mGBA v0.6.2 released!

April 7th, 2018, 18:33 Posted By: wraggster

Had a few weeks off newsposting but here i start again with some news thanks to Emu 64:

mGBA is a new emulator for running Game Boy Advance games. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, as well as adding features that other emulators lack.

Features:
- Near full Game Boy Advance hardware support[1].
- Fast emulation. Known to run at full speed even on low end hardware, such as netbooks.
- Qt and SDL ports for a heavy-weight and a light-weight frontend.
- Save type detection, even for flash memory size[2].
- Real-time clock support, even without configuration.
- A built-in BIOS implementation, and ability to load external BIOS files.
- Turbo/fast-forward support by holding Tab.
- Frameskip, configurable up to 9.
- Screenshot support.
- 9 savestate slots. Savestates are also viewable as screenshots.
- Video and GIF recording.
- Remappable controls for both keyboards and gamepads.
- Loading from ZIP files.
- IPS and UPS patch support.
- Game debugging via a command-line interface (not available with Qt port) and GDB remote support.

mGBA v0.6.2 Changelog:

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Cemu v1.11.6b released!

April 7th, 2018, 18:34 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new version of the Nintendo WiiU Emulator:

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

Cemu v1.11.6b Changelog:

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GBE+ 1.2 released

April 7th, 2018, 18:41 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new version of GBE released:

GBE+ the DMG/GBC/GBA emulator, and experimental NDS emulator has been updated to version 1.2.

You can download the windows version from https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases

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Mesen 0.9.5

April 7th, 2018, 18:42 Posted By: wraggster

The NES Emulator gets an update:

Mesen has its first release for 2018, now at 0.9.5. The NES and Famicom emulator has been updated with this change log:

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[Wii] mGBA v0.6.2

April 7th, 2018, 18:46 Posted By: wraggster

Gameboy Advance Emulator for Nintendo Wii Updated:

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3DS] mGBA v0.6.2

April 7th, 2018, 18:47 Posted By: wraggster

Heres an Update of the GBA Emulator for the Nintendo 3DS/2DS:

A new release of mGBA, version 0.6.2, is available. This version is a bugfix release, which contains many stability and accuracy fixes. An extensive list of changes follows after the cut.

Bugfixes:

Core: Fix ROM patches not being unloaded when disabled (fixes mgba.io/i/962)
3DS: Fix opening files in directory names with trailing slashes
LR35902: Fix watchpoints not reporting new value
GB MBC: Fix MBC2 saves (fixes mgba.io/i/954)
GB Memory: HDMAs should not start when LCD is off (fixes mgba.io/i/310)
GB Memory: Fix OAM DMA blocking regions (fixes mgba.io/i/1013)
GB Video: Only trigger STAT write IRQs when screen is on (fixes mgba.io/i/912)
GBA: Fix some GBA ROM misdetection (fixes mgba.io/i/978)
GBA: Fix SharkPort saves for EEPROM games
GBA Audio: Increase PSG volume (fixes mgba.io/i/932)
GBA BIOS: Fix incorrect exit condition in LZ77
GBA Cheats: Fix PARv3 slide codes (fixes mgba.io/i/919)
GBA Cheats: Fix slide codes not initializing properly
GBA DMA: ROM reads are forced to increment
GBA Hardware: RTC accuracy improvements
GBA I/O: Fix writing to DISPCNT CGB flag (fixes mgba.io/i/902)
GBA Memory: Fix copy-on-write memory leak
GBA Memory: Partially revert prefetch changes (fixes mgba.io/i/840)
GBA Savedata: Fix crash when resizing flash
GBA Video: Force align 256-color tiles
GBA Video: OBJWIN can change blend params after OBJ is drawn (fixes mgba.io/i/921)
PSP2: Fix issues causing poor audio
Python: Fix package directory
Qt: Fix locale being set to English on settings save (fixes mgba.io/i/906)
Qt: Fix opening in fullscreen (fixes mgba.io/i/993)
Wii: Fix screen tear when unpausing
Wii: Fix various setup and teardown drawing issues (fixes mgba.io/i/988)

Misc:

3DS: Scale font based on glyph heights (fixes mgba.io/i/961)
GB MBC: Remove erroneous bank 0 wrapping
GBA: Improve multiboot image detection
PSP2: Use system enter key by default

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[SWITCH] ScummVM Switch v2.1.0

April 7th, 2018, 18:48 Posted By: wraggster

Cpasjuste has ported ScummVM over to the Nintendo Switch, awesome news:

Hi,

Here is a port of the excellent ScummVM engine to the switch. I don't have the time to write a lot of information's right now.. i'll update this post later.

In the meantime, here is the (very minimal) release information from the release page :

INFORMATIONS

runs at a pretty good framerate even with HQ scalers
default gfx is 2x fullscreen. The game is rendered at 2x the resolution, and (linear) scaled to fit screen. My personnal choice would be fullscreen tv2x thought. 3x fullscreen/windowed is probably a good choice too (less "linear blur")


KNOW BUGS

no sfx in some "scumm" engine games (curse of monkey island, full throttle) !
intro in "the secret of monkey island" CD version hang, audio play fine and can be skipped. Other versions seems to works fine.
mp3 decoder doesn't seems to work (crash), but this format should not be used anyway


TODO

fix "scumm" engine SFX (imuse/dimuse)
add touchscreen support
fix mp3 decoding (libmad? does it worth it?)

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[SWITCH] Switch Homebrew App Store v1.0

April 7th, 2018, 18:50 Posted By: wraggster

Nice to see the Homebrew coming so fast for the Switch:

This is a Switch homebrew app for downloading and installing more homebrew from Switchbru's repository.

To use it, see the instructions in the readme. Homebrew is only currently publicly compatible with 3.0.0 Switch's.

The first load will take a while as it caches some icon and banner data, loads after that should be much faster. The best way to interact with the app is by using the touch screen, but there are also gamepad controls.

Known issues:

vgmoose/get#1 - empty folders aren't removed when uninstalling package
#5 - Pynx takes about 5 minutes to extract files from zip
#2 - downloading should use libcurl

Reporting issues can be done on Github or on the Switchbru Discord (or #switchbru on Freenode)

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[SWITCH] REminiscence v1.0

April 7th, 2018, 18:52 Posted By: wraggster

Cpasjuste is back with another port for the Nintendo Switch:

Hi,

Here is the first release of the REminiscence (flashback) engine, initially developped by "Gregory Montoir", for the Nintendo Switch.

From the release page :

Installation (switch)

copy "REminiscence.nro" from "REminiscence-1.0_switch.zip" to "/switch/REminiscence/" folder
copy "DATA" folder from "flashback_data.zip" to "/switch/REminiscence/" folder

Controls (switch)

A = ENTER
B = SPACE
X = SHIFT
Y = BACK
PLUS = ESCAPE (menu)

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[SWITCH] NeoPop SDL v0.2

April 7th, 2018, 18:54 Posted By: wraggster

Nop90 has released a new version of the Neo geo pocket emulator for the Nintendo Switch:

Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color emulator.

This is a preview release, I just compiled the emulator with my SDL lib making only minor tweaks, so there is a lot of work left for oprimizing everything.

Config save is missing and saving state seems to not overwrite a previous savestate. Also there ara some options to map to Switch controls.

This emulator miss a gui for loading roms, so I made a quck hack of the Homebrew loader to turn it in a rom forwarder. This is a planned feature for the official HBL, so in the future probably the forwarder will be removed.

In the release package I added an Homebrew rom (bomeberman from Thor, that is a menber of the Retroguru Team too), so to make testing the emulator easy. To install everything simply decompress the content of the zip archive in the root of the sd card.

if you want You can add other roms in the /roms/neogeopocket folder.

Everything is untested on a real switch, so I'm releasing this alpha version to receive feedbacks. If the forwarder doesn't launch a rom correctly, you can always move the neopop.nro in a folder named /switch/neopop and run it directly; this way, when launched without parameters, it will try to load a file named rom.ngc from the /roms/neogeopocket folder. I already added a copy of bomberman named rom.ngc in the rom folder.

Note: Exiting the emulator will crash the launcher. I'm working on it.


Source code isn't available yet.

The nros for the emulator and the forwarder are released on github (http://github.com/Nop90-Switch/neopop-SDL/releases/)

Changelog

Ver. 0.2 (21 March 2018)

Some bugs fixed

Ver. 0.1 (19 March 2018)

Preview version

Controls

Keypad - directions
A - A button
B - B button
X - Option button
Y - Pause emulator
MINUS - Exit the emulator
RR - Save game state
RL - Load game state
L - Toggle fullscreen

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[SWITCH] pFBA v1.54

April 7th, 2018, 18:56 Posted By: wraggster

The Final Burn Emulator for the Nintendo Switch gets an update:

pFBA 1.54:

switch: fix audio
switch: add 4 player support. When joycons are not docked (multiplayer), use "L STICK" button press for start or coin instead (+) or (-)). All players share the same button configuration for now.
switch: fix a random crash on exit (hopefully)
switch: lower font size
switch: use linear filtering as default option (faster)
pfba: fix button textures not deleted when changing menu
pfba: fix version not correctly handled on some platforms
pfba: fix missing rom path slash on new config

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[SWITCH] OpenBoR v1.0.0 Build 4704

April 7th, 2018, 18:57 Posted By: wraggster

The Beats of Rage Engine has been ported to the Nintendo Switch:

Hi,

Here is a port of OpenBOR for the Switch. From the official site :

OpenBOR is the ultimate 2D gaming engine with over 10+ years of active development behind it. With OpenBOR you can build anything from simple button mashers to elaborate projects rivaling the most lavish professional offerings. Download one of the dozens of ready to play game modules available here, or grab the development kit and start up one of your own!

You can download it here : https://github.com/Cpasjuste/openbor/releases

Put your *.pak files in a "Paks" folder, inside OpenBOR.nro directory.

OpenBOR official website: http://www.chronocrash.com/forum/

Hope you'll enjoy

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[SWITCH] Super Methane Brothers v2.0 alpha

April 9th, 2018, 20:40 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new homebrew release for the Switch from carstene1ns:

Help the Super Methane Brothers Puff & Blow! Trap baddies in a gas cloud. Suck into your gas gun. Throw against a wall to destroy them.

Controls:
Hat - Movement
A - Jump
B - Gas Gun
X - Toggle between Puff and Blow
Minus - Pause Game
Plus - Exit Game

Still waiting for my Switch to arrive. Sound support in the emulators is not really usable for now, so this is without sound and music.
No data files required, waiting for test reports. Thanks!

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[3DS] Snes9x for 3DS v1.30

April 9th, 2018, 20:42 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a updated version of the Snes Emulator for the 3DS from bubble2k16:

Never thought I'd be making such a major change to this emu anymore, but here it is:

v1.30 released:

Improved sound synchronization.
Added BlargSNES DSP Core (experimental) for performance. The original Snes9X DSP core (default) suffers from sound skipping in some games like Aladdin and Gradius 3. You can choose which DSP core to use from the Options menu. The BlargSNES DSP Core sounds similar to the Snes9x Core for most games. Sounds like Final Fantasy 3's the howling wind sound different.
Added support for Tengai Makyou Zero English Patch (for hopefully all future versions)

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[3DS] VirtuaNES for 3DS v1.02

April 9th, 2018, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster

bubble2k16 has posted a new version of his Nes Emulator for the 3DS:

VirtuaNES for 3DS v1.02 Released (21 Mar 2017)

This is a port of VirtuaNES to 3DS as an alternative to existing NES emulators. It used to be considered one of the best emulators before FCE and Nestopia, and it runs quite fast for lower spec-ed computers (at the cost of some emulation accuracy). But because of that, the Old 3DS / 2DS is able to benefit from this fast running emulator core. This runs full speed on an old 3DS / 2DS with support for tonnes of mappers. Although it doesn't support every single mapper, the library of games that can run on this are probably fairly huge already.

As always this will also work on a new 3DS.

Download latest from Github:
https://github.com/bubble2k16/emus3ds/r ... -v1.02.zip

To use:

Homebrew Launcher:

Copy virtuanes_3ds.3dsx, virtuanes_3ds.smdh and virtuanes_3ds_top.png into the /3ds/virtuanes_3ds on your SD card.
Place your NES ROMs inside any folder.
Go to your Homebrew Launcher (either via Cubic Ninja, Soundhax or other entry points) and launch the virtuanes_3ds emulator.

CIA Version:

Use your favorite CIA installer to install virtuanes_3ds.cia into your CFW. You can also use FBI to download from TitleDB.
Place your NES ROMs inside any folder.
Copy virtuanes_3ds_top.png to ROOT of your SD card.
Exit your CIA installer and go to your CFW's home screen to launch the app.

FDS BIOS

To load .FDS games, make sure that you get the FDS BIOS.
Rename the BIOS to disksys.rom and place it in /3ds/virtuanes_3ds/bios/disksys.rom


When in-game:

Tap the bottom screen for the menu.
Use Up/Down to choose option, and A to confirm. (Hold down X while pressing Up/Down to Page Up/Page Down)
Use Left/Right to change between ROM selection and emulator options.
You can quit the emulator to your homebrew launcher / your CFW's home screen.


Releasing v1.02 to fix some of issues:

- Fixed bug in MMC5 mapper that was causing Castlevania 3's graphics to corrupt.
- Optimized rendering to 16-bit buffer to reduce cache misses, and minor optimizations for MMC5 rendering.
- Fixed occassional crashing bug when loading a ROM.

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Nintendo Super FX Games now running on SD2SNES - New GSU_v04 Build

April 9th, 2018, 20:53 Posted By: wraggster

A new flash cartridge for the Snes has recently been released and heres an update:

RedGuyyyy continues to fix up his Super FX support for sd2snes by releasing yet another build a couple of hours ago!

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U-Boot Released for the Nintendo Switch

April 9th, 2018, 20:54 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new hacking release for the Nintendo Switch:

After a few early setbacks, developer @ShinyQuagsire has been able to get U-Boot working on his Switch console, now this is nothing ground-breaking as you will still need a 'custom binary loader' to do anything useful in the NVidia DFU mode which can be triggered by removing the eMMC module (no Switch NAND found), or by dangerously shorting out something as recently explained in the FAQ: Fusée Gelée Exploit but once all the rest of the puzzle pieces are released we might be able to do something useful and cool on our exploitable firmwares after connecting the proper USB-C to A cable to our PC and uploading some custom code (bring your own loader) via the now released forked version of U-Boot for the Switch.
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An NES Emulator Written In Go

April 9th, 2018, 20:59 Posted By: wraggster

A new Nes Emulator has been released in the GO Language:

The language GO has become very popular recently, as its just as simple to learn as BASIC was, and to show off how easy it is @rbaron has written an NES Emulator called awesomenes in GO and you can check it out below, and start to enjoy some retro gaming on your GO compatible device and at the same time study how he did it to program something cool yourself in GO.

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ReSwitch Developer Releases FAQ on their upcoming Fusée Gelée Exploit

April 9th, 2018, 21:03 Posted By: wraggster

Some more Nintendo Switch hacking news:

There is still alot of unanswer'ed questions, and much speculation, and now @ktemkin has decided to clear the air regarding the upcoming usage of their 'coldboot exploit' on hackable Switch firmwares, and the various options and problems users will have depending on firmware they are on, which they are planning to include in the upcoming CFW 'maybe summer time' release by @SciresM.
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The ESP8266 device can now be used on the Switch for 'PegaSwitch'

April 9th, 2018, 21:04 Posted By: wraggster

Heres yet more Nintendo Switch Hacking news:

The developer @RetroGamer74 is surprising, after having bluffed us on the PlayStation 4 with a full Playground, he is back with a Playground ESP8286 for the Nintendo Switch. The ESP8266 can as on the PS4 be installed on a console Nintendo Switch firmware 3.0.0 to launch the Homebrew Launcher. The bundled file is a bin file that incorporates a custom version of Homebrew 2.0 and relies on the Pegaswitch hack.

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First Switch eShop dump released by BigBlueBox

April 9th, 2018, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster

Yet another item of Switch hacking news:

BBB has fired their warez 'cannonball' back the anonymous group that leaked 'master_key_03' earlier, but also confirmed the key is real, and have gone back to their original 3DS roots, by now dumping the .NSP eShop games, the new .CIA format for Nintendo Switch.

Hopefully, this puts an end to the 'scene drama' for now, and we can all get back to being Jolly Roger's without the cannonballs!

NEWS SOURCE: First Switch eShop dump released by BBB (via) GBATemp

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Nintendo Switch 'master_key_03' Leaks

April 9th, 2018, 21:12 Posted By: wraggster

The amount of recent switch news is staggering, heres some more hacking news:

BigBlueBox has been doing their part in the past leaking other keys, but there was still one missing as mentioned in their last .NFO file, but a newer key has now been leaked via anonymous 'pastebin' in the form of 'trading cards' of the various scene developers that sadly were DOXed recently, but BBB is not part of this leak which also sadly takes a big swipe at their personal lifestyle choice.

So there we go, all 'released' games can be decrypted, unpacked, modded now, except of course when big 'N' starts using 'master_key_04' for their upcoming newer game cartridges that will be shipping soon that needs v5.0.x firmware to run!

(Our thanks to @Qwee for the 'pastebin' leak link)

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Switch Joy-Con Toolkit v5.0.0

April 9th, 2018, 21:25 Posted By: wraggster

Yet another release for the Switch:

This is a major version, as a reminder, Joy-Con Toolkit allows you to change the synchronization colors of Joy-Con controllers and GamePad Pro, but also backups SPI flash Nand, see addresses S / N and Mac, and the firmware versions of each device the console.

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kgDoom for Nintendo Switch

April 9th, 2018, 21:28 Posted By: wraggster

Kgsws has ported Doom to the Nintendo Switch, heres the release news:

Of course there is an 'official DOOM' for the Nintendo Switch, but there is nothing better they being able to load up some 'original and modded WAD' files and enjoy them finally on your v3.0.0 Switch console using the now ported 'kgDoom' version by scene developer @kgsws that was released earlier this Easter weekend for all nineties to enjoy some classic FPS action!
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Nintendo Switch JoyCon-Driver v0.98 for PC

April 9th, 2018, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster

Yet another awesome release for the Nintendo Switch:

It's a driver that lets you use your JoyCons/Pro Controller with your PC with a lot more functionality than the default Windows driver (Analog stick support, Gyro Controls, Combining JoyCons, etc...)
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The above text answers the common first big question: "What actually is this thing and why should I use it?", and below is the overview settings, features and comments from its developer @mfosse regarding this awesome new release which allows us to finally fully enjoy the proper usage of your Nintendo Switch JoyCon and PRO controllers on your Gaming Desktop PC or Laptop rigs.

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Nintendo Switch CFW Atmosphere by @SciresM to be Released this Summer

April 9th, 2018, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster

If your lucky enough to have a Nintendo Switch that can be hacked then the upcoming release of a custom firmware for the Switch is awesome news:

From the two screen-caps taken from Team ReSwitched Discord Channel, @SciresM talks about his time-line for the first release of his currently 'work-in-progress' Atmosphere which could turn out to be the very first user-installable 'Custom Firmware', and he notes his plans is to make it work on all currently released firmwares, but staying on v4.1.0 for now will be best, and having the even older v3.0.0 will make install even easier, but of course the GITHub ground-work progress on his Atmosphere firmware is still based on launch v1.0.0.

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SNES Super FX implementation in Verilog

April 9th, 2018, 21:42 Posted By: wraggster

Nice to see Snes Hacking in this day and age, heres the news:

@PityOnU is working on a SuperFX hardware implementation in Verilog for SNES.
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SciresM Releases Switch Game Cart Dumper

April 9th, 2018, 21:44 Posted By: wraggster

More Switch hacking news is out, here it is:

@SciresM has leaked on purpose via the Discord Reswitched channel, the script used on v1.0.0 to v3.0.0 PegaSwitch-enabled consoles to dump game cartridges, now you too can be baddie closet 'pirate' just like 'BigBlueBox', which is now more useful since they just leaked some 'master_keys' and 'HACToolGUI' is out.

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3DS RELEASE: 3DS ARM Assembly Cheat Creator

April 9th, 2018, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster

Heres some 3DS hacking news for a change:

Nintendo Scene Developer @Fishguy6564 has put together a 'neat program' to help 3DS gamers to create 'cheat codes', check it out:
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HACToolGUI v0.1b

April 9th, 2018, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster

Heres yet another release for the Nintendo Switch:

Soon after the big news of the Switch Game Cartridge master_keys leaking from the warez scene group 'BBB', developers were quick on making a GUI for the previously released 'hactool', so check it out below and get yourself fully prepare into 'modding' some Switch games for soon in the future usage on your Switch console running CFW with backup-enabled-kernel-patches (which is still yet to appear in the wild!)

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WIP: Derive Switch Keys by @SocraticBliss

April 14th, 2018, 21:23 Posted By: wraggster

Heres some news Nintendo Switch News:

Alot of 'Nintendo Switch Keys' are generated internally, as long as you know the 'source' and 'master' keys which you can find in our MaxConsole UnderGround Skull & Crossbones Nintendo Switch Package, you can figure out the rest, and now @SocraticBliss has been working on nice 'Python' script that does the mathematical calculations for you, so you can quickly generate the full set of keys needed for your educational research needs only!

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Last Bible III English Translation Released

April 14th, 2018, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster

The Snes Game has finally been translated to English:

Last Bible III for the SNES has finally been translated from Japanese into American English and the patch is now available for download.
The Last Bible series of games began on the Game Boy as a spinoff of the Megami Tensei franchise. Instead of the usual near-future apocalypse setting, Last Bible’s setting is closer to light medieval fantasy. Combat is turn-based, and retains the Megaten standard of being able to persuade enemies to join your team, as well as fusing them together to create stronger beasts.
The English translation project started in April 2017 at the request of Tom, the same person who translated the Game Boy Color version of Last Bible II. DDSTranslation did all of the hacking, and FlashPV was in charge of the graphics work and font.
Now after a year of coding, translating, and testing, the final result can be enjoyed by all Megaten and JRPG fans. (Despite what you may have heard online, and despite the seemingly childish cover art, this game is not intended for children.)

download https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3545/

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Castlevania HD Pack for Mesen NES emulator

April 14th, 2018, 22:19 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a release you dont see everyday:

Last year’s Castlevania 30th Anniversary facelift patch was recently updated. It is now available in a form of an HD pack for the Mesen NES emulator.
This HD Pack applies to a NES version of Castlevania (USA non-RevA ROM only) and replaces its graphics with the higher resolution graphics from Castlevania for mobile phones. It also replaces the game’s music tracks with ogg files.
In order to use this pack you have to download the latest Mesen emulator (0.9.5 and up) from
http://www.mesen.ca
Then you should unzip and run it. Mesen will greet you with a configuration window. Pay attention what folder will be specified there as a “Data Storage Location”.
You need to place the contents of this HDPack zip file into the [Data Storage Location]/HdPacks/[CastlevaniaRomName] folder (e.g “HdPacks/Castlevania (USA)” if you are loading “Castlevania (USA).nes”)
After extracting the HDPack you should enable HDPacks in Mesen.Tick the box at Options-Video-Enable HDNes HD Packs, and then load the ROM into Mesen.

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Fire Emblem Self Randomising ROM

April 14th, 2018, 22:26 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a cool sounding release for the GBA:

Video game randomisers are quite popular. With them, one can get a fresh experience playing their favourite games. Many games have randomisers, and the Game Boy Advance Fire Emblem games were no exception. However, circleseverywhere decided to dispense with the randomiser executable and just create a hack that randomises itself.
The Fire Emblem Self Randomising ROM is exactly what it says on the tin. Apply the patch, input your desired settings when starting a new game, and you have a randomised Sacred Stones ROM, no executable required. This makes the process of randomising the game much simpler for people using mobile devices; the game itself is the randomiser.
Many things can be randomised, ranging from character growth rates to what items are given in what places to what music plays on the maps. Some quality of life improvements such as speeding up animations and having health bars display on the map are also included.
A word of warning: this is a Sacred Stones hack, and is not compatible with Blazing Sword. Other than that, randomise in game to your heart’s content.

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Dynamic-Designs Releases G.O.D. in English!

April 14th, 2018, 22:30 Posted By: wraggster

Heres another awesome bit of Snes News:

After roughly 4 years of production at Dynamic-Designs, G.O.D. is ready for the world to play! It may have taken longer than planned and may have been fraught with slowdowns, but this great, classic RPG has finally attained the level of attention, detail, and polish it so deserves.
G.O.D. (Growth or Devolution) is a classic SNES RPG, and before today, was one of the last great SNES RPGs left untranslated. Avoiding as many spoilers as possible, this game follows the story of Gen as he travels the world, using his special abilities to put a stop to the alien menace plaguing the planet.
So what are you waiting for? Pick up the patch today and start enjoying a game that has remained in obscurity for over 20 years!

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Wolfling Zero v2018.04.13 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 14th, 2018, 22:33 Posted By: wraggster

Some Homebrew Nes News:

Matthias Bock shows us an ingame shot of his Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom game Wolfling Zero.

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Micro Mages (Kickstarter) (TBA) (NES Game)

April 14th, 2018, 22:34 Posted By: wraggster

Heres some more Nes News:

Morphcat Games freshly announced a Kickstarter campaign for their new NES game Micro Mages. There is no precise date yet, but they aim for early to mid May 2018 to start the funding action.

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Vegetablets Go (Commercial) (Restock) (NES Game)

April 14th, 2018, 22:35 Posted By: wraggster

Heres some news regarding a commercial Nes Release:

Did you miss the deadline to acquire a copy of Vegetablets Go for NES/Famicom by Japanese delevoper Tulip House?
There is another batch! Quote from Twitter:

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Newo Fox v2018.04.12 (WIP) (Wii Game)

April 14th, 2018, 22:36 Posted By: wraggster

Heres some Wii Homebrew News:

Owen still works on Newo Fox for Nintendo’s Wii.
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Nebs & Debs v2018.04.11 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 14th, 2018, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster

Heres yet more Nes News:

Chris Cacciatore is still working on his NES platform game Nebs & Debs.
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Flap Happy v2018.04.09 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 14th, 2018, 22:43 Posted By: wraggster

Heres more NES homebrew news:

Ryan Carson has progress news on Flap Happy.
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Bite The Chilli Multicart v2018.04.09 (WIP) (NES misc)

April 14th, 2018, 23:07 Posted By: wraggster

Yet more releases for the Nes:

Nathan Tolbert is currently working on his Bite The Chilli NES multicart! It collects different projects in on spot! Follow Nathan to find out more.

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Trophy v2018.04.07 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 14th, 2018, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster

heres more Nes News:

Trophy is a brandnew Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom game in development by Gradual Games.

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OpenBOR v3.0 Build 4905 (Wii misc Port)

April 14th, 2018, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster

2 homebrew releases in one day, awesome:

OpenBOR (Open Beats of Rage) is an open source engine to play Beats of Rage. Beats of Rage is a freeware open source video game and modifiable game engine made by Senile Team and inspired by Sega’s classic Streets of Rage series. The term “modifiable” means that the program allows users to create their own content, and thus their own beat-’em-up game, which is then called a “mod”.

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Orange Island v2018.04.02 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster

A new nes release, getting tired now:

Orange Island is a new NES game in development.

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Mooncats Trio (Revision 2018) (GBA Game)

April 15th, 2018, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster

Time for some GBA News:

Mooncats Trio is a Game Boy Advance game released at Revison 2018 by sBeam/Desire. If you like Arkanoid you will for sure enjoy this little gem. The game itself was presented on a hacked GBA pirate card for 4US$, which is also a quite interesting fact.

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Mystery World Dizzy (Commercial) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 00:14 Posted By: wraggster

The releases are coming very fast, heresanother for the NES:

If you are into limited run homebrews you may want to know that Mystery World Dizzy for NES by the Oliver Twins is still avaliable in limited quantities.

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Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure v2018.03.31 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster

So many NES news items, heres another:

Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure for NES got an updated demo!
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Vegetablets Go (Commercial) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 00:23 Posted By: wraggster

A commercial release for the NES, in 2018 ?

Most of us possibly missed Vegetablets Go by Japanese delevoper Tulip House. Guide your bear and carry the crops (cabbage, spinach, strawberry) in the field to the harvest point! There were 10 NES and 10 FAMICOM copies and they are sold out. Keep an eye at the discussion over at NintendoAge.

There is a little chance to see more cartridges being sold in the future. Let’s hope for those, who can’t grab a copy in time, there will be a free ROM sometime in the future.

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Nim & Nom v1.1 (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 01:02 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new release for the NES:

Krill considers his latest NES game Nim & Nom finished! Time for us, to spread out the word about this cute platformer as it’s a really beautiful game. Don’t waste time and download the ROM as soon as possible, you won’t regret. There are plenty of levels to enjoy and the challenge get’s harder, which makes it not a game for just a few minutes, but makes you play it again and again!

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Colossal Cave Adventure v1.1 (3DS Game)

April 15th, 2018, 01:04 Posted By: wraggster

Time for a 3DS release:

Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as ADVENT, Colossal Cave, or Adventure) is a text adventure game, developed originally in 1976, by Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe. The game was expanded upon in 1977, with help from Don Woods, and other programmers created variations on the game and ports to other systems in the following years.

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Puzzle3DS​ v2.0 (3DS Game)

April 15th, 2018, 01:35 Posted By: wraggster

Heres another game for the 3DS:

Puzzle3DS​ is a simple memory game for the 3DS by trainboy2019. All you have to do is memorize the pattern shown on the bottom, then when the indicator in the top left is green, repeat the pattern.
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Conway’s Life v2018.03.28 (Game Boy misc)

April 15th, 2018, 01:37 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new release for the Gameboy:

Conway’s Life for Game Boy by NovaSquirrel.
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Sheep It Up! (Free ROM Version) (Game Boy Game)

April 15th, 2018, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster

Heres another release for the Gameboy:

Dr. Ludos wrote us to let everyone know that the Sheep It Up! ROM for Game Boy is now freely available to everyone. If you still want to, you can buy a phyiscal from Catskull Games.
It’s an arcade game where a sheep has to climb up by hanging himself to flying velcro straps. The concept is simple, but the game rapidly gets quite challenging: how high can you climb without falling down?

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10-PRINT (Game Boy Techdemo)

April 15th, 2018, 01:49 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a demo for the Gameboy:

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 is a concise and elegant single line of code written in BASIC for the Commodore 64 sometime in the early 1980s. When run, it produces a maze-like pattern on the screen in an endless loop. Sven Dahlstrand rewrote this one-liner for the original Game Boy, written in assembly language using the RGBDS toolchain. ROM, source, and documentation are freely available.

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Little Medusa (Commercial) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 01:55 Posted By: wraggster

Some more news for the NES

Publisher Mega Cat Studios has another NES title in the pipe. Little Medusa is an extended improved homage to Kickle Cubicle and similar colorfull and cute. The game can be currently pre-ordered starting from 49.99 US$ excluding shipping.

Become a polymorphed deity and take back Mount Olympus in this action puzzler. The Titans have escaped their eternal prisons and transformed Artemiza, a young goddess, into a gorgon. Now she must petrify enemies, solve puzzles, and dodge traps in her battle to save the realms of the gods.

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3DS RELEASE: SRAU - Samus Returns: Amiibo Unlocker v1.1 by Ev1l0rd

April 15th, 2018, 20:57 Posted By: wraggster

Never heard of this but heres the news regardless:

Nintendo has a bad habit now in locking down 'extra content' to only open when you tap the Amiibo needed on the corner of your 3DS, lucky for us we have scene developer @Ev1l0rd that has coded up for us this neat little app to unlock all the 3DS goodies for us!

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Ninja & Ninja II (Kickstarter) (Reminder) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 21:04 Posted By: wraggster

Another day and the start of the NES news:

Ninja and Ninja II are fast-paced QTE (Quick Time Events) based games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). These two games come in a “2-in-1” fashion and are already complete, reflecting a magical “Black Box” art style. You have two more hours to get your copy via Kickstarter, then funding is closed.

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Newo Fox v2018.04.14 (WIP) (Wii Game)

April 15th, 2018, 21:05 Posted By: wraggster

New WIP update for the Wii Homebrew game:

Owen heavily works on Newo Fox for Nintendo’s Wii.
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Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure v2018.04.14 (WIP) (NES Game)

April 15th, 2018, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster

Heres an update for the Commercial Nes Release:

The author of Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure unveils boss number two. If you were not aware of this new upcoming commercial NES game, you should be by now.
Release notes:

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mGBA v0.6.3

April 15th, 2018, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster

The GBA Emulator gets a new release:

mGBA is a Open Source emulator for the Nintendo GameBoy Advance written in C.

Quote:
Bugfixes:

• GB Audio: Revert unsigned audio changes
• GB Video: Fix bad merge (fixes #1040)
• GBA Video: Fix OBJ blending regression (fixes #1037)

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higan v106r14

April 15th, 2018, 21:17 Posted By: wraggster

New version of the Multi Nintendo console emulator released:

higan v106r14 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：
* Update to v106r14 release.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- game/memory/type/battery → game/memory/volatile
- (manufacturer.)content.type → (architecture.)content.type
- nall: Markup::find() strips spaces from values in comparisons
- higan: updated game manifest loading/saving code for all cores
- GBA: flash memory ID is internally selected based on the
manufacturer and memory size
- SFC: ST018 (ARM6) frequency can be modified via game manifest now
- WS: EEPROM::name removed (not useful)
- icarus, genius: battery→volatile updates
I did my best to look over the diff between r13 and r14, but it's 84KiB
excluding the game database changes. It's just too much for me. I'd
greatly appreciate if someone could look over it and check for any
errors in this update. But more than likely, I suppose we'll iron out
any issues by determining which games fail to load.
Right now, I know the Super Game Boy support doesn't seem to work. But
all non-SFC cores should work fully, and all normal + NEC DSP SFC games
should work as well. Unsure about the rest.
Also, I'm planning to change the Game Boy “MBC1M” mapper to “MBC1#A” to
indicate it's an alternate wiring configuration of the stock MBC1, and
not a new mapper type.

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My Nes v7.2.6677

April 15th, 2018, 21:23 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new release of the Nes Emulator for Windows:

My Nes v7.2.6677 is released. My Nes is a portable open source NES/FAMICOM emulator written in C#. It's EXACT nes cycle emulator, very accurate and uses exact ppu scanline timing. My Nes compatibility is very high, and most of the games that supported run perfectly.

My Nes Features:
- Roms browser with bility to disblay additional information of each rom like snapshot and info.
- Save/Load state in defferent 9 slots or in file using save/load state as feature.
- Sound recorder which record sound of current playing rom in wav format (Mono, 44100 Hz, pcm 16-bit).
- Developer console with full access emulation commands.
- Support INES (*.nes) file format.
- Can read from archive (*.zip, *.7z and *.rar)
- Profiles for control mapping.
- CPU :All 6502 opcodes (with the undocumented opcodes), IRQ and NMI.
- PPU :8x8 and 8x16 sprites with transparency and priority, background tiles and sprites evulation, internal ntsc palette generator, default PAL palette, Cycle based ppu, real scanline and scancycle timing, Emphasis and monochrome effects.
- Sound : all the 5 channels, MMC5, SS5B and VRC6 external sound channels. Format: MONO PCM 16 BIT 44100 Hz.
- Systems : PAL , NTSC
- Mappers : # 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 105, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 133, 140, 142,159, 180, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 193, 200, 201, 202,203,204,205, 212,213, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 251 and 255. Almost full set !!

My Nes v7.2.6677 Changelog:
– My Nes old GUI is back, along side with the Launcher.
– Fixed issues in the emu core.

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HalfNES v0.62

April 15th, 2018, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster

Heres another Nes Emulator for windows:

HalfNES HalfNES v0.62 is released. HalfNES is an open-source emulator for the Nintendo Entertainment System, written in Java. Currently, it only runs as a standalone Java SE application.

Current Features:
- Joystick support through both Direct Input and xInput (thanks Zlika)
- Supports Mapper 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
- 34, 38, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 78, 87, 89, 93, 94, 97, 107, 118, 119, 140, 152,
- 0, 185, 200, 203, 226, 240, 246
- SRAM save support (no save states however)
- Accurate sound core
- Fast video code with NTSC filter (filter is still slow)
- Full screen support
- Cross-platform portable
- Added options dialog for easier remapping of keys

HalfNES v0.62 Changelog:
062 (3/25/2018)
– first release in 2 years
– fixed temp file creation issue
– fixed Micro Machines
– NSF and APU improvements

061 (2/16/2016)
– Minor speed improvements and code cleanups
– Improved VRC7 Envelopes again with values properly calculated from docs
– Audio output is done in stereo now (though no interface to pan channels)
– Build system changed to Maven
– Framework for unit tests is begun (incl work on headless mode)
– JavaFX UI for the RetroPi is included but not used by default.
(It needs more work for desktop use.)

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Nintendont v4.483

April 15th, 2018, 22:47 Posted By: wraggster

Awesome app for the wii and Wii U :

Nintendont v4.483 is released. A Wii Homebrew Project to play GC Games on Wii and vWii on Wii U.

Features:
-Works on Wii and vWii on Wii U
-Full speed loading from an USB device, or a SD card
-Loads 1:1 and compressed .ISO disc images
-Loads games as extracted files (FST)
-Play retail discs (Wii only)
-Play backups from writable DVD media (Old Wii only)
-Memory card emulation
-Use real memory card (Wii only)
-GBA-Link cable (Wii only)
-Play audio via disc audio streaming
-Bluetooth controller support (Classic Controller (Pro), Wii U Pro Controller)
-HID controller support via USB
-Custom button layout when using HID controllers
-Cheat code support
-WiiRd (Wii only)
-Changeable configuration of various settings
-Reset/Power off via button combo (R + Z + Start) (R + Z + B + D-Pad Down)
-Advanced video mode patching, force progressive and force 16:9 widescreen
-Auto boot from loader
-Disc switching
-Allow use of the Nintendo GameCube Microphone
-Use the official Nintendo GameCube controller adapter

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PicoDrive 3DS v0.94

April 15th, 2018, 22:50 Posted By: wraggster

PicoDrive 3DS v0.94 is released. This is a port of notaz's PicoDrive emulator to the old 3DS and old 2DS. Currently supports Sega Master System and Mega Drive games only. If you want Sega CD and 32X support, Retroarch is your best bet for now.

PicoDrive features:
- status line in main menu working
- bug fix: remove accidental wip svp code
- analog control working
- bug fix: svp dynarec freeze
- bug fix: load state background
- bug fix: accurate renderer

PicoDrive 3DS Changelog:
Added support to save battery-backed RAM for CD games
Fixed problems with games that show parts of the previous screens at the left/right edges
Added support for cheats.
Added configuration for region selection between (Default, US, Europe, Japan)

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Newo Fox v1.1 released

April 30th, 2018, 20:27 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new release for the Nintendo Wii by Owen:

Newo Fox is a simple on rails shooter arcade game in the style of snes starfox. The game is a combination of 3 of my previous homebrew games; Newo Shooter, Newo Escape and Newo Sky.

[h=2]Features[/h]

• 100 stages
• 4 difficulty levels (Boss rush, Hard, Normal, Easy)
• Online Leaderboards for high scores
• Sound effects and background music

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[SWITCH] Duke Nukem 3D v1.0

April 30th, 2018, 20:29 Posted By: wraggster

3 Words, Come Get Some, Duke Nukem 3D ported to Nintendo Switch by Cpasjuste:

Installation:

copy "eduke32" folder to "/switch" folder
copy "DUKE3D.GRP" and "DUKE.RTS" to "/switch/eduke32" folder
enjoy !

Controls:

"Open", // KEY_A
"Jump", // KEY_B
"Inventory_Left", // KEY_X
"Inventory_Right", // KEY_Y
"Run", // KEY_LSTICK
"Crouch", // KEY_RSTICK
"Previous_Weapon", // KEY_L
"Next_Weapon", // KEY_R
"Quick_Kick", // KEY_ZL
"Fire", // KEY_ZR
"Map", // KEY_MINUS
"Menu", // KEY_PLUS
More informations:

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Installati ... figuration

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[3DS] RetroArch 3DS v1.7.2

April 30th, 2018, 20:33 Posted By: wraggster

The awesome RetroArch emulator which supports many systems has been updated for the 3DS, heres the release notes:

General changelog

ANDROID/OPENSL: Prevent crashes when setting audio latency too low (buffer count can never be lower than 2 now).
CRT: Added CRT SwitchRes.
COMMON: Hide the ‘Core delete’ option if the ‘Core updater’ is also hidden.
COMMON: Add way to reset core association for playlist entry.
COMMON: Fix invalid long command line options causing infinite loop on Windows
COMMON: Add OSD statistics for video/audio/core.
COMMON: Added runahead system; allows you to drive down latency even further.
COMMON: Fix buggy behavior that could happen with ZIP file reading on some platforms as a result of not initializing struct.
CHEEVOS: Support Atari 2600, Virtual Boy, and Arcade (only Neo Geo, CPS-1, CPS-2 and CPS-3 and only with fbalpha core).
CHEEVOS: Add option to automatically take a screenshot when an achievement is triggered.
CHEEVOS: Fixed incompatibilities with Neo Geo Pocket achievement sets.
CHEEVOS: Store only login token, not password.
D3D10: Added D3D10 driver to release build. Has working shaders (Slang), overlay, and menu display driver support. Should be on par capabilities wise with D3D11 driver except for there being no hardware rendering right now.
D3D11: Experimental hardware renderer. Allows for libretro cores to use D3D11 for hardware rendering. First core to use this is PPSSPP.
D3D11: Increase backwards compatibility, shaders compile with Shader Model 4.0 now, added support for more feature levels.
D3D10/D3D11/D3D12: Fix crashes with completely black or white thumbnail textures in XMB.
GUI: Support disabling window decorations on Windows and Linux.
LIBRETRO: Addition – Functions to enable and disable audio and video, and an environment function to query status of audio and video enables.
LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation.
LOCALIZATION: Update Polish translation.
MENU: Add Rewind/Latency/Overlay settings to Quick Menu, add options to show/hide them (User Interface -> Views -> Quick Menu)
MENU/RGUI: Only show Menu Linear Filter for RGUI and only show it for video drivers that implement it (D3D8/9/10/11/12/GL)
MENU/RGUI: Add User Interface -> Appearance options.
MENU/RGUI: D3D8/D3D9: Hookup Menu Linear Filter
MENU/XMB: Disable XMB shadow icons by default for PowerPC and ARM for performance reasons.
MENU/XMB: Left/right thumbnails are now automatically scaled according to layout.
MENU/XMB: Add Left Thumbnails (additional to the right).
MENU/XMB: Fixed left/right tab regression.
MENU/XMB: Fix scaling of tall images that were cut on bottom previously.
MENU/XMB: Menu scale factor setting now changes texts length, image scaling and margins.
MENU/XMB: Mouse cursor scales correctly now.
MENU/XMB: Add toggle to show/hide Playlist tabs.
MENU/XMB: Add menu layout – can switch between Desktop, Handheld and Auto.
MENU/XMB: Don’t load menu pipeline shaders unless XMB is selected (D3D10/D3D11/D3D12/GL/Vulkan)
MENU/VIDEO: Only show black frame insertion for the video drivers/context drivers that support it (so far this includes – D3D8/D3D9, OpenGL, Vulkan)
MENU/VIDEO: Only show max swapchain images if supported by video driver and/or context driver (so far this includes – DRM EGL context driver, VideoCore EGL context driver, Vulkan)
MENU/MaterialUI: Automatic DPI Scaling should be much improved now, now scales as expected at 1440p and 4K resolutions.
MENU/MaterialUI: Fix wrong calculation of an entry height causing long playlists to end up outside of screen range. This also could cause crashes on low DPI screens.
IOS: Fixed crash when opening downloaded roms from Safari or using the “Open in..” functionality. Added the compiler flag to support keyboard remapping to controls.
IOS: Fixed buffer overlap that caused a crash while trying to download GLSL shaders from the buildbot.
PS3: fix URLS
REMAPS: Mapping keyboard keys from more than one gamepad (works with dosbox)
REMAPS: Mapping more than one button to the same action
REMAPS: Unmapping buttons
REMAPS: Unmapping analogs
REMAPS: Mapping a button to trigger an analog response (tested with mupen, can run on SM64 with the d-pad now, triggers a full analog tilt)
REMAPS: Mapping an analog to another analog (having more than one analog mapped to the same output causes issues)
REMAPS: Mapping an analog to produce a button response
SCANNER: Should be able to scan dual-layer Wii disc images now, filestream code now supports files larger than 4GB.
SHADERS/SLANG: Slang shaders should work again on Android version and MSVC versions (basically all the Griffin-based versions).
SHADERS: If GL context is GLES2/3/Core context, Cg shaders are unavailable. Applies to shader list too.
SHADERS: Hide cg/glsl shaders from being able to be selected if D3D8/9/10/11/Vulkan video drivers are selected.
SHADERS: Hide slang shaders from being able to be selected if D3D8/9/OpenGL video drivers are selected.
SHADERS: Prevent crashes from occurring if we have the GL video driver in use and we try to skip to a slang shader through next/previous hotkeys
SHADERS: Fix shader parameter increase / decrease functions
SUBSYSTEM: handle savestates properly (cart1 + cart2.state0)
VULKAN/X11: Fix X11 Vulkan bug from Wayland driver.
VULKAN: Fix multi-line text spacing in menus with Vulkan driver.
WINDOWS XP: Add Cheevos support.
WINDOWS/MSVC 2003/2005/2010/2013/2015/2017: Add Cheevos support.
VITA: Bugfix for ‘PS Vita takes many time to start to accept input’ issue.
X11: Allow compositor disabling on X11 fullscreen through _NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR
X11: Prioritize NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN in true fullscreen mode
WIIU: Fix OOB read/write in keyboard driver.

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RetroArch Wii v1.7.2

April 30th, 2018, 20:34 Posted By: wraggster

The awesome RetroArch emulator which supports many systems has been updated for the Nintendo Wii, heres the release notes:

General changelog

ANDROID/OPENSL: Prevent crashes when setting audio latency too low (buffer count can never be lower than 2 now).
CRT: Added CRT SwitchRes.
COMMON: Hide the ‘Core delete’ option if the ‘Core updater’ is also hidden.
COMMON: Add way to reset core association for playlist entry.
COMMON: Fix invalid long command line options causing infinite loop on Windows
COMMON: Add OSD statistics for video/audio/core.
COMMON: Added runahead system; allows you to drive down latency even further.
COMMON: Fix buggy behavior that could happen with ZIP file reading on some platforms as a result of not initializing struct.
CHEEVOS: Support Atari 2600, Virtual Boy, and Arcade (only Neo Geo, CPS-1, CPS-2 and CPS-3 and only with fbalpha core).
CHEEVOS: Add option to automatically take a screenshot when an achievement is triggered.
CHEEVOS: Fixed incompatibilities with Neo Geo Pocket achievement sets.
CHEEVOS: Store only login token, not password.
D3D10: Added D3D10 driver to release build. Has working shaders (Slang), overlay, and menu display driver support. Should be on par capabilities wise with D3D11 driver except for there being no hardware rendering right now.
D3D11: Experimental hardware renderer. Allows for libretro cores to use D3D11 for hardware rendering. First core to use this is PPSSPP.
D3D11: Increase backwards compatibility, shaders compile with Shader Model 4.0 now, added support for more feature levels.
D3D10/D3D11/D3D12: Fix crashes with completely black or white thumbnail textures in XMB.
GUI: Support disabling window decorations on Windows and Linux.
LIBRETRO: Addition – Functions to enable and disable audio and video, and an environment function to query status of audio and video enables.
LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation.
LOCALIZATION: Update Polish translation.
MENU: Add Rewind/Latency/Overlay settings to Quick Menu, add options to show/hide them (User Interface -> Views -> Quick Menu)
MENU/RGUI: Only show Menu Linear Filter for RGUI and only show it for video drivers that implement it (D3D8/9/10/11/12/GL)
MENU/RGUI: Add User Interface -> Appearance options.
MENU/RGUI: D3D8/D3D9: Hookup Menu Linear Filter
MENU/XMB: Disable XMB shadow icons by default for PowerPC and ARM for performance reasons.
MENU/XMB: Left/right thumbnails are now automatically scaled according to layout.
MENU/XMB: Add Left Thumbnails (additional to the right).
MENU/XMB: Fixed left/right tab regression.
MENU/XMB: Fix scaling of tall images that were cut on bottom previously.
MENU/XMB: Menu scale factor setting now changes texts length, image scaling and margins.
MENU/XMB: Mouse cursor scales correctly now.
MENU/XMB: Add toggle to show/hide Playlist tabs.
MENU/XMB: Add menu layout – can switch between Desktop, Handheld and Auto.
MENU/XMB: Don’t load menu pipeline shaders unless XMB is selected (D3D10/D3D11/D3D12/GL/Vulkan)
MENU/VIDEO: Only show black frame insertion for the video drivers/context drivers that support it (so far this includes – D3D8/D3D9, OpenGL, Vulkan)
MENU/VIDEO: Only show max swapchain images if supported by video driver and/or context driver (so far this includes – DRM EGL context driver, VideoCore EGL context driver, Vulkan)
MENU/MaterialUI: Automatic DPI Scaling should be much improved now, now scales as expected at 1440p and 4K resolutions.
MENU/MaterialUI: Fix wrong calculation of an entry height causing long playlists to end up outside of screen range. This also could cause crashes on low DPI screens.
IOS: Fixed crash when opening downloaded roms from Safari or using the “Open in..” functionality. Added the compiler flag to support keyboard remapping to controls.
IOS: Fixed buffer overlap that caused a crash while trying to download GLSL shaders from the buildbot.
PS3: fix URLS
REMAPS: Mapping keyboard keys from more than one gamepad (works with dosbox)
REMAPS: Mapping more than one button to the same action
REMAPS: Unmapping buttons
REMAPS: Unmapping analogs
REMAPS: Mapping a button to trigger an analog response (tested with mupen, can run on SM64 with the d-pad now, triggers a full analog tilt)
REMAPS: Mapping an analog to another analog (having more than one analog mapped to the same output causes issues)
REMAPS: Mapping an analog to produce a button response
SCANNER: Should be able to scan dual-layer Wii disc images now, filestream code now supports files larger than 4GB.
SHADERS/SLANG: Slang shaders should work again on Android version and MSVC versions (basically all the Griffin-based versions).
SHADERS: If GL context is GLES2/3/Core context, Cg shaders are unavailable. Applies to shader list too.
SHADERS: Hide cg/glsl shaders from being able to be selected if D3D8/9/10/11/Vulkan video drivers are selected.
SHADERS: Hide slang shaders from being able to be selected if D3D8/9/OpenGL video drivers are selected.
SHADERS: Prevent crashes from occurring if we have the GL video driver in use and we try to skip to a slang shader through next/previous hotkeys
SHADERS: Fix shader parameter increase / decrease functions
SUBSYSTEM: handle savestates properly (cart1 + cart2.state0)
VULKAN/X11: Fix X11 Vulkan bug from Wayland driver.
VULKAN: Fix multi-line text spacing in menus with Vulkan driver.
WINDOWS XP: Add Cheevos support.
WINDOWS/MSVC 2003/2005/2010/2013/2015/2017: Add Cheevos support.
VITA: Bugfix for ‘PS Vita takes many time to start to accept input’ issue.
X11: Allow compositor disabling on X11 fullscreen through _NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR
X11: Prioritize NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN in true fullscreen mode
WIIU: Fix OOB read/write in keyboard driver.

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[SWITCH] 2048 v1.0.0

April 30th, 2018, 20:37 Posted By: wraggster

Bernardo Giordanno has ported the puzzle game over to the Nintendo Switch:



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[SWITCH] Mystery of Solarus DX v1.5.3 beta 1=>1.11.0

April 30th, 2018, 20:39 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a Zelda Snes type game for the Nintendo Switch:

Hi, this is the first release of "Mystery of Solarus DX" using the Solarus Engine.

Installation

Copy the folder from the zip archive to your "sdmc:/switch" folder.

Default Controls

Joystick = Movement
A = Action (Space)
B = Sword (C)
X = Left Item (X)
Y = Right Item (V)
PLUS = Pause menu / Inventory (Back)
MINUS = Close (only works from save selection menu)
​
Use Pause, then Sword button to Save and Return to save selection menu
The engine lets you reconfigure the in-game buttons, however the save selection menu

Download

Here on my website, it is too big for uploading as attachment.
Download (engine only for own quests): Also on my website, not uploading as attachment.
Source Code at GitHub: engine, game.

Known Bugs

Joystick movement messes up the name selection menu.
Alpha build 1&2 crash after short time.
There is no audio support yet.

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[SWITCH] Pickr v1.1.1

April 30th, 2018, 21:02 Posted By: wraggster

Bernardo Giordano has released another puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch:



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[3DS] mGBA v0.6.3

April 30th, 2018, 21:04 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new release of the Game Boy Advance emulator for the Nintendo 3DS:

A new release of mGBA, version 0.6.3, is available. This version is a bugfix release to address some major audio and video regressions that snuck into 0.6.2. As such, all users of 0.6.2 are encouraged to update, especially if they are playing Game Boy games.

Bugfixes:

GB Audio: Revert unsigned audio changes
GB Video: Fix bad merge (fixes #1040)
GBA Video: Fix OBJ blending regression (fixes #1037)

Get it now in the Downloads section. Binaries are available for Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, 3DS, Vita, and Wii, and the source code is available for all other platforms.

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[3DS] Pickr3DS v1.1.1

April 30th, 2018, 21:07 Posted By: wraggster

Bernardo Giordano has posted a new puzzle game for the Nintendo 3DS:



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[Wii] mGBA v0.6.3

April 30th, 2018, 21:09 Posted By: wraggster

Heres a new version of the GameBoy Advance Emulator for the Nintendo Wii:

A new release of mGBA, version 0.6.3, is available. This version is a bugfix release to address some major audio and video regressions that snuck into 0.6.2. As such, all users of 0.6.2 are encouraged to update, especially if they are playing Game Boy games.

Bugfixes:

GB Audio: Revert unsigned audio changes
GB Video: Fix bad merge (fixes #1040)
GBA Video: Fix OBJ blending regression (fixes #1037)

Get it now in the Downloads section. Binaries are available for Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, 3DS, Vita, and Wii, and the source code is available for all other platforms.

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