12/21/98

Rockman/Forte Translation Update - jandar
11:53 PM - The translation patch for Rockman/Forte has been updated to version 0.5 by YnT. The majority of the game is completed by this point. You can get the latest patch from the English Translations page.

Gameboy 98 Update - jandar
11:47 PM - Gameboy 98, a gameboy emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.05a. You can download the latest release of this emulator from the Gameboy Emulators page.

WinUAE Updated - jandar
11:37 PM - The Windows port of UAE, an Amiga emulator, has been updated to 0.8.6r6. There are tons of changes, which can be found in this text file. You can download the emulator from the Amiga Emulators page.

12/20/98

Thingy 0.98 - jandar
1:03 AM - Well here's a major 'yea!' for today. Version 0.98 of Thingy, the greatest utility anywhere for text editing in any sort of rom, has been released. You can download the latest version from the General Utilities page. Here's what's new:

- Pointer calculator support (& table file entry)! currently it works along with the inserter, not standalone.
- Inserter changed around a bit, now it will be able to insert larger scripts.

As for what the pointer calculator does: When you use the script insertion, you can define where the pointer table is located, and Thingy will alter the pointer table automatically as it inserts the script. Yea!

Game Genie Code Maker v0.2 - jandar
0:45 AM - Toma has released version 0.2 of his Game Genie Code Maker. If given a 6 or 8 digit game genie code, it will return what change occurs in the rom, or you can input the change that you want to occur, and it will give you a game genie code for that change. We're talking about changing certain bytes in the rom, if you're looking for it to create game genie codes for a specific feature, you are out of luck.
It's a happy day!

12/19/98

NEStra Emulator Added - jandar
11:41 AM - In the past I somehow missed NEStra, an NES emulator for Linux, which has now been added to the NES Emulators page.

NES4PC Updated - jandar
11:27 AM - A new version of NES4PC has been released as well. Version 0.25 was a major release with tons of bug fixes and other improvements, and the next day version 0.251 was released to fix a problem with 8x16 sprites. You can download the latest version from the NES Emulators page

fMSX Update - jandar
11:19 AM - The Unix version of fMSX a widely ported MSX emulator, has been updated to version 2.0 beta. You can download it from the MSX Emulators page.

I'm not dead - jandar
11:10 AM - Fear not. I also realize, however, that the site has been without updates lately. This is mostly due to a major revamp on the site that I've been busy with. I will take this day to try and catch up on everything I've missed.

12/16/98

12/15/98

MacOS iNES Port Updated - jandar
1:08 PM - The MacOS port of iNES, an NES emulator for a variety of platforms, has been updated to version 0.7.2.
As always, you can find the latest release on the NES Emulators page.

12/14/98

Tile Layer and Stuff - jandar
1:01 PM - Tile Layer, a wonderful graphics editor for a variety of different formats, has been updated and added to the General Utilities page. Along the same lines, an interview I conducted with SnowBro, the creator of Tile Layer, among many other utilities, has been added to the Interviews page. Those subscribed to the ApocEmu Newsletter received the interiew yesterday as a part of the first mailing.

12/13/98

Hu6280 Updated - jandar
2:41 PM - Version 1.84 beta of Hu6280, a TG-16 emulator for DOS, has been released. You can find the latest version on the TG16 Emulators page.

12/12/98

MSX Emulators - jandar
7:44 PM - I have added a slew of MSX emulators to the site. Check out the MSX Emulators page.

12/11/98

12/10/98

z26 Updated - jandar
10:22 PM - z26, an Atari 2600 emulator for DOS, has been updated to version 1.22. The new version should be uploaded here as soon as FTP problems are resolved, until then, you can find the latest version at the z26 homepage.
Here's what's new:
"z26 now comes up with a list of ROMs to choose from if you type z26 with no parameters. In addition to being able to navigate the list in the usual way, with arrow keys and Home/End, you can type the first few characters of the ROM that you want to run and the cursor will position itself on the first ROM that matches the characters that you've typed. The currently matched character is highlighted. To run a random ROM, hit the backslash key."

Site Problems - jandar
3:09 PM - There have been some server problems lately that have prevented files from being uploaded, and some of you may be having trouble connecting to the site. Hopefully the problems won't last long, and thank God for the news cgi script...

12/9/98

Mailing List - jandar
2:46 PM - Of all the things I like to do, writing is one of my more powerful past-times.
What a better way to cover all the bases than to write about emulation? In light of this, I've spawned the Apocalypse Emulation mailing list. As a member of the list, you will recieve weekly mailings with the latest emulation news, evaluations of various emulators, perhaps an interview or two, even some other emulation related articles if I am so inclined to write them.
Get the best emulation news delived right to your mailbox every week, get ahold of any articles and interviews I conduct before they are released on this site. Get all the inside information on the most popular, or most promising emulators and translations. Take a chance and help the Apocalypse Emulation mailing list get started.

12/8/98

BrSMS Updated - jandar
2:45 PM - BRSMS, one of the better Sega Master System emulators, has been updated to version 1.12.
You can find the latest release of this emulator on the Game Gear/Sega Master System emulators page.

VBEmu98 News - jandar
6:30 AM - The author of VBEmu98, the first and only virtual boy emulator, has updated his page to say that Mario Clash now works. You can get more information on the VBEmu98 home page.

12/7/98

Snes9x MacOS Update - jandar
9:59 PM - The Snes9x MacOS port has been updated to version 1.1.5.
As always, you can find the latest version on the SNES Emulators page.

SPCAMP Very Minor Update - jandar
9:16 PM - SPCAMP, a Winamp plugin, has been updated to version 0.401 with some very minor updates.

- Fixed the version # in the about box
- Fixed a sound overflow bug

Utilities Page Splits - jandar
3:50 PM - I've decided to devide the utilities pages into more specific groups. Currently, I've added a page for SPC players and utilities. To follow, I have plans to separate level editors and perhaps save state editors.

SPCAMP Updated. - magitek
1:3 AM - I figured since I reported it on my own news page, I may as well put it here.
New version out there today. Don't know what's new since I don't use WinAMP, but maybe I'll tell everyone later once I get some info.
Get it from the SPC-t Players page.

12/6/98

RockNES Progress - airety
9:23 PM - And now I find a progress report on RockNES. A nice change from when I used to go weeks without updating, eh?

New IRQ code
Very preliminary Mapper #25 support
Sound emulation, thanks to Nyef

That's about it, also no date for the release.

New iNES? Also a VGB98 tidbit. - airety
9:15 PM - According to Zophar's Domain Marat Fayzullin has emailed them to announce that a new iNES should be coming soon. New features include:

Famicom Disk System emulation
VS System emulation
Majorly bugfixed PPU emulation
Completely rewritten mapper code
Direct saving of soundtrack to MIDI files
Speed control in iNES-Windows
many other small fixes and improvement

Sounds good to me, especially the direct saving of a soundtrack to MIDI. But who really knows when it is coming out??
Finally, in the new version of VGB98 there will be some fixes with the Color Gameboy emulation.

VBEmu98 News - jandar
11:53 AM - The author of VBEmu98 has updated the page to say that Galactic Pinball will be playable in the next version. So far, only one table works correctly. You can get the official report at the VBEmu98 News page.

ZD-SPC updated. - magitek
10:27 AM - The newest and coolest-looking SPC player has been updated today. Many things have changed including faster compression, better skin support and a few other thing I forget. Also, Nitro opened a skin section on the ZD-SPC page, so you might want to check it out.
SPC-t Players Page.
Skin Page.

12/5/98

Snes9x DOS Updated! - jandar
7:27 PM - The DOS version of Snes9x, an SNES emulator for a variety of OSs, has been updated to version 1.15. As always, you can download the latest version from the SNES Emulators page.

Page Changes - jandar
3:55 PM - After hours of work, I believe that any and all problems with the page should be fixed. Since I ended up editing each and every section of the page heavily, some links and images may be broken throughout the page. If you come across a problem, let me know, and I'll get it fixed up as soon as possible.

Retrocade 1.1 Released - jandar
10:21 AM - Final update before I go into a flurry of site editing, but I must note that Retrocade version 1.1 for DOS has been released, and can be found on the Retrocade Page.

12/4/98

Retrocade 1.1 on the way - jandar
6:21 AM - Version 1.1 of Retrocade is on the way, and should be available within the next 24 hours. You will be able to find it here, as always.

Ack! Gotta get to school!

12/3/98

- You no longer need to type in the .bin extension for ROM filenames.
- z26 is now a little bit configurable. If you type z26 followed by some command line switches, but you don't include a filename, z26 will remember the command line switches as defaults. These defaults can still be overridden with a command line that includes a filename.
- The help screen that you get by typing z26 alone on a command line now has multiple pages. It comes up in graphics mode too. Thanks to Chris Pile for the line drawing code.
- A rare bug that occasionally caused graphics to be messed up at startup may have been fixed.

AAGT Changes Name - jandar
11:41 PM - The translation group previously known as AAGT, has recently changed their name to the current YnT, which stands for Yonin no Translators. This is the group translating Rockman / Forte.

12/2/98

12/1/98

Well. . . - airety
7:53 PM - I probably should update more often cause its my job to and all, but I was lazy and hated FTP. Now, I can write stupid things on here without even having to touch CuteFTP! Thanks Jandar.

:) Thumbs up guys!

December Cometh - jandar
5:26 PM - Well, it's the final month of 1998... and the ninth month of this site. Yes, I know the news archive doesn't go that far back, but I never really expected the site to take off the way it has, so it wasn't much of a concern at the time. In the past nine months (since March 21st to be exact), Apocalypse has come a long way.
In the beginning there were about six translations, seven or eight NES and SNES emulators, a couple utilities and three or four docs. The site has since taken off beyond my wildest dreams. I suppose, in the spirit of this discussion, that you should take a look at the oldest copy of the site I have around in Apoc Historic, and that was after about 2 months of work!
Nowadays there are several people working on the site, hundreds of translations, hundreds of unique hits daily, and tons more. I have utilities and emulators coming out my ears, with no end in sight.
I would just like to thank everybody who has been around, whether a newcomer or a long time visitor, thank you for making Apocalypse what it is today. We should see even more in the coming months, hopefully years.
- Scott

English Translations - jandar
4:58 PM - I've gone over the English Translations page very quickly, added some translations without patches yet, removed a couple projects that had been discontinued and were not very far into the game, and changed Neo Demiforce links to the new URL.