Front End

A small update. This fixes a minor bug that load the resolution settings (resolution, bpp, refresh rate) in screen 0 tab, instead of all screens tab (MAME settings screen). If you always use default resolution settings, you do not need this update. Settings are saved correctly though.

>> Get it HERE

NES emulator

September 10 2006

 

Version 1.34 released. What's new:

 

Shell Changes:

 

* Better method for CPU/GPU frame synchronization. Disabled when triple buffering is enabled.

* Suitable default settings for auto frame skip, triple buffering and clock source based on system info.

* Blargg's nes_ntsc back again with new version 0.2.1.

* AVISTREAMINFO::szName no longer used since its presence seem to cause loading failures in some AVI file editors.

 

Shell Fixes:

 

* Frame timing bug. Could cause severe slowdown on some systems.

* Wrong speed at higher refresh rates.

* Non-blocking input key commands.

 

Core Fixes:

 

* "Quattro Sports: BMX Simulator" now responds to input again.

>> Get it HERE.

Commodore Plus 4 emulator

Yape 0.68 with "THE" magical voice is here!

 

What seems like a minor update is actually a huge achievement, and again my emulator has become a first-timer with the Toshiba 6721 speech LSI emulation. As you may - or may not - know, this chip was featured in the V364 prototype as well as in the actual production "Magic Voice" cartridge unit for the Commodore 64. Yape has been having V364 support for a while, but the speech had relied upon Windows' built-in Text-to-Speech API and as such was not to be called real emulation, rather "simulation". The almost total lack of documentation regarding the T6721 LSI rendered the truthful resurrection of this prototype almost hopeless. Yet, years after my first call in 2000 for researching the V364, it is now reality! Not all aspects are clear, of course, but enough to get the built-in speech working and with excellent quality. Check out Bo Zimmerman's V364 page - it has all the original WAV recordings - and hear for yourself! I'll put up a page soon about programming the Toshiba 6721 and a few hints on how to create custom speech with it. I have loads of ideas:

 

making a Magic Voice modul for C64 emulators

designing & building a "Magic Voice" cartridge for the plus/4 that is compatible with the V364 prototype ROM program (volunteers?)

 

porting the cartridge version of Wizard of Wor - that featured speech - from the C64 to the plus/4

 

creating custom speech from WAV files

 

using the T6721 chip for music (after all, it has pitch control, a 10 stage filter, white noise & triangle wave source and 15 bit digital output). At the very least it should be possible to do digi playback with it!

 

Anyway, enough of the hype, here is a list of all the changes in this release:

 

* true Toshiba 6721 speech LSI emulation (custom vocabularies works, too!)

* performance mode for very slow PCs

* separate drive reset

* bugfixes

 

Let's not forget about another very cool feature: the performance mode. In this mode (to be found in the Machine settings dialog window) Yape will sacrifice some TED accuracy for sake of more speed, in general you can achieve 2-3 times higher speeds depending on the actual situation. However, you are unable to use true drive emulation in this mode.

 

Get this new copy from this page. Also check out Clickgamer's plus/4 page here where version 1.1 of my plus/4 emulator for the Pocket PC has recently been made available.

Front End

*updated* Aldo's Play 2.0 - September 10, 2006

 

New generic emulator frontend with an ultra simple user interface that can be used to play almost any emulator. New features include: Easier folder navigation, fixed animated snapshots, and other new features that I don't remember )

>> Get it HERE