retroguru.com reports that GP2Xengine, the PC-Engine emulator for the GP2x (programmed by Hermes), has been updated to version 1.3 beta. Below are the changes in this version.

- Hu-cards (.pce) compressed in BZIP2 format (.bz2)

- compressor to BZIP2 included (from selector rom screen)

- WAV support for 22050Hz, 44100Hz, 8 and 16 bits and MONO or Stereo files

- Some bugs corrected and others minor changes.

- Display Clock fixed to avoid problems with external software

- New Mode Horizontal-Inverted screen (to use A,B,X and Y as directional keys and Volume selector as buttons I and II)

- Sound speed syncroniced with screen refresh

- You can select a syscard rom from roms/pcengine directory (to avoid syscards clones in ISOS directories) using the symbol # in.toc files. Example: syscard: #syscard3.pce.bz2 (note you can use BZIP2 files too)

- You can use the 'Pregap' command to add relative time in a.toc file. Example: Pregap: 00:03:00 (and in the next line track2.iso for example, to displace 3 seconds the iso begin)

- Added 250Mhz clock for some gpx2 don't working from 266Mhz

You can download version 1.3 beta here.

retroguru.com reports that VICE2X, the open source Commodore 64 (as well as: C128, Plus4, Vic20, PET, CBM-II) emulator for GP2x, has been updated to version "alpha3". At this time, I have no knowledge of changes or a copy of release notes.

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

retroguru.com reports that SMSPlus2x, the Sega Master System emulator for GP2x, has been updated to version 0.3. At this time, I have no knowledge of changes or a copy of release notes.

You can download SMSPlus2x v0.3 here.

AEP Emulation Page reports that Hoxs64, the Commodore 64 emulator for Microsoft Windows, has been updated to version 1.0.4.2. Below are the changes in this version.

- Fixed bug that would silently fail to insert an FDI disk if the emulator write protection was enabled prior to insertion.

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