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TurboGrafx-16 Emulator - Geargrafx v1.6.3 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 27 August 2025

What's New:

Add gamepad support for L2 / R2 buttons (triggers)
Update game controller database
Improve adpcm audio filter
Improve Memory Editor in Debugger
Add option for saving sprites and backgrounds to PNG
Many bug fixes

Colecovision Emulator - Gearcoleco v1.5.3 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 27 August 2025

What's New:

Add gamepad support for L2 / R2 buttons (triggers)
Update game controller database
Improve Memory Editor in Debugger
Bug fixes

Nintendo Game Boy Emulator - Gearboy v3.7.3 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 27 August 2025

What's New:

Add gamepad support for L2 / R2 buttons (triggers)
Update game controller database
Improve Memory Editor in Debugger
Bug fixes

PlayStation Emulator - ePSXe v2.0.18 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 27 August 2025

What's New:

* Improved support Android TV (https://epsxe.com/android/androidtv.html)
* Fixed changedisc (several games)
* Fixed analog stick in digital mode gamepad games.
* Support for cheats in scoped storage folder.
* Fixed Groove Adventure Rave - Mikan no Hiseki in HLE mode.
* Updated to SDK34
* More misc fixes

DSAdvance v1.7 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 27 August 2025

What's New:

Added keyboard emulation for the second gamepad and updated some profiles. Might be useful for old split-screen games;
Added CLOSE-APP action to close the current application;
Added battery status display for the second gamepad when pressing the touchpad center on the first gamepad or pressing ALT + I;
Added dependent modes for adaptive triggers (driving/pistol, automatic, rifle) that change adaptive trigger effects when switching game modes (driving/aiming);
Slightly adjusted adaptive trigger effects for rifle and bow/car pedal modes;
Fixed emulation bugs for PAGE-UP, PAGE-DOWN , WIN.

Multiple System Emulator - DroidArcadia 4.3 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 27 August 2025

What's New:

Summary
* Arcadia: added "Line-based emulation" toggle.
* Interton: added "Settings|Colours|Artefacts?" toggle.
* Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details
arcadia: improved overlay/instructions for combat.
arcadia: fixed incorrect overlapped sprite colours.
optimized cpu emulation speed slightly for pixel-based emulation modes.
arcadia: added "line-based emulation" toggle.
interton: adjusted timing for super-space game.
interton: added artefacting support (for super-space game).

Qemu v10.1.0 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 26 August 2025

What's New

Android Emulator - LDPlayer v9.1.61.0 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 26 August 2025

What's New:

Game/App Fixes
Fixed a rendering issue in Honkai: Star Rail when using "Normal Mode" in the "Display Settings".
Fixed the black screen issue in Farlight 84.

General Fix
Fixed some known issues. Improved user experience.

Multiple System Emulator - Emma 02 v2.00 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 26 August 2025

What's New:

GUI Restructured
- Removed all computer tabs - all computers are now supported via XML files in the 'Computer' tab
- Moved Tools tabs Direct Assembler, Profiler, Memory Dump, Configuration to top level
- Moved Tools tabs Debug 1802 and Debug Pseudo into Debugger tab on top level
Added support for:
- EFA-4: A Swedish DIY computer designed as a teaching tool as described in the book EFA-datorn in 1983.
- EFA-8: An EFA-4 with 8 or 32 KB RAM.
- CDP18S0005 or CDS II: An RCA COSMAC Development System as described in the RCA MPM-216 manual
- CDP18S0007 or CDS III: An RCA COSMAC Development Systemas described in the RCA MPM-232 and MPM_233 manuals
- SBC1802: SpareTimeGizmos (Robert Armstrong) COSMAC CDP1802 Microsystem running both ElfOS and RCA Micro DOS
- VIS1802: Stand alone serial ASCII terminal based on the CDP1802 CPU and the Intel i8275 CRT controller chip, designed by SpareTimeGizmos (Robert Armstrong)
- VP3301: RCA Terminal from the VP3000 Interactive Data Terminal range
- VT1802: Stand alone serial ASCII terminal based on the CDP1802 CPU and the RCA CDP1869/1870/1876 VIS chip set, designed by SpareTimeGizmos (Robert Armstrong)
Added XML support for:
- CDP1877 priority interrupt controller
- CDP1879 real time clock
- TU58 DECtape
- stand alone CDP1854 UART connecting to a VT and/or TU58
- CDP1878 dual counter/timer
- CDP1855 multiply/divide units
- AY-3-8912 programmable sound generator
Multiple bug fixes

HP Calculator emulator - Emu42 v1.32 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 26 August 2025

What's New:

DEBUGGER.C
- changed function OnFindOK(), also accept symbolic address instead of HEX number as search pattern

EMU42.RC
- changed version and copyright

LODEPNG.C
- changed implementation file to LodePNG version 20250506 with unmarked typecast patches for VS2005 x64 compatibility, Copyright (c) 2005-2025 Lode Vandevenne

LODEPNG.H
- changed header file to LodePNG version 20250506

STACK.C
- changed function GetClpbrdDecimalPoint(), added case of multiple thousand separator and none decimal point

USRPRG42.C
- changed function GetUserCode42(), added detection for native HP42 raw file by verifying the relative Global Label/GTO/XEQ offsets, check for a NULL byte after every number and check for packed data, if not ask for permission to continue loading
- changed function PutUserCode(), write original END byte code instead of generic one

Multiple System Emulator - ares v146 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 26 August 2025

What's New:

ARM7TDMI (Game Boy Advance CPU, ST018 Super Famicom coprocessor)

Fixed cycle order of SWP instruction

NEC - PC Engine / TurboGrafx / SuperGrafx / CD

Force enable pixel accuracy setting for VDP

Nintendo - Game Boy Advance

Improved prefetcher timing
CPU can now run idle cycles during DMA
Fixed an incorrectly-sized serial port register

Nintendo - Super Famicom / SNES

Added support for Limited Run Games rumble specification

Nintendo 64

Fixed a regression causing savestates to fail to load correctly. Savestates created with v145 should load correctly under ares v146.
Adjusted virtual control stick gate and response curve to more closely model the N64 controller joystick
Fixed an issue where the full resolution was not rendered for PAL titles
Added the ability to change the connected pak on all four controllers
Added support for the pak configuration portion of the homebrew header
Fixed an issue where controller paks may have been formatted incorrectly
Fixed an issue where the readback of PI_CART_ADDR after direct I/O may have returned incorrect values

Pioneer - LaserActive

Initial support for Pioneer LaserActive, currently only supporting Mega LD titles (this can be found under Sega -> Mega LD)
- It is strongly recommended to run games off a solid-state drive.
- Laserdiscs have more than one side. For games that have content on more than one side (IE, JB Harold), you can change sides under “Mega LD->Change Sides” in the main menu.
- Any reasonably modern mid to high end PC should achieve full framerates during gameplay.
- Games are stored in a new .mmi (Mixed Media Image) file format, which contains the full analog audio, video, and digital content in a single file. This can be loaded directly into ares. The MMI format has internal compression support. Do not compress.
- Even with the compression built into the .mmi format, Laserdisc releases are rather large, totalling approximately between 28GB and 36GB per side for CAV format releases, higher for CLV. Fortunately most games are single-sided CAV, but there are some exceptions.

Sega - Master System

Fixed a bug that was causing erratic screen resizing in Aleste

Sony - PlayStation

Adjusted virtual control stick gate and response curve to more closely model DualShock joysticks

Application / Misc.

Fixed a potential application hang when exiting ares via a hotkey
Fixed a regression causing mouse capture to not function on Windows
Fixed a possible crash when opening Settings from a “missing firmware” prompt in some scenarios
Fixed a regression causing hotkeys to be registered while ares was unfocused, against the user’s preference
Fixed a possible crash when modifying video settings for cores that access the palette in between frames
Fixed a possible crash when accessing core-specific menu items
Fixed an issue that would overwrite the “Paused” status message while the emulator is paused
Significantly reduced ares application startup times
Removed superfluous Apply buttons from Drivers settings (confirmation dialogs will still appear when selecting a new driver)
Removed superfluous “Fixed” and “Pixel Perfect” options from the Output menu. The behavior offered by these options should be covered by using the integer scaling output mode with a scale factor of 1.
Fixed an issue preventing menu items from being disabled on macOS
Source archives with a stable hash are now distributed along with releases on GitHub, to replace the automatic uploads of source code performed by GitHub itself, the hashes of which are not stable.
Fixed an issue building with a custom version when building from a source archive
- NOTE: Beginning with ares v145 (the previous release), maintainers distributing ares will likely want to configure with -D ARES_BUILD_OFFICIAL=ON to use an “official” version string, rather than a “development” string based on the branch name.
Fixed possible build failures when building ares with optional components in conjunction with partial core sets
Improved build times under MSVC when IPO is disabled.
Fixed an issue where setting a controller port state to “Nothing” may not mark that menu item as “checked”

Dependencies

Windows dynamic dependencies are now built with a statically linked C++ runtime. Windows users without a Microsoft C++ Redistributable installed should no longer see errors upon launching ares.
Because of the relatively quick release cycle between v145 and v146, dependencies have not been otherwise updated for v146. Dependencies will be updated at the beginning of the next ares release cycle.

Sega Saturn Emulator - Yaba Sanshiro v1.18.6 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 25 August 2025

What's New:

Improve user interface.

ZX Spectrum Emulator - Xpeccy v0.6.20250824 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 25 August 2025

What's New:

add 2nd gamepad

Xenia Frontend - Xenia Manager v3.1.2 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 25 August 2025

What's New:

Updated Libraries
Updated Magick.NET to 14.8.0 (This is crucial for a couple of exploits)

PlayStation Emulator - XEBRA v25/08/25 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 25 August 2025

What's New:

Version 250825
PS1_Version 220414
PK_Version 200428
This is an annual update for higher target APIs required by Google (PlayStore).
If you want to transfer data to PK201, please import the [STAT] file of PK201 with the same PK_Version to [Android/data/com.dokutajigokusai.xebra/files/XEBRA.PK]

(MAME) Series.ini v0.279 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 25 August 2025

What's New:

Series UPDATED (3) : "Arkanoid", "Neo Print" and "Virtual On - Cyber Troopers". Series NEW (2) : "Magic Bomb" and "Mahjong Electromagnetic Base".

Multiple Emulator Frontend - LaunchBox v1.19 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 25 August 2025

What's New:

You can now easily import and launch games installed in Vita3k. Just use the Import Games tool, choose Sony PlayStation Vita, and point to Vita3k's emulated storage space
You can now create and manage playlists entirely on Android. Open any game’s menu and tap Add to Playlist to create a new playlist or add to an existing one. Once created, a new Playlists section will appear in your library
A new Show Playlist Filters option on the Options page lets you show or hide playlist filters under your filter sections
Browsing Filter and Game pages just got faster thanks to major behind-the-scenes optimizations
The Settings pages have been refactored for quicker loading and smoother transitions
The alphanumeric index has been fully rebuilt using a custom control that dramatically improves load times for any view using it and gives theme developers more flexibility
Fixed syncing issues with PlayCount and PlayTime, making your game stats sync properly with the LaunchBox Games Database and stay consistent across Android and Windows builds
Default text list views (FilterBasicTextList, FilterTextListWithDetails, GameBasicTextList, GameTextListWithDetails, GameTextListWithTwoColumnDetails) have been converted to utilize CollectionView, improving performance and enabling support for the new AlphaNumeric control
Fixed a crash when setting ScopedStorage access and pressing the native Android back button without selecting a folder
Fixed an issue where "Skip menu and play game on Tap" would not trigger the Download and Play option for NAS games
Fixed a crash when the app attempted to show an alert message on disposed pages or popup pages
Fixed a crash in the German localization caused by a specific localization string
Fixed an issue with selecting filters or games on specific custom themes