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December 28th, 2018, 11:11 Posted By: wraggster
Stella v6.0 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!
Stella v6.0 changelog:
Note: because of major TIA sound changes, the state file format has changed, and old state files will not work with this release.
New cycle exact audio core based on work by Chris Brenner (crispy); greatly improved audio emulation accuracy (i.e. E.T., Ms. Pacman).
Full rewrite of the audio subsystem; resample TIA output to target sample rate directly in Stella.
Added option to force stereo sound for all ROMs, or to use the setting on a per-ROM basis.
Threading: decouple emulation from frame rendering.
Main loop rewritten; emulating speed and timing is now much more faithful (i.e. speed in Pick'n'Pile).
Added preliminary support for 'CTY' bankswitching scheme and recently released 'Chetiry' ROMs. Special thanks to SpiceWare for adding music support to this scheme.
UI modernization (new widget look, dialog titles added, dialogs refactored).
The bankswitch scheme can now be forced by naming the ROM with a specific extension (ie: .f8s for F8SC, .fe for FE, etc). The supported extensions are the same as the ones from HarmonyCart and UnoCart.
Audio settings replaced with new 'audio.xxx' settings.
FPS setting replaced with speed setting for adjusting emulation speed.
Extra functionality for Time Machine dialog (start/stop recording; minor fixes).
When logging messages to the System Logger, condense similar messages that arrive in batches into fewer messages (including timestamps).
Fixes for collision corner cases (during HBlank).
Fixed excessive CPU usage while in UI modes (ROM launcher, debugger, etc).
The 'launcherexts' option has been replaced by a true/false option named 'launcherroms', which specifies to show only ROMs or all files in the ROM launcher.
Changes in 'Game Properties' dialog
'Default' button now affects only current tab like in all other dialogs.
'Display' and 'Console' tab changes are now immediate.
Fixed bug when selecting 'Auto-detect' format for 50Hz ROMs
Fixed bug in autodetecting Genesis controllers.
Fixed bug with 'thumb.trapfatal' commandline argument; sometimes Stella would lock up when encountering a fatal error instead of entering the debugger and displaying a message.
Fixed bug in reading from settings file with entries that were empty; the parsing was failing. This affected the 'cpurandom' argument; when all options in it were turned off, they were all turned on again during the next program run.
Fixed bug with 'hold' events; they are now released a short time after starting a ROM.
When starting Stella for the first time, the first ROM selected will determine which path to use by default for subsequent runs.
Fixed emulator crash when starting SaveKey ROMs from commandline with SaveKey messages enabled.
Fixed missing TV format update in frame stats dialog when switching display type.
Fixed missing debug color update when switching display type.
'Fill to scanline' now works for scanlines above current scanline too.
The debugger 'uhex' command is now honoured in CDF and BUS schemes.
When switching screenmodes, the sound is now paused and later resumed. This fixes popping and cracking sounds apparent on some systems, notably macOS when toggling windowed/fullscreen mode.
State file format has been optimized to be smaller, and faster loading and saving. This affects both the files saved to your computer as well as Time Machine functionality.
The ROM name saved in a PNG tEXt chunk now honours the 'snapname' setting.
Improved snapshots when phosphor is enabled.
Updated PAL palette.
Added 'Cartridge.StartBank' ROM property, to force a ROM to use a specific bank for its reset vector.
Added Developer setting, which breaks on reads from write ports. It now detects such conditions in many more cases. This new way of detecting RWP errors obsoletes the old '_rwport' debugger command, which has now been removed.
Added recently released 'Arkyology' prototype ROM to the database.
Fixed 'Street Racer' and 'Video Olympics' ROMs to use paddles in both ports.
For UNIX systems: in the ROM launcher, when using symlinks use the symlink pathname instead of the underlying filesystem pathname.
The UNIX builds now use the system-installed PNG and ZLIB libraries by default.
The Macintosh builds are now named 'macOS' throughout the codebase to reflect the new naming from Apple.
For better compatibility, the Windows 32-bit version does not require SSE2 anymore.
Updated included PNG library to latest stable version.
https://github.com/stella-emu/stella
via http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/stella-v60.html
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December 28th, 2018, 10:40 Posted By: wraggster
JRomManager v2.0.1 is released. JRomManager ia a Rom Manager entirely written in Java and released under GPL v3.
