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PlayStation Emulator - DuckStation (Rolling Release) - Updated

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

What's New:

Atualização Português do Brasil
Qt: Fix vibration motor binding not showing some devices
System: Fix depth clear threshold not applying immediately
CPU/PGXP: Use GTE MAX_Z for Z normalization
CPU: Fix disassembly of GTE instructions in log
CPU/Recompiler: Flush GTE completion cycle on load without fastmem
CPU/Recompiler: Remove load delay flag from lwc2
CPU/Interpreter: Use _builtin{add,sub}_overflow for exceptions
GPU: Force early run on GP0 FIFO overflow
GPU/TextureCache: Dump textures asynchronously
Qt: Fix new range for depth clear threshold
Qt: Fix incorrect file filter for memory card import
Settings: Use new key name for depth threshold
GPU/HW: Add stat for depth buffer clears
GPU/HW: Add in-pass clear depth pipeline
Spanish (Spain) translation update
Achievements: Fix progress bar text alignment
Qt: Avoid stuck in temporary render-to-separate mode
Qt: Lock system when automatic updater shows
Deps: Update to SDL3 3.2.8
GDBServer: Improve ack handling
GDBServer: Get rid of usage
GDBServer: Mostly rewrite handlers and fix undefined behaviour
GDBServer: Implement 's' command (single step)
GDBServer: Implement memory breakpoints
GDBServer: Stub out thread commands
FullscreenUI: Add icons to achievement list categories
FullscreenUI: Use RetroAchievements game icon as fallback game image
FullscreenUI: Move game info to top of pause menu
FullscreenUI: Fix pause menu light theme shadow colour
FullscreenUI: Differentiate title/subtitle colours
Qt: Fix vertical alignment in patches page
Qt: Increase setup wizard dialog height
FullscreenUI: Tweak the highlight background color
VulkanDevice: Allow 0x0 window size
FullscreenUI: Improve achievements pause menu overlays
Update the Simple-Chinese translation to latest.
Qt: Update glyph ranges
FullscreenUI: Inherit colour alpha for shadowed text
FullscreenUI: Apply theme to ingame achievement overlays
FullscreenUI: Fix shadowed text alpha again
ImGuiManager: Use fullscreen UI theme for OSD
ImGuiOverlays: Apply theme to save state selector
FullscreenUI: Apply theme to loading screen
FullscreenUI: Move game list settings to main tab
FullscreenUI: Add option to start/open to game list
FullscreenUI: Add 'Automatic' theme that syncs with Qt
FullscreenUI: Add Dark Ruby theme
FullscreenUI: Fix some dialogs not being cancellable
FullscreenUI: Replace landing icons with colourable icons
FullscreenUI: Add StaticGray background
FullscreenUI: Move appearance up in settings order
FullscreenUI: Add settings reset option to settings
FullscreenUI: Fix black screen on renderer change
GameList: Don't try to scan gpudump files
GameList: Cache invalid entries
GameList: Rename max value enum for consistency
FullscreenUI: Display unlock rarity in achievements view
FullscreenUI: Add rounding to achievements progress bars
FullscreenUI: Add status text (left side of footer)
FullscreenUI: Display legend for achievement status icons
FullscreenUI: Add translucency/shadow to achievement notifications
FullscreenUI: Fix system not unpausing after HC disable popup
CI: Update AppStream metainfo

ColecoDS v10.5 - Released

Details: Category: Nintendo DS; Published: 15 March 2025

What's New:

Update to the Z80 core to improve emulation accuracy. This emulator now passes the ZEXALL test suite.
Added proper M1 wait states for the Colecovision, ADAM and MSX emulation for improved CPU handling.
A few optimized Z80 lookup-tables brings in some additional speed for both the DSi and DS-Lite/Phat.
Improved file loading so that it's more robust - ensuring a higher level of consistency in loading large files into memory.
Other minor cleanups as time permitted.

