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4.13.2006

An Update on the status of VT Emulation Network

Posted by VT-Vincent at 11:53 pm

Throughout the last year, updates on VTE have been very sparse, and I must ask everyone to bear with me on a temporary halt to major updates. We will continue to try and keep up on the latest releases, but no major content additions will be made to VTE at this time.

The reason for this is we’re going full-force into development of VT Emulation’s foruth iteration. The current site has served us well, but it’s unfortunately starting to show it’s age, so it’s time for a change. During the redesign, I will be leaving our current site fully accessible so those who find the content useful will still be able to access it during this time.

Everyone can look forward to seeing a new design, new content, a more extensive emulator database, and more user interaction features in the new site. Unfortunately, I don’t have an exact time frame on the completion of the new site. I would estimate it will be complete within one to two months.

If you have any questions, feel free to open a discussion in this post.

Thank you for your patience,
Vincent T. Vantine
Founder, VT Emulation Network

3.21.2006

March Update Round-Up

Posted by VT-Vincent at 07:38 pm

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The following emulators have been updated since our last emulator news posting. You can download the latest versions directly from this post, or from the respective emulators page.

Gameboy Advance:
No$GBA 2.2b for Windows and DOS (2/4/2006)

NES:
Nestopia 1.28 for Windows and Source Code (3/17/2006)
RockNES 5.00 Beta 1 for Windows (3/13/2006)

Sega Genesis:
Kega Fusion 3.51 for Windows (1/6/2006)

Sega Saturn:
SSF 0.07 Beta R3 for Windows (3/21/2006)

Super Nintendo:
ZSNES WIP 3.19.2006 for Windows, DOS, and Source Code (3/19/2006)

3.8.2006

The Obligatory “We’re not dead!”

Posted by VT-Vincent at 01:52 am

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Well, VT Emulation hasn’t been updated in quite a while since things in my life have been very busy the last few months, and I haven’t had much time to work on the site. The good news is, as the title might suggest, we’re not dead!

Now that things have cleared up a bit, I’m hoping I will be able to find some time to dedicate to VT Emulation, in keeping our news up-to-date, and getting a bit more content on the site. A lot of great new emulators have come up since our last major update, and many existing emulators have also progressed far beyond the releases we’ve reviewed to date.

You can look forward to a emulator round-up soon, to get all of our releases current, but until then, I’ve updated our poll to: “What do you think of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista?”

For those of you wondering about the new poll, it may not be directly related to emulation, but it affects much of it in a large way. Windows Vista is Microsoft’s new operating system set to replace Windows XP. Vista will feature many changes, but most pertaining to emulation are involving the new DirectX 10.0, which is a collection of APIs heavily used for video games and emulation. In the changes that are being made, backward compatibility may be an issue, and as such, many older emulators may not run.

For those of you looking for more info on Windows Visa, Paul Thurrott’s Windows SuperSite has very good coverage of the new OS.

Thank you for reading!

Vincent T. Vantine
Founder, VT Emulation Network

12.25.2005

Saturnin v0.40 Released

Posted by VT-Vincent at 08:37 pm

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Today, there has been a Crhistmas day update of Saturnin. Below is a quote from the Saturnin homepage:

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Grab the Saturnin 0.40 Christmas release version

I've done a lot of work since the last release, you can check the change.log file bundled with the emulator for details ...
This version has sound, is way more compatible than the previous one, and is reaaaaally slow

There isn't any sound during the bios logo due to the lack of DSP, but I assure you that sound is working (check the Cotton games in ST-V for instance

)
I will work on the speed for the next version, and I'll try to release more than one version a year ...
As always, read the help file fully before emailing me or writing for info in the forums ... your answers might already be there

If you can't find a specific answer about your problem, there's a FAQ thread in the forums that can be updated with your input

As usual, if you want to translate Saturnin in your own language, send me back the translated str file and I'll put it online (the english version is bundled with the emulator in the langage directory).
So far italian and greek are done, and english and french are bundled with the emulator.

So that's it for now

Merry Christmas to everyone !

Download Saturnin v0.40 for Windows

Related Links: Saturnin Homepage

In other Saturn news, SSF was updated on the 18th, you can grab this new release from our Saturn emulators section.

12.15.2005

New Saturnin Release Expected Soon

Posted by VT-Vincent at 02:12 pm

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There has been a lot of behind the scenes development going on in the Saturn front and it looks as though we'll see a new release comming soon. Runik has updated the Saturnin site, with the following information:

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Sorry (again) for the lack of updates ...
Anyway, I added a bunch of stuff to Saturnin, and I expect to release a new version by the end of the year. Speed is still a problem, but I'll work on it after this release.

Be patient !

Related Links: Saturnin Homepage

12.14.2005

November / December News Roundup

Posted by VT-Vincent at 07:48 pm

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It's been a while since our last news update, so I've caught up on most of what has changed and I'm going to compress it into this single post.

Emulator Updates:

NES:
Nestopia 1.23 for Windows and Source Code (11/30/2005)

Sega Saturn:
SSF 0.07 Beta for Windows (11/23/2005)

Super Nintendo:
ZSNES Work-in-Progress 11.26.2005 for Windows, DOS and Source Code (11/26/2005)

GEST Discontinued:

GEST, a Game Boy emulator for Windows was discontinued on 11/25/2005. More information can be found on the GEST Homepage.

Monthly Poll:

Our new monthly poll for December is: "What are you looking forward to this Christmas season?"

Last month's poll question was: "Will you be picking up the Xbox 360 next month?" and the results are as follows:
1) Definitely not. - 63.6%
2) Not sure. - 13.6%
3) Definitely. - 9.1%
4) Probably. - 9.1%
5) Probably not. - 4.5%

10.26.2005

VTE News: Changes to Our Email Filtering

Posted by VT-Vincent at 10:52 pm

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Due to massive amounts of spam that nearly prevent us from using our VT Emulation email addresses with our readers, we have implemented new anti-spam measures using BoxTrapper. For those of you who email us using our web form or private message through our forums, you should notice no change. For those of you who email us directly, you will need to reply to a message that will automatically be sent to you to confirm you are a real person and not a spam bot. You will have 3 days to respond to the automatic message before your message is deleted from our system. Once you respond to the automatic message, you email will be delivered to the staff member it was sent to.

I wish we didn't have to do this, but unfortunately the spammers are relentless and this appears to be our best measure to combat them.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause,
- Vincent

10.26.2005

SSF v0.07 Alpha R13 Released

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SSF, a Sega Saturn emulator for Windows has been updated on the 23rd. Unfortunately, we've been unable to translate the website, so there is no english changelog available. Download SSF v0.07 Alpha R13: Windows Related Links: SSF Homepage

10.20.2005

ZSNES Work-in-Progress v10.20.2005 Released

Posted by VT-Vincent at 01:54 pm

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The ZSNES Work-in-Progress project has been updated today. Below is a list of changes in the new October 20th release:

Changes:

ALL: Reenable all sound channels on state load, removed some useless code. [Nach]
ALL: SPC filenames are no longer truncated if there is a dot in the filename. [Jonas Quinn]
ALL: Hacks can now be disabled via command line (-dh). [Jonas Quinn]
W_S: As requested, 'Gamepad' instead of 'Joystick'... [grinvader]
SDL: Fixed bug in secure browser launcher. (Thanks Matt Messier!) [Nach]
WIN: 1680x1050 FDR is really FDR now (not FDS) [Aerdan]
GUI: Fixed cosmetic bug in cheat window when removing cheats (bug #15). [Jonas Quinn]
SRC: Cleanup [Jonas Quinn]
SRC: Get_Date returns correct year now [Jonas Quinn]

Download ZSNES Work-in-Progress v10.20.2005 for: Windows | DOS | Source Code
Related Links:ZSNES Work-in-Progress Homepage

10.20.2005

Reality Boy Progress Update

Posted by VT-Vincent at 01:45 pm

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The Reality Boy homepage was updated today with a status update on the upcoming 0.83 release. The news excerpt is below:

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Release 0.83 is nearing completion, I have dubed it the 3D release since I fixed most of the 3D bugs. I'm still investigating the screen wrapping bug's that plague games like virtual fishing and VLabs. I wrote a simple test program to investigate screen wrapping on the real VB and so far it has not turned up anything special. I have pined down the over and over plane char stuff however so the next release will have that fully working. I would like this next release to have perfect graphics emulation, than I can concentrate on the other areas of the VB that need more help, like bit string opcodes, interrupt timing, direct screen access, and sound emulation. I'm exited about getting code running on the VB again and I might start writing a suite of test tools, if time permits.

Related Links: Reality Boy Homepage

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