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CoCo 3 Emulator - VCC v2.1.9.1 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 21 December 2024

What's New:

Gime timer enhancements to improve game sounds
Minor tweak to special char greek beta to match real Coco3
Debugger hotkey to toggle CPU tracking
Allow backslash paste from text
Use correct address from Coco3.rom for interrupt vectors - B.ONeill
Debugger Memory Display added dump of ROM and PAK memory
Debugger Disassembler easier entry of block/offset for NitrOS9 debugging.
Add export trace to file to Debugger Execution Trace
Floppy create new file now defaults to JVC
Moved Auto Start checkboxes from Configuration/Misc to Configuration/CPU
Various other minor interface tweaks and bug fixes
Updates to UserGuide, QuickStartGuide, and DisassemblerTurtorial

Nintendo 64 Emulator - Mupen64 Lua v1.1.9-3 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 21 December 2024

What's New:

Features

CLI: Keep fast-forward forced on when capture parameter is specified
CLI: Warn about conflicting behaviour when -m64 and -st options are both specified
ConfigDialog: Add async plugin discovery
ConfigDialog: Remember selected settings tab
ConfigDialog: Rescan plugins after changing plugin directory
Core/ST: Undo savestate load
FFmpegEncoder: Respect sync mode option
PianoRoll: Add keep playhead visible option
Statusbar: Add layout presets
View: Show broken plugin count in config dialog plugin page

ARM PC Usage on the Rise

Details: Category: News; Published: 20 December 2024

Apart from software for Apple Silicon, I have avoided adding ARM software to the website. Over the past couple of years ARM based PCs have been on the rise and the latest stats show that around 10% of Windows PCs are currently running on this platform. The number is estimated to be twice that for Linux users and I, myself, am currently running Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 5. Do to this fact, I will start adding ARM versions of software for Linux and Windows as I update and find time.

Amstrad CPC Emulator - Xcpc v0.52.1 - Added

Details: Category: Linux; Published: 20 December 2024

Xcpc is a portable Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128 emulator written in C and C++. It is designed to run on any POSIX compliant system having an X11 server, including Linux, BSD and Unix.

Note there is absolutely no support for Microsoft Windows operating systems and there never will be. Please do not ask me to add such functionality.

Xcpc is designed to emulate classic range of the Amstrad CPC systems :

Amstrad CPC 464 (v1).
Amstrad CPC 664 (v2).
Amstrad CPC 6128 (v3).

The Amstrad CPC+ range and the GX4000 console are not currently emulated and likely will not be.

DOSBox Frontend - Dapplegrey v9.5.7 - Released

Details: Category: Mac; Published: 20 December 2024

What's New:

Previously, if a RAM Disk is found on the macOS system, Dapplegrey is able to let it mounted by DOSBox as well ("Drives" -> "Set Finder's Ram Disk")
Now, you can also copy the internal DOS toolbox files onto a RAM disk (look at "File" -> "Export Toolbox files to RAM Disk...")
The "File" menu also has a menu item now, named "Export Toolbox files to hard disk…", which lets you select a folder in which the Toolbox is to be copied
Note to Dapplegrey developer: Please add an "Export Games List" menu item

Sega Model 3 Arcade Emulator - Supermodel3-PonMi 14 December 2024 - Added

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 19 December 2024

I don't know how this differs from the official release. I'll update when I figure that out.
This fork appears to be popular among many users.

Virtual Boy Emulator - Red Viper v0.9.7 - Released

Details: Category: Nintendo 3DS; Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

Added anaglyph mode, with configurable colours for each eye
- 2DS users can configure a depth offset in anaglyph mode, as they have no depth slider
Add render time emulation, including a toggle to turn it off
Fix audio bug in Colony intro in Galactic Pinball
Fix various issues in the Game Boy emulator
Fix Red Alarm wireframe graphics drawing on top of UI
Add a hack for Jack Bros. to make the intro chime play at roughly the correct speed
Apply game fixes based on game ID rather than checksum, for better compatibility with ROM hacks
Increased frameskip aggressiveness to improve performance in Elevated Speed
Update software framebuffer more conservatively to improve performance in Waterworld and 3-D Tetris
Adjusted gamma correction for improved visibility
Fix D-Pad ABXY mirroring having an incorrect right input

HP Calculator Emulator - Plus42 v1.1.16 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

* The CUSTOM menu now supports unit assignments.

PinballX v6.38 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

- Significantly faster launch and exit from tables.
- Fixed running on Windows XP (yes it still works).
- Removed duplicate file installs and old files from installer resulting in much quicker install time.
- Fixes hang on startup on some systems caused by checking for zedmd.
- Updated .net 6 desktop runtime.

Multiple Emulator Frontend - LaunchBox v13.18 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

New Feature: Users can now manually import ROM files for multiple platforms at the same time by navigating to Tools > Import > ROM files > Multiple Platforms
Improvement: GOG Import Wizard will now only show games you have yet to import
Improvement: GOG Import Wizard is better optimized to show all installed games on your hard drive
Improvement: You can now set the auto-import platform per storefront in Tools > Manage > Storefronts
Improvement: New comparison types have been added to auto-populate playlist string-based rules which allows for multiple values: Contains Any Value, Doesn't Contain Any Value (ie. Version - Contains Any Value: Rev 1; fr; Brazil)
Improvement: Users now have the ability to disable the Save Management Feature under Tools > Options > General > Save Management
Improvement: The Game Discovery Center in the Trial Mode of Big Box will now see all curated server-side playlists
Improvement: Added support for the following new image types (Poster, Square, Icon)
Improvement: A new link binding has been added to the LaunchBox Game Details view for additional apps that point to a website (for theme developers)
Improvement: Optimized the startup process for slightly faster load times
Fixed: Some advanced search fields with boolean values now work as intended
Fixed: The Install Emulator page within the ROM Import Wizard will now better reflect existing emulator installations
Fixed: List View better respects column sort order after adding or editing a game
Fixed: BIOS detection in the ROM Import wizard now considers RetroArch core changes
Fixed: Prevented unintended auto-imports for certain platforms
Fixed: LaunchBox Carousel element rendering issues under certain conditions
Fixed: Secondary platforms under Associated Platforms will now correctly respect M3U checkbox settings
Fixed: A rare issue where specific custom themes could incorrectly sort games when using Arrange By options
Fixed: Rare crash when loading non-existent images into the image grid
Fixed: Issue causing slow loading times of the Game Details Pane on initial startup