2012-07-04
MAME Languages.ini v0.146u2
MAME Languages.ini v0.146u2 is released. It supports file for MameUI, which attempts to catalog all of the MAME sets based on the language used by the game.
MAME Plus! Plus Kaillera v0.146u2 r169
MAME Plus! Plus Kaillera v0.146u2 r169 is compiled. MAME Plus! Plus Kaillera is a version of MAME with Kaillera support for online gaming against others.
Wine v1.5.8 Final
Wine v1.5.8 Final is released. Wine is a project to allow a PC running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to run x86 programs for Microsoft Windows. Alternately, those wishing to port a Windows application to a Unix-like system can compile it against the Wine libraries.
BizHawk SVN r2460
BizHawk SVN r2460 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.
PCSX2 v1.0.0 (r5334)
PCSX2 v1.0.0 (r5334) is compiled. PCSX2 v1.0.0 is a branch of PCSX2. PCSX2 is an open source 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.
MESS SVN r15531
MESS SVN r15531 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.
DeSmuME SVN r4300
DeSmuME SVN r4300 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.
ZXDS v1.0.0
ZXDS v1.0.0 is released. ZXDS is an emulator of Sinclair ZX Spectrum for Nintendo DS, written by Patrik Rak. It is steadily reaching a mature stage of development, and it already has some noteworthy features, like accurate emulation of Spectrum 48k, 128k and Pentagon models (including sound), or support for TAP/TZX/PZX tape files, TRD/SCL disk files and RZX playback files, not to mention the ability to download these files online over WiFi.
Pokopom PSX Pad Plugin SVN r51
Pokopom PSX Pad Plugin SVN r51 is compiled. A XInput input plugin for PSX/PS2 emulators, and as of r48 nullDC 1.0.4 too. Pokopom is a PSEmu Pro pad plugin that emulates a DualShock1 and DualShock2 controller for PS1 and PS2 emulators respectively. It only uses XInput, so as to avoid the DirectInput troubles with X360 controllers.
Micro64 v1.00.2012.07.04 Build 705
Micro64 v1.00.2012.07.04 Build 705 is released. Micro64 is a freeware commodore c64 emulator. Currently micro64 has two different VIC II emulation modes: cycle exact (default, works fine) and half-cycle exact (next-gen, rudimentary implementation – currently damn slow).
Lambnes v0.0.8
Lambnes v0.0.8 is released. Lambnes is an open source NES emulator written in java mainly as an educational project.
Jpcsp SVN r2591
Jpcsp SVN r2591 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.