2011-05-30
Ville＇s Development Log (2011/05/29)
Last time I looked at the Konami Viper driver, it was stuck on unemulated Voodoo 3 functionality (User Interrupt Command). Now that I have implemented that and hacked in some additional Voodoo 3 support (mainly 2D host-to-screen blitting), we get some pretty POST screens from Police 911, Boxing Mania and Mocap Boxing :P
Vba-ReRecording v24 (368)
Vba-ReRecording v24 (368) is released. VBA rerecording is the re-recording branch of VisualBoyAdvance. This is the development project for this branch of VBA. Its primary function is to expand features related to the creation of Tool-Assisted movies.
XM7 V1.1L30aLP00/V2.9L40aLP00/V3.4L40aLP00
XM7 V1.1L30aLP00/V2.9L40aLP00/V3.4L40aLP00 are released. XM7 is an excellent fujitsu Micro seven emulator for 7 platforms.
WinArcadia & AmiArcadia v16.01
WinArcadia & AmiArcadia v16.01 are released. AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators of these Signetics-based machines: Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (1982);Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Fountain, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Voltmace, Waddington, etc.) (c. 1978);Elektor TV Games Computer (1979); PIPBUG-based machines (Electronics Australia 77up2 and 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (c. 1977-1978);Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);Central Data 2650 computer (1977);Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1980) (preliminary); and Galaxia and Astro Wars coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1980) (preliminary).
NEWS: GameBoy Online (2011/05/28)
GameBoy Online is a Game Boy and GameBoy Color emulator written in Javascript. It strives to be efficient and try to have a perfect compatibility. Currently the execution speed is not optimal even on browsers. For example on Chrome, which is nevertheless deemed to run Javascript faster on a PC running Windows 7 64-bit version with a double heart 2 CPUs at 2.2 GHz, games run at normal speed but almost skipping some frames.
MAME Plus! v0.142u4 r4875
MAME Plus! v0.142u4 r4875 is released. New version of this MAME Emulator for Windows. MAME Plus! has many features to make it a great unoffical build.
jDosbox v0.74.22
jDosbox v0.74.22 is released. jDosbox is a port of Dosbox in Java, allowing multiple systems to emulate the DOS and PC x86 90s.
Dolphin SVN r7571
Dolphin SVN r7571 is released. Dolphin is the first Gamecube emulator able to run commercial games! Dolphin is a great Gamecube(NGC) and Wii emulator. It has a partial Wii support and plays most Gamecube games. SSSE3 and SSE4 optimized are enabled in this build.
Project64k v0.25
Project64k v0.25 is released. Project64k is a version of the Project64 emulator that supports multiplayer games using the Kaillera network.
multiMAN v2.00.03
multiMAN v2.00.03 is released. multiMAN is a multifunctional tool, which includes 6 different display modes (for games, AVCHD and Blu-ray) and a 7th - File Manager + background running FTP server.
StepMania v5.0 Preview 1
StepMania v5.0 Preview 1 is released. StepMania is a music/rhythm game. The player presses different buttons in time to the music and to note patterns that scroll across the screen. Features 3D graphics, visualizations, support for gamepads/dance pads, a step recording mode, and more! StepMania is a music / rhythm game. The player presses different buttons in time to the music and to note patterns that scroll across the screen. Features 3D graphics, visualizations, support for gamepads / dance pads, a step recording mode, and more!
ScummVM v1.3.0
ScummVM v1.3.0 is released. ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2, SymbianOS and many more...
PS3 Game List v1.7
PS3 Game List v1.7 is released. PS3 Game List is a application that allows you to manage your list of PS3 games. It started out as a demo to test the Qt Framework functionality, but it evolved into a full feature C++ app. It allows users to download game updates.
Jpcsp SVN r2158
Jpcsp SVN r2158 is released. JPCSP is a PlayStation Portable(PSP) emulator which is written in JAVA. JPCSP is the first PSP emulator that is written in JAVA. Most people think java is too slow. But Shadow and his team has proven us wrong. The newest Java versions are almost as fast as C which makes it very interesting for emu dev's. Shadow and his team are working day and night with pleasure on the emu, many coders have dedicated to the project. Because it's written in java many young devs find it interesting to learn how the emulator works.
PPREFS v1.120
PPREFS v1.120 is released. PPREFS is a tool for PSP. PPREFS is a plug-ins manager. This tool will allows you to view, control, duplicate or remove your current plug-ins command text [vsh.txt, game.txt...etc] inside seplugins folder. The cool thing is you can manage the plug-ins through your XMB. I can honestly say this tool is better than current plugins manager that available on 5.50/5.00 Recovery Menu.
MESS SVN r11720
MESS SVN r11720 is released. MESS(Multi Emulator Super System) is an open source emulator which emulates a large variety of different systems. MESS is a source-available project which documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles, and calculators through software emulation, as MAME does for arcade games. As a nice side effect to this documentation, MESS allows software and games for these hardware platforms to be run on modern PCs.