5:02 PM - Happy 18th Jandar - Airety
More fame to you. . . anyone with birthday wishes to our Head Chu Chu Rocket please leave them on the ApocEmu Message Board. I'm sure he'll read them when he comes back.

This is from the whole staff, so don't expect a post from everyone saying happy birthday over and over so it looks like we're doing work. (I can't believe I actually shot that down.)

9:20 AM - Today's Table - PKT Paladin
Today's new table file is for the game R-Type on Gameboy. Do I really need to say I'm working on the NSF's section too? =) Anyway, enjoy!

7:46 AM - Today's New Table File - PKT Paladin
Today's new table file is for the NES game Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. If anyone actually wants to edit the text in this game, feel free to download the Thingy-compatible table at the table files section! Now, I am going to figure out why I am awake this early...

10:52 PM - Awesome Website - Airety
Visit Vintage Commercials.
This page is so incredibly awesome. It has tons of old. . . old commercials from the Atari, Collecovision era that absolutely made me laugh my ass off. . . I even remember some of them!

If you are an enthusiast, you definitely have to visit that site.

3:42 PM - New Table File - PKT Paladin
I'm not going to let Jandar down while he is away for the week, so I will update each day with a new table file until he returns. Today's table file is for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance. Also, I am working hard on the NSF section, and I hope to have that done soon, but I can't make any promises.

3:02 PM - RockNES v1.090 - Airety
Somewhat recently the new version, 1.090, was released. Now if my HTML hasn't rusted to uselessness, I will show you what's new.

- Fixed noise frequencies table;
- Fixed pAPU 'active time left' table;
- Small PSG optimizations and more fixes;
- Fixed CHR bankswitching macros (added a few more too);
- Fixed mapper #23 CHR banks.

Hope that worked :) You can grab it on the NES Emulators Page

5:39 PM - Temporary Departure - Jandar
As I tend to do every summer at some point, I'm going out of town for about a week. Well, this means the updates of SGC may very well suffer for the next 6 days until I return home next saturday. Also during my absence, I will be having my 18th birthday on June 30th while I am away (there was my 2 seconds of fame). Anyway, hopefully the rest of the staff members here at SGC will step in and take care of the things that I normally would handle. Have fun guys =)

1:54 PM - News Bits - Heero_Yuy_
Exactly as stated above. =)

First off, Dragonball Z Game Translations Has released a Version 1.1 Patch For DBZ Hyper Dimension. 1.1 was released shortly after 1.0, as 1.0 had several miscellaneous bugs.

Prez has finally decided on a new name for his site. Instead of Romhacking Saga, it's now Prez's Standard Output and he's on track with a new project, Bloody Warriors for Famicom. He's currently looking for a translator to translate the game's 16K of text (kinda dinky for an RPG) so if you can help, let him know.

Necrosaro has left an update about Madou Monagatari. He says that the project is going smoothly, and that Bansama finished translating the script, and is now halfway done proofreading it. Thanks to RPGd for the news.

2:29 AM - Hu-Go Source Release - Jandar
An updated version of the source code for Hu-Go!, a TG-16 emulator, has been released. Most likely we will see the binaries updated as well in the very near future.
Sleep is good.

3:29 PM - New Table File - PKT Paladin
I felt guilty for not working on the NSF section yesterday, so I put up a new table file for Villigust (the english translation) on the NES. I know that this probably won't make up for it, but if you've wanted to edit Villigust's text, today's your lucky day! =)

10:59 AM - WinSMS Plus Release - Jandar
Yet another recent emulator release is that of the Windows port of SMS Plus. The latest version is available from the GG/SMS emulators section and includes the following changes:

Added load / save state support.
Added sound support for windows NT.
Changed default frame skip 'No' to 'Auto' and implimented auto skip.
Emulator now runs on DX3 or higher, though Joystick support and full screen modes are only available if you have DX7 or higher installed.
Added zipped ROM support.
Added a gamma correction option.
Added a sound recording option.
Now displays the name of the game running.
Added full screen support (requires DX7).
Added screen smoothing (requires DX7).
Added a scanlines option (requires DX7).

10:45 AM - Power MSX Release - Jandar
A new version of Power MSX, an MSX emulator for DOS, was released recently, and I've added it to our MSX emulators section. You can also download this version [version 0.7], directly here. The following changes have been made in this release:

Z80 fixed. Now it passes all the ZEXALL tests.
VDP now is emulating some strange features. Now it runs Thing Bounces Back perfectly!
Added a frame counter.
Corrected some sprite bugs.
Fixed a disk offline bug.
Implemented -ifreq, so our european fellow can run the emulator at their perfect speed, while we, here in 60Hz, can run those classic european games as they were programmed to behave.

2:43 AM - Pasofami Release - Jandar
Version 1.3w4 of the NES emulator Pasofami has been released, and I've added it to our NES emulators section.

2:39 AM - MacMAME Release - Jandar
I really need to stop staying out late.
Anyway. A new version of MacMAME, the MacOS port of MAME, has been released. The latest version of 0.37 beta 4 is available from out MAME section along with it's source code. Here's what's new in this release:

In sync with the DOS 0.37 beta 4 build. [Aaron Giles]
Screenshots now generate PNG files instead of PICTs. [Aaron Giles]
Added better control over the screen depth. [Aaron Giles]

1:33 PM - Klepto Software releases new Legend of the Saiyans Patch - SirYoink
Klepto Software, which is the greatest website ever, has released a 65% patch for the SNES game: Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Saiyans. Get the patch here. New in this release are:

Expanded character names. This is the real hard stuff. The game's much better to play now.
Various bugfixes, such as misspellings and graphical glitches.

About 30 or so more lines of French dialogue translated.

7:11 PM - Power64 v2.8 - SirYoink
The author of Power64 is at it again! Get Mac version 2.8 here!

12:43 PM - New NSFs - PKT Paladin
To prove I have been doing work, I've updated the NSFs section with 41 new games. I don't have a list, but I'm sure nobody wouldn't mind checking the section to see if the game they want is in there. During the next few days I'll be working hard between this and my two spanish translation projects, so if you're a big fan of NSF music, keep a look out for updates to that section.

10:06 AM - Virtual Gameboy Releases - Jandar
While I'm actually a little bit behind on this news, Marat recently released version 1.7 of his Gameboy emulator, Virtual Gameboy. Version 1.7 is available for FreeBSD and Solaris, and I have also updated the Linux version to 1.6. The files can be found within our Gameboy emulators section. Here is what's new in Marat's new release:

Changed CGB DMA to decrement counter on each scanline.
Changed CGB DMA to update source/destination registers during transfer.
Fixed sprite/background priorities.
Added option for "washed out" CGB palette.
Added option for static color palette.
VGB-Unix now has a proper application icon in WMaker.
Now saving realtime clock time base in the state file.

8:01 PM - Power64 Updated - SirYoink
Version 2.8 of Power64, a great Commodore 64 emulator with good speed and sound, has been released for the PowerMac. New in this version:

Power64 now uses the Navigation Services of MacOS for file selection.
Power64 now works flawlessly on battery powered PowerBooks. In previous versions the PowerBook reduced Power64 speed to save battery power when no mouse movement or keyboard activity took place.
A serious bug in the sound code, that caused the MacOS to crash in high-load situations has been fixed.
Power64 now offers the option to smooth the edges on enlarged video displays. This resembles the blurring caused by the TV-tube on a real C64.
The speed of the zoomed display on screens with thousands of colors has been improved.

The default settings for the joystick emulation are now on the cursor keys if the keyboard does not have a numeric keypad.

1:39 PM - Just Breed? Just Breed. - Heero_Yuy_
A previously unknown romhacker called my_name_is_mud posted news on the Whirlpool message board that he's begun work on a game called Just Breed (don't ask me about the odd name), an Enix RPG for the Famicom. Seeing how Enix always throws a monkey wrench or two into their code seemingly just to infuriate up-and-coming romhackers, it could prove tough, but mud's already hacked some of the menus, so obviously he's not having too many problems. Also, on his homepage he mentions that he has other projects lined up as well, such as Rygar, Super Hydlide, Burning Heroes, and Treasure Hunter G. Only time will tell...

12:39 PM - RockNES Release - Jandar
Version 1.080 of RockNES has been released, and I've added it to our NES emulators section. Here's what's new in this release:

Major emulation core cleaned/rewritten
Added mapper #75 (Konami VRC1 / Jaleco SS8805)
Fixed mapper #18 (Jaleco SS8806)
Fixed mapper #23 PRG bankswitching (oops!)
Fixed mapper #24 mirroring set
Fixed mapper #26 (jap. Madara works fine)
Fixed mapper #78 (jap. Holy Diver works fine)
Fixed mapper #88 (jap. Quinty works fine)
Fixed mapper #227 (pirate cart 1200-in-1 works fine)
Fixed mapper #228 (gfx corruption, oops!!)
Fixed pAPU timing
Fixed noise sound channel (almost perfect)
Fixed PCM volume level
Fixed a VRCVI reset problem
Fixed a bug parsing sound rate setting from config
Fixed a bug parsing frame rate setting from config
Fixed a bug parsing game directory from config
Added pAPU reset on NES reset
Rebuilt some PSG stuff
Rebuilt CHR bankswitching (more games are playable, it fixes mapper #90)
Fixed PRG/CHR bank mask
More bugs were squashed, fixed some broken stuff due the last updates.

11:49 AM - New NSF / Tables Maintainer.. Me! - PKT Paladin
Hi! I'm the new NSF / Table file maintainer for the Snakeyes Gaming Corporation, and my name is PKT Paladin. If you don't know me, you'll get to know me by recognizing the guy that hangs around the message board all day and posts nothing useful. All of this morning I have been working hard to get SGC up-to-date with the table files on this site, and I'm happy to say that I've been quite successful, as you can see on the Tables page. I haven't worked on an NSF updates yet, but they will be next in my reign of updates. If you have any questions or problems relevant to Table files or NSF files, e-mail me: PKT_Paladin@yahoo.com. Enjoy the new tables, and if you have any tables that aren't on this page, I'd be glad to make them available for everyone to download.

1:45 PM - Visual Boy Release - Jandar
A new version of Visual Boy, a Gameboy emulator for Windows, has been released, and I've added it to our Gameboy emulators section. The latest version now is version 1.4.2, and has the following changes:

Trying to switch to full-screen on some computers never worked and the emulator would never work again without changing a value in the registry. This has been fixed.
MBC3 cartridges (Pokemon Yellow) now have the timer saved.
Option to turn off the sound completely
Slightly faster version of the code
Slightly faster version of the code
DirectX 7.0 version for the people who get sound but no screen. Version 1.5 will only support DX7.

11:17 AM - DarcNES Release - Jandar
A new version of the Multi-console emulator DarcNES was released yesterday, and I've added it to our Multi-console emulators section. Version 9a0617 has the following changes that have been made:

Fixed GTK version (yes, this one is tested).
Fixed Makefile to allow overriding gtk-config (nessecary for my system).
More tweaks to the 68000 core (no it doesn't work).
Cleaned up mapper 23 code (untested).
Removed mapper vsync hooks (they weren't being used).
Fixed NES palette mirroring (longstanding oops).
More untested fixes to the Allegro and SVGALib ports (let's hope they work this time).

9:27 AM - DeJap Translations - Jandar
http://dejap.zsnes.com/

3:11 PM - Translation Releases - Jandar
A couple of translation patches have been released as of today, and I've added them to our English translations archive. Here is the rundown:

The translation of Sweet Home has been completed, and a 100% complete patch was released by Gaijin Productions. The 1.0 patch can also be downloaded locally here.
Also from Gaijin Productions, an updated patch for Do-Re-Mi Fantasy has been released. Version 0.99 fixes some minor bugs that were present in the previous release of the patch. The translation can be considered finished here.

3:08 PM - Some Problems Today - Jandar
Well it appears that jandar.net is having some CGI problems today, meaning you may have trouble accessing the translation archives and several other portions of the site. It also means that the news message I am typing at this moment may or may not actually be posted. The problems will certainly be temporary and hopefully short-lived.

3:05 PM - DBOY 0.62 Released - Jandar
Version 0.62 of the Gameboy emulator DBOY has been released and added to our Gameboy emulators section. I don't know what's new, but any information out there is probably on the DBOY homepage.

12:36 PM - New Mac GB Emu - SirYoink
A new Mac Gameboy emulator is in the works. Derek Smith is programming a new emulator. In his own words:

This project is an attempt at writing a GameBoy emulator in FutureBasic3. So far, the project emulates a few games well, draws gibberish for others, and gets frozen on the rest. I have played through the first couple levels of Kid Icarus with this program, so, yes, I'm having some success with this project.

There is support for battery sram, but right now it's only read in, not saved. Freeze and defrost will be supported once I get some decent compatibility. Sound support is planned, though my experience in sound emulation is limited to simple FM waves, so I may be in over my head with that part. Color GameBoy support is being added as well though such support is likely to be half assed until I can do more research. There is no target CPU and speed that I am aiming for. I will optimize until I run out of ideas and then whatever it runs on, it runs on.

Keep an eye on his homepage and SGC for info when the emu is released.

11:54 PM - Gens Release [0.73] - Jandar
Version 0.73 of the Genesis emulator Gens has been released as of today. I've added the latest version to our Genesis emulators section along with all other available Genesis emulators. Here's what's new in this release:

Menu selection fixed (2xSAI & Scanline)
Write/Read Z80 Ram fixed. (Grand Slam music is ok)
You can now pause emulation with ESC key. (automatically paused when the Gens window is desactivated)
High-resolution fullscreen finally complety fixed for all videos cards
MMX detection code rewritten (no crashes anymore)

11:44 PM - MAME Release [0.37 beta 4] - Jandar
Version 0.37 beta 4 of the multi-arcade emulator MAME has been released, and I've added it to our MAME section. Yay! It's a MAME release sort of day.

1:23 PM - June Snes9x Update - Jandar
The Snes9x Developers Journal has been updated with the progress of this SNES emulator. The primary topic here is the upcoming addition of NetPlay to the emulator, which could be a wonderful advancement. Lots of information on this implementation can be found in the Developers Journal. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news.

5:57 PM - Gens Release [0.72] - Jandar
Version 0.72 of the Genesis emulator Gens was released yesterday, and I've added it to our Genesis emulators section. Here's what's new in this release:

High-resolution fullscreen fixed for voodoo3 & savage4
Repaint fixed for tnt2 in windowed mode
50% scanline added
Interpolated scanline added
NHL93 rom is fixed.

4:35 PM - G-Trans Returns - Jandar
The German translation group G-trans has returned from their hiatus, and is hard at work on a more German translations. Thanks to Bunga for informing me of their return, and sorry about that delay in reporting the news Bunga =). Also, the group has started a project to translation SD3 into German. More information on this project, as well as their countless other projects can be found on the G-trans homepage.

3:59 PM - Pretendo Release - Jandar
Version 0.20 of the NES emulator Pretendo was released recently, sporting a huge list of changes, which can be found here. The updated version of the emulator has been added to our NES emulators section.

3:45 PM - DBOY Version 0.61a - Jandar
BouKiCHi recently released version 0.61a of his gameboy emulator DBOY. I've added this version to our Gameboy emulators section. Funny, I thought that this emulator was discontinued a while ago..oh well, it's certainly good to see it being heavily worked on again.

10:35 PM - Neil_ and his Widgets... Heh heh. - Heero_Yuy_
A minor update from Partial Translations. Neil_ finally reveals why the Dragon Quest 5 project has been held up so long! Well, it's because DQ5's text engine is very *ahem* uncooperative and it gives you an error (Clearly stated in a direct "ERROR" dialog box) whenever it doesn't get the correct number of line ends or anything else it didn't expect. Neil_ has been creating a program to deal with this problem, but whenever a bug in it is corrected, another one pops up. That and the whole strange deal about Widgets O_o... Go to his page and check it out.

6:18 AM - RockNES Release - Jandar
Version 1.070 of the NES emulator RockNES was released yesterday, and I have now added it to the NES emulators section. Here's what's new in this release:

Rebuilt and cleared up NES memory handler system, lots of fixes. Things should work better than before. Changed a couple of internal stuff
Rebuilt input configurations, much cleaned up
Rebuilt PSG event queue (fixes the NSF player)
Minor PSG/FDS code fix/clean
Saved states slightly changed due the memory system changes
NES sound updated at end of frame, instead of VBlank hit (works better)
Replaced some 'generic mappers id' by 'board names', when possible
Added mapper #94 (Senjou no Ookami, jap. Commando)
Added mapper #97 (Kaiketsu Yanchamaru, jap. Kid Niki)
Fixed a minor mapper #5 (MMC5) startup problem
Fixed mapper #113 (=#79, Rad Racket works, other games may be buggy)
Fixed a backed battery problem
Fixed VROM dumping (file is saved in the same folder that ROM image is, with ".chr" extension, instead of generic "vrom.dmp")
Changed nametable dump (filename) to use ".nam" instead of ".ntb"
Removed "vsdir" from config file (no more used)
Updated with latest 6502 core by Matt Conte (supports all 256 opcodes)

8:58 AM - DBOY Release [0.61] - Jandar
Version 0.61 of the NES emulator DBOY has been released, and I've added it to the Gameboy emulators section. Because all information regarding this emulator is in Japanese, I don't really know what is new in this release, but more information can be found (in Japanese) on the DBOY homepage.

2:08 PM - NES Translations - SirYoink
In the last stage of trying to update the translations that we didn't have in the archives, I've updated the NES english section. Yandar beat me to Galivan, but I've added the following other translations:

Dragon Ball Z 2 - 70% - by Dragon Ball Z Translations
Dragon Ball Z 3 - 70% - by Dragon Ball Z Translations
Ganbare Goemon - 70% - by Dragoon-X Translations
Moon Crystal - 100% - by AWJ's Translation Page

11:44 PM - iNES Windows Release - Jandar
A new version of the Windows port of iNES has been released to registered users. More information on this NES emulator can be found on the iNES homepage. Here is what's new in this release:

Added capability to save and restore emulation state (.STA files)
Keyboard assignments changed slightly to be consistent with VGB and MG
Now storing ROM and VROM in flat chunks of memory
Implemented DiskSystem timer
Implemented DiskSystem melodic sound (not finished)
Fixed HitFlag bug
Fixed bug with sprites not updated when background is off
Made PCM sound start when the channel is switched on
Fixed mapper #16 (Dragon Ball Z series and other Bandai games)
Fixed joystick support in iNES-Windows
Fixed current directory name in iNES-Windows
iNES-Unix runs in a resizable window now
iNES-Unix now has a proper application icon in WMaker
Fixed IPC key allocation bug in iNES-Unix
iNES-Windows now uses multimedia timer to sync screen refresh

Oh, and in other news, I've finally officially graduated high school..aren't I such a youngster?

11:39 PM - Hu-Go! Release - Jandar
Version 1.25 of Hu-Go, a TG-16 emulator for DOS and Linux, has been released. It can be found it the respective sections of our page:

Here's what's new in this release:Mp3 playing available under linux
Synchronisation (limit fps) should work under linux
Limitation of fps can be set in the INI file (upon request)
Better debugging info with the new version of the C compiler for pc engine

9:43 PM - Will Gideon Zhi ever stop?? (I think not) - Heero_Yuy_
An AGTP status report...

Dai Senryaku - "95% done. I need like, one word =P"

Solbrain - "Done. Waiting for page update."

DBZ Super Butoden - "Done. Waiting for page update."

DBZ Super Butoden 2 - "Waiting for last block of text from TigerClaw."

DBZ Super Butoden 3 - "Done. Waiting for page update."

Cosmo Genesis - "Cavespeak fixed. Waiting for page update."

Dezaemon SFC - "Done. Waiting for page update."

Barayarou - "80%. Waiting for page update."

Thanks to RPGd for the news.

8:09 PM - Translation Search/Main Page - Jandar
As you must have noticed by now, I've added a form to search the english translations archive to the main page of the site. I'm really sort of tossing around in my head different ideas for location of the form, but right now it can stay where it's at. Also I need to fill that extra spot up top that I created. I'll find something fun to fill it with =)

6:14 PM - Gens Release [0.7] - Jandar
Version 0.7 of the Genesis emulator Gens has been released, and I've added this version to our Genesis emulators section. I am just so very descriptive in these updates..heh..but anyway, here's what's new in this release:

640x480 Full Screen resolution added
2xSAI Kreed's engine added (the same as zsnes or snes9x)
Scanline added
AutoFrame-Skip synchronised on DirectSound (when available)
Sound is a little better
Interrupts fixed for both 68k core (Starscream and mine)
Little change in H-Blank flag
Z80 BUS request fixed
Vertical-Counter fixed
'Reset' instruction fixed
Correct screen ratio in windowed mode
Save and sram files name of zipped roms are now correct
Bad config files in "\windows" directory fixed
Shortcuts changed
"Free-Rom" mode changed. If you can't see it, you aren't in 15/16 BPP mode (Gens needs 15/16 BPP)
Minors tweaks in blits routines
Minors bugs fixed.

9:37 PM - News Bits - Heero_Yuy_
Dehydrated and shrink-wrapped for maximum flavor retention!

First off, I want to get some old buisiness done. On the 5th, Gideon Zhi of AGTP posted some screenshots of his project, Future Soldier : Lios, on the Vale message board. They look pretty sweet (especially that title screen hack he's been working forever on. ^_^ Take a look...

Firey Translations has updated, stating that they've begun work on Dai Kai Juu (Big Shell Monsters) and that most of the menus have been translated. Go check out the screenshots on their page. Thanks to the Whirlpool for this tidbit.

Some news from X Translations... About 70% of Daiva, a Famicom strategy game, has been translated and a patch release could come very soon. They also had news about Beasts and Blades, a little heard of SRPG for Super Famicom (where the heck do all these unknown games come from?). Work is progressing, and personally I'm pretty eager to see the results of their work. ^_^

3:42 PM - Is anybody sensing a theme here? - Jandar
The Windows port of SMS Plus has been updated to version 0.9.2.0, which brings it up to speed with the recent DOS release, as well as adding several more improvements. It is available from our GG/SMS emulators section along with it's source code. In addition to the DOS changes listed below, the following changes have been made:

Fixed a bug where the enable sound option was being overwritten in the registry.
Added an option to disable keyboard input when a joystick is selected.
Added an option to set the rapid fire rate for each player.
Added an option to enable / disable FM sound.
Added an option to select the default territory (JAP / Europe-US)
Made the application become active when launching ROMS via RMB emulate.

3:31 PM - More SMS Plus Madness - Jandar
This time it is the DOS port of SMS Plus that has been updated. Version 0.9.2 is now available, and has been added to our GG/SMS emulators section. Here's what's new in this version:

Digital YM2413 FM sound emulation. Drums sound real good, too
System territory switch, default is overseas (Europe / USA)
Made some internal changes and clean-ups to the source code
Revised document on porting to be actually useful
Adjusted version number to stay in sync with the Macintosh port
Support for ZIPped game images and games with 512-byte headers
Screen expansion now works for 16-bit displays
Fixed some centering problems with screen expansion on GG games
Sound output using SEAL should be a bit clearer
Configuration file support

9:13 AM - Another SMS Plus Release - Jandar
Just a day after the last release of the Windows-based SMS Plus emulator, version 0.9.0.3 has been released along with it's source code. I'm currently having some FTP problems, so you can download the emulator from the SMS Plus homepage at the moment, and our GG/SMS emulators section when I get the files uploaded. Here's what's new in this version:

Added an option to enable / disable the sound
Added an option to set the sound frequency (44100 / 22050 / 11025)
Added a reset CPU option
Added rapid-fire option for buttons

9:37 PM - Finally, an update. Heh. - Heero_Yuy_
Well, I'm back and finally got the chance to update with some actual translation news. Imagine that!

Ice Translations has released a 25% patch for Western Kids. After looking at the screenshots Iceman put up on his page, I thought it looked like quite a funny little game.. Hehehe...hehe...Sorry.

6:42 PM - Freeware Roms - SirYoink
I've added Jet Set Willy and Puzzlex to the Gameboy freeware roms section.

3:42 PM - Handy Release, part deux. - SirYoink
Handy, a Lynx emulator for the Mac, has been updated to version .7.2! This release supports 3d hardware and has a few minor improvememnts to make it faster and more stable.

12:12 AM - SMSPlus [Win] Released - Jandar
Version 0.9.0.2 of SMSPlus for Windows has been released, along with it's source code, and they can be found upon the GG/SMS emulators page. Here's what's new in this release:

Added Joystick support (Windows 95/98/2000).
Emulation now pauses when focus is lost.
Re-arranged menu items for better grouping.
Added a screenshot function (F12), with definable save path option.

12:05 AM - Handy Release - Jandar
Version 0.73 of Handy, a wonderful Lynx emulator for Windows, has been released, and I've added it to the Lynx emulators section. Here's what's new in this release:

Added code changes from AmigaPPC port to support endian changes for other machines, just define MSB_FIRST for MAC/AmigaPPC etc. (Thanks Mathias)
Removed redundant sprite type enums.
Modified the cycle counting system again to split into page mode and normal mode memory cycles, CPU = Normal, SCREEN = Page, SPRITE = Page
Added code within RTI to compensate for lost sleep cycles when the CPU is woken to service an interrupt.
Most bizarre, I've written some test code on the Lynx to show when the rest period is for the display, this gives the result that it is from count=102,101,100 therefore the display address is latched at count=99 which matches well with the experimentation to remove flicker when the correct cycle timings are used. Old code left in Mikie::Update() and has been commented out.
Fixed inverted REST flag (IODAT)
Fix to new display rendering code to stop race condition(mpDisplayCurrent)
Fix to stop OnTimer race condition with joystick access to a null Lynx

11:58 PM - Unofficial Raine Release - Jandar
An unofficial version of the Raine multi-arcade emulator has been released, and I've added it to the Raine section. This unofficial version of Raine was compiled by katharsis, and thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news.

9:46 AM - Pretendo BeOS Release - Jandar
A public alpha (version 0.10a) of Pretendo has been released for BeOS. So all of you BeOS users might want to check out what the NES emulator Pretendo has in store for the future. We don't have a BeOS emulators section up and running at the moment, but you can find this emulator on the Pretendo homepage.

9:43 AM - SMS Plus Site Moves - Jandar
The homepage of the SMS Plus DOS version has relocated to a new address at:
http://cgfm2.emuviews.com/
Update your bookmarks and all that happy stuff =)

8:31 AM - News Bits - Jandar
Yet another happy day is dawning!

J2e Translations has been hard at work on a translation of Madou Monogatari. They have found a translator, and he is hard at work on the script. Approximately 60% of the script is currently translated, and hopefully they will take on the challenge of translating the instruction manual as well.
AGTP has been taking on some new projects. These upcoming works include Solbrain, Mirai Senshi Lios, and Super Nazu Puyo 2. Gideon Zhi just keeps on going.
Apparently there is some sort of project in the works to retranslate FF6 (which was FF3 in America). There really weren't any significant changes to the game upon it's original translation to English (certain people and prominent emulation sites would argue with me, but it's true), but far be it from me to belittle the work of any person willing to take the time to do any sort of translation. Right now the translation is maybe 1 or 2 percent complete, they have the menus and stuff done, but none of the script translated, and nothing else really translated. The current version of the patch is beta 7, which can be found on the Sky Render Translations homepage.

Thanks to The Whirlpool for a lot of information on translation progress. They're a wonderful source of translation information.

9:12 AM - Laser Release - Jandar
Version 0.6 of the Space Invaders emulator Laser has been released, along with it's Source Code. Here is what's new in this version:

I began porting the Z80 core over to Richard Mitton's excellent RAZE Z80 emulator.
Also, I finally got the sound emulation to work. It is very slow, and because of this, there are now two executables - LASERS.EXE - the slower build of LASER with sound emulation - for you people with fast computers who want to tinker around with it, and LASER.EXE - the faster build with sound turned off.

12:04 AM - FCE Ultra Releases - Jandar
Both the Linux and DOS versions of FCE Ultra, an NES emulator, have been updated to version 0.21. They can also be found on the Linux and DOS NES Emulator pages. Here's what's new in the Linux version (DOS version updates are the same, except lacking the TCP/IP netplay):

Color "de-emphasis" bits are now emulated.
Fixed quite a few bugs.
DPCM emulation improved.
Saner Game Genie ROM image handling.
Support for mappers 87, 90, 93, 94, 97, 112, 180, 184, and 246 added.
Unknown 6502 opcodes are now ignored, rather than patched.
Added TCP/IP network-play capability.
Added partial support for the AY-3-8190 sound chip used in conjunction with Sunsoft's FME-7(mapper 69) in the game "Gimmick!".
Support for the following VS Unisystem games added:
VS Atari RBI Baseball
VS Excite Bike (thanks to loopy for the palette)
VS Slalom
VS Super SkyKid
Fixed mapper 66 so that "vertical" VRAM mirroring isn't forced.
Format of configuration file has changed. Previous values will be lost.

11:13 PM - Gameboy translations! - SirYoink

The gameboy english translations section has been updated. Thanks to The Whirlpool, where I compared our translations sections. The following translations have been added:

Bomberman 3 - 99% - by David Mullen
Hello Kitty Magic Museum - 100% - by Doki Doki Translations
Oni IV - 30% - by Akujin
RPG Maker
- 60% - by Magecraft Translations

2:10 PM - CHASMS Release - Jandar
CHASMS is a Game Gear/Sega Master System emulator for Windows, and it has been updated to version 0.30 recently. I have added this version to our GG/SMS emulators section. There is quite a bit changed in this version, and the list of these changes can be found on the CHASMS homepage.

12:56 PM - DBOY Manual Translation - Jandar
Nakao has done an English translation of the latest DBOY manual, which BouKiCHi has posted on the DBOY homepage. The manual can be found here, and here is what's new in version 0.60, as we couldn't provide the information at the time of release:

PSG reproduction is improved sequentially.
Improvement of CPU(the phenomenon that Ghost Babel, an elevator were confined to with 97F was recovered from)

I don't know if I exactly understand what has changed, but that's what the manual says..

6:46 PM - Windows SMS Plus Release - Jandar
Version 0.9.0.1 of the relatively new SMS Plus Windows port has been released, and I've added it to our GG/SMS emulators section. Here's what's new in this release:

Added an 'Exit' option to the file menu
Added a minimise button the the application window
Added a 'File Associations' option to the configure menu. This allows you to register the file extensions '.gg' and '.sms' to SMS Plus. Once this has been done, you can double click on a file to load and run it, or right click and choose 'Emulate'
Stopped multiple instances of the emulator running at once

10:01 PM - DBOY Release - Jandar
Yet another version of DBOY has been released. Strange, I thought this emulator was dead.. I guess not. Well, version 0.60 is now available and I have added it to our Gameboy emulators section. Thanks to Vintage Gaming for the news. I don't really know what's new in this version because of all related information being available only in Japanese.

5:15 PM - Articles - Airety
You know, I like articles, and I know all of us want to rant and rave now and then. So we open the SGC Articles section to submission from the general public. All articles must at least get a B in mechanics from a good English teacher because I don't want to be editing every other word. Don't flame people unless its because they did something deserving of your harsh words, and keep it general. Saying N64 freaks are ruining the scene is ok, saying Spinner 8 is the spawn of Satan isn't.

E-mail them to me and if I like it, you'll have your article in our article's section. If Jandar and I really like it, you'll be added to our list of people who will get T-shirts when Jandar makes them.

Your topic is up to you. Anything related to emulation is ok.

Relieve. Please. Thanks, bye.

5:10 PM - Soon... - SirYoink
Expect me to revise the English NES and Gameboy translations too...

Relieve.

5:08 PM - SNES English Translations Section - SirYoink
After discovering a few problems on the SNES English tranlsations section, I decided to compare it to some files on my hd. I updated a few files, weeded out a few dead translations, and added a few new ones. Here's a list of translations that weren't listed at all. They can all be found on our translations page now.

Dragon Ball Z Gokuden 1 - ??% - by Kakkoii Translations
Tenchi Muyo - 98% - by Lina`chan
Umihara Kawase - 100% - by satsu

4:15 PM - News Bits - Jandar
OK, I suppose this should be have been expanded to include the two translation releases that I mentioned below, but I didn't decide until right now that I would go back to the ol' News Bits at least for today. So right now they're somewhat lacking..

Gaijin Productions has posted some information on their Sweet Home translation, which is currently at version 0.90beta. All they really have left to do is the title screen and beta testing. Only a complete patch will be released, so you will have to wait for these final stages to be completed for a release.
Destiny Translations has posted some progress on the Mystic Ark translation. Translation of the second segment of the script has been completed by Akujin, and hopefully the first segment will be completed in the near future. At that point, script insertion can be worked on.

9:31 AM - Majin Tensei Translation - Jandar
ShadowSlayerX has released a patch for Majin Tensei, which is an SNES strategy RPG. The patch can be downloaded here, or from our English Translations archive. Thanks to The Whirlpool for this news. Menus and items are translated, but compression has pretty much put this translation project on hold for the time being.

8:45 AM - Puyo Puyo Translation - Jandar
AGTP has released a complete translation of Puyo Puyo, which is an NES puzzle game. I have yet to play it myself, but AGTP says it's pretty nifty and I tend to believe that =). You can find the translation in our English translations archive, or download it right here.

11:38 PM - Klepto Software - SirYoink

My own translation group, Klepto Software, has two announcements to make.

The first concerns Dark Half, a new patch release which reworks the way certain text is stored, although it only adds about 10 more lines of dialogue, is out. Grab the 14% patch here.

The second involves our DBZ: Legend of the Saiyans translation. DarkForce, of DeJap, has offered to help with the text expansion! This means future patches will soon have longer battle names with no abbreviations and uncut dialogue!

10:12 PM - It's "Go Time" - Jandar
Relieve.

10:05 PM - GEM Release - Jandar
GEM is actually a Gameboy emulator for the MSX platform, and we don't actually have a section for me to put this emulator into. However, I will keep you informed of this emulator's progress. As of today, version 0.5 of GEM was released, and you can find this version upon the GEM homepage. Here's what's new in this release:

Vertical Blanking timing is now 55 instructions by default. This fixes Legend of Zerd and shouldn't affect other games. [Legend of Zerd]
Disabled SRAM access for games that do not have it. This allows games that are protected against being used on FlashROM cartridges to work.
Implemented SRAM loading and saving. You can use standard (.SAV) save files, common to most (if not all) Gameboy emulators
When loading a ROM, GEM now automatically tries a .GB extension if no extension was given or a file was not found
Changed GEM's default configuration to the most full-featured options. That means if you haven't edited the config file, GEM will run slower for you. (for instance, frameskip is now 0 by default, not 2)
Improved sprite renderer, 8x16 Sprites are now supported! Also sprite priorities are more or less correct now. There are two sprite modes selectable in the config file, one of which supports X/Y flipping!
Window support, including window raster effects!
Some speed-ups here and there, among which major CPU core changes:
GB SP is moved from DE register to memory, making Stack Pointer operations slower, but the now free DE register is used to replace IY in opcode fetching, making all other instructions (especially the larger ones) faster. It also replaces the slower stack in the address translation functions
Sped up JR, RST, CALL opcodes and LD HL,SP+d, ADD SP,d, PUSH AF
Faster CPU interrupt handling
Removed I/O checking from rotate and shift opcodes
Because of the CPU and timing changes, please let me know if any games have become buggy!

9:44 PM - Additional DarcNES - Jandar
Yet another release of the Multi-console emulator DarcNES has come. This is just a small update from yesterday's release, and can be downloaded here. Here is what the author has to say about this release:

Fixed (hopefully) the Allegro (DOS), SVGALib, and GTK versions (I don't have any systems that will run these, so I couldn't test the fixes). People not using one of the above listed platforms need not upgrade this time

9:39 PM - G-NES Release - Jandar
GIGO has released version 0.32 of his NES emulator for Windows, G-NES. This latest version can be found on our NES emulators page. Thanks to EmuHQ for the news of the release. Here's what's new in this version:

Fixed VRC6 Sound-Extension emulation
Fixed a small sound emulation bug
Slightly sped up CPU emulation
Fixed some scroll problem
Added MMC4 (Mapper 10) Latch-Counter emulation
Fixed a bug that caused the Drag-and-drop feature to not work properly sometimes

12:22 AM - SMS+ released! - SirYoink
SMS+, a Master System/GameGear emulator for the Macintosh, has been released at version .9.1! Although this is the first version I have seen, it apparently is an update released shortly after the original and fixes a bug in sram saving. It's a good emulator, on par with MasterGear.