XE v2.16.2

XE v2.16.2 is released. Xe is a multi system emulator for Windows and Linux that emulates many console and handheld video game systems that are no longer on the market. Xe is an original emulator written from scratch by one person. It is not a port or collection of other emulators.

Xe currently supports the following systems:
- SG-1000
- Famicom & Famicom Disk System / NES
- Mark III / Master System
- PC Engine & PC Engine CD-ROM2 / Turbo Grafx 16 & Turbo Grafx CD
- Mega Drive & Mega CD / Genesis & Sega CD
- Super Famicom / SNES
- Neo Geo
- Neo Geo CD
- CPS Changer
- FM Towns Marty
- PC-FX
- Game Boy & Game Boy Color
- Game Gear
- Neo Geo Pocket & Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Wonder Swan & Wonder Swan Color
- Game Boy Advance

Xe is currently available for the following platforms:
- Windows x86-32
- Linux x86-32
- Linux x86-64
- Linux PPC-64

XE v2.16.2 changelog:
- [Xe] Interface key mapping change.
- [Xe] Added option "Auto Fill".
- [Xe] Added option "Horizontal Overscan".
- [Xe] Added aspect "Zoom".
- [Xe] Fixed CDDA Sub Q reading (ISRC/MCN).
- [Xe/Linux] Fixed ALSA startup flags.
- [PC Engine CD-ROM2] Fixed CD bugs introduced by the new execution core.
- [Mega CD] Fixed CD bugs introduced by the new execution core.
- [Neo Geo] Changed horizontal resolution to 288.
- [Marty] Fixed mouse reset state.
- [Neo Geo Pocket] Fixed TLCS-900H cpu on big endian machines.

Download:XE v2.16.2

MAME Plus! Lite v0.130u2 r4150

MAME Plus! Lite v0.130u2 r4150 is released.This is a simplified version of MAME Plus! proposing that the following drivers: Neogeo, Cps, Cave, Psikyo, Pgm, and so on.

Download:MAME Plus! Lite v0.130u2 r4150

WinUAE (Public Beta) v1.6.0 Beta 21

WinUAE (Public Beta) v1.6.0 Beta 21 is released.Winuae is the commodore amiga emulator for Windows. WinUAE is a mostly complete software emulation of the hardware of the Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000. A Commodore Amiga, for those who don’t know, is a 16/32 bit computer system based on the Motorola 680×0 CPU and a few specially designed custom chips that provide very good graphics and sound capabilities. Its first incarnation, the A1000, appeared in 1985, followed by the highly successful A500 and A2000 models. WinUAE is a port of the originally written for Unixish systems UAE; but over time, it seems the Windows port, WinUAE has become the best version available on any platform. WinUAE is free software: you are welcome to distribute copies of it and/or modify it, under certain conditions. There is no warranty of any kind for UAE. For more details concerning these issues, please read the GNU General Public License, which describes the terms under which WinUAE is distributed.

WinUAE (Public Beta) v1.6.0 Beta 21 changelog:
- registry subsystem wasn't initialized in b20 (broke lots of things)
- postscript printing crash fixed (old bug that didn't crash so easily in older versions..)
- slowdown introduced in b13 should be fixed (inverted comparison when testing if current scan line can be emulated in "fast" mode)


Download:WinUAE (Public Beta) v1.6.0 Beta 21

MAME Plus! v0.130u2

MAME Plus! v0.130u2 is released.New version of this MAME Emulator for Windows.MAME Plus! has many features to make it a great unoffical build.

MAME Plus! v0.130u2 changelog:
- updated Simplified Chinese list (0130u2_0331) [kof2112]
- game description and name cleanup for pgm.c [Creamymami]
- fixed background glitches and optimized speed for Knights of Valour Super Heroes (kovsh) - [XingXing]
- [MAME] sync with 0.130u2 [Sword]
- fixed initialization of hq3xs and hq3xbold filter [Emuman]
- enabled scale2x filter for x64 [Emuman]
- updated Game Boy Advance driver (gba22MAR2009) [R. Belmont]
- updated Japanese list (jplist0130u1_0320) [mamelist jp]
- updated Korean text & list (plus0.130u1_lngfile_kor_09.03.20) [zzoro]

Download:MAME Plus! 0.130u2
Download:MAME Plus! GUI 1.3b15.win

Dolphin SVN r2812

Dolphin SVN r2812 is released.Dolphin is the first Gamecube emulator able to run commercial games! Even at its early stage some games manage to load and run but not perfectly. Please remember that Dolphin is an experimental GameCube emulator so many games might not run and for the ones that do run you will need a strong PC.

Dolphin SVN changelog:
r2811
really fix building without OAL, and disable it (for time being i guess) on windows...crazy non-static libs no one wants to deal with
r2812
LLE-Testing: Implemented an initial version of LLE JIT, tell me if it works properly on 32-bit windows and linux.

Download:Dolphin SVN r2812

Snes9x 1.43-ReRecording SVN r61

Snes9x 1.43-ReRecording SVN r61 is released.Snes9x 1.43-ReRecording is the re-recording branch of Snes9x 1.43.This is the development project for this branch of Snes9x. Its primary function is to expand features related to the creation of Tool-Asssisted movies.

Snes9x 1.43-ReRecording SVchangelog:
r61
fix for a crash when closing snes9x

Download:Snes9x 1.43-ReRecording SVN r61

GSdx SVN r873

GSdx SVN r873 is released.GSdx is a GPU plugin for PCSX2.

GSdx SVN Changelog：
r873
GSdx: updated the delay loaded directx dlls to match the latest sdk

Download: GSdx SVN r873

PCSX2 SVN r877

PCSX2 SVN r877 is released.PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator for the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. With the most recent versions, many PS2 games are playable (although speed limitations have made play-to-completion tests for many games impractical), and several games are claimed to have full functionality.

PCSX2 SVN Changelog：
r870
LilyPad: Fixed a bug in list of bindings when go to config screen after running Pcsx2 for a bit, and some devices enabled on the config screen were not enabled in game (Either due to focus issues, or, more probably, due to mouse API not being disabled, but not running with mouse focus).Also bug fix for cursor clipping rectangle not being reset after window resize.
r871
I don't think we really need someone's random Thumbs.db file on the SVN.
r872
Increased the MTGS ringbuffer from 2 to 8mb. Fixes slowness in games with lots
of data moving.
(Xenosaga series for example)
r873
GSdx: updated the delay loaded directx dlls to match the latest sdk
r874
A few tweaks to more often called functions = general speedup :)
r875
wxGui Branch: Added some console logging code (not yet finished). Can't really
use wxWidgets built in version because it's not extensible (grr).
r876
wxGui branch: Merged with trunk (2 weeks of changes!)
r877
Shortcut for intc_stat reads. Speeds up games that use it a lot.

Download: PCSX2 SVN r877
Download: PCSX2 Plugins

Snes9X v1.51 re-recording r46

Snes9X v1.51 re-recording r46 is released.Snes9x1.51-re-recording is the re-recording branch of Snes9x 1.51.This is the development project for this branch of Snes9x. Its primary function is to expand features related to the creation of Tool-Asssisted movies.

Snes9X v1.51 re-recording changelog:
r46
fix for a crash when closing snes9x (nitsuja, 1.43 revision 61)

Download:Snes9X v1.51 re-recording r46

XML Cheat Collection for MAME 0.130u2

XML Cheat Collection for MAME 0.130u2 is released. It's a cheat pack for mame.

Note: The XML Cheat Collection archives are double packed. Inside the downloaded zip/7z archive you will find a large cheat.zip. It's this cheat.zip that should be placed in the same directory as your MAME executeable.

Download: XML Cheat Collection for MAME 0.130u2

gpSP mod 20090329

gpSP mod 20090329 is released.gpSP is the best GBA emulator released for the PSP with great compatibility and performance. Exophase has gained instant respect and love from the scene for his emulator.
Many games already run very fast at 200mhz with sound and some frameskip.

gpSP mod 20090329 changelog
- GU does not use the additional rendering mode. Only x1.5

Download: gpSP mod 20090329

Cxbx 0.8.1 Test Build

Cxbx 0.8.1 Test Build is released.Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.

The developer said:
Okay, it's Sunday afternoon (at least here it is) and I've got the rest of the evening to do whatever I feel like today, so I'm doing a little work on Cxbx today. Now, I want you all to do me a favour... the latest build of Cxbx from my branch is attached below, and yes it does play Smashing Drive! There's also a mini game attached below (remember the old DirectDraw game Donuts from the old DirectX SDKs anyone?), so you can test it with that if you have no compatible games. What I want you all to do is test it for speed! You can test it for compatability if you want, but right now I'm more worried about speed issues.

Why am I worried about speed, you might ask? Let me explain... lately I've noticed that every Cxbx dev has been getting faster results than I am with their branches. For instance, Caustik's last release ran Turok at over 85 fps on my machine, my build only gives me a fraction of that speed. The same goes for other games and XDK samples, even the mini game attached below has speed problems when there are only a few sprites on the screen. I'm positive that Smashing Drive can run at full speed (or at least 30 fps) and that's my current goal for today. I don't know it it's just my machine(s) or my builds. Today, I just want to find out once and for all. So if you have Turok or Smashing Drive, I encourage you to try this build and let me know what speeds you get.

Last minute notes: I disabled the debug output to the console to increase speeds a bit, so don't worry about KrnlDebug output. If running Smashing Drive and you get a white screen, don't worry about it; It's just an alpha blending bug and it will go away once you get in game. I'm sure this build has lots of bugs in it so don't freak out over random crashes (Smashing Drive shouldn't crash at all).

Download: shogun3d_release.rar
Download: xbox_donuts.rar

Glide3x (09.03.24)

Glide3x (09.03.24) is released.glide3x.dll is a process belonging to the Glide for Voodoo Banshee program . glide3x.dll is module which supports 3DFX (Voodoo) graphics devices with the Glide 3D drivers.

Glide3x (09.03.24) changelog:
* Modified all LFB reading code to use PBOs. Needs a video card which supports OpenGL 2.1-3.0
* Modified the LFB writing code to use dirty rects for texture writing. (only writes the portions of the texture that have changed, a usual optimization technique when writing to 2D surfaces) Depth buffer code still uses glDrawPixels normally.
Tested with Beetle Adventure Racing, got consistent 60FPS with REFB on. Still, dunno if its placebo or not, due to I having a PCIE card.

Download: Glide3x (09.03.24)

FB Alpha Shuffle 090331a

FB Alpha Shuffle v0.2.97.04 is released.FB Alpha Shuffle is an unofficial version based on FBA with many pointless features.

FB Alpha Shuffle Features
- added many GUI and driver changes/improvements from FBA Plus!
- Gangta, iq_132, emufan, JAVH, bms888, netbug, CaptainCPS-X, Jimmy_Page... added AVI recorder and input macro. emufan
- added support translated game name list in game selection dialog. 800
- you can edit the the game names in .\config\gamelist.xxx.ini. or you can import game names from mamep.lst. (put it under fbas.exe or config dir) added IPS v4 support from MAME Plus!, click right mouse button on game list. (Thanks to Emuman, emufan)
- added image menu from MAME Plus!, see Misc==>UI Options. (Thanks to Emuman, kkez)
- you can edit which menu style you like in the file config/fbas.ini: // New menu style, if zero-not use, 1-BASIC, 2-GRAY, 3-OFFICE, 4-OFFICE2003, 5-OFFICE2007, 6-EXTRA bMenuNewStyle 4 added select background image and select random image functions, see Misc==>UI Options(support bmp,png,jpg,gif..).
- (Thanks to CaptainCPS-X, FerchogtX) added set misc paths dialog and improve UI for game selection dialog.
- added save preset in "Map game input" dialog. (click right mouse button on "Use preset" button)
- added some custom images in .\res folder, you can replace these images with what you like.
- added display score, select and gameover snapshot to game selection dialog. (http://www.progettoemma.net/snaps/)
- added support archived preview image.(name it: snap.xx, titles.xx, flyers.xx, score.xx, select.xx, gameover.xx. xx = zip/7z).
- (use Thomas Bleeker's PNGlib: http://www.madwizard.org/) added filters in game selection dialog. (it also can filter the custom translated game names)
- (type "lamer" in the filter and it will show unavailable/missing sets) you can edit the filter string in the file .\config\fbas.ini: // User defined filter string, separate with semicolon (';') szUserFilterStr fatal fury;samurai shodown added save favorite games (the file is in config/favorites.ini).
- added "Undo" function for input recordings, "Rewind" function for input recording playback. [blip]
- added adjustable emulation speeds (shift + +/-) and frame counter display (shift+backspace). [blip]
- added a simple jukebox for neo,cps1/2 games. (Thanks to CaptainCPS-X, iq_132)
- (put sound.dat of caname in .\config folder, convert it to UTF-8 encode) You can also use the shortcut keys to switch soundtracks: pagedown / pageup ==> switch tracks. shift+pagedown / shift+pageup ==> switch sections. added 7-Zip support. (http://www.7-zip.org/)
- added XAudio2 sound output. (need install new DirectX runtime/SDK)
- added kawaks/nebula/mame cheat file support. [iq_132]
- (put mame cheat.dat or kawaks/nebula cheat files in cheat folder) changed the emulator will not depend on kailleraclient.dll.
- You can put kailleraclient.dll in the same directory as the emulator if you want to netplay. changed all romsets to match MAME Plus!. (Thanks to iq_132 for converting many neogeo drivers to FBA)
- Many thanks to OopsWare(http://oopsware.googlepages.com/) for porting PGM, CPS3 and many other drivers to FBA.

FB Alpha Shuffle 090331a changelog:
- kovsh speed up

Download: FB Alpha Shuffle 090331a