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New features in 1.8 (10/3/2006)

* Now automatically generates it's own game information file. If you update MAME, you must delete the "listinfo.dat" file so it can be regenerated.

* It will now play MP3 files in the background. I use the "Arcade Ambience" files you can find around on the net to add a nice effect. You can modify the INI file to turn this off (or not) when a game is selected. The default is to silence it.

* The AVI feature is in and working. It requires VFW codecs, which are gettting long in the tooth at this point. I may add DirectShow filter ability to it at some point, but I don't use this feature so it's way down the list.

 

Todo:

* Fix the rotation routines. (Sorry Mike!) I know this was originally designed for Mike's cocktail MAME machine, but I just need to sit down and fix the screen placement math for the other rotations.

* The new control keys (random, sort, change photo, and scroll +/- 100) aren't remappable in the .ini file. I will fix this soon.

 

 

Known bugs:

* There are probably bugs in the onscreen menu if you enable that feature in the INI. I haven't troubleshot this feature much because I don't use it in my cabinet. My children seem to screw up the frontend good when it's enabled!

>> Get it HERE.

Thanks to Mameworld for the headsup.

TG16/PCE emulator

2006/09/30 0.69 released

 

- The bug related to interrupt processing (accidently included in v0.68: In some games, the screen was not displayed and stopped.) was corrected.

- When starting, it is started by "screen stretch setting" that had been used last time.

- An error in v0.68 readme.txt. Third line from the bottom

-> x"Rastan Saga II" -> o"Ankoku Densetsu (The Legendary Axe 2)")

>> Get v0.69 HERE.

Source: http://www.pcsx2.net/

Sound, everywhere!

 

In the Good News for 0.9.2! post, made on 16th August, Refraction hinted at progress being made with the audio side of PCSX2, as many of you will of guessed - the clip posted was from Final Fantasy X, more importantly from an FMV, which in all previous versions of PCSX2 had no audio (99% of the time).

 

To elaborate on this further; GiGaHeRz and Saqib have fixed large portions of ADMA support, allowing for all videos to have audio and many games now have full background music!

 

A little work has been done by Saqib today which allows for audio and video sync when recording, so I can demonstrate with a small video (xVid) - the results of their hardwork.

 

Check Me Out!: Length: 00m 46s | Filesize: 7.80MB

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EasyMame 5.4.4 release info:

 

- Fixed : Memory leak in .mng playback code.

- Changed : Removed all obsolete Mame options according Mame .109

- Improved : faster .mng playback (almost correct)

>> Get it HERE.