Misc. News: RAPE Page Taken Down
06:34:  Judge was nice enough to send me an email he received from our old friends over at Nintendo of America:

We have learned that your web site, the "Rape - Rather a Pokemon Emulator" web site, located at www.moonlitcoalition.com/rape, is offering software which emulates Nintendo's proprietary hardware systems (commonly referred to as "emulators").
...
This letter constitutes a demand that you immediately cease offering, reproducing and distributing the emulator(s) which contributes to violation of Nintendo's intellectual property rights.

At the time of this posting, the RAPE site gives an "access forbidden" error, however the author claims that in spite of the cease and desist order, he wants to "add color gameboy support".

Emulator Release: Laser 0.2
02:56:  The Space Invaders emulator, Laser, has been updated to 0.2. Here's what's new:

Site News: Unofficial MAME32 0.36b15 with Autofire
02:51:  The Unofficial MAME32 with autofire support has been updated to version 0.36b15 and is now in sync with the main MAME release. Keep in mind that this is an unoffical release and that you should not bother the MAME authors about this one.

You can download it from the MAME page.

Site News: MAMED/MESSD 0.36b15
02:41:  MAMED and MESSD, MAME and MESS for Digita, have both been updated to version 0.36b15 and they are now in sync with the other releases.

You can download MAMED from the MAME for Digita page and MESSD from the MESS page.

Emulator Release: MESS 0.36b15
02:39:  The DOS version of MESS, a multi system emulator, was recently updated to version 0.36b15 and here's a brief list of new systems supported:

Misc. News: Another Free Gameboy Color ROM available!
01:21:  This one's called Skoardy, and it's a lot like Nibbler. It's got some good graphics, and is quite addictive. It's available on our Gameboy Free ROMs page.

• Gameboy ROMs

1/30/2000
Emulator Release: Apple II Oasis v2.3
21:17:  A new version of Apple II Oasis, an Apple II emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: Laser 0.1
21:09:  I have released my first attempt at an emulator: Lopantu's Arcade System Emulator Release 0.1.

I have plans for it to be a multiple arcade game emulator, but right now it just runs Space Invaders really slowly. It has one player joystick support, but does not have sound yet.

Get it at the Single Arcade Section.

Misc. News: WinAMP Skin added
20:55:  A new WinAMP skin was added to the WinAMP page. Here's what was added:

Misc. News: First look at Final Fantasy IX, X, XI
19:59:  Yesterday, I posted news about 3 new Final Fantasy games and now Final Fantasy Online gives us a glimpse of the 3 new games. They offer screenshots of the games and they look amazing. Have a look for yourself by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: DGen 1.21
13:02:  DGen, a SEGA Genesis emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 1.21. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: New Gameboy Color Free ROM available!
02:15:  Mikael Andersson e-mailed me about his new Gameboy Color release, Iron Hike. It's a pretty fun side scroller, go to the Gameboy Free ROMs section to download it!

• Mikael Andersson's Webpage
• Gameboy ROMs

1/29/2000
Emulator Release: Magic Engine Final For Macintosh
21:34:  The Final version of Magic Engine for the Macintosh has been released. It is now up to date with the DOS version.

Get it at the TurboGrafx-16 for Macintosh section.

Media News: Final Fantasy anyone?
21:07:  According to RPGamer, there are 3 new Final Fantasy games in the works to add to the already huge saga. The first two will be Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy X which will not be online, but Final Fantasy XI will be online.

Here's a section of the article:

The games being referred to are Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, and Final Fantasy XI. Yes, you read that correctly. They have announced not only that these games are in development, but that at least Final Fantasy IX and X will be out before the end of next Summer in Japan. It's possible, although unlikely, that the world might have THREE more Final Fantasy games before another new Star Wars movie comes out.


You can check out the article by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: Emu DX v1.0
15:45:  A new version of Emu DX, a multi-arcade emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

1/28/2000
Misc. News: New UltraHLE Soon?
19:37:  We can only hope! According to a post on the official UltraHLE wwwboard:

Guys and Gals,

Many people have assumed that the next version of UltraHLE was going to be released today. I had hoped to get it released today but time, and too many hours coding over the last few days, just beat me. It will be out soon tho so just keep the faith :)

RM

Please, do NOT email RealityMan about this.

Emulator Release: Hu6280 DX v1.41 beta released
09:05:  Hu6280 DX, a TurboGrafx 16 emulator for Win9x, has been updated to version 1.41. Here is what's new:

Misc. News: UltraHLE turns 1 year old!
05:56:  It was one year ago today when UltraHLE, an N64 emulator, took the emulation scene by storm! It was the first near perfect emulator for the N64 gaming system and remains to be a favourite among N64 emulation enthusiasts today. Here's what RealityMan had to say on the Official site:


Well, UltraHLE turns 1 year old today, its now midnight GMT on the 28th, and I would like to extend a big thankyou to all who have supported the project. Without your enthusiasm it would never have become as popular as it did. MANY MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL !!!!!

RealityMan


Happy birthday, UltraHLE!

Site News: What was new in V98 and T98
02:03:  Thanks to Omoto Takashi we now have the translation of what was new in the two PC98 emulators V98 0.28 and T98 0.23c!

V98 0.28:

Utility Release: NesToy v2.82
01:39:  A new version of NesToy, an NES utility, has been released. Here's what's new:

Site News: BeGameboy 0.63 Released!
01:12:  It has been awhile since the last update, at least as far as the development of this emulator goes. Perhaps the recent announcements made by Be had a little to do with it, as that very same fiasco seems to have shaken quite a few developers. This update was still brief. From the notes:

"The Joystick support is now working!"

You may find BeGameboy and other great emulators on our BeOS Console Page.

Translation News: Various Old Translations Update
00:45:  2 FAM Translations:

1/27/2000
Emulator Release: MAME32 0.36 beta 15 released
21:06:  MAME32, the Win9x version of the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator, has been updated to version 0.36b15, to correspond with it's DOS counterpart.

You can download MAME32, as well as it's source code from our MAME area.

Misc. News: Emulation Status Raine Page
19:21:  Warlock (emustat@yahoo.com) of Emulation Status has compiled a Raine Work In Progress page. The site hosts a preliminary report on the 53 WIP games that were enabled in Raine v0.28f. The site has screenshots of the games, where availabe, descriptions of the games, and how far along the game was to being completely emulated. This is definitely worth a look. Please note that the site is not an official Raine WIP page.

Emulation Status Raine Page

Thanks to ThumB for the news.

Misc. News: Final Fantasy VIII for PC released
19:12:  It appears that the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII has already hit the shelves in some stores across the world (though not at the store I work at yet). So, all you die hard Sqauresoft fans rush to the stores and grab your copy now!

Thank to J. David Pohle for letting us know.

Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 9
16:18:  A new version of NESten, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: Discontinued emulators technical questions
15:24:  As I'm sure you know by now, Raine is no longer being worked on and therefore the authors can't provide technical support for their emulators. However, this brings up another important point.

If the emulator is no longer being worked on or the project is abandoned, then writing the authors or affiliates of the emulator asking how to fix this in *insert emulator here* won't do you any good. Usually when a project goes unfinished or is discontinued, the authors and affiliates want nothing more to do with their emulators. So, asking ][ellbent of BloodLust Software about how to make NESticle or Genecyst work won't do you any good since he didn't code the emulators. So, do some research on the emulator you're using and find out if it is still an on-going project or if the creators have ditched the entire thing. It would help them out a lot if they didn't get 8273563 emails a day.

Thanks.

Overclocked Update: OverClocked: #76 - "Just Press the Buttons"
03:32:  A new episode of OverClocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been bestowed upon us. In this episode, Pretzel convinces Green to try a game, but Green at first is reluctant to try because he doesn't see the point.

Press some buttons of your own by visiting the following link:

Emulator News: Crash bug in Bleem! 1.5
00:21:  It has been reported on the Bleem! official website that if you were previously running a 1.4x version of Bleem! with the sound set at 8000hz, that when you upgrade to version 1.5, Bleem will crash. Re-downloading an older version and changing the sound settings to anything other than 8000hz will remedy the problem.

• Bleem! Official Website

1/26/2000
Emulator Release: DGen Windows v1.20
23:59:  As the title already mentioned, Dave has released a new version of the Windows version of his Genesis emulator. Here's what's new in Version 1.20:

• Fullscreen mode now works with high resolution graphics cards that don't support 320x240x16.
• Triple buffering in fullscreen modes (disabled by default - select Graphics/Triple Buffering to enable it).
• Fixed a DMA bug (fixes EA intro a bit)
• Thinner mode now scales to the whole screen if Any Size is enabled. (e.g. Golden Axe front end, TMNT, SF2)
• Made Any Size the default
• No interpolation/bilinear filtering/Direct3D/Glide/3dFX support yet. Don't e-mail about this, I know you want it.
• There are still bugs in the jumping on Altered Beast, Alex Kidd, Rolling Thunder 2, and Eternal Champions. Another misemulation affects Columns's score.
• Speed is still bad. I know this because I myself don't have a fast computer.

Misc. News: NeoGeo Cartridge Scans available
23:17:  A site called [k.o.f. perfect] has added a nearly complete collection of cartridge scans. They have over 30 megs of images, so if you like cartridge scans, check out their site!

• [k.o.f. perfect] Website

Utility Release: RomCenter 1.80
23:11:  For some reason, RomCenter 1.70 was up on the General utilities page for the last month since Bnu's update. The new version is now up.

You can download the new version at the General utilities page.

Overclocked Update: Overclocked : #75 Snow???
22:09:  Another issue of Overclocked has been released. This one talks about how some people live on their computers, never going outside. It is also in relation to the dump of snow in the northeastern. I know a couple people who are like Pretzel.

Overclocked : #75 Snow???

Utility Release: GoodCGB 0.94
21:40:  A new version of GoodCGB, a Color Gameboy ROM renaming utility, has been released. Here is what's new:

Utility Release: GoodGB 0.30
21:39:  A new version of GoodGB, a Gameboy ROM renaming utility, has been released. Here is what's new:

Utility Release: FF3 Save State editor
21:20:  The DOS version of a Final Fantasy 3 (6JAP) save state editor has been released. Basically the same as its windows version, but there are less problems with saving.

You can download it at the Cheat utilities page.

Utility Release: FF 2 & 3 cheat utility source codes
21:11:  The author of two NES Final Fantasy cheat editors has released his source codes for the public.

You can download the BASIC source codes at the Cheat utilities page.

Utility Release: Che's FF3 cheat 1.01
21:09:  A new version of Che's Final Fantasy III cheat utility for Windows has been released. Here is what's new:

Utility Release: BGMapper 1.72
20:58:  A new version of a great background mapper has been released. Here is a list of what's new:

Utility Release: Tile View .171
20:56:  A new version of a great ZSNES save state utility has been released. Tile View lets you view the tiles in the save states (*.zs*) of any SNES game. Here is what's new:

Utility Release: SPC Tool 0.5
20:37:  A great new SPC utility has been released. SPC Tool lets you edit the ID666 tag, dump to wave files, AND midi files! This is a first for (released) SPC utilities\players. :) The SPC core within SPC Tool is even better than the ZSNES core. Check it out.

You can download it at the SPC Players\utilities page.

Utility Release: SPC Header Editor
20:34:  A new SPC utility has been released. This SPC Header Editor enables you to edit your SPC tag's, without having to open up a HEX editor, ZD-spc, or that DOS utility included with SPCAmp. Check it out.

You can download it at the SPC Players\utilities page.

Utility Release: SPC Edit .12
20:32:  A new version of SPC edit has been released. Here is what's new:

Site News: ZX 0.51b
07:18:  A new beta version of ZX, a Sinclair Spectrum emulator, has been released. There seem to be no changes done to the emulator itself, but the system ROM image is updated.

You can download it from the Sinclair computer emulators page.

Emulator Release: X-Tender 2 beta 8
07:12:  Another public beta of X-Tender 2, a Sinclair QL emulator, has been released and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: X128 0.93
07:08:  X128, a Sinclair Spectrum emulator, has been updated to version 0.93, and here's what's new:

Site News: V98 0.28!
05:59:  V98, another PC98 emulator for Windows that utilises MMX, has been updated to version 0.28. We have no idea what's new, since the what's new list is in Japanese, if you care to translate it, it would be appreciated.

You can download it from the PC98 emulators page.

Site News: T98 0.23!
05:54:  T98, a PC98 emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.23. We have no idea what's new, since the what's new list is in Japanese, if you care to translate it, it would be appreciated.

