frontends page.

Utility News: Neo*Geo Genie
17:52:  This should have been posted days ago, but I was unable to do such do to the server problems we were experiencing.

KiWi / StarLight has releaed the newest version of Neo*Geo Genie, which, as the name suggests, is like a Game Genie for Neo*Geo ROMs. It's a replacement for the BIOS required by all Neo-Geo emulators and allows you to enter cheat codes that can be found b y searching the ROMs memory. It also allows you to bring up games in English, which is a big plus considering no publicly released emulators allow for this option at the present time.

Since I have no experience with Neo*Geo emulation, I suggest consulting the documentation enclosed with the program. it goes into much greater detail. You can download Neo*Geo Genie from the recently created Neo*Geo Utilities se ction.

Utility News: Massacre 0.05c
17:10:  Massacre, the only Master System graphic editor, has been rewritten in C. It's MUCH faster now, but all the options from the Q-Basic version are not yet implemented, so the newest C release and the last QB release are both avai lable for download from the Master System utilities section.

Emulator News: Zoop codes new Sega Master System emulator
14:47:  Zoop, of Emulation Camp fame, has been working on his own Sega Master System emulator in C. Named ZSms, it's not out for public release yet, but I can conform that it *is* real and will be released sometime in the future. At it's current l evel, it has good sound, a preliminary GUI, and runs most Sega Master System games at more than 100% speed on my P166. More news on this as it unfolds.

Emulator Release: No$GMB 1.6
01:25:  No$GMB 1.6 has been released, and the biggest feature in No$GMB now is the Super GameBoy support! Here's the full list of what's new:

- cool window detail added (donkey kong) (discovered by pascal felber)
- debug setup: new option "keep old keystrokes when continue" (joypad state)
- debug setup: debug setup splitted to debug / exception setup
- sgb: multiplayer control (street fighter 2, toshindn, etc) PLEASE NOTE that the default CONTROLS for PLAYER 1 are Q,A,O,P and NOT cursor keys !!! (only relevant for SGB multiplayer games)

You can download No$GMB 1.6 from the GameBoy page.

7/1/98
Site News: Save Archives updated
21:50:  The STA and ZST archives have been given minor updates. Keep them coming in.

Emulator Release: loopynes 0.5
19:33:  After over a year of inactivity, loopy has released version 0.5 of his 100% assembly coded NES emulator for DOS. Here's the new features:

- sound support (all 5 channels)
- joystick support
- major PPU rewrite
- GUI
- Mappers 7, 9 and 64

You can download loopynes 0.5 from the NES page.

Site News: Links Page Update
19:30:  Finally got the links page updated, added many sites, and re-evaluated the ranking system somewhat (still yet to overhaul it completely). I hope you'll be pleased with this update, as we've added aroun d 20 new sites to our link page, and fixed some previous errors. It would take too long to list them all here, but one site I think you should visit is called The Grey Area, which focuses on some of the greyer areas of emulation as well as news sometimes missed on the big sites (including ZD) - even the background is gray ;D.

If your site wasn't listed, it might have had a problem which forced us to not list it, or it may have just really sucked, or we might have overlooked it too. In any case, don't freak out if you're not listed.
Oh, be sure to visit
Drastic Measures when I get it up, you'll like it a lot, I guarantee it.

Frontend News: ZFront homepage has moved!
18:59:  The homepage for the ZSNES frontend ZFront has moved to http://freespace.virgin.net/cm.wright and is now a part of the SEC empire :). Also version 1.4 of online java Zelda is av ailable featuring a better map, ability to kill/hurt online friends, and better IE 3 support.

Go check them both out on http://freespace.virgin.net/cm.wright!

Frontend News: SYD 9X 1.02
18:14:  Say hello to another SNES9x frontend supporting the new DOS version! This one features all the stuff! All the command line options, cheat codes, individual configurations for each ROM. And now for a neat thing. It features some thing that SNES9x doesn't! It features the wise old wizard Syd. Have fun and try it out.

You can get it from the SNES frontends page.

Emulator Release: xNes 0.52
03:46:  Well, even though I announced xNes 0.51 an hour ago, it seems as though 0.52 was just released. So...here's what's new:

- Compiled with PGCC (for Pentium processors);
- Fixed bugs parsing command line switches;
- More video resolutions, with all modes merged to -gfx switch.

As usual, download it from the NES page.

Emulator News: MESS to support GameBoy
03:31:  MESS, the multiple console/computer emulator for DOS, Win95 and MAC will be receiving GameBoy support in the future, thanks to Hans De Goede. Read more about it from the official ME SS homepage.

Emulator Release: A800Win 2.1
03:24:  A800Win, an Atari 8 bit computer emulator for Windows95, has been updated to version 2.1. Here's the list of changes since version 2.0:

- The SIO patch option is now configurable on the fly; it doesn't reboot the machine. Besides the hardware dialog you can flip it with F11.
- Hardware dialog was reworked to display better on ModeX screens. Antic dialog is gone; its contents are on the Hardware dialog now.
- Now using better artifacting code from Perry (text mode still doesn't work)
- Volume will not be set on MMsystems that can't handle it (what's up with THAT anyway? Seems to be true for ancient SoundBlasters. Ugh). Volume slider will be disabled on these systems.
- Fixed SKSTAT handler (could cause missing keystrokes, missed reads of SHIFT)
- Any nagging sound initialization problems people were having should be fixed
- Added 48Khz sound output. Most sound cards probably don't support this; and the WaveOut functions can NOT check for this capability ahead of time, so be prepared for it to fail. It really rocks on my SoundBlaster PCI64 though; makes a huge difference fo r disk access noises and high frequency stuff.
- Joystick dialog differentiates between "none" and "keypad". Keypad can only be assigned to one port, and should always work. On 101 keyboards the arrow keys WILL work as Atari arrow keys regardless of keypad setting. I'm doing it the pristine MSoft way now; so if it still doesn't work on your keyboard, well, sue Bill Gates or something.
- Woohoo! Autoduel works! Use 130XE, SIO patch off, and you'll want to have F8 (full speed) most of the time. One of the best games ever out of Origin.
- Took out the internal Atari UI until it can be reworked. Too fugly with the first quicky attempt; and besides it doesn't do anything the Win UI doesn't.
- Joystick button 2 (if available) flips between full and regular speed (same as keyboard F8). Button 3 pauses/unpauses (keyboard F9). Button 4 flips the SIO patch (keyboard F11). Yes, I will make these configurable later on.
- Pausing the emulator now shades the screen 50%.
- Reorganized CPU code for both (slight) speed and size improvement.
- Fixed SIO bug in drive status (DCOMND 0x53).

You can download A800Win 2.1 from the Atari 8 bit page.

Emulator Release: xNes resumed, 0.51 released
02:45:  After 6 months of Nicolas Hamel's departure from xNes, it has been resumed by a new author. Not much is new in the 6 months that xNes has been dormant, however, as can be seen from the what's new list of 0.51:

- Encapsulated xnes.dat (palette)
- Added joystick support (4-buttons, player 1 only)
- The emulator doesn´t crash more when unable to initialise graphics modes
- Primitive GUI removed to be improved
- New resolutions, with auto detection improved (a bit faster)
- Some changes in the messages.

You can download xNes 0.51 from the NES page.

Emulator Release: AppleWin 1.40
02:29:  After a long inactivity period, a new release of Apple2Win, the best Apple IIc/IIe/II+ emulator for Windows is now available. Here's what's new in AppleWin 1.40:

- Added 4 Hot-Keys for you hardcore Apple-II fans -- Use PageUp & PageDown keys to select DiskImage for Disk#1 , and Home/End keys to select DiskImage for Disk#2 .It would search according to what you first select in OpenFile Dialog box. (For example ,if you choose KingQuest1.nib in the dialog box first ,when you press HotKeys later ,program will search *.nib instead of *.dsk default). Maximum scroll back limit is 100 files that I think is quite enough. I suggest you can put your favorite BIG game into one directory , and you'll know how much time you can save now :)
- Secondly ,transfering Apple-file to MSDOS-file has been implemented in this release ! It's some bug in the previous release. It's okay now in Win3.1/95 :-)
- Thirdly , I've added some useful DEBUG commands ,dig out these new commands in HELP file on your own (just press F1 key) !
- Fourthly , for Seoul AppleBoy's request ,I change the MAX image-size up to 170K , so that his Simperia Game can execute properly in AppleWin!
- Fifthly , for Captain Kirk's request ,I add a button allow users to LOCK/UNLOCK diskettes in both drives. Thus Wizardry can execute properly now :)

You can download AppleWin 1.40 from the Apple II page.

Site News: CGI status & poll results
01:22:  As of right now, everything on ZD should be working, except for the counters. PLEASE e-mail me if you find *anything* other than the counters not working correctly so that I can fix it at once. Counters will be fixed shortly.

The poll results are in! We asked you 2 weeks ago, "Would you be interested in a video game manual section?" Incredibly, 87.8% of you said yes, you'd love to see it. Only 8% said no and 4.3% didn't care. I will be talking with some people about moving the ir manual archives here.

The new poll question is, "What do you think is the best browser?" Cast your vote today!

Site News: Quote Page Update
00:46:  Yes that's right, while we were down i racked up quite a number of quotes. Take a gander at them when you get a chance.

Later.

Tha Quotes Page!