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March 9th, 2018, 14:26 Posted By: wraggster
Another release from Romhacking.net:
At first blush, our La Wares saga may not feel much like a love story in the spirit of Saint Valentine, but as “The Swami Sez” (Chris Berman), “That’s why they play the game!”
This Super Famicom game patch in English is the end result of a collaboration between translator Eien ni Hen and Bongo`. Once Bongo` built the tools, he intended to offer it to Red Soul for coordinating the finishing touches. However, around that time, Red Soul became inactive in D-D. Instead, Recca took on the task of smoothing out the first insertion of English text but promptly turned that effort into a Romanian patch for La Wares that we released in 2015.
Thereafter, Wildbill took on the coordination of La Wares - English, but he was in the midst of wrapping up other project work ahead of it, including a contribution to Chaos Seed and the finishing touches and release of Super Shell Monsters Story-I. Then, Wildbill departed D-D on an unexpected two-year hiatus, to attend to family matters. When he returned to duty in late 2017, he quickly helped get Princess Minerva and La Wares rolling again, and here we are with the release of the latter mentioned game, less than two months following the Christmas present of Princess Minerva.
La Wares is a turn-based RPG that is somewhat shorter in length than our usual fare. Still, the beta testers have reported it is a fun play. The game combines elements of mechanized fighting in the field with typical combat against monsters in dungeon settings. Naturally, the fates of kingdoms, queens, and princesses are at stake, and an unlikely hero emerges to conduct actions that may accomplish what whole armies fail to achieve.
Shouts-out go to Eien ni Hen, Bongo` Recca, Draken, Taskforce, Filler, and our four testers (MariusB, SylarDean, akualung, and Recca again) for propelling this work to a successful conclusion. This patch is dedicated to Red Soul. At this time, our La Wares - English patch is available in all offered formats. Please visit our download section or the respective project page to obtain patches for either La Wares - English or Romanian - and enjoy!
http://www.dynamic-designs.us/lawares.shtml
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March 9th, 2018, 14:26 Posted By: wraggster
Some news from Romhacking.net:
On this day it’s been 19 years since AGTP first opened its doors on PCPages, and they have five releases to celebrate!
A couple of months ago Gideon was talking with TheMajinZenki and a few other folks about the English release of Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers, and thinking that it might be nice for folks to have a little context for some of the more esoteric pulls from Banpresto’s back catalog. They got it in our heads that it’d be a fun idea to do all five primary entries in Banpresto’s old The Great Battle series, giving people a glimpse into the history of Fighter Roar, Compatible Kaiser, Dark Brain, and the rest, and we figured that since they were relatively small games individually that it wouldn’t be all that tough to do. The job wasn’t without challenges, but it got done!
Further updates about the states of various projects will be posted to the AGTP website tomorrow.
via http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=25941
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February 25th, 2018, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster
Heres the news from Romhacking.net:
For those who may have missed it, Supper and and Filler have released an English language translation patch for City Adventure Touch: Mystery of Triangle. City Adventure Touch is an odd action adventure game by Compile, that somewhat perplexingly uses a license for the characters from the high school baseball manga “Touch”, by Mitsuru Adachi. The goal of the game is to save 10 puppies scattered throughout a town filled with aggressive creatures and objects. You do this by collecting various items, and fighting against enemies and bosses.
The game is somewhat unique in that it more closely resembles Western adventure games, or action RPGs, than it does traditional Japanese adventure games. While it’s somewhat frenetic and obtuse, Supper notes that it has some “ahead-of-its-time ideas”, and that it would have fared better with less sprawling areas, less obscure puzzles, and without the needless “Touch” license.
This project was completed in association with Psylax’s efforts in “Translations of early Famicom games“. The patch translates in-game text to English, and adds a splash screen.
via http://projects.mattsmessyroom.com/
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February 25th, 2018, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster
The atari 2600 even after all these years continues to get releases, heres another:
Alien Attack is a homebrew Atari VCS game by easmith. It’s a 4k tiny shooter game, fully written in Assembler.
Release notes:
Added a shield feature, activated by pulling down. Lasts one second, then you must wait 4 seconds. to use it again. Since I am waiting to have carts made while folks help me test it on real hardware , I might as well add more stuff….. Maybe difficulty options…
via https://pdroms.de/atari2600/alien-at...5-a2600-game-2
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February 22nd, 2018, 19:09 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a load of new romhacks released for various systems:
The following Hacks have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Bug Fix
Complete
Improvement
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February 22nd, 2018, 19:05 Posted By: wraggster
The guys at romhacking have been busy once more, heres the list of rom translations:
The following Translations have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Arabic
English
Hungarian
Spanish
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February 20th, 2018, 23:07 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a load of new romhacks released:
The following Hacks have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Bug Fix
Complete
Improvement
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February 20th, 2018, 23:06 Posted By: wraggster
Heres some great news from romhacking.net:
A major update to what many consider to be the best version of Final Fantasy VI, Ted Woolsey Uncensored Edition 2.00 has been released. Many lines in the script have been fine tuned and corrected where it was needed. This also includes the Updated Opera versions that use the modern translations of the famous Opera scene in the game.
Several issues in previous versions have been corrected. This includes a character walking through a wall, and the Sketch bug finally being correctly fixed. In addition, the Bug-Fixes version now includes a large list of bug fixes available that fix some of the worst bugs in the game. A Bug Fix Compendium has been added to document all of the changes and tweaks made in the game.
The Music Player included has also had corrections made to the song titles that the previous version had incorrectly.
To help everyone that wonders what name changes were made to items and monsters, lists are now included to give players an understanding of where the names come from.
With the Bug Fixes, Updated Opera, Add-Ons, and Music Player added in, this presents a fantastic way to experience the game, whether its for first time players or long time fans.
Enjoy!!
via http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=25834
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February 20th, 2018, 22:58 Posted By: wraggster
The Atari 2600 gets some more homebre loving, heres the news:
Alien Attack is a homebrew Atari VCS game by easmith. It’s a 4k tiny shooter game, fully written in Assembler.
Release notes:
Ok, I got a little feedback on the “prototype” so I went ahead and made some changes. I think now it can truly be considered a finished game.
1. Made 16 unique enemy designs/ 16 waves.
2. Enemy speed is now controlled with fractional pixel movement , for more variations in speed and less abrupt change from slow to really fast, thanks to help from SpiceWare for this.
3. Figured out how to enlarge Enemy missile without flicker.
4. Fixed bug where death sound would play indefinitely
5. Reduces delay before button reset kicks in.
6. Added win screen after wave 16.
Again, the idea is to take out the 16 waves before the enemies take out your laser cannon or power supply , or outlast your power supply. Now I think it is good enough to be considered a pretty solid first effort, at least technically , for just 4 weeks of work. ROM is actually 3K.
via https://pdroms.de/atari2600/alien-at...-15-a2600-game
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February 19th, 2018, 23:32 Posted By: wraggster
A loki game for the Atari 2600, you heard right, heres the awesome news:
Sword of Iffrit is still in development but author ultima renamed his game into Sword of Surtr. Loki the God of Mischief has stolen the sword of Surtr and split it into 3 pieces. You play as the viking Haldor on your quest to find the sword fragments and return them to your longhouse. There has been quite some progress the past months, so don’t miss your update.
via https://pdroms.de/atari2600/sword-of...2-a2600-game-2
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February 19th, 2018, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a new release of a game for the Atari 7800, a good day for RPG fans:
Atarius Maximus started into 2018 uncovering his Atari 7800 project Legend of Silverpeak. If you love RPG games, this one is clearly for you.
Release notes:I’ve been working on an RPG title since October, and I thought I’d start off the new year by sharing my progress. It’s a fairly expansive title, with a large overworld with towns and dungeons to explore and plenty of turn-based level grinding fun. While the game’s basic objectives are in place and the game is playable (and winnable) there is still much work to be done. I’m aware of a few minor issues here and there that still need to be worked out. The most notable area that isn’t completed is the planned boss battles in each dungeon, some objects in the game don’t do anything yet, how you level up and progress in the game will likely be changed/tweaked, and the graphics are my first attempt and may be changed. The battles at the beginning of the game are very easy, and later on they are probably too difficult. Hundreds of hours of work have already gone into this already, and many design and gameplay choices were made based on compromises related to available hardware resources (especially the attack sequence). I thought it would be a good time to take a short break from it, share my progress, and hopefully hear some feedback.
Saving and Loading your game to the Atarivox is implemented but untested on real hardware. Actually I haven’t tried it at all on real hardware yet, just in Mame. The game is 512K, and is currently actually using around 280K of that space. In emulation you’ll have to use Mame, Mess, or A7800, and while the AtariVox saves aren’t supported in those emulators you can use Mame’s save states, which I tested and that seems to work fine. At any time when you’re not in the middle of a battle you can press the right fire button to bring up a detailed status screen. There you can save your game, use an item in your inventory, see your location on the overworld map, and review your statistics. In battle, use the left button to attack, and the right button to switch back to the menu at the top to choose alternate options or use items.
via https://pdroms.de/atari7800/legend-o...wip-a7800-game
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February 13th, 2018, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a load of new rom translations released:
The following Translations have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Arabic
French
Indonesian
Spanish
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February 13th, 2018, 22:55 Posted By: wraggster
Heres some new romhacks released:
The following Hacks have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Addendum
Complete
Improvement
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February 13th, 2018, 22:54 Posted By: wraggster
The Atari 2600 is still getting lots of love even in 2018, heres the release news:
Chris Read aka atari2600land works on a second game for the Channel F called Killer Heads of Lettuce. It’s sort of like a cross between Asteroids and Space Jockey. In the game, you shoot heads of lettuce in your spaceship.
