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August 9th, 2017, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster
Heres the latest release of an emulator that supports lots of Nintendo and Sega Systems:
higan is a multi-system emulator that began development on 2014-10-14.
It currently supports the following systems:
• Nintendo Famicom
• Nintendo Super Famicom
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Nintendo Game Boy Color
• Nintendo Game Boy Advance
• Sega Master System
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega Mega Drive
• NEC PC Engine
• NEC SuperGrafx
• Bandai WonderSwan
• Bandai WonderSwan Color
higan also supports the following Super Famicom subsystems:
• Super Game Boy
• BS-X Satellaview
• Sufami Turbo
Minimum System Requirements:
• Intel Core-series processor
• OpenGL 3.2-capable graphics card
• Windows XP+, OS X 10.7+, Linux 3.2+ or FreeBSD 10.0+
With this release, PC Engine, Master System, Game Gear, Mega Drive and the newly added SuperGrafx support are now quite usable! They're far from the best emulators for these systems, but with many bugfixes, full sound emulation, and save state support ... many games are now fully playable with decent accuracy.
The Game Boy Advance emulation is also now substantially improved with vastly improved sound quality and a new dot-based PPU renderer. With that change, every single component in higan is now cycle-based. Regrettably, these changes do carry a ~20% performance penalty compared to GBA emulation in v102.
Changelog: (2017-06-21)
• added SuperGrafx emulation
• improved audio band-pass filtering for all emulated systems
• screen rotation is now a hotkey; automatically rotates control bindings
• screen rotation now supported on the Game Boy Advance as well (used by a small number of games)
• massive improvements to Mega Drive emulation
• massive code cleanups and rewrites to many CPU emulation cores (MOS6502, WDC65816, SPC700, etc)
• Famicom, Master System, Mega Drive: added PAL emulation support
• PC Engine, SuperGrafx, Master System, Game Gear, Mega Drive: added save state support
• PC Engine, SuperGrafx: added PSG sound emulation
• Master System, Game Gear: added PSG sound emulation
• Mega Drive: added Z80 APU emulation [with help from Cydrak]
• Mega Drive: added PSG sound emulation
• Mega Drive: added YM2612 sound emulation [Cydrak]
• Super Famicom: fixed Super Game Boy emulation
• PC Engine: added save RAM support (using per-game PCE-CD backup RAM)
• Game Boy Advance: substantial improvements to audio emulation quality
• Game Boy Advance: convert scanline-based PPU renderer to a dot-based renderer
• Game Boy Advance: properly initialize CPU state (fixes Classic NES Series games)
• Game Boy Advance: MUL timing corrected [Jonas Quinn]
• Mega Drive: emulate special mappers for Phantasy Star IV, Super Street Fighter II, etc.
• Super Famicom: use darker luma for INIDISP=0 (large improvement to Final Fantasy III opening)
• Super Famicom: fixed bugs in SMP OR1,AND1 instructions
• cheat code database regrettably removed from official releases; will be made available separately
This changelog is a summary of major changes. For a detailed list of all changes, which spans several pages, please see the higan Gitlab repository.
Link: http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/
source http://www.gbadev.org/
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August 9th, 2017, 20:27 Posted By: wraggster
GDEMU is an SD card based replacement for the optical drive in Dreamcast console. Heres the latest news from the developer:
Not much to report, other than GDEMU orders <del dateTime="2017-07-22T11:44:21+00:00">will open in a moment</del> are closed again – more will come though – so here’s a couple of random photos. I planned on making a simple “guess what it is” quiz, maybe with prizes, but it’s too easy and I’m too lazy to rename the files
More Here --> https://gdemu.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/distant-calling/
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August 8th, 2017, 20:58 Posted By: wraggster
In my ever state of catching up with news heres one sourced from dcemulation:
Hello my friends, it has been a long time!
As you all know, my project "In The Line Of Fire" was not successful on Kickstarter.
What you all may not be aware of is the circumstances behind the campaign, and the state of affairs during that time.
I began this project as a labor of love, with no deadline in mind; I simply wanted to create the very best Dreamcast game the homebrew community has ever seen.
When Wilson, the 3D artist and myself began working together, I was not fully aware of how desperate his financial situation was.
Truth be told, if I had really known his situation from the beginning, I would not have got involved with him at that point in time.
He was and is a very talented artist, but he was struggling financially, and that is a very dangerous thing when I consider my situation at that time.
I have never relied on "In The Line Of Fire" for financial reasons, but for him, this project was life or death.
Because of his financial situation, Wilson forced me to launch the KS campaign, even though I pleaded with him to wait until spring of this year to make more progress and establish more media presence.
As things turned out, I was very rushed and had little time to dedicate to the actual KS campaign.
When the project failed, Wilson abandoned the project, leaving me with no choice but to move on.
That said, this projects failure is nobody's fault but mine, and that has been a very hard thing for me to accept.
Even though the campaign failed, things did not turn out poorly for me; I was contacted with a job offer that I could not turn down.
Now, I am currently working as an IT Administrator, coding for multiple platforms, and making much more money than I was last year.
As a result, I have no time to continue focusing on development on the Dreamcast.
I have learned a lot in my time here, and I will always cherish the time spent coding for Dreamcast, and I will always appreciate the community here.
With that said, today I am releasing the last alpha build of "In The Line Of Fire" to the public, mainly for those who supported our campaign.
This build is from January 2nd of this year; the last time I wrote code for the Dreamcast.
source --> http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtop...?f=72&t=104297
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August 8th, 2017, 20:53 Posted By: wraggster
For the final catch up from the old days today, heres some more sega Saturn loving :
This week we turn back the clock exactly 20 years to the summer of 1997 with the brand new digital rendition of the Official Sega Saturn Magazine issue 22. This issue is filled to the brim with excellent content, so much so that we put nearly half the magazine online in the form of preview articles. So let's get started!
First up we have an interview with Kats Sato of Sega Europe on Sonic R. From here we move on to a whole bunch of features for Dragon Force, Last Bronx, Resident Evil, Dungeons & Dragons Collection, Sonic R and WipEout 2097. But that's not all!
We also have the following reviews stacked up for you: Darklight Conflict, Dragon Force, Sky Target, Sonic Jam and last but certainly not least WipEout 2097.
get reading here --> http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...ne/OSSM22.html
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August 8th, 2017, 20:51 Posted By: wraggster
Another dive into the history of Sega:
This time we look back again to Sega Pro with the newly remastered edition of issue 9 from July 1992.
We have a ton of previews for this issue, so let's get started. We begin with a special titled: Guide to Shoot 'Em Ups. Then we take a look at The Winter CES of 1992. We move on to reviews for Exile as well as Bart VS The Space Mutants, both of which are for the Mega Drive.
And then we look at two Game Gear reviews: Crystal Warriors and OutRun Europa before finishing off this update with the Master System review for Prince of Persia.
http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat.../SegaPro8.html
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August 8th, 2017, 20:49 Posted By: wraggster
Heres more Sega news from both the Sega Saturn and Megadrive Days:
Today we return to the Official Sega Magazine with issue 18, where we get some more glimpses at the upcoming Sega Saturn games as well as a couple of top Mega Drive gems.
Our preview for this issue starts of with a feature on Alien Soldier for the Mega Drive, followed by the review for it as well. Then we take a look at two brilliant SNK fighting classics that made their way over to the Mega CD: Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury Special.
Before we move on to the Saturn games, we take a closer look at the review of Knuckles' Chaotix for the 32X.
Now we turn our attention to Astal and Cyber Speedway, both on the Sega Saturn, before finishing up with a showcase on the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 2.
http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...ine/OSM18.html
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August 8th, 2017, 20:41 Posted By: wraggster
Heres another chance to catch up on Sega Saturn History:
This time we return with a brand new issue of the Official Sega Saturn Magazine. This is the July 1997 issue and features tons of great content. We begin our preview of this issue with two big interviews: AM#3's Akinubu Abe talks about Last Bronx and Hisao Oguchi & Kenji Kanno from AM#3 talk about Top Skater for the arcade. From here we look at a bunch of features and previews for upcoming games: Marvel Super Heroes as well as Resident Evil by Capcom, Sonic Jam on the Saturn and The House of the Dead in the arcades. And finally WipEout 2097, again for the Sega Saturn.
http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...ne/OSSM21.html
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August 8th, 2017, 20:39 Posted By: wraggster
This is a great read for fans of the Sega Saturn, heres the rundown:
This week we stay with the Official Sega Saturn Magazine, but jump back in time a year and a half from last time to issue 3 that came out in january of 1997.
This remastered edition was originally scanned in 2011 and has this past couple of months gone through a meticulous process to fix tons of little lingering issues as well as a couple of bigger ones that have been stamped out with this edition.
There is a ton of great content in this issue so let's get started. First up we have the arcade version of Manx TT, followed by features for Mystaria, Guardian Heroes and Sega Rally. All for the Sega Saturn. On top of this, we also have several Saturn reviews ligned up: Sega Rally, Galactic Attack, Virtua Racing and Worms.
read in full here --> http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...ine/OSSM3.html
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August 8th, 2017, 20:24 Posted By: wraggster
Relive Some Sega MagaZine history, heres more details:
This week we go back in time 25 years to the summer of 1992 with the remastered version of issue 8 of Sega Pro.
This issue includes quite a few timeless classics, so let's get started: first of we have a review for the Mega Drive classic Alisia Dragoon. Then we move on to the review of one of the best games on the Game Gear: Monster World 2: The Dragon's Trap, known in the west as Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap, which just recently got a beautiful remaster of it's own for the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
Now we move on to a classic movie conversion: The Terminator and we finish off this update with a somewhat forgotten shoot em up: Trouble Shooter.
take a read here --> http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat.../SegaPro8.html
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July 16th, 2017, 21:18 Posted By: wraggster
For fans of the Genesis game McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure, this is a romhack that brings back stuff that was edited out:
This hack restores all the content that got censored in the American version of this game back to their original format.
The 0xED hex editor was used for this project.
Want to thank rainponcho for helping on this project.
More info --> http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3557/
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February 8th, 2017, 22:01 Posted By: wraggster
Higan the Super Nintendo/GameBoy/GameBoy Color/GameBoy Advance/Sega Master System (Mark III)/Sega Game Gear/Sega Mega Drive (Genesis)/NEC PC Engine (Turbografx-16) emulator has been updated , heres whats new:
- This release adds very preliminary emulation of the Sega Master System (Mark III), Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), and NEC PC Engine (Turbografx-16). These cores do not yet offer sound emulation, save states or cheat codes.
More info --> http://byuu.org/
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February 8th, 2017, 21:26 Posted By: wraggster
Akura is the codename of the VGA to HDMI adapter for the Dreamcast and it looks awesome, the akura doesn't need an external power supply or any additional cables in order for the user to connect a Dreamcast to a HDMI-equipped display.
Simply plug the Akura into a Dreamcast, and then plug a HDMI cable into the Akura.
Heres the features
- 480p video output via HDMI
- RGB/VGA switch to select the 15khz RGB mode or the 31khz VGA mode
- HDMI connector for plugging to your TV/monitor
- Headphone audio output jack for plugging to a Hi-Fi or TV
- Scanliner ON/OFF switch to turn it on or off
- Scanliner Even/Odd switch for selecting even or odd scan lines
- Scanliner Width switch for selecting thin or thick scan lines
- Luminosity adjustment as a bonus feature
- High quality custom made Dreamcast audio/video cable
Check it our Here --> http://www.beharbros.com/akura
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February 6th, 2017, 21:23 Posted By: wraggster
GDEMU the SD card based replacement for the optical drive in Dreamcast console has had a new news update for the project:
Once again I found out that someone has bought out all the plastic pegs that I use for GDEMU. Like, a few thousans of them that were just sitting there, undisturbed for months, so I figured no need to rush with purchases, right? Well, apparently not so. Obviosuly I orderd more but my supplier replied they don’t expect them any sooner than week 14 of 2017. And that is the problem, I have some left but the bag is almost empty.
There’s still a chance I will get the pegs earlier – I’m not going to bet on this though so I’ll make more Phoebes now along with GDEMUs. I really dislike doing two things at once because it’s slower but I don’t have much choice now. I’ll try to build a small buffer first and sometime in the middle of February I’ll open orders again. GDEMU run will be pretty short due to that peg shortage issue. There is a potential workaround for this, namely cutting longer pegs that are available to required length but I don’t have tools to do it quickly and nicely. So it’s a backup solution but not one I’m looking foward to.
More information Here --> https://gdemu.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/thunderstruck/
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February 6th, 2017, 21:15 Posted By: wraggster
The guys over at out of print archive bring back magazines from the dead and digitize them, its great for fans of retro, heres there latest release:
Today we return to the Official Sega Magazine with issue 18, where we get some more glimpses at the upcoming Sega Saturn games as well as a couple of top Mega Drive gems.
Our preview for this issue starts of with a feature on Alien Soldier for the Mega Drive, followed by the review for it as well. Then we take a look at two brilliant SNK fighting classics that made their way over to the Mega CD: Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury Special.
Before we move on to the Saturn games, we take a closer look at the review of Knuckles' Chaotix for the 32X.
Now we turn our attention to Astal and Cyber Speedway, both on the Sega Saturn, before finishing up with a showcase on the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 2.
Check it out here --> http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...ine/OSM18.html
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February 5th, 2017, 19:44 Posted By: wraggster
I love retro gaming and obviously all things Dreamcast and if I was to find a respectful garment of clothing that really shows off for example the Dreamcast to its best then I would probably snap it up. Well it seems the shop Urban Outfitters a clothing shop ive never heard of are selling long sleeved Dreamcast T Shirts for a pricey 35 Pounds, heres their description:
Super-retro tee has been re-made from a vintage item for a unique look. Topped with vintage Dreamcast graphics at the chest and arms. Complete with long sleeves and a rib-knit crewneck.
Are you interested then take a looksy here --> http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/uk/ca...SEARCH+RESULTS
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February 4th, 2017, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster
Im sure all of us who have owned a Sega Dreamcast at some stage have had problems, main one for me has been that games reset the machine, yes very annoying, well the team over at Dreamcast Junkyard have put online the official service manual for the Euro Version of the Sega Dreamcast.
If you are brave enough to fix things yourself and risk breaking the console even more then have a gander over here --> http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.u...u-service.html
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January 18th, 2017, 21:43 Posted By: wraggster
Gameblabla has released Crafti which is a Minecraft Clone For Dreamcast, the game that has sold mega numbers and even my 6 year old who has autism loves this game, heres a little more details:
Crafti for Dreamcast is a port of the original Crafti - a Minecraft clone developed for Texas Instruments TI-Nspire graphic calculators. There is no music and there are no enemies (so don't go expecting to be chased by a Creeper), but as a proof of concept this is pretty impressive work. There are numerous different block types, including familiar types like water, lava and even explosives and switches etc.
More info here --> http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.u...-for.html#more
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January 18th, 2017, 21:26 Posted By: wraggster
Some sad news regarding the rather impressive Line of Fire Game that a kickstarter campaign, heres the details:
In the Line of Fire was possibly the most ambitious Kickstarter we've yet seen for the Dreamcast, with a bespoke 3D engine designed from the ground up for Sega's hardware. Not only this, it wasn't a stretch goal for an existing project. A full-on 3D shooter with tactical gameplay elements and multiplayer options specifically created for the Dreamcast. We covered it several times here at the Junkyard, from the first teaser shots to the Kickstarter launch, and we got to preview an early build, and it looked like such a promising game. Sadly, the project didn't get the backing it deserved on Kickstarter and the team appear to have cancelled the game.
More info http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.u...cancelled.html
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