HP Calculator Emulator - Free42 v3.1.12 - Released

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Category: Multiple Platform

Published: 23 December 2024

What's New:

* Fixed pasting of GETMI, PUTMI, GETLI, and PUTLI.

dgVoodoo 2 v2.84 - Released

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Category: Windows

Published: 23 December 2024

What's New:

• Rewritten shader code translators for vs.1.x/vs.2.x/vs.3.0 and ps.1.x/ps.2.x/ps.3.0, including additional geometry shaders
  • Fixing the bugs of the old ones, much cleaner, maintainable code for me
  • Based on the infrastructure I developed for other code generators later
  • Generating slightly more optimal shader code, more in line with code style of the official MS D3D compiler as well
• Fixing DD/D3D8/9 GetPrivateData for IUnknown interface data
• Fixing an incompatibility with MS DDraw (Discord Times)
• Fixing the upload of 3D textures in the D3D12 backend (Darksiders II)
• Optimizing a thing for performance in the D3D8/9 frontend
• Optimizing surface data readback for performance in the D3D12 backends
• Fixing a crash in the D3D11 backend (Rallisport Challenge)
• Changing the frontend D3D8/9 impl of texture palettes to a better one
• Async palette update on UMA architectures too (bug) (Rallisport Challenge, ...)
• Fixing the clipped cursor problem in Glide after exiting a Glide session
• No minimizing of the fullscreen window in fake fullscreen mode in certain cases
• An error debug message in all dll versions for fatal failed D3D12 resource allocations (when running out of address space)
• Minor other internal fixings

DOSBox Frontend - Dapplegrey v9.5.8 - Released

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Category: Mac

Published: 23 December 2024

What's New:

Some texts in the program windows had a font size that was too small.

Xbox Emulator - Cxbx-Reloaded - Updated

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Category: Multiple Platform

Published: 23 December 2024

What's New:

make: Replace /Ob2 with /Ob3

Atari 8bit Emulator - Altirra v4.30 - Released

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Category: Windows

Published: 23 December 2024

What's New:

Changes
* Display: Due to change in bloom algorithm, bloom settings have been reset to avoid conflicting with earlier versions.

Features Added
* Cartridge: Added support for J(atari)Cart (104-111) and DCart (112).
* Cassette: Added Vorbis decoding support.
* Cassette: Added support for paired .data.cas+.audio.ogg files for more compact tape storage.
* Cassette: Added Turbo D support.
* Cassette: Added FSK speed compensation and crosstalk reduction options.
* Command Line: Added /cleardevices, /adddevice, and /removedevice switches.
* CPU: Added 23x multiplier option for 65C816 mode.
* Debugger: Added keyboard shortcuts to memory window.
* Debugger: Ctrl+Alt+click now reports scrolling offsets, pixel addresses, and VBXE information.
* Debugger: Added .vbxe_xdlhistory command.
* Debugger: .diskdumpsec command can now display INTERNAL text.
* Debugger: FDC and DISKEMU logging channels are now off by default.
* Devices: Added Microbits MPP-1000E modem.
* Devices: Added parallel-to-serial adapter device.
* Devices: Added 820, 825, 1020, 1025, and 1029 printers.
* Devices: Added Remove/Settings commands to context menu.
* Devices: Added 850 printer port support.
* Devices: Added $D600-D63F address range option for Covox.
* Devices: Added option for PBI-based CIO devices instead of using a hook page.
* Disk: Super Archiver emulation now supports slow speed.
* Disk: Added emulation of the BitWriter add-on for the Super Archiver.
* Disk: "Show disk image file" drive menu option now works for mounted images within .zip archives.
* Disk: ATX double density support is now enabled by default.
* Disk Explorer: Added MAC/65 file viewing mode.
* Display: Added support for deinterlacing interlaced video.
* Display: Added color correction support for targeting displays that use raw gamma 2.2 or 2.4 instead of sRGB.
* Display: Added emulation of long-persistence monochrome monitors.
* Display: Enhanced CIO text mode rewritten with screen editing, control character, and pass-through support.
* Display: Added adjustable PAL phase.
* Input: Light pen/gun is now insensitive to dark areas on screen.
* PerfAnalyzer: Added import support for Atari800 5.x monitor traces.
* PerfAnalyzer: Add "Go To Tape Editor" option when right-clicking on tape channel.
* Printer: ATASCII special characters are now converted to Unicode equivalents.
* Printer: Generic Printer (P:) device now supports translation modes for port output.
* Simulator: Added a speed option to take periodic rewind snapshots.
* Tape Editor: Added Select All (Ctrl+A) and Deselect (Ctrl+Shift+A).
* Tape Editor: Added FSK spectrogram view option.
* UI: Added screen reader support for word granularity.
* UI: Improved screen reader support in message boxes.
* UI: Added option to force program to efficiency or performance cores.
* UI: Added tool to scan for global hotkeys that block keyboard mappings.
* VFS: Improved handling of Unicode filenames within .zip archives.

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ZX Spectrum Emulator - zxian v19 - Added

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Category: Windows

Published: 22 December 2024

zxian is a ZX Spectrum emulator written in C, using SDL2 for graphics, input/output, and audio.

(MAME) NPlayers v0.272 - Released

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Category: Windows

Published: 22 December 2024

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Emulator Bundle - WinDS Pro v2024.12.20 - Released

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Category: Windows

Published: 21 December 2024

What's New:

 New Version of WinDS PRO 24.12.20, includes WinDS PRO FX in the main installer with updates for ares, snes9x, dolphin, duckstation, pcsx2, rpcs3, cemu, bizhawk, desmume, pcsx-redux, shadPS4.

CoCo 3 Emulator - VCC v2.1.9.1 - Released

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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

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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

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ARM PC Usage on the Rise

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Category: Multiple Platform

Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

* The CUSTOM menu now supports unit assignments.

PinballX v6.38 - Released

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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

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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

MSX / MSX2 / MSX2+ Emulator - fMSX3DS v1.41 - Released

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Category: Nintendo 3DS

Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

-Add support for Hard Disk drive. It uses NEXTOR driver. Thanks for Konamiman, the auther of NEXTOR, With that, you can use the hardDisk image with simply opening ".DSK" disk image files.
To manage HDD image, use DiskExplorer.
https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html
-Added debugger with dual screen of 3DS.
You can use it with choosing "/[Start Debugger]" item in the fMSX3DS system menu.
Then press A button to step in, B button to debugger menu.
-Fied bug that SCC sounds missing in MANBOW2.
-Fixed bug that fMSX3DS makes a undeletable(with Windows) file in "/FMSX3DS/SAVEDISK" folder in some case when you use ".gz" compressed disk files.
Sorry, if you troubled with this. If so, you can delete that file with FBI.
https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI
-Add support for 4MB RAM mapper(unsafe). But, it's unsafe to use that, because same as real MSX machine with 4MB RAM, some games and applications do'nt work.
-Fixed bug that MSX0's "IOTGET" command with "host/heap" node shows invalid values.
-Fixed bug that some disks with special header does'nt work(MSX-Fun Info-Disk etc).
-Add support for special disks with 81 Tracks.(Dummieland etc).
-Add support for new MEGAROM mapper for HolyQuran by Al Alamiah.
-Add support for The Curse Of Lies(MSXdev 2024).
-Small GUI improve.
-Small speed up with latest version of devkitpro.
-Fix Compile Error with latest version of devkitpro.

Xbox Emulator - Cxbx-Reloaded - Updated

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Category: Multiple Platform

Published: 19 December 2024

What's New:

Disable rounded corners on Windows 11