Anyway, you can download it from the PC98 emulators page.

Site News: Speccyal 0.70
05:47:  Speccyal, a Sinclair Spectrum emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.70 and here's what's new:

Site News: Q-emuLator 2.0.1
05:41:  Q-emuLator, a shareware Sinclair QL emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 2.0.1, and here's what's new:

Site News: M88 2.15
05:35:  M88, a PC-8801 emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 2.15. We have no idea what's new, since the what's new list is in Japanese, if you care to translate it, it would be appreciated.

You can download it from the PC-8801 emulators page.

Site News: AX68k r000103
05:29:  AX68k, an upcoming X6800 emulator by the A-Saturn team, has been updated to version r000103. I can't seem to find what's new, but unfortunately the project has gone into hibernation while they're working on the Azuco Saturn Library.

You can download it from the X68000 emulators page.

Site News: Ami99 1.0 updated
05:24:  Ami99, the only TI-99 emulator the seems to currently be in active development, has been updated. Only a small update, but it might be worth downloading it anyway. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Emu+ 0.36 beta 13
05:20:  Emu+, a version of DOS MAME with additional features such as autofire and emulated processor over/underclocking, has beta 13 released quite a while ago, and it has now been added to the MAME page. This version of MAME also support s a few games that the regular MAME doesn't, such as Pnickies (US) and more.

You can download it from the MAME page.

Media News: Sierra's Half-Life banned in Singapore
03:48:  Gamespot reports that the Singapore Board of Censorships and the Ministry of Arts have deemed that the PC 3d Shooter, Half-Life and it's many modifications contain too much violence, despite the parental lockout features, and is banned for sale. A local w ebsite has started a petition to save the legal sale of this popular game. If there are any readers who are from Singapore who would like to visit the petition, Gamespot has a link to it.

• Gamespot
• Article on Gamespot

Misc. News: Marble Madness Remake "Crazy Marbles" updated
03:18:  There has been a remake of the classic game "Marble Madness". I believe the creator, Michael Boyko said:

I just wanted to let you know that I have just updated my 3D remake of the Atari arcade classic Marble Madness. "Crazy Marbles" includes support for Glide and now for OpenGL as well. Now virtually anyone with a card supporting OpenGL can play the ga
me. Other minor improvements and bugfixes have also been made.

He invites people to download the demo, which I have linked to below. The full version costs $9.95.

• Crazy marbles Demo
• The official Crazy Marbles page

Media News: PC Computing Magazine on current/future consoles
02:48:  PC Computing Magazine has recently done an article about current/future gaming consoles. The article covers Sony Playstation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Microsoft's X-BOX, and the Nintendo Dolphin. It's a very interesting article, so if you're a next-gen gaming fanatic, then you're going to want to check out this article.

You can check out both pages of the article by visiting the following link:

These graphics are large in size and resolution. Be aware of this if you are on a lower bandwidth connection.

Site News: Enter: The Eagle
02:46:  Ladies and gentleman, in this corner, 6'2 weighing in at 260 lbs, He is... Shade...EAGLE!!!!

(crowd cheers)

Thank you all for that wonderful applause. Name's Chris Comstock, but you can call me Shade Eagle. I am now the Free ROMs maintainer as well as the guy who's going to make an all-new version of the Zophar's Domain FAQ. The old FAQ is quite old and outdate d, so I'm here to make a new one.

You can contact me easily through e-mail, at this address. If you want to send me a file, notify me first and we'll discuss how you'll send it to me.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

1/25/2000
Emulator News: More Nemu64 screen shots!
22:37:  Zach` has uploaded new screen shots of the next release of Nemu64. There are some shots from Super Smash Bros. along with them! They look great, check them out.

Nemu64 screen shots.

Emulator Release: CCS64 v2.0 Beta - DOS & Win9x
22:10:  A new version of CCS64, a Commodore 64 emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: Snes9x v1.29 - French Version
21:48:  Top50 has released an update to his translation to French of Snes9x v1.29. It has bug fixes and is currently up to date with the current English version.

You can download this version by heading on over to the SNES Emulators page.

Thanks to Top50 for his translation and submission.

Misc. News: Yet another AIM security issue
17:07:  Now, it seems that every time something such as a security hole in AIM or anything else quite that popular comes up, it causes a huge uproar. Guess what? It's time for another huge uproar.

The lastest hole allows people signing up for AOL 5.0 to steal AIM screen names via a hole in the AOL signup process. Using this, anyone with an AIM account can be locked out of it, and thus their screen name is stolen.

You can read all about it at C|Net.

Thanks to Mike (who told me the news via AIM) for the news.

Emulator Release: Pasofami 1.3m
17:07:  A new version of Pasofami, a NES emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

NSF File player
NSF Creater
Network Play (maybe)
Something to do with macros (cant read the kanji)
Midi sound
English version

Seems like even Japanese people like NSF now. You can download it from the NES emulators page. Thanks to Sakuro Kaori for the news!

Emulator Release: AMAME & PMAME 0.36 beta 15
10:55:  AMAME and PMAME, AMD and Ptenium optimized versions of MAME, have been updated to version 0.36 beta 15 and are now caught up with the official version of MAME. You can get them at the MAME page.

Site News: Anex86 2.10
07:24:  Anex86, the best PC98 emulator available right now, has been updated to version 2.10. I don't know what's new, but I assume that it has only gotten better. This emulator runs a bit slow in Windows 95/98, but it gets a real speed boost if you run it in Win dows 2000.

You can download it from the PC98 emulators page.

Emulator Release: DarcNES 1.00 for Windows!
07:22:  [Vector] has done something really nice: Ported DarcNES, a multi system emulator formerly mostly for DOS and Linux/X11 to Windows! This version is based on the dn9a0115 version, so it uses the most recent version of the source code. It works in Windows 20 00 too, I tried it, hehe.

You can download it from the DarcNES page.

Misc. News: Overclocked: #74 - Overhacked
06:53:  A new episode of Overclocked, a comic geared. . .you the the picture, has been released. In this episode, Green and Pretzel experience some technical problems due to someone "hacking" them. It's rather amusing to say the least.

Check out this episode by visiting the following link:

Overclocked: #74 - "Overhacked"

1/24/2000
Emulator Release: A Lost Mac Plus Emu
21:33:  This emulator wasn't just released, however not many people know about it or have tried it. It is called WORM, and it emulates the Mac Plus, just like vMac, only it does a better job. From the E-Mac ulation site:

It was created by the author of Gemulator to "show the vMac team that their emulator is very slow." Downside? No sound, never updated (now that the point is proven) and a command line interface (DOS window). If you are a vMac user I would defineatly re command this emulator... at least to try out. It Uses the same ROM and hardfile as vMac.

It has been added to our Mac page. Thanks to Joe Bucci for the info, and E-Maculation for details on the emulator.

Emulator Release: Famtasia
21:15:  A new version of Famtasia was released today. Famtasia Famtasia 5.1B1 is a Windows NES emulator that plays *.FAM and *.FDS ROM formats as well as *.NES. Formerly known as Famicom, I believe this was the first NES emulator with light gun support. The en glish mirror has not been updated yet, just the japanese beta testing page. The file is 188K, and can be found at our NES page.

Thanks to Destination Emulation for the news.

Translation News: Thingy32
19:11:  A new version of the win32 port of thingy has been released, with extensive bug fixes, however the author says this may be the last release for a while to come.

Download it from the Translation Utility page.

Misc. News: Yousei Updates Page...
19:08:  Yousei, creator of the first complete visual Final Fantasy 3/6j editor has updated his webpage with extensive new screenshots of the program.

Yousei's Homepage

Translation News: Monkey Zelda
19:03:  A new hack by ChiefMonkey which changes the map, and Link into a monkey. Sounds like fun :)

Download it from the Hacks page.

Technical Docs News: Romhacking Doc Added
19:00:  A new romacking doc for Nesticle has been added, it goes through easy procedures of sprite hacking using nesticle.

Download it from the Romhacking Docs page.

Translation News: Gaijin Productions Strikes Again!
00:13:  Just days after the Musashi translation is completed, recluse finishes Do-Re-Mi Fantasy: Milon's Quest! I personally beta tested this game a while back, and it has a very clean and complete translation. The game itself is a fun cartoon platform sidescroll er, with an exciting plotline.



Download the complete translation from the Translations page.

Thanks to Jason and Zyrxil for the news.

Utility Release: NesToy v2.81
00:01:  A new version of NesToy, an NES utility, has been released. Here's what's new:

1/23/2000
Emulator News: Raine discontinued
23:02:  A sad day for the emulation scene as a well-known multi-arcade emulator, Raine, closes its cyber doors for good. The news has upset a lot of us in the scene but we can only wish the authors good luck and best wishes for the future. Have a great one guys! Thank you for letting us play with your creation.

Misc. News: Emulation Camp - "Campers"
22:57:  A comic geared towards emulation events, Camper, has been released. This comic is done by lilac and is Emulation Camp's official site comic.

You can check it out by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 8
22:51:  A new version of NESten, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: Snes9x 1.29 for Windows
20:50:  Yet another new version of Snes9x for Windows has been released, and here's what's new:

Translation News: satsu Releases Patches!
20:39:  satsu has release 2 patches:

Emulator Release: Generator 0.11
17:38:  Generator, a SEGA Genesis emulator for Unix/X11, has been updated to version 0.11, and here's what's new:

Misc. News: Raine discontinued?
17:22:  As I'm sure most of you have heard and read on several WWW boards and on several websites, the multi-arcade emulator Raine, is more than likely going to be discontinued. This is an upset to a lot of people that I've spoken to on IRC about this issue. ZD doesn't know the complete details, yet. I, for one, was upset over this as this emulator is a great one. Lets hope that its not true and if it is, then I would like to wish the author(s) well in their future plans.

Misc. News: MAMEZine - #2
17:18:  MAMEZine, an e-zine dedicated to arcade emulation, has been released. The e-zine will cover the following:

Emulator Release: Hu6280 1.4
14:29:  A new version of Hu6280 has been released, and here's what's new:

Misc. News: Overclocked #73 "The Cow Explanation"
14:12:  Overclocked has released a new comic that talks about 2 recent events on the websites of popular emulators. First, the IMPACT site is gone. Next, the PSEmu Pro site has been taken down and been replaced by a picture of the flying cow scene from "Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail" and the cryptic phrase "The chase is better than the catch". Visit Overclocked and find out the REAL reason behind these events. =)

Emulator Release: Raine v0.28f
09:51:  Very interesting things are happening lately in the emulation scene. A new version of Raine, a multi-arcade emulator, has been released again! There's no what's new documentation with this release, only this message the Raine Official page:

Gotta go now! *waves*

NOTE: The above link may or may not expire.

Hmmm, wonder what that could mean?

Anyway, pick up the new version over at the Multi-Arcade Emulators page.

Emulator Release: DarcNES dn9a0115
07:21:  A new version of DarcNES, a multi system emulator that emulates NES, PCE, SMS, Apple II, Colecovision and more, has been updated to version dn91015 and here's what's new:

Site News: Hu-Go! 1.08b
07:09:  Both the DOS and Linux port of the TG-16 emulator Hu-Go! have been updated to version 1.08b, and here's what's new in this version:

Emulator Release: Snes9x FR v1.28
02:31:  Top50 has released an update to the French version of Snes9x. Here's a list of what's new:

Frontend News: Good*** Frontender v0.5
02:16:  A new version of Good*** Frontender, a frontend for all ROM renaming utilities Good***, has been released. This version now has support for the following file extensions:

Emulator Release: Meka v0.40
01:58:  A new version of Meka, an SMS and GameGear Emulator, has been released. The list of what's new is rather large and would consume this entire page, so I've formated it in raw text. You can read what's new and download the new version by visiting the following links:

Misc. News: Overclocked: #72 - OverRocked, BC #2
01:33:  A new episode of OverClocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. In this episode, Green and Pretzel go back in time and demonstrate just how valuable it REALLY is to read the dreaded readme.txt documentation.

You can check out this issue by visiting the following link:

Overclocked: #72 - OverRocked, BC #2

Also, check out the OverClocked issue of the Newsletter and the interview of OverClocked, Green, and Pretzel by going on over to the Newsletter page.

