News Archive

August 1998

8/31/98
Misc. News: 3 Things

21:51: Ok let's see here I've got 3 things here:

- Updated the quotes page with 3 (wow) new quotes. (I plan to get a whole mega update done to that soon.)

- Uploaded the PSX Bios for use with PSEmu Pro. Grab it here.

- And Finally [DoOm] has written a faq to help you get PSEmu Pro to work. It's located right on over here.

Site News: Counters
21:28: We know the counters are broken. We'll be fixing them shortly. If any of you see any broken links, or anything else not working correctly, please e-mail me and let me know what doesn't work.

Emulator Release: Raine 0.14
21:22: Raine 0.14 was released while Zophar's Domain was 'down'. There's lots of new stuff in this multi arcade emulator for DOS:

- Added Following 14 games:
. Arabian Magic
. Cleopatra's Fortune
. Darius 2
. Darius Gaiden
. Dinorex
. DriftOut
. Growl
. Jigoku
. Jumping Islands
. >>>>Liquid Kids<<<<
. Superman
. Tecmo Knight
. Winter Bobble
. WWF SuperStars

- Switched to MZ80 engine by Neil Bradley (much faster)
- GUI colours and rom/ziprom/screenshot paths are now configurable in raine.cfg
- Experimental soundfx in Terra Force, Armed Formation
- Rainbow Islands (original) playable using Jumping Islands c-chip hacks
- Rainbow Islands (extra) partially-playable using Jumping Islands c-chip hacks
- Added Eagle 'smoothing engine' by Dirk Stevens
- YM2203 music in Jumping Islands (need second YM2203 for sound fx)
- Samples in WWF SuperStars
- 10 SaveSlots per game, use F3 to switch slot
- Started a simple 'Action Replay' type cheat system (no cheat finder yet)
- Added more dipswitches and also a rom version modifier for Taito roms. Among other things, you can play Puzzle Bobble 2 and Twin Qix with all new gfx using the version modifier.
- The 'brown' boxes are automatically disabled in Puzzle Bobble 2 and 3 now.
- Average FPS option (F11 twice)
- Defualt screenmode is mode-x now, because every other version of SDD seems to be buggy with Allegro! But you should switch to a vesa3/vbeaf mode if you can...

You can download Raine 0.14 from the Multi Arcade emulator page.

Site News: Some things
20:59: Hi all. Basically, the week I wanted to take the week off from Zophar's Domain happened to be the week ZD went 'down' (it never really went down, the domain name just died due to reasons I'll explain at another time).

So basically, I'm back, and we're back. I'll be doing some updates tonight so that ZD is up-to-date (not too much was released during ZD's downtime so it shouldn't take long).

We apologize for being down yet again, and in case this ever happens again in the future, keep watch on Emu News Service for the latest emulation news, and the new location of ZD ;)

Emulator Release: PSEmu Pro
18:04: WOOHOO!! Seven Months after the last release (of the DOS version) it's finally came out. This new optimized windows 95\98 version of PSEmu has dynamic recompilation, 3DFX support, Plugins, also a program for programmers to make their own Plugins.

You can download PSEmu Pro at the Playstation Page.

8/25/98
Emulator Release: WinUAE 0.8.6 Release 3
22:42: Hey there boys and girls. Looks as though WinUAE has been updated, here's what's new:

- Fixed random mounting of file-systems (-M or -m), due to uninitialized ptr.
- Fixed file-system code to handle illegal Windows file-names coming from the Amiga - they get mapped to/from valid names. This allows MUI-3.8 to install with Installer 43.3 (tested). Hopefully this fixes other Installer probs.
- Fixed file-system code to allow ACTION_SET_FILESIZE packet, for ShapeShifter usage (Create FileDisks now works).
- Sound now works in full-screen.
- Sound can be configured as either DirectSound or older waveOut-style. See the help (-h) for WinUAE. I recommend the following combination of sound and cpu-speed settings: -w -1 -S 2:s:16:22050:1
- Fixed a slow-down bug in Picasso96 regarding blitting, where the blit was being done BOTH by native x86 code and by emulated 68k code.
- Fixed the A500 vs. Turbo parameter settings (-w) to match the Linux version. This means that "-w -1" gives full use of your x86 CPU, with "-w 0" only using enough x86 CPU power to emulate an A500. These options only work right if sound is enabled (using at least -S 1). On a PentiumII-266, and using -w 0 -S 2:s:16:22050:1 your CPU usage will hover around 50%, thus allowing your PC to still be useful while emulating the Amiga.
- Included version 0.9 of uaegfx.card driver for P96. This should go in your devs:Monitors/ drawer on the Amiga. Newer P96 distributions should include this one, as well. Fixes a couple of small bugs.
- Fixed obscure bug with mounted CD-ROM drives and Audio CDs which caused a GURU. The Audio CD will now show up on the Amiga as a list of files, but the Amiga will have no way to "play" the CD.
- Fixed .adz support. Make sure gzip.exe is in your PATH somewhere.
- Fixed the help and this document regarding hard-file mounting.
- Web page updated.

Snag yourself a copy over at the Amiga Page.

Emulator Release: NESemu 0.30a
21:55: Kent Hanson released version 0.30a of his NES emulator for DOS, coded in 100% assembly. Here's what's new (lots of new mappers!):

- NESemu now loads 512-byte ROM trainers correctly
- MMC3 scanline IRQ emulated (more games work, less games are glitchy)
- MMC1 fix: VROM bankswitching corrected
- mappers added: 10,16,17,19,22,23,24,32,33,34,64,65,66,69

You can download NESemu 0.30a from the NES page.

Frontend News: NeoRFE released!
04:09: Heh, this little NeoRAGE frontend just popped up out of nowhere and doesn't seem to have a homepage. Anyways, what it does have is support for all the options of NeoRAGE 0.2 and screenshot support. Try it.

You can get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Frontend News: Arcade@Home 0.34c
04:03: Arcade@Home, the MAME frontend has been updated! This time it's added screenshot support for all the new games of the MAME 0.34 beta. Go try it out, this is a very feature-cluttered frontend.

It's availble on the Arcade frontends page.

Emulator News: NeoRAGE 0.2c correction
00:39: Not quite sure what SwampGas was thinking, but he mistakenly added NeoRAGE 0.2c to the Arcade page, instead of the Neo Geo page. It has been removed from the Arcade page, and you can now download NeoRAGE 0.2c from the Neo Geo page. Sorry for the mistake.

Misc. News: Back from RAW is WAR
00:37: Well, I've returned, and all I can say is, WOW. I have no voice left and a splitting headache but I had a great time. Going over the tape now to see if any of my signs got on the air :)

8/24/98
Misc. News: Monday Night Raw
18:30: This has nothing to do with Emulation. I will be going to Monday Night Raw here in Philly tonight. Any of you wrestling fans out there, be sure to watch, because you might see me holding up one of my many signs :)

Translation News: PasoFami(e) Release 1
15:46: PasoFami, the fairly strange NES emulator has now been 95% translated by AAGT, Action, Adventure Game Translators. This patch is for the newest release, which I think is 2.8, and it has most of it translated.

You can get it from the Translation Hacks page

Misc. News: How DOES the zapper work?
13:27: As most of you know, LoopyNES now supports the zapper...however the documentation doesn't explain how to use it, and I've already seen hundreds of "plz tell how use zap tnx." Therefore, I'll go against ZD tradition and explain it:)

If you all think back 10 years ago, you'll recall that the zapper plugged in to controller slot #2. Therefore, in LoopyNES's configuration, select controller 2 and lo and behold....there's the zapper option! It'll put cross hairs on the screen where you can aim with the mouse and shoot with the left mouse button.

Have fun and happy emulating:)

Emulator Release: New NeoRage!
12:07: NeoRage v0.2c was released earlier today! Here's whats new:

Gigapower bug fix. (Varoius old games didnt like our gigapower support).
Support for Realbout 2.

Snag it from the Multi-Arcade page!

Emulator Release: LoopyNES Now with Zapper Support!
02:53: LoopyNES v0.51 has been released! Here's whats new:

Minor 6502 fix

Minor PPU fixes

Minor sound fixes

MMC1 fixes

VS fixes

State saving

Midscreen palette changing

Long file name support

Zapper support

Go ahead and grab it from the NES page!

Translation News: PasoFami translation almost done
00:20: Well, the translation of PasoFami 2.8c by DarkMazda and DarkHack is almost done. Right now, it is about 90% completed, and a 100% done patch will be released tomorrow (most likely). Check it out at DarkMazda's Domain.

8/23/98
Site News: Links Page Update
19:11: The links page has been updated once again...only a few sites added since half of the sites I've been receiving are rejected.

Remember, if a site has changed their address or is down, let me know!

Frontend News: RaineFront 1.10
18:17: RaineFront, the Raine frontend has been updated! This new release fixes all the bugs that the previous version had, plus it now finds the zipped roms in your ZipRoms directory correctly.

You can get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Utility News: Duper 0.62
18:13: Version 0.62 of the rom header-editting and dupe-finding Duper has been released, and can be found on our general utilities page or at the Duper official page.

New in this version is:

- If you've used duper and felt it processed your files just a little bit too quickly, try duper's new zip support. With the advent of Genecyst x.xx I decided to take another stab at it, and lo, here it is, courtesy of the MAME source.
- Fixed a typo which caused an undesired feature; Genesis and 32X games were saving the international title in the slots for both international and native titles.

Emulator Release: NeoRAGE 0.2b
17:21: NeoRAGE 0.2b has just been released. This is the most complete Neo Geo emulator for DOS (and the only one still being developed). Here's what's new:

- Support for World Heroes 2 Jet.
- Art of Fighting 2 & Power Spikes 2 bug-fix.
- Div. other game related fixes.
- Sidewinder bug-fix.
- Sidewinder L & R button support.
- Gravis GPP support fixed.
- Save state-fix (make sure to wait for titlescreen in every game before loading state).
- Keyboard (UP/SHIFT) bug-fix.

You can download NeoRAGE 0.2b from the Neo Geo page.

Emulator Release: Z26 1.10
17:01: John Seigar has released version 1.10 of his Atari 2600 emulator for DOS (which happens to be my personal favorite Atari 2600 emulator). Here's what's new:

- Fixed weird missile bug in Yars' Revenge.
- Adjusted VGA synchronization for a more stable display.

You can download Z26 1.10 from the Atari 2600 page.

Emulator Release: RockNES 0.53 Release 3b released.
15:27: Once again... RockNES has been released... Personally, I would more likely enjoy a release spread out 1 week at a time... but if this is how the author whats to do it, i'm game. :D This version fixes a bug in the PPU emulation, so Ghosts 'n' Goblins works fine now.

You can download the new version of RockNES at the NES emulation page.

Emulator Release: BrMSX 1.145
15:01: A new release of BrMSX, the fastest MSX emulator available for DOS, is now available. Here's what's new in BrMSX 1.145:

- Support to PSG envelopes. This is used in a lot of games, like "Penguin Wars", "Choro-Q", "1942", "Rollerball" and others.
- Adjusted the PSG pitch (the central "A" was not on 440Hz but much higher). Since now the PSG and the SCC have the same pitch, some musics are a lot better!
- Support to 512kb cartridges ("Hydlide 3").
- Support to MegaROM Mapper #6 ("Xanadu").
- Support to MegaROM Mapper #7 ("Hydlide 2").
- Now BrMSX can autodetect the MegaROM Mapper (there's no need for "-roma" anymore).
- New option "-autofire", this is great for shoot'n'up games like "Gall Force" and "Zanac".
- New option "-autorun", similar to "-autofire" but for the "left" and "right" keys. This is great for sports games like "Hyper Sports 3".
- New option "-autospeed" to adjust the speed of the two previous options.
- Fixed a minor bug in the lower nibble of the VDP status register.
- Optimized the 1-bit PCM emulation.

You can download BrMSX 1.145 from the MSX page.

Emulator News: Namco Collection 1 & 2 emulator
13:18: Leroy Kotobuki has e-mailed ZD to let us know that he is working on a Namco Collection 1 & 2 emulator (two arcade games). He is looking for technical information on these two units, so if any of you have any information on it, please e-mail Leroy.

Namco Collection Emulator page

Emulator Release: RockNES 0.53 Release 3 (xNES) released!!!
02:48: Well, the second time today, third time this week, Shane updated his NES Emulator for DOS. Here is what's new

-Fixed a bug in the 6502 (non-decimal mode, thanks to \FireBug\)
-Some changes in the sprite/BG code, The screen is correctly centered for now. Maybe more games are working (like Power Blade 2) or with a bit less graphic glitches (like Tetris from Tengen).

You can download the new RockNES from the NES emulator page.

Translation News: Langrisser II project
02:37: warui toransu has decided to start an English translation of Langrisser II, the sequel to "Warsong" on the Genesis. No patch is available yet at this time, but I have posted a progress report on my homepage. Anyone interested in contributing with this or the Der Langrisser project is welcomed to e-mail me.

8/22/98
Site News: New poll
19:44: I have updated the poll today. Last week's question was:

Is a good GUI necessary for a good emulator?

Choice 1 was: "Yes, I don't play an emulator without a GUI."
It received 51 votes (15.4 percent).

Choice 2 was: "Yes, but I can do without one."
It received 177 votes (53.5 percent).

Choice 3 was: "Doesn't matter to me."
It received 27 votes (8.2 percent).

Choice 4 was: "No."
It received 76 votes (23 percent).

This week's question: "Are MAME betas being released too frequently?"
Cast your vote at the Poll now!

Emulator Release: XNES version 0.53r2
19:24: XNES has been updated to version 0.53r2. This is basically a bug fix. The XNES project also has been renamed to RockNES, to avoid confusion as to what OS it runs on.

You can download XNES from the NES Section.

Emulator News: Snes9x Windows beta #26 problems...
05:02: For some reason... Snes9x for windows on some computers does not work. It doesn't work because it has a pre-set resolution which is not supported on most video cards. So StarFox sent me the registry entries for snes9x, with it set at a common resolution for everyone to use. All you do is download this file, unzip it, and click twice on the snes9x.reg and it will import it into the registry. (those with windows98 will have to click yes after double clicking) Now you will be able to play with the new Snes9x for Windows Beta. Special Thanx goes to StarFox. Enjoy

You can download the registry file from Here

Emulator Release: xNes 0.53
04:31: A new release of xNes. Nothing much new in this one but bugfixes:

- Removed tons of unused variables
- Big clean of source code
- Fixed a bug in the PPU (background color, now Rockman 1 is okay);
- Frameskip range set to 0-6 (default=2)
- Fixed some bugs in the 6502 functions (Rd/Wr/loop)
- Fixed a bug in the Mapper 7 (incorrect name table)
- Fixed a bug in the Reset_Nes()
- Fixed the shutdown function (TrashMachine)
- Fixed a bit the current graphic engine
- Screen is always centered in any video mode
- You can hide the .NES extension (ex: xnes gamename OR gamename.NES)
- 5-15% more faster (really?)

You can download xNes 0.53 from the NES page.

Misc. News: Pasofami translation
02:36: In case anyone is interested, DarkMazda has done a little translation of the Pasofami emulator menus. You can view it at his homepage.

Misc. News: Birthday Alert!
01:08: Just would like to let you all know that a fellow ZD staff member, Infe, turned 20 yesterday...so let's all wish him a happy (belated) birthday!

Sing: Happy birthday to you....happy birthday to you...happy birthday dear Infe...happy birthday to you!

Emulator Release: MasterGear 1.1
00:28: *yawn* Sorry guys it looks as though most of the ZD staff fell asleep. I just got home from work so lesse what we got for you.

Marat Fayzullin has updated MasterGear to version 1.1. So far there is no demo version.

Here's what's new in the registered version:

- VPeriod/HPeriod are counted in the CPU cycles instead of CPU opcodes.
- Fixed bug preventing RainbowIslands from running.
- Fixed bug which caused trash to appear on display in GalaxyForce.
- Changed VRAM read/write code which fixed glitches in SurfingNinjas and many other games using inappropriate VRAM access modes.
- Changed -delay option so that AstroWarrior, MahJong, and several other games run without glitches.
- Changed sound chip base frequency to make it sound correctly.
- Changed keyboard assignments (see documentation).
- Unix version runs in 8bpp, 16bpp, 32bpp, and 24bpp X11 modes (24bpp not on all servers though).
- Music is saved in the MIDI format. No conversion needed.

MasterGear is shareware and can be registered through Marat's Site located Here.

8/20/98
Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.77
20:26: A new release of Hu6280 is now available. There is one change in this version:

- 2 players now supported (only if you have a sidewinder!)

You can download Hu6280 1.77 from the TurboGrafx 16 page.

Emulator Release: NESemu 0.20a
18:13: After a few months of inactivity, Kent Hanson has released version 0.20a of his 7KB NES emulator for DOS, NESemu. Here's what's new:

- Implemented mapper 8 (FFE F3xxx), mapper 11 (Color Dreams) and mapper 15 (100-in-1). (Mapper 8 support is untested)
- Fixed bug that prevented sprites from being displayed if the background was disabled (Ghosts'n'Goblins intro).
- Rewrote sprite code; sprite flipping in 8x16 mode is no longer buggy.
- Scrolling is no longer choppy in games that change HScroll value in the middle of the screen.
- Lots of code rewritten / optimized. NESemu is now much faster (This one's for you, 386 owners!)

You can download NESemu 0.20a from the NES page.

Frontend News: NeoRAGEFront 0.140
17:59: NeoRAGEFront has been updated again! This new version adds support for all options and games of NeoRAGE 0.02, zip support and almost complete game genie stuff!

You can get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Frontend News: NeoFront 0.6 for DOS and Win9x
17:57: Yes, that's right! The first to ever appear NeoRAGE frontend has been updated for NeoRAGE 0.02! Now also a Win9x version exists, making it easier for windows users to use it. The Windows version also uses DPMI, so it allows people with little memory to load bigger games.

Get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Misc. News: Change of email adress
05:47: I just wanted to say that I changed my email adress from total@hem1.passagen.se to total@tullen.nu.
That's it..

Emulator Release: PasoFami Release!
01:48: PasoFami v2.8c was released! I would love to list whats new, but all the text files remind me of the old thing called "line noise". :) If any of you can translate the jap text files, emai l your 'ole pal Swampy...

Grab the new PasoFami from the NES page.

Misc. News: 3DGaming.net article
00:21: 'Stick Figure 98' has written an article for 3Dgaming.net about emulation, called "Emulating the past". You all should read this article, because it's one of the few I've seen in a while th at really hit the nail on the head.

Emulating the past Article

8/19/98
Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.76
23:52: A new version of Hu6280 has been released, after 3 weeks (gasp!) of no releases. Here's what's new in this TurboGrafx 16 emulator for DOS:

- Added -sixbut command line option to emulate Avenue 6 button joypad.
- Added auto 6 button pad emulation on Street Fighter II, and updated keyboard controls to use 1,2,3,Q,W,E for the six buttons, also sorted sidewinder to handle the six buttons! Playing Street Fighter II with a sidewinder is now really rather sexy.

You can download Hu6280 1.76 from the TurboGrafx 16 page.

Site News: NESticle and Genecyst Shrines Updated
23:32: The NESticle and Genecyst shrines have been updated. The newest version (for both of them) is x.xx. Don't ask me 'cause I have no idea why.

Check out the NESticle Shrine and the Genecyst Shrine.

Emulator Release: NeoRAGE v0.02 released
22:44: What's new:

- Dipswitch settings
- Hotkey support
- Remappable buttons on sidewinder(untested)
- Native zip support(only 8.3 names)
- Highscore savings in all games
- Save/load state in all games (F5=SaveState)(F9=LoadState)
- Many new games supported

Download the new version at the Neo Geo emulators page. Thanks to AK for the news.

Emulator Release: QSP Also Updated!
20:06: Along with Nesticle and Genecyst, the Capcom's Q-Sound player was
updated. The new Q-sound player supports a couple more CPS2 ROM sets.

You can download the new Q-Sound player at the Multi Arcade emulator page.

Emulator Release: Snes 9x for DOS (with GUI)version 1.05 RELEASED!
19:58: While ZD was down, the Snes9x team released a new version of their SNES emulator for DOS. This version now has the same features as the NON GUI version for DOS. The only difference is this one has a GUI.

You can download SNES9x GUI for DOS at the Snes Page.

Emulator Release: New Nesticle and Genecyst
12:33: During our downtime Sardu made an unannounced release of Nesticle and Genecyst, version x.xx. He states on his download page, "You will use at your own risk"; the meaning unknown at this time. Go ahead and grab them off the NES and Genesis page! Here's a list of whats new:

Nesticle
- Fixed Sidewinder support
- Changes/improvements in sound emulation
- GrIP support has been fixed for users who own Gravis GamePad Pros
- Changes in timing (check out Magician)

Genecyst
- Sound has been totally rewritten.
- Now loads *.smd, *.bin, *.1 from ZIP files.
- Cursor changed to a standard white cursor.
- Sound rate is now changable from the GUI.
- Log WAV/YM2612 has start/stop in GUI.
- GRiP support.
- Now can dump RAM, ROM, VRAM, VSRAM, CRAM, Z80 RAM, YM regs, messages, VDP base, VDP regs, sprites from GUI.
- Sound ticker added in GUI.
- SideWinder support added
- Stereo sound support.

Thanks to Steve Sawyer for the email about Genecyst!

Site News: Down Time
12:22: On behalf of the ZD staff, I'd like to apologize to our viewers about the down time. Apparently a Mae-West upgrade went bad, causing Mae-East routers to suffer and die.

But.....we're back:)

8/17/98
Translation News: Rockman & Fort� 0.1 patch!
13:40: That's right! AAGT(Adventure, Action Game Translators) has released their first patch for the SNES game Rockman & Fort�. This patch has everything up to the first boss translated so this is a good patch to check out how the tex t will look, etc.

You can get it from the Translation Patches page.

Frontend News: NeoRAGEFront 1.3.6 Rev1
10:13: Well, heh. I HAVE skipped a few updates of this frontend since it's been updated several times over just four days. I really like it when frontends get better, but it's much more nicer to have a big news list to type in here:
- Screenshot now support mixed BMP & JPG files...
- You can choose mode between: no screenshot ,separate window with
fullsize shot, separate halfsize or in main window (reduce to 10 the gameslist).
- Preliminary support for GeoGenie codes.
- This version will only show you a remainder of the codes if you right-click the Play button.
- IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE CURRENT VERSION OF NeoRAGE HAS NOT THIS FUNCTION.
- But I'm sure it will be in the future, so I've already put some work on it to fully support this function ASAP.
- If next version of NeoRAGE still not support it, it will only be useful as a database of codes... Beter than nothing !

You can get it from the Arcade frontends page.

8/16/98
Emulator Release: MAME .34 Beta 1 Released
23:02: Today MAME .34 Beta 1 was released to the masses. Here's whats new:

Graphics
- Fixed colors in Fast Freddie (sorry... this slipped by in 0.33 final).
- In Mario Bros., the screen bounces when you hit POW. [Brad Oliver]
- Improved Slap Fight. [Christoff Feldtmann]
- Accurate colors in Money Money and Jack Rabbit. [Nicola Salmoria]
- Enemies in TNZS are now visible, using the gfx ROMs from a new set (which is not supported yet). [Chris Moore]
- Fixed sticking sprites in Pnickies and Nemo. [Paul Leaman]

Sound
- Sound in Gladiator. [Steve Ellenoff]

High Score Support:
- Pinball Action. [Dani Portillo]

Other Driver Changes:
- The original Elevator Action now works, using the 68705 mcu ROM which was missing. Since there is one additional CPU to emulate, it is slower than the bootleg version. [Nicola Salmoria]
- Replaced Front Line with the complete set containing the 68705 code. It still doesn't work though. [Nicola Salmoria]
- Replaced Golden Star with the original, encrypted set. [Mirko Buffoni]
- Improvements to the System 8 driver. [Nicola Salmoria]

Main Program:
- Fixed a bug in the NOT instruction of the 68000 core. [Mike Coates]
- You can proceed from the "press OK to continue" screen by pushing left then right. You can also immediately quit by pressing ESC. [Nicola Salmoria]

Source Code:
- Moved the Sega encryption code used by Flicky, Future Spy, and many others, to machine/segacrpt.c. [Nicola Salmoria]
- Added memory_region_length field to the RunningMachine structure. This could be useful for drivers which handle several games on similar hardware. [Nicola Salmoria]

Go ahead and grab it from the Multi Arcade Emulator page.

Site News: Updated Links Page
21:36: Once again, the Links page has been updated to include more sites, updated sites, and you may notice a few sites are now removed. A recently added site, Universal VideoGame List, received 5 stars...go check it out!

Now, a few notes abouting contacting me:

- Don't forget to give me the site in your email (yes, this has happened more than once).
- Don't bother me on IRC or any other place you happen to find me and request I add your site. I'll definately forget.
- You'll most likely NOT get a response to your emails, whether it was added or not.
- The more 'warez' looking it is, the less chance I will add it. Your site needs to be easy to navigate through, and rated PG-13 or below. Help keep the emulation scene kosher:)
- Please include a description of your site as you would like to see it on the links page. You're not guarenteed that I'll use it, but it'll give me a better feel for your site.

Happy browsing:)

Utility News: New Utility, Duper
18:10: A new Win95/98/NT ROM utility has been released. Straight from the readme, this program:

"...is a win32 universal ROM duplicate finder / header editor / etc. It currently edits most aspects of Gameboy, NES, SNES, Genesis, and Sega Master System ROMs, converts between Genesis ROM formats, and cleans dirty NES ROM headers. It can also be used to save and compare lists of ROM directories based on information from the ROMs' headers, providing an easy way to merge large collections."

It also supports N64 and 32X. Duper is available on our general utility page.

Translation News: AAGT has been formed!
17:25: A new Translating Group formed yesterday by Jason Kono(DarkMazda) and Michael Lowin(TruPlaya). It is called "AAGT" or "Action, Adventure Game Translators". This group will be translating japanese Action & Adventure gmaes that weren't released in the US. They are currently working on ROCKMAN / FORTE or Rockman 9 for the snes system.

A public beta will be released in a while, but in the meantime you can check out their homepage which is at : DarkMazda's Domain

Utility News: Added QND 0.2
15:44: From none other than TrelaneQ, comes QND .2, a NES ROM manipulator. It is up to date, sports an easy to use TUI, and can do just about anything to an NES ROM. It is really cool, and worth downloading.

You can get it from the NES Utilities Section

Emulator News: SloMo author leaves emulation
13:15: We got a letter from the author of SloMo and here's what it said:

Dear leaders of your respective sites, Due to the events of the past couple days, the bugging, nagging, and so on of people mad about PCSloMo, even despite the fact of not doing it, because I can't compile, but anyway... I have decided to part from the scene, or whatever is left of it. If you want to post a note on your site, it's your decision. Thanks for helping me out in any way you did. I have put up a small message at http://members.tripod.com/~Frodo4/leaving.html. Thanks and goodbye for now, Don Jarrett

Well, we wish you the best of luck, Don.

Emulator Release: Snes9x for Windows 1.07b26
08:25: A new beta of Snes9x for Windows was just released. It fixes some bugs that were in the b17 release and also features some new additions:

- Fixed Rom Loading Routine (now displays all roms)
- Support for 15bit modes and not-true 16bit modes
- Freezing/Unfreezing the game
- Changing of display mode works.
- Disabling Hi Res/Transparancy effects.
- Most settings are saved in the registry

Get this now at the Super Nintendo Emulators page.

Site News: Counters finally fixed, ZD back at 100% capacity
04:26: Well, today, the last of the remaining effects from when ZD was down has been cleared up. The counters now work throughout the site. As far as I know, there is nothing non-working on ZD anymore. All CGI is working, and the most recent emulators, frontends and utilities have been uploaded. If any of you find any problems with ZD, please let me know.

Utility News: Utilities pages updated.
01:09: I have freshened up the Utilities Section. I have cleaned some things up, and added some new utilities, including PSX and N64 utilities.

Utilities Section

I would also like to welcome a new Gameboy utility to Zophar's Domain: HebeGB. This is basically an overhaul of GBUPRO, a user-friendly program that can do just about everything to your Gameboy ROMs.

Gameboy Utilities

8/15/98
Emulator Release: Replay+ 1.00
21:32: A new version of Replay+ for Linux was released quite a while ago, and for some strange reason i missed it.
The new things is:

- Everything since this is the first release. However, there are quite a few new items since Replay.
- The framework has been completely rewritten in C++.
- The following CPU cores have been added:
Marat's 'C' 6502 (all platforms).
Neil's ASM 6502 (Linux).
Marcel's 'C' Z80 (all platforms).
Neil's ASM Z80 (Linux).
Kevin's 'C' 6809 (all platforms).
Patrick's ASM 6809 (Linux).
Bernd's 'C' 68000 (all platforms).
Neill's ASM 68000 (Linux).
- Cocktail mode support.
- Game Save/Load.
- Screen rotation.
- Dip Switch saving.
- Global/Local key configuration & saving.
- Global/Local joystick configuration & saving.
- 16/24 Bit Unix/X support (albeit slow at the moment).
- Joystick support in Linux.
- Movie Capture and Playback!
- Network Support!
- Perfect colours in Bump'n'Jump.
- Implemented mirror video in Burgertime (Chefs remaining now show).
- Replay+ - Developer version includes source code, and an integrated debugger.
- Supports game drivers as shared libraries in Unix. No need to link all games into the executable. Allows you to delete drivers you don't want and add drivers without recompiling the executable.
- Sound support in Linux.
- AY-3-8910 support for sound in Burgertime, Bump'N'Jump, Amidar.
- Sound support in Super Pac-Man.
- YM2203 support for future Robocop support.
- Robocop support (Pirate ROM set).
- Lock'n'Chase support.
- More, More, More...

Get this at the Arcade Emulators for Unix page.

Emulator Release: Stella 1.0b1
20:22: A new version of Stella for Unix was released a while ago, the new features in this version is this:

- Improved graphics emulation (TIA)
- Improved timer emulation (6532 PIA)
- Improved CPU emulation (6502)
- Improved Supercharger support
- Supports Robot Tank and Decathlon
- Supports Joystick, Keyboard, Booster Grip, and Indy 500 Driving controllers.

Go get this version at the Atari2600 Emulators for Unix page.

Translation News: Der Langrisser patch updated
17:07: warui toransu has given a minor update to their Der Langrisser translation. The new version is v0.13. Some translation quirks are fixed and abbreviations reorganized. Download it from my hom epage or locally at the Translations Page.

Emulator Release: Just For Fun 0.16 Released!
16:27: A new version of the Just For Fun multiple arcade emulator has been released. Getstar has been added, and bug fixes for Higemaru sound speed.

You can get Just For Fun at the Multiple Arcade emulator page.

Emulator Release: BrMSX 1.143
16:25: Yes that's right! The best MSX emulator, in my opinion, has been updated! And as usual it just keeps getting better and better. Here's the news:

- Support to PSG noise (including the undocumented behaviour of register 6 for very high frequencies). Thanks to Ulrich Doewich for a lot of discussion about the PSG.
- Support to SCC wavesamples (but only 5 bits of the original 12-bit output are emulated).
- Support to zoomed sprites (intro of "Valis", intro of "Rambo", "Ligue-se ao Expert").
- Support to 5th sprite ocultation ("Antartic Adventure", "Parodius"). This option can be disabled with the option "-allspr".
- Support to 3-channel sound through the PC Speaker (use the option "-speaker").
- Optimized the Z80 emulation (about 5% faster).
- Optimized the PSG emulation (more than 80% faster).
- Fixed two bugs in the video cache ("River Raid", "Knight Tyme").
- Fixed a MAJOR bug on MegaRAM emulation, but I think it's still not 100% (thanks to Adriano Cunha for the reporting).
- Fixed a bug in IRQ handling in mode FAST (thanks to Cyberknight for the reporting).
- Fixed some IRQ-related bugs in modes NORMAL/TURBO (intro of "Zanac").
- Lots of improvements in the debugger (thanks to Cyberknight for the suggestions).
- Now you can use the keyboard to play joystick-only games, like "Gauntlet", with the option "-fakejoy".
- Fixed some bugs in the "RESET" and "LOAD ROM" option of the GUI.
- Added a new option in the GUI: "TURN OFF". This is like a hard RESET, erasing all the RAM and VRAM contents.

You can get it from the MSX emulators page

Emulator Release: Various Snes9x Ports for Unix
14:53: Ok, while ZD was down, a few snes9x port for various Unix systems was released and i kinda missed them. So, i added them now.

Go to The Snes Emulators for Unix page to check out the new ones.

Site News: Finally! A new poll!
13:52: I finally updated that crusty old poll about the browsers.

Here are the results from the last poll:

What web browser do you feel is the best?

Choice 1 was: "Netscape Navigator (any version)"
It received 191 votes (57 percent).

Choice 2 was: "Internet Explorer (any version)"
It received 96 votes (28.7 percent).

Choice 3 was: "Opera"
It received 13 votes (3.9 percent).

Choice 4 was: "Lynx"
It received 17 votes (5.1 percent).

Choice 5 was: "Don't care, they're all the same to me"
It received 18 votes (5.4 percent).

The new question is "Is a good GUI necessary for a good emulator?"
Cast your vote now!

Emulator News: **Virus Warning** SloMo
05:33: Upon downloading Frododead's arcade emulator for Windows95, SloMo, you might have noticed something in the EXE. Something like this:

Text View: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SLOMO.EXE Col 0 84,480 Bytes9 5%
��+��+_��+_D��+_��+_+ :f'S h @ A @ 2 @ CIH v1.2 TTIT

If you haven't figured it out yet, the emulator is infected with the same virus that killed both my hard drives. Win95.CIH. I would urge ANY of you who downloaded this emulator and ran it to download a virus scanner if you don't already have one, and remo ve the virus. Or else you'll be wreaked havoc upon on the 26th of this month.

As a side note, this emulator wasn't uploaded to Zophar's Domain :) There will never be a file on my website that's infected with any virus. Part of the ZD pledge you might say.

Site News: New FAQ
02:54: I wrote a new FAQ from scratch, since Nitro's FAQ was so disgustingly old. It's quite comprehensive, in depth, and up to date, so if you've got some questions about emulation, go there.

If you have any questions or comments, mail them to my hotmail account.

Site News: Yay. Another staff member.
02:52: Hey. I'm Steve Grimmett, the new FAQ, Poll and Utilities Pages Maintainer.

Site News: New MESS page
00:32: Well, Zophar's Domain now has a section for Multi Console/Computer emulators, and the only one there is MESS. Wow does MESS support alot of systems. You can visit the new MESS page by scrolling down and looking for "Emulators : Multi Console/Computer" on the left or clicking here.

8/14/98
Translation News: Translation pages updated
21:34: The translation patches page and the translation utilities page have been updated. Go check it out!

Site News: Links Mania!
02:14: Over the course of today (well, yesterday to be exact because it's 2am), I visited and added over 15 new sites to the links page. Keep those emails coming, and may notepad.exe reign as king HTML editor for ever and ever!

Click on this long line of text to head to the Links page!

Translation News: Final Fantasy III Translation 1.0
00:45: Well, here I am, doing a translation update (which XiP should be doing). Basically, SoM2Freak, Neil Corlett and Alex W. Jackson have released their 100% complete Final Fantasy III (NES) patch! This is a must download. They reco mmend using BioNES or fwNES, as NESticle plays the game, but with bugs. You can download the Final Fantasy III translation patch from the Translation Patches page.

Misc. News: Data Recovery programs?
00:25: Well, as you all know, Win95.CIH killed my hard drives last week. While I've been trying to re-get everything I lost, there are certain things that just can't be downloaded. I have not touched one of my 2 hard drives since this happened, so I am assuming that I can recover data from it. A data recovery program called TIRAMISU showed me all the files on the drive that I lost, and even let me view them, but I couldn't recover them due to some strange error.

So basically, this is Zophar asking for some help from any of you out there that might be able to help me out here. Note that I don't want to take it to any data recovery place, or send it anywhere (cost reasons mainly). So, if you can help me out, send m e an e-mail.

