Emulator News: A Sega CD emulator in the works?
10:30:  That's right, there is a new Sega CD emulator in the works. The author and title of the emulator is unknown. This comes from JoseQ's EmuViews. Not only has he tried it and knows it's real, but he even posted a screen shot of it. Yes folks, I'll be playing through Double Switch again in no time. ;-)

For the screen shot, and an outstanding Rumor Mill on lots of other emulation news, head over to JoseQ's EmuViews.

Emulator Release: Win SMS plus FR 0.931
05:45:  Win SMS Plus 0.931 has been translated to French.

You can download it from our SMS Section.

Misc. News: ROM To Cartridge Project
05:43:  Spiffmaster Cow sent news about a project he and a friend have begun:

"Well, I'm starting a project to try to burn translated NES games to cartrige. I plan on creating a very complete FAQ upon the successful completion of this. The FAQs will most likely need to be per individual game, as burning each game will be somewhat different (I expect, anyway). Anyway, I have a source for the funding for this project (a guy with a lot of extra cash who wants to play FF3 on his NES), but I need technical information regarding EEPROM burning and any encoding procedures used in NES EEPROMs. I would appreciate it if you post this on the news page requesting any information to be emailed to spiffmastercow@home.com. Thank you."

Misc. News: Earthbound 64 petition
05:08:  James Saal sent news of a petition for the recently cancelled Earthbound 64:

"I noticed you were the one to post the news of Earthbound cancellation, and I was wondering if you could please advertise the petition to save the game which can be found at www.starmen.net. They have 9250 signatures so far and they are trying to reach a goal of 10,000. Please help us save EB64!"

Feel free to sign the Earthbound 64 Petition.

Emulator Release: J200 Atari 2600 Emulator for Java 0.80 Beta
05:04:  The J2600 Atari 2600 Emulator for Java by Cisano Carmelo has been updated to 0.80. As this is the first public release, here is a list of the features:

Misc. News: Intel Pentium III 1.13 Ghz chips recalled
04:45:  C-Net has news about a glitch in Pentium III 1.13 Ghz chips that could cause system errors when running certain programs and at a particular temperature. Due to this, all Pentium III 1.13 ghz chips are being recalled. Dell and IBM have already cancelled manufacturing of computers containing the chip.

You can read the entire article at C-Net.

Site News: Gameboy Color Demo
04:39:  Kojote, Dox and Wierza have released a Color Gameboy Demo called "Beauty Girls" Volume 01. It has 24 High color pictures and scrolling Text with Biography about Anna Kurnikova.
You can download it and learn more at Kojote's homepage.

Misc. News: Gameboy Berzerk Remake
04:34:  A remake of the arcade classic Berzerk is being coded, entitled Berzerk Legends, for the Gameboy Color. Here is a quote from the author about what is planned:

"Original Berzerk
Always wanted to be able to play this game on the road and the main reason I decided to make this.
Berzerk Legends
Updated gfx, multiple characters to choose from, more enemies, boss characters, bigger mazes, weapon upgrades, obstacles, and so on.
Time Trials
Beat the levels, which you've already opened in Legends, in a certain amount of time.
Quest Mode
Original Berzerk w/ a twist: 100+ random levels with an ending. See how long it takes to beat.
2 Player Mode
Co-op: Help the other player finish each level.
Fragfest: See how many friendly/unfriendly kills you can get.
GB Printer Support
Print out banners, hi score tables from all of the modes, and artwork.

The author is looking for any artists or musicians that would like to see some of their work be put in this game. Here's a list of what he is looking for:

Enemies
Need some new enemies, looking for a minimum of 5.
Looking for a size of 8x16 for the sprites and 160x144 for the actual artwork.
Boss characters
About 5-7 enemies needed.
16x16 or 16x24 for the sprites, 160x144 for the artwork
Music for the Legends levels
MOD format
"Retro-futuristic" or techno/trance music preferred
If you are interested, please send your submissions to
BigRedPimp@juno.com.

Site News: Wanted: A Few Good People
04:32:  Along with many of the projects currently being worked on for ZD, another one is near complete.

A lot of you have emailed us or used our news submitter to ask a question about an emulator, or about emulation in general. Soon, we'll unveil a help center for the newbie and for those who just need something answered.

What we lack right now is a "tech support staff". We're looking for a few people who are knowledgable and willing to share the wealth with those needing some help. Basically, you'll answer emails from our viewers who need something answered, and be expected to research and find answers if you don't know about it. Some of the qualities you need to posess are:

• At least 2 or 3 years experience in emulation
• Good communication skills
  
• Competent with the web and email
  
• Willing to spend a few hours a day on the project
  
• Works well with others
  
• Not easily annoyed by ignorance of others

Misc. News: Liberty Trojan Horse
04:29:  Another reason not to pirate commercial emulators arises. A faked crack for the commercial Gameboy emulator for PalmPCs, Liberty, was released that contained a trojan horse that would delete files off of your Palm.

You can read more from the ZDNet article.

Misc. News: Into dreams: An online RPG
04:25:  Aquila sent news of an RPG he is programming based on
Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest. He is looking for artists who are skilled in Square/Enix style character/sprite creation, and Visual Basic Programmers.

You can find out more at Into Dreams homepage.

Emulator Release: Space Invaders Emulator for Playstation
04:21:  The Space Invaders emulator for the Playstation has been updated. There is also apparently a Dreamcast version in the works.
Download this and other emulators for consoles at the Official Site.

Emulator Release: AdvanceMAME 0.37 Beta 6
04:17:  AdvanceMAME, the unofficial version of MAME with customizable video modes, and more has been updated to 0.37 Beta 6.

You can get it from our MAME page.

Utility Release: Meridian 0.34
03:52:  Meridian, an NSF player for Win95/98, has been updated to version 0.34. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: WinAmp 2.65
03:36:  Winamp 2.65 was released. They fixed the ex-m3u bug/security hole and improved mp3 http streaming dialog (which no longer upsets AVS), Improved proxy support for streaming audio, added a WMA encoder, made better support for WMA, Mjuice, Audiosoft, WAV, and audio CD, added a search engine to jump to any song in a playlist, and more.

You can get it at the WinAmp page.

Site News: UAE 0.8.15 for Linux
03:29:  UAE for Linux has been updated to 0.8.15 (experimental). It now has Dynarec.

You can download it at our Amiga for Unix section.

Free ROMs News: Back to the Roots Releases
03:12:  The Amiga Culture Directory Project, by Back to the Roots has prepared some really nice stuff for all of you. The gamers can relive the past with cool classics like the fabulous adventure games "Quest for Glory 2 - Trial by Fire" and "Goldrush" from Sierra. The german Amiga company MegArts has allowed them to put the addictive puzzle game "Brainman" and the Kick-Off alike Icehockey game "MegArts Hockey" online.

You can get these legal Amiga disk images, as well as Amiga and PC demos and more at Back to the Roots.

Utility Release: Zelda Script Editor 1.0
02:55:  Yarx's Zelda Script Editor 1.0 has been released. This is a ROM script editor for the SNES version of The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past.

You can download it from our Translation Utilities section.

Utility News: JoytoKey Joystick Keyboard emulator
02:45:  BrewerZ sends news of a Joystick keyboard emulator that works under windows. It can handle upto 16 Usb Joysticks
and probably any other device in the joystick config. You can find out more, and download it at The JoytoKey Homepage.

Emulator Release: SNEeSe 0.45
02:24:  SNEeSe was updated to version 0.45. Here's what's new:

Emulator News: SMS Plus Windows cancelled
02:21:  According to the homepage of the port of SMS Plus to windows:

"I have decided to call it a day and will stop developing the emulator any further. Please note, this does not mean that Charles MacDonald has given up on the DOS version (though it has been quiet for some time). Thank you for all your support, and downloads. If anyone is interested in taking over the project and or the web page then please contact me sms_plus@hotmail.com"

Misc. News: Yar's Revenge PC
02:14:  The first screenshots of the PC year 2000 version of Yar's Revenge PC converted from the classic 2600 cart are available to be seen at Lee's PeeknPoke.

You can see it at Lee's Peek n Poke.

Emulator Release: DeePCE 0.12 Beta
02:12:  A new TG-16/PC Engine emulator, DeePCE 0.12 Beta, has been released. It is a japanese emulator. It seems quite good, but as most of the documentation is in Japanese, I can't tell the specific features.

You can download it from our TG-16 page.

Misc. News: Top 100 Retro Games of All Time
01:55:  Lee's PeeknPoke has compiled its own 100 top retro games of all time chart (for Nes, C64, Spectrum, Atari2600 and Megadrive - The machines the site covers). It makes a
nice read and is hopefully open to debate about the placings.

You can see the list at Lee's Peek n Poke.

Utility News: RomDoctor RDBs
01:26:  Grendel has sent word that TOSEC just released a bunch of rdbs for romdoctor.

new rdbs:

Emulator Release: A-Saturn 0.16
01:00:  A-Saturn has been updated to v0.16. According to the english homepage there is only one thing new:

Emulator News: Sega System C2 Emulator Progress
00:58:  Haze has been dilligently working on breaking encryption and getting more games to work in Charles MacDonald's Sega System C2 Emulator. Here is a quote from the Sega System C2 WIP Page:

"Puyo Puyo 2 gameplay now seems to work more correctly, Columns now accepts coins etc instead of being locked to freeplay and aside from colours now appears fully playable. Columns 2 likewise is now playble in C2emu (or at least should be when/if there is a new release sometime) with sound etc. although the colour palette is still incorrect."

You can read more at the Sega C2 WIP Page.

Translation News: DBZ Gokutuden 2
00:38:  I may NEVER know how to spell the title correctly for this game (probably because everyone spells it differently,) but there has been another jump ahead in the DBZ: Gokutuden 2 race. Commando Ginew has released version .29 (29% of course) of his patch. According to the author, everything is translated up to the "King Kai bad jokes".

Get it at our SNES Translations page.

Translation News: Final Fantasy 3 Omnispoof
00:30:  Psychokiller86 has released a total parody of Final Fantasy 6j/3e for the SNES. MUCH of the text was changed, as were a large part of the graphics (enemies, weapons, etc.) Word of warning: This patch contains some adult language. Do not download if you are easily offended. Taken from the author's readme:

Chances are, no matter what gender, race, mentality, country, or anything else you are or are affiliated with, you will be offended by something in this hack, so don't cuss me out on that, I have warned you..

Translation News: Demon's Crest Bugfix
00:15:  Robert Craven has noticed that there are a few really buggy versions of Demon's Crest (SNES) out there. He has released a patch for the buggy rom that should fix some of the problems that currently make it unplayable. I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it, so get it at our SNES Translations page.

Translation News: Two New Pokemon Hacks
00:03:  Neo Productions has released two hacks... one for Pokemon: Blue, and one for Pokemon: Red. Like the original Pokemon games, both stories are interlocking.

Get the hack at our Hacks page.

8/30/2000
Translation News: Villgust French 90%
23:49:  Biglo and Bes at BessaB traductions have relased a 90% French patch for the SNES game Villgust.

Get it at our French Translations page.

Translation News: Translations from The Spoony Bard Updated
23:31:  I've just added a couple of translations from The Spoony Bard that weren't on our site. The games that I added/updated are:

• The Glory of Heracles 2: Titan's Downfall (NES, 100%)
• Momotaro Thunderbolt (Gameboy, 91%)
  
• Softball Heaven (NES, 100%)
  
• Naughty Kokkun's Gourmet World (NES, 100%, and NO, it's NOT porn)

Media News: EGM Publishes Article on Unofficial Video Game Translations
03:18:  EGM has published an article about unofficial video game translations. It mentions Seiken Densetsu 3 and Earthbound Zero (yes, I know it wasn't a REAL unofficial translation) as well as others. Challenge Games has posted scans of the article so you can read it. Thanks to Jay "Elric" Weber for the news.

Emulator Release: ParaMSX 0.18
03:10:  A new version of ParaMSX, a MSX emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: EMU+ 0.37 beta 6 for DOS
03:02:  A new version of EMU+, an enhanced version of MAME for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator News: RockNES WIP
01:18:  The RockNES homepage has some information about what to expect in the next release of RockNES:

Emulator Release: BeNES 0.5.0b
01:15:  BeNES v0.5.0b has been released. I am not sure what's new.

You can download it from our NES for BeOS section.

Emulator Release: Mac Atari 800 1.0.4
01:13:  Derek Ledbetter's Mac Macintosh port of Atari 800 has been updated to v1.0.4.

You can download it from our Atari 800 for Macintosh section.

Translation News: Hello Kitty Festival!
00:21:  I've just added all of the translations at Suicical Translations to our main English translation page. The games added were (all NES games):

• Hello Kitty World
• Hello Kitty's Flower Shop
• Hotman
• Keroppi & Keroleen's Splashbomb
  
• Sanrio Carnival 2
  
• Sweet Home
  
• Tabo's Tactics

8/29/2000
Translation News: Seiken Densetsu 3 English Patch Updated
00:28:  Neill Corlett has released version 1.01 of his Seiken Densetsu English patch. This version fixes several typographical errors in the script.

Get it from our SNES Translations page. Thanks to Special-Man for the news.

Frontend News: ZSPCfe DOS 1.04i
00:21:  SephirothBCH has released a DOS port of ZSPCfe 1.03j, his SPCPlay frontend for Windows. The DOS port has every feature that is in the Windows version except for the Remote Control. Right now, the highest version of SPCPlay that it supports is v0.650.

Get it at our SPC Player Frontends page.

8/28/2000
Emulator Release: AMAME & PMAME 0.37 beta 6
23:16:  AMAME and PMAME, unofficial optimized versions of MAME, have been brought into sync with the newest official version of MAME. You can get them at the MAME page.

Site News: Gleam 08-28-00
20:29:  Gleam, the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom emulator for Sega Dreamcast has been updated. Here's what's new:

Emulator News: RAINE WIP
20:28:  Katharsis updated the official RAINE WIP page. Here is a quote from the page:

"Boukichi submitted another fix of the Battle Garrega driver which makes the sound close to perfect, good work =)"

You can read more at The Official RAINE WIP Page.

Emulator Release: iMAME 0.3 for the Ipaq Pocket PC
17:57:  The port of MAME to the IPaq Pocket PC, iMAME, may able to only use one button press at a time, but that hasn't stopped development of this MAME port. Bits of the source from MAME 0.21 and 0.36 have been compiled to run such games as Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Space Invaders, Frogger, and Burger Time. Here's the full list of what's new in this release:

Free ROMs News: "Dropoff 7" NES Intro
01:21:  Memblers released an NES intro that plays the story of the band, Dropoff 7, which he co-founded with Andrew Coppess. It plays entirely through the NES's delta-modulation channel. Andrew is doing the narration, and Memblers is singing along with him during the chorus. Be warned: this intro contains explicit lyrics.

You can download it from Membler's homepage.

Emulator Release: SixtyForce 0.5.6 for Macintosh
01:03:  The best Nintendo 64 emulator for the Macintosh, SixtyForce, has been updated to 0.5.6. This is a "mostly complete" beta version featuring the new dynamic recompiling core.

You can download it from our Nintendo 64 for Macintosh page.

Emulator Release: Jum's A5200 Emulator 0.4a
00:57:  A new version of Jum's A5200 Emulator, an Atari 5200 emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

0.4a

Emulator Release: Pasofami 1.4b
00:45:  A new version of Pasofami, a NES emulator for Windows, has been released. The doumentation is in Japanese, but you can get it at the NES page. Thanks to EmuCamp for the news.

Misc. News: SegaEMU Contest
00:44:  SegaEMU Author Atani is holding a contest. Visitor 100,000 to The Atani Software Page will win a private release of SegaEMU 1.00 one week before it hits the mainstream. This release will include the "BIG THING". This is most likely SegaCD emulation, but that is just my opinion.

See the Atani Software page for more information.

Emulator Release: MacMESS 0.37 Beta 6
00:34:  Version 0.37 beta 6 of MacMESS has been released. It is now inline with the DOS version of MESS.

Download it from our Mess for Macintosh section.

8/27/2000
Site News: French MacMAME 0.36 Beta 6
16:57:  The French translation of MacMAME has been updated to 0.36 Beta 6. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Virtual Aquarius 0.5
16:40:  Another Aquarius emulator has surfaced. Virtual Aquarius 0.5 is a very complete emulator for the "system for the seventies" that requires at least a Celeron 400 for optimum performance.

You can download this from our Aquarius section.

Emulator Release: AqEmu 0.2
16:37:  The Mattel/Radofin Elecronics emulator, AqEmu, has been updated to 0.2. Here's what's new:

Translation News: Two Translations Updated
14:37:  Kryten was looking through our SNES translations, and saw a patch that had been updated. It was updated a while back, and wasn't updated here because the translation group's website changed without a forwarding URL. Luckily, Kryten found it for us, so now the two patches at the site have been updated on our page. They are Rudra's Treasure (aka Rudora no Hihou) and Live a Live. Both of these are Squaresoft games.

Thanks again to Kryten for the news. Get both patches at our SNES Translations page.

Utility Release: Super Jukebox 2.8
03:59:  A new version of Super Jukebox, a great SPC player for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: RADARnes 0.3
03:47:  A new version of RADARnes, a NES emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Translation News: DBZ Gokuden 2 Patch
00:15:  Dragon Ball Z Translations has released their own version of a DBZ Gokuden 2 patch. The completion is estimated at 20%. According to their homepage, it is similar to Commando Ginew's patch (18%) because they used the same font. Looks like it's a race to 100% to me!

Download both translations at our SNES Translations page.

8/26/2000
Translation News: TMNT 3 German v0.50
23:32:  The German translation of TMNT 3 has been updated, and the author (scmaps) estimates its completion at 50%.

Get it at our German Translations page.

Misc. News: Help Requested
23:18:  Richard Rosenblatt (Crazypumpkin) has decided to start a project to create an Earthbound fan game using the SNES graphics engine (primarily because Earthbound 64 was recently cancelled.) Right now, he needs hacking, writing, and artistic talent (as well as someone who is experienced at creating web pages.)

If you'd like to apply to help him out, you can e-mail him at rosfam@worldnet.att.net or message him on ICQ (his number is 12002761.)

8/25/2000
Emulator Release: WinSTon 0.4
22:21:  A new version of WinSTon, an Atari ST emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: MacMAME 0.37 beta 6
22:14:  MacMAME, the Macintosh port of MAME, has been brought in sync with the current DOS version of MAME. Here's what's new:

Media News: More GameCube Media
10:13:  ZDNet has released a video of the upcoming GameCube in action. It's a hefty 10.8MB download. It shows of concepts of a Mario Bros. game, a Zelda game, a Metroid game, a Wave Race game, and, of course, a Pokemon game. Snag this video from ZDnet.

Also, if you want to see the GameCube up close...and I do mean close up, check out this picture of the GameCube from Nintendo of Japan.

