Anyone remembering Splam!? The author is still working on his Commodore64 emulator for the Gameboy Advance. The author has notupdated his page for ages, but recently he posted those WIP news on his page:

Just a quick update to let everyone know I’m still working on Splam when I can and to say thanks for the emails of encouragement I’ve been getting (I’ll ignore the ones just insulting me).I’ve taken Splam apart recently and I’ve been putting it back together slowly and rewriting bits as I go. As soon as I’ve got it all back together I’ll test some games on it and if it looks ok I’ll release something. It probably won’t be as fast as I want it to be (ie 50fps) but shouldn’t be too far off.

http://splam.emuhq.com/

FluBBa has done an update of his PCE emulator for the Gameboy Advance. The changes:

V1.8 – 2003-05-06Fixed some background glitches in unscaled mode.Fixed some CPU problems:”Darius Alpha”works again,”Turrican”starts =)”Gun Boat”allmost starts.

http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html

Tyrell did another update of his Spectrum emulator for the GP32. Here are the changes:

– Version v0.2 is released!What’s new:- Added AY-3-8910 sound ! Sound is very clean in some games. Try”head over heels”128k version,”Rick Dangerous 2″,”Tetris2″… However, in other games (especially in the menus) AY sound is not that good, there’s some background noise. But all in all, I think it’s a welcomed feature, evenif it’s not 100% perfect.- Enhanced Beeper sound. Now, it’s a little bit clearer than before, and few or no background noise can be heard.- Enhanced the virtual keyboard and added the space key (the ‘*’ on the virtual keyboard). Now, press”B”button to select the key and the”A”button to quit without pressing a key.- Options screen: when pressing the”B”key, options are not saved but they are taken into account (was not the case before).

http://www.speccyal.be/

CaSTaway has crystalclear sound now! The emu is gettin’ nearly perfect now, just correct palette stuff is missing.http://www.codejedi.com/shadowplan/gp32.html

A new version of GP Doom has been released. This vesion has various bugfixes and most importantly working sound! Downloads can be found atGP32Emu.

NoBrain2K let me know on IRC about his new Pipe Mania game remake namedPipe Panic. He has released a test version which features just the one level at the moment and he wants some feedback on the game which you can do so via the GP32Emu Development Discussion forumhere. Download the test release via the projects homepage athttp://members.lycos.co.uk/combustion/. While your on the site check out the new WIP and screenshots for another game namedGlooPwhich is a puzzle game for the GP32.

iMappy is a map viewer with which you can see maps with differents level of details. It can scroll on images of the districts of the city. Here’s what the author had to say about this version:

– Total rebuild of the program: use of GIF files (not interlaced).- Unlimited number of levels (the previous one was limited to 3 levels).- District selector.- User interface.

Goto theiMappy homepageto download.

Tyrell brought us an updated version of his Spectrum emulator for GP32. The changes:

The lock bug has been fixed ! If you have also experienced this bug (emulator freeze while entering the options screen, or the file browser, or the virtual keyboard), download the new 0.1b version. Also added: – Keep the last loaded directory between file browsing sessions- Options screen: use”select”key to confirm, and”B”key to quit without saving the preferences.- Virtual keyboard: use”B”button to quit without entering a key

http://www.speccyal.be/.

Skeezix let me know that he has released a new version of his Atari ST emulator for the GP32. Changes are:

CHG:Now going to release as two binaries.. a fast with okay sound one, and a pitifully slow one with good sound. Sucks.NEW:Built a simple dialog system, so can present cute little menus.CHG:SELECT toggles into/out of Frameskip mode (so you can get into frameskip from any mode, and back to that mode when you’re done!)CHG:START brings up a new Options Dialog, where 99% of everything is doneCHG:Firing-up screen shows sound status and a tiny bit of helpCHG:START used to pause in 004; Options menu pauses emulation, so START will in effect still pause.. and START again to dismiss the dialog and resumeCHG:Moved Mouse Calibrate to the options menuCHG:“Left shoulder”is nolonger used to cycle between input modes; instead the options menu has all the modes on it, to make them easier to pickNEW:“Toggle sound”is available on the options menuCHG:Disks menu on the option menu, where youcan save the floppies to SMC, and will soon have Eject/Insert, etc.CHG:Right-shoulder in mouse-mode now toggles over to Cursor mode; Cursor mode right-shoulder toggles over to mouse-mode. Now you can toggle between the two modes with no work!CHG:Keyboard mode.. going off one side wraps the key-selection to the otherNEW:When in frameskip mode, left shoulder sets to 0 frameskip, while right shoulder sets to 90 frameskip. Bam!CHG:Bottom part of screen shoudl always be black, to keep visibility highNEW:Disk submenu now sports Eject operationsNEW:Disk submenu now supports inserting new disks; first eject current ones, then insert the new ones!

Visit the Castaway/GP homepageherefor more information and the downloads. NOTE: The button assignments have nearly all changed so read the readme before using. Dont forget to give any feedback on this new release on the post by Skeezix on our forumshere

Some news from Play-Asia.com, my current main sponsor. The GP32 with frontlights are back in store. The new Front Light Version uses a white non reflective light source and has a built-in switch on the back to turn light on/off. More details and order on Play-Asia.com.http://www.play-asia.com/