lxdream 0.9.1 "Turtle" - Dreamcast Emulator for Linux

July 2nd, 2009, 23:30 Posted By: wraggster

Via dreamcast es

News from the Official site

As promised, the 0.9.1 release is now out. It is somewhat faster than 0.9, the core is around 30-40% faster, and MMU performance is nearly an order of magnitude better, but rendering performance is still holding things back overall. There’s also (finally) preliminary VMU support for anyone who cares about that - you can attach them in the controller settings panel.

As always, it’s available from the download page, release notes are here. And to make things even easier for Debian users, there’s now an apt repository available - just add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://www.lxdream.org/debian unstable main
deb-src http://www.lxdream.org/debian unstable mainand do apt-get update, apt-get install lxdream.

Next version we’ll try and attack the rendering performance problem…

What’s New

Lots of core performance improvements, especially in the MMU
VMU support (memory card only)
GDB remote debugging support
Quick-save states
LIRC driver
Now uses the ~/.lxdream directory (by default) to store runtime data
Audio + input drivers are now built as plugins

ScummVM T-Shirts available and ScummVM nominated for Sourceforge Community Award

July 1st, 2009, 22:23 Posted By: wraggster

News from the ScummVM Team

If you want to be the envy of everyone in your neighborhood, be sure to be seen around in your beautiful new ScummVM T-shirt. Designed with the cooperation of the ScummVM team, this understated and elegant item will truly show off your adventure game leanings to the initiated. Plus, combobreaker.com are donating to the ScummVM project for each one sold!

While we're on the subject of helping ScummVM, please vote for your favorite point-and-click adventure game engine interpreter in the Sourceforge Community Choice Awards. Thanks to all the people that nominated us, we've made it through to the final round. If you click the link, ScummVM will be pre-selected in the Best Project for Gamers category, and you can go on and choose your favorite open-source projects in the other categories.

DreamShell 4.0 beta 3

June 30th, 2009, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster

News via SWAT

The Russian coder SWAT just upgrade your operating system with major improvements. Within list

- File System SD Card is now exempt from the limit of 8.3, you can use long file names and file names in Russian. And the library itself to work with the FAT has been updated.
- File Manager is updated. Added new features work with files (archiving, extracting, renaming), and also supported more formats to open or load files, if necessary, load the appropriate module.
- Updated DreamShell desktop. Added icon for the console.
- Fixed modules mp3 and ogg, now when loaded the console commands appear to play these formats, as well as their support is implemented in the file manager.
- Added a module from the VC/DC 0.2, but it is not yet working correctly, it's hoped in time for release, still need to defer to the next.
- Added commands gzip and bzip2 for work with archives.
- The cursor in the GUI can now be changed at any time.
- Add new events in the xml < body > - "onopen", "onclose", "onunload".
- Path in xml can now be relative. And as well as the possibility to set the working directory for DreamShell.
- Now DreamShell can be loaded directly from SD card using the "DreamShell from SD Loader".
- Added module "sdiso". When his loaded, added the command in the console "sdiso", which can run ISO images from SD cards, as this module is built into the file manager so you can start clicking on the ISO image file.
- Some minor bug corrections and code optimization. New and modified some of the old API functions.

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KlondikeDC

June 29th, 2009, 22:15 Posted By: wraggster

What better way to follow up the release of a new commercial game for the Dreamcast than a new homebrew game from our buddys over at Dreamcast ES:

Heres the translated news:

Be watching as usual every Sunday, now plays a new port ... this time xD card (I know, maybe a little repetitive, and there is more variety).

Klondike (or Solitaire) is the most popular and played game in history, and is now available for Dreamcast.

This version made in SDL and C + + is based on an old version of CardMonkey (http://ospdev.net/projects/cardmonkey), a framework in C + + and LUA to create your own card games. As a practical example of use, this game was.

To make things easier, the letters move from 1 to 1 but can be changed easily in the video.



Author: Roberto Rico Zuñiga
License: GNU GPL
Year: 9/12/03

Changes:
- Adapted to 640x480.
- Fixed inputs to work with the Dreamcast pad.

Is controlled by the mouse or pad:
B: lame letters
A: Performs automatic movements (move aces to top)
L: Exit
Controls DEBUG
X: Clean Screen
Y: animation cards Muetra falling.

The download includes the binary and source code unscrambled. To thank Ron for providing the initial port.

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Retrieving lost downloads

June 29th, 2009, 21:03 Posted By: fackue

Greetings' all!

In mid September my site was hacked and lost all the files in my 'download' folder. If anyone has any of the following original files please let me know.

checker_204.zip
checker_204_src.zip
bootdreams_106c_src.zip
dctoolgui_203.zip
dctoolgui_203_src.zip
smssdl-dc_01_bin.zip
smssdl-dc_01_src.zip
vmiwriter_105.zip
vmiwriter_105_src.zip

Thank you.

Dux Released For Dreamcast

June 29th, 2009, 19:57 Posted By: wraggster



Who says the Dreamcast is dead, years after Sega left us the Console is still getting Commercial Games released for it:



Developed by HUCAST, DUX is a 2D shooter that combines strategic gameplay with exhilarating shooting not completely unlike its predecessor.

Instead of orbiting satellites, control a cute and chic, pink and orange aircraft and shoot down all the opposing forces.

Utilizing the graphical capabilities of the console, the game includes some smooth and vibrant movies that will surely stimulate your gaming appetites.

Although the tactical aspect is still present, it plays a smaller role than in Last Hope, making the system easier to master. Still, not everything depends on your reflexes and button punching skills, you also need an intact brain with adequate memory to carry yourself through this crisis.

Now have a look at the colorful screens:



Dux is available as Limited and Standard Editions. The Limited Editions carries and original soundtrack that records all music in the Obvious Soundtrack and original pieces.

DUX US$ 27.90

Another Dreamcast shooter is going to hit the markets soon, watch out for the Pink Bullets!

Last Hope: Pink Bullets US$ 39.99

Besides shooters, the comedic brain twister Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles is restocked, order your copy now:

Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles US$ 39.99

Dreamcast Dead, NEVER and remember the Homebrew Scene is still going strong too

Sega mourns Michael Jackson

June 29th, 2009, 17:30 Posted By: wraggster

Pop superstar worked with publisher on Moonwalker game and Space Channel titles
Sega has publicly waved goodbye to ‘King Of Pop’ Michael Jackson.
The publisher worked with the superstar on title including Moonwalker and Space Channel 5 – whilst Jackson was also rumoured to have penned the score for Sonic The Hedgehog 3.
Jackson died last week at his LA home from heart failure.
Sega commented:
“We here at Sega were very sad to hear about the passing of Michael Jackson. He was a true music legend whose songs touched each of us at some point in our lives.

“We are proud to have worked with him and included his music in some of our most well-remembered games and are sure that his genius will live on through his great body of work. We have no doubt that future generations will be moonwalking to all his greatest hits.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/34862/Sega...ichael-Jackson

ZhongWen

June 27th, 2009, 20:36 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.pdroms.de/news/18430/

CHN is working on a new game for the Dreamcast, heres a screen and his latest WIP news:

The little "pet" project I'm working on every now and then is "ZhongWen". This is a puzzle game which, when finished, will be released for the PC and the Sega Dreamcast, but I'd go as far as to say that it should be portable to any platform with some kind of OpenGL support.



The graphics are naturally not that advanced since I'm not that much of a designer, really. But you should get the game mechanics idea.
There are several extras, you can create chain reactions. There can be more that one path in one level, and each path is defined as a bezier curve.

More details --> http://chn.bplaced.net/index.php?doc=news.html

Celebrate Sonic's Birthday With Sega Swag

June 23rd, 2009, 21:42 Posted By: wraggster



It's Sonic the Hedgehog's 18th birthday today, and in order to celebrate, Sega Europe has been giving away Sonic swag all day via Twitter and Facebook.

Our favorite blue hedgehog is already 18-years-old? It seems like only yesterday he was being placed in mediocre game after mediocre game, making millions of dollars per title on name recognition alone. Ah, how far we've come since that fateful day back in June of 1991, when something fresh and new stormed the video game store shelves, promising innovative game play for decades to come. I'm almost getting misty here.

While I dry my eyes, Sega Europe has been busy handing out Sonic-themed swag all morning via both Facebook and Twitter. They've got soundtrack samplers, stationary packs, and all kinds of Sonic junk, or at least they did when they started. Pickings are probably a bit thin now, considering they've been doing this since 11am UK time, but there is always hope.

Hit up the link below to find out what you need to do to possibly get your hands on celebratory goodness. Happy birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog!

http://kotaku.com/5301110/celebrate-...with-sega-swag

Yar's revenge 0.99DC

June 22nd, 2009, 20:34 Posted By: wraggster

News via Dreamcast ES

Today I took advantage of a little free time available and will bring a "quick & dirty" port (port done quickly and in a short time) of a retro classic that is more than one sound: D

Yar's Revenge is a quick port of the classic Atari game 2600/VCS created by Howard Scott Warshaw. Is defined as a shoot-em-up abstract, and the remake uses the SDL library.

Author: Paul Robson (who behave like other games and 3D Deathchase, TrailBlazer or Foosball)
License: GPL v2

The goal of the game is to destroy the gun protected by a shield. Our ship must be firing in the shield to open the hollow barrel. The bad thing is that we will be firing cannon

Besides the cannon, there is another enemy that is the missile that we will pursue. If we are in the neutral zone, the missile can not kill us but we can not shoot.

The control is easy: D-pad to move the ship and with the shooting.

The DCEmu Interview - Question 38 - Whats the Best Console for Megadrive Emulation ?

June 22nd, 2009, 00:16 Posted By: wraggster



A feature i did a few years ago and one im going to repeat now is the DCEmu Interview, a unique idea in which questions are asked by me to the Whole DCEmu Community its a way to learn more about each others and find out what our interests are and much more

Todays Question is Whats the Best Console for Megadrive Emulation ?

Give your Answer via Comments.

We want your DCEmu Interview Questions, Post any good questions Here

Remember to check out our DCEmu Interview Site to catch up on previous DCEmu Interview Questions

Heres the other DCEMU Questions - Answer as many as you can

The DCEmu Interview - Question 1 - What Consoles Do You Own ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 2 - Whats Your Favourite Console Of All Time
The DCEmu Interview - Question 3 - Whats Your New Years Resolution ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 4 - What Got you Interested in Homebrew/Emulation ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 5 - Whats the greatest Game Ever ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 6 - Whats the Greatest Homebrew Console?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 7 - Whats the Greatest Homebrew Handheld?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 8 - Whos the Greatest Homebrew Hacker/Coder and Why ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 9 - Whats the Greatest Emulator Released?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 10 - What Game(S) Would you like to see Remade ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 11 - Whats the Greatest Platform Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 12 - Whats the Greatest FPS Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 13 - Whats the Greatest Sports Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 14 - How Excited Are You In Todays Homebrew Scene ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 15 - Whats the Greatest RTS Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 16 - What Would Make the Perfect Homebrew Console ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 17 - What Are the Best/Worst Online Games Shops?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 18 - Name all the Consoles You have done Homebrew On ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 19 - What Emulators are the Best In the Console Scene
The DCEmu Interview - Question 20 - Whats The Best Gamepad/Controller Ever ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 21 - How Would You Improve the Homebrew Scene ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 22 - What Do You Want Off Santa For Xmas ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 23 - What Was The First Game You Beat?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 24 - Whats Your Longest Gaming time in One Session?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 25 - What Screen do you use for gaming?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 26 - Whats The Longest You Have Spent Playing One Game
The DCEmu Interview - Question 27 - Whats The Worst Console/Computer You Have Owned?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 28 - Which is Best for Homebrew, Handheld or Console ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 29 - What was the Homebrew Main Event of 2008?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 30 - Whats The Next Console Your Going to Buy ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 31 - How Long have you Been into Homebrew/Emulation ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 32 - What Internet Browser Do You Use ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 33 - What Search Engine Do You Use?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 34 - Whats The Best Console for Snes Emulation ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 35 - Whats The Best Console for N64 Emulation ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 36 - Do You Cheat at Games ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 37 - Whats the Best Console for PSX Emulation ?

RetroChallenge 2009

June 20th, 2009, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster

News via pdroms

RetroChallenge commences July 1st, 2009 and runs until July 31st, 2009
In order to qualify, computer systems must use a pre-pentium processor... in general, this means 486 or below, 680x0 and pretty much everything with an 8-bit processor, but we'll also let you in if you have an old Cray kicking about.
Gaming consoles and PDAs qualify if they are at least ten years old as of July1, 2009.
Where appropriate, replica hardware and emulators may be used.
Entrants are responsible for adequately documenting their projects and submitting occasional updates during the contest.
Projects may encompass any aspect of retrocomputing that tickles the fancy of the individual entrant.
Winners will be arbitrarily chosen and crap prizes doled out during the first week of August 2009.
Have fun.

http://retrochallenge.net/2009/rules.html

DCEmu The Homebrew & Gaming Network

June 18th, 2009, 00:30 Posted By: wraggster



Welcome to the DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network.

DCEmu is as it has been since i joined all the sites under the DCEmu banner a network which concentrates on Homebrew, Hacking, Development and Commercial Gaming and Hardware News.

All Homebrew/Emulation Coders once we verify them (and i spot them) have the ability to post in all our Console News Forums and the news automatically shows up on not only the site to which that news forum belongs but also on the main DCEmu Portal Site. We always like to have an onsite mirror but gladly welcome the linking to your own site.

DCEmu can be used by coders to become their release centre and with the Homebrew Scene across so many scenes being so massive now you can quickly get noticed by a lot of sites including mainstream networks.

Now with the News forums, normal members cant start topics in them but you can reply to any topic, Normal Members can post as Normal in any None News forum. I get so many emails asking why he/she cant post in whatever forum.

And heres one for people using private messages to ask Questions, Please Use the forum to which the question would be easiest to get an answer as quick as possible. I get so many and i just ignore all of them (not to mention i have a massive amount of work anyhow). Also the users on DCEmu who use homebrew every day are tons better than me for remembering how to do homebrew on that particular console.

How Can You Help DCEmu

This site like any site is a massive undertaking and we need help on every console scene. No site in any scene is 100% perfect on what they cover and totally up to date. In homebrew methods change all the time and only you the users can help others join in the fun. If your a specialist in any console area and you want to see all the news appear its a great way of making sure it happens.

We are always in the need of Tutorials and Guides and FAQs not only for Homebrew but for hacking and Development and even just for gaming on consoles.

Our DCEmu Reviews Website is also in the need of reviews of both Hardware, Homebrew and Games Reviews so please review as much as possible.

Newsposters are always in need especially for WIP and Release News of Emulators, Homebrew etc and across many languages, i am English and to be honest the the translation apps on the net are crap, but the more help we get the better we can become, ive also no doubts that there are releases in places like Japan, China and Korea etc that never reach the likes of DCEmu and others because of language barriers.

Console News

Another change thats going to happen is that our Console News site will now post as much retro homebrew, Game Translations and also Modchip/flash cart news as possible, bringing much needed coverage to those communities.

The DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network

To those of you who are new to the DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network our Network Covers all these consoles.

Pandora - http://pandora.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo Wii - http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo DS - http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation 3 - http://ps3-evolution.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation Portable - http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/
Xbox 360 - http://xbox360.dcemu.co.uk/
GP2X - http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
GP2X WIZ- http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Xbox - http://xbox-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Zune - http://xbox-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo Gamecube - http://gcemu.dcemu.co.uk/
GP32 - http://gp32emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Gameboy Advance - http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/
Gameboy Colour - http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation 2 - http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation - http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Sega Dreamcast - http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/
Sega Saturn - http://sega-saturn.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo 64 - http://nintendo64.dcemu.co.uk/
JXD - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Apple iPhone - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
Apple iPod - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
iPod Touch - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
Tapwave Zodiac - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Gizmondo - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
UIQ Mobile Phones - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Pocket PC - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
N-Gage - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Symbian OS Mobile Phones - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Palm Pre - http://palmpre.dcemu.co.uk/
Retro Consoles - http://console-news.dcemu.co.uk/

As you can see theres quite a few consoles we cover

But thats not all we cover we also have a range of websites that arent totally Homebrew Related.

The Joypad.Net - http://www.thejoypad.net/ - The Joypad.Net is the premier place to find news on controllers and joypads etc.

DCEmu Interviews - http://interviews.dcemu.co.uk/ - Interviews with Coders from many Homebrew and Emulation Scenes and Home of the DCemu Interview, join in the biggest public interview

DCEmu Guides & Tutorials - http://tutorials.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is the place to submit any and all tutorials and Guides for any scene and they can be homebrew and gaming related. Once we verify them they will show up across our network.

DCEmu Reviews - http://reviews.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is the scenes biggest independant collection of reviews and is the place for both hardware and Software reviews. Get your reviews noticed by submitting them to DCEmu reviews. We now have the sister site Games Reviews

DCEmu Console History - http://console-history.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is where you can find Dark Watchers Collection of Console History, a great place to catch up on old consoles

PC Gaming & Homebrew - http://pc-gaming.dcemu.co.uk/ - Our PC Gaming site covers PC, EEEPC and PC Homebrew and Emulators.

DCEmu Blog - http://blog.dcemu.co.uk/ - This site covers anything that doesnt fit above and is our rant/current affairs/funny stuff/Movies News site, all the off topic stuff goes in here.

PSP Demons Site - http://pspdemon.dcemu.co.uk/ - The Master of game modification is home here.

Cross & Taylors Chefs - http://personal-chef.dcemu.co.uk/ - This site for all those who wonder is my brothers site who is a top chef, again not homebrew related but he cooks a mean meal :P

DCEmu Developer Sites

These are sites where we have some of the Homebrew scenes best coders release their emulators, games etc to the world:

Chui(Dreamcast) - http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/
Deniska(PSP) - http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/
DxDev(PSP & DS) - http://dxdev.dcemu.co.uk/
GPF(Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii & Dreamcast) - http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk/
PSMonkey(PSP) - http://nemo.dcemu.co.uk/
ZX-81(PSP & GP2X) - http://zx81.dcemu.co.uk/
Plynx(PSP) - http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/
Hamsterburt(PSP) - http://hbert.dcemu.co.uk/
Miemt11(PSP) - http://miemt.dcemu.co.uk/
Tinnus(PSP) - http://tinnus.dcemu.co.uk/

Helping DCEmu -

Submit Hardware, Homebrew and Gaming Reviews - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=248

Submit Guides & Tutorials (Homebrew, Hacking, Development and Gaming Related) - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=272

Submit News - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117

Submit Homebrew Releases - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117 (Once we know your legit you can post in any news forum that covers the console your release is for)

I think thats all, one last thing is to say thank you from everyone here to all the visitors, guests, coders and staff who make DCEmu what it is today.

Sega shuffles Hayes to global stage

June 16th, 2009, 17:22 Posted By: wraggster

President of Sega Europe expands role to North America following Simon Jeffery’s departure

Mike Hayes is to add USA responsibilities to his existing Euro role at Sega, becoming overall head of what is effectively 'Sega West'.

An official announcement is expected to eventually follow this morning's news that erstwhile Sega of America president Simon Jeffery has switched to Ngmoco.

Hayes is COO (chief operating officer) and president of Sega Europe.

MCV has revealed that he will now become the same for Sega of America, with full responsibility for operations and development.

http://www.developmag.com/news/32194...o-global-stage

SEGA-DC.DE relaunched

June 15th, 2009, 18:46 Posted By: wraggster

Maturion has recently relaunched one of the biggest non english sites supporting the Dreamcast, for those of you who are German the site has hundreds of tutorials and articles for Dreamcast Homebrew.

Check it out here --> http://www.sega-dc.de/