Current Features:
* Zip support
* Mame and Logiqx Dat formats
* Import from Mame executable
* Dat parsing caching via Java Serialization
* Optimized to permit scan over shared network
* Dir scan caching via Java Serialization based on FileMDate+FileSize, one cache file per romdir, reusable between different Dat Scans if same dir used
* Split Scan/Fix/Rebuild
* Non-Merged Scan/Fix/Rebuild
* Merged Scan/Fix/Rebuild (with choice in case of name collision)
* Full SHA1 scan or on-need SHA1 scan in case of suspicious CRC32
* Retain SHA1 in cache until zip file change
* CHD support (no separate dir from roms yet)
* Per profile settings (what to fix, how to scan, ...)
* MultiThreading support (at least for archive manipulation and checksum calculation, fast disks required)
* MD5 support (for old dats)
* 7z support via SevenZipJBinding + 7z command line as functional backup
* TorrentZip support via trrntzip command line
* Multiple Source Dir
* Enhanced Gui with Report
* Translated to English and French
* Software List support
* Filtering functionalities (clone, chds, systems list, display mode, cabinet type, driver status, ...)
JRomManager v2.0.1 Changelog:
Fixed a launch problem without debug mode
https://github.com/optyfr/JRomManager
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/jrommanager-v201.html
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December 28th, 2018, 10:36 Posted By: wraggster
Hoxs64 v1.0.16.0 is released. Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista. The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail
Hoxs64 v1.0.15.0 Changelog:
1) Prevent memory buffer overflow error when mounting G64 disk files that
contain tracks that are longer than 7928 bytes. Allow arbitrary length G64
track data to be scaled to the emulated disk.
http://www.hoxs64.net/
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/hoxs64-v10160.html
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December 28th, 2018, 10:34 Posted By: wraggster
Common Source Code Project (2018/12/27) is released. This is the common source code archive of my works:
- Emu5 - SORD m5 emulator
- EmuGaki - CASIO PV-2000 emulator
- EmuLTI8 - MITSUBISHI Electric MULTI8 emulator
- EmuPIA - TOSHIBA PASOPIA emulator
- EmuPIA7 - TOSHIBA PASOPIA7 emulator
- EmuZ-80K - SHARP MZ-80K emulator
- EmuZ-700 - SHARP MZ-700 emulator
- EmuZ-800 - SHARP MZ-800 emulator
- EmuZ-1200 - SHARP MZ-1200 emulator
- EmuZ-1500 - SHARP MZ-1500 emulator
- EmuZ-2500 - SHARP MZ-2500 emulator
- EmuZ-2800 - SHARP MZ-2800 emulator
- EmuZ-3500 - SHARP MZ-3500 emulator
- EmuZ-5500 - SHARP MZ-5500 emulator
- EmuZ-6500 - SHARP MZ-6500 emulator
- eBabbage-2nd - Gijutsu-Hyoron-Sha Babbage-2nd
- eFamilyBASIC - Nintendo Family BASIC emulator
- eFM16pi - FUJITSU FM16pi emulator
- eFMR-30 - FUJITSU FMR-30 emulator
- eFMR-50 - FUJITSU FMR-50 emulator
- eFMR-60 - FUJITSU FMR-60 emulator
- eFP-1100 - CASIO FP-1100 emulator
- eHANDY98 - NEC PC-98HA emulator
- eHC-20 - EPSON HC-20/HX-20 emulator
- eHC-40 - EPSON HC-40/PX-4 emulator
- eHC-80 - EPSON HC-80/PX-8/Geneva emulator
- eJ-3100GT - TOSHIBA J-3100GT emulator
- eJ-3100SL - TOSHIBA J-3100SL emulator
- eJX - IBM Japan Ltd PC/JX emulator
- eMAP-1010 - SEIKO MAP-1010 emulator
- eMYCOMZ-80A - Japan Electronics College MYCOMZ-80A emulator
- eN5200 - NEC N5200 emulator
- ePC-8001mkIISR - NEC PC-8001mkIISR emulator
- ePC-8201 - NEC PC-8201/PC-8201A emulator
- ePC-8801MA - NEC PC-8801MA emulator
- ePC-9801 - NEC PC-9801
- ePC-9801E - NEC PC-9801E/F/M
- ePC-9801VM - NEC PC-9801VM
- ePC-98DO - NEC PC-98DO emulator
- ePC-98LT - NEC PC-98LT emulator
- ePC-100 - NEC PC-100 emulator
- ePC-ENGINE - NEC PC-ENGINE / SuperGrafx
- ePHC-20 - SANYO PHC-20 emulator
- ePHC-25 - SANYO PHC-25 emulator
- ePV-1000 - CASIO PV-1000 emulator
- ePyuTa - TOMY PyuTa and PyuTa Jr. emulator
- eQC-10 - EPSON QC-10/QX-10 emulator
- eRX-78 - BANDAI RX-78 emulator
- eSC-3000 - SEGA SC-3000 emulator
- eSCV - EPOCH Super Cassette Vision emulator
- eTK-80BS - NEC TK-80BS (COMPO BS/80) emulator
- eX-07 - CANON X-07 emulator
- eX1twin - SHARP X1twin emulator
- eX1turbo - SHARP X1turbo emulator
- eYS-6464A - Shinko Sangyo YS-6464A emulator
