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September 6th, 2019, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster
melonDS is a Nintendo DS emulator by Arisotura which aims to provide a high degree of accuracy while still keeping performance in mind.
melonDS 0.8.3 comes with a solution for a couple of annoying outstanding issues such as audio stutters!
This year, the emulator has seen a great deal of progress including the addition of an OpenGL accelerated renderer and imminent JIT/DSi builds which will continue to increase the emulator’s versatility.
Now, melonDS 0.8.3 has been released which comes with the following:
- An issue relating to Ctrl+K hotkeys was fixed so now you can map ‘special’ keys like Shift and Ctrl to buttons again
- As a solution to audio and frame limiter issues, three different syncing solution have been introduced namely:
- Limit framerate – the oldschool way of doing things but it’s a tad different from previous implementations as it tries to find an average framerate over several frames so as not to limit games that run at 30FPS internally too aggressively
- Audio sync – Use this if you want 0 audio stuttering at the cost of a less stable framerate
- VSync – synchronises the emulator’s framerate with that of your monitor (typically 60/75/120/144FPS) but may not work properly with games that alter their framerate by modifying VCount. Only works on the OpenGL renderer when running on Windows
- OpenGL initialisation no longer fails on OpenGL 4.1 or earlier (melonDS’ renderer requires OpenGL 3.1)
 melonDS isn’t only interesting for PC users but also for console users since a functional port for the Nintendo Switch already exists and a limited scope PSVita port may be possible in the future!
- Audio output is now done at a standard 48000Hz frequency instead of 47430Hz to improve compatibility with poorly written audio drivers
- Some accuracy improvements and minor fixed as per the commit history on GitHub
Furthermore, beta builds of JIT-enabled and DSi-compatible version of the emulators will be coming but these are based on melonDS 0.8.2 and melonDS 0.8.1 respectively for the time being.
To grab melonDS for your PC and emulate the DS to your heart’s content, check out this link.
http://wololo.net/2019/09/05/emulati...ative-pc-port/
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September 6th, 2019, 21:20 Posted By: wraggster
The Constellation Nerdulus is the American English translation of Otaku no Seiza, a turn-based Japanese RPG for the Famicom.
The patch is available to download now.
The plot involves a matriarchal society in which men are mocked as nerds and women reign supreme. The protagonist sets out to prove that he’s a real man and put the women of the world in their place by courting the Goddess herself… if the roaving fiends and the powerful Daughters of Aurora don’t stop him first.
The hacking was done by Pennywise of Stardust Crusaders Translations, the script was translated by Tom, and the title screen was created by Flash PV.
https://yojimbo.eludevisibility.org/
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=29172
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September 6th, 2019, 21:19 Posted By: wraggster
Polinym of the Woolsey Fan Company (W.F.C.) has released a special translation of the Famicom game, Idol Hakkenden, which localizes the game as if it were released during the original NES era. The W.F.C. took care to ensure that all names, places, terms, and culture in Japanese was localized to things the general American audience with little to no Japanese knowledge could appreciate.
“Idol Hakkenden”, or Pop Star Debut as the W.F.C. has named it, is a Japanese text adventure about young Sabrina Seltzer who dreams of becoming a star. While on the surface it appears to be a “kiddie” game, several twists in the plot take the story in some shocking directions. Sabrina’s quest for stardom is threatened by an entertainment overlord with ambitions for world domination.
Pop Star Debut marks the W.F.C.’s first translation project. Polinym, currently the company’s only member, knew literally nothing of this game prior to translating it. He refused to look up any information about it unless absolutely necessary. This ensures that the game is more authentic as an American release, and not based on any other forms of translation.
The W.F.C. offers a truly unique experience for players. The game’s text was written not just to be a mere translation of the original, but enjoyable writing that would’ve appeared had the game been an American product.
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/4972/
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September 6th, 2019, 21:12 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo is bringing a suite of Super Nintendo games to its Nintendo Switch Online services tomorrow, adding to the existing library of NES games already available.
During today's Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed that 20 titles would be released tomorrow, with more games to be added over time.
The list of launch games is as follows:
- Brawl Brothers
- Demon's Crest
- Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Star Fox
- Super EDF Earth Defense Force
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Super Puyo Puyo 2
- Super Tennis
- Breath of Fire
- F-Zero
- Kirby's Dream Course
- Pilotwings
- Stunt Race FX
- Super Ghosts'n Ghosts
- Super Mario World
- Super Metroid
- Super Soccer
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Games will include the same rewind and suspend features already available for NES games, as well as multiplayer in select titles.
Additionally, an SNES controller compatible with these games will be sold for $29.99, but will only be available for Nintendo Switch Online members with a four controller limit per Nintendo Account.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...-switch-online
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September 6th, 2019, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has teased a new peripheral for its Switch console, which seems to amplify and extend its motion control functions.
Yesterday, Nintendo released a video that shows the new controller in action. The peripheral is split into two parts: a wheel and a strap, each of which can house a Joy-Con controller.
The video depicts people in various countries using the controllers, with the wheel gripped in the hands and the strap attached to the thigh. Many of these activities involve physical exercise: running, stretching, aerobics, and adopting yoga-like positions.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...sical-exercise
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September 4th, 2019, 21:51 Posted By: wraggster
The Constellation Nerdulus is the American English translation of Otaku no Seiza, a turn-based Japanese RPG for the Famicom.
The patch is available to download now.
The plot involves a matriarchal society in which men are mocked as nerds and women reign supreme. The protagonist sets out to prove that he’s a real man and put the women of the world in their place by courting the Goddess herself… if the roaving fiends and the powerful Daughters of Aurora don’t stop him first.
The hacking was done by Pennywise of Stardust Crusaders Translations, the script was translated by Tom, and the title screen was created by Flash PV.
https://yojimbo.eludevisibility.org/
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=29172
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September 4th, 2019, 21:48 Posted By: wraggster
Amazon's biggest selling games product from the video games category in August was a Switch screen protector.
That's according to research by analysts at Thinknum, who tracked the sales ranking for each item that held onto a place in the Amazon best-sellers list every day of the last month.
Looking specifically at the video games category, the company found that of the top 20 products that achieved this, only ten were actually video games. A further six were controllers and other accessories, while four were digital codes for memberships to Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus or store currency.
And Nintendo dominated the month.
The biggest selling product of the month, with an average ranking of 5.7 in the best-sellers list, was the amFilm Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Nintendo Switch (pack of two).
This was one of three Switch accessories in the Top 20, alongside the official Pro controller and a portable carry case.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...reen-protector
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September 3rd, 2019, 20:26 Posted By: wraggster
Ladies and gentleman, start your updaters! The Cemu developers have just released a new public version of their popular Wii U emulator: 1.15.13b. While the Vulkan renderer may have not been included in this build yet, as it's still in a promising but WIP state in the Patreon-exclusive 1.16.0, the team has fixed a couple of bugs related to the GamePad view: its resolution is now set correctly when launched before a game is running and the mouse cursor no longer gets hidden while interacting with its window in fullscreen mode. Speaking of fixes, some crashes have also been resolved, specifically with a few homebrew apps and the games FullBlast and Adventures of Pip (including other Unity ones, potentially). If you're enjoying the Screenshot function, keep in mind this version changes its hotkey from Print Screen to F12!
However, 1.15.13b also drops support for older graphic packs - in particular, the ones using the version 1 format (first introduced in Cemu 1.7.0). Version 2 and 3 packs will still continue to work. If you have any custom ones installed, be sure to double-check whichever you're using before updating!
Official changelog
# Cemu detailed changelog for 1.15.13b
# Patreon release date: 2019-08-23
# Public release date: 2019-08-30
# New in 1.15.13b:
general: Language files updated
# New in 1.15.13:
general: Fixed GamePad view using the wrong resolution when opened before a game is launched
general: Fixed mouse cursor disappearing when interacting only with the GamePad window in fullscreen (#172)
general: Dropped support for legacy v1 graphic packs
general: Screenshot hotkey changed to F12
debugger: Added LR to register view
CPU: Fixed overflow check in SUBFEO instruction
With this change Adventures of Pip no longer crashes on boot
Other Unity based games might be affected as well
CPU: Fixed implementation of MULLWO
Full Blast no longer crashes with save game (#117)
nlibcurl: Fixed a delayed crash that could occur when games used curl_multi_fdset()
GX2: Fixed hermite filter not scaling with window size
Note:
(#xx) refers to bug tracker issues resolved by this change. See http://bugs.cemu.info/projects/cemu/
Cemu v1.15.13b can be downloaded by going to its official website (linked below) or, if you are already running version 1.15.10 or later, by using its included auto-updater.
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Downloads
https://gbatemp.net/threads/cemu-v1-...leased.547119/
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September 3rd, 2019, 20:25 Posted By: wraggster
Hold onto your Nintendo-loving hats, because it's time once more for a Nintendo Direct. The video will air tomorrow, on September 4th at 3 pm PT/10 pm GMT, and is scheduled to show around 40 minutes of new information about Nintendo's upcoming games for the rest of this year, which include Pokemon Sword and Shield and Luigi's Mansion 3. You can tune in by watching the video above, or read our recap, once the direct goes live.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo...er-4th.547342/
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September 3rd, 2019, 20:20 Posted By: wraggster
Hey family, here today with a hack of the old-Gameboy RPG “Final Fantasy Legend II”. This was one of the first games that got many seasoned gamers into role playing games. This hack makes it safer to level up party members at the beginning of the game and also buffs guest party members. Treasure chest have been update to give enough money and items to better tackle the game’s bosses. Most enemies have been adjusted to allow the monster-class to evolve into interesting party members. Take your time or try for a personal best time…you are free to enjoy this project at your leisure !
https://gbatemp.net/entry/gbatemp-le...release.16111/
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=29160
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August 30th, 2019, 01:14 Posted By: wraggster
Angrylion RDP Plus r4 is released. This is a conservative fork of angrylion's RDP plugin that aims to add new features while retaining the accuracy of the original plugin.
Angrylion RDP Plus features:
* More maintainable code base by dividing the huge n64video.cpp into smaller pieces.
* Improved portability by separating the emulator plugin interface and window management from the RDP emulation core.
* Multi-threaded rendering support, which increases performance on multi-core CPUs significantly.
* Replaced deprecated DirectDraw interface with a modern OpenGL 3.3 implementation.
* Added manual window sizing.
* Added fullscreen support.
* Added BMP screenshot support.
* Added settings GUI.
* Slightly improved interlacing performance.
Angrylion RDP Plus r8 Changelog:
Improved unfiltered mode (#65)
Added vsync and exclusive window options (Zilmar plugin only)
Added multithreaded rendering compatibility modes, which allows you to choose between speed and compatibility
Merged angrylion r111 and r112
The window in unfiltered mode is now doubled in size for 320x240ish frames
Fixed repeating random noise patterns when multithreaded rendering is enabled (#67)
Note about the downloads:
angrylion-plus.dll - Project64 plugin
mupen64plus-video-angrylion-plus.dll - Mupen64Plus plugin
https://github.com/ata4/angrylion-rdp-plus
http://www.emucr.com/2019/08/angrylion-rdp-plus-r8.html
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August 30th, 2019, 00:36 Posted By: wraggster
Swiss r656 is released. The swiss army knife of gamecube homebrew. Swiss aims to be the ultimate utility Gamecube homebrew application.
Swiss Changelog:
Mostly bug fixes this release, changes listed by author below.
@emukidid:
Fix mistakes in settings text
Move "Alternate Read Patches" setting to be a per game (and default) level setting
Enable "Alternate Read Patches" setting by default
Fix empty memory card crash, fix blocks label
Fix issue #217 (graphical issues with banners when navigating devices)
@Extrems:
Fix 540p and 1080i video timings
https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc
http://www.emucr.com/2019/08/swiss-r656.html
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August 30th, 2019, 00:22 Posted By: wraggster
As discussed in this article, some games on the Nintendo Switch are locked to render at a framerate lower than that which the Switch can achieve either due to thermals/battery life reasons or because overclocking the Switch’s CPU is needed to achieve a constant 60FPS.
Thanks to Masagrator’s work, you can play the just-released demo of Dragon Quest XI S at 60FPS if you don’t mind overclocking your Switch to the max (Source)
Due to this, Masagrator decided to create a bunch of 60FPS mods so that people who don’t care much about thermals/battery life can enjoy games looking as best they can on their Switch. Now, he and his colleague ‘Kirby567fan‘ released 4 more mods for retail Switch games which include:
Other than the above releases, there’s also some good news for these 60FPS mods as it’s been discovered how to get 60FPS in Unity games (American Fugitive is one of them) which took masagrator a few weeks to figure out. If the games you want to play aren’t in that list, there’s still hope as masagrator promised that he’ll release more patches next Friday (30th August)!
http://wololo.net/2019/08/23/news-ch...fps-patches-f/
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August 29th, 2019, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster
In these past years, VUEngine has improved so much and become better and better in all areas imaginable... well, except a single one: music. As one of the oldest parts of the software, the engine's sound manager has been seriously lagging behind, supporting only single track music and lacking any tools to actually produce any music, or convert some into the engine's format.
But that's history from now on! We have finally filled in the missing puzzle piece and rewritten the entirety of the engine's sound code. From now on, it is possible to play either PCM, converted from WAV files, or MIDIs, converted to a special format readable by the music player. You can use all 6 tracks, which are automatically allocated and released, and there are fading effects and spatial positioning of audio sources, allowing you to locate the source of a sound thanks to the Virtual Boy's stereo speakers. You can also modify sound while it is played, and for instance speed it up. See below for a full list of features that are already implemented, as well as possible future additions.
Of course we also added another tool to the existing range of debug tools to accompany the updated sound support. Build your project in tools or debug mode and press LR+RT+RDown in-game to bring up the Sound Test.
You can find a standalone version of the Sound Test tool attached to the post on our Patreon page, including a selection of sample songs and sound effects.
https://www.planetvb.com/modules/new...hp?storyid=463
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August 28th, 2019, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster
After having been decompiled back in July, the source code for Super Mario 64 has been completely reverse-engineered, and is now publicly available. Available on GitHub is a full decompilation of the beloved 3D platformer, Super Mario 64. The decompilation works for the NTSC-U and NTSC-J builds of the game, with (E) ROM support coming soon. To keep things legal, you will need to provide your own copy of the game, in order to compile the data, with the exact process being detailed, below. If you've ever wanted to see some of the magic that went into creating such an iconic game, you can now finally see into all of the finer details.
Linux
- For each version (jp/us/eu) that you want to build a ROM for, put an existing ROM at ./baserom.<version>.z64 for asset extraction.
- Install the following packages:
Debian / Ubuntu
- git
- binutils-mips-linux-gnu / mips64-elf (>= 2.27)
- python3 (>= 3.7)
- build-essential
- pkg-config
- zlib1g-dev
- libaudiofile-dev
Arch Linux
- Install qemu-irix
3.a Options: 1. Clone https://github.com/n64decomp/qemu-irix to somewhere and follow its install instructions in the README. 2. Optionally, grab the prebuilt qemu-irix from the Releases section. 3. (Arch) Use AUR package qemu-irix-git
3.b (For options 1 or 2), copy executable qemu-irix from irix-linux-user to somewhere convenient with a relatively short path.
mkdir -p /opt/qemu-irix/bin
cp irix-linux-user/qemu-irix /opt/qemu-irix/bin
3.c Define QEMU_IRIX environment variable in your ~/.bashrc to point to this qemu-irix executable.
export QEMU_IRIX=/opt/qemu-irix/bin/qemu-irix
- Run make to build the ROM (defaults to us version). Make sure your path to the repo is not too long or else this process will error, as the emulated IDO compiler cannot handle paths longer than 255 characters. Build examples:
make VERSION=jp -j4 # build (J) version instead with 4 jobs
make VERSION=eu COMPARE=0 # non-matching EU version still WIP
Windows
For Windows, install WSL and a distro of your choice and follow the Linux guide.
https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/master/README.md
https://gbatemp.net/threads/super-ma...leased.546814/
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August 28th, 2019, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster
More stability. You know you want it, and Nintendo is here to make your wish come true by streaming it directly to a dual-screen system near you. Firmware 11.11.0-43 has just been released for the whole family of EUR 3DS consoles and, while no official changelog is available at the time of writing, we can all imagine what it would look like. It is currently unknown if and when update will also be released for other regions. Even if something got changed under the hood, it doesn't look like anything significant for homebrew according to a tweet made by smealum:
The coast may seem clear, but the usual rules still apply: while CFW users can upgrade freely, you are advised to wait until the all-clear is given before doing so if you're relying on *hax payloads or other entrypoints - especially considering the new firmware doesn't introduce any new features or functions. This post will be kept up-to-date with any other useful hacking & homebrew related info.
https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/...-00-40&sys=ktr
https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo...leased.546848/
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August 26th, 2019, 23:13 Posted By: wraggster
In June, we published our yearly investigation into which gaming hardware manufacturers may be funding armed conflict through their supply chains. At the time of publication, one major company was missing: Nintendo.
In that report, we outlined the results of yearly SEC filings from companies such as Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Google, and others that are intended to demonstrate how aware (or unaware) the manufacturers are of whether their supply chains for gold, tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively known as 3TGs, or conflict minerals) are supporting activities such as slave labor, bribery, illegal taxation, coercion, and violence by various groups. However, because Nintendo is not publicly traded in the US, the company did not have a filing available at the same time as the SEC deadline for those companies that are.
But to Nintendo's credit, it still publishes roughly the same information found in those filings every year in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, which is usually translated into English by the end of July. With that, we can determine how well Nintendo is doing compared to its competitors at ensuring ethical sourcing of the minerals needed to manufacture Nintendo Switches, controllers, amiibo, and other electronic devices.
Nintendo's relationship with conflict minerals over the years has been a mostly disappointing one, with improvement only in increments over the years. That's despite the company's commitment to a 100% return rate in responses from its 3TG suppliers, whom it surveys yearly for data on its mineral supply chain. In 2014, the first year it reported, the company could only certify that 47% of the smelters and refiners (SORs) it used for the 3TGs in its products were on an industry-standard whitelist of SORs audited by a third-party to ensure conflict-free sourcing.
In 2015, Nintendo showed dramatic improvement, bringing its percentage of whitelisted SORs up to 72%. But things haven't moved much from there. In 2016, that number inched up to 74%, and in last year's report, it inched again to 76%.
Its latest report, entitled "Putting Smiles on the Faces of Our Supply Chain," is yet another inch. Nintendo once again had a 100% survey return rate in 2018, through which it identified a total of 323 SORs in its supply chain of 3TGs. Of those, 256 were identified as audited and conformant to industry standards for ethical sourcing, bringing its percentage of conformant SORs to 79% -- 3% higher than last year, and with ten fewer SORs total in its supply chain.
Furthermore, when we first looked into the Nintendo CSR report for 2019 at the time of its publication, Nintendo's numbers didn't add up. Most of the numbers were completely identical to last year's (something we've not seen in any other conflict minerals report since we began investigating them in 2015) and had an additional discrepancy in its total number of SORs. It was only after we reached out to Nintendo to check their accuracy that Nintendo realized they had not updated the conflict minerals portion of their CSR report with current data. They have now amended it.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...neral-sourcing
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