Friday, August 29, 2003

	Wednesday, August 27, 2003

• ClrMamePro v3.06: Roman has released another update to his awesome ROM manger, this time with quite a few important bugfixes. Here's what's new in this version: fixed: 'move wrong placed file' is performed even when you selected 'no' or 'no to all' fixed: profile red/green toggles fails sometimes after a scan while fastscan toggles it correctly fixed: several rc dat import issues...and increased the importspeed fixed: rc datfile information aren't displayed correctly in the profiler (exporting them fails, too) misc: dir2dat settings can be stored/loaded misc: setinfo window lists biosset information, too misc: 'cleanup datfile' detects and reports not used biossets misc: reduced some of the datfile cleanup information misc: red/green status of a profile is also toggled by missing diskimages misc: datfilecleanup->merging between different systems lists used biossets misc: homepage, version and email strings are now stored in version.ini misc: update.dll uses information from version.ini You will find the new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Thursday, August 14, 2003

• Nebula 2.23c: El Semi updated his awesome CPS2/Neo Geo emulator! Changes are: CPS2 Added new cps2shock xor tables NEOGEO Added 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2003' game. Fixed some problems with multislot emulation when there were empty slots between 2 used slots. OTHER Synced game drivers and bios names with latest MAME. Get it from our Downloads page - lux_92886

	Wednesday, August 13, 2003

• Kawaks 1.47b: Raz released another bugfix for Kawaks Now using the S1 from a different CTHD2003 cart, this one fixes the power bars. Set NeoGeo Z80 speed back to 6mhz as to many sound related things broke. As usual, get it from our Downloads page - lux_92886

	Tuesday, August 12, 2003

• ClrMamePro 3.05a: Roman released a small fix for his great rom management tool Fixed: moving "wrong placed rom" can fail under some circumstances Misc: several updates (progress bar, fileinfo, etc.) for files > 2GB Find it on the Downloads page - lux_92886

	Saturday, August 9, 2003

• New CPS2 Dump: Xmen Vs. Streetfighter (Japan 961004) has been dumped. Cyruss took the liberty to update the Game List while I was on the phone with him. - lux_92886

	Friday, August 8, 2003

• Romcenter 2.61: A bugfix for yesterdays release. Fixed: Rename rom on a file unzipped with bad case deletes it. Case parameters reset when changing datafiles- Double 'duplicated' info sometimes with unzipped files. "Add path" crash on windows ME : I updated the folder dialog to a new version. I don't know if it fixes the problem, as I don't have a win me under hand to test. I'll see after my holydays in 2 weeks . If it doesn't work, you can always drag&drop paths directly in romcenter to load then. Get it from our Downloads page - lux_92886 • ClrMamePro v3.05: Looks like Roman is not one to let another ROM Manager steal the spotlight, so here is his latest offer to the emulation community: fixed auto-datfile update sometimes updates an exe-based dat fixed rebuilder statistics count zipfolders as files fixed invalid filehandles appear when scanning the big beatmanias. Removed the 2GB filesize-restriction from chd-handling. misc Rebuilder, SetInfo, ExportDat are Set-Subfolder compatible. Scanner, Merger and Dir2Dat aren't yet!!! misc full chd integrity check isn't repeated when scanning a clone (when the parent was verified successfully (split / full merging only) before. misc scanner->fixmissing also looks in biossets for missing files. misc scanner->fixmissing doesn't create separated biossets anymore when "allow not-separated..." is enabled. misc cmpro.ini->Pro_ForbidSystemMerging (on/off) switch. When set to 'off' and Settings->DatFile Errors is set to 'hide common', ClrMamePro will react like using the 'no' button while cleaning up the datfile. You will find this one as well on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • ROMCenter v2.60: After a long wait, Eric has released an update to his easy to use ROM Manager, and from a faithfull ClrMamePro user, I must admit that this is quite an excellent update. Go ahead and take a look for yourself: GUI: XP interface Replace the 'split' and 'merge' check box by standart split, merge and un-merge radio button. Audit roms even if the game name is bad Back button to go back to parent node (or backspace) Arrow navigation in list view: left = parent node, right = child node. New parameters tab to handle new functions. New filter editbox in the toolbar. ex: display only verified gba games, or french snes... Fix games parameters: select what a 'fix' must do: rename, delete, find, change case, rezip, create dummies... 'select clone' function to select only clones in the focused node. 'select Main' function to select only main games 'select no good dump known' function... 'invert selection' to invert the current items selection (to remove games with no good dump known...) 'create datafile of missing roms': Share it with your friend to complete your collection 'create datafile of available roms': Share it with your friend to complete his collection 'create datafile of selected roms': create a datafile of roms selected (main mame roms, French snes...) Multiple drag and drop rom folder directly in the tree view. Replace 'crc' column by 'signature' column Re-Activate move and copy button in scan window when changing datafiles Swap 'remove useless roms' and '...files' in menu for consistency with contextual menus Remove repeated system message when no cd is inserted Display volume name of not-fixed paths. Fixed report bug when no paths added Fixed parameters resolution when running a game. Change datutilx.exe to datutil.exe to use new versions. Fixed wrong icon in scan window (move/copy) refresh list after working in scan window ENGINE: Fixed some bugs in 'fix game', interface, offline cd... Case handler: manual or automatic (DB, Cap, lower, Upper or don't care). Create dummy roms: create fake rom when no good dump are known (manual or automatic) Option to ignore file extension proposed by a plug in. Support for non-hex signature (snes signature) Fix message origin report when fixing corrupted zip Skip lines beginnig with # in datafiles (use for comments) Fix 'Invalide argument to date encode' message Add 'bad date format' message You will find this new update on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Sunday, August 3, 2003

• Kawaks v1.47a: A bugfix update to Friday's release, here's what's changed in this version: Fixed various missing sprites in several cps1 games (SF2 and DINO for example) that got broke in v1.47. Fixed Graphic errors in KOF95. Fixed sound disapeering in MSLUG 2,X,3 that got broke in v1.47 by upping z80 frequency to 4.4mhz. You will find this new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd

	Friday, August 1, 2003

• Three new XORs: CPS2Shock has released three new XORs today for your emulation enjoyment: 19XX: The War Against Destiny (Japan 951207) Capcom Sports Club (Euro 970722) D&D: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960619) All three are available on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • Two new CPS2 dumps: Two new CPS2 boards have been dumped to coincide with todays XOR releases: Capcom Sports Club (Euro 970722) D&D: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960619) Happy hunting, I'm sure they'll appear shortly. - cyrussd • Kawaks v1.47: Raz once again decided to pick up and carry MHz's torch, and thus we are blessed with an update to this awesome emu. Here's what's changed in this version: New drivers: Capcom Sports Club (Euro 970722) 19XX: The War Against Destiny (Japan 951207) Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960619) Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Japan 960619) Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Asia 960619) Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (Euro 950718) Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US 911101) Final Fight (Japan 900305) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2003 Puzzle Bobble (set 2) Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (set 2) The King of Fighters '95 (set 2) The King of Fighters '97 (set 2) The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest (set 2) The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle (set 2) The Last Blade (set 2) World Heroes (set 2) Updates and Fixes Added a zoom window 150% and 250%. These look nice with scanline blitters if 'correct window ratio' option is set to smaller. Fixed blue squares on screen after highscore entry in sfa2 / sfz2. kof99nd decrypted C roms are now ones created from a 'save decrypted C's after loading' from the parent kof99 set and not the C roms used in the kof99p prototype set. Fixed some name descriptions in the NeoGeo sets. Fixed a minor merging issue in sf2uf and sf2ui (thanks LogiqX). Correct P1 rom now used in Sengoku3 instead of the bad dumped one. Changed NeoGeo bios ROM names to match those in MAME 0.68 and above. Added a fifth Rom Path setting. Removed androdun c3 and c4 ROM's as they are filled with garbage. Renamed shocktrj to shocktra (this was never a japan only version). Changed NeoGeo z80 speed from 6mhz to 4mhz as confirmed on real hardware. Kawaks window position is now remembered. Fixed slow sound in the CPS1 Qsound games. You will find this new version on our Downloads page. - cyrussd • CPS2mame v2.71: Raz has released an updated version of his CPS2 only version of MAME to support todays XOR releases. You will find it on the Downloads page. - cyrussd