20:13 - RockNES updated! - SirYoink
RockNES hase been updated to version 1.810. I'm not sure what all's new, since I don't normally handle the PC emulator updates. But since the Mac 'scene' is deader than a "Ask ZD" board, I had to find something to update.

18:30 - RuMSX Updated! - Tempest
This MSX computer system emulator by Rudolf Lechleitner has been updated to version 0.23. Many bugs have been stamped out in this release, and other notable enhancements include the addition of Quicksave and Quickload features, bound to hotkeys. Try it out, and visit the author's homepage for specific information on what's new in this release.

18:08 - Partial Release, and Good News! - Tempest
Boy, has it been a slow time for news, or what? In any case, I've got some good news to share... =)

• The somewhat disgruntled Moon Knight of No-Life Translations released a new patch for Der Langrisser. This patch translates almost all of the Light Path scenarios, and also a few Independent and Imperial scenarios.
• Also, Prez updated his site with great news pertaining to Gundam Knight Story II! The translation is now at 75%, thanks to the admirable efforts of DDS. The status page for the project has also been updated, so take a look to see what has been done!

7:42 - gnuboy 0.9.5 - Neil Stevens

There's a new Game Boy Color emulator in town, and it means business. gnuboy 0.9.5 is here, and is ready for your compilation and enjoyment. Unix users should be comfortable with the familiar GNU autoconf-ed setup. DOS users can skip the compilation and download gnuboy 0.9.5 for DOS. Have no fear, Windows users, for the SDL code in gnuboy should lead to some DirectX GBC-ing soon enough, or right now if you're brave, and have the right development tools.

23:27 - Klepto Software Forced to Move - SirYoink
My site, Klepto Software, has been forced to move to a different server. The new URL is http://klepto.romhacking.com. Thanks to Neil and romhacking.com for agreeing to host us!

23:11 - RockNES Release - Jandar
Version 1.800 of RockNES has been released, and it's now available from our NES emulators section. Lalalalala! Here's what's new in this release:

• Accurate emulation of sprite #0 hits, improving the compatibility;
• Removed frameskipping (sorry, no more possible, accuracy over speed);
• Tweaked the NES timing, fixing a couple of games;
• Fixed savestate (rsx) code;
• Fixed a problem setting monochrome mode;
• Fixed the directories setup (it was not being refreshed on rom loading);
• Fixed a stupid sprite clipping bug;
• Added an option in the GUI to display current inputs devices, and to restore default settings;
• Updated 2A03 CPU core (november/2000);
• Compiled with Allegro WIP 3.9.34, newest DJGPP pac

18:55 - New TG16 emu! - SirYoink
Richard Bannister has developed a new Turbo Grafix 16 emulator known as TGemu. The first release, still in its early stages at version .01, is available here. Charles MacDonald is working on the MS-DOS and Windows versions.

23:25 - FCE Ultra Release - Jandar
Version 0.52 of FCE Ultra has been released for both Linux and Windows. The latest version of this emulator has been added to our Windows and Linux NES emulators sections. Here's what's new in this release:

• Fixed a PCM emulation bug(digitized voices in "Ikari Warriors 2" and "The Immortal", among others, work now).
• Fixed noise channel's LFSR update frequencies(hopefully).
• Various minor bug fixes.

8:45 - z26 Release - Jandar
Version 1.43 of z26 has been released. It is an Atari 2600 for DOS, written by John Saeger, which can be found in our Atari 2600 emulators section. Here's what's new in this version:

• It is no longer possible to generate %impossible% joystick signals such as pressing left and right simultaneously. This prevents some games like Boing from acting weird when this happens.
• Thanks to Eckhard Stolberg for doing most of the work on this release.

13:30 - Breaking News! - Tempest
I hope the subject line caught your attention, because I have some really big news to share!

• Remember Magic Translations, Destiny Translations, and Akujin's site? Well, those 3 groups are no more, as they have merged into Magic Destiny Translation Company! This new group made up of older, established groups has quite a project roster, if I do say so myself. Some of their more outstanding projects include Mystic Ark, Lennus II, and Fire Emblem 3! Magic Destiny looks set to take the emulation community by storm, if I do say so myself. =)
• And some other, equally surprising news! Stealth of Stealth Translations has decided to officially reveal his identity! He is otherwise known as Bongo`, formerly of WakdHacks. You may remember that Bongo` left WakdHacks because Real Life had caught up with him, but apparently it's leaving him alone now =). But I know we're all glad he's back to The Scene, because he's done some great work with Gulliver Boy!

18:26 - Klepto Software Updates - SirYoink
I always feel weird writing about my own updates. Anyways, I updated the Legend of the Saiyans translation to version .82. New in this version are more script fixes, some more Japanese translated, and a routine which will allow me to expand the remaining item and character names.

16:04 - All your base are belong to Lina`Chan! - Tempest

LNF Translations

15:53 - Swedish translation news - Scotcher
Well... Börje Productions, a new swedish translation group has almost translated Dragon Warrior 1 and are working on Dragon Warrior 2, Lufia, Seiken Densetsu 3 and Dragon Quest 5.
Bräkne-Hoby Translations has released some almost done patches for Blaster Master, Guardian Legend, Tennis and Section Z. And a new member has begun translating Bionic Commander.
And last, General CoolNES Translations has released a 100% patch for Tom & Jerry for NES. Yeah... it's not much but anyways...

17:05 - Xmame/Xmess Release - Jandar
Version 0.37b11.2 of Xmame/Xmess has been released, and it's available from the Xmame homepage. Here's what's new in this version:

• MESS 0.37b11 is now included.
• Full DGA 2.0 support, with automatic depth-switching. A build on an XFree86 4.0.x system will automatically use the DGA 2.0 calls; if the binary with 2.0 support is run on an XFree86 3.3.x system, it will fall back on DGA 1.0 calls. (Shyouzou Sugitani, Stea Greene, Matt Lowry)
• Support for either NetBSD or OSS sound under OpenBSD. The default is the NetBSD sound interface, which reportedly works better. (Claudio Castiglia)
• Cleaner install mechanism in the makefiles; included install-sh script from X11R5 for platforms which lack the install command; the default install prefix is now "/usr/local". (Claudio Castiglia)
• SDL mouse support has been added. (riq)
• SDL target should now have all previously missing update routines. (riq)
• Added -joydevname/-jdev option to select the device prefix for the i386 joystick. Defaults to "/dev/js" for Linux and "/dev/joy" %BSD. (Thanks to Laurent Simon for the suggestion.)

14:07 - Tales Of Phantasia 1.2!! - Patrick Higgins
The hopefully last patch for Tale Of Phantasia was released this mourning by Dejap Translations! Actually Darkforce mentioned that if there are any bugs that they have still not fixed then it will be included in the bonus patch. Several bugs have been fixed in this patch though, like the item sorting bug, and some graphic glitches, and a whole bunch of script errors! So the game is fully playable and has been for a while now... so why the hell are you still reading this? Go play Tales Of Phantasia already! :P

18:18 - Final Fantasy I&II - Tempest
Demi of Neo Demiforce has released a patch for the rare Final Fantasy I&II rom, which was both games in one cart. Basically, the patch combines Demiforce's work on FF2 with the original Nintendo of America translation of FF1. If you have the FF1&2 rom, download this patch, and have fun =). Many thanks to Donut for this news.

NOTE : The FF1&2 ROM will not work in Nesticle. Try using LoopyNES instead.

12:03 - Final Fantasy IV 10th Anniversary! - Patrick Higgins
Yes, Final Fantasy IV was released one year plus a day ago :P And its still incredibly fun to play even today! So to celebrate J2e Translations released a 10th Anniversary Editon Final Fantasy IV patch! New in the patch is a cool new introduction screen and a big bug fix that caused copiers to screw up the games text. So now you can play it in all its glory on your SNES! So what are you waiting for!? Go get the patch and play it! PLAY IT!

11:56 - Tales of Phantasia - Patrick Higgins
Disnesquick released an alpha patch for Tales of Phantasia even though Dejap Translations have already released a near complete patch for the same game O_o Look! Screenshots!

20:07 - We're Friggin' Leet! - Tempest
...As quoted by Sheex, who just happened to update his page today =). His progress on Last Bible 3 is going steady and well, and his current task is to compile the kanji table for it. Hopefully we'll see some great progress on this game. Also, he mentioned that our own Patrick Higgins of SGST has volunteered to translate one of his older projects, Crayon Shin Chan. And furthermore, keep your eyes on Romhacking.com, as Sheex will be putting the finishing touches on his PSX Memory Card hacking doc, as well as writing another doc about something that hasn't been done before. Details other than that were sketchy =).

In other (but just as leet) news, Stealth updated yesterday, and he thinks he's found himself a new project! According to him, there is little to no compressed text in the game, so this project might be a go. Head over to Stealth Translations for more details!

13:26 - Swedish translation news - Scotcher
Nothing much, but the FF1 Translations has been updated to version 0.99 and Bräkne-Hoby Translations has relased a beta patch for FF3j and they also dropped their Pokémon Silver translation, but has begun translating Conquest of The Crystal Palace for the NES. Anyway, General CoolNES Translations' Tenchi Muyo RPG translation dropped from 98% to 5% due to a harddrive crash.

15:50 - Various News Bits. - Tempest
Yep, I've got translation news for you, but also a few other things that might interest you...First off, I would like to clarify for those that don't visit the web board. I'm NOT a new staff member =). Heero_Yuy_ and I are one and the same, but I've decided to change my alias because of an ISP switch, a change of email address, and various other factors. On to the real news! A welcome update. Prez posted news of some new progress on 3 of his projects. They are as follows :

• First, he has made some hacking progress on Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon. He's managed to figure out the way the menu text was stored, and hacked the menu screen into english. Take a look!

  

• Knight Gundam Story 2. Prez has partially inserted a few of the blocks, but without a DTE routine, he'll have to make major edits to the script to make it fit. This means he will need one heck of a 1337 ASM guy in order to do the quality work he wants to. Contact him if you'd be willing to help.
• And good news on the Popful Mail project! A nameless hacker has cracked the graphics compression, and wrote a C++ program that will allow the user to decompress and recompress the game data. Also, he is in need of a translator to help with this project. Again, if you can help, contact Prez through his page.

14:43 - Valecule Realesed! - Patrick Higgins
Some Good Shit Translations released a 100% patch for The Adventures of Valecule making it their first 100% release (Super Chinese Fighter Extreme was only 99% ;) Valecule is an action RPG for the famicom released in 1986 by Namcot. This game didn't have that much text in it at all so the translation only took a few weeks. This project was for educational purposes to teach Darian, their beta tester, how to ROM hack. But they might as well release it to the public. Be sure to try out the patch ;)

And soon we may see a release for Crayon Shin Chan.....

9:51 - Rudra's Secret Treasure!! - Patrick Higgins
BIG news for you today! They highly acclaimed translation group J2e Translations has joined forces with Tiger Claw from the dead Square Translations, Zalas from his own independent Rudra's Treasure project, and Oogami and PongAtari from Hiryuu Honyaku have agreed to translate the massive 640kb script! The translation is being re-done from the beginning and there is no patch from J2e yet. With all these highly talented members onboard I expect this translation to be one of the greatest ever! So far the introduction is 100% done and only 3% of the main script is translated, so overall this translation is 4% complete. J2e has made a Progress Page for the project so be sure to check it out! Here are a couple of screenshots showing some progress and a kick ass font!

11:06 - Nobunaga's Ambition 2 Am Goal! - Patrick Higgins
Opus has released a beta patch for Nobunaga's Ambition 2 today! Akujin has now started to contribute to the project by finishing off the script and making a kanji table for the names of the commanders and countries! Everything is looking good, so look for a final release sometime in the near future.

The future of an english translation for The Last Battle looks bleak as Stealth from Stealth Translations has dropped the project due to the text being compressed. So now instead hes going to look into Heracles IV and see if that has compression. But I think I heard somewhere it does :/ Anyway, the script editor for Gulliver Boy needs some extra time to complete the editing. But it should be done soon now.

You may remember D-Boy making good progress with Hanagumi Taisen Columns just a little while ago... but now it seems that hes has encountered major problems and needs to find someone who knows SH4 assembler language to help him solve these problems. So if you know SH4 assembler langauge please email him and help make a dreamcast translation reality!

16:53 - Audio Overload 1.0.1 - SirYoink
Audio Overload has been updated to version 1.0.1, which can be downloaded here. The new version features the following changes:

• Fixed a problem where loading two files with the same name other than the last character (eg "donkey kong 1", and "donkey kong 2") would cause the second file to be ignored.
• Fixed a problem when closing files that could cause AO to forget which song it was actually playing.
• Fixed the bug that caused buttons not to be hilighted under MacOS X.
• Fixed the oscilloscope drawing for GYM and SPC files.
• Fixed the bug that caused SPC and NSF files not to stop after 90 seconds if the option to fade out the last 4 seconds was disabled.
• Added "Shuffle" mode to the Continuous Play options.

13:06 - Translation News - Patrick Higgins
Some news for you, I have!

• Some actual news this time over at SGST! Top Secret: Hitlers Revival has taken off as a new project. I assume DDS is going to be the translator for it, and I'm still trying to make the font 8x8. More on this later.
• Some other SGST news for you! A project that they have been secretly working on just to teach Darian, their beta tester how to become a 133t h4x0r is nearly complete. The game is an old action RPG for the famicom called The Advetures of Valecule! It stands at 95% complete for the moment. All that needs to be done is some face lifts on the title screen and some beta testing to make sure there is nothing they missed. Look for a release really soon.
• DB Translations has found a translator for The Adventure Of Arle for Game Boy Colour. Here is a GIF courtesy of The Whirlpool demonstarting some translation work:
  

• Obsolete Translations has moved to ROMhacking Dot Com and has brought some news with him too! Wait, actually he didn't, nevermind :P The ASM guy is doing some keen things though.
• Doki Doki Translations has jumped on the bandwagon of weird criptic updates and posted one of their own. All that is displayed on the page is the text "maybe one day..." and then a broken link to a Radical Dreamers ROM. I guess she slaiked the link or something cause a couple people got their hands on the ROM and all there was is an intro in cavespeak or something. Maybe a release will follow soon! (doubt it :P)
• And finally a correction to an update I did a few days ago concerning a patch for Sugoro's Quest. It is actually still not a real translation. Just made up dialog I guess. Thanks Neil_!

8:24 - Snes9x Release - Jandar
The Windows port of Snes9x has been updated recently, to version 1.36. The Snes9x homepage, however, appears to be down at the moment. Much thanks to Retrogames for providing a download source for me to download the latest version of this emulator. I've placed it now upon our SNES emulators page. Yay!

19:35 - Another PSX Translation! - Patrick Higgins
From the same guy who translated Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams for us comes a 90% patch for Finger Flashing, a Playstation game that's supposed to be like Rock, Paper, Scissors or something.. I haven't tried it yet cause I can't find the ROM. So either head over to RIP Translations and get the patch or just get it in our English Translation Archive! Actaully its not even there cause I have to add a PSX section first. So just use the link above for the time being, mmkay? Heres a little screenshot demonstarting some translation work!

In other news today, Stealth from Stealth Translations has found his script editor guy and he should be finished in a day or so hopefully. Stealth then went on to update his sight a few hours later as he likes to do, to tell us that he has picked up another project! Its called The Last Battle and it looks pretty |33t. If Stealth can figure out the text encoding it will take off apparently :) So keep an eye on this one.

And heres some older news that I forgot to update on:

• Kesseki Eiyaku or Absent Translations has dropped Slayers RPG because the font is compressed and have started to try to translate Choumahou Tairiku Wozz which of course is compressed as well, so we'll just have to see how far they get with this one :)
• Fruity Satsu has redesigned his site! I think it looks really nice so why don't you all go take a look and tell him to add SGST to the links section :P

14:47 - FCE Ultra Release - Jandar
Version 0.51 of FCE Ultra has been released, and I've added it to our NES emulators section. Also, the Linux port has been updated and it can be found in our Unix/Linux NES emulators section. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news. Here's what's new:

• Added support for iNES mappers 86 and 89.
• Reduced byte size of the NSF player's background.
• Adjusted CPU/PPU timing.
• Fixed sound channel frequency calculations for when PAL emulation is enabled.
• Rewrote large pieces of the sound code and got rid of the sound queue. Sound quality should be slightly better now.
• Various minor bug fixes.

4:24 - The 2:00am NEWS! - Patrick Higgins
A bunch of news gathered up the last few days so I decided to finally post it :P

• First off, Iceman X has opened up a new site over at the rapidly growing Romhacking.com site that for the time being doesn't look like it has anything to do with romhacking. But if you highlited the index page you will see a SEKRIT link to a SEKRIT patch he released to go along with the site! The patch is for Kunio Kun Dodgeball, a weird SNES dodgeball game by Technos. Oh and IcemanX seems to be going by the new nick |pkiss or something... O_o
• EsperKnight from Some Good Shit Translations has released a beta patch for a Sailor Moon game on the gameboy. Sailor Moon R that is! And it has many bugs and not all the script is inserted yet but there will be a final patch for this later sometime with hopefully no bugs.
• RPG Castle, I site I haven't heard of until I saw it over at Donut released a follow up patch to their old Sugoro's Quest patch, which had all made up dialog in it.. but now its translated correctly I guess!
• And now an update from the Front Mission Translation. F.H. stated that he has re-edited the dialog in the game but also coded some cool stuff into the game! Like an auto-check for mispatching the Version 1.1 ROM and A little staff section shown respectively in the two screenshots below!
  

  

Ah, that feels good now that thats all off my back. :)

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