emulation number 9 reports that eSCV, the Japanese open source EPOCH Super Cassette Vision emulator for Microsoft Windows, has been updated today. Below is a quotation of the post made at its official homepage (translated).

2006.01.16

 

Bank changing of 32KB ROM + 32KB ROM type was supported.

The gong obtaining is, the sky kid and the like corresponds to this type.

Pole position, thermal fighting professional wrestling furthermore and seems like the type which differs, but details still are unclear.

 

The ドラゴンスレイヤー, the pop & Chips, concerning the ウィリーレーサー, there was a problem in range decision of the text.

Because only these software seem the other software and that behavior differs, it corresponds provisionally with the patch.

 

With the indication of the Enri, when color number of sprite 0 is, it tried to make transparent.

For example title logograph without going out in the アストロウォーズ, the trouble which remains has solved.

In addition, repeating sprite, the occasion where it indicates, the order which is indicated it was reversed.

 

At the time of sprite connection, it seems that is times when the same pattern is indicated in the X direction.

Because still detailed condition is unclear, only approximately elevator fighting spirit that you tried trying is indicated in trial.

When future, detailed condition is ascertained, the patch is abolished.

 

BASIC introduction. It was operational at point in time of renewal of yesterday, but being to be the time angle it pastes.

It reached the point where this moves therefore it is, how probably will be with 眷 being attached of the outdated PC, you try appealing, (laughing)

You can visit the official homepage here, or simply download it here.

retroguru.com reports that SquidgeSNES, the Super NES emulator for GP2x, has been updated to version 0.33. Below are the changes in this version

- Made the non-scaled mode a little prettier - it’s now centered and you can use a background image

- You can now using the L/R buttons to scroll the file selector faster

- Filenames are now sorted

You can visit the official homepage here, or simply download it here.

Emu#dreams reports that Reip and Mike Coates have been working on adding new hardware support to MAME, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. This time they're tackling Thunder Hoop, a 1992 Gaelco game. Below is what Reip posted on his official MAME WIP homepage.

15 / 01 / 2006

 

Update #2

 

It's actually working, it crashed because sound rom banking was broken and I didn' test it when I fixed it

 

Update #1

 

This is not really my wip, but it's a wip from Mike Coates, who extracted the decryption table,

but he asked me to fix the graphics issues.

It's not yet playable because it crashes when you're going to start a game.

 

Thunder Hoop - 1992 Gaelco

Click here to visit Reip's MAME WIP homepage for screenshots and more.

Emu#dreams reports that VICE, the multiplatform open source Commodore 64 (as well as the C128, VIC20, most PET models, PLUS4, and the CBM-II) emulator, has been updated to version 1.19. Below are the changes in this version.

General

- Fixed "RESTORE key works only once" bug.

- Fixed compilation with GCC4.

 

C64 changes

- Fixed an opcode execute problem with the +60k expansion.

- New c64 256k expansion support.

 

VIC-II

- Fixed switch from idle state to display state.

- Added missing DEN bit scrolling feature.

 

Unix changes

- The experimental netplay feature has been extended to the Unix platforms for testing.

- Added IPV6 support to netplay.

- Fixed crash if settings are saved.

- Fixed some Gnome1 annoyances (popup menus in status bar)

- Rework of gnome save media (screenshot) dialog

- Xaw Statusbar fixes and improvements (new buttons for recording).

- An experimental patch for Gnome2/Gtk2 support is available (See website). Vice-1.19 will be the last Gnome1/Gtk1 version officially supported. The Gnome2/Gtk2 version is known to work on state-of-the-art Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora Core 4). See also src/arch/unix/x11/gnome/TODO

 

MS-Windows changes

- Added "always on top" option.

 

MS-DOS changes

- The experimental netplay feature has been extended to MS-DOS for testing.

 

Miscellaneous changes

- Added various new screenshot formats.

- Improved the image content lister to display at least the first part of a circular directory listing.

- Made the tape routines able to cope with non-standard header sizes.

You can visit the official homepage here, or simply download it here (Windows port).