CCS64 is a program that runs on your PC that turns your computer into an old Commodore 64 computer. CCS64 emulates briefly the following things of an old C64 system: (1) main Commodore 64 console, with the keyboard and peripherals like joysticks, paddles and mouse - both systems sold in Europe as well USA version (2) up to four 1541 disk-drives (3) C2N cassette recorder (4) many of the old cartridges.
Here's brief changelog for 3.9/3.9.1 versions:
- FIX: The TAP of the game 'Bombuzal' now loads properly.
- FIX: A random slow-down problem has been fixed.
- FIX: The 'Sync To Screen' option has been fixed.
Note: The lock-up problem with the game 'Katakis' cannot be re-produced. Tested with CCS64 V3.9 and the Dark Force 100% version of the game.
- FIX: Several analogue anomalies have been fixed, e.g. Crest's EmuSuxx0r.
- ADD: Several PAL artifacts, blurring, etc., have been implemented.
- The previously-reported bugs (i.e. regarding Moon Shuttle and Edge Of Disgrace) are still being investigated.
Yabause is a Sega Saturn emulator create under the GNU license. It currently runs on FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Dreamcast, PSP and Wii.
It's still in development but it's quite stable and support booting BIOS and some games using Saturn CDs or ISO files.
Here's changelog:
+ Working Netlink emulation over LAN/internet
+ CD audio emulation fixes
+ Support for mdf/mds (version 1) dumps
+ CD+G
+ GDB stub
+ Saturn mouse and 3D control pad
+ Awesome new SH2 debugging features
+ More user-friendly interface
+ At least 0.0.1 more than any previous version
+ And of course, better overall emulation
Visit project website for for further information and latest files.
PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows and Linux. Project attempts to allow PS2 code to be executed on your computer, thus meaning you can put a PS2 DVD or CD into your computers drive, and boot it up!
Here are a rundown of the biggest changes in this release:
Windows
Core:
+ microVU fixes for Dreamworks games, later Tony Hawks games, Evil Dead and others
+ Fixes to New GIF unit to solve regressions
+ microVU bugs fixed (affecting Extreme-G Racing and others)
+ CDVD fixes (Impossible Mission now boots)
+ Path 3 arbitration and timing refinements
+ MFIFO fixes for DDR games
+ Huge DMAC bug fix solving most of the problematic videos. (Baldurs Gate 2, Katamari Damacy and more)
+ Memory card support improved in many games, now supports PSX memory cards also Multitap support improved greatly
+ Many game fixes for COP2 problems inherent with emulation. (Ace Combat, Forbidden Siren and others)
+ VIF Unpack optimizations
+ VU Delays added to fix the graphics of Snowblind engine games (Champions of Norrath, Baldurs Gate 2)
+ Various other game specific fixes in GameDB
+ NVM file creation (if one doesn't exist) now fills in iLink ident. (Age of Empires 2)
SPU2-X:
+ Improved DMA system
+ Fixes to reverb
+ Improved time-stretcher recovery on extreme speed changes.
+ Portaudio (providing WASAPI in Windows, ALSA/+OSS in Linux) now supported and the default output module. Latencies with this mode are lower than other modules
GSdx:
+ Improved adapter selection for detecting of videocards
+ CLUT (Color LookUp Table) fixes for games such as Disney Golf
+ Texture Offset options added to help improve upscaling artifacts
+ OpenGL mode added (Experimental currently)
+ Various CRC hacks
+ Hack for NVIDIA cards, solves problems with stretching on drivers above 320.18
+ New shader resources! Complete PCSX2 FX Revised 2.0 by Asmodean has been integrated
DEV9ghzdrk:
+ Improved support for online play and make the users MAC address unique.
Linux
Core:
+ Support for external patch (pnach) files
OnePad changes:
+ Bugfixes for multiple button presses
+ Bugfixed memory leaks
ZZogl:
+ Added support for MESA drivers
+ Bump OpenGL requirement to 3.0 with floating texture
+ Various OpenGL fixes
SPU2-X:
+ Added SDL Backend
higan (formerly known as bsnes) is a Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, Sufami Turbo, Famicom, Super Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator, that began development on 2004-10-14. It focuses on accuracy and clean code above all else. It never uses speed or compatibilty hacks. As a result, the minimum system requirements are greater than with other emulators.
Here's changelog:
+ sfc: added SA-1 MDR support (fixes SD Gundam G-Next bug)
+ sfc: remove random/ and config/, merge to system/ with better randomization
+ gb: improved color emulation palette contrast
+ gbc: do not sort sprites by X-priority
+ gbc: allow transparency on BG priority pixels
+ gbc: VRAM DMA timing and register fixes
+ gbc: block invalid VRAM DMA transfer source and target addresses
+ gba: added LCD color emulation (without it, colors are grossly over-saturated)
+ gba: removed internal frame blending (use shaders to simulate motion blur if desired)
+ gba: added Game Boy Player support (adds joypad rumble support to supported games)
+ gba: SOUND_CTL_H is readable
+ gb/gbc: PPU renderer is now cycle-based (major accuracy improvement)
+ gb/gbc: OAM DMA runs in parallel with the CPU
+ gb/gbc: only HRAM can be accessed during OAM DMA
+ gb/gbc: fixed serialization of games with SRAM
+ gb/gbc: disallow up+down or left+right at the same time
+ gb/gbc: added weak hipass filter to remove DC bias
+ gb/gbc: STAT OAM+Hblank IRQs only trigger during active display
+ gb/gbc: fixed underflow in window clamping
+ gb/gbc/gba: audio mixes internally at 2MHz now instead of 4MHz (does not affect accuracy)
+ gb/gbc/gba: audio volume reduced for consistency with other systems
+ fc/sfc/gb/gbc/gba: cheat codes are now stored in universal, decrypted format
+ ethos: replaced file loader with a proper game library
+ ethos: added display emulation shader support
+ ethos: added color emulation option to video settings
+ ethos: program icon upgraded from 48x48 to 512x512
+ ethos: settings and tools windows now use tab frames (less wasted screen space)
+ ethos: default to optimal (video, audio, input) drivers instead of safest drivers
+ ethos: input mapping system completely rewritten to support hotplugging and unique device mappings
+ ruby: added fixes for OpenGL 3.2 on AMD graphics cards
+ ruby: quark shaders now support user settings inside of manifest
+ ruby: quark shaders can use integral textures (allows display emulation shaders to work with raw colors)
+ ruby: add joypad rumble support
+ ruby: XInput (Xbox 360) controllers now support hotplugging
+ ruby: added Linux udev joypad driver with hotplug support
+ phoenix: fixed a rare null pointer dereference issue on Windows
+ port: target -std=c++11 instead of -std=gnu++11 (do not rely on GNU C++ extensions)
+ port: added out-of-the-box compilation support for BSD/Clang 3.3+
+ port: applied a few Debian downstream patches
+ cheats: updated to mightymo's 2014-01-02 release; decrypted all Game Genie codes
Check out project website for latest files and informations.
DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator running homebrew demos and commercial games. The original author of DeSmuME is YopYop156. He has stopped working on it on the beginning of april 2006 and passed the torch to a new team of developers.
Here is changelog for latest version:
In this version, we have focused on trying to clean up some complexities in the user experience and emulator internals. Pretty unglamorous stuff, but some games are newly compatible.
General/Core:
enh: break savestate back-compatibility
bug: improve save size autodetection for some games
bug: cpu: fix many basic jit cpu bugs
bug: 3d: tweak softrasterizer edge marking
bug: 3d: fix stale 4x4 texture palettes
bug: fix some GPU sprite blending scenarios
bug: fix bios HLE BitUnPack, UnCompHuffman
enh: modular slot-1 device system, emulate GC bus more faithfully
enh: support NAND slot-1 device
enh: auto-detect appropriate slot-1 and slot-2 device
enh: many revisions to firmware boot process for more authenticity. iQue and FlashME versions function, .dfc rewritten.
enh: support streaming NDS file from disk (like an ISO, to avoid long initial load time)
enh: run .dsv directly on disk, to save long flushing times. should speed backup operations.
enh: spu synch mode and method on commandline
Windows:
bug: fixes to advanscene DB import
bug: save opengl display method filter option
bug: general bugfixes to various screen layout modes
enh: add option to stop non-integer scaling during fullscreen or maximize
enh: improvements to save import dialog
enh: improved memory viewer tool
enh: operate better when run, against our advice, from a zipfile
enh: add slot-1 Nitro Filesystem viewer tool
Cocoa:
bug: fix slot1-R4 path saving
bug: fix bug with mic samples < 16khz
bug: fix bugs and enhancements in multi display windows
bug: fix handling of some joystick analog inputs
enh: save display windows configuration and emulation speed on app exit
BGB is a GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and Super Gameboy emulator/debugger which runs on Windows. Program features accurate emulation of the hardware, powerful debugger, SGB multiplayer with up to 4 gamepads and TCP/IP game link support, graphics with GDI, DirectDraw, Direct3D, OpenGL output, and HQ2X, Scale2x, scanlines, blocky filter, accurate/high quality sound emulation, bandlimited synthesis, GameGenie and GameShark cheat, and more.
Here's changelog since v1.4.1:
1.4.2 - fixed a large number of small problems and bugs including: direct3d now works on secondary monitors, some accuracy fixes (including sagaia problem), added some features including: mono sound output and an exception break if making bad accesses during an OAM DMA transfer. tested to work on windows 8.
1.4.3 - fixed: loading/saving save files for roms with unicode filenames was broken if a save dir is not set. this was broken in 1.4.2.
Check out official website for further information and latest version of emulator.
RPCEmu allows you to emulate classic Acorn systems, such as the Risc PC and A7000, on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Changes in 0.8.11 - 23/10/2013:
All Platforms
+ Support for emulating Phoebe, the Risc PC 2. Produced with the assistance of The Centre for Computing History. Instructions on how to setup Phoebe emulation and the required files are on the 4corn website. http://www.4corn.co.uk/articles/phoebe/ Note, this is a prototype machine, so is more for historical interest than running production code.
+ Introduced the concept of configuring the Hardware Model rather than using CPU type to determine hardware. See the Settings->Settings window for details. You may need to reselect a model based on your previous CPU choice.
+ Fix very rare bug in which the MIPS count was sometimes wildly incorrect.
Windows
+ Fix 'Follows Host Mouse' bug, where the host and emulated mouse pointers were not lined up until the RPCEmu window had been moved.
+ Fix network GUI bug where the selected networking type was not correctly set.
Check out project website for latest files and informations.
PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows and Linux. Project attempts to allow PS2 code to be executed on your computer, thus meaning you can put a PS2 DVD or CD into your computers drive, and boot it up!
Here's the changelog from 5 latest SVN builds:
+ Dev9ghzdrk: Take the first 3 bytes of the host MAC for the virtual one, should make it unique for people using xlink or multiple people playing the same game.
Hopefully this works anyway ;)
+ GSDX: Nonsense workaround for VS2010 crash issue. We suspect that memory is getting corrupted but we've failed to find the code responsible. Many different changes result in code that doesn't crash for no obvious reason, this one at least looks vaguely like sane code though.
+ Reverted optimisation flag for VS2010 release target.
+ GSDX: (FXAA) Treat shader model 4.1 as 4.0 and future shader models as 5 rather than failing to compile.
+ GSDX: As the Optimization option in VS2010 causes GSDX to crash now, i've disabled it. Whole program optimization is still on and the release will use both (compiled with vs2013). So the SVN can like it or lump it ;p
+ GSDX: Modified the FXAA shader loading so Page Up works again. Now loads the shader just in time.
+ i18n:
* update korean translation
* generate german binary mo file
Translation status:
locales/ar/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/cs_CZ/pcsx2_Main.po - 564/ 2/565 ( 99%) -1
locales/fi_FI/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/hu_HU/pcsx2_Main.po - 525/ 8/565 ( 92%) -40
locales/id_ID/pcsx2_Iconized.po - 49/ 48/74 ( 66%) -25
locales/id_ID/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/ja_JP/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 4/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/ms_MY/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/nb_NO/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/pl_PL/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/ru_RU/pcsx2_Main.po - 557/ 8/565 ( 98%) -8
locales/th_TH/pcsx2_Iconized.po - 72/ 3/74 ( 97%) -2
locales/th_TH/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
locales/tr_TR/pcsx2_Main.po - 564/ 2/565 ( 99%) -1
locales/zh_CN/pcsx2_Main.po - 564/ 2/565 ( 99%) -1
locales/zh_TW/pcsx2_Main.po - 563/ 2/565 ( 99%) -2
Jason Ladere, author of Jario64 (N64 emulator), informed us about his new project - written in java SNES emulator - SuperJarioES. As you can see, for initial release, it works quite well.
Here's full info:
I have released the initial version of my snes emulator SuperJarioES which is based off of the higan/bsnes emulator. I have also released a newer version of my older Jario64 N64 emulator. Both of these emulators, along with my other emulators are built using a Fractal Component Architecture.
Visit official homepage at code goole for latest source s and binaries, and don't forget to leave your feedback at initial EmuTalk thread.
Entries for the Giveaway ended on the start of Xmas Day, via the DCEmu Blog our new site for reviews giveaways and more, i can announce the randomly chosen winner is JessicaTogaliya, enjoy this later than planned Giveaway announcement.
Thanks to all who entered and those who used the new comments system over at the DCEmu Blog and a big thanks again to DealExtreme for kindly donating prizes for the Giveaway.
DEmul is SEGA multi-system emulator, originally developed with Sega Dreamcast in mind. Currently, in the develop process emulator supports also: Sega Model 3, Sega Hikaru, Sega Saturn, and arcades based on the DC: Naomi, Naomi2, and Atomiswave.
Here's changelog for latest version:
- ATOMISWAVE: Crash fix
- CORE: Autoregion if booted without disk fix
- CORE: SSE2 optimizations, critical core corruptions fixed, much more stability
- CORE: Savestates fix
- CORE: Various fixes from the Issue tracker
- DC: Dev.Box bios autoregion
- DX10: NAOMI2 irq fix
- DX11: Aspect ratio for 2nd shader filter's pass fix
- DX11: Framebuffer rendering fix
- DX11: Ignore z-write disable for punch-through polygons (fix Bust-A-Move 4)
- DX11: Rotate 90/270 fullscreen aspect fix
- GDR: gdrDemul is back from grave
- GPU: Aica dsp fix
- GPU: Lightgun mark fix
- GPU: YUV transfer out of RAM fix
- HIKARU: Full screen added
- HIKARU: Minor fixes and speedup
- NAOMI2: Club Kart little controls fix
- NAOMI2: Color/diffuse lerp value
- NAOMI2: Delay irq and TL status
- NAOMI2: Diffuse and specular intensity
- NAOMI2: Fake shadow fix
- NAOMI2: Layouts
- NAOMI2: Znear/zfar fix
- NAOMI2: Spot/point lights fix
- NAOMI2: Opaque modifiers
- NAOMI2: Optimize/refactor
- NAOMI2: VS3 stupid bug fix
- NAOMI2: Shadow intensity fix
- NAOMI: 18 Wheeler DX steering fix
- NAOMI: Soul Surfer floormat/controls
- PAD: Fixed jump to the BIOS when focus lost
- PAD: more precision for analogs/guns
- PAD: xinput stick, xinput crash and compatibility fix, xinput rumble support
- PVR2: fix single modifiers (Soul Calibur)
- PVR2: fix specular
- SH4: Exception generate optimization, dinarec optimizations, minor speedup (major speedup for some games, like Under Defeat)
- SH4: MMU critical bug fix and speedup, all WinCE games are playable now
- SPU: Sound stretching for slow machines
- VMU: Beep fixed, speedup
- VMU: Default setting changed, VMU screen disable option addedP
higan (formerly known as bsnes) is a Super Game Boy, BS-X Satellaview, Sufami Turbo, Famicom, Super Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator, that began development on 2004-10-14. It focuses on accuracy and clean code above all else. It never uses speed or compatibilty hacks. As a result, the minimum system requirements are greater than with other emulators.
Here's release info:
I'm posting a beta release of higan, in the hopes of getting some feedback on the new library system (pictured below; more info on the forums), and reports of any potential new regressions before an official release.
Also, as of v093r08, the Game Boy and Game Boy Color PPU are now cycle-based, allowing raster effects such as those used in Prehistorik Man. This is in addition to several major improvements to the Game Boy emulation code.
If you're willing to test this, and provide feedback on the forum, it'd be appreciated. Thanks!
Check out project website for latest files and informations.
As of, well, today, the alpha version of Sega Dreamcast emulator Reicast is available for Android. It's essentially an Android-based version of Nulldce.
Quick warning: the developer of Reicast reckons that you'll need to have at least a Cortex-A9 dual-core 1GHz+ processor in your Android device to run Reicast properly.
Given this is an alpha version of Reicast, you might obviously come across a few bugs. Otherwise, you should have no problem running the likes of Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, and more.
Reicast even works on the Ouya, by the way. So, if you have one to hand, you download the .apk file and get it running on a big screen.
You can download Reicast for free on Google Play [Download here] right now.
Nintendo Unveils New Wii U Zelda Title,
Hyrule Warriors
Nintendo has just announced a new game in the Zelda universe, one out in 2014 that combines the franchise with another
very popular non-Nintendo series, it seems. The working title is “Hyrule Warriors,” and from the debut trailer it very obviously
looks like an amalgam of The Legend of Zelda and the famed Dynasty Warriors series where players cleave through legions of
enemies and fight larger bosses in open battle.
In the trailer, we see Link using many of his most trusted weapons at his disposal to dispatch swarms of enemies, from bombs
to his Master Sword. Hyrule Warriors, or whatever they do end up calling it, will be out for the Wii U next year, and is being
developed by Tecmo Koei.
It should be clarified that Nintendo has come out and said this is not the next-gen Wii U Zelda title that’s taking so long to develop.
This is a spin-off project, and those expecting a lengthy, deep Zelda experience may be disappointed.
That said, what’s being shown does look incredibly fun. Honestly, and I can’t remember the last time I’ve said this, it might actually
be fun to play with a Wiimote, judging from the style of gameplay. Even just a minute or so of the game makes it look like a blast,
though I suppose Dynasty Warriors style combat isn’t necessarily for everyone.
I do hope Hyrule Warriors has effective co-op play, as it’s the sort of thing this style of game is made for. I would love to see other
playable characters from Sheik to Skull Kid, complete with their own move sets. Another slight disappointment is that the game looks
rather dated, even for the Wii U, presumably because of how many enemies have to be rendered onscreen at once. But at this point,
we’ve learned never to play Nintendo games for the graphics, and that usually works out just fine.
Even if it isn’t Nintendo’s next big Zelda title, it does look like fun and will certainly please their fanbase. Hopefully this is a sign of
the Wii U coming into its own, and Nintendo understanding the proper way to utilize their franchises to keep their customers happy
between big releases.
More info about the game as we hear it, but so far, this is looking like a slam dunk for Nintendo.
EMU7800 is an Atari 7800 emulator implemented using Microsoft's .NET platform. Most VCS (2600) and ProSystem (7800) titles work well, with 2600 support featuring authentic HMOVE emulation. EMU7800 runs on Windows XP SP3 and higher systems. Performance is excellent on current hardware.
Changelog for v1.6:
+ EMU7800.D2D: Included EMU7800.Launcher.exe to enable launching of ROMs not recognized by EMU7800 D2D
+ EMU7800.D2D: Corrected paddle swapping
+ EMU7800.D2D: Minor correction in .a78 file recognition
+ Project format updates to VS2013 (applicable to source release only)
+ No changes to the core emulation library
+ No changes to EMU7800 Classic
PPSSPP can run your PSP games on your PC in full HD resolution, and play them on Android too. It can even upscale textures that would otherwise be too blurry as they were made for the small screen of the original PSP.
Here's changelog for 0.9.6(-2) release:
+ Large general speed improvements and assorted bug fixes
+ "Software Skinning" option which speeds up many games with animated 3D characters (but may slow down a few, like Monster Hunter - experiment with turning it off)
+ Various fixes around stencil/alpha, reducing glow problems in Wipeout and Gods Eater Burst.
+ Timing improvements making more games run at the correct FPS, also fixing some audio issues
+ More debugger features
+ Better looking and individually resizable touch controls
+ Automatic install of games from ZIP files, like demos and many homebrew.
+ Software renderer improvements
+ VERY basic ad-hoc online play support, to be improved in future versions.
+ fixed bug that causes the game list on Android to either display a blank or crash if it sees a ZIP or RAR file
Visit Official homepage for for further information and latest build of emulator
I hope this project will bring some new life into the SNES-on-DS scene. It looks like all the existing emulators for the DS are dormant or discontinued, which is sad.
lolSnes is a project that Mega-Mario started two years ago. He wished to make a SNES emulator for the DS, that could render most sane games without glitches. However after inadvertently following the wrong approach with the PPU side: trying to make a line-accurate software renderer. The DS just wasn't powerful enough to handle such a renderer. That discovery pretty much shattered any motivation and the project stayed dormant for two years.
But now he is back to working on it again and coded the PPU using the DS's 2D video hardware.
So far, SMW is playable, to some extent. The background layer tends to obstruct text like menus and info boxes because per-tile priorities aren't emulated yet.
You also can't get past Donut Plains 2: for some reason, the camera keeps rewinding and moving forward a bit at the start of the level, keeping you from going further. Aside from this bug, game play is near perfect. The game also runs at full speed (albeit with a speedhack).
Screenshot
* Main CPU: 99% -- all opcodes emulated, may miss some unimportant bits though
* PPU: ~30% -- Mode 1 BG and OBJ supported, as well as some of the priority
* SPC700: 80% -- most useful opcodes implemented, as well as I/O (SPC/CPU comm, timers)
* DSP: 0% -- what it says. No sound yet.
* Joypad input for joypad 1
Issues
* There is no interface for selecting a ROM-- it is hardcoded to load snes/rom.smc
* Tearing and black pixels tend to appear when backgrounds scroll, because writes to the BG scroll registers are applied directly and not synced to the DS display
* CPU bugs are hidden in the main CPU core, and possibly the SPC700 core. They may bite you when you expect it the least.
For those who are interested, the source code is available in a Github repo.
4DO is an open-source, low-level emulator based on the FreeDO source code. 4DO was able to inherit many great features from FreeDO: high-definition rendering, clock speed adjustments, and the impressive emulation accuracy!
The development of 4DO has introduced several unique features as well: intuitive controller setup, native joystick support, and support for up to 6 players; game identification system; easy-to-use quick save/load system; game compatibility fixes, and multilanguage support.
Here's changelog for latest release:
+ Fixed file extraction – File extraction from the file browser was not functioning because of a missing DLL from the released 1.3.2.2 files.
+ File browser tweaks – Users can now cancel copy operations, and basic progress indicators have been added.
