Wednesday, October 31, 2001

	Tuesday, October 30, 2001

• ClrMamePro v2.30a: Man does it feel good to have alot of updates for the site again Anyways, check out what's new for this nice little utility: major changes to the profiles, check the whatsnew.txt for more info. profiler doesn't show exebased dats for in the "update" list anymore registry key to allow multiple instances of ClrMamePro (absolutely NOT recommended) fixed that empty filename in "save-missing" It's available on my Downloads page. - cyrussd • Night Warriors (Hispanic 950403): Another new ROM upped to a.b.e.m today, although this time round it was done by Raz. I updated my Game List again - cyrussd • New ROMsets released: Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting (Japan 000412), Great Mahou Daisakusen (Japan 000121) and Giga Wing (Japan 990223) have all been upped to a.b.e.m today by the notorious HeHateMe (aka Kai). Many thanx man, not only for these but also for the recent NeoGeo games you released too I updated my Game List with this new info. - cyrussd

	Monday, October 29, 2001

• Mighty! Pang (Japan 001011): Xacrow has partially dumped another board, although the ROMs have yet to be released. I updated my Game List with the new info. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, October 23, 2001

• XORs added to site: I finally found some free time and added all XOR decryption tables to the newly named Downloads page, previously called the Emu Reviews page. I also added a little info page about this site, which includes our goals, how you can join our team, among other tidbits of info. Check it out on the About page. - cyrussd

	Monday, October 22, 2001

• Xmen COTA (Euro Blue): Not only has Raz recieved this board, but he has also released the new ROMs today on a.b.e.m! I updated my Game List with this info. - cyrussd

	Sunday, October 21, 2001

• ClrMamePro v2.29a: A minor update for this little ROM manager, check out what's new: improved 'set' + 'name' check. Much more reliable now. better import for some weird ROMCenter datfiles folder browser didn't use the last used folder (XP/2k only) You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • All emails responded to: Well, the party was sweet, and had one of the tightest vibes I've felt in awhile. I hope ya made it out, otherwise you missed a really great party. Since it's passed now, the link to their site has been replaced with the good 'ol random tips again. I've also read and responded to all of my emails, one of which was another potential member wanting to join the CPS2emu team, forming a solid team of three. More to come..... - cyrussd

	Saturday, October 20, 2001

• I'm off to We the People: If any of you remember my rant a while back about this freedom festival to try to rid the party scene of drugs, well, today's the day. I received an large amount of emails this morning but since I'm late to the party already, I will answer them tomorrow when I get home (the parties over at 2am and I will try to do em then) and also update the site a little more. Hopefully I'll see ya there, look for me in the big baggy pants, LOL Seriously, if ya wanna look for me I'm wearing a blue collared shirt with blue sunglasses. Peace out. - cyrussd • CPS2Shock officially re-opened: Closing down seems to have been a scam to all along, with the simple purpose to weed out Raz's back stabbers. While I'm happy to hear that everything is back to business as usual, I feel that this was a little overboard. The past week has been hell in the CPS2 emulation community, a few people have even received death threats!!! I think that there should be an opology for this, not to just those two individuals, but also to the CPS2 emulation community as a whole for having to be dragged thru the mud. Anyways, thanx to Devin Shockwell for the email - cyrussd

	Thursday, October 18, 2001

• More new pix at CPS2Shock: While perusing around thru CPS2Shock, I discovered more hi-res .png pix have surfaced on their game list. This time they're for Giga Wing and Mars Matrix, so shooter fans rejoice! Funny thing though, I don't remember ever seeing a Mars Matrix board on their donations page..... - cyrussd

	Wednesday, October 17, 2001

• I did my very first DAT: Over the past month now i've been trained by the best, and have finished my DAT for the new release of Ace. I will be maintaining this DAT from now on, so at least I have something else to keep me busy if the news here gets slow Check it out by heading over to Logiqx homepage. Thanx again for all the help man, I couldn't have done it without ya - cyrussd • CPS2Shock back-up: That's right boys and girls, Raz decided to re-upload all of the site's pages and files, along with some interesting new pix. Great Mahou Daisakusen / Dimahoo, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Pocket Fighter / Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Vampire Hunter / Night Warriors, Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2 all have brand spankin new pix up in .png format. All you kidz that have been involved in CPS2 emulation know that when pix are updated a games gonna be released shortly, I wonder if thats the case in this situation..... Also, since when did he recieve a Great Mahou Daisakusen / Dimahoo board, is this another one of his hidden/unmentioned boards? Ah well, It's just good to see the site back to normal, although as far as I know he still DOES NOT plan on continuing on with his CPS2 work. At least he put the info back up though so that someone else can pick up and carry the torch - cyrussd • ClrMamePro v2.29: A sweet little update for this awesome ROM manager, take a peek at what's new: // is now an official comment statement in datfiles everything behind it in that line is skipped total removal of zip32.dll (guess the internal zlib support is now ok for everybody) some minor gui changes improved crc32 calculation for large files allow only 1 drag&drop operation at a same time new zlib code (including smart compression) removal of non-ansi filenames zip32.dll support "no drop'n drap message" flag affects only Scanner (not Rebuilder, either) rebuilder warnings window is cleaned after each addpath but should only cleaned once. You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Ace v1.6: I guess that life goes on, and we have a nice little update to this emu to prove it Here's what's new: Added sound in NeoGeo games. Added sprite scaling in NeoGeo games Added Metal Slug 002. Added Metal Slug X (coolest game in the world). Added KOF94. Implemented autoframeskip and onscreen fps counter. Corrected a bug in NeoGeo game saving. Corrected a bug in NeoGeo character positioning (black line on the right). Source: removed all the warnings and errors with vc5 and 6. It's available for download on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Monday, October 15, 2001

• ROMCenter v2.30: Well, I'm happy to report some good news today, being this awesome ROM management utility has received a pretty hefty update. Check out what's new in the latest release: Direct datafile download from web site Datafile manager: add, delete, create and download datafiles Extract datafiles from Mame Cache auto refresh : rom paths are scanned to see if cache must be refreshed. Set focus to treeview at startup and when changing datafiles Set the first clone as mainclone when no main clone is found (this fix loading some bad datafiles) Zcrc roms with different cases from datafile is correctly handled. Change some roms info messages (useless roms -> ok (useless files)...) 'Enter' to play a game Fix nb of clones, nb of sets and size in status bar Fix nb of roms Improve rom miss report Don't save empty datafile name when canceling datafile loading Check crc and size to locate a rom (fix some collision) A default web page repository can be selected Rename file bug fixed (faster now) Listviews focus fixed. Access violation with directory browser fixed Faster display Display warning when loading incoherent datafiles Update caesar link Add caesar and mame.dk link to more datafiles Replace forbidden dos char in refname by '_' (fix sublist for goodgen...) Handle ng-lo neogeo ressource XP design (windows XP only) You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • CPS2Shock closed: Due to HeHateMe (aka Kai) and SnowBall flaming Raz's wife, this awesome website that everyone seems to have taken for granted has closed it's doors. It honestly doesn't surprise me though, a man can only take so much, so I don't blame him in the least for closing up shop. Many thanx for all the hard work you have done, you and your site will be missed. As for the unreleased XORs, he has stated that he still does plan on releasing them, but "don't expect them anytime soon". C'mon, please don't really be closed..... - cyrussd

	Thursday, October 11, 2001

• Stingray v0.1.5: Wow, it's good to see that this excelent CPS2Mame frontend is still being updated. Take a look at what's new in the latest version: Added Vampire Savior : The Lord of the Vampire (US 970519) Added Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) Added Marvel Spuer Heroes VS Street Fighter (US 970625) Added Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter (Japan 970707) Added Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter (Japan 970702) Added Marvel Super Heroes (Japan 951024) Added Super Muscle Bomber (Japan 940808) Added Super Muscle Bomber (Japan 940831) Added Street Fighter Zero 3 (Japan 980727) Added Street Fighter Alpha 3 (USA 980629) Added Street Fighter Alpha 3 (USA 980904) Added Eco Fighters (ETC 931203) Added Battle Circuit (Japan 970319) Added Vampire: The Night Warriors (940630) Added D&D: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960209) Added Street Fighter Alpha (Euro 950727) Added Street Fighter Alpha (Euro 950605) Added Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940818) Added Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940705) Fixed Spanish Language. (Grammar Errors) Cleaned up and re-writed lots of it. Minor fixes i can't remember. It's available for download on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd

	Wednesday, October 10, 2001

• Goutetsu's Kawaks and Nebula Cheats v5b: Looks like there's gonna be one last update today Goutetsu just dropped me an email with his awesome cheats attached, which has added support for, yep you guessed it, today's XOR releases. It's available on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • New FinalBurn Alpha and CPS2Mame Cheats: An updated version of FinalBurn Alpha has been released which *ONLY* adds support for today's XOR releases, I guess we'll have to wait a little bit longer for the sprite masking support Also, Palom has updated his CPS2Mame cheat DAT for today's new releases as well. You can download both off my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • WinKawaks v1.32: An awesome update for my favorite emu, including improved sound Check out what's new: Drivers for Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (US 970625) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970707) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 970702) Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (US 970519) Fixed the driver for Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (US 950627) King of Fighter 99 now uses the MAME roms Various other CPS2 romset changes to accommodate the new games, and the latest MAME conventions. Louder (better) QSound and YM2151/OKI Added option to control QSound amplification in WinKawaks.ini and Sound menu NeoGeo sound interpolation Fix in NeoGeo savestates Corrected NeoGeo Y zoom to use the real hardware method. Needs NG-LO.ROM. Finally added an "Auto start game" option Added individual saving for 68000 overclocking Fixed protection for RealBout Fatal Fury 2 Added protection for Fatal Fury 2 New, much improved Redefine Keys dialog box Changed the Joypad code. Added support for screenshots for Load game box. Somewhat Skin support Just put a SKIN.BMP in your Kawaks directory to change the bg image It's available for download on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Nebula v1.92: A nice update for this multi-platform emu, here's a quick look at what's new: NEOGEO: Preliminary Neogeo Raster effects Added. Adjusted (again) the Z80 sound timing. Added fatfury2 protection. CPS2: Fixed BlackHeart's stage of MSH missing rowscroll in the background. Better sprite timing and sprite buffering that solves some backgrond/sprite desync (ssf2 portraits, ecofght, sfa3,...) Fixed the CPS2 eeprom problems that caused problems with csclub, ssf2t,... Fixed Super Hyper turbo mode for ssf2t. CPS1: Fixed Mercs graphics. GENERAL: Improved the cheat engine with conditional cheats, indirect addressing (for neogeo), etc. If there is no specific cheats for a clone, nebula will take the cheats from the parent. Added force feedback support. For a complete list of what's been updated please view the history.txt in the archive. You can download it along with the updated Game DATs on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • CPS2Mame v2.550: Raz has updated his CPS2 only version of Mame to support the below releases. You can download it on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • ROMCenter and ClrMamePro DATs updated: Both of these DATs have been updated for today's new releases, you can download em on my Emu Reviews page. - cyrussd • Five more XORs released: Armored Warriors (Euro 941011), Vampire Savior (US 970519), MSH Vs. Street Fighter (US 970625), (Japan 970707 and 970702) have all been released, go grab em from CPS2Shock. I also updated my Game List with this new info. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, October 9, 2001

• CPS2emu gets a new home: That's right kidz, I'm finally off the GeoShitties server!!! EmuHelp has given me a very warm welcome, offering PHP support and unlimited space! With these new options in mind I have some new ideas for the site, including a new XOR section, a new Forum programed by myself in PHP, plus a new staff member will join the ranks soon as well Stay tooned..... - cyrussd

	Friday, October 5, 2001

• Raz uploads 6 new ROMs to a.b.e.m: D&D: ToD (Euro 940412), Marvel Vs. Capcom (Asia 980112), Vampire Savior (Asia 970519), Street Fighter Zero 3 (Asia 980701), X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Euro 960910) and Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) are all now available. The Donations Page at CPS2Shock has yet to be updated to reflect that the SFZ3 and Vampire Savior boards have arrived, but since the ROMs are now available it'd be a good guess he does indeed have them I updated my Game List with all of the above info. - cyrussd

	Wednesday, October 3, 2001

• Raz recieves another board: This time around he has recieved D&D: TOD (Euro Blue), I updated my Game List with this new info. Raz has yet to release the ROM info for this and the other two boards recieved yesterday, but once he does I'll update the dates on my page. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, October 2, 2001

• Raz recieves 2 more boards: Marvel Vs. Capcom (Asia Grey) and X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Euro Blue) have both arrived to CPS2Shock, looks like a double shot for you VS. fans out there Updated my Game List with the new info, and will add the correct dates once they are dumped. - cyrussd