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May 7th, 2008, 12:18 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the PC-Engine emulator for Windows.
Changelog:
- added a cheat engine
- added IPS patch support for ROMs
- fixed a bug in the SPTI CD-ROM driver
- fixed a memory bug that could crash the emulator
- rewrote the CD-ROM driver, now both SPTI and ASPI
are supported at the same time allowing more drives
to be recognized
- added a new option '[cdrom] driver' in the pce.ini file
to select the CD-ROM driver (SPTI/ASPI)
- added a command line option to directly start a CD game :
'pce.exe -cd' or 'pce.exe -cd:E'
- improved the 'boot CD' menu, games titles are now
displayed directly in the menu when a game is recognized
- added an eject button in the 'boot CD' menu
- added a quick setup window that appears the first time
you run the emulator
- improved program startup, the emulator will now starts
directly in the selected screen mode, it won't display
a blank startup window anymore
- implemented the 'options' panel in the 'load ROM' window
- added a drop-down list in the 'load ROM' window to quickly
select a drive
- added predefined configurations to the keyboard config panel
- added more options in the gamepad/keyboard misc config menu
- fixed a bug in the gamepad config panel, the list of buttons
was sometimes uncomplete
- added a new 'PC-Engine' config menu to configure
the PC-Engine hardware
- added an 'extended_resolutions' option to enable back
the extra PCE video modes (320/352)
- added an 'overscan' option to select the vertical overscan
- added a screen ratio option (4/3, 3/2, fullscreen)
- added options in the pce.ini file to customize
the scanlines patterns
- added back custom resolution options in the pce.ini file :
'res_256', 'res320', 'res_336', 'res_352', and 'res_512'
- added more resolution choices for the fullscreen mode,
including low resolutions
- added new options in the pce.ini file to filter
screen resolutions based on size and depth
- added 16-bit video mode support
- added a triple buffering option '[video] triple_buffer'
in the pce.ini file (DirectX only feature)
- added two sets of video settings in the 'video' config panel,
one for windowed mode and one for fullscreen modes
- added a 'GUI' menu to configure a few GUI options
- added a language option (English, French, Japanese)
- added back the 'compress_state_file' option to
enable/disable state files compression
- fixed a bug in the PCX loader
- fixed Ys I&II freezing bug in MagicSystem
- fixed Ys IV ending bug in MagicSystem
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May 7th, 2008, 12:16 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the multiple arcade machine emulator for Windows.
Changelog:
MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
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01743: [Sound] anteater: Music is really loud and clips (Aaron Giles)
01770: [Misc.] hanayara, mjangels, mjcomv1, mjreach, quiztvqq, tenkai, tenkaibb, tenkaicb, yarunara: msm6242 device assert (Duke)
01778: [Sound] all sets in m62.c driver: low ay8910 volume (Aaron Giles)
01771: [Misc.] arescue, f1en: space_map_range errors (Aaron Giles)
01772: [Misc.] daireika: space_map_range assertion (Aaron Giles)
01773: [Misc.] steelta1, steeltag, steeltal, steeltap: space_map_range error (Aaron Giles)
01774: [Misc.] racedcb4, racedcg4, racedrc1, racedrc2, racedrc4, racedrcb, racedrcg, racedrvc: space_map_range error (Aaron Giles)
01775: [Misc.] newtangl, troangel: Crash with Access Violation (robiza)
01767: [Sound] Various neodrvr.c games: Various sound effects broken (couriersud)
01769: [Sound] All games using YM2610: SSG volume more than 1.0 causes no audio output. (couriersud)
Source Changes
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Added video enable/disable feature in m90 driver. [robiza]
Fixed ROZ centering in namcona1 driver [Phil Stroffolino]
Added extra tile banking and layer enable for denjinmk. [David Haywood]
Fixed an envelope corner case in the SCSP and AICA. [kingshriek]
Removed bogus assertion in device code - DEVICE_TYPE_WILDCARD is NULL. [Nathan Woods]
Added xchg and a few other missing opcodes to x86emit.h. [Aaron Giles]
Added -watchdog to runtest.cmd. [Aaron Giles]
Verified clocks on Bomberman pcb which runs on M90 hardware. [Corrado Tomaselli]
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Paparazzi [Tomasz Slanina]
New clones added
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Touchmaster 7000 V8.04 [Brian Troha]
Megatouch III Tournament Edition [Hugh McLenaghan]
Megatouch III [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Heated Barrel (World version 3) [Tomasz Slanina]
Raiden 2 (set 7) [Tomasz Slanina]
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May 7th, 2008, 12:14 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the PC-Engine emulator for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
Changelog:
+ This will be an important talk for the future of "PC Engine(TG16)" emulator. Please read though it is my not good English Language.
+ "Ootake" is not satisfied with "the game was able to be started". "The game can enjoy even ending" is a target. Therefore, Ootake sticks to detailed reproduction. Especially, it sticks to the reproduction of "Reactive speed of the Joypad".
+ Please do seriously and compare the Shooting & Action game by "MagicEngine(Charge)" and "Ootake(Free)". Perhaps, almost playing by "Ootake(the delay after the pad is operated is minimum)" will be able to take a high score. I think the difference of the operation feeling to be felt.
+ This greatly influences "Played happiness", too. Though it becomes a severe opinion, it will not be able to enjoy the game enough by "MagicEngine(the delay from the pad operation to the reaction is large)". The delay also has danger of making it to the one to which even "Evaluation of the game" was mistaken. Therefore, "Ootake" is checked always severely "Whether it is possible to enjoy it by the sense similar to a real machine or not?". Because it is a respect of minimum to a past masterpiece "PC Engine(TG16)" game. About the delay measures of "Ootake" - http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/delay.html
+ There are no feelings that criticize "MagicEngine". I think that it did wonderful work. But, it greatly delayed the development of "PC Engine" emulator compared with other machine(NES,SNES,GENESIS,etc.) emulators. Because the monopolized (even the BAD ROM-image could be played) "MagicEngine" was "Source closed-door". Other machine(NES,SNES,GENESIS,etc.) emulators has developed greatly by an excellent source code and information on hot people.
+ Fortunately now, "Mednafen(Free)" and "Ootake(Free)" exist. Those reproduction level is higher than "MagicEngine". And, they keep disclosing the source and information. I feel that it is time when "MagicEngine" also discloses the source and information if "PC Engine(TG16) is loved. This is my selfish hope. Because the continuance of development can be handed over to young people who love retro game. "Even future generations keep telling an old masterpiece with perfect reproduction." I think that this is essence of the emulator.
+ Thank you for reading. Hereafter, they are update details of v1.49.
- "Set Other SystemCard image" and "Play with Other SystemCard" were added to "CD-ROM" menu. "System card of an old version" can be set (It is possible up to two), and it can be started at once.
- "Play with Backup-RAM Full" was added to "CD-ROM" menu. The state that the capacity of backup RAM becomes full is reproduced, and the warning screen of each game can be seen.
- The processing part of ADPCM sound was brought close to a real machine. In "Urusei Yatsura", the warning voice full of the capacity of backup-RAM is sounded to the last minute.
- When "Arunamu no Kiba" is started, the message of "Recommend Install" is displayed. ("CD-ROM->Install(CDspeed-up)" menu) Then, it is possible to play with stability.
- Additionally, a detailed part has been improved and corrected.
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May 7th, 2008, 12:13 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the rom manager for PC.
Changelog:
- fixed: set selection crashes (also on profile load)
- fixed: scanner checksum check was broken for unpacked sets
- misc: missing required (not obsolete/ignored) nodumps will lead to a red profile
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May 5th, 2008, 21:29 Posted By: JKKDARK
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=811782
PC World Magazine in Germany (PC Welt) is giving away a free, legal, license to WinRAR 3.62
(which normally costs $29)
The last free giveaway of WinRar was 3.5 (2 years ago)
so this will upgrade you a little (with multi-core support, etc)
German key works fine in english version.
Technically they are all the same key but I won't post the key directly, only their registration form to be safe. It needs your email to send the URL to download the key (I realized afterwards I could have used a temp email, oh well)
(instant) license request: https://covermount.win-rar.com/pcwelt0508/
(select Anderes Land for country - last one)
When you get the email, the download link is the SECOND url in the email.
Copy the rarreg.key it downloads into your c:\program files\winrar\ folder
WinRar 3.62 author site, direct download: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar362.exe
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May 5th, 2008, 03:52 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the NES emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac.
Changelog:
Shell:
Addition:
- "Don't show again" checkbox in DIP switches popup window.
- Soft-patching status in image info dialog.
Changes:
- More descriptive error messages.
- Refactoring.
Fixes:
- Netplay file opening error leading to crash.
- Recent files locking bug on exit.
- Last visited image file directory bug on exit.
- Esc not working sometimes when disabling dialog controls (Windows quirk).
- Crash on cancel when exporting to AVI.
- Correct screen height with NTSC filter when exporting to AVI.
- Typos in GUI.
Core:
Addition:
- Core API documentation in HTML through cppdoc.
- UPS patching format support.
- Database lookup on soft-patching.
- Database entries. Info from Bootgod.
- More recognized boards. Info from Bootgod.
Changes:
- FDS saves through UPS instead of IPS.
- Database entries. Info from Bootgod.
- Refactoring.
Fixes:
- FDS file saving bug.
- NTSC burst phase incrementing bug.
- Potential memory leak in database loader.
- UTF16 to wchar_t portability fix in XML parser.
- Const-correctness bug caught by GCC 4.0.
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May 4th, 2008, 15:55 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the multi-system emulator for PC.
It emulates the Emerson Arcadia 2001 (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) and Interton VC 4000 (Acetronic, Fountain, Interton, Prinztronic, Rowtron, Voltmace, Waddington, etc.) console families, and the Elektor TV Games Computer.
Changelog:
. Support for mouse/trackball gameplay.
. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
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May 4th, 2008, 15:38 Posted By: JKKDARK
New update of the front end for PC.
Changelog:
1st May, 2008 - GameEx 9.23
- Hugely better performance when GameEx is windowed
1st May, 2008 - GameEx 9.22
- Fixes startup videos
- Fixes left side of GameExtender viewer display not showing
- GameExtender viewer no longer exits with escape key
- New options to start and exit GameExtender viewer with GameEx
- Fixes last played list showing snap of last mame game played in screensaver
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May 3rd, 2008, 21:24 Posted By: wraggster
We've already seen one engineering bloke stuff a touch panel into a Cloudbook, so we figured it was only a matter of time before that luscious 8.9-inch unit from the Eee PC 900 found its way into the pioneering 701. According to jkkmobile, all that was necessary in order to make the mod happen was a good bit of reworking around the bezel and a BIOS hack to enable full-screen support on a larger display.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/03/a...tted-into-701/
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May 3rd, 2008, 00:45 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the Windows API emulator for Unix.
Changelog:
- Automatic updating of the WINEPREFIX directory.
- Winhelp now uses Richedit as display engine.
- Many RichEdit fixes.
- More improvements to IME support.
- More quartz fixes.
- Implementation for many more Gdiplus functions.
- Lots of bug fixes.
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May 2nd, 2008, 18:38 Posted By: JKKDARK
New update of the Commodore 64 emulator for PC.
Changelog:
1) VIC fixes for bugs introduced in previous version. Some effects caused by a write to VIC $D016 mode control have been brought forward by 4 pixels.
2) The SID combined waves that use sawtooth will no longer respond to ring modulation as observed on a C64C.
3) Fixed the disk inspector to discount empty directory records. Crest Avantgarde will now browse.
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May 2nd, 2008, 18:34 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the multiple arcade machine emulator for Windows.
Changelog:
MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
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01752: [Core] Warnings making standard .124u4 in GCC 4.3.0 (mingw) (Aaron Giles)
00149: [Misc.] No error report for invalid BIOS setting. (Aaron Giles)
01628: [Sound] bgaregga, bgareghk, bgaregnv, bgaregcn, bgaregt2: Sound broken (robiza)
01757: [Graphics] fieldday, undoukai: Graphics Corruption. (robiza)
00249: [Graphics] vangrd2: [possible] In cocktail mode, or when the flip screen dip is set, the score display is not flipped. (robiza)
00506: [Graphics] marvins: Screen flipping isn't correctly supported (robiza)
01744: [Graphics] gradius3, grdius3a, grdius3e: missing title text in intro (robiza)
01747: [Graphics] dietgo, dietgoe, dietgou, dietgoj: A ToDo note no more needed into the driver. (robiza)
01430: [Graphics] riskchal: Sprite-tile priority problem (robiza)
01750: [Graphics] troangel, newtangl: Corrupt sprite graphics in game (robiza)
Source Changes
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snookr10 updates: [Roberto Fresca]
- Decrypted the apple10 tile matrix.
- Partially decrypted the apple10 color codes.
- Added encryption notes.
- Updated technical notes.
Added DISCRETE_KEY_SALLEN_FILTER to discrete sound system. [couriersud]
Added discrete mixing and filtering to irem games using m52-sound-c boards: mpatrol, travrusa. [couriersud]
Proper implementation of the tile/sprite priorities in m90 driver. This fix priorities in quizf1, riskchal amd maybe more m90 games. [robiza, Corrado Tomaselli]
Fix AY-3-8910/YM2149 and derivatives envelope handling. [couriersud]
Funworld games: [Roberto Fresca]
- Fixed AY8910 volume to all games to avoid clips.
- Merge bigdeal and funworld machine drivers thanks to the AY8910 rewrite.
- Removed old unaccurate commentary about magiccrd tiles.
De-hacked metro tilemaps. [David Haywood]
Sandii' Games: [Roberto Fresca]
- Created a new machine driver for tenballs due to different memory map.
- Worked all the input ports from the scratch.
- Fixed the sound ROM_REGION.
- Added the oki6295 emulation to all games.
- Hooked output ports.
- Documented and calculated all bits related to lamps.
- Adjusted palette lenght to 256 colors.
- Totally decrypted the apple10 color matrix. Now colors are perfect.
- Created a new machine driver for apple10 due to encryption.
- Reverse engineering the code to complete the DIP switches.
- Added diplocations to DIP switches.
- Promoted snookr10, apple10 and tenballs to 'WORKING' state.
- Added game instructions & notes.
- Updated encryption & technical notes.
NES/PlayChoice 10 changes: [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
- added support for mapping rom and ram in PPU video memory space
- added PinBot mapper (H board)
All CMC italian games: [Roberto Fresca]
- Added TICKET and HOPPER buttons to allow payout through the SUPER GAME.
- Documented the featured SUPER GAME with complete instructions.
- Improved DIP switches to properly set the payout system.
Changed the implementation of the cocktail mode in marvins.c. [robiza]
Merged memory maps for tunhunt, tumblep, tugboat, trucocl, and truco. [Andrew Gardner]
meritm driver updates: [Brian Troha, Tafoid]
- Consolidated, corrected and updated info
- Verified Megatouch IV program rom
- Corrected many rom names
- Add game revision to game name (IE: 9255-40-01 ROE)
- Added pals from Megatouch 6 to other sets as they all run on the same PCB
- Add the sound clock update from Tafoid
Massive update to ROM naming in the CPS1 driver, also loading smaller eproms for Japanese sets instead of the larger mask ROMs where possible. Added information about B-Board revisions where possible. There is still work to do on this regard but this is a first step in untangling the mess. [Nicola Salmoria]
Verified more CPS1 gfx ROM mappings against PALs. [Nicola Salmoria, Corrado Tomaselli]
Fixed another opcode in match it 2. [robiza]
Converted the MSM6242 RTC into a proper device. [Dirk Best]
Removed deprecat.h from debugger.h to prevent hiding modules that really needed to include deprecat.h. [Atari Ace]
Added support for 8080/85 mode interrupts to the 8259 PIC. [Miodrag Milanovic]
Verified a "not sure" opcode in bombrman. [robiza]
Changed BIOS errors so that specifying an invalid BIOS is a warning, not a fatal error. Also re-allowed "default" as a BIOS setting with special meaning. [Aaron Giles]
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Quiz F-1 1,2finish [robiza]
PinBot (PlayChoice-10) [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Snooker 10 [Roberto Fresca]
Apple 10 [Roberto Fresca]
Ten Balls [Roberto Fresca]
New clones added
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Touch Master 3000 V5.02 [Brian Troha]
Megatouch IV (9255-40-01-ROE) [Brian Troha]
Dynasty Wars (US set 2) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Final Fight (Japan 900112) [Chack'n]
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Euro 960229) [Razoola]
Raimais (Japan / First Revision) [Corrado Tomaselli]
New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Forgotten Worlds (World?) [The Guru]
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May 2nd, 2008, 18:33 Posted By: JKKDARK
New version of the PC-Engine emulator for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
Changelog:
2008/05/02 1.47 released
- CPU(HuC6280) processing part was sped up. I think that processing lightened in some measure of a personal computer environment so not fast.
- The repetition processing of the CD-DA sound was brought close to a real machine. In the visual scene of "Arunamu no Kiba", the problem that had stopped at a pitch-dark screen occasionally (generated from a recent version) was solved.
- In "Popful Mail", the weight of processing was reduced in some measure with PC not fast.
- In the visual scene(one place) of "Nekketsu Legend Baseballer", the interrupted voice was corrected.
- At Full-Screen mode, when setting it to the resolution of 1600x1200 or more, the bug to which the screen had not been correctly occasionally displayed was corrected.
- Additionally, a detailed part has been improved and corrected.
2008/05/02 1.48 released
- v1.47 had a miserable bug. The bug of the CPU(HuC6280) emulation (In "Motoroader", the screen display falls into disorder, etc.) was corrected.
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May 1st, 2008, 22:17 Posted By: wraggster
It used to be if you signed up for a new checking account, a bank might throw off a toaster, alarm clock, or in extreme modern cases, a 1GB iPod shuffle. Well times, they are a'changing, and boy do we wish we lived in Canada right now. Up north, RBC Royal Bank is offering a free ASUS Eee PC when you switch to their checking account service. That's right, you get an actual computer after completing the move (and dealing with a lot of red tape). Sure, it's only the 7-inch, 2GB version, but it still runs Xandros way better than this solar calculator we got from our bank.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/c...-free-eee-pcs/
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May 1st, 2008, 21:49 Posted By: ecc
We are anounce the stable release of emuControlCenter 0.9.7 today.
This release contains an unbelievable amount of changes from 20 WIP-Versions and eccLive updates.
Download emuControlCenter here
emuControlCenter is an emulator/rom startmanager for more 123 retro and nextgen arcade, console, handheld and computer systems
Original size
Some hilights:
- 13 new platforms
- new rom rating, review and personal note editing
- new meta data fields like programmer, region, CD/DVD 1/2
- complete restructured view modes (bookmarks, played, personal)
- reparse all folders
- imagepack helper for emuControlCenter image packs
- backup userdata (xml)
- simple theme support
- last selected game / page on startup
- all metadata can now imported from online romdb http://www.camya.com/eccdb/
Also this release adds 13 new platforms so that emuControlCenter now support 123 systems!
New platforms in this release:
- Apple 1
- Apple 2
- Apple Lisa
- Applied Technologies Microbee
- NEC Supergrafx / PC Engine 2
- Nintendo Famicom
- Nintendo Wii
- Nokia N-Gage
- Scumm Virtual Machine
- Sony Playstation 3
- Tiger Electronics Game.com
- Tiger Electronics Gizmondo
- Tomy Pyuta
emuControlCenter
- website: http://www.camya.com/
- forum: http://ecc.phoenixinteractive.mine.nu/
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May 1st, 2008, 20:52 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Square Enix plans to release the 2008 Edition of Final Fantasy XI on 23rd May.
Inside are all four PC and 360 expansions released for the MMO so far. That means Rise of the Zilart (2004), Chains of Promathia (2004), Treasures of Aht Urghan (2006) and Wings of the Goddess (2007).
Much has changed since the game arrived in Europe on PC in 2004 and on Xbox 360 in 2006. Zilart added the Dragoon, Samurai and Ninja jobs; Promathia expanded the land with 40 fresh areas; Aht Urghan added Puppetmaster, Corsair and Blue Mage jobs, and Wings added large-scale Campaign battles, Dancer and Scholar jobs, plus various spells and job abilities.
Various areas, quests, monsters and all sorts were included in the expansions, too.
Final Fantasy XI is the only game where Xbox 360, PC and PS2 owners can play together online. It boasts a current community of 500,000 people and has ridable chickens.
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May 1st, 2008, 20:14 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Turbine's Book 13 content update for Lord of the Rings Online has finally touched down in Europe, while Gandalf wannabes over in North America have been nerding their way through it for nearly a week already.
Book 13: Doom of the Last-King introduces a brand new region, a new faction, a new class for LotRO's PvP solution Monster Play, a new hobby system, loads of new quests and the continuation of the epic storyline that threads through the title.
Turbine's working its arse off to get these updates out and the next one, Book 14, is due this summer. The first full expansion for LotRO, Mines of Moria, should be with us in the autumn.
Keep eyes peeled for an interview with Turbine on Mines of Moria gracing these pages in the not-too-distant future.
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May 1st, 2008, 19:52 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Funcom has laid out the full subscription pricing structure for its imminent fantasy MMO, Age of Conan.
In the UK the game will cost GBP 8.99 per month to play, the same as most competitors - except hold on, that doesn't include VAT. In fact, an Age of Conan subscription will set you back GBP 10.34 a month.
It comes in a little cheaper if you commit to three months or six - GBP 28.95 and GBP 53.06 respectively, including tax.
The situation is reflected in Europe, where thanks to the strong Euro, the game is really quite expensive to play. A EUR 12.99 monthly base rate becomes EUR 14.94 with tax. The three and six month subs cost EUR 41.37 and EUR 75.83.
Americans get off lightest: they pay USD 14.99 for one month, USD 41.97 for three, and USD 77.94 for six.
Alternatively, you can buy 60-day timecards from shops. These have a recommended retail price of 29.99, in both US dollars and euros.
The cost of playing Age of Conan is not just monetary, however. We've just received our beta copy of the game - open beta starts today - and can confirm that the install comes in at a whopping 32GB.
Best start clearing hard drive space and updating your graphics card drivers now. This one's a monster.
Age of Conan launches on 20th May - 23rd May in Europe - which is excitingly soon. Check out the gamepage for words and media, and look for more from Eurogamer MMO as launch approaches.
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April 30th, 2008, 19:58 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
In a blog post, EA has announced that it will be closing its virtual world EA-Land, formerly known as The Sims Online.
The game will shut down on 1st August. Subscription billing ends now, so the final 60 days of play will be free to all. PayPal cash-in for the game's currency is also cancelled with immediate effect.
EA-Land subscribers are offered a USD 15 dollar rebate on any game at the EA Store, or three months of Club Pogo subscription time, to help them get over their disappointment. Going by the comments threads, it won't go far.
The Sims Online launched in 2002, but never achieved the popularity expected of the Sims name. The EA-Land "experiment" in rebranding and re-designing it was only recently announced. Clearly, it hasn't been judged a success.
"Decisions such as these are never easy and the rationale for closing EA-Land is particularly complex," said Maxis' Luc Barthelet, the man behind the game's relaunch, before going on to thank players for their support. "It is hard to see the end of the collective investment of emotion, time and friendship."
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April 30th, 2008, 19:39 Posted By: Shrygue
via Games Industry
GamesIndustry.biz has learnt that Valve approached Microsoft and Yahoo - among others - to build Steam before deciding to develop it themselves.
Speaking in an interview, Valve's VP of marketing Doug Lombardi, described how the developer tried to convince other companies to build the gaming platform but was repeatedly rejected.
"You know, we went around to Yahoo, Microsoft...and anybody who seemed like a likely candidate to build something like Steam," he explained.
"We basically had our feature list that we wanted. We wanted auto-updating, we wanted better anti-piracy, better anti-cheat, and selling the games over the wire was something we came up with later.
"We went around to everybody and asked 'Are you guys doing anything like this?' And everyone was like 'That's a million miles in the future...We can't help you.'"
Steam now serves as a digital distribution platform selling over 300 titles and hosts a gaming community with over 14 million accounts.
GamesIndustry.biz's full interview with Doug Lombardi is now available.
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