Sunday, March 31, 2002

	Saturday, March 30, 2002

• Mike Hagger's cheat archives v0.2.6.a: The FinalBurn Alpha, Nebula | Kawaks and MAME Cheat Archives have all been updated adding support for yesterday's XOR releases, along with alot of fixes. Here's what's new: New games added: Pocket Fighter (Japan) Street Fighter 2 YYC (Hack) Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (USA) Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (Asia) Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (USA) Super Street Fighter 2 (Asia) Super Street Fighter 2 (Asia r1) Added more cheats for: Final Fight & Clones Strider & Clones U.N. Squadron & Clones Fixed some cheats for: Alien Vs. Predator & Clones Armored Warriors & Clones Battle Circuit & Clones Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors & Clones Dynasty Wars & Clones Eco Fighters & Clones Final Fight & Clones Forgotten Worlds & Clones Magic Sword - Heroic Fantasy & Clones Marvel Super Heroes & Clones Mega Twins & Clones Street Fighter 2 & Clones Street Fighter 2 - C.E. & Clones Street Fighter 2 Turbo & Clones Strider & Clones Three Wonders & Clones U.N. Squadron & Clones Warriors of Fate & Clones Willow & Clones X-Men: Children of the Atom & Clones You can get all three on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • FinalBurn Alpha v0.2.6: A minor update adding support for today's XORs releases, along with a few other small fixes. Here's the list of what's new: Added drivers for sgemf, sgemfa, pfghtj, ssf2a, ssf2ar1 & spf2t. Added Dynasty Wars (World) and Knights of the Round (Hack). Fixed the off-set of the sprites in the mvsc ending. Fixed the sound in some CPS-1 games (all work fine now). It's available with the others on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Friday, March 29, 2002

• 6 new XORs, including Pocket Fighter: After what seemed an eternity, CPS2Shock has released new XORs! The list this time includes Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (USA 970904) and (Asia 970904), Pocket Fighter (Japan 970904), Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (USA 960620), and Super Street Fighter 2 (Asia 931005) and (Asia 930914). As always you can get em on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • New CPS2 verify DATs: New verify DATs by Logiqx for ROMCenter and ClrMamePro have been released, and both are available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • CPS2mame v2.590: Raz has updated CPS2mame to include today's xor releases. You can find it on our Downloads page. - Terminal • Winkawaks v1.42: A new version of my fav emu has been released adding support for the new XORs, along with a slew of new options and fixes. Here's what's new: Added Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (US 970904) Added Pocket Fighter (Japan 970904) Added Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (Asia 970904) Added Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (US 960620) Added Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (Asia 931003) AddedSuper Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (Asia 930914) Added Dynasty Wars (World) Added Knights of the Round (Hack) Added Neo Pong Fixed The King of Dragons (bootleg) A _lot_ of rewrites, notably in the video system and the general Kawaks architecture, which gives a significant speedup on 2xSai, SuperEagle, SuperSai, Scanlined 2xSai, will make the eventual addition of new systems easier, faster and more stable, and allows the following : Added sprite transparencies, using Nebula tables. Tables should be named gamename.bld and put in the BLEND directory (ex: SFA3.BLD) Added "Monitor dot matrix" blitter. Give it a try Added support for ElSemi's Cheater program. Cheater must be started before Kawaks Added menu items to control sound frequency. No need to edit WinKawaks.ini anymore for that. Optimised 'Interframe blending' code. Should be significantly faster with most blitters, now Rewrote DirectInput code: Hopefully fixes most controler problems Fixed Screenshot Factory blink and Tile viewer if Interframe Blending is enabled Fixed Scanlines 50% for some video cards (S3...) Hopefully fixed some screenshot issues Fixed flash frames in Marvel Vs Capcom Fixed ending in Marvel Vs Capcom NeoGeo isn't affected anymore by correct ration settings. Meaning it now looks better if these options are enabled (espeacially with Normal blitter) Changed the way the video blitter selection works. For example, now, Shift+F3 is a toggle between scanlines, 50% scanlines, and zoomX2... Added some keyboard shortcuts to the Load game, Screenshot Factory, Cheat boxes Added some keyboard shortcuts to the English menus Fixed Shot factory window size A few romset changes to match the latest conventions and dumps (affects CYBOTSJ, DDSOMU, SFAR1) You can get the new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • Nebula v2.11: New version of Nebula to coincide with the latest xor release, here's the new stuff: General Fixed Vertical games not displaying anything Konami Added Bucky O'Hare Fixed Zooming Fixed some sprite gfx problems (2nd level boss in moo) CPS2 If you are only seeing 2 buttons in CPS2 games delete the .dat file for that game in the CONFIG folder CPS1 Added SF2 YYC hack NeoGeo In the ROMDATA folder you'll find a file called Neogeo.new. Delete the Neogeo.dat and rename the .new to .dat to use the new MAME rom names NOTE: if Nebula reports that neo-geo.rom, ng-sfx or ng-lo.rom are missing remember to put the neogeo.zip in a roms directory So grab yourself a copy at the Downloads page. - Terminal • SFZ2a Asia Secured: Minor update on the status of SFZ2a (asia) and AvP (asia): Dr MAD has purchased SFZero 2 Alpha and is planning on using the money he will get through selling ddsom and cybots to pay for the repair of AvP. - Terminal

	Thursday, March 28, 2002

• Bad news about three games: Man has it been a bad day for CPS2Shock and the CPS2 scene. First off, the supposed Dimahoo (USA) board arrived today, but was actually a (Japan) version in a blue case. Second, the Alien vs. Predator (Asia) board that arrived a few days ago is dead, and to make matters worse, the money that was going to be spent on SFZero 2 Alpha (Asia) will now go towards repairing the dead board. I updated our Game List with this unfortunate news - cyrussd

	Wednesday, March 27, 2002

• ClrMamePro v2.55a: Another version of this awesome ROM manager has been released, adding new options along with the usual bug fixes. Here's what's new: added a new romlist-bug message. It now detects wrong named biosroms caused by datfile typos (see MAME .59 irrmaze) some minor changes to hourglass animation leading "0x" in front of crc32s are now optional fixed rare doubling zipfiles issue fixed profiler datfile update, "remove old datfile" didn't work in all cases This new version is available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, March 26, 2002

• Nebula Transparencies v20020311a: I finally got off my lazy butt and added this fun little pack for Nebula to our Downloads page I also reorganized the page abit so the cheats are no longer in their own section, but are now below their corrisponding emulator. - cyrussd • MAME Cheat File v0.2.5.b: Mike Hagger has released a brand new cheat pack for MAME that includes both CPS1 and CPS2 games, and is up to date with his FinalBurn Alpha and Nebula | Kawaks Cheat archives. This little goodie is available now on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • Alien vs. Predator (Asia) arrived: CPS2Shock has recieved the other board that originally had it's shipment cancelled last month, and also finally posted having both Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting (Japan) and (USA) in his possesion. I updated our Game List with this info. - cyrussd • FBA and Kawaks/Nebula Cheat DATs updated: Mike Hagger has updated his FinalBurn Alpha and Nebula / Kawaks Cheat Archives to v0.2.5.B, here's what's new: New games added: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Hack) Dynasty Wars (World) Knights of the Round (Hack) Warriors of Fate (Hack) Added more cheats for: Captain Commando & Clones Marvel Super Heroes & Clones Marvel Vs. Capcom & Clones Street Fighter 2 & Clones Super Street Fighter 2 & Clones Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire & Clones Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire & Clones X-Men: Children of the Atom & Clones Fixed some cheats for: Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter & Clones Marvel Vs. Capcom & Clones Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire & Clones Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire & Clones X-Men Vs. Street Fighter & Clones Fixed some problems with: Sangokushi II (Asia) Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (Japan) Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (USA) Fixed clone naming for: D&D: Shadow Over Mystara (USA r1) Street Fighter Alpha (Euro r2) Tenchi wo Kurau (Japan) Both are available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Monday, March 25, 2002

• 3 more boards added: I discovered a couple more undumped boards, so I added em to our Game List. Just sort by Modified to see which ones were added - cyrussd • Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Asia) found: Corvus and Dr MAD have done it yet again, and another rare CPS2 board has been found. What's so special about this board you ask? Well, what this basically boils down to is that we will finally be able to play this game in English! I updated our Game List with this very kewl new info - cyrussd

	Sunday, March 24, 2002

• Two more boards dumped: It's nice to see even more boards being dumped, with Xacrow's most recent achievements being X-Men vs. StreetFighter (Japan 960909) and a partially dumped Jyangokushi (Japan 990527). I updated our Game List with this new info. - cyrussd

	Saturday, March 23, 2002

• SFA (Euro 950718) upped to ABEM: This ROMset has finally been made available to the public, so hurry up and grab it while it's still fresh on the server As always, I also updated our Game List with this new info. - cyrussd

	Thursday, March 21, 2002

• New CPS2 verifiy DATs: Logiqx has released updated versions of his DATs for ROMCenter and ClrMamePro, adding all the recent dumps along with a few other ROM renames. Both are available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Wednesday, March 20, 2002

• Dimahoo (USA Blue) on the way: Yet another board is now on the way to CPS2Shock, which I am actually quite amazed to see posted on the donations page because the board was released post 99. I also discovered that Raz already has the Japan version in his possesion as well, so I updated our Game List with all of this info. - cyrussd • ClrMamePro v2.55: Roman has released yet another version of his very kewl ROM manager, and this time with more than just a few changes Here's what's new: fixed rare issue where renaming roms leads to doubled names (not double roms ) fixed missing checksum output fixed ZipIntegrityCheck freezed CMPro on bad files "allow separated biossets" now hides all messages about the separated biosset changed the multiple instance check changed the biossets test (to avoid MAME bugs ) new zlib 1.1.4 core As always, it's available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Tuesday, March 19, 2002

• ClrMamePro v2.54d: Another update addressing a few minor issues, here's whats changed since v2.54b: changed the multiple instance check (2.54d) changed the biossets test (to avoid MAME bugs) (2.54d) fresh compile + missing checksum output fix (2.54c) You can grab it now from our Downloads page. - cyrussd • SSF2 (Asia) re-upped to ABEM: It seems as if a boo-boo was made and the old dump (930914) was upped the first time, so if you got it earlier or have yet to do so, go grab the new one (931005) before it's flooded off - cyrussd • 5 new ROMsets upped to ABEM: Raz upped quite a few new ROMsets to ABEM today, the list includes Cyberbots (US 950420), D&D: SoM (US 960619), D&D: ToD (Hispanic 940125), Mars Matrix (US 000412) and SSF2 (Asia 930914). Go get em while their hot - cyrussd

	Monday, March 18, 2002

• 5 new boards arrive: CPS2Shock has recieved all boards needed to unlock the hold on Pocket Fighter and Nightwarriors, along with a few other rare ones. Here's the list: D&D: ToD (Hispanic), NightWarriors (Blue), Super Puzzle Fighter 2 (USA Blue) , Cyberbots (USA Blue), and D&D: SoM (USA Blue), the latter being the bug-fixed revision. I updated out Game List with this awesome new info, and I would expect a XOR release shortly - cyrussd • ClrMamePro v2.54b: A minor update that includes some thread related things for Win9x/ME users. You can get this new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • Secret board arrived to CPS2Shock: Raz admitted to having Mars Matrix (Japan 000412), yet another board in his possesion that is unaccounted for on the CPS2Shock donations page. I updated our Game List with this info, along with renaming Jyankokushi to Jyangokushi and adding the full date to the latter as well - cyrussd

	Saturday, March 16, 2002

• Nebula v2.1: El Semi has released a new version of his multiplatform emu, which now adds support for the Konami system Here's a list of what's new: KONAMI Added Wild West COW Boys of Moo Mesa. CPS1 Added Dynasty Wars (World), now parent set. CPS2 Fixed SF3 crashing with Mike Haggar's cheats. NEOGEO Added NeoPong Fixed Neogeo CD Metal Slug crashes GENERAL Added an option to auto-Switch to 16 bit desktop color depth (Misc Menu) Fixed Menu bar flickering in fullscreen. Changed the ROMdata files format, to a more compact format. Also now all romsets are external (Except Konami), so you can rename/edit the romsets to match yours. You can grab it from our Downloads page. - cyrussd • ClrMamePro v2.54a: Just checked Roman's page and found that not only has v2.54 been released, but also v2.54a with another nice addition Here's what's new: New zlib 1.1.4 core (2.54a) Multithreading zip and unzip routines CRCs are shown as 0x01234567 (leading 0 and 0x) Little gui fixes Fixed browse-for-folder doesn't return "\" when cancel is pressed Fixed added the RemoveFolder fix (see zipmax 0.333) Removed mame.dk entry from urls.ini You can grab the new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Friday, March 15, 2002

• SF Alpha (Euro 950718) dumped: Even more good news today for CPS2 fans It looks as if a new revision of this game has been dumped, so once again I updated our Game List. Thanx to Corvus for the tip - cyrussd • Super Street Fighter 2 (Asia) arrives: After what seemed an eternity, CPS2Shock has finally recieved another board! Not only does this board contain the older, currently dumped revision, but also the latest one, (931005)! I updated our Game List with this awesome new info, and maybe now we'll see some XORs soon - cyrussd

	Thursday, March 14, 2002

• FinalBurn Alpha gets a new home: You can check out the FinalBurn Alpha homepage at it's new URL, props to LoopMaster for the awesome new design - cyrussd

	Tuesday, March 12, 2002

• ROMCenter v2.42: I'm seriously beginning to wonder if Eric ever sleeps Here's another minor update for ya that fixes some stability issues that were introduced in the last release do to compilation probs. As always, you can get the newest version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • ROMCenter v2.41: Eric has released a minor bugfix update for Saturday's release, here's what's new: Fixed a zip error when loading corrupted datafiles Fixed same problem in datafile manager Fixed rom deletion when using 'rezip' on a non zipped file. This new version is now available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Sunday, March 10, 2002

• Alien Vs. Predator (Asia) on the way: Looks as if the other previously canceled board is now being shipped to CPS2Shock as well, many thanx to Will and Dr MAD I updated our Game List with this awesome new info. - cyrussd

	Saturday, March 9, 2002

• ROMCenter v2.40: A pretty hefty update for this easy to use ROM management utility, which I'm very happy to say has reverted back to it's old self Here's a look at the HUGE list of what's new: new zip engine : it uses now zip32.dll and unzip32.dll 'Move file' added to scan window. 'Delete file' function added. 'Test archive' function added. 'Rezip' function added. 'Refresh all' button added in menu to refresh all rom paths. RomCenter can now handle several datafiles in one zip (cps-2) Increased the filename and romname column width in listview Xp colors removed (back to win9x colors due to problems with old windows9x themes) Update Logiqx datutil to version 1.15 Using -m parameter to extract mame datafile with Logiqx Datutil Sizes and positions of main window, datafile manager, scan window and their floating toolbars are saved. Custom icons loading (color blind and big 32x32 icons available in skin directory) Datafile list sorted Proxy support for web update Column sorting and incremental search in web update view. Web Update arcade table directly linked to Logiqx web site. Fixed scan window menus Fixed case of compressed roms Fixed compression level bug Fixed refresh problem after moving or copying files. Fixed handling of keys such as '+','-'... in the treeview Hide right view selection when selecting in left view. Fixed result window hidden behind other window when building a mame datafile Fixed a bug in the fix function, leaving some files unfixed in some cases. Fixed a bug when updating the datafile combo box with unzipped datafiles Improved scan of zip with a lot of files inside. (mame icons archive) Improved unicode handling in archive A new set of big icons is provided in the skin directory. Manually rename the file to icons.bmp to use it. This new version is available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • Two more boards being shipped: Yay, after a long dry spell we have some boards being sent to CPS2Shock First is the Dungeons & Dragons 1 (Hispanic Orange) board that was previously canceled, along with a new one, Super Street Fighter 2 (Asia Grey). I've also heard from a little birdy that there will be quite a few more boards to follow I updated our Game List with this info. - cyrussd

	Saturday, March 2, 2002

• Nebula v2.0a: El Semi has released a hefty bugfix version of yesterdays release that should correct alot of problems that people have been experiencing. Here's what's new in this release: BUG FIXES Fixed old GUI crashing on start Fixed title bar corruption Fixed Aspect ratio with Keep aspect option Fixed vertical games on 32 bits desktop. Fixed ingame menu letters when using 32 bit color depth Fixed xmvsf crash on start bug. Added shot display on Rom List when moving with arrow keys Added a Switch to Fullscreen option in the Video Menu, as some people didn't know how to switch to fullscreen (ALT-Enter) Added many transparency tables Some things I forgot to mention in the readme: To use the old gui, you can also launch: Nebula.exe -classic, or -window to run in a window You can click on the column names in the rom list to sort the list using that column. You can get this new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Friday, March 1, 2002

• Nebula v2.0: ElSemi has updated nebula adding many new things, the most noticeable being a new window mode GUI! Check out what's new: General Major rewrite of the main core. All systems emulation has experienced a speedup and the memory requirements have been lowered a lot. New shots factories, that allows changing almost every parameter/sprite New macro code, that allows macros to work without knowing the character addresses and also adds "global" macros that can be used with any character NeoGeo Added 4-point interpolation for Delta-T samples Added a decryption progress indication for latest (encrypted GFX) games Sengoku3 and Zupapa are disabled. The Find Roms trick will no longer work Small fix to rasters that were wrong by 1 line (still few raster games work ok) CPS1 Added knightsh, dinoh and wofh hacks (note: some of the roms aren't dumped so there are glitches for these games) CPS2 Rewritten GFX code. It's the fastest and most accurate code in all nebula versions. It fixes all known glitches Very accurate raster emulation. A lot faster than the old one, and now accurate at line-level Fixed mvsc sprite misalignment in ending sequence Added a pre amplification option to QSound renderer So go get it now from the Downloads section or to your right, you know you want to - Terminal