This archive is under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
Common Source Code Project Changelog:
[VM/I386] improve i386 core based on MAME 0.204
[VM/SCSI_CDROM] improve vendor specific command for NEC CD-ROM^2
[VM/SCSI_DEV] fix to write buffer when current command is not WRITE6/10/12
[VM/SCSI_DEV] fix Request Sense command to get correct data length
[VM/SCSI_HDD] fix not to write buffer when current command is not WRITE6/10/12
http://homepage3.nifty.com/takeda-toshiya/
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December 22nd, 2018, 21:18 Posted By: wraggster
Emma 02 v1.29 is released. Emma 02 is an emulator for the relatively unknown COMX-35 computers from the early 80s. Emma 02 runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
The Emma 02 Emulator is currently emulating the following computers:
· COMX-35
· Cosmac Elf 2000
· Cosmac VIP
· Cosmicos
· Cosmac Elf
· Netronics Elf II
· Quest Super Elf
· RCA Studio II
· Visicom COM-100
· Victory MPT-02
· Cidelsa
· Telmac TMC-600
· Telmac 1800
· Telmac 2000
· Oscom Nano
· Pecom 64
· ETI 660
Emma 02 v1.28 Changelog:
General
Fixed a bug in update check, should work again from V1.29 and onwards
Fixed bog in MCDS and MS2000 start butons which were switched around
Cosmac Elf
Fixed a bug in update of address leds
Cosmac Elf 2000
Fixed a bugs in ElfOs (elfos2k_0_2_8b.hex, elf2k-installation.ide) and Elf2K ROM (v88b.bin) when running on intel 8275 video. These versions are NOT formal released versions but patched by me.
Added a feature to correct IDE file if used in combination with intel 8275 video
Added intel 8275 MINIMON-8275 with patched @ command to use R3 instead of R0 (R0 cannot be used in combination with intel8275 as it is used for video DMA)
VIP2K Membership Card
Included latest VIP2K Monitor including Chip 8 Interpreter designed by me 
Improved Key handling
Improved auto LOAD/SAVE function
Fixed hanging of Emma 02 when sequencer ROM is not available
https://www.emma02.hobby-site.com/download.html
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/emma-02-v129.html
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December 22nd, 2018, 21:04 Posted By: wraggster
Here is the major update for Jaseiken Necromancer partial translation. The main differences between initial release and version 0.2 are bugfix, more efficient using of ROM space, reworked translation and proper fitting of text in the interface (see readme for details).
Current patch made Jaseiken Necromancer beatable with no major bugs, except the ones that were present in the original Japanese version. Most probably you will need a walkthrough in the later part of the game, but this patch makes understanding easier anyway.
This update was done by Griever_GF, with the permission from previous contributors. Please enjoy this release!
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=27510
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December 17th, 2018, 21:03 Posted By: wraggster
WinArcadia & AmiArcadia v24.93 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).
WinArcadia v24.93 Changelog：
* Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
http://amigan.yatho.com/
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/winarca...dia-v2493.html
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December 17th, 2018, 17:30 Posted By: wraggster
The following Translations have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
English
French
Indonesian
Spanish
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December 17th, 2018, 17:29 Posted By: wraggster
The following Hacks have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Addendum
Bug Fix
Complete
Improvement
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December 12th, 2018, 20:01 Posted By: wraggster
Hoxs64 v1.0.12.0 is released. Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/Vista. The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail
Hoxs64 v1.0.11.0 Changelog:
1) Allow game device axes to be unselected in the joystick settings.
2) Experimental support for game devices with more than 32 buttons and up to 128 buttons.