Emulator Release: NLMSX v0.21 Beta 4
01:24:  A new version of NLMSX, an MSX emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: Raine v0.28a
01:06:  A new version of Raine, a multi-arcade emulator, has been released! Here's a list of the new ROM sets that it now supports:

1/22/2000
Utility Release: Che's Final Fantasy III editor for Windows
22:22:  Che has released a new save state editor for Windows. This editor is for Final Fantasy III and lets you change character stats, money, commands, and more. Check it out.

You can download it at the Cheat utilities.

Utility Release: Final Fantasy 6 (3US) SRAM editor beta 4
22:07:  Yet another Final Fantasy 3 editor has been released for DOS. This utility lets you edit your SRAM's instead of your save states enabling you to use them on your backup units.

You can download it at the Cheat utilities page.

Thanks go out to Eric for the e-mail.

Utility Release: Final Fantasy 4 (2US) SRAM editor beta 3
22:07:  Yet another Final Fantasy 2 editor has been released for DOS. This utility lets you edit your SRAM's instead of your save states enabling you to use them on your backup units.

You can download it at the Cheat utilities page.

Thanks go out to Eric for the e-mail.

Utility Release: Final Fantasy 1 save state editor
22:06:  A Final Fantasy 1 save state editor has been released for DOS. This utility was written in Visual Basic, and requires the runtime files.

You can download it at the Cheat utilities page.

Thanks go out to Eric for the e-mail.

Translation News: Musashi Completed!
16:53:  Gaijin Productions has released their full english patch of Musashi for NES. Although the patch is only 0.98, the game is fully translated and playable, however there may be bugs.



Get it off the Translations page.

Thanks to Zyrxil for the news.

1/21/2000
Emulator Release: MAME 0.36 beta 15
18:08:  A new version of MAME has been released. It supports these new games:

Misc. News: NogginKnockersX updated
15:19:  A new version of NogginKnockersX: The Duel, a game by Bloodlust Software, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Utility News: ClrMamePro v1.0
03:58:  A new version of ClrMamePro, a MAME utility that manages ROMs, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: NLMSX v0.21 Beta3
02:15:  A new version of NLMSX, an MSX emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: PacMAME
01:54:  A new version of PacMAME, a MAME version designed for Pac-Man games only, has been released. Here's a list of games it now supports:

Misc. News: Newsletter Volume 1 Issue #7
00:10:  The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived! That's right! Your 7th newsletter has been delivered right to your browser. I would like to apologize for not releasing it yesterday, but time got tight. Anyway, theres a lot I have in store for you in this newsletter edition because its a VERY unique edition. I've brought back the ever-popular "Viewers Choice" where you, our visitors, can send in quesitons about emulation and I will try my best to come up with a good response with your question. My newsletter staff and I have been working hard on this issue and now its finally released.

Here's a list of the features:

1/20/2000
Site News: Save & Music archives updated
23:24:  Save archives updated: STA, SRM, CHT, ZMV, ZST archives.
Game music archives updated: GYM, SPC archives.

Emulator Release: Sweet16 1.3.2 Released!
20:59:  Another bugfix release of Sweet16, the AppleIIgs emulator for BeOS has appeared. From the notes:

"Fixes more bugs, including a serious bug accidentally created in version 1.3.1. Fixes a number of bugs:
- A bug introduced in 1.3.1 that caused all disk images to be treated as 5.25" disks is fixed.
- HGR graphics now work right n x86.
- Low-level mouse support works
- A few rare crashing bugs are fixed.
- The Mount Physical Disks window looks a little better now."

You may get Sweet16 on our BeOS Computer emulation page.

Emulator Release: Whoops... DGen v1.19a released
20:15:  Aparently the recently released zip file of DGen v1.19 was corrupt. The author has re-uploaded the file, and has updated it to version 1.19a because of the minor slip up.

You can also grab it in the Genesis Emulators section.

Emulator Release: DOS SoftVMS 1.7
15:22:  The DOS port of SoftVMS is now in sync with the Amiga/Linux version. Here's what's new:

Emulator News: Impact plugins galore!
07:45:  We've been receiving a lot of e-mails lately regarding plugins for Impact, a next-generation arcade machine emulator. For all of those looking for a wealth of plugins, look no furthur. EmuHQ.com has a nice archive of them up right now for your downloading pleasure.

Thanks to Gaijin for the tip.

Interview News: Jandaman of Ultrahle.com
07:42:  Jandaman (the webmaster of ultrahle.com) has been interviewed by Vivek of Emu Rush. The interview explores some of Jandaman's opinions on emulation, especially next-generation emulation.

Thanks to Sentate for the news.

Misc. News: New Arcade Flyer Archive pack
07:38:  The Arcade Flyer Archive has posted a new version of their mame flyer release. It contains 20 new images and 9 replacements which brings the archive to a grand total of 958.

Thanks to Gerard for the news.

Emulator Release: DGen 1.19
07:32:  Dave (of DTMNT and DGen fame) has released version 1.19 of his excellent Sega Genesis emulator for Windows9x, DGen. Here's what's new in this build:

Misc. News: Overclocked: #71 - Doin' the Dance
07:20:  A new episode of Overclocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released.

You can read this episode by visiting the following link:

Misc. News: uzplayer turns 22!
00:09:  I would like to wish uzplayer of Emulation Camp a happy birthday today. He was in Zophar's Domains Underworld yesterday.

Have a great one, dude!

1/19/2000
Translation News: Suicidal Translations Gets An Overhaul
20:21:  The Suicidal Translations website has been updated with news of new members and new projects for the new year!

Suicidal Translations

Misc. News: Selling Emulators and ROMsUpdate :( - Update
19:46:  The site that had the illegal CD's have taken off all the pages containing the order forms for the CD's they were selling. Here is a snip of the e-mail InVerse received:

We do not sell illegal Roms; we placed the advert on there when we were offered some supposedly legal CDs. As we have heard these are not legal and have thus removed all the pages. None were sold and we are writing to the supplier to complain ourselves.

So you can stop flaming them now. :)

Thanks go out to InVerse for the message.

Misc. News: Overclocked: #70 - Match of the Millenium
15:16:  A new episode of Overclocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. In this episode, Pretzel and Green attempt to sort out the differences on SNK vs. Capcom in a friendly manner.

You can read this episode by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: BeGameboy 0.62 Released!
15:00:  Let's cut to the chase, so to speak. Directly from the Release Notes:

"This version implements a basic 4 buttons joystick handler. I did not test it myself, because i don't own one. Tell me if it works. I have also implemented full multithreading. Now, the cpu thread will not eat all your cpu's time. The option "realtime" features realtime gameboy emulation. However, if you find it too slow, just uncheck the realtime option."

Also new, is the BeGameboy Homepage. You may also find BeGameboy on our own BeOS Console page. Wonderful work.

Misc. News: BeOS R5. Soon, and Free.
14:46:  This is actually a day late, but there was a little breakdown in communication.

BeOS, the operating system I try and maintain here on ZD, has had some rather interesting things happen to it. Namely, the next version shall be R5, and not R4.6 or R4.8. But even larger than that, is the fact that a somewhat basic version of the operating system shall be free. To download. For all.

The download is rather significant in a few aspects. For one, it is expected to be from 40-60 megs in size, although it isn't quite finalized yet. The more significant part of this, is that it can be sort of installed into Windows, as an application. Once there, you would launch it as any normal program. What happens next is that it takes a very large-probably settable- portion of the FAT, and uses it as a BFS-Be File System-. It doesn't run inside of Windows, so all of it's innate funcionality, speed and beauty are still there, but you would no longer need to repartition your drive to run it. It can be installed and uninstalled as easily as an application, and run as such. It is also able to run as a standalone, sitting on it's own partition or drive, just as it always has. The downloadable version is fully functional, and not limited in any way. There shall be commercial licenses available for purchase, as well as an extended copy of R5 which shall include a host of extra applications and such.

We aren't exactly certain what is going to go INTO this release though. For those of you who have followed it a little, the next release had been codenamed Maui, and was to be a 4.x release. Dano, which would be R5, would follow after some time. Dano was to have quite a large number of new/changed things in it, most notable of these: a complete networking rewrite which put networking directly into the kernel. Also included as possibilities was a more refined OpenGL, and better support for hardware. We should know in the next few months what shall be in it, though.

R5 has been nearly promised to be released before March 31st, 2000. You may find more information on free.be.com. You may also visit what is probably the greatest and most current BeOS related news site, BeNews. For the latest news and discussion of this.

I had known about this since it's release early yesterday, but I would like to thank the rather large host of people who mailed both Zophar and myself on this matter. You finalized the decision for me to post it here.

Keep your eyes on this, everyone. It could be big. It could also fail miserably, due to their apperant 'refocus' on the Internet Applicance market. We shall see. I, and the BeOS loving community can only hope for the best. Cheers.

Misc. News: Selling Emulators and ROMs... =(
10:54:  We have recently come across a website that is selling emulators and ROMs. Why don't you all let them know what you think about that... ;) Thanks to NTTRBL for the URL.

Utility Release: MSP v0.50 released
10:52:  MSP, a Multi Sound Player for DOS has been updated. Here is what is new in this release:

Media News: Bleem! author interviewed on ZDTV
10:10:  David Herpolsche, CEO of Bleem! LLC, the Playstation emulator, was interviewed by Leo Laporte on ZDTV's The Screen Savers television program. They discussed Bleem! a bit, and discussed various other topics, such as the legality of Bleem!, emulators, and ROMs. If you, like myself, missed the original airing of the program, you can check it out here in Real Video format, and you can also check out an article ZDTV wrote up regarding The Legality of Game Emulators.

Thanks to mountaingoat and Dr. Jay for pointing this info out to us.

Links Update: Sys2064 moves to domain
08:45:  Sys2064, a popular arcade-emulation related website, has moves to its own domain. You can now reach Sys2064 at www.sys2064.com. Be sure to update your bookmarks.

Site News: Zophar's Underworld: Volume 3
08:33:  Yo!

It's time once again for another action-packed episode of your favorite (and maybe only) emulation video show on the internet: Zophar's Underworld Volume 3! This episode is without a doubt the best one yet. Special guests uzplayer (of EmuCamp fame), his fiance Julanne and Darkmazda (former ZD staffer and owner of Darkmazda's Domain) join us for over a half-hour of discussions, debates and goings-on in the emulation community. Everyone at Emucamp, Darkmazda's Domain and Zophar's Domain hopes that you enjoy this episode!

A final word of discretion: some topics became very heated and some of the subject matter are for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is advised. Anyone wishing to leave feedback may e-mail me directly. This video/audio show requires that you have Real Player 6 (G2) or higher installed. If you do not, you can download a copy from www.real.com. Enjoy!

Misc. News: Linux on the N64?
03:33:  Over on Slashdot, they mentioned someone trying to port Linux to run on a Nintendo 64...how and why is beyond me:) They provide lots of information and even source code, so I recommend programmers taking a peek at this.

Frontend News: GoodGB Frontender v0.1b
00:33:  A new frontend genre brings a new section to the frontends saga. A new frontend called GoodGB Frontender, a frontend for the utility GoodGB, has been released.

You can check out this frontend by going on over to the Utility Frontends page.

Thanks to Shaun for his creation and submission.

1/18/2000
Emulator Release: BeGameboy 0.60 Released!
23:15:  Our dear Mr. Raingeard has been busy with BeGameboy, the deffinitive Gameboy emulator for BeOS. Let's take a look:

"Menu driven keyboard Config, Load/Save state,Display x1,x2,x4 with or without fake scanlines, Frameskip x1,x2,x4,x8, Super Gameboy, Color Gameboy and Gameboy classic support (still bugs)"

And it works.

You may get BeGameboy on our BeOS Console page.

Emulator Release: Sweet16 1.3.1 Released!
23:11:  Sweet16, a shareware AppleIIgs emulator for BeOS, has been bugfix updated. There are quite a number of bugs eradicated in this double point release. Also, the ability to mount 800k disks. Keen.

You may get Sweet16 on our BeOS Computer page.

Emulator Release: SNES9x 1.28 for Windows
19:47:  The Windows port of SNES9x has been updated to 1.28. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: MAMED 0.36 Beta 14
19:18:  MAMED, the version of MAME for Digital Cameras, has been updated to 0.36b14. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: MacMAME 0.36 Beta 14
19:15:  MacMAME has been updated to 0.36 Beta 14. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: NESten 0.6 Beta 7
19:11:  TNSe has released NESten 0.6 beta 7. Here's what's new:

Site News: My resignation.
17:51:  Dear loyal ZD readers:

'Tis I, RaEJaE. Some of you may know who I am quite well, but some of you may be saying "who the heck is he?" because I haven't had time to post in the past month or so. It is because of this that I must resign my post at Zophar's Domain. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, and will miss it dearly.

I would like to thank all of ZD's loyal readers and staff members for helping to make ZD what it is, and all of my friends on EFNet IRC. You guys know who you are. Most of all, though, I'd like to thank Zophar, for giving an unknown a chance to do something he'll never forget. Thanks Zophar, you're a great guy.

As I post this, I remember my 10 months with ZD, then months I won't soon forget. The people I met and things I did while working my various posts were all wonderful, and I'll miss every second of it. I will keep every one of ZD's readers in my heart. Thank you all.

RaEJaE

Emulator Release: Hu6280 Direct-X 1.31
17:47:  A new DirectX beta of Hu6280 has been released, version 1.31. The only change is as follows:

Added support for 5:5:5 RGB screens (thanks to ]PIT[ for sending me 'HU.LOG')!!

Grab it on the TurboGrafx 16 emulators page.

Translation News: Destiny of an Emporer 2 close to completion!
16:59:  Destiny Translations has announced their complete patch for a release sometime in February, as it's now entering beta testing stages.

For updates and screenshots, check back at the
Destiny Translations homepage.

Emulator Release: Dos SoftVMS 1.6
13:50:  The Visual Memory System Emulator has been ported to DOS. This is an emulator for the visual memory backup units for the Dreamcast. It does not emulate Dreamcast GD-ROMs.

You can get it at the Dreamcast Visual Memory System section.

Utility Release: Boost Wrapper
00:21:  A new Glide Wrapper has been released. This wrapper is very fast, but inaccurate. I had to disable the sound emulation on UltraHLE in order for it to work... but when it did, it was very fast. Check it out.

You can download it, and other Glide Wrappers from the Glide Wrappers page.

1/17/2000
Utility News: SPCEdit 1.1
23:56:  A new version of SPCEdit has been released. Here is what's new:

Misc. News: ZD-spc skins updated
23:50:  With a new version of ZD-spc, I have decided to update the skins page. There are 5 new great skins to download, go check them out!

You can download the new ZD-spc at the ZD-spc Homepage.
And you can download the Skins at the ZD-spc skins page.

Emulator Release: DGen ver 1.181 (Win9x)
21:40:  DGen, a Sega Genesis emulator for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 using DirectX, has been updated to version 1.181. Since we seem to have missed a release, here is what is new from this and the previous release:

Emulator Release: ZD-spc 2.5!!
21:19:  I have released another version of ZD-spc, an SPC Player \ SPC internet browser plugin \ NSF internet browser plugin for Windows. You read right, ZD-spc now includes an NSF internet browser plugin to expand the internet audio. Here is a list of what's n
ew:

Emulator Release: AmiMSX2 3.0 Beta
20:32:  AmiMSX2, a MSX2 emulator for the Amiga was released. Here's what's new:

Media News: Virtual GameStation in the News
20:27:  The Canadian magazine, Sympatico Netlife, has recently mentioned Virtual GameStation, the Playstation emulator for the Macintosh in their Gameplay section.

Thanks to sabernet for the news, and for the scan of the article.

Site News: Gens v0.15b
18:59:  A new version of Gens, a Genesis emulator, has been released. In this version, 60% of ROMs work, however there's no sound emulation, yet. Here's a list of what's new:

Frontend News: MESSfront v0.1.0
16:59:  A new version of MESSfront, a frontend for the emulator MESS, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator News: Snes9x for Windows
13:41:  Here's a little clip taken from the Snes9x developer's journal:

"Today's the day...

...if you're interested in the a new Windows port release of Snes9X, that is. Only the README file to do and I can write that on the way home this evening.

I must get around to reading up on how to write Windows help files one day - I wonder if there's a help file on it somewhere? :)

Sorry for the grammatical quality of the last journal entry - severs me right trying to write it during 'spare' moments at work; it took me over two days!"

It looks like we might have a release soon. Thanks to casmaster for the news.

Site News: Request
10:14:  I am currently looking for pictures of the insides of the following systems:

Translation News: Super Mario 3 hack
08:23:  Acmlm has released a new version of his hack of "Super Mario 3" called "Strange Mario Bros 3."

You can pick up this debugged version over at the Hacks page.

Thanks to Acmlm for the e-mail.

Misc. News: OverClocked: #69 - Moral Depravity
07:51:  A new episode of OverClocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. In this episode, a character named Sprout giving his thoughts on the whole RAPE controversy.

You can view this episode by visiting the following link:

Site News: Come Back 64/DOS v0.9F
06:31:  A new version of Come Back 64, a Commodore 64 emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: Boycott v0.55b
06:01:  A new version of Boycott, a Gameboy emulator, has been released. Get yourself a Pepsi because this list is long.
What's new:

Misc. News: Pokémon: The Communist Threat to Democracy?
05:54:  I can't even begin to explain this one. Just check it out, words cannot explain it. :)

Misc. News: NES Demos added
05:37:  Chris Covell has created some new NES Demos. These demos show full-screen animation (at a low framerate) of an animated flame and of a quickly-edited mini-FMV.

You can pick up these demos over at the NES ROMs section.

You can also visit Chris Covell's site for more ROMs and Demos by visiting his page:

Site News: Emulation IS making an impact everywhere
04:32:  It looks like emulation is affecting just about every bit of the gaming world. I have just recently received an e-mail that contains pictures from the game Final Fantasy 3. These pictures are in the Offical Final Fantasy Anthology Players guide on page 191. That's not all! The pictures appear to show the game being played on Snes9x! Emulation is making an "impact" everywhere.

You can view the page by visiting the following link:

WARNING: This image has a VERY high resolution and has a large file size. Be aware of this if you're on a low bandwidth connection.

Emulator Release: Hu6280 DX v1.2
04:14:  After a long time between releases, Jamsponge has released a new build of his TG-16/PC Engine emulator for Windows9x. Hu6280 DX requires that you have DirectX installed and that you be in 16 bit color mode for it to work. Version 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 were all released within 24 hours of each other, so here's what's new in all of them:

Emulator News: Request from Dave of DGen
03:31:  Everyone who's into Sega Genesis emulation (like me ;]) knows of DGen, a Sega Genesis emulator for DOS & Windows. Dave, the author of this fine emulator, has posted a request on his website for help. Anyone who owns a Sega Gene sis and a backup unit, be sure to read the following:

Little request - if anyone out there has a copier and a real Genesis, could they run this experiment ROM and give me the results: exp2.zip Tell me what you see onscreen. You should see two columns of numbers. The right column is a counter that should b e increasing (check it is increasing). The left column is the value I am testing for. If it flickers between values, just give me a range. Thanks very much - e-mail results to the usual address: dave@dtmnt.com. If it do esn't run let me know that as well. Oh and also let me know what make/model Megadrive/Genesis/Nomad you tried it on - the more different models we get the better.

For the file, be sure to go to the official DGen website and give it a go! Thanks to Dave himself for the word.

Technical Docs News: Clarification on yesterday's Sega CD post
03:23:  Yesterday, Lordotis99 informed us of some Sega CD technical documents that were available which were not on ZD. We posted these documents up on the Sega CD Tech Docs page. Today, we discovered that these documents came from Eidolon's Inn and have been online for quite some time. We'd like to thank Eidolon for discovering these documents originally, since there's nothing more I'd rather see than a Sega CD emulator (one word: Lunar)!

Be sure to show your support for Sega and visit Eidolon's Inn!

Misc. News: Mod chip to be manufactured for the Sega Dreamcast?
02:57:  Many people have lately been asking the question: "Is there a mod-chip for the Sega Dreamcast like there are ones for the PSX?" It seems that those wondering this may soon have their prayers answered! Lik Sang Internation al, an export specialist company from Hong Kong, posted the following on their website:

Getting tired of playing import games on your Dreamcast by using an annoying swap trick method? We finally developed what you have always been looking for. A self-kit DC mod chip to play every single import game on your 128bit console. Don't miss it an d place your preorder now!

You'll want to head over to their website and place your pre-order right away if you're interested in playing import games on your DC. Thanks to Bytoro for spotting this!

Media News: A bleem! article in PCXL
02:47:  Brian Van G. has submitted a scan of an article to ZD from PCXL magazine. This scanned article is a review of bleem! (among the many that are out there), and it seems to give a rather mixed review of the emulator. It's hard to tell at times if the reviewe r is being serious or sarcastic. It's a 500+KB download, so be sure you have a bit of time if you're on a modem to let the graphic load.

Site News: Should ZD support emulators for the Palm Pilot?
02:42:  I've been receiving a few e-mails here and there regarding emulators being released for the Palm Pilot (the most recent being "Gambit", a Gameboy emulator for the Palm Pilot which was reported to me by "Netwolf") system.

My question to all of you, the visitors that make ZD what it is: Should ZD support emulators for the Palm Pilot? If you feel we should, please send off an e-mail to me expressing your interest. If enough people want one, we'll add one!

Emulator Release: WinEMU 0.47R3
02:40:  A new version of WinEMU, a Commodore 64 emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: ACT Labs light gun to be supported in MAME?
02:28:  I recently received an e-mail from a visitor who contacted ACT Labs, a small gaming controller company that manufactures, among other controllers, a light gun system for the PC. In our visitor's e-mail, he asked ACT L abs if they were planning to contact the MAME team (as well as other emulators) with information on how to support their light-gun system. Here's what ACT Labs replied:

Let's do it Mark. We're a smaller gaming controller company for the intermediate to advanced gamer. ACT LABS is 100% devoted to supporting the gaming community so count us as game for this.

MAME games are defintitely enjoyable throwbacks to the days of old ;) We are open to supporting the scene and I hope the contact you mentioned can assist us in distributing the developer info.

Thanks!

Brandon Crick
VP of Development
ACT LABS
http://www.act-labs.com

Any authors out there who are reading this: get in touch with ACT LABS! :) A big thanks to Mark Boyko for keeping us informed.

Misc. News: D2 (Dreamcast Database) v1.20
02:22:  The Scribe has released version 1.20 of his monster Dreamcast Database, D2. The Dreamcast Database takes a look at the history of the Dreamcast, as well as a listing of DC games and information about each of them. This is an excellent download for all DC enthusiasts alike!

Emulator Release: KGB v0.22 beta 1 for Windows
02:22:  A new version of KGB, a Gameboy emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: That Shipping Better Be Quicker Than Overnight...
00:16:  A hearty thumbs down to most online shopping sites.

This wouldn't normally be on the news page, but I felt it had to be said. Online sites are getting absolutely ridiculous about giving you a great "deal"...until that is, you check out and see their outrageous shipping prices (if they even let you see the shipping price at all before you check out). On behalf of all gamers and shoppers everywhere:

Online shopping sites, you're going to have to get your butts in gear and lose the fake charges. Show us the REAL price of the product and we'll be thankful, and more likely to pay even the same price.

Two sites notorious for doing this? Funco and Comp-U-Plus. Just two of many, the latter charging $20.00 to ship you most things.

Please voice your opinions not only on our messageboard, but also to sites that continue to do this. Together we can buy games or anything with less headache.

1/16/2000
Site News: There is an inner logic. . .
23:25:  Time has come once again for a new newsletter. This is going to be the FIRST one of the new year and I have LOTS planned for it. It should be released sometime this week. So, I have opened up Viewer Feedback again. This is where you, our visitors , get to ask us questions and have them posted in the newsletter with answers included! Remember that we can't answer questions about ROMs or illegal things. So, what are you waiting for? Get your thinking caps on and start thinking of questions. Re member, ONLY 4 questions will be chosen, so make them good. Also, I would also like to mention who my staff is that makes this newsletter possible:

Translation News: Acmlm Hack Updates
20:15:  

Translation News: Phantasy Star Retranslation completed!
20:09:  Paul Jensen has completed a text based translation of the text in Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System. A Microsoft Word 2000 and HTML version is available for download.

Phantasy Star 1 Translation

Utility Release: Final Fantasy 3 (us) editor
19:52:  A new cheat utility for editing Final Fantasy 3 (us) save states from ZSNES has been released. You can edit character stats, names, magic, weapons, and more. Check it out.

You can download it at the Cheating utilities page.

Thanks go out to Socrates for the e-mail.

Emulator Release: Vboy version 1.3.2 released
12:53:  VBoy, a Gameboy emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 1.3.2. Here is what's new:

Site News: NESten author interviewed
07:31:  Beyond Emulation has conducted an interview of TNSe. TNSe is the author of the NES emulator called NESten.

You can read the interview by visiting the following link:

Technical Docs News: Sega CD Docs Uploaded
02:58:  I've uploaded some Sega CD tech docs to ZD. These are various documents in the pdf format. You'll need at least Adobe Acrobat reader 4.0 to view the files properly. Hopefully we ca n someday have a Sega CD emulator!

Thanks to Lordotis99 for sending the docs.

Misc. News: PSXBoy?
02:39:  Ever wanted to have a portable PSX? Well, I've stumbled across a site with information on how to build just that. It's not a project for the faint of heart, and the final cost is quite a bit at about $230 (not including the PSX).

Check it out at http://www.wewp.com/columns/Show.asp?NID=38.

Utility Release: SPCEdit
00:37:  A new utility named SPCEdit has been released. SPCEdit lets you edit the timers in your SPC's without having to open your SPC's with the DOS program, or loading up ZD-spc and going to the File Info box. Check it out.

You can download it at the SPC Players/Utilities page.

Utility Release: Block Edit
00:17:  Ever want to make the best combo in Tetris Attack, but couldn't because you got the wrong pieces all the time? Well through emulation, you can! Block edit, edits the save state of zsnes from the game Tetris Attack, and lets you place any block, anywhere you want, to make the biggest, and best combo's ever. Check out this utility.

You can download it at the Facelift utilities page.

Thanks go out to Socrates again for the e-mail.

Utility Release: Final Fantasy 3j Save State Editor
00:05:  A Final Fantasy 3j (for NES) save state editor has been released. This utility is for DOS, and lets you edit Nesticle save states. You can edit the characters, spells, statistics, and more. Check it out.

You can download it at the Cheating utilities page.

Site News: Cheating utilities section added
00:02:  Over the months, there have been many cheating utilities releases, and with those releases, I've decided to make a cheating utility section.

Go check out the new Cheating utilities section.

1/15/2000
Site News: NSF Archive updated
23:46:  Game music archives updated: NSF archive.

Emulator Release: AdriPSX 0.01
23:31:  A new PSX emulator has been released. This is old news, however it should be posted. This emulator is for both DOS, and Windows. It features no sound, or MDEC support in both DOS and Windows versions, and also not featured in the Windows version, is p ad, and CD-ROM. This emulator will be better in the future, but as of now, it is only good for running demo's and what not. Check it out.

You can download it at the PSX Emulators Page.

Thanks go out to peitschi for the e-mail.

Site News: FC0 archive updated
23:20:  Save archives updated: FC0 archive.

Interview News: Author of JFF interviewed
22:52:  EmuGaming has posted an interview of Roberto Ventura, author of the Multi-Arcade emulator JFF. The interview was conducted by ManBeast.

You can read the interview by visiting the following link:

Misc. News: WinAMP Skin added
22:03:  A new WinAMP skin was added to the WinAMP Skins page. Here's what was added:

Emulator Release: FCE Ultra v0.19
21:52:  A new version of FCE Ultra, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Site News: Save & Music archives updated
01:18:  Save archives updated: GS0, NeoRAGEx, NSM, STA, SRM, CHT, ZMV, ZST archives.
Game music archives updated: GYM, NSF, SPC archives.

Misc. News: Overclocked: #68 - All in the Name
00:41:  A new episode of Overclocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. I won't comment too much about this episode, but if you know about the controversy of a recent emulator release, then you'll know what Green and Pretzel are talking about.

You can check out this episode by visiting the following link:

1/14/2000
Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 6
23:58:  A new version of NESten, a NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: French MacMAME 0.36 Beta 13a
21:08:  The French translation of MacMAME has been updated to 0.36b13a. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Daphne .99
20:52:  Daphne, the emulator for the Laserdisc arcade games, has been updated to .99. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: MESS32 0.36 Beta 14
20:24:  The Win32 port of MESS is date with the official DOS version.

Get it at the MESS section.

Emulator Release: MacMESS 0.36 Beta 13b
20:23:  The Macintosh port of Mess is now up to 0.36 Beta 13b. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: Game Pics opens new section
19:03:  Game Pics has just opened up a new section on their site. Game Pics is a picture archive of video games and contains other information. This new section will contain game scans from different games.

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

Frontend News: MAME SFE v1.121
18:55:  A new version of MAME SFE, a MAME frontend, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: Trickery?
18:45:  It seems that Galoob didn't get rid of their Game Genie code page. They just moved it.

You can visit the official Game Genie code page by visiting the following link:

Interview News: EmuGaming interviews GalEmu author
18:29:  EmuGaming has interviewed Barry Rodewald, author of GalEmu.

You can check out the interview by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: XGS/32 v1.4
17:57:  A new version of XGS/32, an Apple II emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: Overclocked: #67 - Emu-Merger
16:25:  A new episode of Overclocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. Zophar's Domain gets mentioned in this episode so I felt it deserved some coverage. Here's the issue:

Emulator Release: R.A.P.E. v0.1a
16:13:  A new Neo-Geo Pocket emulator has been released. (The name means: Rather A Pokemon Emulator .)This emulator has great compatibility, and plays a lot of games. Here's a list of the features:

1/13/2000
Misc. News: Back In Time
22:50:  Emuclassics has just uploaded their newest webcast of their show, "Back In Time." In this show their guests include:

Walter Day
Twin Galaxies Video Game
& Pinball World Records

Billy Mitchell
Coin-op video game
"Player of the Century"

And more...thanks to Emuclassics for the news.

Emulator Release: Ultra 64
22:19:  This is old news unfortunately, but I updated our N64 emulator page to show the newest version of Ultra 64 (and its source code) which was released last month.

Misc. News: Square and Dreamcast Update
21:55:  Yesterday, I posted that EA Square in Japan was going to start publishing games for the Sega Dreamcast. What I didn't know was that EA Square publishes EA games and not Square games. Therefore, EA games will probably start being released on the Dreamcas t, but Square games won't be released. Thanks to everyone that mailed me and corrected my mistake.

Misc. News: Gameboy Color programmers wanted
20:55:  Vicarious Visions is looking for experienced Gameboy Color programmers. The titles that they've created are:

Misc. News: Release 2 of the N64 Emulator Compatability List
20:26:  I have recieved an e-mail regarding a few things:

Want some good news ?

1. I have a new web site : www.consollection.com
2. Release 2 of the N64 Emulator Compatability List is ... released :)


Go to http://www.explosionnet.co.uk/emu/n64/ for the Compatibility List.

Utility Release: GoodGB v0.26
20:22:  A new version of GoodGB, a Gameboy utility, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Site News: Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft
20:10:  According to ZD Net Bill Gates, who's the former CEO of Microsoft, has resigned leaving the CEO position for Steve Ballmer. He'll still be with Microsoft, but just as Chief Software Architect. What a surprise for all of us.

You can read the article by going to the following link:

Emulator Release: POSE 3.0a3
12:02:  POSE is a PalmOS emulator for the Macintosh. 3Com has taken over development of this emulator, and version 3.0a3 is now available. Here's what's new since the last version:

Utility Release: SetCleaner 2.1.4
01:19:  A new version of SetCleaner, an arcade emulator utility, has been released. Here is what's new in this version:

Utility Release: PSXGameEdit 1.60
00:18:  I have added a new utility to ZD named PSXGameEdit. This program lets you copy, delete, upload, and download games off of your PSX Game card using an external device. This is very good if you don't want to have 20 or so memory cards for all your games. Here is what this program features:

1/12/2000
Misc. News: Animation: "Franco the Cleaner"
23:33:  Yo!

A friend of mine has been working on a short animated clip for the last month titled "Franco the Cleaner". Over the last few days, I've been working closely with him to add in sound effects, voices & music. The result is a really fun-to-watch black & whit e animation. However, I warn you that it is not intended for children. It contains scenes of explicit violence. David Popolow is the creator & animator of this short clip. Remember, if you're under 18, get your parents permission. Finally, you'll need Rea l Player G2 to view this clip. If you don't have it, you can obtain a free copy at www.real.com.

If you'd like to get in contact with Dave Popolow with regards to his animation, you can reach him at marchtic@aol.com.

Enjoy!

Site News: 3 new sites hosted at ZD!
22:52:  Yo!

I'd like to welcome three websites to their new home here at Zophar's Domain:

ZeroSoft: ZeroSoft is a freeware software company dedicated to creating utilities and frontends. Their current projects include EmuStation (a frontend), Stalker and IPSWin (2 utilities).

Rockman DX Shrine: The Rockman DX Shrine is a webpage dedicated to the MegamanX/RockmanX series of videogames. It includes reviews, walkthroughs, merchandise and lots more having to do with the MegamanX/Rockman X series.

Swedish Emulation News: This website is the home of one of the most complete emulation news pages for Swedish-speaking people: Swedish Emulation News. If you speak swedish and you're looking for an emulation news pag e in your native language, look no furthur.

We welcome everyone to check out these three hosted sites here at Zophar's Domain! Remember, if you're in need of hosting you should visit the ZD hosting page for more information.

Utility Release: Stalker 0.6
22:46:  A new utility has been added to ZD. Stalker is a utility that enables the user to add all their ROMs, or files into individual zip files. Very handy.

You can download it at the General utilities page.

Translation News: Christopher Columbus Updated
22:46:  X Translations has updated their Christopher Columbus translation to 0.2. Here's whats new:

Utility Release: Pete's TNT OpenGL plugin
22:21:  A new version of Pete's TNT OpenGL plugin for both PSEmu Pro, and The Impact has been released. Here is what's new in this version:

Frontend News: MAME SFE v1.12
21:51:  A new version of MAME SFE, a MAME frontend, has been released. Here's a list of what's new in this version:

Site News: NSM contest #5: Solstice
21:07:  The next NSM contest is Solstice! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahahahahah... yeah. I decided that for this contest, we would make it as difficult as possible, since the prize will be a $75 check from myself. The object of this NESticle NSM contest is to b eat the NES game Solstice from start to finish losing as few lives as possible. In the event of a tie, the one who lost as few lives as possible and beat Solstice in the shortest amount of time will win the prize.

Their name will go down in ZD history and their submission will be added to the ZD NESticle NSM archive at the bottom. Entries are due no later than January 25, 2000: there will be no exceptions to this rule. Be sure to read th e official Solstice NSM contest rules, and may the best man (or woman, or alien) win!

Site News: The winner of the ZD logo contest is...
20:55:  Justin "floodcasso" flood! He's won the ZD logo contest by creating the best logo out of the batch that I received last week. As with any ZD logo change, it will probably take some getting used to (we've never had a new logo change where everyone was happ y at first sight). Congratulations Justin! You'll go down in ZD history as the creator of the first new ZD logo of the 21st century.

Speaking of contests, tonight's the night I announce the next NSM contest (we've decided that this will be the last NESticle NSM contest: future contests will be NESten movie contests). Stay tuned!

Site News: Geoshock back up
20:53:  Well it looks like after a day of being down, Geoshock is back up and running. This is good news to a lot of people.

Go check out geoshock.dhs.org.

Thanks go out to An'Desha for the e-mail.

Translation News: Metroid Remix Updated
20:39:  Metroid Remix has been updated again, now at v1.3. Here's whats new:

Interview News: Jabo, author of JNES Interview
20:05:  A new interview from emugaming.com has been released. This one is about Steven Rellinger, (Jabo) the author of JNES. Check it out.

Look at the article here.

Site News: Nintendo being sued again?
19:48:  Nintendo is being sued yet again. This time it's Uri Geller who says he is suing Nintendo for $100 million for using his likeness for a pocket monster. You can check out the full report from ABCNEWS.com by visiting the following link:

Misc. News: Dolphin mentioned in Nintendo Power
19:33:  Another article about the Dolphin, Nintendo's next system, and the Gekko, the processor that runs the Dolphin, has been published in Nintendo Power Magazine.

Check out the scanned article that Brian sent us.

Utility Release: 6502 SDK (Software Development Kit)
18:09:  I have added a new development utility called the 6502 SDK. This is the first beta release of the SDK, and it features the following:

Links Update: 19 sites added
17:48:  I have updated the links section again, and this time I have added 19 links. One thing to all web site maintainers, If you submit a site, please take the responsibility to keep me posted on the site, weather the site goes down, the link changes, or if the contents of the page change so much that it REQUIRES a change from the comment on the links page. Not if you added one new section, or if you added 2 more ROMs. ONLY if you have done something spectacular, and it needs to be updated. It takes a long time to do links, and I don't want to be having to do 100 every month because people think it is necessary for me to update their comment because their site changed slightly.

Go and check out the newly updated Links page.

Interview News: Larry Bank from HiVE
17:22:  Zing from EmuGaming.com has interviewed Larry Bank, the author of HiVE. HiVE is a great arcade game emulator for Windows. Thanks to ManBeast for the news.

Misc. News: Two new Overclocked Fan Strips Released
17:17:  Overclocked has posted 2 new fan strips: "#6 What???" and "#7 Horror...". Go visit Overclocked and check them out. Thanks to Gravis Zero for the news.

Misc. News: Square to make games for Dreamcast?
17:10:  According to SegaDreamcast.net, Square EA has decided to start publishing games in Japan. Could this be an indicator of what may happen in the US as well? Only time will tell... Thanks to Retrogames for the news.

Emulator Release: MESS 0.36 beta 14
17:00:  MESS, the multi console/computer emulator, has been updated to version 0.36 beta 14. The full "what's new" list is very large, so its availible on a separate page. You can get MESS at the MESS page. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.

Emulator Release: AMAME & PMAME 0.36 beta 14
16:47:  AMAME and PMAME, the AMD and Pentium optimized version of MAME, have been updated to 0.36 beta 14 and are now in sync with the latest official version of MAME. You can get them at the MAME page.

Misc. News: Religious Group Protests Midway
15:08:  "A group of 20 people calling themselves "Christian peacemakers" marched on Chicago's City Hall to protest a $2 million grant given by the city to Midway Games, maker of the violent video game Mortal Kombat." Does the fun never stop?! ;) I especi ally liked this quote: "Public money should not be going to companies that sell violent war toys for children." Now, go read the article, and then go play with your "war toys". ;) Thanks to gamer metroid for the news.

Misc. News: Prosecutors Plan to Break up Microsoft
15:01:  According to CNN, Federal prosecutors are planning on breaking up Microsoft into 2 or 3 smaller companies. Go read the article. Thanks to Sonikku_a for the news.

Misc. News: Geoshock Shuts Down
14:57:  Geoshock, a website that releases Neo-Geo ROMs, has recently been shut down due to threats against webmasters. It may or may not come back. Thanks to everyone that mailed.

Misc. News: Neo-Geo CD Covers
10:19:  DarkMazda's Domain continues to pump out new Neo-Geo CD cover scans daily. As of today, they have 56 different games. The latest release is "Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Japanese".

Translation News: Der Langrisser patch v0.25 released
08:59:  warui toransu has released v0.25 of their Der Langrisser patch, which has up to Scenario 7 translated as well as the first secret scenario, X1. Download it from the SNES Translations page or directly from my homepage. Please be sure to read the documentation as I've heard of some problems with the C version of ZSNES. Also, if you downloaded this patch early, please re-download it, as I fixed some problems with the IPS getting corrupted .

Emulator Release: BeGameboy 0.44 Released!
02:22:  And here we are again. a small point update, but a rather nice one at that. Here is what he has to say:

"Better internal timing. All scanline effects are now supported. More & more compatible. Faster window and background display."

There you have it. Faster and more compatible.

You may find BeGameboy, along with the rest of our BeOS console emulators here, on our BeOS Console Emulation Page. Such a creative name.

Misc. News: Overclocked #65 : Newest Punchline
01:05:  Another issue of Overclocked has been released. Overclocked has really been spitting out new issues, this "NUON" is about a new line. You've got to see it.

1/11/2000
Misc. News: Overclocked #64 : Content??
23:31:  Another issue of Overclocked, an emulation related comic strip, has been released. This issue is a reminder on how people are greedy on emulation releases. Like what Green says: Can't you just be content and enjoy the games you HAVE??

Site News: EmuUnlim gets 3 million hits!
16:20:  Emulators Unlimited has reached 3 million hits on their site! Here's a little on what The Fox said on his site:

Emulators Unlimited has finally hit the 3 million hit mark, which is truely incredible and has gone way past my expectations.

Who was the 3 millionth hit? None other than me! I got the 3 millionth hit and I have to say that I was surprised when I saw those numbers on the counter. You can visit Emulators Unlimited by going to the following link:

Emulator Release: NESten 0.6 Beta 5b
15:40:  NOTE: This is an addition to the previous post I made today.

A new version of NESten, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Emulator Release: SoftVMS 1.6 for Macintosh
08:40:  Richard Bannister has ported the Dreamcast VMS emulator to the Macintosh. This is not a Dreamcast emulator, it will not run Dreamcast GD-ROMs. It merely emulates the Visual Memory System.

Get it at the Macintosh Dreamcast VMS section.

1/10/2000
Misc. News: Overclocked: #63 - We are the World
23:34:  A new episode of Overclocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. In this episode, Green and Pretzel discuss how emulation brings people from all over the world together and then there's a twist at the end. Check it out by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: MAME 0.36 Beta 14
19:37:  The DOS version of MAME, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, has been updated to 0.36 Beta 14. Here's what's new:

New games supported:

Misc. News: NEO*GEO Cover Scans
19:07:  Those of you who like to collect scans of covers, manuals, and things like that might be interested in heading over to the NEO*GEO cover scan section of DarkMazda's Domain. He added a new scan today (Double Dragon), and apparently has the most NEO*GEO cover scans of any site.

Emulator Release: NLMSX Version 0.21 Beta 2
18:45:  NLMSX is an MSX emulator for Win9x/NT. It has no sound yet, but it does play some games right now. It's available for download at our MSX page.

Also, our MSX page said that the latest version of Power MSX (an MSX emulator for DOS) was 0.03, when in fact it is 0.04b. The MSX page has been updated to show this. We've also added a link to its source code.

Thanks to TFH/Fony for the news.

Site News: Poll Update
18:37:  All right, I know I've held it off for a while, but now I'm going to do a nice little poll update. Here are the results from the last poll:

What do you think of graphically-enhanced emulators like EmuDX?

Choice 1 was: "I think it's great -- it adds a whole new dimension to old games."
It received 140 votes (64.2 percent).

Choice 2 was: "I think it's a bad idea, and makes games lose their primitive charm."
It received 17 votes (7.8 percent).

Choice 3 was: "I don't really care."
It received 45 votes (20.6 percent).

Choice 4 was: "I've never used an emulator before. (What are you doing here?)"
It received 16 votes (7.3 percent).

Well, I guess that the majority of you like your games graphically enhanced.

Here's the next poll (as per a request from Lycia):
What do you think about the ZD newsletter?

So, what are you doing reading this last paragraph? Go vote.

Emulator Release: French MacMame 0.36b13a
15:19:  The French translation of MacMAME has been updated to the current version of MacMAME.

You can get it at the Macintosh Multi-Arcade section.

Translation News: Metroid Remix
01:43:  Yesterday a bugfix for Metroid Remix was released, that allows the ice beam to appear now.

Get it from the Hacks page.

Also I would like to explain that I only handle ROM translations and hacks, and at this current time only for Japanese/Other Language to English.

1/9/2000
Misc. News: Classic Gaming Article --- ZD Exclusive
23:59:  Sam Pettus (aka "The Scribe") has written an excellent article on his experience at a flea market's coveted Game Room that you will only find here at ZD. It's titled Road Trip: A Classic Gaming Odyssey. Classic game lovers especially should check this out.

Emulator Release: RockNES 0.991
21:02:  A new version of RockNES, a NES emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Basilisk II 0.7 build 102
19:18:  A new version of Basilisk II, a Mac emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Utility Release: GYMPlay v2.0
14:31:  A new version of GYMPlay is available, a DOS .GYM player by Charles Mac Donald. What's new:

Emulator Release: Hu-Go 1.07
13:57:  A new version of Hu-Go, a TurboGraphx 16 emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Pagan 0.1.5
13:45:  A new version of Pagan, a N64 emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: 1964 0.3.3
13:24:  A new version of 1964, a N64 emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: TextNES 0.0.1
11:38:  Here's a new one for you. This NES emulator displays graphics in ASCII text! I just had to include a couple pictures with this update:

Ms. Pac-Man in TextNES

Zelda in TextNES

Utility Release: NES Toy v2.8b
10:54:  A new version of NES Toy, an NES utility, has been released. Here's a quick list of what's new:

Misc. News: Lunar: Silver Star Story announced for PC!
01:47:  Over at pc.ign.com, there's a post announcing that Working Designs is porting the best role playing game to ever hit the universe (in my opinion, at least! =]), Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, to the PC. Although the IGN article is rather biased (replace the words "not generic 3D mush" for "fairly old in terms of look and feel"), it's great to hear that my favorite role playing series of all time is coming to the PC!

Thanks to Skall for the news.

Site News: BeGameboy 0.42!
01:47:  After a little haitus, BeGameboy has been updated. Twice! This section manager missed the first update to 0.40, due to a bit of work elsewhere. Not to worry, 0.42 came in similar fashion to a zsnes update. The 0.40 update is as follows:

"More acurate emulation. Color/Keyboard/Cheats configuration file."

With the 0.42 update in pursuit:

"Window bug correction... This is the most accurate version of BeGameboy. It is also a bit slower. But the performance will improve a lot in the next week." He promises.

You may find BeGameboy and the rest of the BeOS console emulators on our BeOS Console page.

Interview News: Who Is TuxedoMask?
00:46:  Well, if you are curious, now you can find out in this interview! He's been in rom release groups like GiTM and Vertigo2099, and is currently a part of the NES World Jukebox and Vintage Gaming. Though the interview is interesting, to be frank the page could have been editted better, with numerous spelling and gramatical errors. Nonetheless, still an interesting read.

Emulator News: HASH Discontinued
00:22:  Thanks again to Y2Jared for some more GameBoy news. It seems that this time though, no news would have been good news. Due to a hard drive crash, the Windows Gameboy emulator HASH will no longer be developed. He lost most of the source code, and assumedly doesn't want to redo all that work. This is too bad, especially since HASH was one of the few Windows GameBoy emulators to support the frickin joystick.

On the positive side, _dox_ is releasing an older version of the source code that he does have to the public. Perhaps someone will do something with it. He also posts, "The HasH project is not dead completely as I will be making in the future a combined gameboy emulator/disassembler. the first beta of this can be found on ConsoleDev.com."

Emulator Release: New Version of GBEmu
00:09:  This has actually been out for quite a while (since December 27th), d'oh! Better late than never. This is a neat little GameBoy emulator for Win9x (I've ran it under Windows 2000 as well, and it ran great). It does color GameBoy, has sound, and is overall a pretty good emulator. Also, it now defaults to english, not japanese. Definetely worth the download. Note: It only appears to display a game if you're running in 16-bit color.

Thanks to Y2Jared for the news.

1/8/2000
Emulator News: Atari ST Emulator in Java
23:50:  There is apparently an Atari ST emulator being developed to run in your browser via Java. It has no name (yet), and is written by David Dawkins. The demos seem to work well, though the download is lengthy at 880kb to play Tetris. In any case, the screenshots show that this emulator has promise.

Thanks to Norbert Kehrer for the news.

Misc. News: PSEmu Pro and Impact
23:26:  You may have heard this already, but graphics plugins for Impact and PSEmu Pro are compatible. Zyrxil writes, "PSEmu Pro graphics plugins work with Impact! Both Pete's OpenGL Plugin and Lewpy's Glide Plugin. Both worked as well or better than the regular Impact renderers. All you have to do to get them to work is to rename the .dll file to 'renderer.ipc' and start Impact."

So those of you who wish to try this, have a field day! I leave you to draw your own conclusions on whether this means anything about who the author(s) of Impact may be.

Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 4
22:18:  A new version of NESten, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: Follow up to SongBoy news
22:05:  MZ1 sent me an E-Mail informing me that the SongBoy perhiperal already has an official web site promoting it's launch, and also allows you to download the SongBoy PC Player software.

Check it out at SongBoy.com.

Utility Release: TG-16 CD ripper
21:59:  Have you ever wanted to make an ISO of your TG-16 CD? Neither have I. But now that the new hu6280 will support CD's, you might want to. Check this utility out.

You can download it at the TG-16 utilities page.

Misc. News: Play MP3s on your Nintendo GameBoy??
20:45:  What can you say about this? MP3.com reports that Nintendo is working with a company called Destiny Media Technologies Ltd. on a product called SongBoy, which will transform your GameBoy into a portable MP3 player, utilizing GameBoy's screen and graphics to display pictures, album covers, song lyrics and artist credits. It looks like the projected retail price is slated for $99.

To read the entire article, check out MP3.com

Utility Release: GROM 0.6
18:44:  A new version of GROM has been released! Here is what's new:

Misc. News: CherryRoms returns
18:36:  Here is what was posted on CherryRoms:

Well it's time for a much needed update.

Yes that's right were back (well partially) The only section that's not up in this update is prolly the only section people come here to see.

Due to much pressure from various partys (thanks to all those who email'd me, those were many). And the fact that I couldn't bare to see my creation in such a sorry state of affairs (though it has been for such a long time).

We are back..

Sorry to quash the unfounded rumours but NO we have not been shut down by Nintendo nor have the roms collections gone down the drain, Cherryroms was actually killed by what can only be described as RLT (real life troubles) with the load at work getting too emence and side web projects taking up a lot of time. It has taken a lot of time to redo cherryroms and it seems the time has finally arrived to get it back on track.

The ROMS sections should be up as soon as we can get this DataBase sorted (it's almost finished)..

To make up for that theres a pretty spiffing ROTF containing some of my favourite games of all time.

So have a browse through some of the new pages, I hope you like the new virginal look :).

...Recoil

This was always a great site for downloading ROMs. Check it out!

Visit CherryRoms.

Utility Release: Nosefart v1.7
18:12:  A new version of Nosefart, an NSF plug-in for WinAMP, has been released. Here's a list of what's new in this version:

Site News: Save archives updated
11:26:  Updated: CS0, GS0, NSF, STA, CHT, SPC, ZMV, ZST archives.
Added: Genesis GYM Archive. Be sure to read the submission rules first; only Megasis currently supports PCM logging.
Modified: The NSF page now lists new submissions since the last update. The NSF page now uses parenthesis for unknown authors so as not to confuse web browsers.
Moved: The GYM, NSF, and SPC archives are now listed under "Game Music Archives" in the sidebar to the right.

1/7/2000
Emulator Release: System 16 - French
22:27:  Top50 has translated System 16, a multi-arcade emulator, in French. He's done quite a few translations in French and he does a great job, too.

You can download the French version of System 16 over at the Multi-Arcade Emulators page.

Thanks to Top50 for the e-mail.

Misc. News: Game Genie Code sites
21:31:  For those of you who are upset at the news that Galoob removed their Game Genie codes, there ARE alternative sites that Jonathan Skeels was kind to pass on to me.

You can visit them by visiting the following links:

Emulator Release: Gemulator 2000
21:20:  A new version and full featured release of Gemulator, an Atari ST emulator, has been released. There was no what's new documentation, so you'll have to check it out yourself.

You can download the new version of Gemulator by going on over to the Atari ST Emulators page.

Misc. News: Overclocked: #62 - Vicious Circle
21:03:  Overclocked, a comic geared towards emulation events, has been released. In this episode, Green and Pretzel demonstrate that things just don't change in the emulation scene when a huge emulator comes out. From UltraHLE's INI files, to Impact's BOARDROM.BIN.

You can read it by visiting the following link:

Misc. News: WinAMP skin added
20:55:  I have added a new skin to the WinAMP skins page. Here's what was added:

Emulator Release: MagicEngine v0.96 - Final Demo
20:44:  The final demo of Magic Engine, a TurboGrafx-16 emulator, has been released. Registered users will get their keys soon. For now, here's a list of what's new:

Media News: Videogames.com reviews Chrono Cross
19:15:  Videogames.com has done a review of the game Chrono Cross. Chrono Cross is the PSX RPG sequel to the classic game Chrono Trigger. Here's a bit of what they had to say:


The story begins with the hero, Serge, thrust into a parallel world where he had died under mysterious circumstances more than a decade earlier. He teams up with a rowdy adventurer, Kid, and sets out in search of the mysterious Frozen Flame, an artifact that lets the holder reshape time and space at will. The enigmatic Yamaneko, a regal man-cat who hunts the Frozen Flame for his own purposes, opposes them. In his quest to return home, Serge will collect both allies and foes and will find himself thrust into an adventure that will reveal his heritage, purpose, and ultimate destiny. Only by crossing between the two dimensions can Serge find the answers to his questions.


You can read the full review by going to the following link:

Misc. News: Galoob removes Game Genie codes
19:02:  According to a recent e-mail I got, Galoob (creator of the Game Genie), has removed their codes for the Game Genie. I went to the site and it looks to be true. It's a disappointment since many emulators support the Game Genie.
Maybe they'll bring it back some day.

Frontend News: BrSMS FRONT v0.1
18:56:  A new frontend has been added to the SMS frontends page. This frontend is designed for the emulator BrSMS. Here's what this frontend features:

Site News: Search Engine Test
01:35:  Being the server guy here at ZD, I've had a few emails suggesting we expand our search capabilities to make it easier to find stuff. After over 15 hours of work (and a special thanks to Brian over at EmuWorld), your suggestion has become a reality. Our new search engine now has an unlimited number of results, and it displays them 10 at a time. The best new feature is the category system, in which you can search just ZD, or all the sites on our links page. If you're on our links page and you noticed our servers hammering yours for a few mins, that was to index your site...don't panic.

I set a test page up so you can try out the new search engine and send me your comments/suggestions on it before I put it up as the main ZD search engine. As of right now, we have an old index of ZD in the database, and only the general emulation sites indexed from the links page.

1/6/2000
Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 3
23:59:  A new version of NESten, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a list of what's new in this version:

Emulator Release: Java Arcade Emulator
23:34:  I have recieved an e-mail about playing a multitude of arcade games online with the Java Arcade Emulator:

On my homepage you can play the JAE games online with a Java-capable browser.

Try this java arcade emulator out at http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer

Emulator Release: MacMAME 0.36 Beta 13a
23:30:  MacMAME has recieved a small update. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Mac1964 0.4.1
23:27:  The excellent Nintendo 64 emulator for the Macintosh, Mac1964 0.4.1 is now available. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: UltraHLE finally gets it's own domain name
22:36:  UltraHLE, probably the best N64 emulator around, now has it's own domain name to reside at. www.ultrahle.com is now open for business.

Check it out, and see what the author has to say.

Thanks to the UltraHLE site administrator, Jandaman, for passing the info along!

Emulator News: The Impact video renderers
22:29:  Zyrxil wrote in saying that The Impact is compatible with PSEmu Pro video Plugins! Just rename the DLL from any Video plugin on our PSEmu Pro plugins page, to renderer.ipc. Check it out.

Download The Impact here.
Download PSEmu Pro Plugins here.

Translation News: Metroid Fever!
16:57:  2 New Metroid hacks added today:

Metroid X: A complete overhaul of Metroid 2, one of the most complete and most changed Metroid hacks available!

Metroid Remix: It uses the existing Zebes map as a starting point, then adds new areas, hides the items and bosses in new places, bumps the difficulty level up a notch, and adds Mini-Ridley to the game, hopefully adding replay value to one of the classic NES games of all time.

Download them from the Hacks page.

Emulator Release: Anex86 v2.01
01:56:  A new version of Anex86, a x68000 PC emulator, has been released. According to the site, there was a major bug in the program that caused it to crash. So, if you ran into this problem using this emulator, then pick up the new copy.

You can get the updated version of Anex86 by going on over to the PC98 Emulators page.

Thanks to Tenchi for the e-mail.

Emulator Release: CCS64 2.0 beta
01:19:  A new version of CCS64, a C64 emulator for DOS/Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Fixed:

Emulator Release: jzIntv 010a
00:44:  jzIntv is a new Intellivision emulator that is in the works. It can't play any games yet, but the source is availible for anyone who wants to use it. You can get it at the Intellivision page.

Emulator Release: Gens v0.14a
00:19:  A new version of Gens, a Sega Genesis emulator, was released. Here's a list of what's new:

Misc. News: Impact FAQ launched
00:05:  Romseeker has launched an FAQ on the arcade emulator, Impact.

You can check it out by visiting the following link:

Emulator Release: A-SATURN 0.14f
00:04:  A new version of A-SATURN has been released. MC68K commands and polygon drawing (of rectangles only) have been added. You can get A-SATURN at the Saturn page. Thanks to JEK Chan for the news.

1/5/2000
Emulator Release: RockNES 0.99
23:55:  A new version of RockNES, a NES emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Site News: ZD 2nd annual questionnaire
14:38:  We're now ready for the second annual ZD questionnaire. I'd like to ask everyone to please fill out the set of questions that are posed to you (if there's any information you don't want to enter, just type N/A) because it will help us to better your experience here at ZD. As an incentive, we'll randomly pick out one person from everyone who answers the questionaire and completes every field. That person will receive a $30 cash prize.

Remember, ZD is here for you and we need your support. Without your support, where would we be? ZipLink? Thanks for visiting ZD!

Translation News: Surging Aura translation tools
14:12:  Eidolon of Eidolon's Inn has released translation tools to aid in the translating of "Surging Aura", a Sega-made game from 1994. This is the first "open tools" translations project according to Eidolon. If you're interested, be sure to visit the ETG homepage on Eidolon's site.

Emulator Release: Gemulator 2000
13:21:  Darek Mihocka, author of many popular commercial & freeware emulators such as ST Xformer, PC Xformer and SoftMac, has released a new version of one of the best Atari 8bit/ST emulators available, Gemulator. Gemulator 2000 has become freeware (older versions of Gemulator were commercial) so you no longer have to register it to get the full features. Some of the changes in Gemulator 2000 include:

Misc. News: Lopantu's Emulation Comic Strip #1
13:00:  I have started my own comic strip. This strip deals with my thoughts on Impact.

Emulation Comic #1: Feel The Impact

Misc. News: New website idea
12:46:  Ever since I posted about ZD's hosting offer to everyone, we've received a great many e-mails from people with site ideas, but no site. This, of course, posed a problem. One such e-mail seemed so interesting, however, that I've decided to honor the e-mail's author's wishes and post it up here.

I'm sure many of you have found great satisfaction going through the SPC and NSF archives here on Zophar's Domain and listening to all those classic video game tunes. But how about full blown remixes and covers of classic video game songs? How would Pac-Man's theme sound as a hardcore techno dance mix? What about a Heavy Metal Mario 64 Theme? Or even a dead-on rendition of the Final Fantasy 3 Battle tune? Well as far as we know, such things don't exist. Or do they...

If you have covered or remixed video game tunes and would like them hosted on Zophar's Domain then e-mail me! I have a dream of a huge archive of re-tooled video game music, in every musical style, and for every game, but in order to make it a reality I need support and submissions from you, the community! E-mail me your tunes in MP3 or MOD form and if I get enough we'll have the coolest music archive on the net! Note: any submissions need to be your own work.

As Zophar says, nothing on ZD would be here without the support of the community, and it's this community I rely on to bring this idea to fruitition. For an example of a classic game tune I have recreated take a listen to http://members.home.com/ruiner1/druid_2.mp3

Thanks for reading this and I hope to hear your music soon,

ruiner
ruiner1@home.com

From a webmaster's perspective, this sounds like an excellent idea. The question is, will people support it? If you want to see this website, and/or if you can contribute anything, please send off an e-mail to ruiner and we'll see what develops.

Media News: Emulation mentioned in EGM
12:40:  I received an e-mail from one of ZD's visitors about an issue of EGM which mentioned bleem! and the X-box. Following is a sample from the article.

As each new piece of technology comes along, it's more than capable of pretending to be something from the past that was less powerful. While currently frowned upon, companies like Bleem! are blazing a trail that could well lead to the future of gaming and the set-top-box holy grail that everyone still seems to aspire to. Coupled with broad bandwidth connections and "gaming on demand", emulation could be the way that people access the games of yesterday.

They also mentioned the X-Box, and its possibilities.

An interesting aside to this point(franchise characters) emerges when you consider emulation though. The X-box will be more than capable of emulating many of the older systems. Although a way off yet, with the advent of broad-bandwidth internet and the gaming-on-demand services, X-box could be in a good position to bring you legitimate old-school games through emulation.

It seems that as time passes, gaming magazines are taking emulation more and more seriously. Thanks to The Wandering Spider for these tidbits.

Misc. News: Overclocked #61: Accidental Tourist
12:25:  After a short hiatus from episodes, David Lloyd has come out with a new issue of his emulation parody comic strip, Overclocked. Issue #61 is titled "Accidental Tourist". You can check it out below.

Misc. News: KOF'91 v0.6
12:21:  Although not emulator-related, I feel this is an important update to add nevertheless. A new version of Moah's KOF '91, a fighting engine for programmers of fighting games, has been released. Here's what's new in v0.6:

Misc. News: WinAMP Skin added
03:45:  A new WinAMP skin was added to the WinAMP Skins page. Here's what was added:

Emulator Release: Visual Boy v1.3.1
03:31:  A new version of Visual Boy, a Gameboy emulator, was released. Here's a quick list of what's new:

Emulator Release: JNES .30a
01:15:  A new version of JNES, an NES emulator, has come out. Here is what's new in this version:

Emulator Release: ComeBack 64 v0.9E
00:54:  A new version of ComeBack 64, a Commodore 64 emulator for DOS, has been released. In this new version, it includes features like an enhanced statusline, more I/O kernel traps, an EmuID fix, and tape emulation.

You can download the new verson at the Commodore 64 emulators page.

Thanks go out to Erik for the e-mail.

1/4/2000
Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 2
23:50:  A new version of NESten, an NES emulator, has been released. Here's a quick list of what's new in this version:

Misc. News: Impact Direct3D Renderer v1.8 released
20:49:  The Direct3D Renderer for The Impact emulator has been released. This version has the following bugfixes:

Utility Release: Che's Ultimate Cheater 1.21
19:59:  Another version of an ultimate cheater for games on the SNES has been released. This cheater lets the user edit ZSNES save states, to give you more lives, different spells, and more. Here is what's new in this version:

Utility Release: GROM 0.51
19:45:  A new version of GROM has been released. Here is what's new in this version:

Site News: S&M Software hosted at ZD and GYM news
10:33:  In case you missed the post yesterday, S & M Software (coders of YMAMP, a GYM plugin for Winamp and MSP, a multi sound player for DOS) is now hosted here at Zophar's Domain. Be sure to visit smsoft.zophar.net for the latest YMAMP and MSP updates.

In case you weren't reading the what's new for YMAMP 2.0, it now has support for headers (in the style of NSFs and SPCs), so you can now enter information such as the title of the game, the place the music comes from, and more. Also in this release is support for complete GYMs with PCM support! That means that when logging GYMs through Megasis with PCM turned on, you'll get the full sound - drum beats and all! Additionally, zlib compression was added so that those large 2 MB GYMs (PCM data takes up a lot of space) can be compressed by over 200%.

We'll be adding a GYM archive to ZD in the next few days. Until then, everyone interested in submitting GYMs should start logging them via Megasis (make sure PCM is turned on) and adding the headers through YMAMP. GYMs compress very well through RAR (without compressing the GYMs with zlib first). You can hold them until the archive is up, and then we'll rock and roll!

Emulator Release: MacMAME 0.36 Beta 13
03:38:  MacMAME has been updated to 0.36b13. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Magic Engine Beta 3 for Macintosh
03:27:  A new Magic Engine Beta is out for the Macintosh. Here's what's new:

Links Update: 2 links added
00:55:  Out of 8 e-mails, I've added 2 links. That's just 25%. People, when you submit a site, make SURE the link works!

Go on and check out the updated links page.

Thanks go out to Hitman again, for the help.

Site News: Utilities section
00:37:  I have updated the utilities section with all the new utility pages that have gone up so you can find the utilities you are looking for faster. I have also added the new ZD's layout to all the pages. Sorry I haven't done this sooner, I just haven't had the time.

Check out the updated Utilities section here.

1/3/2000
Utility Release: YMAmp 2.0
23:59:  A new version of YMAmp, a .gym and .cym plugin for Winamp has been released. Here is what's new in this version:

Misc. News: 2 Impact Renderers Released
21:08:  The Direct3D and Glide renderers for The Impact emulator have been released. Judging from the response on The Impact's message board, people are more than pleased with these renderers. You simply unzip the renderer.ipc file contained in the zip, and replace the current one in your Impact directory.

These two renderers can be obtained from the Multi Arcade Emulators area.

Emulator News: Review of Impact Beta 1
16:50:  Earlier today, Emusphere.com posted a full review of Impact, the world's first Capcom ZS1/ZS2 emulator. As well as a review, it includes tips for performance and a ton of screenshots. Be sure to read this in-depth review and tips page at the link below.

Thanks to everyone that e-mailed in.

Emulator Release: No$MSX 1.2
16:13:  Martin Korth has released version 1.2 of his highly-optimized MSX emulator for DOS & Windows, No$MSX. Multiple ports of No$MSX are available for version 1.2 (DOS real mode & protected mode for 386 & 486 and Win32) at the official homepage. Here's a small list of some of the new features of v1.2:

Emulator Release: Come Back 64 0.9D
15:55:  A new version of Come Back 64 (a Commodore 64 emulator with various ports) for DOS has been released. 0.9D is a bugfix release. Since the C version was released right before D, here's what's new in 0.9C:

Emulator Release: Online Java MSX emulator
15:44:  The MSX Emulator Page (M.E.P.) has openned up an online MSX emulator complete with 55 great games! Just to go M.E.P. and choose "Play Online" from the menu.

Emulator Release: Calypso Beta 011
15:13:  A new beta of Calypso (a Sega Master System & GameGear emulator) has been released. Here's what's new in Beta 011:

Misc. News: WinAMP skin added
14:30:  A new WinAMP skin was added to the WinAMP Skins page. Here's what was added:

Site News: NESten hosted at ZD and more
14:12:  As you've seen from the below news post, NESten has been released and the homepage is hosted right here at ZD. For those who haven't heard about this emulator, it's an optimized NES emulator for Windows9x which contains features such as sound channel enabling/disabling, a debugger, DirectInput support and more.

While it's not perfect, the author of this emulator, TNSe, would like all the help he can get. If you have a bug report or compatibility information that you'd like to submit to TNSe, head over to the NESten homepage and post on the official message board.

Also, I'll be taking suggestions about whether to make the next NES movie contest a NESticle NSM or NESten SM* movie. E-mail me with your comments.

Emulator Release: WinEMU v0.47R2
14:06:  A new version WinEMU, a Commodore 64 emulator, has been released. No what's new documentation has been included.

You can get a copy by going on over to the Commodore 64 Emulators page.

Emulator Release: NESten v0.6 Beta 1
13:21:  A new NES emulator, NESten, has hit the scene. It was coded by TNSe and is a great emulator. I'm sure you heard Brad talking about it in his "Zophar's Underworld: Volume II", and here it is. Here's what it features:

Emulator Release: NLKE 0.05b
02:30:  A new version of NLKE, the SNES emulator, has been released, and here's what's new:

1/2/2000
Emulator Release: Impact Public Beta 1
18:41:  The Impact has released a beta to the public today. Here's what the homepage says about this release:

This is the first Public release of Impact and since it's a Beta you should expect some glitches and other problems. Crashes might also occure but nothing serious.
This is a Beta release.

Misc. News: Prepare For Launch
13:30:  Hmm... Over at the Impact website, a message that simply says "Prepare For Launch", accompanied by a picture of a really big firework with Kenny strapped to it has been posted. What's it all mean? One can only guess...

Thanks to Sonikku_a for the news.

Site News: Welcome to the year 2000... and we're all still here!
10:00:  Yo!

It's January 2nd, 2000. The world has not ended and the Earth's computers continue to tick away. Did anyone really believe the hype (not counting the Y2K survivalists on the Montel Williams show, people from the year 1001 who traveled to the present, and Leonard Nimoy)? ZD would like to wish everyone the best new year (not millenium, thats 364 days away!) in the world!

I'd like to wish a very happy birthday to Mathew Valente (also known as TSSF). We hope you continue to have many more!

The ZD logo contest has ended. No furthur submissions will be accepted. I have a lot of graphics viewing to do now, but you can rest assured that the absolute best, most original logo will be the one to win the contest. To everyone who submitted a logo for the contest, we'd like to thank you and invite you to enter future ZD contests.

Speaking of contests, it's Y2K but we haven't decided if we're going to make the next NES movie contest an NSM or a NESten movie (NESten will be released very shortly, so keep your eyes peeled for the release). The game for the next movie contest has already been chosen, so it's just a matter of waiting for NESten's release before deciding. The last four NSM contests that we've done have been a huge success and we expect the fifth movie contest to be no different. I'd like to remind everyone that the fifth contest will be the most difficult of any of them, so get practicing! The game begins with an "S". :)

The volume of e-mails I've been receiving in the last few weeks has been phenominal! I'd like to apologize to everyone that I haven't been able to respond to yet. I have some e-mails from over a week ago, and I'm getting to every one as soon as I can. As part of the ZD pledge, I promise each and every one of you that every mail you send to me is read.

Today's the day for the ZD Y2K questionaire! Some of you may remember we did such a thing last year. Shortly after reading the thousands of responses that we received, we began our climb up the rope of emulation sites, as we added all of the section and files that our visitors indicated to us they wanted. This time will be no different so when we post the questionaire, we'd like to ask everyone to fill it out. Remember, ZD is here for you.

Thanks for visiting ZD, and we hope your new year is free from computer glitches and asteroids! ;)

Emulator Release: Magic Engine Beta 3 for Macintosh
02:57:  The Macintosh version of Magic Engine is ready to download. This is a beta version, as the full version is not ready yet. Here's what's lacking in this version:

Links Update: 53 Links Added
01:15:  Finally, I have updated the links page. And I had one great helper, Hitman. Hitman has been a great friend of mine for over 6 years, it was very nice of him to help me sort through the hundreds of link submissions. Thanks again man!

You can check out the updated links page, here..

Utility Release: GROM
01:09:  A new Genesis utility has been released. This utility converts Genesis .smd roms, into .bin files.

You can download it from the Sega Genesis Utilities page.

Utility Release: GundRAM
01:05:  A new utility has been released. This utility is for SRWars4, and it allows the user to access and use pilots and robots not normally available.

You can download it at the SNES Utilities page.

Misc. News: NO$GMB Y2K Glitch?
00:16:  I've been getting quite a few e-mails regarding NO$GMB's "Y2K" glitch. It seems that when you run a non-registered version, such as the one found on the Gameboy Emulators page, it comes up with several errors and and humourous phrases. It's just a joke, not a real glitch. After you close the program and re-open it, it's perfectly fine. Don't worry about it.

Here's a screenshot:



Thanks to everyone that e-mailed.

1/1/2000
Emulator Release: ZD-spc 2.4
22:34:  I have fixed some more bugs, and have decided to release ZD-spc 2.4. Here is a list of what I've fixed:

Emulator Release: GalEmu 0.40.8
21:10:  A new version of GalEmu has been released, and here's what's new:

Misc. News: Happy New Year!
20:55:  I would like to wish all of our visitors a Happy New Year! Let's try and be kinder this year and let's also try and make this year a great year for emulation! As always, . . .

Stay tuned!

Emulator Release: Anex86 2.00!
17:14:  Anex86, most probably the best PC98 emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 2.00. I don't know what's new, but if someone can tell me, please do.

You can download it from the PC98 emulators page. And if you can't find any games or BIOS ROMs for it, you might want to check out The X68k games pile, as it has a nice collection of PC98 games and links to sites which have the BIOS ROMs. Thanks to Crokk for the news!

Site News: Happy New Year!
15:06:  I'd just like to say that, while Y2K was overhyped, I'm happy that nothing has happened. That's right, folks -- no Great Midget Rebellion right now (although I'm sure one is being planned; I allow you to be my first victim when you rebel, midgets).

Anyway, expect a poll update either today or tomorrow. If you have any suggestions for the poll, you can always go to the Contact page and send us your idea. I'll definitely consider it, especially if it's truly interesting.

Finally, just to make this an actual update, let me link to a decent ZDNet article about Y2K's non-effect thus far.

Emulator Release: DarcNES v20000101!
13:04:  DarcNES, a TG16/PCE, SMS/GG, NES, Apple II, Genesis and Colecovision emulator for X-Windows, has been updated to version 20000101, and since I missed version 19991226 I'll post the what's new for that, too:

v20000101:

Site News: Happy new year!
02:37:  Happy new year to everyone out there from myself, and everyone at ZD. I would like to say that a new verison of ZD-spc will be released either today, or tomorrow. So expect one soon.

You can download the current version of ZD-spc including the SPC internet plugin, at the ZD-spc Homepage.

Emulator Release: Visual Boy 1.3
01:26:  Visual Boy has been updated to 1.3. Here's what's new: