RetroArch v1.6.8

November 21st, 2017, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new version of the multi system emulator Retroarch:

RetroArch v1.6.8 is released. RetroArch is a multi-system emulator for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and *BSD. It is formerly known as SSNES. Its design and background is quite different than most other emulators as RetroArch does not implement an emulation core itself. RetroArch talks to libretro, a generic emulator core API. This means that RetroArch is core agnostic, and it does not care which emulator core is running.

Currently there are libretro implementations for systems such as SNES, NES, GBA, GB/GBC, Genesis, and even arcade games (Final Burn Alpha).

libretro isn't only usable for emulators. A preliminary port of an open source reimplementation of Cave Story has been ported to libretro as well.

RetroArch believes in modularity. The application itself is a command-line driven application suitable for HTPC and/or headless use. There also exists a GUI frontend for RetroArch, supporting every single config option available in RetroArch.

download - http://www.libretro.com/

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Wine v2.21

November 20th, 2017, 22:19 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a program that lets you run linux on windows i think :P, heres the release notes:

Wine v2.21 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.

Wine v2.20 Changelog:
Still more metafile support in GdiPlus.
Indirect draws support in Direct 3D.
Calling convention fixes on ARM.
Improved serial port detection on Linux.
Services fixes on WoW64.
Better DPI scaling in the Shell Explorer.
Various bug fixes.

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DS4Windows v1.4.100

November 20th, 2017, 22:16 Posted By: wraggster

If you have a Dualshock 4 controller youll love this news item:

DS4Windows v1.4.100 is released. DS4Windows is a portable program that allows you to get the best experience while using a DualShock 4 on your PC. By emulating a Xbox 360 controller, many more games are accessible.

DS4Windows Requirements
* Microsoft .NET 4.5 or higher (needed to unzip the driver and for macros to work
* DS4 Driver (Downloaded & Installed with
* Microsoft 360 Driver (link inside DS4Windows, already installed on Windows 7 SP1 and higher or if you've used a 360 controller
* Sony DualShock 4 (This should be
* Micro USB
* (Optional)Bluetooth 2.1+, via adapter or built in pc (My recommendation) (Toshiba's bluetooth & Bluetooth adapters using CSR currently does not

DS4Windows changelog:
Updated DS4Updater to version 1.2.3
Added delay before executing program linked to a profile
Added initial support for the Nacon Revolution Pro thanks to Yuki-nyan
Fixed issue with service changing when changing the XInput port range
Added option to export log text to a text file
Added version information to log tab messages
Fixed problem with some scan codes used for multimedia key events
Added saving of form position upon exit and restoring form position on startup
Corrected some form control alignment issues

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MAME v0.190 released!

November 19th, 2017, 20:13 Posted By: wraggster

MAME is the ultimate arcade gaming emulator for windows, heres whats new in ths release:
MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer. MAME can currently emulate several thousand different classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era.

What's news in MAME:

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8Bitdo SN30 2.4G Controller

November 15th, 2017, 21:49 Posted By: wraggster


Hot on the heels of the Snes controller i just posted is a new 2.4g controller called the 8Bitdo SN30 2.4G Controller which also has a different colour version called the 8Bitdo SF30 2.4G Controller.

The SF30 2.4G wireless Controller for SFC classic Edition is a 2.4G wireless Controller for the SFC classic Edition and SNES classic Edition. Featuring a wireless connection and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. USB cable included.

•Upgradeable firmware
•2.4G Wireless Technology for SNES/SFC Classic Edition
•USB connection for Windows, macOS, Raspberry Pi, Android and more!
•2.4G Receiver powers directly from the SNES/SFC Classic Edition
•Acess the SNES/SFC Classic Edition HOME menu wirelessly

Looks awesome, ill check out the reviews at some stage

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8Bitdo SN30 Pro Controller Gamepad - Snes Controller Pad

November 15th, 2017, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster

Like most people i love playing Snes games on my phone or via emulators on PC and other systems. Just checked out PlayAsia for news and they have news that a new controller is being released Soon.

8Bitdo SN30 Pro Controller Gamepad is compatible with iOS, Android, Windows & Mac OS

Examples: iPhone, iPhone5S, iTouch, iPad, Samsung Note II, Galaxy series, Android Pad
Windows XP, vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 etc

features

• Rumble vibration
• Motion controls
• Turbo function
• USB-C

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Its going to retail at $39 for those of you interested. Check it out Here, Also comes in a UK coloured version Here.

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Alien Games Taking Over ScummVM

November 15th, 2017, 21:14 Posted By: wraggster

ScummVM for those who dont know, but surely you do ? 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! ScummVM supports many adventure games, including LucasArts SCUMM games (such as Monkey Island 1-3, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, ...), many of Sierra's AGI and SCI games (such as King's Quest 1-6, Space Quest 1-5, ...), Discworld 1 and 2, Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Broken Sword 1 and 2, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of Kyrandia 1-3, many of Humongous Entertainment's children's SCUMM games (including Freddi Fish and Putt Putt games) and many more.

in a recent update this was posted:


Go to an alien world, go to an alien world on an alien spaceship, or gehe zu einem fremden Raumschiff (go to an alien spaceship)! There are three alien worlds to choose from in our newest batch of adventures, now ready for testing in the latest daily build of ScummVM:

• Lighthouse
• RAMA
• Starship Titanic German

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ScummVM News - You're gonna need a SCI-cologist!

August 7th, 2017, 21:01 Posted By: wraggster

Another update from the ScummVM Team sees some news for fans of SCI Games:

Go on a cruise, sort out some mixed-up nursery rhymes, or spend some time in a mental ward! The second batch of 32-bit DOS/Windows Sierra adventures are now ready to be tested in the latest daily build of ScummVM:

• Leisure Suit Larry 7
• Mixed-Up Mother Goose Deluxe
• Phantasmagoria 2

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ScummVM News - Defeat the ruler of the Fifth Age

August 7th, 2017, 20:59 Posted By: wraggster

ScummVM have posted a new update with interesting news for fans of MYST:

Right after the ending of Myst, you are promptly sent to another Age by Atrus, where his wife Catherine is stranded. Riven is the fifth Age written by Atrus' father, Gehn, which he rules as a cruel self-proclaimed god. Your dual mission is to rescue Catherine and imprison Gehn. To be successful you will have to carefully explore the five islands of Riven and solve the intricate puzzles they hide. The ScummVM team is proud to announce that Riven: The Sequel to Myst is finally ready for its testing period. If you want to help with the tests, use the latest daily build of ScummVM to play the Windows or Mac version of the game. Please report the issues you encounter on our bug tracker. Be sure to follow our testing and bug reporting guidelines.
As a warm up before playing Riven, you may want to play Myst. If you do so, please use a daily build of ScummVM. Major changes were made to the game engine to remove situations where the game feels unresponsive. Some bugs may have escaped our attention. As with Riven, please report the issues you notice during your play-through.

More information Here http://www.scummvm.org/news/20170731/

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ScummVM adds Starship Titanic

July 15th, 2017, 17:59 Posted By: wraggster

The final of the 3 news items from the ScummVM guys adds support for Starship Titanic, heres the news:

Explore a broken-down luxury cruise liner, try to convince the Deskbot to give you an upgrade, and eventually track down and fix the ship's governing computer, Titania. Or you're never going to get home. We're pleased to announce the testing period for the late '90s game Starship Titanic. At this time, only the English version is ready for testing. So break out your copy, and grab the latest daily build of ScummVM. You'll also need an extra required titanic.dat file, which should be put in the same folder you copy your game files to. Before you start your test run, please be aware there is one specific kind of Indeo encoded AVI video we haven't yet figured out how to decode transparency information for. In a few areas, such as the SGT Stateroom and Titania's closeup, amongst others, you'll see objects with jagged black areas around them. Please just ignore the problem for now. But all other graphics or gameplay issues should be reported on our Issue Tracker.

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Another ScummVM update adding Sierra's Hi-Res Adventure games

July 15th, 2017, 17:58 Posted By: wraggster

The guys over at ScummVM added another update recently, heres the lowdown:

Last year, we added support for three of Sierra's Hi-Res Adventure games: Mystery House (#1), Mission: Asteroid (#0) and Wizard and the Princess (#2). We're proud to announce that three more Apple II games are now playable in ScummVM and ready for testing: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (#4), Time Zone (#5) and The Dark Crystal (#6). For Ulysses and the Golden Fleece, we currently support the Load 'N' Go budget release. For Time Zone and The Dark Crystal we support the disk images that can be found on some of the Sierra collection CDs. The Datafiles wiki page has been updated with the required filenames for the disk images.
If you own one of those classics, grab the latest daily build and try it out! If you encounter an issue, please post a bug report following our testing guidelines. And while you're at it, please take some screenshots!
You may be wondering what happened to Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor. Unfortunately, we still have not been able to locate a copy of this game after looking for it for over a year. If you own it, we'd love to hear from you!

More info --> http://www.scummvm.org/news/20170617/

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ScummVM adds New SCI Games

July 15th, 2017, 17:56 Posted By: wraggster

ScummVM has seen a rather awesome update, heres more info on both the update and what ScummVM is :

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! ScummVM supports many adventure games, including LucasArts SCUMM games (such as Monkey Island 1-3, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, ...), many of Sierra's AGI and SCI games (such as King's Quest 1-6, Space Quest 1-5, ...), Discworld 1 and 2, Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Broken Sword 1 and 2, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of Kyrandia 1-3, many of Humongous Entertainment's children's SCUMM games (including Freddi Fish and Putt Putt games) and many more.
You can find a full list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often. 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...


Explore a haunted museum, hunt a serial killer, mop the floor, descend into madness, find your true love, find your “true love”, travel to lands below, solve the Voodoo Murders, rediscover a lost opera—or do it all! The first batch of 32-bit DOS/Windows Sierra adventures are now ready to be tested in the latest daily build of ScummVM:

• Gabriel Knight
• Gabriel Knight 2
• King's Quest VII
• King's Questions
• Leisure Suit Larry 6 (hi-res)
• Phantasmagoria
• Police Quest 4
• Shivers
• Space Quest 6
• Torin's Passage

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MAME 0.182 - Multiple arcade machine emulator for Windows

February 8th, 2017, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster

Mame the Multiple arcade machine emulator for Windows has been updated with a new release, heres the long list of whats new:

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the first MAME release, we’ve got a really exciting update for you. There’s so much awesome stuff in this month’s release that there’s no way we can possibly cover it all here. MAME is a team effort, and we’d like to thank everyone who’s contributed towards making this release as awesome as we think it is. One very exciting addition is support for another version of the East German Poly-Play system, with German and Czech ROM sets providing ten games, six of which are new. Protection on Future Flash/Laser Base has finally been emulated, so you can take a look at Hoei’s take on Missile Command. A dump of the damaged microcontroller (MCU) from Tatakae! Big Fighter makes this title and Sky Robo finally playable. Another eagerly awaited addition is the Hot-B prototype Hangzo.

Serial ports have been hooked up on Race Drivin’ allowing you to link two MAME instances over TCP, reproducing the multi-player experience with linked cabinets. To do this, use a null modem slot device and configure it for 38,400 Baud, 8 data bits, even parity, and 1 stop bit. It would also be possible to connect a MAME instance to a real board set by forwarding the connection to a serial port on the host system.

We’ve received a contributed PortAudio output module and integrated it in this release. This provides a cross-platform low latency audio output solution. Performance should be similar to Steinberg ASIO on Windows 7 or later without the licensing issues, and better than SDL audio on Linux. It can be enabled by setting the sound parameter to portaudio on the command line or in an ini file. Of course, all the other audio output modules are still supported, so if you're happy with your current setup you don’t have to change anything.

Although we haven’t added a huge number of new microcontroller (MCU) dumps in this release, substantial work has gone into improving systems where we already have dumps but the emulation is lacking. MCU emulation was added to Puzznic, Joshi Volleyball and Gladiator. For Puzznic, this places player data at the correct location in RAM and supplies the game with a pseudo-random number sequence rather than a stream of zeros. Joshi Volleyball now behaves better in service mode, allowing coins and inputs to be tested. Gladiator now honours the coinage DIP switches. The MC68705 core has had a complete overhaul, and all drivers using it have been reviewed. This fixes lots of subtle issues: for example Change Lanes will now skip the full memory tests if configured to ignore them in DIP switches, timings have improved in Arkanoid, and the Apple II mouse card is slightly improved. We now emulate the ’705 family well enough to support stand-alone MCU programmer boards.

Other improvements include working sound in Pole Position bootlegs, improved video in Winning Run, preliminary banked 256 colour mode for the NEC PC-9821, kana input on the Sharp X1, a VME bus system with preliminary support for the miniFORCE 2P21 chassis, additional Aristocrat Mark 5 peripheral emulation allowing non-US games to boot, Corvus hard disks for the DEC Rainbow 100, preliminary work on Atari Stunt Cycle (displays the playfield), fixes for the Aussie Byte and Otrona Attaché, and support for octal and binary numbers in debugger expressions.

More info --> http://mamedev.org/

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RetroArch 1.4.1 - Multi system emulator for Windows/Wii/GC/PS3/ XBOX/XBOX360/Android

February 8th, 2017, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster

RetroArch the Multi system emulator for Windows/Wii/GC/PS3/XBOX/XBOX360/Android has been updated with a new release

Half a year after RetroArch 1.3.6 was released, now comes the next big stable! Version 1.4.1 is by any yardstick a big massive advance on the previous version. There are about 5000 commits or more to sift through, so let’s focus on a few big main standout features that we want to emphasize for this release.

Where to get it

https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.4.1/

We are calling this release an ‘Open Beta’ because we want people to put the massively improved Netplay features through its paces! All of your feedback and issues will be taken onboard so that 1.5.0 (which we intend to ship somewhere beginning of March) will deliver on all the promises we have made for netplay.

Check out the full release info Here --> https://www.libretro.com/index.php/category/blog/

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Mednafen v0.9.41

February 7th, 2017, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster

Mednafen has been updated with a new release, Mednafen is a multi-game-system emulator, for various platforms such as Atari Lynx,Famicom,GameBoy (Color),GameBoy Advance,Neo Geo Pocket (Color), NES(both NTSC and PAL),PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (CD) and SuperGrafx,PC-FX,WonderSwan (Color).

Mednafen v0.9.41 Changelog:
-- 0.9.41: --

January 21, 2017:
SS: Implemented disc change IRQ on disc eject.

January 20, 2017:
Replaced usage of trio_snprintf() to a fixed-size buffer for path construction in general.cpp with manual concatenation of std::string strings.

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Romulus v0.033 - Rom Manager Tool

February 7th, 2017, 21:24 Posted By: wraggster

Romulus v0.033 is released, heres whats new for this Rom Manager.

Romulus v0.033 Changlog:
- ADDED In settings an option to apply registry fix to detect mapped drives at elevated applications as Romulus.
- ADDED To XML dats new param at "

".The new "" node contains filename of needed header for the profile. This param don´t take effect in other rom mamangers.
- ADDED Saving current header xml file when creating XML dats from Database and fixdats.
- FIXED Problems detecting inside Zip files with especial attributes.
- FIXED Problems with inverted CRCs and correct CRCs in same profile. Rebuilding correct CRC when inverted CRC exists in same place.
- FIXED Detecting ROMs scan or rebuild hidden files or folders. Thanks to Agus.
- FIXED Detecting folders inside compressed files when profile has single folders information. Thanks to Agus.
- FIXED Reading and creating baddumps when MD5 and/or SHA-1 checksums are filled with zeroes.
- FIXED Zero bytes creation baddumps when MD5 and/or SHA-1 checksums are filled with information.
- FIXED Problems displaying master games list end at Offlinelist profiles with filters.
- FIXED Open URLs in Richedits using OS default web browser when in settings is enabled the option to do it.
- FIXED Visuals non rectangle hints on Windows 8 and laters.
- FIXED Taskbar preview size problems for Windows 7 and laters.
- CHANGED Importation security code to prevent files information with final backslash when really has checksums converting it to files and not folders. Thanks to Agus.

Download Here --> http://romulus.net63.net/

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RomVault v2.6.1

February 7th, 2017, 21:22 Posted By: wraggster

RomVault v2.6.1 is now released. RomVault is a rom management tool. RomVault should be seen as an alternative to clrmame pro with some nice and new features that could make it perfect for managing large numbers of dats / collections using less time (one scan vs N dats a time instead of one scan for each dat) and giving you a nice easy to use GUI.

Download Here --> https://github.com/gjefferyes/RomVault

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Wine v2.1 Released

February 7th, 2017, 21:16 Posted By: wraggster

Wine v2.1 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.

Wine v2.1 Changes:
* Many fixes that were deferred during code freeze.
* More Shader Model 5 instructions.
* A number of improvements to MIME message handling.
* Line breaking improvements in DirectWrite.
* HID bus service now running by default.
* Direct2D rendering improvements.
* Various bug fixes.
* Source release tarballs now use xz compression.

Download Here --> http://www.winehq.org/

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Mesen 0.7.0 Released - Nes Emulator for Windows

January 1st, 2017, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster

The Nes Emulator for Windows called Mesen has seen a new update in the last day or so, Mesen is a NES/Famicom emulator and NSF player.

Heres whats new in this release:

[h=4]0.7.0 - December 30, 2016[/h]Happy new year!

This release is a beta - save states, movies, etc. created with this version may not be compatible with future versions of Mesen.
New Features

• Video: Added new NTSC filter (based on Bisqwit's work).
• Video: Added feature to allow recording gameplay to AVI files

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Jnes 1.2 released - Nes Emulator for Windows

January 1st, 2017, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster

Jabo has released a new version of his Nes Emulator for Windows, heres some of the news from his site:

It's been a year since I've posted here, but even longer since a release for Jnes for Windows, over three years in fact. Since the last Windows release there were pretty big changes under the hood to get Jnes to work on Android, and in the background I have been trying to also improve the accuracy of the emulator. While Jnes has proud tradition of playing most games, there are some subtle hardware behaviors that Jnes was not able to emulate correctly. I've made some progress on improving that in this release, you are unlikely to notice it unless it breaks something. Cheats also got reworked significantly, editing should be a lot more stable. There are a slew of new awesome cheat codes from Gent, please give him some thanks for all his hard work in helping put this release together.

Download Here --> http://jabosoft.com/categories/3

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