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  • ColemPS2 v2.0 (CV emu for PS2)

    ColemPS2 v2.0 (CV emu for PS2)

    Jum has freshly updated his Coleco Vision emulator for PS2 after many years. This version is coded to run off of a CD and has been tested with many game images and almost all run fine. The author quotes that 95% of the games are playable. Great to see an update for this piece of Playstation 2 software after such a long time.

    Changes:

    1. Tidied up the rom selector
    2. Removed extension (.ROM) from being displayed in ROM selector (NB: NO NEED TO REMOVE THE .ROM EXTENSION OFF ROM FILES!)
    3. Merge in updates from Colem 3.6 source code
    4. Fixes to magnified sprite rendering
    5. Modified to work better in NTSC mode.
    6. Render 5th sprite (DigDug title screen)
    7. Fix to noise channel (colem 3.6 noise code)
    8. Fix to beamrider background grid (colour 0 issue)
    9. Fix to border / backdrop colour
    10. Turbo controller emulation
    – PS2 pad “keys” mapped to Coleco 2nd controller
    9. Roller controller emulation
    – “Spinner” Slither mode
    – PS2 pad “keys” mapped to Coleco 2nd controller
    – Slither, Victory, Wargames, Omega Race, Centipede
    10. PS2 dualshock key mapping to get all Coleco keypad numbers:
    – Dualshock L1, L2, R1, R2, TRAINGLE for Coleco 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    – SQUARE + L1, L2, R1, R2, TRIANGLE for Coleco 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
    – SELECT for Coleco *
    – START for Coleco #
    11. PS2 video mode changed to 284×240
    – “Zooms” the playfield slightly
    – Reduces borders slightly
    – Borders needed for same look at CRT TV.
    12. Use R3 to get to options menu

  • Carrot Kingdom (Teaser Demo v0.5) (A2600 Game)

    Carrot Kingdom (Teaser Demo v0.5) (A2600 Game)

    Jinroh still works on his Atari VCS Jump’n Run Carrot Kingdom. Enjoy another teaser video.

    Carrot Kingdom® – Teaser Demo 0.5 – Tweaked Gravity.
    Watch this video on YouTube.

  • REV’n’GE Issue #56 (misc)

    Bored? Need something to read? Maybe even free? What about the latest REV’n’GE? Issue #56 is out!

    REV'n'GE! #56

  • Cylinder v1.4 (Android Game)

    Cylinder is a new Android game by Franz Lankes. This game was already seen on the GP32 years ago under the name Elena. The game is easy to explain… Take a very famous Russian block game and instead of lines, try to produce those lines around a cylinder. Voila!

    Cylinder (Android Game)

  • Mediathekview v0.2.1.2 (Pandora misc)

    Mediathekview v0.2.1.2 (Pandora misc)

    Mediathekview is a java based for wrapper for German state channels.

    Changes:

    +git repository https://github.com/willhelm-mueller/mediathekview_openpandora/tree/master
    +updated to latest Mediathekview (version 10 build 865)

  • Beret v1.2.1.03 (Pandora Game Port)

    Beret v1.2.1.03 (Pandora Game Port)

    Beret is a 2D puzzle-platformer game about a scientist named Beret who has gained telekinetic abilities through his research at the Evil Corporation. He decides that the Evil Corporation is too evil for his liking, and begins his solitary quest to overthrow the corporation and punish the evil deeds of his employers.

    Changes:

    * Recompiled, with some simplification and speedup
    * Some optimizations from M-HT

  • Tanks of Freedom v0.5.0.0 (Pandora Game Port)

    Tanks of Freedom v0.5.0.0 (Pandora Game Port)

    Tanks of Freedom is a classic turn-based strategy game with two armies fighting against each other. Challenge yourself in campaign against AI or hot-seat battle with a friend. Using easy map editor you can create any imaginable scenario to play. Ported to Pandora by Canseco.

    Tanks of Freedom – Indie Turn Based Strategy
    Watch this video on YouTube.

    Changes:

    – Latest beta release.
    – Removed custom cursor.

  • Colossal Cave Adventure 4 v0.0.2.1 (Pandora Game Port)

    Colossal Cave Adventure 4 v0.0.2.1 (Pandora Game Port)

    Silent-Hunter comes up with the text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure 4.

  • RetroArch v1.3.4 (Multiple Emus for Android)

    RetroArch v1.3.4 (Multiple Emus for Android)

    RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight, and portable.

    List of included libretro cores:

    NES: FCEU, Nestopia, QuickNES
    SNES: PocketSNES, SNES9x-Next
    GBC: Gambatte, TGB Dual
    GBA: Meteor, VBA
    Genesis / Sega CD: Genesis Plus
    Saturn: Yabause (Very slow!)
    Playstation: PCSX-ReARMed
    Atari 2600: Stella
    Chip8/16: Maxe
    Arcade: iMAME4all, MAME078, Final Burn Alpha
    Mednafen cores: PCE-Fast, WSwan, PSX
    Natives: NXEngine (Cave Story), PrBoom (Doom)

    Changes:

    To read what’s new, go to the built-in Help Screen on the app (Help -> What’s New?)

  • FPse v0.11.178 (PSX emu for Android)

    FPse v0.11.178 (PSX emu for Android)

    FPse for Android is the fastest and most compatible PSone/Playstation 1/PSX emulator for handheld devices. FPse is able to render PSone games in high resolution by using OpenGL which gives outstanding graphics!

    Changes:

    – Fixed CPU emulation, Lego Racer and Motor Toon Grand Prix works well now, and much more games
    – Fixed timer bug on ARM cpu, B.A.D music intro is working great, NFS III too and much more
    – Fixed frameskip
    – Fixed savestate crash on Android 3.x and less
    – Fixed crash on Nexus Player and X86
    – Improved multi threading highly to get faster and smoother emulation
    – Optimized OpenGL plugin speed
    – Improved OpenGL HD GLboost and Texture HD options to be dynamicly applied
    – Much more!