TX announces testing phase for SX CORE and SX LITE mods

February 11th, 2020, 21:12 Posted By: wraggster

• People have been waiting for a while for news from Team-Xecuter, and today they hit us with double-whammy, announcing the name of their upcoming modchips, and at the same time putting out an request for 300 solid modders with skills to help fine-tine their pre-production units that will be going to those that start applying TODAY via Team-Xecuter's website contact us form, as noted below:

  We are looking for 200 to 300 testers who are willing to commit time to really test in depth the product and report back to us eventual bugs, issues, or way to improve it before mass production starts.
  
  Please contact us if you have the skills and time for it. Obviously, you need to know how to open an console and make basic solder points – nothing really challenging here as far a the installation itself. But a bit more to bring us that feedback and find the hidden bugs the common mortal wouldn't.
  
  Please no need to write if:

  • You don't have time to really test this in depth.
  • You don't have the required skills.
  • If you were in touch with us before and we know you just want free stuff, we know who you are, we manufacturers all know each other, don't bother trying.
  • You can't fix your console if there is a little issue. Again, experienced users. We are not going to send you a new console if you drop your soldering iron on the wrong place of your console.

  We already have quite a few names from the past, we will confirm when you email us. But as this product is pretty advanced, we would welcome a little more help. All *NEW* application must come with references from known trusted scene members. If you don't, sorry, we will just ignore your request.
  
  Again this is for ALL Switch. Regular unpatched Switch, Patched, Mariko and Switch Lite. But obviously we are not interested in people with regular unpatched Switch (grab a SX Pro FFS!)
  Click to expand...
  

  So it seems, during the Chinese New Year break, TX was not sleeping, they been working hard, and both the SX CORE and SX LITE is getting ready for the mass public, but in the meantime get to work and apply to TX today showing them your skills and references and you could be one of the lucky first 300 users out there with full bragging rights to show off to the world they have a working modded 'Patched' or 'Mariko' or 'Lite' Switch Console! -- Don't forgot to also check out their recently launched Official TX Support Chat Server
  
  https://gbatemp.net/threads/tx-annou...e-mods.557940/
  
  

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English Translation of Yu Yu Hakusho NES Fighter Released

February 11th, 2020, 21:07 Posted By: wraggster

After spending years on the back burner, Pennywise et al present another completed translation for the NES fighter Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament Rumble.
As usual, great care has been taken to present this translation in the best possible way with super long names of Shishiwakamaru and Sword of the Darkness Flame displaying no problem.
Also of note is that Pennywise discovered a debug mode in the game, but couldn’t quite determine if it could still be triggered, so he included a hack where it can be accessed from the title screen.
As for the game itself, you might think that an NES fighter is a bad idea based on the obvious limitations of the system, but TOSE appears to have a decent job on the game. It’s not kusoge, but it’s also not a masterpiece and is certainly of interest to fans of the anime/manga.

http://yojimbo.eludevisibility.org/

http://www.romhacking.net/translations/5386/

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Switch: NXController 1.0.1 released

February 9th, 2020, 11:48 Posted By: wraggster

NX-Controller, by wwwwwwzx, is composed of a sysmodule and application that let you connect to your hacked Switch via WiFi and transmit keyboard inputs to it.

These inputs are in turn read as controller presses mapped to a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller so you can effectively play any title you want with it although not all will work well as FPS games are probably unplayable for most until mouse support gets added. However, some RPG titles may work just fine especially if they’re 2D because you needn’t bother with changing the camera’s angle.
This solution is composed of main two parts, which all need to be downloaded and installed, namely:

• Sys-botbase, a sys-module by olliz0r, letting you read/write to the Switch’s main memory and run scripts
• The NXController application which is a client for Windows, Linux and Mac with which you connect to your Switch
• You may need to install ldm_mitm if you want to use it with games such Pokemon Sword & Shield which use local WiFi.

To learn more about NX-Controller which was initially released on Sunday and received an update on Monday, follow this link to its GBATemp Thread which also contains installation instructions.

http://wololo.net/2020/02/07/ps4-swi...th-a-keyboard/

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higan v107.13

February 9th, 2020, 11:40 Posted By: wraggster

higan v107.13 is released. higan (formerly bsnes) is a Nintendo multi-system emulator that began development on 2004-10-14. It currently supports the following systems:
- Famicom
- Super Famicom
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance

higan also supports the following subsystems:
- Super Game Boy
- BS-X Satellaview
- Sufami Turbo

higan Changelog：
* v107.13
More byuu progress.
* v107.12
Yet more work on byuu.


https://gitlab.com/higan/higan

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/higan-v10713.html

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Cemu v1.17.1

February 9th, 2020, 11:34 Posted By: wraggster

Cemu v1.17.1 is released. Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator that runs commercial games. Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC.

Cemu Changelog:
general: Added stick visualization to input settings
general: Replaced vsync checkbox with a dropdown and added renderer-specific options

vulkan: Overhauled internal Vulkan object/resource management
- Fixes crashes due to erroneously releasing textures that were still in use
- Fixes some RAM/VRAM leaks
- Generally lower VRAM usage since textures are released as soon as possible (previous solution enforced a 3 frame delay)

vulkan: Reloading graphic pack shaders should no longer cause a crash
vulkan: Added debug stats as an additional overlay option

http://cemu.info/

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/cemu-v1171.html

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Vvctre v6.10.0

February 9th, 2020, 11:30 Posted By: wraggster

Vvctre v6.10.0 is released. Vvctre is a Nintendo 3DS emulator based on Citra.

Vvctre Changelog:
* Added RPC endpoints to get and set all the ARM register values
* Added RPC endpoints to pause and continue emulation

https://github.com/vvanelslande/vvctre

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/vvctre-v6100.html

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SEGA Ages version of Sonic 2 and Puyo Puyo 2 will launch this month

February 9th, 2020, 11:24 Posted By: wraggster

• We've finally got more details on the new SEGA Ages version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Previously revealed to have Sonic Mania's Drop Dash ability and Knuckles as a playable character, Sega has provided the launch date for the western release, along with its price. On February 20th, Sonic 2, alongside Puyo Puyo 2 will be available on the Nintendo Switch eShop, for $7.99 respectively. Just like the Nintendo 3DS editions of classic Sonic games, the SEGA Ages port will be handled by M2.
  
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Nintendo: Switch "just entering the middle of its lifecycle"

February 9th, 2020, 11:19 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo says the Switch Lite is expanding the market for its games and not just bringing in more money from the same audience. In a post-earnings Q&A translated and posted on the company's English investor relations site today, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that 30% of Switch Lite purchasers were picking up the dedicated portable device as their second Switch console.
High as that number might sound considering the Switch already features a handheld mode, it's actually a decrease from the 43% Nintendo had reported at its last quarterly briefing.
"A trend we've seen among consumers who've previously played Pokémon titles on handheld systems is that some are choosing to buy the Nintendo Switch Lite dedicated handheld system," Furukawa said. "We've also confirmed that women account for a high percentage of consumers who are choosing to purchase Nintendo Switch Lite as their first system in the Nintendo Switch family."

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...-its-lifecycle

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Yuzu’s Vulkan Renderer no longer Early Access-exclusive

February 6th, 2020, 17:58 Posted By: wraggster

the beginning of December, the folks behind Yuzu delivered one of the most-requested features for the emulator which was Vulkan rendering but kept it exclusive to Early Access (Patreon) builds to iron out larger issues and incentivise more people into donating. Now, the Vulkan graphics renderer has been merged into Yuzu’s main branch meaning that public builds of the emulator now include it; this primarily results in notable performance boosts for AMD GPU users and moderate ones for Intel GPU users since Vulkan support on these platforms is better than that of OpenGL. As usual, it must be noted that you still need a relatively powerful computer to be able to play even simpler Switch titles and Vulkan rendering won’t do any miracles if you’re using a PC that’s not up to scratch!

You may read more about Vulkan rendering in Yuzu by checking out this blog post on the matter. Mainline (public) builds containing the Vulkan rendering backend can be found here. You may donate to Yuzu via Patreon.

http://wololo.net/2020/02/05/news-yu...3-3-1-support/

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Switch News: WerWolv releases Tesla – a comprehensive in-game overlay solution

February 6th, 2020, 17:56 Posted By: wraggster

Ever since the Switch got hacked, developers have been hard at work creating sysmodules in order to add functionality like DualShock 3/4 controller support, f.lux-like screen overlays and much more but until now, there’s been no elegant solution to display on-screen menus within games similar to what the PSVita can achieve. However, that has now changed since developer WerWolv has just released Tesla which is a 3-part solution letting developers display temporary menus while a game is running!
Tesla allows for pretty nice in-game screen front-ends so we’ll probably be getting some interesting stuff making use of it!

According to its GBATemp release thread, Tesla consists of 3 parts namely:

• NX-ovlloader which is nx-hbloader in sysmodule form
  • It runs in background and has the ability to load OVL files (NRO overlays)
• Tesla Menu which is a piece of software similar to hbmenu
  • Its main use is that of letting you choose which overlays to run
• Libtesla which is a development library allowing for the easy creation of in-game menus
  • This library takes care of layer creation, UI drawing and the general user experience
  With the above software, developers can now create in-game overlays which allow on-the-fly changing of sysmodule settings, applying cheats, playing music in background, outputting rendering statistics (FPS) and much much more. Without a doubt, this is something that will allow developers to reach into other aspects of Switch homebrew creation so it may become an integral part of the Switch scene going forward!
  
  You may read more about Tesla and how it works by checking out its GBATemp Thread.
  
  http://wololo.net/2020/02/03/news-we...nintendos-ser/

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Nintendo Switch hit by "unavoidable" production delay amid coronavirus outbreak

February 6th, 2020, 17:44 Posted By: wraggster

The coronavirus is beginning to disrupt the games industry, as the Chinese government takes strict preventative measures.
With the number of total infections exceeding 28,000, and the latest confirmed death toll at 563, the international health community is working to find a vaccine.
Only time will tell how severely the games industry is impacted by the virus, but the Chinese government has extended the Lunar New Year holiday to February 10, closing down all business and factories.
As reported by Reuters, the virus has already caused a delay with Nintendo Switch production which CEO Shuntaro Furukawa described as an "unavoidable.".
Nintendo relocated some of its console production to Vietnam last year amid the brewing Sino-US trade war, but still relies heavily on its locations in China.
Game development is also being affected, with large swathes of the games industry relying on Chinese subsidiaries or work-for-hire studios for asset production.
Ken Rumph, an analyst for investment banking group Jefferies, estimated the disruption caused will see development schedules fall behind if it extends much further.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...virus-outbreak

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higan v107.11

February 5th, 2020, 22:07 Posted By: wraggster

higan v107.11 is released. higan (formerly bsnes) is a Nintendo multi-system emulator that began development on 2004-10-14. It currently supports the following systems:
- Famicom
- Super Famicom
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance

higan also supports the following subsystems:
- Super Game Boy
- BS-X Satellaview
- Sufami Turbo

higan Changelog：
* v107.11
More work on byuu.

https://gitlab.com/higan/higan
http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/higan-v10711.html

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Vvctre v6.7.1

February 5th, 2020, 22:06 Posted By: wraggster

Vvctre v6.7.1 is released. Vvctre is a Nintendo 3DS emulator based on Citra.

Vvctre Changelog:
Merged citra-emu/citra#5086

https://github.com/vvanelslande/vvctre

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/vvctre-v671.html

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Snes9x RX v4.7.0

February 4th, 2020, 21:35 Posted By: wraggster

Snes9x RX v4.7.0 is released. Snes9x RX is a Super Nintendo™ / Super Famicom emulator for the Nintendo Wii. Snes9x RX is a fork from Snes9x GX, a port of Snes9x (http://www.snes9x.com). Snes9x RX is a "homebrew application" which means you will need a way to run unsigned code on your Nintendo Wii. The best website for getting started with Wii homebrew is WiiBrew (www.wiibrew.org).

Snes9x GX Changelog:
Kirby Super Star GCN performance fix.
30+ FPS boost for this game, should make it enjoyable again on the Cube.
Add Show Local Time option. [bladeoner/Tantric]
Optimize USB controllers handling. [revvv]
Only open device if VID+PID match.
ios version up [revvv]
GCN build fixes (thanks emukidid!)
Revamped README.
Create missing folders.
In case one or more of the "\snes9xgx" folders are absent, they will be
created on the second run of the emulator, after a settingsRX.xml has been
generated by pressing Exit on first run.
Experimental DualShock 3 (wired) support.
Based on libsickaxis 1.0 by Xerpi. As of now, it controls the 2-4 players
at the same time. Could and should be upgraded in the future to polish up

https://github.com/niuus/Snes9xRX

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/snes9x-rx-v470.html

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Cemu v1.17.0e

February 3rd, 2020, 22:34 Posted By: wraggster

Cemu v1.17.0e is released. Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator that runs commercial games. Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC.

Cemu Changelog:
# New in 1.17.0e:
vulkan: Fixed a crash that could occur due to Cemu missing pipeline updates in rare circumstances
vulkan: Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to synchronize data between depth textures with different aspect masks (e.g. D32_FLOAT and D24_I8)

http://cemu.info/

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/cemu-v1170e.html

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Mesen v0.9.9

February 3rd, 2020, 22:29 Posted By: wraggster

Mesen v0.9.9 is released. Mesen is a NES/Famicom emulator and NSF player. It is still a work in progress - some features are currently incomplete or may change in future versions.

Mesen Features:
* High Accuracy - A lot of effort has gone into making Mesen as accurate as possible
* Stand-alone - Put the Mesen application into any folder and run it from there
* Supports: Save States, Movie/Audio Recording, Screenshots, Cheat Codes
* Supported Mapper List (130+): 0 to 13, 15 to 19, 21 to 27, 32 to 34, 37, 38, 44, 45, 47, 49, 52, 57, 58, 60 to 62, 64 to 80, 82, 85 to 89, 91 to 95, 97, 99, 101, 107, 112, 113, 115, 118, 119, 137 to 141, 143 to 157, 159, 163, 164, 176, 180, 184, 185, 189, 191 to 195, 200 to 203, 205 to 207, 210, 218, 225 to 228, 230 to 232, 240 to 243, 246
* NES and Famicom (including Famicom Disk System) support. Also supports: NSF, NSFe, VS System
* Net Play - Play online with friends
* Automatic updates - Mesen is able to check for updates and automatically install new versions of itself.
* Built-in Debugger
* Other Features: 7z/zip archive support, numerous　video filters (xBRZ, Scale2x, NTSC, etc.), sound recorder, sound effects, etc.

Mesen v0.9.9 Changelog:
New Features
Run Ahead: Added run ahead support (in Emulation settings)
Emulation: Added 2 new options to emulate known PPU hardware bugs
Emulation: Added option to emulate CPU/PPU alignments
UI: Added load state and save state menus (with previews and timestamps)
Mappers: Added support for Study Box roms (.studybox files)
UNROM512/GTROM: Added support for self-flashing
Debugger: Various fixes and improvements
Event Viewer: Improved filtering options and added the ability to display NTSC borders

Bug Fixes
CPU: Rewrote DMC and OAM DMA logic to better match hardware behavior/timings
CPU: Fixed an issue with NMIs turning into IRQs (when turning the NMI flag off at the wrong moment)
PPU: Fixed PPU OAM fetch pattern on pre-render scanline
PPU: Fixed some PPU timings to better match hardware
MC-ACC: Improved MC-ACC (licensed MMC3 clone) emulation
MMC5: Rewrote a large portion of the code to better match hardware behavior and quirks
Mappers: Fixed/improved emulation of a number of mappers used by unlicensed games
NSF: Fixed an issue that caused problems with some FDS NSF files
Linux: Fixed bug when using nvidia's drivers that caused the screen to be completely black


http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/mesen-v099.html

http://www.mesen.ca/

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bsnes-hd beta 10.2

February 3rd, 2020, 22:16 Posted By: wraggster

bsnes-hd beta 10.2 is released. bsnes-hd (formally "HD Mode 7 mod") is a mod of bsnes v107.1 by byuu (high-level emulation for co-processors came right on time for this). It performs Mode 7 transformations (incl. HDMA) at up to 4 times the horizontal and vertical resolution.bsnes is an emulator for the Super Famicom and SNES video game systems.

bsnes-hd changelog:
Pull request #30 - [AppVeyor] Seperate builds w/ env matrix, other changes

https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/bsnes-hd-beta-102.html

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Neko Project 2 v0.83k8/fmgen (2020/02/02)

February 3rd, 2020, 22:00 Posted By: wraggster

Neko Project 2 v0.83k8/fmgen is released. Neko Project II is a port to the Wii of NP2 (Neko Project II), NEC PC-9801 emulator, programmed by Yui.

http://nenecchi.html.xdomain.jp/

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/neko-pr...-20200202.html

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Snes9x GX v4.4.5

February 3rd, 2020, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster

Snes9x GX v4.4.5 is released. Snes9x GX is a Super Nintendo(SFC) emulator based on Snes9x, ported to the Wii and GameCube. The code is a continuation of Softdev and Crunchy2's efforts, and uses libogc and devkitppc.

Snes9x GX Features:
* Based on Snes9x 1.53
* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
* Cheat support
* Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Autodetect PAL/NTSC
* 16:9 widescreen support
* Open Source!

Snes9x GX Changelog:
Disable ROM information display by default
Updates from Snes9x
Added support for serial port 2 (SP2 / SD2SP2) on Gamecube
Xbox 360/Hornet controller support
Compiled with latest libraries

https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/snes9x-gx-v445.html

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higan v107.9

February 3rd, 2020, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster

higan v107.9 is released. higan (formerly bsnes) is a Nintendo multi-system emulator that began development on 2004-10-14. It currently supports the following systems:
- Famicom
- Super Famicom
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance

higan also supports the following subsystems:
- Super Game Boy
- BS-X Satellaview
- Sufami Turbo

higan Changelog：
* v107.9
More work on byuu.

https://gitlab.com/higan/higan

http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/higan-v1079.html

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