Not exactly Bemani

Guru dumped Paca Paca Passion Special and Paca Paca Passion 2, both running on System 12 hardware. Both have some serious in-game graphics problems in MAME. (I have ZiNc in too many pieces to play System 12 games reliably at the moment).

 

http://rbelmont.mameworld.info/

 

As RB has posted there are a few problems with the two new dumps in MAME, however there are similar problems in ZiNc too. As I had an old source tree ready to go, here are a couple of pictures where it’s ok.

 

http://smf.mameworld.info/

AEP Emulation Page reports that a new test version (0.2.95.27) of FinalBurn Alpha, an arcade emulator for MC68000 and Z80 based hardware, is available. Below are the changes in this release.

 

- Added support for MVS emulation using multiple catridges

- Removed dependeny on kailleraclient.dll, it is no longer part of the FB Alpha distribution packages. A working version of the dll can be obtained from http://www.anti3d.com/. If this dll is placed in the same directory as FB Alpha or elsewhere in the library search path, the netplay options will become available again

- Added an interface for audio DSP effects

- Added a VST hosting module (plugins are found if located in a subdirectory named vstplugins or in a customisable alternate location)

- Changed the Neo Geo screen size to 320x224 pixels

- Added controls to specify the visible area of any game

- Fixed Neo Geo sprite drawing

- The emulation and GUI now run in seperate threads, making the complete GUI usable during online games

- Added Neo Geo multi-slot MVS emulation

- Added better scaling for preview images

- Fixed miscellaneous minor issues

You can find out more here, at the official homepage.

The Emulation64 Network reports that GameEx, the front-end, has been updated to version 5.29. Below are the changes in this version.

 

- The Most played list now only displays games that have been played 4 or more times. This should make it much more usable and accurate, and avoids showing games that are just tested or randomly played.

- New Admin section in the config. This contains an option to delete ALL of the game data GameEx stores, including favourites, most played, statistics, and the mame game list. Very useful if your lists get bulked up, contain orphaned records, or get corrupted.

You can find out more at the official homepage here.

AEP Emulation Page reports that version 0.0.0.1 of ZeNith has been released. ZeNith is a Russian graphical front-end for ZiNc (an emulator for arcades based on the Sony Playstation hardware). You can find out more information here.