Site News: Staff notes
00:19: As you may have noticed, many staff have come and gone and been switched around in the last several days. While I'm not going to explain why any of these changes took place [I'd be here all day ;)], I will paste the changes so that you send your e-mails to the right guy.

Previous Links page maintainer: Javagod / New Links maintainer: Swamp Gas
Previous Shrines maintainer: Zophar / New Shrines maintainer: XiP
Previous Translations page maintainer: rend0002 / New Translations page maintainer: XiP
Previous Utilities pages maintainer: InVerse / New Utilities pages maintainer: To be announced
Previous FAQ maintainer: Nitro / New FAQ maintainer: To be announced

Also, Nitro has rejoined ZD as an 'assistant maintainer', and Javagod as a 'freelancer', which are basically the same things. Any questions? E-mail me.

Emulator Release: MESS 0.2b4
00:13: This is just a notice to let everyone know that MESS 0.2b4, the multi console/computer emulator for DOS and other platforms, has been released. New systems emulated include the Atari 2600, the Apple II, the Atari 800 computer s eries, and the Vectrex. XiP is currently creating a page just for MESS, so in the meantime, you can download MESS 0.2b4 from the official MESS page.

8/13/98
Emulator Release: Sparcade 2.25
22:40: A new release of Sparcade has been bestowed upon us by Dave Spicer. Here's what's new in version 2.25 of this multi arcade emulator for DOS:

- Vulcan Venture sprite<->background priorities fixed
- Cured a bug in Vulcan Venture which caused noisy SB sound fx
- Terra Cresta's second fire button can now be redefined
- Terra Cresta's performance improved for slow machines
- Benchtest facility added
- Save game feature added

You can download Sparcade 2.25 from the Multi Arcade emulator page.

Site News: Updated Links Page
10:21: The Links page has been updated! Added some new sites, and today all the sites will be checked to make sure they're not broken links.

Emulator News: System 16 News
02:06: Here's some good news from the System 16 page! The Sega PCM sound chip is now emulated. That means the next release of System 16 will have full sound support for Outrun, Space Harrier, and Super Hang-on.

Site News: New Crew Member
00:44: Hey hey:) I'm Swamp Gas, the new Links page guy. Go ahead and send me a love note or something so I can feel special...and don't forget to include any sites you want to see posted. Long live Zophar's Domain!

Emulator Release: Echo 0.1a
00:38: This is the special preview edition of the Atari ST emulator "Echo". So far it only runs Oids, so don't expect an entire arsenal of games. The actual full release should be out shortly.

Snag it over at the Atari ST Emulator Page.

8/12/98
Site News: Rejoining ZD
23:40: I may have been a bit premature when I announced my departure from the Zophar's Domain staff - I have given up my position as links maintainer to SwampGas, but I will remain on staff as a freelance writer, and may write emulation articles for the site from time to time. Free time is at a premium for me, which is why I announce this, I just want to make it clear to all of you that I haven't left ZD for good.

Peace out,
JavaGod

Emulator News: Trureality/NSFE Site Move
22:07: The site for Trureality and NSFE has moved due to problems with the ISP.
The new adress is http://members.xoom.com/n64emulators.

Emulator Release: Trureality
22:04: Since i missed 2 versions while ZD was down... i'll put the things that was updated from both versions here.

Latest version

- From now on TrueReality is being developed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence.� This is had to be done because GPL free software gives the highest learning effect while protecting the author against "bad guys".

The version before the latest version.

- I changed memory.c.
- SI regs are implemented now.� Real DMA transfers are not implemented (read of SI_STATUS_REG always returns zero).
!! If someone out there knows how to do that under UNIX ... please, let me know!!

So.. goto the N64 Emus for unix page and get this nice emulator.

Emulator News: MAME to support Neo Geo?
21:55: As seen on Emu News Service, it is said from a reliable source that
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) will support Neo Geo soon. It is not confirmed yet, but hopefully it is true.

You can download the existing version of MAME from the Multiple Arcade emulator page.

Site News: Resigning post as well
18:02: Adios, amigos....

Frontend News: NeoRAGEFront 1.3.3
14:15: NeoRAGEFront has been updated! This new version adds the feature of (at last) being able to start a game by pressing enter, it now gives you information about wheter the dump is arcade or console and you can now rename a game by holding ctrl and left clicking on it.

Go get it from the Arcade frontends page.

Utility News: OpenSPC 1.0
13:20: Since InVerse is not with us anymore I'll do this update, or else my testicles will be sucked out of my nose, heh. This is a brand new program from the author of SNESSOR, the SNES Sound Ripper. This is also kind of a ripper. But in addition to being able to convert .SPC files into .IT files, usable by ModPlug, it can also play .SPC files.

Go get it from the SNES utilities page.

Frontend News: StarLaunch and Fort� URL Changes!
11:58: The URL for the Multi-Emulator frontend StarLaunch and the SPCPlay frontend Fort� has been changed! These two are being programmed by the same author, so don't get confused. As I said earlier they've changed URL, and they've moved to the same server as the ZSNES homepage, heh.

The new URL is http://www.csoft.net/cz/StarLaunch/

Emulator Release: SSEmu 0.07b
03:30: While Zophar's Domain was down, the second and final version of the Sega Saturn emulator SSEmu for Win95 was released. Here's what's new in 0.07b:

The second and (probably) last Windows release. All future versions of SSEmu will be done in DOS. More "simulated" emulation code has been included, but nothing significant. The biggest change (most noticable) is the GUI changes. DirectX support was going to be included, but I've only been able to run proprietary demos and no commercial CD's as of yet. So, unfortunately, there is still no video emulated. Another change is this version has its own installer to help prevent some of the problems people were having with 0.05. A lot of features are not available in this release due to the fact that I have been working on the first DOS release.

You can download SSEmu 0.07b from the Saturn page.

Emulator Release: DTMNT 0.48
00:44: No one ever listed what happened in DTMNT .47 so i decided you get to see both .48 and .47's new things.

Version 0.48

- The crash bug, and the debug.log bugs are fixed!
- Added support for the japanese versions.

Version 0.47

VERY IMPORTANT!!! If you have rom set 0, you will need to change dtcfg.txt to rom_set 0 for DTmnt to work now. (I think rom set 0 may be incomplete... more on this soon.)

- Added support for different rom sets - now three are supported rom_set 0 : looks like 'tmnt.d18' etc. rom_set 1+2 : looks like '963-a12' etc.
- set 0 and 1 are the four-player versions, and set 2 loads the two-player version. Note that in 2-player, you have to hit the credit button to start (credit buttons are F5 and F6 by default).
- Made made missing graphics roms non-fatal. (So if you don't have some graphics roms, DTmnt will still load, but the graphics will be scrambled or not there.)

Snag yer brandy new copy at the Single Arcade Page

Misc News: Email from Jadrax
00:24: Jadrax sent this email:

I am working on the MCBU project which is a multi-console backup unit that i am building that when I am done I will post the Plans to build it on the internet for free it currently fully supports GameBoy.

check it out at http://genx.omni-net.net/~jadrax/.

Site News: Quotes page updated (yeah really!)
00:22: Yeah, I finally got off my but and updated the quotes page believe it or not :).

Check the latest at the IRC Quote Page.

Emulator Release: Emerson Arcadia 2001 Emulator Release 1
00:16: Paul Robson, of TNES/NESA, GB97 and A26 fame, has released another version of the only emulator available for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 system. Actually, it was released last week while ZD was down, but who's counting? Here's what's new in release 1:

- semi-scanline based screen engine implemented
- accurate palette from real screen shots
- block graphic mode implemented
- console keys latched
- horizontal scrolling bits implemented
- palette switching for sprite multiplexing works properly.
- sound tuned [reasonably] accurately
- noise channel added
- all controller keys emulated
- emulation now much faster

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

Emulator News: Trureality/NSFE Site Move
22:07: The site for Trureality and NSFE has moved due to problems with the ISP.
The new adress is http://members.xoom.com/n64emulators.

Site News: Resigning post as well
18:02: Adios, amigos....

Site News: Quotes page updated (yeah really!)
00:22: Yeah, I finally got off my but and updated the quotes page believe it or not :).

Check the latest at the IRC Quote Page.

8/11/98
Emulator Release: EX68 v1.02 released
23:38: Last week, a new version of EX68, the X68000 emulator, was released. I can't tell you what's new since the documentation is in Japanese, but it seems a X68 SoundKit has been added in this release. If you wish to fill in the details of the update, please e-mail me. You may download the new version on the X68000 page.

Emulator Release: WinSTon 0.1
23:11: A new release of WinSTon, an Atari ST emulator for Windows 95, is now available. Here's the changelist:

- All new emulation code. More accurate than previous versions.
- Re-written IKBD/ACIA emulation code.
- Simple Floppy Disc Controller(FDC) emulation.
- Support for '.MSA' file format.
- DirectX support for full screen
- Full screen in all resolutions on all versions of Windows.
- Sound compatible with all Windows sound cards.
- 'Favourites' disc listing feature.
- Double-click a game to run it!

You can download WinSTon 0.1 from the Atari ST page.

Emulator Release: TheSE Updated, Discontinued
22:55: The SNES emulator named "TheSE" was discontinued as of July 31st 1998. All of us here at Zophars domain wish them the best of luck.
Although.. they have updated their emulator for the last time, and you can pick this up at the Snes emulator page.

Emulator Release: System 16 Arcade Emulator 0.79
22:39: While Zophar's Domain was down, version 0.79 of the DOS version of S16AE, an emulator for Sega 16 Arcade games, was released. Here's what was updated since 0.78:

- 5 new games: Flash Point, Aurail, Alexkidd : The Lost Stars, Major League (not playable), Fantasy Zone (Japan version).
- Quick save/load by F5/F7.
- Zipped sound samples. Place zip sample files in the zip sample directory.

You can download S16AE 0.79 DOS from the Multi Arcade emulator page.

Emulator Release: MAME32 0.33 Released!
22:24: The new version of MAME32 was just released. It is now up to date with the DOS version. This is the Windows95\98 version of MAME.

you can get it at the Multiple Arcade emulator page.

Site News: CGIs Fixed
21:48: A couple CGI programs on ZD that recently broke have been fixed. The only thing left are the counters, which will be fixed soon. If you notice anything broke beside the counters, please tell us. Thanks.

Emulator Release: WinUAE 0.8.6 Release 2
03:51: WinUAE 0.8.6 Release 2 is now available. Here's what's new:

-Synchronized with Bernd's latest source-tree
-GUI is missing (temporary)
-68020/68881 CPU type is not working yet
-8-bit display is now the default. Use -H option to specify other modes
-New -O options for Amiga and/or Picasso displays in window or full-screen
-New -w options for CPU speed settings

You can download WinUAE at the Amiga emulator page.

Emulator Release: BioNES 0.2 Released!
03:35: A new version of BioNES was released last week, and here is what's new:

-Frameskip option added (Press [F2]/[F3] to increase/decrease frameskips)
-Joypad support added (Press [F4] to enable/disable joypad reading)
-NES timing significantly improved
-Scrolling improvement
-MMC2 sprite bug fixed (Mike Tyson's Punchout works PERFECTLY)
-MMC5 custom sound channels added
-MMC5 vertical split screen mode added
-2 types of MMC5 IRQ couters supported (Metal Slader Glory works PERFECTLY)
-4th MMC5 name table emulated correctly
-VRC6 custom sound channels added
-VRC7 custom sound channels added
-Konami VRC1 bug fixed
-Mapper 78 mirroring bug fixed
-Mapper 80 mirroring bug fixed
-Realtime save/load bug fixed
-Hypershot emulation bug fixed
-Mappers 65,73,76,88 added
-Mappers 94,95,97,101 newly assigned and emulated
-Mapper 96 defined (Not emulated yet)

You can download BioNES at the NES Emulator page.

Emulator Release: MAME 0.33 Released!
03:29: MAME 0.33 was released yesturday, and many more games (like usual) have been supported, 151 new games to be exact. that makes MAME's total supported games well over 600!

You can download MAME 0.33 at the Multiple Arcade emulator page.

Emulator Release: loopyNes 0.50d
03:23: The day after ZD went down, loopyNes 0.50d was released. There's only one new thing in this minor release of loopy's fast NES emulator for DOS:

- More VS fixes.. Ice Climber works now

You can download loopyNes 0.50d from the NES page.

Emulator Release: SNESKey 1.62 and SNESKey9X Beta Three Available!
02:53: While Zophar's Domain was "offline", Benji York came out with a new version of his Keyboard emulator program... here is what's new.

SNESKey 1.62 for DOS:
-Improved Sidewinder driver
-Tweaked key press simulation
-Added arcade controller support (still no documentation)
-Sped Gravis Game Pad Pro driver up
-Updated the manual (but not as much as I would have liked)

SNESKey9X Beta Three for Win95\98:
-Added Sidewinder driver
-Added window for dot display (DrawDots option in ski file)
-Improved responsiveness
-Sped up Gravis Game Pad Pro driver

You can download Sneskey from the Joystick Emulator page.

Site News: I'm back!!!
02:12: I'm back from a wonderful 5 week holiday and ready to do updates. I am the new Assistant Emulator Pages Maintainer. So if you have any questions about Zophars domain, or any emulator, just send me an e-mail, and I will be more than happy to reply.

Site News: Howdy
01:46: Hello, I'm XiP, the new translations page and shrines maintainer at ZD. I used to maintain the arcade links page at Emunews, but it got VERY dull (considering I didn't get even ONE mail while I was doing it) so I came here. Feel free to mail me to say hi or to tell me I suck or whatever.

Emulator Release: SNEmul 0.84
01:28: While Zophar's Domain was in Hell, Archeide and v0x released version 0.84 of their DOS SNES emulator, SNEmul. Lots of new stuff in this release:

- fixed a serious bug in the SPC700(now BASTARD! works)
- fixed a bug in CPU decimal addition/substraction
- removed some bad colors which could appear in some games
- fixed a bug in port 0x4212 (Bubsy works)
- Some sprites were transparent whereas they should not(e.g. in Super Off Road)
- fixed a bug in MODE 7(Super Metroid intro)
- fixed some bugs with the CPU speed hack(Ultima 7 works again)
- fixed a bug in RAM initialization(should be filled with '0xFF')
- fixed a bug in SRAM read/write(Final Fight 3 works)
- fixed and speeded up some transparencies effects(for instance, in Zelda)
- fixed a bug in interrupts calls(decimal flag should be reset)
- fixed another bug in SPC700 and thus, removed the sound bugs in Zelda and made Seiken Dekentsu 3 works.
- now Sound_ouput = 0 disable also the SPC700(some games may need this)
- fixed a bug in HDMA/DMA
- fixed a bug with ENVX read(BomberMan 5 works again)
- fixed some bugs with ADSR/GAIN
- fixed some bugs in the MOD Ripper(especially music speed)
- speeded up some games
- some other small bugs fixed. A lot of new games work!

You can download SNEmul 0.84 from the SNES page.

Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.75GT
01:08: While ZD was down, 4 releases of Hu6280 were made available to the public. Therefore, not only will I list the 1.75GT changes, but the 1.75 and 1.74 changes as well:

- Added -v3 option to emulate handheld pc-engine !
- Found a big in timer irqs, added temporary -notiq command line option to get toyshop boyz to work... :)
- improved cpu emulation, now faster
- improved irq emulation, now faster
- fixed bug in screenshots filename shit

You can download Hu6280 1.75GT from the TurboGrafx 16 page.

Emulator Release: Stella 1.0b1
00:35: While ZD was down, a beta of Stella DOS, one of the best Atari 2600 emulators around, was released. (About 2 weeks ago actually). Since it's a beta, 0.7 is also available from the Atari 2600 page. Here's the list of changes in 1.0b1:

- Supports the following controllers: Joysticks, Paddles, Booster-Grip, Keyboard and Driving
- Supports the following bank switching methods: 2K, 3F, 4K, AR, E0, E7, F0, F4SC, F6, F8, F8SC, FASC, FE
- Properties are associated with games using their MD5 checksum calculated on the entire ROM image
- Uses the new 'stella.pro' file format for game properties
- Includes Erik's latest stella.pro properties file
- New frame rate throttle code for X windows GUI
- Based on the new and improved M6502 CPU emulation
- Improvements to TIA emulation

** Support HMOVE blanks
** Improved Cosmic Ark star field effect
** Some support for the RESPx multiple sprite trick
** Support NTSC and PAL palettes

- Improvements to PIA emulation (timing)
- Improved Supercharger emulation

You can download Stella 1.0b1 DOS from the Atari 2600 page.

8/10/98
Emulator Release: A800Win 2.3
23:54: Also released last week while ZD was on its long vacation was the Atari 8 bit computer emulator, A800Win 2.3. The changes are as extensive as they are in the DOS port, A800DOS, so read the whatsnew file inside the zip if you want to know what's new. You can download A800Win 2.3 from the Atari 8bit/5200 page.

Emulator Release: A800DOS 0.9.7
23:52: Last week, while ZD was down, A800DOS 0.9.7, an Atari 8bit computer emulator for DOS, was released. You can read the CHANGES file inside the zip to see what's new, as the changes are too extensive to list here. You can download A800DOS 0.9.7 from the Atari 8bit/5200 page.

Site News: Counters broken
23:43: Yes, I know that every counter on Zophar's Domain is currently broken. They will be fixed when Infe reinstalls them. Also, if anyone sees any problems with the sites, please let me know.

Emulator Release: Snes9x Windows 1.07b17 beta
23:36: A few days ago, while ZD was down, a beta release of Snes9x for Windows became available. Here's the current list of features for this early, unsupported beta (I left 0.24 on the SNES page since this is only a beta):

- 640x480x16Bit, Transparency & HiRES mode support
- Loading ROM files
- SRM files are loaded, if they are in the SAME directory as Snes9XW.EXE!
- Sound, this can be changed on the fly, Default 44Khz, 16Bit, Stereo
- Joypad configuration
- Auto-framerate
- No configuration setting is saved !

Future versions of Snes9x Windows will include:

- Changing of video mode, switching transparence/16bit/hires on/off
- Include support for RGB555 modes(Some 16Bit and all 15Bit GFX cards)
- Include TV mode support (already works, just isn't enabled yet)
- Freeze/Unfreeze functions
- Better looking change sound dialog
- And lots more

You can download Snes9x Windows 1.07b17 from the SNES page.

Emulator Release: DTMNT 0.46
23:06: Here's more news on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade emulator, DTMNT. Version 0.47 has a bug in it that causes it to crash, so 0.46 will remain here until the bug is fixed. Here's the list of changes in DTMNT 0.46:

- Fixed a bug which crashes it when you quit (with want_sound 0)
- channels_on didn't affect anything but now works again.
- Got rid of some dead code.

You can download DTMNT 0.46 from the Single Arcade page.

Emulator Release: PSyKe 0.15
22:06: Here's more info on the release of the newest and best PSX emulator out there, PSyKe, that was missed during the downtime of ZD. Here's the list of new things in 0.15:

- CDROM emulation (still buggy). Now some commercial games and demos are working.
- CD Audio should work.
- 3DFX Glide Driver, pratically completed, but buggy (specially in alpha blending)
- Rootcounters (needed for some games, eg. Crash Bandicoot)
- Configurable IRQ system
- Autostart CD with F1
- Some fixes in the GUI
- Alpha blending on polygons in the software driver (still buggy)

You can download PSyKe 0.15 from the PSX page.

Emulator News: PSXEmu removed
22:04: After looking over some pages here at Zophar's Domain, I removed an old Playstation 'emulator' that didn't emulate anything, called PSXEmu. Why it was there, I don't know.

Emulator Release: No$GMB 1.7!
15:08: The fastest Gameboy emulator around has been updated! The news in this new version is all-new sound routines and various bugfixes.

Go get it from the Gameboy emulators page.

Emulator Release: DTmnt v0.46 released
01:26: Dave has released v0.46 of the DTmnt emulator. Grab it at the official homepage or locally at the Arcade page.

Emulator Release: New SNES9X Ports
01:18: SNES9X has received many new ports, including the promised new Windows version.

Emulator Release: PSyKe 0.15, Voodoo2 fix
01:01: On August 3rd, Psyke, the Playstation emulator was released. On the 5th, a updated driver was released that works with Voodoo2 cards.

Translation News: Der Langrisser patch released
00:07: warui toransu has released v0.12 of the Der Langrisser English patch. It is also available locally at the Translation Patches page.

8/9/98
Site News: Zophar's Domain has returned from the grave
23:09: Well people, you waited long enough! Zophar's Domain (or maybe we should call it Nomad's Domain) has finally returned. Although I'm not going to get into the exact details of why it went down, and what happened at this time, rest assured that it shouldn't go down again...if all goes well.

This has been a really lousy week for me. It ended with my hard drives being erased by the Win95.CIH virus...ironically, I had installed Windows 98 a few days prior to that. Basically, I lost everything. The virus slipped right by Norton AntiVirus 4.0...and NO, I didn't run the MK4 trainer ;)

Well, although this has been the worst 2 weeks of my life, next to my grandparents dying last year, I'm not giving up! I once said that if ZD has to go to geocities to survive, it would! Well, thankfully, it's still here, and it's not at geocities either ;)

Give us some time to do the updates (we missed a LOT in the 2 weeks we were down), and I have to download all of ZD all over again...so we should be all set and up to date in a few days!

So what have I been doing since ZD has been down? Well, I purchased Diablo, StarCraft, and FF7 PC! If any of you are ever on Battle.net, you might just find me on there as Zophar, so feel free to challenge me. :) I also have a fulltime job now, and will be going to college in about a month, so it looks like things are coming together well.

Any questions/comments/condolences on the passing of my 2 gigs of data? Just e-mail me.

zophar@voicenet.com