3) Fix to broken save state.
http://www.hoxs64.net/
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/hoxs64-v10120.html
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December 12th, 2018, 20:00 Posted By: wraggster
OpenMSX v0.15.0 RC1 is released. OpenMSX is an open source MSX emulator which is free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, available under the GNU General Public License.For copyright reasons the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. OpenMSX includes C-BIOS a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing to play quite some games without the need to have an original MSX BIOS ROM image. You can also use your own BIOS ROM image if you please.
OpenMSX Git Changelog:
* Update version to 0.15.0-rc1
* Update (final?) release notes
* Update copyright year
* Updated VGM recorder script to latest version
https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX
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December 12th, 2018, 18:12 Posted By: wraggster
Z64K v1.0 is released. Pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated java runtime environment installed.
Z64K Changelog:
All logged changes moved into changelog.
Release 1.0 has a java language level of 7 so requires JRE 7 or better.
Future versions with release number 2.x will be created at java language level of 8 so will require JRE 8 or better.
http://www.z64k.com/
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/z64k-v10.html
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December 12th, 2018, 18:09 Posted By: wraggster
OpenMSX v0.15.0 is released. OpenMSX is an open source MSX emulator which is free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, available under the GNU General Public License.For copyright reasons the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. OpenMSX includes C-BIOS a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing to play quite some games without the need to have an original MSX BIOS ROM image. You can also use your own BIOS ROM image if you please.
OpenMSX v0.15.0 Changelog:
openMSX 0.15.0—Sinterklaasphemy—is a release which was due because we did quite a lot! This time the major new stuff is support for ColecoVision (including Super Game Module and MegaCart mapper), Musical Memory Mapper and Carnivore 2. And we have fixed a lot of long-standing OPL4 emulation issues, thanks to Valley Bell. Furthermore, we overhauled the Android port, but you'll mostly notice the scale factor 2 there. And several other (sometimes very long standing) issues were fixed.Together with openMSX an updated version of Catapult, our user-friendly GUI, was released. We again made a small amount of improvements: disable controls for joystick/printer port if the machine doesn't have them, fix trashing the replay at time 0 (when reversing back to time 0), added the .hdd extension when browsing for harddisk images and made the test machine for extensions C-BIOS_MSX2+ (if available). Please read the release notes for details of the openMSX changes.
https://github.com/openMSX/openMSX
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/openmsx-v0150.html
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December 12th, 2018, 18:08 Posted By: wraggster
AppleWin v1.27.13.0 is released. AppleWin (also known as Apple //e Emulator for Windows) is an open source software emulator for running Apple II programs in Microsoft Windows. AppleWin has support for most programs that could run either on the Apple II+ or the Apple IIe. By default, AppleWin emulates the Extended Keyboard IIe (better known as the Platinum IIe) with built-in 80-column text support, 128 kilobytes of RAM, two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives, a joystick, a serial card and 65C02 CPU. AppleWin supports lo-res, hi-res, and double hi-res graphics modes and can emulate both color and monochrome Apple II monitors; later versions of AppleWin also can emulate a television set used as a monitor. Both 40-column and 80-column text is supported.
AppleWin can emulate the Apple II joystick (using the PC's default controller), paddle controllers (using the computer mouse), and can also emulate the Apple II joystick using the PC keyboard. AppleWin can also use the PC speaker to emulate the Apple II's sound if no sound card is available (does not work under NT-based Windows versions). Full screen mode is available through the use of DirectX. Features added to the latest versions of AppleWin include Ethernet support using Uthernet, Mockingboard and Phasor sound card support, SSI263 speech synthesis, hard drive disk images and save states.
AppleWin v1.27.13.0 Changelog:
[Bug #599] Fix for Ultima V not loading in Authentic Speed mode (regression introduced at 1.27.9.0).
[Change #205] Added support for Apple II/II+ custom 2K video ROMs.
Extended command line switch: -videorom
If the ROM size is 2K, then it replaces the video ROM for the Apple II/II+.
https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/
http://down.emucr.com/v3/6265612049317888
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December 12th, 2018, 18:06 Posted By: wraggster
Denise v1.0.2 is released. Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant c64 / amiga emulator. At the moment ONLY c64 cartridge, tape and prg files are supported and features like savestates are not available. My motivation for this project is understanding how it works and write clean and easy readable code.
Denise v1.0.2 changelog:
added floppy 1541-II support
support for d64, g64 images
emulates up to 4 drives
correct drive <-> drive synchronisation (e.g. Maverick Dual Drive Copy)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/deniseemu/
http://www.emucr.com/2018/12/denise-v102.html
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