2012-05-09
SpudACE v0.312
SpudACE v0.312 is released. SpudACE is a new (2012) emulator written by Richard Chandler which will emulate the Jupiter ACE. Some features so far:
DeSmuME JIT SVN r4281
DeSmuME JIT SVN r4280 is compiled. DeSmuME JIT is a branch of DeSmuME. DeSmuME is an open source Nintendo DS(NDS) emulator for Linux, Mac OS and Windows. DeSmuME supports save states, the ability to increase the size of the screen and it supports filters to improve image quality. DeSmuME also supports microphone use on Windows and Linux ports, as well as direct video and audio recording. The emulator also features a built-in movie recorder.
BizHawk SVN r2270
BizHawk SVN r2270 is compiled. BizHawk is a A multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.
MESS SVN r15127
MESS SVN r15127 is compiled. 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.
Jpcsp SVN r2551
Jpcsp SVN r2551 is compiled. JPCSP is the most advanced PlayStation Portable(PSP) emulator, allowing you to play your PSP games on a PC. Even though Jpcsp is written in Java, it can already reach 100% PSP speed on a lot of commercial games... and the emulator performance is constantly increasing. Jpcsp takes full advantage of dual-core processors, matching the PSP dual-core architecture. Even a quad-core can give a small performance improvement by leaving free CPU cores for the Java JIT Compiler and the graphics cache.
Stella SVN r2462
Stella SVN r2462 is compiled. Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator. The Atari 2600 Video Computer System (VCS), introduced in 1977, was the most popular home video game system of the early 1980's. Now you can enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to Stella!
DeSmuME SVN r4278
DeSmuME SVN r4278 is compiled. DeSmuME is an open source Nintendo DS(NDS) emulator for Linux, Mac OS and Windows. DeSmuME supports save states, the ability to increase the size of the screen and it supports filters to improve image quality. DeSmuME also supports microphone use on Windows and Linux ports, as well as direct video and audio recording. The emulator also features a built-in movie recorder.
MESSUNI v0.145u8
MESSUNI v0.145u8 is released. MESSUNI is a combined build of MESS and MAME, built into the MESSUI frontend.
GameBoy Online (2012/05/08)
GameBoy Online (2012/05/08) is released. 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.
Supermodel-UI v0.8 build 115 (09/05/2012)
Supermodel-UI v0.8 build 115 (09/05/2012) is released. Supermodel-UI is a frontend for the Windows Supermodel port.
DosBox Turbo v1.3.8 for Android
DosBox Turbo v1.3.8 for Android is released. DosBox Turbo is a commercial DosBox port to Android. DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems.
Mupen64Plus AE v1.9.2
Mupen64Plus AE v1.9.2 is released. This is a N64 emulator for Android. Mupen64Plus Android Edition is a commercial Android port of the N64 emulator Mupen64Plus. Mupen64Plus AE is in Beta testing.
nGlide v0.99
Thanks Zeus for submitting newsnGlide v0.99 is released. nGlide is a 3Dfx Voodoo Glide wrapper which means it 'emulates' 3Dfx Glide Library, so you don't need to have a 3Dfx Voodoo card to play games written for Glide API. Both versions of Glide API are supported, Glide2 (glide2x.dll) and Glide3 (glide3x.dll). nGlide translates all Glide callings to Direct3D, which is supported by almost all today's graphics cards.
Soywiz＇s Psp Emulator (2012/05/08) (r349)
Soywiz＇s Psp Emulator (2012/05/08) (r349) is released. Soywiz＇s Psp Emulator is a PlayStation Portable (PSP) emulator, emulator for windows. This emulator born as a proof of concept of an emulator made in D. Now it's getting more and more compatible with homebrew, and gaining in features and speed. The emulator was based in it's first version on great Noxa's C# pspplayer emulator.
D2X-XL v1.16.8
D2X-XL v1.16.8 is released. D2X is a port of Descent 2 to OpenGL. It is an open source project and has received a lot of enhancements compared to Descent 2. My work on this project would not have been possible if hadn't been for the people who initially implemented the OpenGL and SDL code in D2X, so my thanks to them: It is for them that we can still play this great game on modern hardware. My thanks also to the many people who have provided input for this project, be it in the form of bug reports, great ideas, logos, encouragement, or other.