Misc. News: Request for Graphics Artist
02:30:  Mat Eitel recently requested that we post a request of his for him. He's currently working on coding a Dragonball Z Action RPG, but due to his lack of graphic skills, his project has been stalled. In case anyone is interested in helping him out with graphics for the game, e-mail him for more information.

Hopefully, Mat will be able to show something off soon. ;)

Emulator News: A New MSX Machine?
02:21:  Yes, folks, you heard me right. A brand new MSX machine has been confirmed, and it will be made by ASCII. SLotman of The MSX Files sent us info on it, and here's what he had to tell us:

Great news from Japan! ASCII and Sega are working together to develop an new MSX Machine. It's a 3 part project:

First they will create (and it's almost done) a new MSX emulator that will support MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+. This emulator will be available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

After that, they will start selling MSX software on a new server, INCLUDING NEW SOFTWARE (Konami and Namco already contacted for this).

Then they will produce the new MSX which will be a Z80 processor running at 100 or 120Mhz with 4MB Ram and 4MB VRAM.

For a more in-depth message about this, head on over to The MSX Files and check it out.

Thanks again to SLotman for the news.

Site News: The Scribe Gets the Last Word In..
01:45:  If it weren't for The Scribe, the Articles page would be a complete joke. If it wasn't for him, some of the most impressive insight about emulation might have never been made.

Unfortunately, The Scribe has left emulation. His words, like cracks in amber, are all that remain. His old e-mail address is long gone, but he left us with a few parting thoughts, which I'll allow you to read here.

If anyone is interested in writing more articles for the page, read the submission guidelines posted on the Articles page and then give me a holler. The articles page has admittedly been stillborn since I picked it up, but now I'd really like to revive it.

Thanks again to The Scribe for all of his excellent insights over the past couple of years, first on his own page and later on, ours.

Media News: Sony Exec Gets Tough on Napster
01:17:  Shade Eagle (you know, that guy who used to work on ZD) recently sent us news about an article posted at U-Wire Today dealing with a speech given by a Sony exectutive. The article gets interesting after the exec starts talking about Napster. Here's a quote from said article:

"Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this. We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [Internet-service provider]. We will firewall it at your PC. These strategies are being aggressively pursued because there is simply too much at stake."
- Steve Heckler, Sony Executive

Aside from forgetting about the whole 4th amendment, this type of policy, if anything, must be a catalyst for conversation. So, I figure that I'll let you guys look at the full article and place your opinions about it on our Talk of the Town message board.

Anyway, thanks again to Shade Eagle for the news.

Emulator News: gleam! News
00:44:  For those of you interested by the bit of news I had about the NES emulator gleam! the other day, I have some more interesting news. From the gleam! website:

Alright! After about 10 minutes of sweat-dwelling hard work, I got my first ROM to load off of a CD-ROM in the dreamcast! (Yes, pop in the emulator CD, take it out and pop in the ROM cd, load a rom, boom) .. It's cool :) .. So from now on I don't have to have the precompiled-into-the-source-code roms anymore.. Oh, ya, so all you folks out there can start burning rom cds to use with this emulator, you will need to make sure it burns in a MODE1/2352 track, or using the -xa1 option in cdrecord for you linux people. Thanks everyone for your support!

The page also features screenshots of the emu running off a TV Tuner card.

Nevarre, who sent us news about this emu, is really pushing at us to put up a Dreamcast emulators section. Just so he knows I'm not ignoring his feelings about it, I'd like anyone interested in it to give us some input on it. If we get enough positive feedback about it, who knows? It's always an idea.

Thanks again to Nevarre for the news.

8/24/2000
Emulator Release: FCE Ultra 0.231 for DOS
16:31:  A new version of FCE Ultra, a NES emulator, has been released, and here's what's new:

Misc. News: Nintendo officially announces "Game Cube"
16:23:  Nintendo has offically announced its nextgen system, the Game Cube. There are pictures of the system and screenshots of demos availible at Nintendo.com.

Thanks to Ryan Fox for the news.

8/23/2000
Emulator Release: Z26 1.38
17:34:  A new version of Z26, an Atari 2600 emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Snes9X 1.31 for Windows
17:28:  A new version of Snes9X has been released, and here's what's new:

8/22/2000
Emulator Release: NES Emulator for the Dreamcast
23:51:  Nevarre sent us a piece of somewhat big news today, dealing with the release of a NES emulator for the Dreamcast called gleam!. Currently, it only works with a single demo which is coded into the binary.

The emulator, as well as instructions on how to get the emulator burned onto a CD that the Dreamcast can read, can be found on the home page. We currently don't have a section for emulators for the Dreamcast, but if there's a great demand for one, we might consider it.

Thanks again to Nevarre for the news.

Misc. News: Correction
23:44:  A couple of days ago, I posted a request for help by Anthony Comberiate... Unfortunately, I made a rather large typo. The game runs in Java, NOT javascript, as I originally posted. *Shudder* I don't know what I was thinking... heh...

Anyway, if you want to help, check out the site at http://members.home.net/comberiate and click on the "Contests" link.

Media News: Earthbound 64 Cancelled
23:43:  In a bit of "Aww, man... this sucks" news for today, IGN64 recently reported that the highly anticipated Mother 3 (a.k.a. Earthbound 64) was recently cancelled in both Japan and the U.S. Many people were looking forward to this game, and it's a shame it never came out.

Check out the article and take a moment to post a comment about it in our Talk of the Town message board.

Thanks a bunch to icEFusioN for the news.

Translation News: Ys 100% Patch
23:35:  Makoknight (who has a 100% english patch for Ys 2 on our translations page) also has a 100% Ys 1 patch. Thanks to Matt for bringing this to my attention. It has been added at our Translations page.

Translation News: Rockman: Battle and Fighters Patch Updated
23:26:  RockX2's english translation for the NEO-GEO Pocket game "Rockman: Battle and Fighters" has been updated to version 0.10 (estimated 20% complete.) In this latest patch, the power fighters robot master names have been translated.

Download it at our Translations page.

Translation News: German Translation Added
23:19:  I've just added a German translation for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 that is estimated at 12% complete. It's by an independant German translator by the name of "scmaps" that isn't associated with any translation group.

Get it from our German Translations page.

Translation News: Translations and Hacks Updated
23:12:  I've just added Star Translations to our Translations and Hacks pages. Included is a hack for River City Ransom (NES) that puts the heroes in wifebeaters, among other things.

Get these at our Translations and Hacks pages. Thanks to Lisboa for new about the site.

Media News: When is a Star Cube not a Star Cube?
22:31:  When a month's time passes by. The following is a snipet from an article on IGN:

Depending on what month it is, Nintendo's next-generation console has a different name. N2000. Project Dolphin. Star Cube. Nintendo Advance. We've heard them all before, but we're not sure which one to believe. Well, at least not until now.

To read more about the name game of the now named N-Cube, head over to cube.ign.com.

Emulator Release: Pasofami 1.4a
20:38:  A new version of Pasofami, a NES emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new according to Retrogames:

Emulator Release: Virtual GameBoy 1.7
20:21:  A new version of Marat Fayzullin's VGB has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator News: More on VGBC
20:15:  A few days ago VGBC, a Gameboy Color emulator, was discontinued. However, the REASON it was discontinued has been misunderstood by many people.

"There may have been a slight misunderstanding about yesterday's news item. The emulator name issue is true, but it is not the reason the project is not being developed anymore. I have too many projects going on right now to work on them all at the same time, so some had to be dropped. Thus, development of the Gameboy emulator will be, at least temporarily, suspended. The project still may continue at a later late (probably on sourceforge.net), and at that time it will be given a new name."

Thanks to Markus Lindström for the news.

Emulator Release: DirectVMS v1.8 released
10:17:  DirectVMS, a DirectX port of SoftVMS, has been updated to v1.8. DirectVMS emulates a Dreamcast VMU unit. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: CPS-2 FAQ v2.00m
09:52:  NAZ from CPS-2 Shock! has done an update to the CPS-2 FAQ file. Some of the changes include updated movies, artwork, and CRC information.

It's a hefty 9MB download, but if you'd like to check it out, head over to CPS-2 Shock!

Emulator Release: Optimized MAME Builds Released
09:43:  The i686 and K6 versions of MAME have been updated to v0.37 Beta 6. The i686 version is optimized for Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium-2 and Pentium-III processor users, and the K6 version is optimized for K6-2, K6-3 and K7 processor users.

Both versions are available for download from the MAME area.

8/21/2000
Utility Release: HME v0.2 released
09:52:  HME, a Harvest Moon level editor for Win9x, has been updated. Here's what's new:

8/20/2000
Emulator Release: MAME v0.37 Beta 6
17:32:  New MAME! Here's the new games:

Mega Blast, Metal Black, Big Karnak, Biomechanical Toy, Back Street Soccer, Sky Fox / Exerizer, Space Beam, Kuri Kinton, Play Girls, Play Girls 2, Karian Cross, Logic Pro,
Logic Pro 2, The Last Day, Pollux, Blue Hawk, Primella,
R-Shark, Gals Pinball, Video Pinball, Truxton II / Tatsujin II / Tatsujin Oh

And the new clones:

Knights of the Round (US), Slam Masters (US), Batsugun (Special version), Pipi & Bibis (bootleg?)

Head over to the MAME page to get a copy.

Misc. News: Correction to A-Saturn post
15:34:  I was informed by Alucard of EmuSaturn that Azuco is the original author of A-Saturn, and the project has not changed hands. My apologies for any confusion I may have caused.

Misc. News: Retrogaming Times #36
15:25:  Tom Zjaba of Tomorrow's Heroes e-mailed in and let us know that issue #36 of Retrogaming Times is up.

The biggest issue of Retrogaming Times ever! Four massive pages, seven contributors and alot more! Here is some of the highlights:

Emulator News: Virtua - Sega Model 2 emulator in the works
11:34:  A new emulator named Virtua is being developed to run Sega Model 2 games, such as Virtua Fighter 2, Dead or Alive, and more. Great progress has been made on this emulator. If you'd like to get more information, as well as screenshots of the emu in action, head over to Virtua, the official page for this upcoming emulator.

Emulator Release: TGB v0.245 released
11:27:  The japanese version of TGB, a Gameboy Color emulator for Win9x, has been updated to version 0.245. As it is japanese, I don't know what has been updated.

Download it now from the Gameboy emulators area.

Thanks again to Thanatos for the news.

Emulator News: VGBC discontinued
11:16:  Virtual Gameboy Color, a Gameboy Color emulator for Win9x/NT/2k, has been discontinued. Here's what the author had to say:

"Marat Fayzullin wanted the name of my Gameboy Color emulator changed since it is too similar to the name of his emulator. Thus, it no longer has a name. The full source code is released along with a compiled binary. This program is no longer being supported or developed at all, and you can do whatever you please with the source."

You can download the source code from the Gameboy emulators area.

Thanks to Thanatos for the news.

8/19/2000
Emulator Release: Hu-Go v1.28 for Windows released
22:31:  One of the best Turbo Graphx 16/PC Engine emulators for DOS has been ported over to Windows.

Try it out now in the Turbo Graphx 16 emulators area.

Thanks to Electro Punk for the news.

Emulator Release: RCA Studio II emulator released
22:04:  The world's first ever RCA Studio II emulator, STEM, has been released. Just what is an RCA Studio II? Well...here's what the author has to say:

One of the missing gapes in console emulation is now filled with the release of "STEM", an emulator for the RCA Studio II. Launched in 1976, this is the second cartridge based programmable system ever produced, narrowly beaten by the Fairchild Channel F.

You can download this brand new emulator from the RCA Studio II emulators area.

Also, head over to the author's website and check out pics of what the machine looked like, as well as screenshots of the emulator in action.

Emulator News: A-Saturn home moves and progress made
21:41:  A-Saturn has been taken over (I believe) by a new person or team. The new homepage shows screen shots of Shanghai Great Wall running on the upcoming version of the emulator. Could this be the first Saturn emulator running commercial games? We'll find out in the next release. Thanks to all that mailed in with the info on the new site.

Site News: Raine v20000819 released
21:32:  Yup, hours later, the latest version of Raine has been released. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: MAME Targets
17:52:  Randy Hoffman e-mailed us about his website, MAME Targets.

My aim for this site is to eventually present the most comprehensive listing on the 'Net of arcade games that have yet to be added to the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator (M.A.M.E.). As such, it's primarily intended as a resource for MAME developers and for dumpers, though anyone's welcome to use it.

Why not head over to MAME Targets and see the info he has collected.

Misc. News: Bootable DC CDs?
16:32:  Just saw over on DC Warez that there are now bootable DC games. So far there's Dynamite Cop and Virtua Fighter 3tb. DC Warez is also reporting that you need Disc Juggler 2.0.x to burn the bootable CDs.

Emulator Release: MAME Roundup/Cleanup
16:16:  Well, I imagine it was about time to get the ol' MAME page back up to speed. So, I went through and checked for new versions of every version of MAME we had listed. The following is a list of what was updated:

Translation News: Pokemon: Red Edition (Advanced)
16:06:  Stan Kennedy has released a more advanced version of Pokemon: Red Edition. He has made all of the trainers and gym leaders 2 to 4 times stronger. If you want a challenge, get this patch at our Hacks page.

Translation News: First fMSXdos Non-beta Version Released
15:48:  Version 1.0.c of fMSXdos loader has been released. Here is what is new in this version:

• First final version (no longer BETA).
  
• Now LOAD ROM command remembers the last ROM selected.
  
• Now all ROMs from A to F have the right parameters in the database so they will run without troubles.
  
• FM-PACK option is turned off, because some systems with SBLive! under Windows 98 hang-up with FM-PACK emulation turned ON.
  
• Fixed some names in the database

Translation News: DBZ Translations Looking for New Translator
15:29:  According to jbtrunks, DBZ Translations is looking for a new translator. If you have translating and hacking experience and would like to be a part of their team, e-mail jbtrunks at jbhnrh@hotmail.com.

Translation News: Japanese/English Translator Needed
15:26:  Phil H is starting a translation project for Romancing Saga 1. All he needs is someone that can translate the Japanese text into English so that he can insert it. If you think you can help, e-mail him at RomSaga@hotmail.com or visit his page at http://www.geocities.com/rom_saga/.

Technical Docs News: German Docs on Hacking GB Roms
15:20:  Teralink of Austrian Game Team has created quite a large document on GameBoy hacking that is written in German. You can reach it from our Hacking Docs page or directly at http://agt.gnw.de/texthacking.htm.

Emulator Release: New NLMSX Released
15:08:  It seems like this week is a big week for MSX emulators. There have been quite a few released recently... Anyway, NLMSX (an msx/msx2/msx2+ emulator) has been updated to verion 0.28. Here are the changes since the last version:

• Solved a bug with SCC channel 1.
• Made some enhancements to the SCC emulation.
• Reworked the sound synchronisation. Framerates should be 50 or 60 on both windows 98/2000. Just Send me an e-mail if that is not the case. Emulation is not as smooth as it was before, but the sound should be fine. I will correct this in future versions.
• Added a working arabic painter rom (thanks to Husni Lutfi).

Emulator Release: OFFICIAL Nemu 64 ini File Released
14:56:  The OFFICIAL ini file for Nemu 64 was updated to 1.0. Download it from our N64 Emulators page.

Misc. News: RPG Author Requesting Help
14:48:  Anthony J. Comberiate is working on an RPG called Final Warrior that runs in javascript. Right now, he's asking for some help... For more info, visit his site at http://members.home.net/comberiate/ and click on the "Contests" link.

Emulator News: New Raine today?
14:26:  Over at GeoShock, katharsis posted the following:

Well, expect a new Raine release later tonight, including an explanation why you didn't hear from it so long!

Sounds like good news for Raine fans.

Translation News: German Translations Galore!
14:09:  I just updated the German Translation page with over 9 new patches from Star-Trans. Among the new games are such classics as Super Mario 3, Contra, and Dragon Warrior 3. Get these and the rest from our German Translations page.

Utility Release: uCON for BeOS v 001608 released
14:04:  uCON for BeOS is a useful utility to convert between image formats, apply Baseline patches, show image information, etc.

Grab it in the BeOS Utilities area.

Emulator News: Two new Java Arcade Emulator games
13:51:  There are two new game drivers for JAE, the Java Arcade Emulator:

Emulator Release: Goby v1.1 released
13:39:  Goby allows games written for Nintendo's Gameboy to be played on any palmtop computer that uses Symbian's EPOC Operating System. It is not a free emulator. If you are interested in this emulator, please head over to BacklitGames for ordering information.

Utility Release: GoodSNES v0.999 released
13:31:  GoodSNES, a SNES Rom verifying utility, has been updated to v0.999. Here's what's new from the readme file:

Changes from .999 to .999.2

Goodinfo.cfg now has a couple of new fields, here are some examples:

ZZZ_:Unclassified;nes;n # same as ZZZ_:Unclassified;;n
(Bad C:BadCHR;;n # don't include Bad Chr files in missing list, ;; assumes nes ext.
#(Bad D:BadDumps;;n # add this and next line for no bad dumps in the missing list
#[b:BadDumps;;n
[b:BadDumps;;y # process bad dumps as normal in missing files.

Everyone try and break this setup, it works fine for me.. but you never know..

You can snatch it from the GoodXXXX Utilities area.

Utility Release: BeGen 0.0.4 Released
13:16:  BeGen is a frontend for the BeOS port of DGen. Here's the lowdown:

v0.0.4:
-DGen original icon inserted.

v0.0.3:
-Minor code improvement.
-Documentation improvement.
-BeGen is smaller now.

v0.0.2:
- Added command line support (very simple).
- Wrote this doc ;-)
- Fixed 'Exit program bug'.

Snag it now in the BeOS Utilities area.

Thanks to Alex Shalin for the news.

Translation News: The 8x8 Font Archive updated
13:04:  Utils sends us this one. This is an archive of 8x8 fonts that can be used if you are doing any type of NES Rom Hacking. The zip file comes with several 8x8 fonts and docs explaining the basics.

Check it out in the Translation Utilities area.

Misc. News: DeliPlayer 1.01
12:47:  Lewis Lane passed this one along. DeliPlayer is a shareware audio player for Windows 9x, NT, and 2k, that supports a lot of interesting formats:

Utility Release: GoodWindows 1.666 "Devil Release"
12:42:  GoodWindows is a Windows front end for Cowering's DOS based GoodXXXX utilities. Here's what's new in this version from the docs:

Interview News: NeoZeed of Past-O-Rama Interviewed
06:40:  The number of interviews that ZD has recently gotten has jumped pretty highly lately, and we have another one coming our way. This one, conducted by RetroMan of RetroBase is of NeoZeed, who is the author of the SG-1000 emulator Past-O-Rama. It's an amazing emulator, and the interview features this amazing quote:

"More and more, emulation is associated with warez and that's really sad. But my view of the emulation scene is not pesimist, there's still a tons of nice old and new projects :)"
- NeoZeed, Past-O-Rama author

In case you're interested in reading further, check out the full interview and take a look.

