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.
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
What's new for latest version:
One month after the 4.0.1 release we're releasing the maintenance release 4.0.2. It turned out that some critical regressions had slipped into the 4.0 release due to the major changes linked to the wii-network branch and the global user directory changes.
In particular, one of the fixed issues was related to incorrect usage of wxWidgets and caused various problems with general Dolphin usage on Windows systems with Unicode characters in their user name (e.g. "François" or "あいうえお").
Some rather technical issues caused multiple games to stop booting or to freeze randomly. We've had multiple issue reports on this bug, so it's great to see that we were able to fix this properly.
Visit project homepage for further information and latest version of emulator.
Microsoft have finally released the XboxOne to fans in the USA, Europe and the UK.
Xbox One delivers an entertainment experience like nothing before. Its innovative technology is rivaled only by its iconic design. Sharp corners and clean lines make for a sleek, modern console that complements any decor. Xbox One was designed from the ground up to be the centerpiece of every living room.
Play with peak performance.
Xbox One is the perfect balance of power and performance. In addition to Xbox One’s revolutionary architecture, the combination of its CPU, GPU, and ESRAM is like having a supercomputer in your living room. But raw power is nothing without speed. So the Xbox One uses its power more effectively, creating lightning fast experiences unlike anything you’ve had before.
The PlayStation 4 has arrived in the US, drawing crowds to midnight sales events that saw fans camping for days to make sure they were one of the first to receive Sony's next generation console.
With the Xbox One launch coming on November 22nd, this will easily go down as one of the biggest months in industry history.
It's been six years since the PlayStation 3 hit store shelves and sold out almost immediately, prompting a wave of mainstream media coverage – especially when fans began coming to blows over the last remaining units.
Hopefully Sony will have better supplies this launch so the press can focus on the changes the PS4 and its rival console promise to the millions of households worldwide with a gaming console.
Speaking to fans gathered outside a few opening events, it became obvious that core gaming is still quite healthy - and driven by a good deal of brand loyalty.
When asked why they were going with the PS4 as opposed the the Xbox One, the crowd replied simply, "Because it's better."
Doubtless those in line to buy Xbox One will say the same next week.
Like all newly released consoles, it can be hard to get a hold of them, Several of the Amazon PS4 Release Date Console Bundles are In Stock and Available!
This includes (as of this post):
WinUAE is a desinged for Windows program, which emulates the hardware of the Commodore Amiga range of computers. It emulates most of its functions: Original Chip Set (OCS), Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) and Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA), Motorola 68000/010/020/040 CPU, optionally a 68881 FPU, 2 MB Chip RAM and 8 MB Fast RAM, or 8 MB Chip RAM without Fast RAM. 64 MB Zorro III Fast RAM, independent of Chip RAM setting (68020+ only). 1 MB Slow RAM, for compatibility, Picasso 96 graphics with 8 MB of memory, Serial port, and Simple parallel port is only sufficient for printing. Networking via bsdsocket.library. WinUAE has reasonable compatibility for most software but, just like a "real" Amiga, for some old games it requires careful configuration in order to match the originally-supported hardware.
Here's list of upcoming features:
- Cirrus Logic SVGA based hardware graphics board emulation.
- Use graphics board in emulated Amix, Linux, NetBSD and others.
- Use CyberGraphX and Picasso96 RTG in emulation using native drivers.
- Emulates most Cirrus Logic based Zorro II/III RTG boards.
- SCSI tape drive emulation.
- Both reading and writing supported.
- Can install Amix without hacks.
- Works with most backup software that supports tape drives.
- SLIRP user mode NAT emulation.
- A2065 and uaenet.device emulation without need for host side extra drivers.
- Lua scripting.
- Modify memory, registers and configuration and more from scripts.
- Script can register callback functions that gets executed when specificed event happens (config changes, memory changes etc..)
Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows XP / 7. The emulator substantially reproduces this legacy machine in minute detail. Emulator features: a cycle based CPU, VIC, CIA and SID; suport for 1541 Disk drive and Tape deck; proper emulation of all screen effects; support for .TAP, .PRG, P00, D64 files... and bulid-in disassembler.
Here's changelog for 1.0.8.5 - 1.0.8.6 releases:
+ Added emulation state file save, load and restore facility.
+ Added Epyx Fastload cartridge.
+ Added screen border hide options.
+ Fixed Retro Reply cartridge banking fault.
+ Reworked the CPU code to accommodate XAA/ANE for a MOS8500 as reported by Visual6502.org
+ Fixed an EasyFlash cartridge fault when loading a 4KB banked CRT file or state file.
Check out official homepage for further information and latest files.
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
What's new for latest version:
+ Fixed single core mode crashes in 64 bit Windows builds
+ Fixed missing music in Super Monkey Ball 2
+ Added missing DirectX runtime installer files
+ Fixed some graphics issues for Metroid: Other M, Skies of Arcadia and Call of Duty: Black Ops
+ Fixed various other minor issues
Visit project homepage for further information and latest version of emulator.
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
What's new for latest version:
With about 2500 changes since Dolphin 3.5, Dolphin 4.0 is a big release with the addition of several new major features:
+ Beta support for the Wii official online multiplayer
+ Alpha support for ARM/Android
+ Global User directory on Windows
+ New AX DSP HLE emulation code
+ New look
+ Wii Balance Board and GC Steering Wheel support
+ Wii Remote support improvements
+ Fastmem support for Linux and OS X
+ New OpenAL audio backend
+ OpenGL video backend rewrite
+ NetPlay stability and usability improvements
+ Mac OS X support enhancementsIcon themes support
+ Icon themes support
Visit project homepage for further information and latest version of emulator.
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 0.9/0.9.1 release:
+ Much improved control mapping, and autoconfig for a few devices like Shield
+ Large speed boosts in many games
+ Improved touchscreen control latency, important for rhythm games
+ Huge improvements to our internal PSP debugger by Kingcom!
+ A number of new games became compatible, such as Final Fantasy Tactics which just has some audio issues left.
+ A completely redesigned user interface, unlike the previous static one this one can grow with the emulator and has keyboard/controller navigation support, for the full lean-back experience!
+ Improved frameskipping, increasing playability on slower devices.
+ Bugfixes for 0.9 release
Visit Official homepage for for further information and latest build of emulator
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 release info for 0.9.12:
Only 14 months since last release and here’s a new Yabause release already!
This new release is about change, on both the user interface and the emulation core.
We added an essential feature missing in Qt port: the debug interface. With this new feature, we now recommend the Qt port as default port for Linux (and friends) and Windows. You can also use it on Mac OS X or you can use the specific Cocoa port. This port gained a new feature too: it can now loads ISO and BIN/CUE files, so you can play on a Mac without an optical drive.
There’s been many changes on the emulation side too: The software renderer is now a big boy and now handles transparency and many other VDP2 features, making many more games playable. The OpenGL renderer also include a number of new features, but as the software renderer, though slower, is running more games, we made it the default.
The last big thing in this release is it will be the last to support some options, mainly ports, that we will remove as we can’t, or don’t want, to maintain them anymore.
First, we remove three ports that have been superceded by better alternatives:
+ the native Windows port in favor of the Qt port;
+ the Carbon port for the Cocoa one;
+ the Wii port, you can find a better one on WiiBrew
+ The PSP port will disappear too, except if someone feels like taking it over.
On the technical side, this will also be the last release to be buildable with autotools and we’re dropping support for autopackage.
Visit project website for for further information and latest files.
SainT is an ATARI-ST emulator running on Windows (9x,NT,2000,XP) based machines. SainT was one of the first "cycle accurate" ATARI emulator. Cycle accuracy is very suitable to emulate ATARI demos. For those who don't know anything about demos, just know that's program pushing the hardware to the max. (more colors, more screen resolution, more speed, etc.). Of course SainT can run ATARI games too !
Here're changelog for latest build:
* NEW SC-1425 Atari CRT emulator! Enjoy OldSkool image feeling of your loved SC-1425 monitor! (infos here: http://leonard.oxg.free.fr/SC1425/SC1425.html )
* Now SainT display is gamma correct.
Visit official homepage for further information and latest version of emulator.
RockNES is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) videogame emulator. It's fully coded in C and uses the Allegro library for audio, video and input devices, plus the zLib library for compressed files ZIP or GZ.
What's new for version 5.10
- Fixed savestate, return value was wrong, working ok now.
- Fixed a few GUI items, palette ram viewer is enabled again.
- Tweaked MMC3 code, still have problems.
- Allegro library is packaged with the ZIP again.
Visit project homepage for further information and latest version of emulator.
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:
+ DX11: add read fb to dc vram
+ DX11: bilinear and textcoord clamp/flip fixes (Samurai6 shadows, Xtreeme Sports title, etc)
+ DX11: clip mode set without GroupEn bit (18Wheleeler map, checkme), modvol clip
+ DX11: fix 1x1 mips in 16bit and IDX8 textures (road marks in Sonic2); miplevel clamp; join similar texture decoders
+ DX11: fix aspect ratio (need test)
+ DX11: fix modifier holes
+ DX11: fix scaling with RTT
+ DX11: fix z plane generation
+ DX11: force background deptmode to 7
+ DX11: hw-like trilinear filter, optimise shadow
+ DX11: network sort option
+ DX11: use clip for RenderDepth (fixes arcade 18Wheelerer), RenderDepth only shadow poly (fix Xtreme sports), UV clamp/flip/wrap inside TextureSample() (fixes textures gaps), always use color clamp (Rumble Fish attract), all fog processing after shading calc
+ DX11: use mipmap adjust, add supersample (not working)
+ HIKARU: NASCAR boot in public build
+ HIKARU: sram mapping error fix, now pharrier can bookkeep (issue #54)
+ LISTXML generation fixes
+ NAOMI: Crazy Taxi debug ctrls
+ NAOMI: a bit better Alien Front controls
+ SPU: fix cdda status set to gdrom
+ SPU: fix loop sound sonic adventure (refix from rev 1809)
+ SPU: return old adpcm decoder
+ full rewrite aica DSP
FB Alpha (formerly FinalBurn Alpha), based on the original FinalBurn source code, is a multi-arcade (Capcom CPS-1, Capcom CPS-2, Capcom CPS-3, Cave, Neo Geo, Sega System 16 (and similar), System 18, X-Board, Y-Board, Toaplan, Taito, etc) emulator. It includes support for cheating, as well as netplay using Kaillera.
Here`s list of changes for latest version:
+ Ported PIC16C5X core from MAME [iq_132]
+ Updated PIC16C5X core and fixed a bug in RAM/ROM handline [Barry]
+ Added driver for Dragon Master [iq_132]
+ Added driver for various games on Playmark hardware [Barry]
+ Added clone of Ambush to the driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Bomb Jack to the driver [Barry]
+ Added Bubble Bobble Lost Cave v1.1 to the Bubble Bobble driver [Barry, Bisboch, Aladar]
+ Added bootleg of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Final Fight to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc, any]
+ Added clone of Forgotten Worlds to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc, system11]
+ Added bootleg of Pang 3 to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc, Bonky0013]
+ Added clone of Pang 3 to the CPS-1 driver [Barry, JacKc, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Saturday Night Slam Masters to the CPS-1 driver [Barry, any, The Dumping Union]
+ Added various clones and bootlegs of Street Fighter II to the CPS-1 driver [Barry, iq_132, JacKc, Brian Troha, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Three Wonders to the CPS-1 driver [Bonky0013, JacKc]
+ Added bootleg of Three Wonders to the CPS-1 driver [Barry, JacKc, any]
+ Added clone of Hyper Street Fighter II to the CPS-2 driver [JacKc, f205v]
+ Added clone of Street Fighter II Alpha to the CPS-2 driver [JacKc, Razoola]
+ Added clone of Super Street Fighter II Tournament Battle to the CPS-2 driver [Artemio Urbina, David Haywood, JacKc]
+ Added clone of Super Street Fighter II Turbo to the CPS-2 driver [JacKc]
+ Added bootleg of Commando to the driver [JacKc, Kevin Eshbach]
+ Added clone of Galaxian to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Galaxian to the Galaxian driver [Barry, any]
+ Added bootleg of Moon Cresta to the Galaxian driver [JacKc, Ricky2001 (from AUMAP)]
+ Added clone of Moon Cresta to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Moon Cresta to the Galaxian driver [Barry, Roselson (from AUMAP)]
+ Added two clones of Scramble to the Galaxian driver [Barry, Basilio Garcia]
+ Added clone of Scramble to the Galaxian driver [Barry, Roselson (from Aumap)]
+ Added Star Fighter (bootleg of Moon Cresta) to Galaxian driver [Barry, David Haywood, RevisionX]
+ Added Time Fighter to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Uni War S to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Uni War S to the Galaxian driver [Barry, Basilio Garcia]
+ Added clone of Ghouls 'n Ghosts to the driver [JacKc, f205v, RanaElia]
+ Added clone of Snow Bros. to the Hyper Pacman driver [JacKc, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Karnov to the driver [JacKc, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
+ Added bootleg of Pang to the Mitchell driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Mysterious Stones to the driver [Barry, Ricky2001 (from AUMAP)]
+ Added NeoGeo 2-Player Tetris to the Neo Geo driver [Barry, Fred/Front, Crim/Stephen]
+ Added Neo Galaga demos to the Neo Geo driver [Barry, Fred/Front, Cristiano Bei/www.iocerom.com]
+ Added clone of Guardian Storm to the NMK-16 driver [JacKc, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Guardian Storm to the NMK-16 driver [Barry, The Dumping Union, Haze]
+ Added clone of Guardian Storm to the NMK-16 driver [JacKc, iq_132, Barry, Haze]
+ Added bootleg of Crush Roller to the Pacman driver [any]
+ Added clone of Pacman to the Ms. Pacman driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Pacman to the Pacman driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Demon Front to the PGM driver [JacKc, R. Mucciarelli, Layne, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
+ Added many clones of Do Don Pachi II to the PGM driver [JacKc, Barry]
+ Added clone of Knights of Valour Super Heroes to the PGM driver [JacKc, XingXing]
+ Added clone of Oriental Legend Special to the PGM driver [JacKc]
+ Added clone of Rally-X to the driver [JacKc, any]
+ Added clone of Hang-On to the Sega Hang-On driver [JacKc, cmonkey]
+ Added bootleg of Teddy Boy Blues to the Sega System 1 driver [JacKc, any]
+ Added clone of Wonder Boy III to the Sega System 16A driver [Barry, Chris Hardy, Charles MacDonald, Brian Troha]
+ Added clone of Alien Syndrome to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry, Arzeno Fabrice, hap, Charles MacDonald]
+ Added clone of D.D. Crew to the Sega System 18 driver [JacKc, Porchy, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Wing Shooting Chamionship to the Seta-2 driver [JacKc, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Silk Road to the driver [Barry]
+ Added clone of Super Chase - Criminal Termination to the driver [JacKc, Porchy, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of Continental Circus to the Taito-Z driver [Barry, Brian Troha, ShouTime, The Dumping Union]
+ Added clone of WWF Superstars to the driver [Barry, Brian Troha]
+ Added clone of WWF Wrestlefest to the driver [JacKc, Simon Dennison, Brian Troha]
+ Added clone of X-Men to the driver [JacKc, Brian Troha]
+ Added clone of Bomb Kick to Yun Sung 16 driver [JacKc, ANY, David Haywood]
+ Added a preliminary driver for Sega Master System hardware (port of Dega), enabled in debug builds only [kev]
+ Optimised the Taito TC0100SCN rendering routines, particuarly helps multi-screen games [Barry]
+ Added sound sample support to various Toaplan drivers [Barry, ThunderMAME]
+ Added "Fire" button to Sangokushi II: San Jian Sheng sets [Barry, money_114]
+ Added filter support to Scorpion and SF-X [Barry]
+ Endian fixes for palette in Oh My God!, Hyper Pacman and Konami drivers [Twinaphex]
+ Various fixes from visual studio leak detector [Wizard Coder, kev]
+ Fixed some GUI memory leaks [Captain CPS-X]
+ Applied libretro patch [Twinaphex]
+ Updated the zlib library to v1.2.8 [Barry]
+ Updated the libpng library to v1.6.2 [Barry]
+ Synced sets with MAME 0.149 [Barry, JacKc]
Visit official homepage for further information and latest version of emulator.
Stella is a freely distributed multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator; originally developed for Linux by Bradford W. Mott, it is now maintained by Stephen Anthony. Stella allows you to enjoy all of your favorite 2600 games once again by emulating the 2600's hardware with software. Stella is written in C++, which allows it to be ported to other operating systems and architectures. Since its original release Stella has been ported to AcornOS, AmigaOS, DOS, FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS, OpenStep, OS/2, Unix, and Windows, as well as consoles such as Sega Dreamcast, GP2X, Nintendo DS and Playstation Portable (among others).
Here are changes presented in latest build:
+ Improved parsing of the DASM lst file for the debugger disassembly; it sometimes missed constant declarations.
+ Changed 'usemouse' argument from a true/false option to accept 'always', 'analog' and 'never'. This allows to use the mouse as a controller under more specific circumstances. The default is 'analog', which means the mouse is only used to emulate analog-like devices (paddles, trackball, etc).
+ Added ability to use bold fonts within the debugger window, which can be set with the 'dbg.fontstyle' commandline argument as well as in the debugger UI Settings dialog. This is useful for those that find the current font too narrow.
+ Renamed 'debuggerres' argument to 'dbg.res'. All future debugger- specific options will start with 'dbg.'.
+ The TIA 'zoom' area in the debugger now supports scrolling the mouse wheel (currently up/down only, as I don't have a sideways scrolling mouse to test with).
Check out official website for further information and latest version of emulator.
Sony has cut the price of the PlayStation 3 to €199 in Europe.
The 12GB Super Slim PlayStation 3 will also see similar price cuts across America, with Sony reducing the price tag to $199.
SCE president and CEO Andrew House confirmed the cut during Sony's Gamescom presentation, along with detailing a series of price cuts to next-gen titles.
Sony confirmed consumers who purchase titles such as Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs and Battlefield 4 on PS3, will for a limited time be eligable for a "significantly reduced price" on the game's next-gen editions.
House said: "It's a great way to reward PS3 gamers."
The CEO didn't reveal the level of discount players can expect on the blockbuster titles, but it's certainly a move designed to ease the transition between console generations for consumers.
Sony has slashed the price of PlayStation Vita to €199 in Europe and $199 in North America.
Sales for the handheld have been sluggish since its launch early last year, but the platform holder is hopeful that this will pick up with the launch of the PlayStation 4 this November.
The price cut was announced during Sony's Gamescom press conference, where the company also announced that almost every PS4 title will be playable on Vita using the system's Remote Play option.
It also detailed new titles for the handheld, including forthcoming indie hits such as Hotline Miami 2 and new IPs Murasaki Baby and Big Fest.
Sony claims there will be more than 900 titles available for the platform by the end of year, with more than 150 developed specifically for PlayStation Vita.
Sony's next-gen console will launch in 32 different countries
Andrew House said to date, more thanone million PS4s have been pre-ordered.
The console will retail at $399 in North America and £349 in the UK. Across Europe it will sell for €399.
"Interactive takes major leap forward with launch of PS4. Our goals are clear, ambitious and unwavering," said House.
"We sought insight from best develoeprs in the world to build a platform where they’re inspired to create."
