Latest News

Emulator Bundle - WinDS Pro v2025.02.15 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 16 February 2025

What's New:

New WinDS PRO Version 25.02.15 includes WinDS PRO FX in the main installer with updates to ares, cemu, bizhawk, dolphin, duckstation, rcps3, shadps4, snes9x, pcsx2, ppsspp and xenia.

(MAME) Series.ini v0.274 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 16 February 2025

What's New:

Items REMOVED (5) : (nemesisp), (gnw_mario), (mariorou), (popeyeman) from "Popeye" and (quizardi_10).
Items RENAMED (5) : (gradius3j) to (gradius3ja), (gradius3js) to (gradius3jas), (makaimurba) to (makaimurbbl), (rungunua) to (rungunuba) and (rungunud) to (rungunuabd).
Series ADDED (3) : "Cuty Line", "Taito Football Champ" and "Super Poker".
Series REMOVED (8) : "Euro Champ '92" (merged with "Taito Football Champ"), "Hat Trick Hero" (merged with "Taito Football Champ"), "Police 24/7" (merged with "Police 911"), "Pool 10 * Slot" (merged with "Pool 10"), "Golden Pyramids * Slot" (merged with "Queen of the Nile * Slot"), "Sengoku Ace" (merged with "Samurai Aces"), "Slam Dunk" (merged with "Run And Gun") and "The Magician".
Series RENAMED (2) : "Viva Rock Vegas Slot" to "Viva Rock Vegas * Slot" and "Wild West Slot" to "Wild West * Slot".
Series UPDATED (160) : "Bar X * Slot", "Battle Garegga", "Big 40 Poker * Slot", "Bishi Bashi", "Blockade", "BombJack", "Bubble Bobble", "Buena Suerte", "Burger Time", "Cabal", "Cal Omega", Cash Inferno * Slot", "Centipede", "Champion Baseball", "Chase H.Q.", "Cherry Bonus * Slot", "Cherry Master * Slot", "Cluedo * Slot", "Comet * Pinball", "Contra", "Cookie & Bibi", "Cops 'n' Robbers * Slot", "Cosmic Monsters", "Cotton", "Crazy Climber", "Crazy Kong", "Crime Fighters", "Crown Golf", "Crush Roller", "Donkey Kong", "Elvira * Pinball", "Emergency Call Ambulance", "Enchanted Forest * Slot", "ESP Ra.de.", "E-Swat Cyber Police", "Gradius", "Hard Drivin'", "Head On", "Heavyweight Champ", "Hidden Catch", "Hunting", "Ikari", "Jack Potten's Poker", "Janputer", "Jockey Club", "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", "Joker Poker", "Jolly Card", "Joust", "Jurassic Park * Pinball", "Karate Blazers", "Keks * Slot", "Key of Avalon", "Knights of Valour", "Knuckle Bash", "Kung-Fu Master", "L.6-X * Slot", "Last Fortress", "Led Storm", "Logic Pro", "Long Hu Bang", "Lucky 21", "Lucky 8 Lines", "Magic Card", "Magic's 10", "Mahjong Cafe", "Mahjong Reach", "Major Poker", "Mario Bros.", "Match It", "Medal no Tatsujin", "Mega Man", "Metal Slug", "Miami Dice * Slot", "Miss World", "Moero!!", "Monopoly", "Monte Carlo Or Bust * Slot", "Moon Cresta", "Mr. Driller", "Multi Fish * Slot", "Multi Game", "Mushiking - The King Of Beetle", "NBA Jam", "Ninja-Kid", "Nudge Double Up * Slot", "Numan Athletics", "Oriental Legend", "Out Run", "Out Zone", "Pac-Man * Pinball", "Pac-Man", "Phoenix", "Photo Y2K", "Pin*Bot * Pinball", "Pit Boss", "Play Girls","Player's Edge", "Point Blank", "Pole Position", "Police 911", "Pool 10", "Popeye", "Port Man", "Power Instinct", "Power Stone", "Puzzle & Action", "Puzzle Bobble", "Puzzle-Dama", "Queen Bee * Slot", "Queen of the Nile * Slot", "Quiz Gakuen Paradise", "Racing Jam", "Rad Action", "Raiden", "Rail Chase", "Real Mahjong Haihai", "Red Hot Mazooma Belle * Slot", "Red Hot Poker * Slot", "Reelin-n-Rockin * Slot", "Reno Casino * Slot", "Reno Reels * Slot", "Ridge Racer", "Rival Schools", "Robotron", "Royal Card", "Royal Mahjong", "Run and Gun", "Samba de Amigo", "Samurai Aces", "San Francisco Rush", "Savage Reign", "Scramble", "SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative", "Search Eye", "Sega Network Taisen Mahjong", "Sega Skateboarding", "Shinobi", "Shop Window * Slot", "Side By Side", "Simpsons * Pinball", "Sky Adventure", "Slam Masters", "Snow Bros.", "Space Invaders", "Space Shuttle * Pinball", "Special Forces", "Splash!", "Splendor Blast", "Sprint", "Spy Hunter", "Stakes Winner", "Star Horse", "Star Wars * Pinball", "Star Wars Arcade", "Street Fighter", "Strider", "Strikers 1945", "Sunburst * Slot", "Super Mario Bros." and "Super Volleyball".

MS-DOS Player v2/16/2025 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 16 February 2025

What's New:

Improve INT 21h/24h/25h/26h to update InDos flag
Support INT 2Fh, AX=1611h/1613h/1614h (thanks DOSBox-X)

TI-99/4A Computer Emulator - Classic99 v399.073a - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 16 February 2025

What's New:

- fix some new compiler complaints
- debugger shows all 32MB of AMS (so much for a temp hack ;) )
- Drag-and-drop carts remember their 'auto' status on cold reset, allowing carts made larger during development to correctly reload
- more debug about how Classic99 auto-detects the cart type
- make sure to always check for PC99 cartridge file types
- Horizon RAMdisk support (unsupported, so not in manual)

x86 Emulator - Bochs v3.0 - Released

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

What's New:

Include Bochs debugger support in all release binaries. Bochs internal debugger and Bochs GUI debugger are compiled in by default and
there are no special Bochs binaries with internal debugger support anymore.
Integrated softfloat3e library replacing older softfloat2a fpu-emulation code
Bugfixes for CPU emulation correctness (critical bugfixes for VMX, WAITPKG, LASS, XSAVEC/XSAVES, CPUID and SHA1 ISA implementation)
Added emulation of missing AMD 3DNow! instructions
Implemented AVX512_FP16 Intel instruction set based on softfloat3e library (enabled in Xeon Sapphire Rapids CPU definition)
Implemented MONITORLESS MWAIT instructions support
Implemented initial support for AVX10_1 + AVX10_2 ISA extensions and AVX10 CPUID leaf 0x24 (AVX10_1 first to be enabled in Xeon Granite Rapids)
Implemented AMX-TF32 and AMX-AVX512 ISA extensions
Implemented RAO-INT ISA and MSR_IMM ISA extensions
CPUID: Added new CPU definitions: for i386, i486DX4, AMD Athlon XP and Intel Core i5 Arrow Lake CPUs
CPUID: Support for enabling/disabling of one or more CPU features from CPUID configuration (see "add_features" and "exclude_features" in bochsrc sample and documentation) ! CPUID: Old bx_generic CPUID model is deprecated with all associated .bochsrc CPUID configuration options, use pre-defined CPU models instead
Several fixes and improvements for the Cirrus and Voodoo emulation
USB: Added the USB Debugger support for xHCI and UHCI (Windows / GTK3)
Added USB boot option (requires i440fx.bin BIOS)
LGPL'd VGABIOS updated to version 0.9c (Cirrus / VBE fixes and extensions)
Added i440fx.bin BIOS written by Ben Lunt (https://github.com/fysnet/i440fx)
Documentation updates and fixes after transition to GIT

Multiple System Emulator - ares v143 - Released

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

What's New:

Nintendo - Game Boy Advance

Improve timings when running multiple DMA channels at once.
Fix a timing bug when accessing the cartridge backup region.

Nintendo - Nintendo 64 / 64DD

Fix Joybus RTC read/write status byte
Don't report interrupt exceptions to GDB, improving performance while debugging.

Sega - Mega Drive / CD / 32X

32X: Fix a timing issue that could cause some operations to update the ares internal timers twice.
32X: Fix an issue where audio would fail to work correctly after restoring a saved state.
32X: Fix layer blending when the MD VDP is in H32 mode.
32X: Proper 32X region header processing for licensed games.
32X: Fix SH2 framebuffer mirroring.
32X: Improve emulation of FEN/PEN flags.
32X: Improve emulation of 'FM' bit and relate stalls.
32X: VDP register latches have been implemented, but may still be imperfect.
32X: Implement VDP auto fill timing.

Build

Add librashader headers to the source tree under thirdparty/librashader/include/, so that remotely fetched resources are no longer required to build ares on Linux.

User Interface

Fix an issue where saved games would be placed in incorrect paths if a custom Saves path was set on macOS.

Atari 7800 Emulator - a7800DS v4.8 - Released

Details: Category: Nintendo DS; Published: 16 February 2025

What's New:

High Score (HSC) now auto-saves the .hsc file after it is written by the game. The HSC button is gone.
Smoother console button operation so that a press is registered more consistently and with better debounce.
Improved magnifying glass icon debounce so that it registers more consistently and with better debounce.
New game icon to align with the other emulators in the Atari lineup on the DS.

MS-DOS Player v2025/2/15 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 15 February 2025

What's New:

Support INT 10h, AH=F0h/F1h/F2h/F3h/F4h/F5h
Support dummy EGA/VGA registers

Multiple System Emulator - WinArcadia v34.0 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 15 February 2025

What's New:

CD2650: added "Settings|Input|Queue keystrokes?" option.
"Settings|Sounds|Ambient sounds?" now plays disk drive noises.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

VTech V.Smile Emulator - veesem - Updated

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

What's New:

V.Smile: support CSB2 dual ROMs by default, add flag for Art Studio RAM

Mupen64plus Frontend - Rosalie's Mupen GUI v0.7.4 - Released

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

What's New:

Fix covers in JPEG format not loading on windows since v0.7.3
Fix RMG not inhibiting the screensaver during emulation
Fix not having supported archives listed when opening 64DD Disks through 'Open Combo'
Fix RMG-Audio spamming the log with sample warnings
Add captions to all file and directory dialogs
Improve logging when retrieving OpenGL context fails

PlayStation Emulator - DuckStation (Rolling Release) - Updated

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

What's New:

Make .bin loader track length match .cue
Add hash to OnGameChanged
Avoid additional stat() call loading subchannel
Improve PBP load error reporting
06b0218: GPU/HW: Split transparent draws if dual-source blend unsupported (Stenzek)
Clear display texture on fatal error
Don't panic on unknown register read
Update to SDL3 3.2.4
Fix possible crash when rescanning game list
Fix setting-altering patches not applying on startup
Add 'Ignore' field to file format
07f9730: update the Simple-Chinese Translation to latest.
Update glyph ranges
4ce48ab: GPU/HW: Fix incorrect source rect for page replacements
Show disabled code count when HC/safe mode is active
Improve summary popup
c1f8a52: Spanish (Spain) translation update 2025-02-09
Dezaemon Plus Select 100 does not support analog mode
788b9cd: Update the Simple-Chinese translation to latest.
3eed0d0: CI/Flatpak: Don't strip SDL3 libraries
Fix overlapping widgets in macro trigger shift-click
Use display name for a couple of recommended value
2876713: Update the Simple-Chinese translation to latest.
f6e8ebe: Updating Swedish translation (100%)
36d5708: GPU/HW: Fall back to replacements from first disc
Fix incorrect recommended value
Reapply frame end codes immediately on reload
cd89f62: Atualização Português do Brasil
Apply SDL3 joystick patch
Rewrite to support axis input
f90fdf6: Update the Simple-Chinese translation to latest.
Correctly unset host page size if set via cache
Fix prerotated presenting with OpenGL
Fix incorrect texture format for A1BGR5
Fix Wcast-function-type-mismatch
Vectorize RGBA8 conversion and add A1BGR5
Fix flipped images in OpenGL
Fix black screen when changing options while paused
Fix missing vibration binding for NegConRumble
Fix abort on slow compile in big picture
Update glyph ranges
Bump to LLVM/clang 19
More Wcast-function-type-mismatch fixes
Fix possible unaligned movaps
Fix setting-altering game patch behaviour

Nintendo 64 Emulator - DaedalusX64-vitaGL v20250215.2 - Released

Details: Category: PlayStation Vita; Published: 15 February 2025

What's New:

Force single threaded garbage collector on vitaGL.
Set texunits on Modern renderer only if they actually exist in shader code.

Amstrad CPC Emulator - Caprice32 - Updated

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

What's New

Nintendo 3DS Emulator - Borked3DS v2025.02.14 - Released

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

What's New:

Bugs Fixed

The MacOS build does not launch properly (x86_64 and AArch64).
Rotating the display in Android may result in a crash.
The Android app may not launch correctly on Android 9-11.
Regression: Launching the Home Menu may not work correctly in Android (NOTE: If it still doesn't work after upgrading to this release, you may need to re-download the System Files or clear out your User Folder and then re-download).
Regression: There may have been some minor missing textures when using OpenGL.
Borked3DS now builds with gcc-12 on Bookworm-based Raspberry Pi (or similar aarch64) devices (NOTE: It may still not run properly regardless; this is still being looked at).
Android: Using oboe api as an input device now works correctly.

New Features

Migration from glad to glad2 libraries.
Most existing vector math is now accelerated using SIMD operations and compiler intrinsics. This may result in improved performance. Minimum hardware requirements are NEON support for AArch64 and SSE2+ support for x86_64 (SSE4+ or AVX+ recommended), which is pretty much any modern machine so it probably doesn't disqualify much regardless. This feature has only been minimally tested, so feel free to chime in with your experiences in the Discussions forum. As always, Pull Requests with fixes or improvements are always welcome.

What's Changed

Adding Swedish translation
Fix various GCC warnings and errors
Android (refactor): Improve null safety and fix rotation
video_core: Optimize vector math with SIMD instructions and compiler intrinsics
MacOS: Fix external MoltenVK bundling
externals: Update glad 0.1.36 to glad2 v2.0.8 by
CMakeLists.txt: Prefer bundled dependencies over system installed versions by default
Vulkan: v1.4.304.1
audio_core: Implement oboe_input device
InputOverlay.kt: Revert null safety checks
EmulationFragment.kt: Restore game icon loader
Android: Migrate from using WindowInsetsController to WindowInsetsControllerCompat
Update to Xbyak v7.23+
Optimize SIMD vector math instructions
vector_math.h: Avoid strict aliasing violations and use safer memory operations

Third-Party Updates

Android: Gradle 8.12.1
Android: Kotlin 2.1.10
Android: NDK r28
aqtinstall 3.20
QT 6.8.2 (all Desktop builds)
Vulkan Memory Allocator v3.2.1
Migrate from glad 0.1.36 to glad2 v2.0.8
Vulkan: v1.4.304.1 support
SDL 2.32.0
xbyak v7.23.1
Other minor dependency updates for Desktop and Android

(MAME) Apple II Emulator Frontend - Ample 0.274 - Added

Details: Category: Mac; Published: 14 February 2025

A slightly more user-friendly front-end for using MAME as an Apple II emulator. Requires Mac OS X 10.11+

HP Calculator Emulator - Plus42 v1.2.4 - Released

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

What's New:

* Equations can now be embedded in programs, using X2LINE or EQN→STO→PRGM. Equation lines can be plain, which means they push the equation object onto the stack, or they can be EVAL lines, which evaluate the equation in place. Equation lines can be toggled between plain and EVAL lines using the EVAL
function in PRGM mode.
* The CUSTOM menu didn't stick reliably, due to a bug introduced in 1.2. Fixed.