Friday, September 28, 2001

• FinalBurn Alpha release update: Well kidz, don't expect that release anytime soon, here's a direct quote from KEV of Team FB Alpha: We are working on a few other things for the 0.138 release so it could be a while before it's released (i.e. a couple of weeks or so). There is also a possiblity that there will be a 0.137b but we have no firm plans. I wonder what else they are working on? Ah well, at least we know it will be worth the wait - cyrussd • FinalBurn Alpha to have sprite masking: You read it right, for the next release, v0.138, expect to see sprite masking enabled! Incase you are unaware, this will fix display bugs in games such as Battle Circuit, Capcom Sports Club, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3 and others. Now all we have to do is wait for a release - cyrussd

	Wednesday, September 26, 2001

• Another four boards en route to Raz: Vampire Savior (Asia Grey), Street Fighter Zero 3 (Asia Grey), Marvel Vs. Capcom (Asia Grey) and X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Euro Blue) are all on the way to CPS2Shock. As always, I updated my Game List with this new info. - cyrussd • Party kidz unite: This is not a CPS2 related post in anyway but is of utter importance regardless. If you are involved in the party scene (or better known as the rave scene) and like me love the music, the friendship, and the overall joy it brings you then you must check out this website, We The People. If you live near the LA area or are willing to make the drive down please check out and help support this great cause. Incase you are unaware of current events effecting us party kidz, here's the scoop: The govenment has decided that our scene is only about selling, buying or consuming drugs and are shutting down parties all across the US, with local ordinances and laws being passed in over 20 states. World famous clubs such as Twilo, Club La Vela, Tunnel and Lime Light have already been shut down or soon will be, and don't think for a second that others, including your local venues, will not share the same fate. It gets worse. On January of this year in New Orleans a major electronic music venue, State Palace Theater, was charged with operating a crackhouse. As a result glowsticks, pacifiers, bottled water, chill rooms, massage tables along with other "drug related" items have been labeled as drug paraphanelia and all kidz possesing any of these items, regardless if under the influence or completely sober, can be arrested for possesion. The governments next step is to set a standard national precendent for the use of the "crackhouse" law, which would enable law enforcement officials to prosocute anyone producing or promoting electronic music events. If convicted they would be served with a mandatory sentence of 20 years to life in prison. I beg of you, if you believe that the party scene IS NOT about drugs, please sign up and show up at this great event. The world may be goin to shit but this is one thing WE CAN'T AND WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO TAKE FROM US!!!!! Act now, take a stand, be heard and do not let their ignorance effect us!!! ~ P ~ L ~ U ~ R ~   Peace, Love, Unity and Respect - cyrussd

	Tuesday, September 25, 2001

• ClrMamePro v2.22b: Another bugfix release for this ROM management utility, check out what's new: added optional no drag'n drop warning for scanner, rebuild dropped files added switch to show/hide missing roms in 100% missing sets fixed remove-rebuilt-BIOS-source files didn't work in all cases fixed number of rebuilt bios files isn't correct detection of MAME sample/rom merge errors (thehand/gotcha) biosets are now checked like the other sets, too hiding parentset messages in clonesets in fullmergemode new method to detect a running ClrMamePro You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Saturday, September 22, 2001

• Dungeons & Dragons 1 (Euro Blue): Alright, another board is on the way to CPS2Shock! Looks like selling Dungeons & Dragons 2 (Euro Blue) to exchange for this one payed off. I updated my Game List to show this info. - cyrussd

	Friday, September 21, 2001

• Boredom strikes: Well, I took some free time today and changed a few things here on the site. The most notable being the addition of new background graphics as well as the extra news archive navigations at the bottom of a few pages (this being one of them That is all, peace. - cyrussd • Nebula v1.91b: Another day, another version of Nebula, ElSemi is really on a roll This time around it's yet another minor bugfix, check out what's new: Fixed kof99 (and some other games) sound clicks. Due to a stupid bug, the new delta-t interpolator was not enabled in previous versions. Now Ninja Commando and Ninja Combat music sometimes work (and sometimes doesn't ) 640x480 scanline modes now centered on screen. This new version is available on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Thursday, September 20, 2001

• Nebula v1.91a: Wow, ElSemi must not sleep much This version is just a minor bugfix update for yesterday's release. Here's what's new: Fixed macro support that was broken in v1.91 Fixed a stupid bug in default control, hotkeys and macros that prevented it from working. Fixed the size and crc for the NG-LO.ROM file. I forgot to mention an experimental option in nebula, it's the -blade15 option, it will generate 15Khz output signals (for arcade monitors) if you have a Trident Blade3D card. You'll need BLADEIO.VXD from the Blade15khz package (www.beimborn.com/mame/dl/blade15_24.zip) It's available for download on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Wednesday, September 19, 2001

• Nebula v1.91: Another version of Nebula has been released with alot of fixes and updates. Here's a quick, edited run down of what's new in this version: Added a "Smart" romset name recognition, Nebula now recognizes MVS and MGD dumps. Corrected X Zoom tables with values checked in the original board. Corrected Y Zoom tables (You'll need to have the ng-lo.rom file inside your NEOGEO.ZIP file). LBalanced AY and YM volumes. New interpolation mode for Frecuency control type (Delta-t) ADPCM sound samples, its now better (and faster) for high pitched samples. Added the new Kof99 decrypted set (kof99d). Fixed double dragon (and probably many more) FMV intro sound problems. Added Hotkeys. Configure the button mapping for each hotkey in the HOTKEYS.DAT file (there are separated configs for CPS and neogeo). Added a new stretch mode called "Keep aspect" that keeps the original aspect while using the bigger possible screen area. Added FreePlay switch to Machine Settings menu Added a Control configuration menu for GUI keys, you can map there the keys you want to use to move the cursor in the GUI/Game menus. Rewritten the rom checking code. Now it's faster and has a progress bar. It's available on my Emu Reviews page, and be sure to check the readme.txt for the complete list of changes. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, September 18, 2001

• FinalBurn Alpha v0.137a: I just recieved an email from Loopmaster about this new release, which corrects alot of previously known bugs. Check out what's new: Fixed auto-pause Fixes to dozea.asm Fixed HotRod inputs Fixed an input menu bug when there's no DIP-SW data available. Updated and fixed dipinfo.dat file Updated fbcheat.dat file Added volume control Added more accelerators You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Marvel vs Capcom release info: Raz has spoken! According to him, and I quote: "you can expect mvsc within the next 6 months". Sounds like good news for all you vs. game fans out there - cyrussd • Ace v1.5: Just when you thought the "let's add NeoGeo support to my CPS2 emulator" fad was over, another one pops up outta the woodworks Here's what's new: Added System 16, System 18 and NeoGeo emulation! Added Shinobi. Added Shadow Dancer. Added Puzzle de Pon. Added Puzzle Bobble. Added Neo Drift Out. Added Metal Slug 001. Removed midas11.dll - exe filesize is only 165k! Code is more object oriented. Added the "usesysmem" parameter in the ini file - be sure to try it out if emulation is slow. You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Saturday, September 15, 2001

• Palom's CPS2mame Cheats: This update adds support for the new version of CPS2mame, the new XOR releases from Wednesday, and for a few older games. You can head on over to my Emu Reviews page to get it. - cyrussd • ClrMamePro v2.21: Well, i've been thinking of adding this ROM management utility to the site and decided that today's new release would be as good a time as any I have also added the latest CPS2 verify DAT for it, both can be downloaded on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Marvel vs. Capcom (Japan 980112) update: Today Raz fessed up and admitted to having this board in his possession, so I updated my Game List with this info. - cyrussd

	Friday, September 14, 2001

• Rockman (Japan 950922) Dumped: Yes!!! This VERY RARE CPS2 game has been dumped by Xacrow. It puts a big smile on my face to see a game with no regions or revisions available get dumped As always, I updated my Game List to show this awesome info. - cyrussd

	Thursday, September 13, 2001

• FinalBurn Alpha v0.137: Definately the most significant graphical update for this emu so far, it's GUI is now quite reminicent of WinKawaks, always a good thing in my book Take a look at what's new: Added a new GUI. Added rom scanning to check what roms you have. Added options to show all, CPS-1 only or CPS-2 only games. Added option to only show the games you got. Added esc=exit for all dialogs. Added CPS1 QSound (thanks for info ElSemi) Added IIR low pass filter Added Dip Switches Engine Fixed stupid error I made with the cheat dialog column widths Set nApplyCheatEveryXFrame to 0 as standard. Fixed so the 4 player fix for batcirj only applies to netplay. Added light blue background as standard for SFA3 + clones in netplay. Added flip monitor as standard for XMvSF in netplay. Added drivers for ddsom, dstlk, dstlkr1, sfa & sfar1. Updated cheats file. You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Wednesday, September 12, 2001

• Five more XORs released: Looks like I guessed right, today we did indeed get another load of XORs. Street Fighter Alpha (Euro 950727 and 950605), Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940818 and 940705) and finally D&D: SoM (Euro 960209) have all been released, head on over to CPS2Shock to get your eager little hands on em - cyrussd • WinKawaks v1.31: Another update of my favorite emu, with some CPS1 improvements this time around Take a look at what's new in this release: Corrected the NeoGeo zoom system. Now uses the true original zoom patterns, verified on the real system Support for the new kf99_s1d.rom in the KOF99 romset Many CPS1 fixes: Captain Commando set to 4 player for netplay Player 4 mapped in Captain Commando Player 3 mapped in Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Warriors of Fate Test menu for all CPS1 games (press F11 or whatever you redefined it to access it) EEPROM no longer saved for EEPROMless games Timing fixes (fixes Mercs splash screen, Pang 3 bottom of screen...) Sprite/bg sync fix Added language switch for Dungeons & Dragons (uses Region switch) Drivers for Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960209) Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940818) Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940705) Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (Euro 950727) Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (Euro 950605) Various romset changes to accommodate the above new games, and the latest MAME conventions PLEASE READ NEW_SETS.TXT FOR MORE INFORMATION You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • CPS2MAME v2.54: We finally see an update for this CPS2 only version of Mame by Raz. This version is based on MAME v0.54 with support for the new releases. You can download it from my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Nebula ROM and CPS2 verify DATs updated: Both of these DATs have been updated with support for today's releases, you can find them on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, September 11, 2001

• I fear the thought of war: I wanted to take a second to say how much I feel for the people that have been and are involved in todays horrific incedent, and that my prayers go out to the families that are suffering. I also wanted to say to Prophet that I'm glad to hear you and your loved ones are OK, and good man for going to donate blood. May we find a peaceful way to solve this. - cyrussd • Another two boards arrive to CPS2Shock: The last two boards that were on the way to CPS2Shock, Armored Warriors (Euro Blue) and Vampire Savior (Blue), arrived today. Not only that, but Raz has also already dumped the new ROMs! I updated my Game List with this info. - cyrussd • CPS2Shock release coming soon: Raz himself has stated that we should "expect a release shortly", maybe for one of the ROMsets released today? I'm gonna guess we see the new XOR(s) tommorrow, *fingers crossed* - cyrussd • ROM releases on a.b.e.m: Darkstalkers (US 940705), D&D: SoM (Asia 960619), D&D: SoM (Euro 960209), Street Fighter Alpha (Euro 950605) and Vampire Hunter (Japan 950316) have all been released on this newsgroup! Hurry up and grab em while you still can, although I already know of a few websites that have them as well now too (one of which is listed in my Web Links under ROMs - cyrussd • Explanation for TIP #11: Just incase any of you havent heard about or seen this funny as hell flash movie, i've decided to post it. Thanx to Snyderman for the link. - cyrussd

	Monday, September 10, 2001

• Random site tips: I got bored and whipped up a random generator to show various tips for the site. You can find it to the left where my Yahoo! Instant Messanger logo was previously. Since I am always invisible it was obviously pretty pointless to have it there since it will always show me as "not online". Anyways, some of the tips are usefull while some are not, expect more to come - cyrussd • Just for nnever2000: 'NNever2000 found secret files at cps2shok.......' j/k I forgot to mention that he was the one who originally pointed out that there are secret pages at CPS2Shock, I just simply did the searching to find them all If you read my post below you will see I DID NOT claim responsibility for figuring this out. Anyways, I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers there buddy - cyrussd

	Sunday, September 9, 2001

• D&D: SoM (Asia 960619) dumped: While reading thru the CPS2Shock Game List today I found that this board has been dumped. Wonder why there's been no mention of it? Anyways, I updated my Game List with this info. - cyrussd

	Saturday, September 8, 2001

• Problem solved: All scripts are back up again. I checked Geocities scripts and found they were using a few of the variable names I used, so I changed the names in my scripts to fix the problem. So far it looks as if this solved the issue as everything works correctly again, and there should not be any further problems. Peace - cyrussd

	Friday, September 7, 2001

• I fuckin hate GeoShities: Their dumb ass JavaScript files are interfearing with mine, which caused a serious bug that hasn't allowed users to enter the site. I disabled the loading page along with a few other things so you can just enter again. I am currently looking into other web hosts at the moment and will hopefully be off this shitty server soon. Sorry for the colorful language kidz. Peace - cyrussd • Secret pages at CPS2Shock: Some secret pages with pictures of what look like to be flyers (I don't know for sure because I get an error if I try to download the file) have turned up at CPS2Shock. To access them you need to highlight a specific letter in a select few of the games in their Game List. Here is a list of the ones I have found: 1st "1" in 19XX: The War Against Destiny 2nd "i" in Battle Circuit 1st "y" in Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness 1st "s" in Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara 1st "o" in Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter 1st "s" in Marvel Vs. Capcom Clash of Super Heroes 1st "k" in Pocket Fighter / Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix 1st "D" in Quiz Nanairo Dreams: Nijiirotyou no Kiseki 1st "a" in RockMan 2 / MegaMan 2: The Power Fighters 1st "2" in Street Fighter Zero 2 / Alpha 2 1st "o" in Street Fighter Zero 3 / Alpha 3 1st "l" in Super Puzzle Fighter 2 X / Turbo 1st "a" in Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire 1st "i" in X-Men Vs. Street Fighter There may be more to find, although I was pretty thorough in my search So check it out and happy hunting! - cyrussd • Two more boards arrive to CPS2Shock: This time it's Vampire Hunter (Japan Green) and D&D2 (Euro Blue), for a grand total of 14 unreleased XORs currently in Raz's possesion. I updated my Game List to reflect the info. - cyrussd • Goutetsu's Kawaks & Nebula Cheats v5a: All you bad kidz out there that like to cheat I got some good news for ya. Goutetsu has releases v5a of his Kawaks and Nebula Cheats, you can download em on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Vampire Savior (Blue) on the way: Another board on the way to CPS2Shock, i believe this is the one being sent by will. I updated my Game List to show this info. - cyrussd

	Wednesday, September 5, 2001

• WinKawaks v1.30: Well, the new Kawaks has NeoGeo emulation and a revamped game load screen, but no new CPS2 improvements  Take a look at what's new: NeoGeo emulation ! Support for 136 games Runs the new King of Fighters 99 dump ! (see FAQ for details) Excellent compatibility: runs all games with sound Works with macros, netplay, sprite table, etc Specific settings in the INI for the fullscreen resolution Please read the FAQ for eventual troubleshooting New enhanced Load game dialog box CPS2 timing fixes defaultkeys.ini becomes defaultkeysCPS.ini for CPS1/2 games defaultkeysMVS.ini for NeoGeo games So, rename your defaultkeys.ini to defaultkeysCPS.ini and create a new one for NeoGeo games named defaultkeysMVS.ini You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • CPS2Shock release #55: No CPS2 game today kiddies, instead it's a NeoGeo game you probably played 2 years ago by the name of The King of Fighters 99. Yay  : / Anyways, if you want it head over to CPS2Shock to get it. - cyrussd • Marvel vs. Street Fighter (Blue) update: It looks like Raz recieved this board today, but with the way things have been going recently I wouldn't expect a XOR release of this game till he recives an (Asia Grey) board too. I updated my Game List to reflect this info. - cyrussd

	Monday, September 3, 2001

• Calice v0.4.6: More NeoGeo improvements, along with some other fixes as well. Take a look at what's new: Support for Nebula Cheats Hardware Stretch 60 Hz limit and automatic frameskip Greatly improved the neogeo core: nearly 100% of compatibility Added four different rom paths Switched to starscream 0.26c You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Saturday, September 1, 2001

• Nebula v1.9: Wow, that was quick Another great release which answers alot of the requests users have been asking for. Take a look at what's new: Added a MINIFAQ file, please read it. Fixed Neo Turf Masters driver that crashed nebula in the loading screen. Fixed puzzle bobble romset name to match the latest MAME name. Fixed w2k crashes when pressing the TAB key. Fixed misc crashes on startup in video cards with little VRAM Fixed DDTOD and DDSOM F2 key. Fixed the savestate time being always GMT. Fixed crashes when using ALT-TAB to switch task. Fixed Irritating Maze controls, now it works. Neogeo s1 and m1 roms with wrong sizes are now accepted and loaded. Added triple buffer option to video options. ALT-ENTER key now also works in the GUI. Removed 400x300 resolution from neogeo and added 320x240 as it's closer to the real res (304x224). Rewritten default controls code, now it works with all games, but you'll need to re-map the keys again. Added an option to disable debug dipswitches because they were causing problems in some games. Added an overclocking option for neogeo games in the machine settings menu. Fixed a major bug in savestate saving/loading code that caused nebula crash when loading states. I forgot to state in the previous version that the neogeo bios MUST be in a file called neogeo.zip (neogeod.zip for the debug BIOS) in any roms folder. You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd