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And the magazines have finally been delivered! Time for a few group photos!

A limited run of about 90 copies of each of the first 13 issues of Zzap!Raine has been printed on paper. This was to satisfy about 90 fans that had requested the PDFs to be printed at high quality on paper. These paper copies are just like the PDFs but also contain one A3 poster as a 'centrepiece' in each magazine, with the 'story/making of' of the poster in its back page. I prepared the printable files, got quotations from a print shop in Italy, collected the money from the 90 fans, and ordered. This is 100% not for profit and we are paying just what the cost of printing and shipping is. The Zzap!Raine Team is doing this all for free for the benefit of these fans I have received the first batch of 3 magazines from the print shop today, 88 copies of each of issue 7, 8 and 10. The prints of the remaining 10 magazines will be delivered in the next week or so. Photos at the below Facebook post, and more photos will be printed as I receive the other magazines: https://www.facebook.com/ZzapRaine/posts/pfbid02MaoEArpK3tsphBPpP9sNLTJKjeE1wLnwG5p9emyvb9evzMn6jM31rCLqjU5NM7mRl

Aha I sure remember the day you differentiated the 32 and 64 bit by adding the sh2 emulation to one and not the other. I just didn't realise this release was about extending the sh2 emulation to the 64 bit build. I will make sure to post about this new release on the Zzap!Raine Facebook page when the fix is available. Thanks for the excellent work! L.

A new version of RAINE is always very welcome! What is the major effect of the updated sh2 emulation? Are there new games supported by RAINE, or does this change improves the general quality of emulation to the previously available games?

It really is the end of an era

And issue 11 is now online and the project is now officially complete Future updates will be on the Zzap!Raine Facebook page (and reposted here on the forum) Download from: https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html

Over the past few months I also published Issue 9, Special Issue Christmas 2003, and Issue 10. One only issue remains: Issue 11 - it will be published on 30 June, then the project will be complete https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html

Shared on the Zzap!Raine Facebook page (in Italian, yes, but Facebook does the translation...) https://www.facebook.com/ZzapRaine/posts/pfbid02EUdssW7smAUFMFifFYmn3iLohiYXJKABLorTMtWDSXeN7b7H7xEjvs7FeZDQttNl

Can't wait to try it

So is the hotfix available for download already? Or will it be today? And it also emulates SF2Mix?

The Zzap!Raine PDF project will be presented on a live streaming on AntaGamers (in Italian only) - at 9.30pm Italian time today, 12 March 2024 Link: https://www.youtube.com/@AntaGamersVideo/streams

Zzap!Raine Issue 8 is now free as a PDF for download! All issues 1 to 8 (including Anniversary Issue 1) are available at: https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html

Just read this from the latest version of MAME, released today: "The microcontroller program for Taito’s KiKi KaiKai was recently extracted. This contains a substantial amount of game logic, allowing the simulation code previously used by MAME to be retired and giving more confidence that the emulation is accurate." Question for Tux: would it be possible / a good idea/ do you have any interest to implement this in RAINE which, I presume, uses simulated logic for that MCU (and therefore not accurate)?

Excellent job - posted on the Zzap!Raine Facebook page, too

Hi I havent downloaded the latest version of Raine, but noticed graphic decoding glitches in Pengo and Pengo2u - both occurring in the demo when the austral aurora is shown. Was this present in old versions of Raine? I believe this is the first time I noticed this bug. Tried Raine 0.96.5 x64 on Windows

Two more issues were released in November and December: Issue 6 and Special First Anniversary. Issue 7 is almost ready and will be published at the end of January. https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html Cheers

That's excellent news! I have posted it onto the Zzap!Raine facebook page

Issue 4 is now online available for free download Link: https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html Issue 5 is almost ready and will be published before end of October 2023

This is an excellent release and thanks so much for this! I look forward to seeing the same changes for sh2 reflected in the Win-x64 build at some point. I will enjoy the Win-x32 version in the meantime I really wish this is not the end of your commitment to Raine And I will also post the update to the official Zzap!Raine Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ZzapRaine

Issue 3 is now available for download!! https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html And issue 4 is already in the works... will be published in October! Enjoy!

And issue 2 is now ready for download! https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html Issue 3 is in the works already... (will be published early in September)

Starting from today, when browsing Zzap!Raine you will have two options: - the "old" web-based reviews in English, that were made with old HTML technology in 2002-2004 and all pages basically look the same. - free downloadable PDF magazines, approximately 10-20 pages each (6-10 MBytes), in Italian. You can then print them yourself on A4 printer, if you like. We just received approval from the owners of the Zzap!64 logo/intellectual property so this new PDF project is an official "son of Zzap!". Issue 1 is ready for download, Issue 2 is in the works and I anticipate issuing a new PDF every month. There are 13 issues (1-11 and 2 Christmas specials) so this will keep me busy making PDFs for about a year. Anyway, stay tuned. Thanks Tux and the 1emulation team for assistance with the server and your support BOOKMARK THIS LINK: https://raine.1emulation.com/zzapraine/issues.html

Yeh, it takes too much hassle to maintain the Facebook page in English - and particularly when the majority of visitors would be Italian regardless. Think about the positives: Raine as an emulator will have an little fan club in Italy for a change

That's correct. There's a lot to fix and as you know I have never been happy with the English translation. Back to Italian is the only way to make the magazine really enjoyable.

Got it. The most juicy news of the day is that I am producing actual PDFs of the old Zzap!Raine issues - downloadable for free. As soon as they are ready, I will share them with Tux for sharing through the Zzap!Raine website. Issue 1 is almost ready. The next issue won't be long in the works...