3:35 PM - Hmmm... - Dream Doctor
i know this ain't a message board but...

I don't think it exists, it's march 1 on my screen.

3:26 PM - Does today exist? - Jandar
I think it's February 29th.. =)

6:23 PM - Polish Translations... - Dream Doctor
Super Mario World Polish translation has been worked on wuite a bit. Two text banks have been translated and inserted, however problems with the intro have come up.

Expect a beta patch out within the next couple of days.

5:26 PM - DarcNES Release - Jandar
A new version of a multi-console emulator for Linux, DarcNES, was released recently, and I've updated the Multi-console emulators page. Here's what's new:

• Fixed bug in cd_unix.c that prevented compiling on Linux (I hope).
• Fixed some problems with GG sprite clipping and tile rendering (only affects 8-bit mode).
• Fixed X toplevel window to resize properly.
• Cleaned up some of the X video code.
• Added (untested) 24bpp support to X video code.
• Cleaned up the FDS emulation code.
• Added a lot of (inaccessible) extra FDS functionality.

8:24 PM - NESten Release (0.6 beta D) - Jandar
A new version of NESten, a wonderful NES emulator for Windows, has been released. I have added version 0.6 beta Doomsday to the NES emulators page. Thanks to DMD for the news. Here's what's new in this version:

• Finally fixed weird colors for good? (Please let that be a yes :)
• Added a mapper header editor for .NES files
• Moved all mappers out to DLL files

3:40 PM - Baby We Are Hiring - Airety
What for? Well, The Rocket needs staff, right now it has 0 staff members because I'd rather do other stuff ^^ but a Chu Chu Rocket site is necessary. I have been starting to get some recognition in other fields under the "smurf" name chu-chu-rocket, and will be able to leverage that name to bring fans to The Rocket if somebody steps up to take over! Naturally, SGC will host it and make sure there is a prominent link to you.

Also, I am going to try and do a lot more stuff out of the ordinary, I will not be doing as much updates but if my brain functions properly, you will feel my presence in other ways.

Don't quote me on that though, it might change depending how I feel when I wake up tommorow morning. If you want to apply for The Rocket, E-mail me.

2:25 PM - Save State Editors - Jandar
Che has released a few new Save State editors, which have been added to the SSE page. These include updated versions of Chrono Trigger and SD3 editors. Also, there is a SSE for Earthbound, but I can't seem to download the file. I will add that editor as soon as possible.

12:42 PM - Pfau Zeh Release - Jandar
A new version of Pfau Zeh was released recently. This VIC-20 emulator has been updated to version 0.26, and can be found on the Commodore 64 emulators page (since we don't have a Commodore VIC-20 emulators page ^_^). You must download and install version 0.2, and then download the update file for version 0.26. Thanks to Emucamp for the news.

12:13 PM - Famtasia Release (5.1b5) - Jandar
A new version of Famtasia, which is an NES emulator for Windows, has been released. I have added version 5.1 beta 5 to the NES emulators page.

11:46 PM - RockNES Release 1.01 - Jandar
Version 1.01 of RockNES has been released of of..pretty much right now. It's available from the NES emulators page. Here's what's new:

• Fixed a CPU bug (from 1.0, IRQ related), and some others
• Fixed mapper #40 IRQ timing (SMB2j works correctly)
• Fixed machine 'reboot' problem caused by some mapper #4/#64 games (argh!)
• Fixed a problem with mapper #7 (PRG page select, from 1.0)
• Fixed some problems with mapper #64
• Fixed mapper #85 (major problem, Lagrange Point works)
• Fixed some problems with mapper #225 (58/110-in-1, working again, woohoo!)
• Fixed some problems with mapper #231 (Wally Bear and the No! Gang works!)
• Fixed a config problem (joypad type were ignored if >11)
• Fixed a major bug with battery support ($6000)
• Changed (again) VBlank/NMI scanline hit (more games work, others not yet)
• Added NES sound envelope volume control (the output is _too_ much better)
• Added IRQ control to mapper #65
• Added mapper #91 (preliminary, bad IRQ support, but the pirate game Street Fighter III is playable)
• Started MMC5 support (does not work yet)
• There's mapper #233 (42-in-1) support since 1.0 (oh my memory!)
• More fixes and minor changes

10:09 PM - Come Back 64 Release - Jandar
A new version of Come Back 64, a Commodore 64 emulator, was recently released, and has been added to the C64 emulators page. The latest version can also be downloaded directly here. Here are the major improvements in this release:

• Hardsid at selectable address
• The emulator will run if a SoundBlaster exists but is busy
• Removed unnessecary frameskips.

10:03 PM - MEKA Private Beta Release - Jandar
Yet another version of Meka has been released to beta testers recently. Thanks to Emucamp for the information. Here's what has been changed in the private release:

• Reduced savegame size for SG-1000 and Colecovision systems.
• Implemented better systems difference to allow detection.
• Fixed pending interrupts that were screwed in RC2.
• Fixed Back to the Future 3 for Master System (minor bug on title screen).
• Fixed Out Run for Game Gear (musics now play).
• Fixed Sonic Drift 2 for Game Gear (bottom of screen is now perfect).
• Sega Basic Level 3 Version 1.1 Japanese now works with a patch.

9:56 PM - MAME 0.36 RC1 - Jandar
The final release of version 0.36 of MAME seems to be drawing near. Version 0.36 RC1 of the emulator has been released, and added to the MAME section along with the source code of this latest version.

9:41 PM - NO$GMB Release - Jandar
Version 2.4 of NO$GMB has been released. This now includes both an updated DOS version, as well as a brand new Windows version. Actually, this was released yesterday, but hey.
- windows version, major sound fixes, long filenames, bugfixes, etc.
- DOS GB emulators
- Windows GB emulators

8:39 PM - Gens Release - Jandar
Version 0.2 of Gens, which is a Genesis emulator for Windows, has been released. The latest version can be found on the Genesis emulators page. Thanks to Emusphere for the news.

6:00 PM - News Bits! YAY! - Neil_

• The WakdHacks page has been updated with the news that about half of the 28 script sections of Wonder Project J have been inserted. Also, a new version of Bongo`'s HexEditor has been released. Go get it! :)
• Deltaflame updated the Burning Heroes translation page, with the news that he is now doing almost all the translation work himself. He has also posted some new screenshots and hacked the pointers! One sad note however, he's dropped all other projects. I guess this means Guliver Boy bit the dust. :/
• A new name and a new location for the Super Kunio Kun Translation Group! The group has moved to Dark Mazda's domain and is now known as Nekketsu Translations.
• The Yonin no Translators page has been updated with the news that the project has hit some delays recently, but despite that it still is moving along.
• Dragon Ball Z Translations has updated their page with a new patch. Now everything up to where Goku and Bulma go camping in the white capsule house is done. Also, 78 of the 204 events are translated on the Start-button menu. This patch has 31 new screens of text and 24 new events in the Start-button menu done.
• Akujin released a patch for the GameBoy RPG Oni IV. The patch covers the menus, items, and about an hour to an hour and a half of dialogue.
  Thanks to RPGd for the news.
The Whirlpool is coming...



8:33 PM - SNEeSe Release (0.41) - Jandar
Didn't we just do this? =)
Yep, another new version of SNEeSe, an SNES emulator for DOS, has been released. Version 0.41 of SNEeSe can be found on the SNES emulators page.
v0.41 - Timing tweaks, improved ADSR, layering selection



3:40 PM - The Raine has stopped - Jandar
For any of you who have been in doubt about the recent discontinuation of the multi-arcade emulator Raine, the Raine homepage has confirmed that the emulator is, indeed, dead. As the site so nicely puts it:
RAINE IS DEAD

3:33 PM - Zsnes Minor Fix - Jandar
In the recent release of Zsnes, the author "commented out the DSP1 logging code incorrectly (used ASM Syntax instead of C)." To fix this problem, the corrected version of Zsnes has been uploaded and can be found on the SNES emulators page.



8:47 PM - MAME32 Release - Jandar
MAME32, the Windows port of the popular multi-arcade emulator MAME, has been updated to version 0.36 beta 16, which can now be found in the MAME section. Thanks to Emusphere for the news.



9:30 PM - Famtasia Release - Jandar
A new version of Famtasia, an NES emulator for Windows has been released. Since things related to this emulator are in Japanese, I can't say much about the updates, but the latest version is now available from the NES emulators page. Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news.

9:18 PM - RockNES WIP Info - Jandar
The RockNES page was updated yesterday, and then again today, with some WIP information. Here is what they have to say about the progress of this NES emulator:


• Fixed some problems with mapper #64 (Klax, Shinobi and others)
• A new version will be released this weekend (1.01), I hope
• Wondering if someone could create a RockNES WinAmp skin... :-)
• Fixed a major CPU bug "added" in the latest version :-) more games work fine again
• Added IRQ support to mapper #65 (japanese game Daiku No Gen San 2)
• I need your feedback to know if there are more broken games, please.

9:16 AM - SNEeSe Release (0.40) - Jandar
Version 0.40 of SNEeSe, an SNES emulator for DOS, has been released, and I've added it to the SNES emulators page along with the source code. Here's what's new:


• new tile caching method
• 17.5 minute SPC crash fixed
• greatly improved timing and compatibility

9:02 AM - Zsnes Release (0.9891) - Jandar
A new minor release of the superior SNES emulator Zsnes has come. Version 0.9891 is available from the SNES emulators page.



6:31 PM - News Bits - Neil_
I've got the flu, I feel like a nasty word for poo, so excuse my lack of skilled work paraphrasing. Yes, that's right, I'm just going to do straight quotes today. Excuse me while I hurl.


• News from the people at the Ranma 1/2 translation group. The group ain't dead despite the fact that they're no longer working on Ranma 1/2 RPG.. However, they do have a yet unannounced project which is briefly mentioned in such a fassion on their www board.
• Some news from WakdHacks. Sorry folks, I have been sick. But I have managed to insert some text (second pic) and LordTech has also worked on the compressed screens. I think they maybe close to finished. The second pic is one of the screens done (Credits). Look for more Updates, since I am feeling a little better. But I am getting a little tied up with my new job and school, so this project will be awhile. Head on over to the WakdHacks page and check out the great screenshots they have up!
• Kueller of Dragoon-X Translations has posted the following Zackman has sent me the latest block translation, leaving only one non-dialogue dump remaining, which is being diligently worked on at this very moment. Insertation of all non-dialogue scripts will then occur, and a fresh batch of screenshots will be up on the site. From there, it will be t-minus 800k until dialogue is complete. We still have a long ways to go before a complete translation is released, but this is another milestone for us to cross. We are still having issues as far as translators are concerned on the Hanjuku Heroes project. If you have good japanese and english skills, and are interested in the Hanjuku Heroes project, please do not hesitate to contact us.
• The X-Translations page was updated with the following little snippet: Rock Board: 80% of the pre-game talk and game setup is finished.
• The Assassin Translations homepage has been updated with the following news: Welcome nodeX and Misduheat to Assassin Productions! I'm currently formating the Heracles script dump which should be finished today and i'll send it to Misduheat for translation. Btw, thanks to nodeX and all the people who helped me figure out the icky pointers such as Prez and Bongo`. Thanks guys. :) UPDATE: Thou hast defeated the pointers! (the imfamous "Wod") :P Two screenshots are posted on their page.
• Kakkoii Translations has been updated with the following news of a coming patch release: Well, sorry but I wasn't able to get another patch out before leaving for the 5 days. There should be a good-sized patch out Monday night though (sometime after 11:00pm EST).
• The DBZ Translation Group has released a new patch for DBZ Gaiden. It's around 5% done by the authors own words. Also, a DBZ 3 patch will be released when the project is 35% done (expected in about a week and a half).

4:58 PM - WinBoycott Release - Jandar
Boycott has been a gameboy emulator for DOS for quite some time now. Just recently, the emulator was ported to Windows, and version 0.61b is currently available from the Gameboy emulators page. Here's what's new in this release:


• Fixes an awful MBC5 ROM switching bug (thanks Manu)
• Fixes a silly keyboard config bug
• Fixes an awful CGB bug (thanks J.J)
• Loading/Saving Snapshots Added
• Keyboard Configuration Added

4:36 PM - Fellow Version 0.35 - Jandar
A new version of Fellow, an Amiga emulator for DOS, was updated recently. Version 0.35 can be downloaded now from the Amiga emulators page.


• Download Version 0.35
• Download Source Code
What's new in this version:

• Updated docs with newer German translation (Andreas Eibach)
• Added Portuguese user manual translation
• Blitter minterms $0b evaluated wrongly, fixed
• Alt-N Cycling removed from the GUI, can't remember what it was for
• Frame-speed was broken, fixed
• HAM mode translated to garbled colors in some 16-bit modes, fixed.

4:25 PM - Ogre Battle SSE - Jandar
A save state editor for the SNES game Ogre Battle has been updated by Che. The editor, as well as many others like it, can be found on the SSE page.

4:16 PM - Russian Translation Updates - Jandar
I have added many Russian translations to the Russian translations page. These include a variety of NES and SNES games, as well as Phantasy Star III for Genesis. Thanks to Bishop of Russian ROMs for informing me of these updates.

2:12 PM - German Translation Group - Jandar
Yet another group is working to translate games into the German language. Enigma Translations is working on several projects, including a 100% complete translation of Kid Icarus, which I have added to the German Translations page.

1:49 PM - Demon's Crest French Translation - Jandar
Terminus Traduction has released a 100% complete translation of the SNES game Demon's Crest, and I've added it to the French translations page. Thanks to Copernic of aforementioned group for informing me of the release.

1:38 PM - BessaB's French Translations - Jandar
Thanks to BessaB for informing me of a couple French translation projects in the works. Patches for Un.Squadron and Area88, which I believe are the English and Japanese versions of the same game, are available at 99% completion. Also, 7th Saga is being translated, and is 10% complete, but no patch is yet available. They can all be found on the French translations page.

1:24 PM - Thingy32 Release - Jandar
ZackMan has updated his Windows port of Thingy (Thingy32) to version 0.15. I've added this release to the General utilities page. Thanks to ZackMan for news of the release, and here's what's updated:


• mouse selection support for dumping, editing, and inserting
• A cursor position indicator for the hexadecimal pane.

1:18 PM - SPCplay Version 0.650 - Jandar
A new version of the SPC player SPCplay has been released. Version 0.650 has been added to the SPC utilities page. Here's what's been updated in version 0.650:


• Pitch was calculated too high. Thanks to Kode54 for helping out here!
• Slightly changed SB16 initialization

1:12 PM - NESten Release (0.6bc) - Jandar
Version 0.6 beta C of NESten has been released, and I've added it to the NES emulators page. Thanks to Emusphere for the news. Here's what's updated:


• Fixed problem with Save RAM where it would not save unless the Save RAM already existed
• Fixed a wicked problem. (Which caused crashes)
• Hopefully restored "weird"/incorrect colors on some computers
• Added Recently opened files
• Added Reset configuration
• Now remembers window position and size.

1:07 PM - Hu-Go! Release - Jandar
Version 1.10 of the TG16 emulator Hu-Go has been released for both DOS and Linux platforms. They can now be found on the DOS and Linux TG-16 emulators pages. Here's what's new in this release:


• Debugged key modification in the .ini (due to a modification in allegro that I hadn't see)
• Slight modifications in iso support (Solid Force now run in Bios mode)
• Some Hucards are now detected as split rom and runs well (well only 1 for now)

1:44 AM - DarcNES Release - Jandar
A new version of DarcNES, the multi-console emulator for Unix (not just an NES emulator, mind you), has been released. This new version has been added to the Multi-console emulators page. Here's what's new in this version:


• Unified cd_freebsd.c and cd_linux.c into cd_unix.c
• Added support for NetBSD CDROM (untested), and sound interfaces (thanks to Thomas Klausner for the NetBSD changes)
• Changed the nes bank 4 and 6 I/O hooks
• Fixed FDS mapper to compile again
• Fixed some problems with the PCE timer
• Changed the PCE VDP interface not to use procpointers
• Added clipping sprites to the right side of the screen to the PCE VDP
• Removed the old (disabled) ROM type identification routine
• Fixed the battery file handling to not use a cheap hack to get the filename (this breaks all gg savegames until you rename the battery file)



5:02 PM - Nosefart Release - Jandar
Nosefart, the most creatively named NSF player, has been updated to version 1.8. It can be found on the NSF players page. Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news.

4:57 PM - BrMSX Release (2.3) - Jandar
A new version of the MSX emulator BrMSX has been released to the public. Version 2.3 can now be found on our MSX emulators page. Here is the list of changes in this release:


• Support to MSX 2+. Very buggy, slow and incomplete, but you can see images in SCREEN 12 and SCREEN 10. Sprites and horizontal scroll doesn't work in these modes yet, but you CAN use the mixed YJK/RGB feature of SCREEN 10. Thanks to Alex Wulms for his V9958 info page.
• New video mode "-res 12" (512x384x15), required in MSX2+ mode.
• Fixed the "-res 1" mode, now it should work in any monitor. Thanks to nocash for the source code.
• Fixed a bug in "JR cc" opcode of Z80. This bug only happened when you placed the "JR" opcode at C000h and the offset at C001h (!) Thanks to Adriano Cunha for the report.
• Improved VRAM initialization, this fixes the intro of "Puyo Puyo"
• Fixed a bug in IRQ, now "Peach Up Special #2-1" is playable.



9:01 PM - JavaMSX Stuff - Jandar
Over at M.E.P. they have an exclusive version of JavaMSX, an online MSX emulator, that runs at a higher resolution than the original version that was previously available to play. Thanks to M.E.P. for informing me of this.

3:02 PM - This sort of stuff makes me sick. . . - Airety
See what I am talking about right here.



11:25 PM - Translations News - Jandar
I would just like to take this momentary opportunity to thank everybody who has been emailing me updates on various translation projects to a huge variety of languages. To those of you who have emailed me, or otherwise contacted me about releases, trust me, I will get them done. At this moment everything is somewhat pushed back due to a million billion things going on, but I've kept a list of everything and the updates will hopefully be completed in the very near future.

11:22 PM - Meka 0.41 RC2 - Jandar
Another Meka release has gone out to beta testers of that emulator. Belated thanks goes to Emucamp for that information. Here's what's new in the beta tester's version:


• Optimised "double" blitter.
• Fixed a sometimes happening savegame loading bug introduced in RC1.
• Fixed some emulation bugs introduced in RC1: Out Run, Back to the Future 2, Spiderman vs the Sinister Six, and probably billions of other are working again.
• Fixed a text overlapping screenshot bug introduced in RC1.
• Fixed rare crashing bug with the blood cursor GUI effect.



11:16 AM - News Chunks (to big to be news bits. ^^) - Neil_


• Gaijin Productions has a new member, Dave, who will be working on Daisenryaku Expert, a war strategy game. Ninja raHOI! is now inactive as the member who was working on it can't continue. Also, Sanrio Cup Pon Pon Volley might have a 100% patch release shortly.
• A new FF4 patch in the next few weeks from J2e? Looks like it! Trainspotter left a note about it in a post on J2e's message board.
• News from the Stories' Front Mission project: Great news, the last pointer block of text has been translated and is currently being inserted. The patch is coming along nicely, many bug fixes and errors in the inventory have been fixed. There isn't currently a whole lot left to do but a lot of bug testing which will take some time to complete, so don't worry the patch isn't dead.
• InVerse needs a new computer and needs parts from you. If you can contribute to the Build InVerse a new computer fund, go here.
• The Klepto Software page has been updated with news that Dark Half will be more of a center of attention now that a 40% of DBZ was released by them a few days ago.
• Prez, aka ZERP, has updated his page with the information that the SD Gundamn Knight Story translation is progressing nicely and that all non dialogue text will soon be translated.
• The Prisoners' page now has a message board. ^^
• Assassin Productions has announced that their SD Gundam Knight Story 3 project should soon have a full script dump completed.
• YnT has posted a screenshot of current work in their Bahamut Lagoon project. Looks pretty cool. ^^
• The DragonBallZ Translation Page has been updated with the news that the Gokuden 2 project has now been droped due to complexity.
• News from the RS1 Translation Group that their project is still moving along, most of the scripts have been translated, but things will be moving slowly for now. Also, on their Ys project page they posted the news that no one wants to translate the scripts, so the project is basicly stalled for now.
• Kakkoii Translations has released a new patch for Dragonball Z: Gokuden 1. The patch has "13 more events translated on the Start-button menu" as well as "25 more screens of dialogue".
• And finaly, I'd like to apologize for my lack of posts recently. I'm really busy with projects of my own, and I've been neglecting my work here as a result. Things should get better in a few weeks though, so don't worry. ^^



9:40 PM - RockNES Version 1.0 - Jandar
Apparently it is a big day for RockNES, an NES emulator for DOS. The emulator has finally reached the big 1.0 release, and I have added it to the NES emulators page. Here's the long list of what is new in version 1.0:


• Added 5th NES sound channel (PCM), preliminary support
• Added Konami's VRCVI extra sound chip emulation
• Added mapper #40 support (the FDS SMB2j 'lost levels' hacked to NES format)
• Added mapper #90 support (Super Mario World), preliminary
• Major sound rewrite/fix, very optimized, too much better
• Screen clearing fixed (I hope)
• PPU render optimized, slight speed increase
• Current palette is correctly restored if the resolution is changed
• Reset disabled if a NES movie is in use
• Fixed RAM r/w and mirroring (Joe&Mac works good)
• Fixed VBlank/NMI scanline hit
• Fixed some CPU bugs (opcodes, NMI and IRQ), still buggy and slow
• Fixed a config bug getting videocard selection (working again)
• Fixed a crash problem with 320x200 resolution (PSG related)
• Fixed NES image center using the old blitter
• Fixed Load/Free ROM shortcuts in the GUI display
• Fixed some GUI glitches/problems
• Fixed 'load error' when mapper is not supported
• Fixed a major mirroring problem (4-screen layout), now more games should work fine ('Rad Racer 2' looks too much better). The mirroring system has been changed a bit to fix this problem
• Fixed VRAM address range (game 'The FlintStones' works fine again)
• Fixed a major pattern table overwriting bug that causes no background in some games, such as mapper #4 (games 'Cowboy Kid' and 'Fantasy Zone' work)
• Fixed a major mapper #4/#64 bug, now Mickey's Safari works fine again, more games are working good (TMNT2 has no more glitches)
• Fixed a mapper #85 CHR glitch (Lagrange Point has perfect title screen)
• Fixed trainer support (overwrite data problem)
• Found 'Castelian' hang problem (PCM related), but unable to fix it yet
• Mapper startup/hooks stuff rewritten
• Screenshots enabled (hit F12 to save a PCX)
• Removed ctrl+G 'ghost' (does nothing and it crashes the emulation)
• Removed 'Free ROM' GUI option (not useful)
• Added a new way to save pcx files (it does not take emulation time)
• Added a new main NES palette, very closed to NES, thanks to Chris Covell
• Added VS SkyKid and VS Dr.Mario palettes (check menu item CPU->Palettes)
• Added mirroring control to mapper #66 (not sure if correct)
• NES movies are closed if you quit to OS (at any status)
• PlayChoice-10 games should work fine (.NES format).

9:34 PM - Woom Beta 0.30 Release - Jandar
Woom!, an MSX emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.30b, which can now be found on the MSX emulators page. Thanks again goes to M.E.P. for contacting me with information about this release. Here's what's new:


• MSX2 support!
• V9938 emulation (preliminary)
• Disk emulation (WD2793 FDC)
• Full screen support
• Fixes in memory handling

2:55 PM - NLMSX Release - Jandar
Version 0.21 of NLMSX, a Windows based MSX emulator, has been released. This version can be found on the MSX emulators page. Thanks to M.E.P. for contacting me with info about this release.

1:00 PM - Virtual Gameboy MacOS Release - Jandar
Version 1.6.1 of Virtual Gameboy for the Mac has been released. It can be found here on the Gameboy emulators page. Virtual Gameboy is the best Gameboy emulator available for MacOS. Thanks once again to emulation.net for the news.

12:42 PM - Snes9x MacOS Release - Jandar
The MacOS port of Snes9x has been updated to version 1.2.9, and it can be found on the SNES emulators page. Thanks to emulation.net for the information.

12:32 PM - Bah.. - Jandar
A snow day on Valentines Day...
Bad weather..don't really want to go on the road..
now I'm really in big trouble =(



1:30 PM - DarcNES and stuff - Jandar
Yep yep yep. A new version of DarcNES for Linux has also been released today, and I've added version 9a0212 to the Multi-console emulators page. And here's what's new in this release:


• Added SET instruction to the 6280 core.
• Added (at long last) PCE CD support (to use it, put a CD in your CD drive, and run a syscard as a ROM image).

1:21 PM - GalEMU Releases - Jandar
Both the DOS and Windows versions of GalEMU, an emulator for Galaxian, as well as some other similar games, have been updated to version 0.40.9. They can be found on the DOS and Windows multi-arcade emulators pages. This release adds a few games (Streaking and Black Hole).

1:05 PM - Zsnes Release (0.989) - Jandar
A new version of the extremely popular and powerful SNES emulator, Zsnes was released today. Both the ASM/C version and the ASM only version are available now from the SNES emulators page.



6:36 PM - Pretendo WIP Release - Jandar
Version 0.06 of Pretendo, a Windows based NES emulator, has been released. According to the documentation it is still a WIP release. It can be found on the NES emulators page.

12:10 AM - NESten Beta Release - Jandar
Yet another creatively named beta version of NESten, an NES emulator for Windows, has been released. Version 0.6 beta Belzebub has been released and added to our NES emulators page. Here's what's new:


• Save RAM Save/Load problem fixed. (I hope, try it out for me)
• Color emphasis added. (Final Fantasy 1, Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy)
• Black/White mode added (SMB3)
• Thread handling partially changed.
• Mapper40 added (SMB2j, "Lost Levels")
• PPU Bug fixed (Fixes Simpsons, Bigfoot)
• Rewrote some DDraw handling. May be slower, but should be more compatible.
• Thanks to Vector for his CHEATS.TXT



10:28 PM - Famtasia Release - Jandar
Well, it's been a relatively uneventful day as far as emulation is concerned. About the only thing that seems to have happened recently is a beta release of the NES emulator Famtasia. The latest version has been updated on the NES emulators page. I'm not sure what all is new in this version.



9:04 PM - RockNES WIP Info - Jandar
The RockNES site has been updated with some information on the progress of the project, coming up on the release of version 1.0. Here's what they had to say:


• Added SMB2j (hacked .NES format) support, as mapper #40.
• About mapper 90, SMW should be playable, the rest of games (probably) not yet, due the very inaccurate IRQ, unless I can figure out. Please, if you have mapper 90 IRQ info (registers), let me know.

4:10 PM - News Bits - Neil_
Big day for translation news, eh?

• FH has updated his page. Up until today, an older version of his lodos war document had been labeled as the new version. FH corrected that mistake and also updated the Alcahest page with the news that the project is proceeding rather well. The password system has been just about figured out, as has the dialogue pointers. A modified dumper was made to make a 'cleaner' script, and now the inserter needs to me modified as such. :)
• The AGTP page has been updated with the news that a celebration for their one year birthday is being planned. Releases are scheduled. =) For those of you who wish to mark your calendar, the date of the 'party' is March 7th, 2000.
• Kueller of Dragoon-X has updated his page with info that Dragoon-X is alive and well again and projects are moving along. Fire Bird v1.01 should be out soon according to him, and work on Hanjuku Heroes has restarted with a new translator. Their RS3 project has almost all of the armors/spells/items/etc done, and they're currently working on the last of that pesky 8x8 text. Sounds promising!
• And last but surely not least, Satsu has updated his page with the info that 'Hourai Gakuen is still chugging along just fine.'

4:10 PM - News Bits - Neil_
Big day for translation news, eh?

• FH has updated his page. Up until today, an older version of his lodos war document had been labeled as the new version. FH corrected that mistake and also updated the Alcahest page with the news that the project is proceeding rather well. The password system has been just about figured out, as has the dialogue pointers. A modified dumper was made to make a 'cleaner' script, and now the inserter needs to me modified as such. :)
• The AGTP page has been updated with the news that a celebration for their one year birthday is being planned. Releases are scheduled. =) For those of you who wish to mark your calendar, the date of the 'party' is March 7th, 2000.
• Kueller of Dragoon-X has updated his page with info that Dragoon-X is alive and well again and projects are moving along. Fire Bird v1.01 should be out soon according to him, and work on Hanjuku Heroes has restarted with a new translator. Their RS3 project has almost all of the armors/spells/items/etc done, and they're currently working on the last of that pesky 8x8 text. Sounds promising!
• And last but surely not least, Satsu has updated his page with the info that 'Hourai Gakuen is still chugging along just fine.'

3:50 PM - DBZ X-Lation Patch Releases - Neil_
Two groups have released patches for two of the countless DBZ games out there. :P


• Kakkoii Translations has released a patch for Dragonball Z: Gokuden 1. From the little play testing I did, the game apaears to have a decent amount translated, although it doesn't look like pointer modifications were done. You can grab the patch here.
• A group calling itself DragonBallZ translations has released a patch for Dragon Ball Z 3: Ressen Jinzou Ningen. The patch is a continuation of Omniverse's patch, and makes use of pointer modifications and 'squished tiles' for a professional look.
Thanks to RPGd for the news.

2:45 PM - KaiPhantom Translations - Neil_
KaiPhantom Translations has opened their doors. They plan on working on Rudra no Hihou, SlayersRPG, and DragonQuest 1&2r.

1:19 PM - Silver Translations - Neil_
A new group has sprouted up out of the woodwork, Silver Translations. They're currently planning on working on Rockman Power Battle and Front Mission. Thanks to RPGd for the news.

10:59 AM - More Bahamut Lagoon News - Neil_
Kammedo emailed me the following:
String pointer founded. Now we only need a pointer generator and weīll start inserting.
On the other side, Strag0 & Co got more script done. Itīs coming along very nicely, but we canīt make any release promise yet. maybe in a few weeks :P


9:11 AM - Retrocade Progress/Beta - Jandar
According to Retrogames, a new version of Retrocade was released to beta testers recently. Hopefully this beta will be released publically in the near future. So la.



9:51 PM - Gens Release - Jandar
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what happened here. The version number of Gens, a Genesis emulator, seems to have degressed a bit, and it appears that a Windows port has actually been introduced. Strangely, however, it seems to have been superimposed over the DOS port and the version number decreased. Well anyway, version 0.141 of Gens has been added to the Genesis emulators page.

9:42 PM - MacMAME Release - Jandar
The MacOS port of MAME has been updated to version 0.36 beta 16, which brings it up to speed with the DOS port of the same emulator. The latest version of the emulator, along with the latest source code, can now be located in the MAME section. What's new? What's new you ask?


• In sync with DOS beta 16. [Aaron Giles]
• New Glide plugin. [Brad Oliver]
• Added pause/unpause calls to the plugin API. [Brad Oliver]
• Rewrote debugger window code to make it more system friendly. [John Butler]
• Created a new, simpler sound system. 16-bit and stereo are no longer options. [Aaron Giles]
• New 'Categories' folder where category files are placed and automatically detected. [Aaron Giles]
• Video plugins that are loaded, but not able to run, are displayed grayed out. [Aaron Giles]

7:46 AM - News Bits - Neil_


• Prez has posted a picture of some pointer work he performed on the status screen. Looks rather impresive if I do say so myself, which I just did obviously. :)
• Space problems solved? Aparently so! YnT has posted news that they've found the pointer table for the compressed segments, which means they can now move stuff around and expand it, however they're still looking for the individual string pointers. Looks promising people!



8:52 AM - RockNES location/update - Jandar
Anybody attempting to visit the RockNES homepage recently had to realize that it seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth. The homepage has moved to a new location at http://rocknes.emuviews.com/ and they have posted some screenshots from the upcoming version 1.0 release.



5:14 PM - News Bits: Lets see if I can flood the page. ;) - Neil_


• Musashi of Gaijin Productions has handed over the hacking aspect of his Holy Umbrella - Dondera's Wild project to Six Feet Under of Suicidal Translations. Musashi will aparently still be handleing the translation aspect of the project.
• Hiryuu Honyaku, a group that had been working on Treasure Hunter G has moved, and aparently dropped Treasure Hunter G in favor of Front Mission. Their Front Mission project is currently as .001% according to their page.
• Emulatory, a group that I'm not sure if I posted on because I haven't posted in nearly a week and my mind is a giant sieve, has two current projects, which again I'm not sure if I posted about, Captain Tsubasa 4 (~10% complete) and Dragon Ball Z: Goku Den 2(~.001% complete (table is almost done. ;))).
• WakdHacks WPJ translation project is currently speeding along. Currently 40% of the text has been inserted. This is definately a project to keep an eye on as a release seems eminant.
• Prez has posted a screenshot of a title screen hack he implemented for his SD Gundamn Knight 2. It looks rather cool IMO, although he wants yours. So head on over there and let him know what you think of it.
• Dinesquick posted a defunct link a week or so ago to a screenshot from a game. Well, he fixed the link, and now we know that it's Romancing Saga 2, and that it shows some lovely VWF work on his part.
• The Prisoner's have reported that Dinesquick has cracked the compression in Madara 2, and a dumper is currently in the works.
• Word from YnT on their Bahamut Lagoon project. A script inserter has been written and the compression seems to be taken care of, however space may become a problem in the future since the current inserter only allows them to insert a script of the same size as the original script.
• RPGd is reporting that two groups have sprung up and are now working on DBZ projects. Kakkoii Translations is currently working on Dragonball Z: Gokuden 1, while DragonballZ Translations is working on Dragon Ball Z 3: Ressen Jinzou Ningen, Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku and Dragon Ball Z 2: Gekishen Furi-za. The DBZ2 project is a continuation of Omniverse's project.



8:54 PM - DarcNES Release - Jandar
A new version of the DarcNES Unix port has been released. The latest version has been added to the Multi-console emulators page. Here's what's improved:


• Changed Makefile to include debug symbols in build.
• Changed cpu6280.c to support multiple IRQ types.
• Fixed some problems with mapper 24 (VRC6) IRQs (vertical scrolling scenes in CV3j are a lot better now).
• Fixed a bug in the NES PPU that was preventing bigfoot from working.
• Added preliminary PC-Engine timer interrupt emulation.
• Fixed a bug with reading from the PC-Engine VCE.
• Fixed a bug with the PC-Engine VDP that was causing graphics problems with several games and prevented Gradius from working.

10:35 AM - NESten 0.6 Beta Apocalypse - Jandar
NESten has been updated yet again. This excellent NES emulator for Windows has been updated to version 0.6 beta Apoc, which has been added to the NES emulators page. Here's what's new:


• FINALLY got a README file :) Muchos Greatos Thanks to Zophar.
• Added Palette Console, you may now edit the palette to your liking... and save it!
• Mapper25 added.
• The value search in the cheater now accepts numbers greater than 255.



10:45 PM - Hu-Go Releases - Jandar
Both the DOS and Linux versions of Hu-Go, a TG-16 emulator, have been updated to version 1.09. Thanks to EmuSphere for the news.

8:59 PM - Hu6280 DX Beta - Jandar
Yet another beta version of the TG-16 emulator Hu6280 has been released for Windows. The latest version has now been added to the TG-16 emulators page. Here's what's new:


• Added CD-ROM SUPPORT! (VIA .ISO files)
• Use F11 to boot a CD (it will prompt you for a .iso file) OR load the PC-Engine syscard3 for syscard emulation (you will be prompted for a .ISO file when you boot the CD from the menu)
• added PCEISO directory to .ini file :)
• Added Jamanoid as an internal ROM!!
• Added ADPCM ram support + BACKUP ram support
• look out for the next version, you will be able to boot cd`s from a CDROM drive, and via .TOC or .ISO files...!

3:54 PM - The Rocket Online! - Airety
Finally, in all my laziness, I have made the first page to The Rocket which is the unofficial Chu Chu Rocket homepage. A Chu Chu Rocket demo has been added to the Sega of Japan's page, and I highly recommend you try it out. The link can be found on The Rocket

I'll try and figure out what other content to put. Perhaps an explanation of the game? :)



4:25 PM - Radia Save State Editor - Jandar
Bastard Son has released a NESticle save state editor for the NES game Chronicle of the Radia War, which was translated by Jair. Version 0.750 of this editor can now be found on the Save State Editors page.



8:04 PM - WinUAE Private Beta - Jandar
According to the WinUAE homepage, the third private beta of version 0.8.11 R1 of this emulator has been released. WinUAE is an Amiga emulator for Windows. It's good to see that progress on this emulator continues. Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news.

8:01 PM - Famtasia Release - Jandar
This bit of news seems to be somewhat belated, as some sites were reporting about it several days ago. However, I never did manage to find any information on this release on the Famtasia homepage, so I was somewhat hesistant. I've decided to add version 5.1b2 of Famtasia to the NES emulators page.

7:53 PM - MAME Source Release - Jandar
A new version of MAME has been released, but currently only the source code is available. It can be found in the MAME section.

7:27 PM - Meka Beta Testing - Jandar
Version 0.41 of the GG/SMS emulator Meka has been released to beta testers. Perhaps we will be seeing the release of 0.41 to registered users in the near future. Thanks to EmuSphere for the news.



7:58 AM - MAME WIP - Airety
Stolen from the MAME homepage:
Replaced Asteroids Deluxe artwork with a brightness balanced version

Sexy.



9:17 PM - RockNES WIP - Jandar
The upcoming release of RockNES version 1.0 is being anticipated by RockNES users, and the RockNES homepage is building up to it. They have posted some minor progress, but more will likely follow. Here's what they have to say currently:

• I fixed a couple of major bugs, more games work. No release date yet.

11:39 AM - Me, Myself, and I - Neil_
Howdy there pardner. I reckon I should let ya'll know that I'll be busy for the next few days and more or less unable to update the page regularly. But don't ya'll worry your pretty little heads. I'll be back and stronger than a '67 chevy before ya'll know it. I figgur that Jandar and Iz be the only ones updatin anywayz, so this'll just make me look more like the rest of the staff. See ya'll in a couple o' days. *Neil_ rides off into the sunset at a semi leisurly pace*

1:06 AM - Space Invaders Emulator [Laser] - Jandar
A new arcade emulator (Laser) has been released for DOS. This emulator for Space Invaders is currently relatively weak, but advancing. Right now the latest version of Laser can be found on the Single Arcade emulators page, along with it's source code.