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Multiple System Emulator - Meka v2025-08-17 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 18 August 2025

What's New:

Audio

Emu2413: Updated to latest version 1.5.9 (revision 813cff619). [@maxim-zhao]
Emu2413: Use the real YM2413 instrument ROM patches. [@maxim-zhao]
VGM Logging: frame-accurate VGMs are now quantized to the start of VBlank, not line 0 [@maxim-zhao]

Mappers

Added support for MSX Generic 16 kb mapper for 'Wonder Kid [Proto]'. [@bsittler]

Debugger/Tools

Added SDSC console support by writing to ports $FC/$FD when ROM has an SDSC tag. [@maxim-zhao]

Database

Added and modified entries in the checksum and compatibility lists.

Misc

Updated to Allegro 5.2.10.
Misc minor internal refactors.

A database+code update is necessary to play some of the recent dumps (Wonder Kid) that use custom mappers.

HBMAME (32bit) v0.245.26 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 18 August 2025

What's New:

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HBMAMEUI (32bit) v0.245.26 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 18 August 2025

What's New:

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Multiple System Emulator - DroidArcadia 4.21 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 18 August 2025

What's New:

Summary
* Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details
added left arrow glyph to "back" buttons.
removed pointless shadowing option.
lengthened click sound to match aa/wa.
reworked "enhance skies?" option to match aa/wa.

Atari 2600 Emulator - 2600.emu v1.5.83 - Updated

Details: Category: Android; Published: 18 August 2025

What's New:

Update 2600.emu core to Stella 7.0

Xbox 360 Emulator - Xenia v1.0.2821 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 16 August 2025

What's New:

[Vulkan] Fix VulkanInstance::Create return values

Emulator Bundle - WinDS Pro v2025.08.15 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 16 August 2025

What's New:

New WinDS PRO Version 25.08.15 includes WinDS PRO FX in the main installer with updates for desmume, melonds, ares, bizhawk, dolphin, duckstation, rcps3, shadps4, pcsx2, ppsspp and xenia.

Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon Emulator - Hatari v2.6.1 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 16 August 2025

What's New:

Emulation improvements:

MegaSTE:
- When using cache, only compare 24 lowest bits of address
- Don't update cache after a bus/address error
Falcon:
- Create a fast ram buffer (_FRB) cookie when running with TT RAM to fix a problem with floppy disk access
Video:
- Add support for STE 224 bytes overscan in medium resolution
- Set correct resolution in Shifter when accessing $FF8260 as word (fix regression in Hatari 2.6.0)
VME for MegaSTE / TT:
- VME memory regions should return bus error when no VME board is present

Emulator improvements:

Windows:
- Fix: late locale init messes debugger readline history handling
GEMDOS HD:
- Fix: caches were no always flushed on writing to emulated memory
Debugger:
- Fix: show DEL character as non-printable in memdumps
CPU/FPU settings:
- Disallow 68881/68882 FPU in 040/060 mode
Config / SDL GUI:
- Default screenshot save directory override option
- SDL GUI asks for file name when starting AVI recording
- Fit Hatari screen dialog to smallest required size and log errors on invalid dialog sizes
CLI options:
- GEMDOS HD & screenshot dir options accept only existing directories

Fixed demos:

A Letter To Sommarhack by Effect (write word at $FF8260)
Partial fix for Double Rez Trouble by DHS (med res overscan lines)

Fixed programs:

Spectre 3.0 (Hatari v2.6 regression, MegaSTE cache)

Xbox Emulator - Cxbx-Reloaded - Updated

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 16 August 2025

What's New:

Show where the mediaboard rom should be placed when it cannot be found

Nintendo 3DS Emulator - Azahar v2123 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 16 August 2025

What's New:

All

Added ROM compression functionality.
- Support for the following new formats have been added: .zcia, .zcci, .z3dsx, .zcxi.
- ROMs can be compressed in Azahar using Tools --> Compress ROM File… on desktop.
Fixed a memory leak in the AAC decoder.
Fixed an issue where display refresh rates below ~60hz would cause emulation speed to be slower than intended when vsync was enabled.
Different 3DS applications now have separate Vulkan pipeline caches.
- Previously, all Vulkan pipeline caches were stored in a single large file which was shared between all 3DS applications.
Fixed LCD colour fill functionality.
- Before being fixed, this could cause applications which fill the screen with a certain colour to be black or display garbage.
When using the OpenGL renderer, if a shader fails to link, the emulator will now experience graphical anomalies and produce logs rather than crashing.
Fixed some dead links left over from Citra.

Android

Implemented secondary screen support for wired and wireless displays (Chromecast, Miracast).
- By default, this functionality is disabled, and must be enabled by setting Settings --> Layout --> Secondary Display Screen Layout to an option other that System Default (mirror).
Added button sliding behaviour configuration to the Overlay Options menu.
Implemented play time tracking.
Restructured touch input code to correctly handle multitouch inputs, resulting in improved multitouch support for the on-screen controller overlay.

MacOS

Fixed an issue where the Artic Controller feature wouldn't work correctly on MacOS.
Fixed an issue where, on recent MacOS versions, enabling the OS’s low power mode would result in many games being limited to 50% emulation speed when vsync was enabled.
Added individual x86_64 and ARM64 binaries to releases alongside the existing universal download

Desktop

Fixed horizontal centering being incorrect when using the single window or separate window layouts while fullscreened.
When using a prerelease build, users are now directed to download the update from the Azahar GitHub releases page rather than the Azahar website.
- The Azahar website doesn't list prereleases, so this may have caused some confusion with users. This could have resulted in users unintentionally downgrading to the latest stable release.
- This doesn't affect stable releases such as this one, but it will affect all future prereleases.

Windows

Minor adjustments to the Windows installer.

Technical

Set correct stop flag in GSP.
Fix irq request register behaviour.
- This change and the previous one were noted to not affect 3DS applications at all in theory, instead being more of a correctness thing.
Fixed compilation failing when building using GCC 13 or earlier.
Fixed a build error when using the USE_SYSTEM_GLSLANG CMake option.
Added a new CMake option USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_HEADERS.
Removed use of deprecated boost class and moved to a functionally identical alternative.
Upgraded Vulkan-related dependencies to match Vulkan SDK 14.313.0.
The SDL frontend still doesn’t work properly, and remains disabled by default at compile time.
Various minor changes to the Azahar installer on Windows.
Amended CMakeLists to help certain environments to find required Qt dependencies.
Upgraded Android Gradle Plugin to 8.11.1

Multiple system Emulator - RetroAssembly v1 - Added

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 15 August 2025

RetroAssembly is a personal retro game collection cabinet in your browser.

Unlike most emulators that you download, RetroAssembly offers two different options. The first is to visit https://retroassembly.com and create an account. The second is to self-host with Docker.

Xbox 360 Emulator - Xenia v1.0.2820 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 14 August 2025

What's New:

[Vulkan] Refactoring and fixes for VulkanProvider and related areas

Enable portability subset physical device enumeration.

Avoid using Vulkan 1.1+ logical devices with Vulkan 1.0 instances, as this violates the VkApplicationInfo::apiVersion specification.

Make sure all extension dependencies are enabled when creating a device.

Prefer exposing feature support over extension support via the device interface to avoid confusion about promoted extensions (especially those that required some features as extensions, but had those features made optional when they were promoted).

Allow creating presentation-only devices, not demanding any optional features beyond the basic Vulkan 1.0, for use cases such as internal tools or CPU rendering.

Require the independentBlend feature for GPU emulation as working around is complicated, while support is almost ubiquitous.

Move the graphics system initialization fatal error message to xenia_main after attempting to initialize all implementations, for automatic fallback to other implementations in the future.

Log Vulkan driver info.

Improve Vulkan debug message logging, enabled by default.

Refactor code with simplified logic for enabling extensions and layers.

Virtual Boy Emulator - Red Viper v1.1.0 - Released

Details: Category: Nintendo 3DS; Published: 14 August 2025

What's New:

This release improves the software renderer and enables it for Test Chamber on New 3DS. This fixes the issue where black walls may appear transparent.
The old 3DS is not fast enough to run a software renderer, so it is not enabled there. There is an alternative solution that could work on the o3DS, but it is not yet clear whether this solution is viable.

Improve software renderer and enabled it for Test Chamber on New 3DS, fixing see-through black walls
Fixed XB instruction not saving when register is in-memory, resulting in crashes in the comet shooting minigame in Galactic Pinball's Colony stage
Numerous improvements to interpreter
- These changes do not affect any existing games, but do make it easier to test the emulator in alternate environments

Sega Dreamcast VMU Emulator - DreamPotato v0.1.0 Alpha-2 - Added

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 14 August 2025

DreamPotato is a Dreamcast VMU emulator that's currently in alpha. For the moment, only Windows builds are available.

Sega Saturn Emulator - Ymir v0.1.7 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 13 August 2025

What's New

Sega Saturn Emulator - Yaba Sanshiro v1.18.4 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 13 August 2025

What's New:

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ZX Spectrum Emulator - Xpeccy v0.6.20250809 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 13 August 2025

What's New:

almost final fixes after latest updates

Amiga Emulator - WinUAE v6.0.1 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 13 August 2025

What's New:

bugs fixed

Entering and exiting GUI when in fullscreen mode crashed.
Vertical and horizontal centering works again.
ECS superhires works again.
Filter overlay graphics display positioning/size calculation was broken.
Virtual mouse driver mode was not in sync with host cursor, both RTG and native modes.
Fast drawing mode with 32-bit Chip RAM fix.
When switching from emulated graphics board to native programmed mode screen, sometimes native screen had horizontal offset
In some situations emulated graphics board was not drawn fully, bottom part was blank.
Add Harddrive: Storage devices containing MBR partition table with RDB in later blocks was not detected correctly.
Chipset COPxJMP sequence didn’t work in some situations.
Rarely used chipset collision register fix.
TCP serial mode hang fix.
OpalVision crash fix.

Other updates and fixes

PC keyboard without numpad/end key optional translation mode. When enabled, PageUp becomes End (End still works normally). Because cartridge freeze is also PageUp, freeze becomes PageUp + PageDown. END/PageUp + cursor left is Pause and cursor right is Warp mode. (Replacing print screen key). PageUp + 7890/UIOP/JKL/M emulates numpad. Note that numpad emulation is done before PC to Amiga translation which means it does not override enabled numpad joystick option. Option in Input panel. This is registry/ini specific setting (Similar to F11 swap option).
Copilot key now works as a right Windows (Right Amiga) key. Note that this is a quick hack and causes some (harmless) extra shift and left Windows key presses and releases when Copilot key is pressed and released because Copilot key is weird.
Added Native/RTG autoswitcher option. Previously all RTG boards without built-in switcher always autoswitched, now it is optional, default enabled.
ROM scanner now detects CyberStorm MK3/PPC and BlizzardPPC flash rom images using checksums. Address ranges that make ROM image unique (Serial number/board config and boot menu config data areas) are skipped in checksum calculation.
Built-in AROS ROM updated.
ROM scanner/loader CD32 1M single ROM handling fix.
RoboCop 3 dongle emulation fixed.
Debugger disassembler miscellaneous fixes and updates.