Further notes:
You can move the spaceship up and down, and I made a variable for lettuce speed and it seems to be working okay now. It’s set to 1, but if I set it to 2, it goes faster. The object of the game is to keep the lettuce from reaching the far right of the screen. I’m still working on this game. You can shoot with the fire button, but the missiles can’t shoot the lettuce because I haven’t gotten that far yet. So, what do you think?
via http://pdroms.de/atari2600/killer-he...wip-a2600-game
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February 10th, 2018, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a new Amstrad CPC Emulator release of Windows, heres the release info:
JavaCPC Desktop v2.9.6 is released. JavaCPC Desktop is a brand new Amstrad CPC emulator. It is based on JEMU and is an extremely improved release from JavaCPC 6.7. JavaCPC Desktop is designed to be used on Windows systems only, but maybe can run also on other systems, but a few features will be missing then.
JavaCPC Desktop function:
- High accurate emulation of the Amstrad CPC homecomputer range
- Many useful features like internal YM-Player, JavaCPC paint and many more.
- Perfect AY-Soundchip emulation
- German, English and Spanish keyboard translations
- Virtual tapedrive, which supports CDT, CSW, WAV and MP3
- Built-in debugger features breakpoints and break instructions
- Advanced settings provide different AY-output routines to get the most preferred emulation
- Digiblaster emulation
- CRTC 0 and CRTC 1 are emulated to let almost every demo run fine
JavaCPC Desktop v2.9.6 Changelog:
- Several bugfixes in JavaCPC Paint
- Rasterpaint: Re-arranged the GUI
- Fixed 4mb ram expansion port problems (Re-arranged port numbers)
- Fixed some Z80 cycles (Probably implemented new bugs now)
- Added possibility to update FutureOS ROMs directly from FutureOS Server (Menu: Help -> Check for FutureOS Update)
- New .EXE Icons (Thanks to Paul Barrick for the nice pixelart- CPC 464!)
- Major and minor bugfixes in CPC emulation
- Re-wrote PAL filter
- Re-wrote parts of the sound emulation (Tape-noise is seperated now and less annoying)
- Bugfix in FDC emulation: Fixed RPM and added "Match Sector" to commands
- Updated the startup-splash screen
- Bugfixes in MagicCPCDiskImage: Corrected filesize for binary and basic files, fixed filesize for creating directory
- RasterPaint: Added line-mode: INKs change each line only
- Added: New bugs, problems, funny behavior (As usual)
download http://cpc-live.com/
via http://www.emucr.com/2018/02/javacpc-desktop-v296.html
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February 10th, 2018, 22:07 Posted By: wraggster
Im a massive fan of emulation across many systems and heres some awesome news of a ultra small gaming system, heres the news:
Meet PocketSprite
PocketSprite is an ultraportable gaming and emulation console. It’s been engineered to be highly playable, easy to use, easy to update, and designed to let you pick up where you left off, and put it down again.
For Gamers: Relive Retro Gaming in Your Pocket
If you spent all your pocket-money on AA batteries, dreamed of falling blocks, or have a soft spot in your heart for rectangular controllers, PocketSprite is for you. Throw on your favorite games in a click and fill in the otherwise wasted moments of your daily transit.
For Hardware Hackers: An Open Source Dev Platform
PocketSprite is a great gaming console in a tiny package, but look under the hood and it’s so much more. It’s an open source, mature development platform that features a full-color, high-contrast OLED screen, sound, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, storage, and an internal rechargeable battery, all wrapped in a beautifully crafted yet rugged ABS case. PocketSprite’s open source toolchain and robust bootloader make development a snap. Say goodbye to re-inventing the wheel. Say adieu to bricking and JTAG angst. Say hello to rapid development on your favorite new hardware device.
For Coders: Write Games & Participate in Our Coding Challenge
If you have a hankering to write games you can play and share on a real system, you’ll love PocketSprite. Or, if you fancy your hand at coding challenges, you can participate in the PocketSprite coding challenge and perhaps walk away with the €1000 prize!
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February 8th, 2018, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a great release for retro emulation fans:
Z64K NewUI (2018/02/04) 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:
4 February - NewUI
Updated mapping of VDC RAM to match real C128 when register 28 is set to 16KB mode.
29 January - NewUI
Included some screenshot options via capture tab in screen settings
D030 tester updated to Version1.3 (see link below)
download http://www.z64k.com/
via http://www.emucr.com/2018/02/z64k-newui-20180204.html
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February 8th, 2018, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a new version of the Spectrum emulator, heres the release details:
Unreal Speccy Portable v0.0.78.3 is released. unreal speccy portable is a Portable ZX-Spectrum emulator. unreal speccy portable supports Z80 128K (Pentagon) AY/YM, Beeper, Beta Disk, Tape, Kempston Joystick/Mouse, Snapshots. Created to be ported to many platforms such as Windows/Linux/Symbian/WinMobile/Dingoo/...
Unreal Speccy Portable v0.0.78.3 Changelog:
GigaScreen video mode support option
download https://bitbucket.org/djdron/unrealspeccyp
via http://www.emucr.com/2018/02/unreal-...le-v00783.html
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