Amstrad CPC Emulator - ACE-DL v2025/03/14 - Released

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

What's New:

- Ability to change gamepad mapping in Joystick configuration
- Ability to change albireo path from command line
- Fix wheel + keyboard inputs in file selector
- Fix binary export of file with wrong header
- Fix language flags transparency display
- Fix databus contention display in configuration
- Fix next file export in ManageDsk (was skipping filename)

TOSEC - Complete Datafile Collection 2025-03-13 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New:

TOSEC/: 3111 DATs (302 new / 472 updated / 21 removed)

NEW (302):
8-Bit Productions Commander X16 - Operating Systems (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Applications - [SCP] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Collections - Archimedes Public Domain Library - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Collections - Archimedes Public Domain Library - [SCP] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Collections - Skyfall Archimedes Public Domain - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Collections - Skyfall Archimedes Public Domain - [SCP] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Coverdisks - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Coverdisks - [SCP] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Acorn Archimedes - Games - [SCP] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Amstrad CPC - Applications - [CDT] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Amstrad CPC - Collections - Robot PD (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Amstrad CPC - Compilations - Games - [CDT] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Amstrad CPC - Compilations - Games - [DSK] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Amstrad CPC - Compilations - Various (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Amstrad CPC - Demos - [HFE] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Apple II - Collections - Northeast Ohio Apple Corps (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Apple IIGS - Compilations - Various - [2MG] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Apple IIGS - Compilations - Various - [PO] (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Atari 2600 & VCS - Demos - [BIN] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Atari 2600 & VCS - Homebrew - Games - AtariAge Design Contest (TOSEC-v2024-07-03_CM).dat
Atari 2600 & VCS - Homebrew - Games - [BIN] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Atari 2600 & VCS - Homebrew - Games - [WAV] (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat
Atari 5200 - Homebrew - Games (TOSEC-v2025-01-15_CM).dat

Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator - Tetanes v0.12.1 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New:

Features

Added shortcuts for shaders and ppu warmup flag

Documentation

Fixed cargo doc url
Updated changelog and readmes

Miscellaneous Tasks

Fix/update ci, docs, and fixed nightly issue with tetanes-core

SDLMAME for Ubuntu v0.275 - Released

Details: Category: Linux; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New:

Updated to latest MAME source.

Nintendo Switch Emulator - Ryujinx v1.2.86 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New

Nintendo DS Emulator - MelonDS v1.10.0 beta - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New:

• Add OpenGL renderer, with resolution scaling up to 8x native
• Add support for manual cheat input
• Add button to toggle microphone input
• Add visual indicators for toggle buttons
• Add support for memory expansion GBA slot
• Allow DSiWare title data to be imported/exported
• Improve foldable support
• Add Italian translation
• Fix crash when importing cheat databases
• Minor fixes and improvements

Arcade Games Emulator - SEGA Lindbergh Emulator v168 - Released

Details: Category: Linux; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New

(MAME) Languages.ini v0.275 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New:

Added 0.275 sets.

(MAME) CatList.ini, CatVer.ini, Genre.ini & Mature.ini v0.275 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 14 March 2025

What's New:

Aligned files to MAME 0.275

Rom Manager - Igir v3.1.0 - Added

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

Pronounced "eager," Igir is a zero-setup ROM collection manager that sorts, filters, extracts or archives, patches, and reports on collections of any size on any OS.

Igir is a very versatile tool for the avid ROM collector. There is a bit of a learning curve, but good documentation is available at https://igir.io/.

Sega Model 3 Arcade Emulator - Supermodel (Sinden) v0.3a - Updated

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

What's New:

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Multiple System Frontend - SimpleLauncher v3.11 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 13 March 2025

What's New:

Added Play History Window and all the logic to implement it. Users can now see which games have been played and for how long.
Implemented the Feeling Luck Button in the Main Window UI. This button will pick a random game for the selected system.
Updated the MAME database to the latest version (v0.275).
Changed the logic to load the MAME database into Simple Launcher. Instead of using a large XML file, it will now use a binary DAT file. This improves the database loading time and reduces the database size.
Updated emulators to the latest version.
Fixed some bugs.
Improved the LogError logic to prevent UI freezing.
Update the logic behind the tray icon to a more modern approach.