Thanks to Chris for the news.

8/17/2000
Site News: Mr. 10 million shall now be known as...
22:13:  ...Tom Kidd (a.k.a. Schnapple).

Schnapple, who formerly ran the NES site The Gray Area and will soon run the Virtual Boy site The Red Area, was the guy who wins the honor of having hit #10,000,000. A prestegious event indeed. Mr. Kidd is going to tell us when The Red Area is going to be up, and it will appear at http://www.virtualboy.net/ once it is up.

Thanks to every single one of our visitors for taking time to visit our site. I'm glad, as is Zophar, that we've been able to reach this climax, and maybe in the future these climaxes will be even greater in heights and number.

Emulator Release: fMSX FAN v1.4 released
11:26:  fMSX FAN is an MSX emulator for DOS which supports MSX 1,2, and 2+. Here's what's new in this update:

Emulator Release: GenSX v0.96 released
11:11:  The Genesis/32x emulator that was known as Vegas is now known as GenSX. It has been updated to version 0.96. Here's what's new:

Utility Release: TilEd v3.1 released
10:51:  MrClick has informed us that his multi platform tile editor TilEd has been updated to v3.1. Here's what's new:

Translation News: Y's 2 for NES 100% translated
10:27:  Y's2 has been translated to 100% english. This translation was completed by David Mullen AKA Makoknight.

Download this patch in the NES Translations area.

Emulator Release: ParaMSX v0.17 released
10:17:  ParaMSX, and MSX emulator for Win9x/2000, has been updated to version 0.17. Here's what's new:

8/16/2000
Emulator Release: Past-O-Rama V. 0.02
00:13:  A new version of the SG-1000 computer emulator, Past-O-Rama V. 0.02, was recently released. Here's what you'll find in the new version:

8/15/2000
Interview News: Game-Interviews.com Interviews Liberty Emu Programmer
22:03:  Game-Interviews.com, a site featuring a good load of game-related interviews (duh), has recently interviewed a programmer of the Game Boy emu for the Palm, Liberty. Here's a small quote from the interview:

'Liberty' seems to us to be an evocative name that represents the freedom offered in being able to choose when, where and how you are able to play the games you have purchased. It also tied in very nicely with our July 4th release date!
- Michael Ethetton, Programmer, Gambit Studios

Anyway, read the full article before it becomes outdated.

Utility Release: Rom Doctor V. 1.20
18:48:  Another version of the automated ROM-renaming program, Rom Doctor V. 1.20, was recently released. Here's what you'll find in the latest version:

Utility Release: uCON64 V. 1.9.2
18:17:  In more "Stick_Fig is doing Unix updates? Has the world tipped on its side?" news, I introduce uCON64 for Linux/Unix.

uCON64 is a nice little utility that improves on the original uCON by leaps and bounds. For an example of stuff it has that the original doesn't, here's what you'll find as new in the latest version, V. 1.9.2:

Interview News: EmuRealm Interview with...... this guy.
17:55:  ChromeX had taken his time to interview a kind soul (okay, me) back in November.... a few days ago, it finally got posted on EmuRealm (for those keeping score at home, that's 9 months). How has the interview stood up the test of time? Judge for yourself by this quote:

Yes, MAME has made some inroads, but it's just not going to be great until the gaming mags start saying 'You know, those chaps on Zophar's Domain and Dave's Video Games Classics were right' and start supporting it.
- Ernie Smith (a.k.a. Stick_Fig), EmuRealm Interview

Anyway, do yourself a favor and check out the full interview before it gets taken down.

Emulator Release: fMSX V. 2.2 for Unix
17:44:  From our "Stick_Fig is doing a Unix update?" file, here comes an update of the best MSX emulator for Unix, namely the only one, fMSX. Here's what's new in V. 2.2 (big list):

Media News: Double Whoa..
17:26:  People have been questioning my "Whoa" message from yesterday. I just felt that it was fully deserved for a game that was just about to come out and truly looked like a winner. Today, psx.ign.com posted another Chrono Cross-related story:

psx.ign.com's Chrono Cross Review

Thanks to everyone who sent in an e-mail about it.

Frontend News: Z26 Frontend Released
12:35:  A new frontend for Z26 (an Atari 2600 emulator) has been released. Its name is FEZ26, and it looks to be a very easy to use frontend.

Download it from our Atari 2600 Frontends page.

Translation News: Angelique Translation
12:28:  Marfisa has just begun a translation of Angelique (a game for the SNES.) Right now, it's at version 0.01.

Get it now from our SNES Translations page.

Frontend News: BeGen 0.0.4 Released
12:21:  Alex Shalin has updated BeGen, his frontend for DGen (the Sega Genesis emulator.) Here's what is new since the last version we posted:

• DGen original icon inserted.
  
• Minor code improvement.
  
• Documentation improvement.
  
• BeGen is smaller now.
  
• Added command line support (very simple).
  
• Fixed 'Exit program bug'.

8/14/2000
Misc. News: The Video Game Museum surpases 8,000 games!
20:29:  Mek from over at The Video Game Museum E-Mailed in and informed us that the site now archives game pics for over 8,000 titles. 8,045 when I checked.

Why not head over to The Video Game Museum and see for yourself.

Misc. News: Subscan Clone
20:00:  Roberto recently contacted us to tell us that he recently released a clone version of the Atari 2600 game SubScan for Windows 95/98.

He also mentioned that the game got 4/5 in a review of the game on Freegames.org.

Anyway, go check out the game (along with some of his ZX Spectrum games) at Roberto's Website.

Media News: Whoa..
19:02:  I'm going to let this link speak for itself:

psx.ign.com's Chrono Cross Preview

Thanks to evilpaul13 for the news.

8/13/2000
Utility Release: Super Jukebox updated to v2.7
12:55:  From the "a couple days tardy, but worth it" department:

Marius Fodor, now officially dubbed 'Super Duper Grandmasta Daddy of SPC players,' has been working hard to stay with the times. And now in this latest version come a much cleaner interface, and .....visualization. Yes! Squiggly lines that dance to the music! As much as I dislike generic, gimmicky vis plugins, I can't put into words how neat it is to watch Earthbound's soundtrack with this. There're other new features as well, and they're detailed at the SJ page. The download's either there, or in our own SPC Players page.

Get this program now, unless y'all got no love fo' Supah. You down with SPC? Yeah, you know me.

Misc. News: Follow-up on O.H.R.R.P.G.C.E.
12:20:  Having had a chance to test-drive this software (really it is adorable, and easy-to-use,) I can now recommend the Official Hamster Republic RPG Creation Engine to any aspiring do-it-yourselfer. That said, this news post is to let you know there's some third-party action going on; RPGer is hard at work on a 3D version of the game. I'm not sure if it's yet Officially Official Hamster Endorsed, but it sounds quite cool. Keep on the lookout for this version at either RPGer's Page or the O.H.R.R.P.G.C.E. page.

Emulator News: Two Rare Atari 2600 ROMs Found At Classic Gaming Expo
06:10:  About a year ago, at Classic Gaming Expo '99, a couple of rare, thought to be nonexistent, Atari 2600 ROMs (Garfield and Sky Patrol) popped up. Thanks to the CGE website, these ROMs have been released to the public.

This year, it's more of the same. Two more rare, unreleased ROMs have fallen into CGE's lap:

Site News: Sintendo - SNES9x being ported over to Dreamcast
01:31:  More Dreamcast emulation news. Dan informed me of a site that is making progress on porting SNES9x over to be usable on the Dreamcast. Progress is coming along, however, it is being slowed due to the constant creation of CDR "coasters". The author is working on modding his Dreamcast to read CDRWs (which is possible).

For now, you can check out the info he has thusfar at the Sintendo website.

8/12/2000
Emulator News: Emulator formerly known as Vegas news
22:57:  The following comes from Tim Meekins Home Page:

OK. I meant to have made a new release by now, but I was a bit burnt out and wanted a few days away from my computer, then things got hectic at work. Ugh! Anyways, I just spent about 10 minutes today and two more Genesis games work! (Andre Agassi Tennis and the black screen bug in Batman & Robin)

By now, you've probably noticed something fishy on the web site.. Anyways, the name Vegas is a tradename of Sonic Foundry so I'm looking for a new name. Please e-mail me your suggestions. I'd like to release the next version of "the emulator" this weekend and I'll need to decide on a new name before then.

Oh, if you haven't noticed, I've removed the downloads until the next release. If you're desparate and can't wait for the next release, I'm sure there are some emulations sites around with the old version, though to keep the lawyers at bay, I would suggest any web site take down the emulator, though it should be ok to keep it around until the new version is released in several days.

If you have any suggestions for a new name for the former Vegas, please head to Tim Meekins Home Page and let him know.

Misc. News: NES emulation for Dreamcast?
22:51:  Yes folks, it could only be a matter of time before we are able to play our favorite NES classics on the Sega Dreamcast. Boob! - The Dreamcast Research and Emulator Site has posted two screenshots of a NES emulator that is being developed for the DC. The games are Super Mario Bros. and Tennis.

For that, and a ton of other great Dreamcast info, head to Boob! - The Dreamcast Research and Emulator Site.

Misc. News: Over 10,000,000 served...
22:41:  Wow! What can we say? As you can see, Zophar's Domain has exceeded 10,000,000 hits! Who else can we thank but all the dedicated visitors of Zophar's Domain! Thank you to all you folks. None of this is possible without you!

Misc. News: Coverage of 101 Atari Lynx games
22:36:  Chris from RetroBase.com sends us the following:

Finally, a Lynx update! Thanks to crewman Frogacuda aka Travis we have now reached the proud number of 101 covered games. You won't find another site with a more complete listing of Lynx games with screenshots on the 'net. Enjoy!

Check this out over at RetroBase.com.

Translation News: German Translations Page Updated
17:39:  I just added another translation group called SKUSS Translation. They have 8 patches released, and you can find them all on our German Translations page.

Interview News: Atani and his wife interviewed, plus SNES Project Update
02:52:  Chris from over at RetroBase.com has conducted an interview with Atani, author of Generator32, SegaEMU, the upcoming Raine32 port, as well as other projects. Atani's wife was also interviewed.

You can read these interviews, and get an update on SNES Project, which has 25 people working on it, over at RetroBase.com.

Media News: Is it time for the Pentium 4?
02:45:  Chris Comstock...where've I heard that name...anyways, has sent us a link to an article regarding the upcoming Pentium 4 chip by Intel.

The article can be viewed at CNET.com

Misc. News: PC Update to Atari 2600 Combat
02:42:  The following comes from Lee of Lee's Peek'n'poke:

My site, Lee's Peek'n'Poke has an exclusive download of a pc update of one the best two player games invented namely Atari 2600's COMBAT! This brand new release includes the tank levels from the great cartridge of old and updates the graphics, sound and gameplay.
This game does not require roms or an emulator, everything to play is included in the zip

This game was created by Tommy Pereira and can only be downloaded at Peek'n'Poke

Best wishes

This download, along with alot of other great things can be found at Lee's Peeknpoke.

8/11/2000
Misc. News: Hugo and MEKA cheats
00:41:  MUG U.K(tm) let us know that he has updated the following on his site:

a) Have updated my HuGo cheats text file .. added another 39 cheats mainly due to Zeograd's addition of a relative search option in v1.27.

b) Updated my MEKA.PAT cheat add-ons .. now including Sega Master System, Sega Gamegear and all possible cheats for the Sg-1000 & a few SC-3000 ROMs

c) Also updated my tutorial on how to make your own MEKA.PAT add-ons using very little Z80 knowledge and some half-decent file comparison tools.

Check all of these out at PC & Sega Console Trainers by MUG U.K(tm).

8/10/2000
Misc. News: More CPS2 Progress...
21:48:  The good folks over at CPS2 Shock! have updated their work in progress page.

"I have retrieved more values from the CPS-2 hardware using the EEPROM emu and put it all in a spreadsheet for easy viewing (Microsoft Excel 97). A few numbers are also pointed out as they form a simple pattern which is very good news.... Suggestions anyone?"

For all of the info, head over to CPS2 Shock!.

Emulator News: S.T.U.N. Runner and Hard Drivin' MAME Driver progress
21:43:  The S.T.U.N. Runner Emulation Page has been updated with screenshots that were sent in of S.T.U.N. Runner and Hard Drivin' running with polygons. However, it currently runs half speed on a PIII 933. Ouch. Anyways, head to the S.T.U.N. Runner Emulation Page and check it out or yourself.

Emulator Release: AGES 0.21c
19:15:  A new version of AGES, a Sega Genesis/32X emulator for Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

Misc. News: GameBoy Advance screenshots
16:39:  It seems there have been some screenshots of Nintendo's new Game Boy Advance handheld system released. The screenshots are of Mario Kart Advance, MegaMan EXE, and two other games, and let me tell you, I can't wait until this system hits the US markets. While there are obviously much higher quality gaming systems available, I have NEVER seen anything like this on a handheld system.

Check out the screenshots at pocket.ign and as soon as you pick your jaw up off the floor, come talk about them on the message boards.

Thanks to Gangis for pointing these out to me.

Utility Release: Mario Improvement 3 V. 0.95
01:52:  A new version of the SMB3 level editor, Mario Improvement 3 V. 0.95, has been released. Here's what you'll find in the new version (here's to the author for a very-in-depth what's new):

8/9/2000
Site News: Public Statement Regarding Swapoo
07:51:  Simply put, Swapoo is no longer hosted at ZD.

After receiving a lot of email regarding Swapoo, we've decided to yank their hosting. Ironically, the day we were going to pull their hosting, they moved to their own domain with "a corporate sponsor".

Why were we going to terminate their hosting? Easy. Swapoo gave the emulation community something we never had before, so we gave them publicity (Slashdot getting their news from us, and everyone else finding out from Slashdot), and then they sold us out by pulling support for ROM images. Now Swapoo has become a cheap imitation of Gnutella. We were going to stand by Swapoo and defend them against Sega, but instead he runs away with his tail between his legs. (Why Sega has this need to be big and bad is beyond me...Sega systems, including Dreamcast, are among the least traded)

So to Swapoo....away with you. You sold us out. Now you'll have to deal with EVERY company wanting to put you out of business. You're welcome for the publicity.

Media News: Gamers Uplink Articles
04:43:  uzplayer recently sent us info about a new review on his site, Gamers Ulplink.

This latest review takes a look at Omikron: Nomad Soul for the Sega Dreamcast, with the article written by Dreamcaster. Here's an excerpt:

"Dreaming of a massive world with people flooding the streets, cars driving by, and enough places to explore to make your head spin? Well not exactly Shenmue, Omicron: Nomad Soul gives you this experience. It will make you
feel as if your in a different place, a place called Omikron. From the very beginning of the game you get pulled into the deep story line, and start to wonder why your a police man or even if you are one. There are many turns
along the way and different outcomes depending if you decide to do things the easy way or the hard way."

Go check out the article.

Interview News: Emu Italia Interview With HU-GO! WIN32 Author
04:21:  Emu Italia an Italian emulation site (duh) recently took the opportunity to interview the author of the HU-GO! emulator for Win9x.

Basically, as opposed to telling you exactly what is said, I'm going to start taking a singluar quote from each and every interview I post, starting now (hint to fellow emu sites -- send me some interviews):

"I'd like to see a more passionated scene, with more involvement in creation and such instead of pure playing... Just an utopian dream ^^"
-Zeo, author of HU-GO! WIN32

Anyway, check out the interview.

Emulator Release: ParaMSX V. 0.16
02:59:  A brand-new MSX emulator for Windows has fallen straight into our laps. This emulator, called ParaMSX (and also a Windows port of Marat Fayzullin's fMSX), has these features in it's initial release (V. 0.16):

Site News: Poll Upate -- New Sections?
02:05:  That's right. Children of all ages, you get to have fun with yet another thought-provoking ZD poll. Here's what you voted on last time around:

What would you think if ZD got a name change?
1.) 997 12% That's not a bad idea.
2.) 4566 57% Please -- no name change.
3.) 2327 29% I don't care. Call yourself "Emulation Sucks" if you want.
Total Votes: 7890

The people have spoken, and the name change idea is completely out of the systems of ZD staffers and readers alike.

Anyway, here's the question for the new poll:
What new sections would you like to see on ZD?

Most of the suggestions were completely thought up by ourselves, but one was suggested by a very pushy Amiga fan who was completely ticked off that we didn't have an Amiga emu section. If you want, you could always make him happy. ;)

Anyway, you can either vote on the sidebar above, or if you're on the ZD News-Only page, you can place your vote here.

Misc. News: Swapoo V. 0.2.0 Beta Build #1
01:52:  A brand-new version of Jeffrey Freeman's popular file-trading program Swapoo, V. 0.2.0 Beta Build #1, was just released. The new version features a complete rewrite of not only the client but the server as well. It's worthy of checking out.

Anyway, if you're interested in downloading the new version, check out the Swapoo homepage.

Translation News: Translators Needed
00:25:  Haggar's group just4fun (http://just4fun.zophar.net) is looking for additional translators and rom hackers. If you're interested, e-mail Haggar at mike_haggar@hotmail.com

Translation News: l33tspeak Translations
00:15:  Ok... believe it or not, there is a site that was just created whose goal is to translate English tranlations to "l33tspeak". Just for the sake of completeness, we'll be including their patches on our hacks page... If they release enough patches, they may get thier own "translation" page. What's next, pig latin?

You can visit them now at http://www.chocobo.org/~exdeath/.

Translation News: Dragon Ball Z: Gokutuden 2 Patch Updated to 0.19
00:10:  Ginew has updated his english translation for DBZ: Gokutuden 2. According to the author, all of the Piccolo saga is now translated.

Download it from our SNES Translations page.

Translation News: Many new German Patches
00:01:  Star-Trans (a German translation group) has just released several new patches. Among them are:

• Final Fantasy 1 (Complete) nes
• Final Fantasy 2 (Complete) nes
• Ys 3 (SNES Complete)
  
• Castelvania 4 (SNES Complete)
  
• And the first ever Japanese-to-German translation: Tsubasa 3 (SNES)

8/8/2000
Misc. News: A Complete What?
09:05:  Chris wrote in to let us know that his site, Retrobase, is looking for a bunch of crazy ROM zealots. And that's a good thing, and for a dizzying task; They're aspiring to compile a complete list of ALL Super Nintendo games in existence. That's right, every one of them.

They're calling it the 'suicide project' and looking for 5 to 10 dedicated (read: insane) people to assemble info, screenshots, and other vitals about every game ever released. If you think you have what it takes (in his own words, "we won't accept lamers") then mail chris@retrobase.com and he'll give all the details.

In other news, Virt is aspiring to compile a complete list of ALL ambitious game listing projects in existence....

Misc. News: Official Hamster Republic RPG Construction Engine
08:45:  No. I swear I'm not making that up. I almost choked when I read the news submission. Written by James Paige, it's good old yummy 2D VGA, and it looks pretty complete feature-wise. It seems less intimidating than some of the more complex engines, and for people like me, that's a Good Thing.

Head over to the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. site, and check it out. It's cute, and it seems friendly enough to enjoy.

Thanks go to my funk soul bruvva, Mikael, for the lead.

Utility Release: YY-CHR beta v 0.71
08:27:  I can see it now. "Huh huhhuh huhuh we can turn Mario into our science teacher huhuhu huhuh"

Please promise me none of you will do things like that. Otherwise, this is a nice sleek sprite editor sporting a decent interface and palette customization.

Grab it from our Facelifting section, and have fun tweaking! Thanks to Chris for the skinny.

Media News: Major Security Flaw Discovered in Netscape
00:55:  Uh oh. Looks like security flaws are not exclusive to Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. A security flaw, being dubbed "Brown Orifice", enables a java applet built in to Netscape to allow a malicious user to be able to view a users hard drive contents.

To read all about it, check out the articles on MSNBC and Yahoo!

8/7/2000
Translation News: 2 Hacks Added
10:07:  I just added two additional hacks to our page. One is a parody on Final Fantasy Adventure (for the Gameboy), and is called Knal Fantasy Adventure, and the other one translates the normal text from Pirates Gold (for the Genesis) to "l33tspeak", according to the author.

Get them at our Hacks page.

8/6/2000
Translation News: 5 New German Translations Added
18:45:  G-Trans has updated many of their German translation patches recently. Also, Special-Man informs me that the German patch for Seiken Densetsu 3 will be released in a couple of weeks. The released patches include:

• Castlevania 2 (100% NES)
• Alien VS. Predator (100% GB)
  
• Castlevania Adventure (100% GB)
  
• Megaman X (100% SNES)
  
• Megaman Soccer (90% SNES)

Emulator Release: Z80Stealth V. 0.305
18:32:  A new version of the ZX Spectrum 128 emulator Z80Stealth, V. 0.305, was recently released. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: Laser 0.10
16:14:  OK, I'm not quite gone yet. I wanted to leave you all with a going away present. I have updated my arcade emulator to 0.10. Here's what's new:

Misc. News: I'll be away for a while
05:50:  I am going to be moving to California as soon as I finish these updates. I probably won't have internet access, so this will be my last post for a while.

Emulator Release: Laser 0.9 for BeOS
05:44:  Domenico Dato has ported Laser to BeOS. Laser for
BeOS uses SDL, a library written by Sam Lantinga. The laser-dynamic binary needs the library to run, the laser-static binary is statically linked so no library is
required.
Source will be available later.

You can download it from our Multiple Arcade emulators for BeOS section.

Site News: GeoMAME 0.37 Beta 5 for Macintosh
05:41:  The Neo Geo only version of MacMAME has been updated to 0.37 Beta 5a. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: French MacMAME 0.37 Beta 5a
05:39:  The French translation of MacMAME has been updated to 0.37 Beta 5a. It's now in-sync with the latest version of MacMAME.

You can get it from our Macintosh Multiple Arcade section.

Emulator Release: MacMAME 0.37 Beta 5a
05:35:  MacMAME has been updated to 0.37 Beta 5a. Here's what's new:

Emulator Release: MacMESS 0.37 Beta 5
05:34:  MacMESS has been updated to 0.37 Beta 5. It is now in-line with the DOS version.

You can get it from our Macintosh MESS section.

Utility Release: Rom Graphics Cracker 1.6a
05:30:  Rom Graphics Cracker v 1.6a is a rom graphics editor for Windows. It currently has rom graphics editing support for:

8/5/2000
Utility Release: SGE V. 0.90
23:52:  Etheral sends us news of initial release of his save state editor, SGE V. 0.90. The editor works for various save state archives outside of those from emulators, but that is the focus of the program.

The file format, SGE, is heavily talked about on the author's home page and probably would be a good place to look for more info about the program, as well as inputting in the "Bugs and Suggestions" form on the site.

Anyway, you can download SGE at the Cheating Utilities page.

Frontend News: DGen Frontend for BeOS
23:25:  Alex Shalin has released BeGen, a frontend for the BeOS port of DGen. Apparently, I was the 19th person to download it from the BeBits site...

Get it from our Genesis Frontends page.

Misc. News: Ever Wanted To Shoot the Dog In Duck Hunt?
23:13:  A recent cartoon on NewGrounds fufills a dream of many of ours.

Duck Hunt: Target = Mirth

Thanks to Ethereal for the news.

Misc. News: A New Z80 Synthesizable Core
22:57:  James Pratt recently sent us this information about a product his company (Cyber Labo Ltd. Japan) been working on:

Hiya,

I thought I would drop you a line to tell you about our companies Z80 synthesisable core. We call it the VLP80, it is a pipelined design with a pre-fetch buffer for opcodes / operands. Most instructions execute in just one clock cycle. It is the most advanced Z80 core available.

We feel that there is still a lot of milage in the Z80. People have experience of using it and their are many software tools about that support software developement for it. Our processor builds on the Z80 tradition. We estimate it to be between 15 and 20 times faster than the original Z80 when clocked at the same speed.

If you're a Z80 freak and interested in the VLP80, check out their home page.

Misc. News: RPG Maker 95 and 2000 PC Translated
18:34:  While this doesn't technically qualify as Utility News on an emulation page, I'll post about it anyway. For those of you who want to experience the joy of the excellent RPG Maker for the PC but don't speak Japanese, Don Miguel has almost completely translated the 95 and 2000 versions of the program. While it's not emulation-related, it's a great program which is worthy of checking out.

If you want to try it out, go to Don's English Translation of RPGMaker95 and RM2000.

Thanks to LiND for the news.

Technical Docs News: Xbox Development Kit Documentation Released
18:08:  Bill's going to love this. The guys at Xbox365 recently released a bombshell of sorts. They got their hands on an Xbox Developer's Kit (XDK), and released a document giving away much of the console's info.

Here's some of the good stuff:

Frontend News: FEFA Updated to v2.1
16:17:  True, it's been over 2 years since it has been updated, but Israel Geron T. has updated his frontend for the Atari 2600 (FEFA). Here is what's new:

• Added support for other types of images: screen shots, manuals, boxes.
• Every mouse click on the image will display the next image type in cyclic order (like mame32).

Translation News: Two Hacks Updated
16:02:  Sir Elric (of EarthDrake Software) has updated both his EDSMario and Chocobo Dragon Warrior hacks. Also, I have added his Legend of Zelda hack (The Quest of Zelda) to our hacks page.

Get all three of these at our Hacks page.

Translation News: Assistance Needed
15:46:  _Blues_ and SirKero (authors of "Super Mario Bros. DX" and "Happy Mario", respectively) are looking for a new member to help them with music. In the words of _Blues_:

We need the help of someone who is good at working with NES music. Applicants must have a high tolerance for strange requests and bad anime theme songs. Applicants should also be able to squish reasonable representations of said theme songs into small NES games such as SMB1. Our musical assistant, once accepted, will be paid absolutely nothing, and will have the honor of being disgraced by having his or her name next to ours in the credits of whatever hack it is we're working on. If this sounds like you or somone you dislike enough to dump an unwanted silly project on, please don't hesitate to send an application to flamepanther@hotmail.com

Misc. News: New file sharing programs not so good afterall?
15:13:  Ok, first off, this is MY opinion...not ZD, not anyone elses. It affects almost everyone, so I figured I'd give a public service announcement.

I recently tried a new MP3 file sharing program called SongSpy (url not given because of the hatred I have for it and you shouldn't even bother looking at it). At first, I saw an awesome gui, a nice system of sharing, etc.

But it searches your entire harddrive(s) and forcably sends all your MP3 info to the server. That takes about 3 minutes for me.

So a few days later, I played an MP3 and looked at the ID3 tag to find an advertisement of SongSpy. Lo and behold, EVERY single MP3 on my entire system had the ID3 tag replaced with an advertisement for SongSpy.

Since I have upward of 14 gigabytes of music on disk, it ruined nearly all my MP3 files (most are from official releases, which are CRC checked).

So from my experience, I say beware of new file sharing programs. Napster and Swapoo are excellent. I'd never use anything different ever again.

If anyone has the ID3 tag info for MP3s...like the byte offsets and the length, please email me them so I can write a small util to wipe out my tags and rid me of this horrible invasion of my privacy. I don't believe that's documented...if it isn't, perhaps I could sue for compensation for advertising? :)

As always, go ahead and post your comments/stories on the message board.

Misc. News: Killer Instinct 3 Petition
13:55:  The folks over at Killer Emulation have started a petition to get people to submit ideas for a new Killer Instict game, and to convince Rare, Nintendo and Midway to create another game in the series. The following is from their site:

"You have entered the Killer Instinct 3 Petition section. The purpose of this is to convince Rare, Nintendo and Midway to make a better killer instinct and include YOUR suggestions, ideas and possible additions. Some of the things you may post are possible new modes (tag mode maybe?), new type of combos, new fatalities, bring back old characters (How about Ultratech makes cyber riptor from remaining riptor cells plus cyber technology like fulgore!), add new characters (How about a character with demonic head with horns and one eye, large claw hands like sabrewulf horns on his back in red colour and he glows like cinder. His name could be demonico), new stages, new story, new music and more (It's all up to you!). We simply ask of you to post your name, e-mail, webpage, and message. You decide if you want your real name, e-mail and webpage posted. You can also post comments on other people's posts. The more people post the more we will convince Rare, Nintendo and Midway to make a better Killer Instinct that we desire (Killer Instinct 3 our way and their way!!)."

Head over to their site and sign the petition today.

Emulator Release: Two new game drivers for Java Arcade Emulator released
13:44:  Norbert Kehrer let us know that two new game drivers have been added to JAE, a Java arcade game emulator that runs in your web browser. The emulator now runs the classic game Nibbler, as well as a home brew game by Norbert himself. Check these out at Norbert's Emulator Software site.

Media News: PlayStation 2: Worth the Wait?
13:35:  It seems as though many American gamers that have imported the PS2 are disappointed with the system. Reykos passed along an article from Wired News that has many gamers expressing their displeasure with the systems' titles.

Read the full article at Wired.com.

Emulator News: Old-School Web Browsers
03:14:  Anyone want to check out what it felt like to use a web browser back before the days of tables, frames, and backgrounds? Well, meta:metrix has recently put up a cool site (called Deja Vu) that shows what these sort of pages looked like in prehistoric browsers. From the older-than-dirt (a Cern line-mode browser) to the mere old (Internet Explorer 2.0), this site (found at www.dejavu.org) shows it all in its early glory. While not true emulation in the sense that we think of it, it's interesting nonetheless.

It must be said that it feels nice to look back. :D

Misc. News: SYS2064 Celebrates 3rd Birthday
03:10:  SYS2064, a great arcade emulation website, is celebrating its 3rd birthday. Go drop by and wish them a happy birthday.

Interview News: Quinntesson, author of AGES
02:53:  RetroBase.com has interviewed Quinntesson, the author of AGES which is a Sega Genesis/32X emulator. Go visit RetroBase.com and see what he has to say.

8/4/2000
Misc. News: The Dumbest Post You'll Ever See on ZD
04:49:  LordBug had a lot of time on his hands today, so he sent us this:

Behold the power of ketchup. During a scientific experiment in the office today (read - boredom at work), we took a non-working Mario Land cart and dunked it in ketchup (see pic at http://www.wilwa.net/tempimages/GBCart.jpg). After a few minutes in the ketchup, we pulled it out and cleaned it off. Sure enough, the cart booted right up! Consider this a handy cleaning tip for all your older GB carts.

Someone explain to me how this worked. :D Oh, and thanks again to LordBug for wasting his time to send us that.

Translation News: New Pokemon Hack Released
01:01:  Cat42 has released his hack of Pokemon Blue for the gameboy. The text has been changed around, and in the words of the author: "Suggested for ages 16 and up due to suggestive dialogue, and language."

Download the patch from our Hacks page.

Translation News: MegaMan X2 French v0.99
00:48:  Shock of Shock's Traduction has released a French translation patch for MegaMan X2 that is 99% complete. The translator needs a .zst file for the end of the game, so if you can help him out, e-mail him at shock@romhack.net. You might also want to submit it to our ZST archive, as I've noticed that we don't have any savegames for MegaMan X2.

Download the patch at our French Translations page.

Frontend News: Two MSX Frontends Updated
00:30:  TFH/Fony of the MEP (MSX Emulator Page) let us know of two MSX frontend updated:

• brMSX was updated to v0.5b
• fMSX-DOS Loader was updated to v1.0.b

Translation News: Final Fantasy 3 Bugfix Updated
00:17:  ManuLoewe has updated his Final Fantasy 3 Bugfix again. In case you don't remember, its purpose is to correct the minor spelling/grammar mistakes in the English version of the game.

Get it from our SNES Translations page.

Translation News: Updates Galore!!!
00:07:  I have just added two new NES hacks done by Vagla of Dragon Eye Studios. They are a Megaman 1 hack and a Metroid hack, both of which make the games more challenging.

I've also added some more English translations of GB games done by Vida Translations. One of particular interest is Pokemon Silver, that Byblos Sixteen / The Great MooMba told me about.

Check them out at our Hacks and Translations pages.

8/3/2000
Translation News: English Translation Pages Updated
23:06:  I just added some english patches that we were missing from The Aeon Genesis Translation Proclamation. Thanks to Gideon Zhi for letting me know... A total of 14 patches were either added or updated.

Download them from our SNES and NES translations pages.

Site News: 'ZD Next-Generation' News & farewell to Chris Comstock
15:20:  Yo!

Things are coming along very well as relates to the upcoming "ZD Next-Generation" project, which will make navigating ZD much easier. Not only will it make things easier for all of you, but things should move much swifter and in a better way behind-the-scenes. Myself and Sam will keep everyone posted on how it's progressing and hopefully, the wait will soon be over.

I'd like to personally wish Chris Comstock the best of luck in all his future endeavors. Chris was our Free ROMs maintainer, and has decided to step down. He also attempted to revive our FAQ but things didn't quite work out. At this time, the FAQ is on hold until the new next-generation system is put online, and then we'll go from there. We'll miss you, Chris.

Emulator News: ZSNES Screenshots
15:10:  Some more screenshots have appeared on the ZSNES homepage. They show the Windows version of ZSNES running Mario RPG, F-Zero, and Killer Instinct. Go check them out at the ZSNES page.

Site News: 'The program formerly known as RomNet' mentioned on CNet.com
15:08:  This has been a crazy week for the program formerly known as RomNet. It's been renamed to "Swapoo" since it was discovered that www.romnet.com currently owns the name "RomNet" and a legal battle was not desired. Besides, "Swapoo" has a nice ring to it. :) As a reminder to everyone, please don't e-mail the people at romnet.com; they have nothing to do with this program.

CNet posted an article on Swapoo yesterday (it was still known as RomNet then). Here's an excerpt from that article:

The site, called RomNet, permits participants to exchange software copied from video game cartridge chips called ROM, or read-only memory. The software extracted from ROM can then be played on personal computers using emulation software such as UltraHLE.

While sites already exist from which people can download games, RomNet offers the same sort of flea market ambience that Napster brought to MP3 music files. Instead of only being able to find games at a central server, people can browse for games located on any and all of the computers hooked into RomNet. In addition, because the files aren't stored on a central server, it becomes more difficult for developers to crack down on software pirates.

The founder of the site, 17-year-old Philadelphia programmer Jeffrey Freeman, is aware of the piracy concerns and the reaction his service might prompt from game software companies. "Sure, it is a concern that they may try to shut us down, despite the fact that we don't permit piracy, but I am confident in the law and believe we will prevail," Freeman said.

I'd personally like to wish my fellow Philadelphian resident the best of luck with Swapoo - I have a feeling it's going to become huge. :)

Remember - the new URL of Swapoo is swapoo.zophar.net so update your bookmarks. You can read the full CNet article below.

Emulator Release: Laser32 0.9
12:36:  ATani has ported Laser over to Win32.

There are a couple bugs in this version that I do not have intentions on fixing at this time. Most notably is the fact that it runs in a window only, doesnt close normally (like other windows programs with ALT-F4) but it will work with the normal keys as defined in the dos version.

You can download it from our Multiple Arcade Emulators section.

Interview News: Interview with Quintesson, the author of AGES
12:10:  RetroBase has conducted an interview with Quintesson, the author of the Sega Genesis and 32X emulator, AGES.

You can read the interview at Retrobase.

Emulator Release: MESS 0.37 Beta 5
11:56:  MESS, the Multi Emulator Super System, has been updated to 0.37 Beta 5. Here is a list of the new drivers in this release:

8/2/2000
Translation News: New Translation Site Added
09:34:  Daemon recently sent us news about PR Translations (a translation and hacks page,) but the links were all messed up. They're fixed now, and I've added the two downloadable patches to our Translations page. The games are Pokemon Gold (70%) and Harvest Moon GBC 2 (just getting started.) I have also added 4 hacks from their site.

Download them from our Translations and Hacks pages.

Misc. News: Project A.Y.
00:39:  We just got the following e-mail from bcass:

Project AY, the site which archives ZX Spectrum music in AY format, has just been updated. There are now over 350 games soundtracks available for download as well as a vast selection of demo themes. The DOS player [AYPLAY], the DOS AY compiler [AYMAKE], and the database have also been updated.

Utility Release: XymMS 0.9.1 for Linux
00:36:  Version 0.9.1 of the GYM plugin for the X-Multimedia System for Linux is out.

XymMS is an XMMS input plugin capable of playing Sega Genesis GYM files by rendering FM, DAC, and PSG signals through emulation of the YM2612 and SN76496 sound chips found in the video game console. (CYM files will be supported in the beta release.)

You can download it from our GYM Players for UNIX section.

Emulator Release: Fusion PC 3.0 Released
00:32:  Fusion PC (a macintosh emulator for the PC) has been discontinued since 5/23/00. You can no longer purchase the program, and a free download of version 3.0 has been made available at emulators.com.

You can get instructions on how to download and install the files at http://www.emulators.com/download.htm.

8/1/2000
Translation News: German Translations Page Updated
23:02:  Tomy (who used to be part of G-Trans) has founded Star-Trans, another German translation team. I have just updated our German page with their patches, which includes over 20 new patches (one of which is the 100% German patch for Final Fantasy 6.)

Get them at our German Translations page.

Misc. News: ROMnet 0.1.7 released
22:54:  A new version of ROMnet, a Napster-like ROM sharing program, has been released, and here's what's new:

Emulator Release: VICE 1.5
22:19:  A new version of VICE, a C64 emulator for DOS/Windows, has been released, and here's what's new:

** General changes
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Emulator Release: Pasofami 1.3w6c
21:53:  A new version of Pasofami, a NES emulator for Windows, has been released. The doumentation is in Japanese, so I don't know what's new. You can get it at the NES page. Thanks to LordHunter for the news.

Emulator Release: RockNES 1.110
21:40:  A new version of RockNES, a NES emulator for DOS, has been released, and here's what's new: