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NES Emulator - GoNES v0.2.0 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 12 February 2025

What's New:

Features

(apu): Add config for buffer size
(apu): Improve APU downsampling quality
(config): Add support for per-game config overrides
(nesutil): Add subcommand to create a ROM file
(nesutil): Add subcommand to decode CHR to a PNG
(nesutil): Add subcommand to decode Game Genie codes
(nesutil): Add subcommand to encode Game Genie codes
(nesutil): Add subcommand to encode a PNG to CHR data
(nesutil): Add subcommand to split CHR and PRG from a ROM file
(nesutil): Add support for extracting ROM header

Fixes

(apu): Decrease default buffer size to prevent audio lag
(apu): Optimize APU using a ring buffer
Optimize web version by tweaking wasm-opt flags

Others

(database): Update NoIntro database
(nesutil): Improve ls subcommand error handling
(nesutil): Improve multiple error formatting
(nesutil): Rename gonesutil to nesutil
Change import path to gabe565.com/gones

Dependencies

(deps): Add enumer as versioned dependency [skip ci]
(deps): lock file maintenance
(deps): update dependency @trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports to v5.2.2
(deps): update dependency @vitejs/plugin-vue to v5.2.1
(deps): update dependency @vue/eslint-config-prettier to v10
(deps): update dependency eslint-config-prettier to v10
(deps): update dependency eslint-plugin-prettier to v5.2.3
(deps): update dependency eslint-plugin-vue to v9.32.0
(deps): update dependency globals to v15.14.0
(deps): update dependency node to v22
(deps): update dependency postcss to v8.5.2
(deps): update dependency prettier to v3.5.0
(deps): update dependency sass to v1.83.4
(deps): update dependency tailwindcss to v4
(deps): update dependency unplugin-icons to v22
(deps): update dependency vite to v6.1.0
(deps): update dependency vite-plugin-pwa to v0.21.1
(deps): update dependency vue to v3.5.13
(deps): update eslint monorepo to v9.20.0
(deps): update gabe565.com/utils digest to e4ad4d8
(deps): update go to v1.23.6
(deps): update icons to v1.2.14
(deps): update module github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 to v2.8.6
(deps): update module github.com/knadh/koanf/v2 to v2.1.2
(deps): update module github.com/lmittmann/tint to v1.0.7
(deps): update module github.com/puerkitobio/goquery to v1.10.1
(deps): update module github.com/spf13/pflag to v1.0.6
(deps): update module github.com/stretchr/testify to v1.10.0

Multiple System Emulator - ClassicBoy Pro 7.0.8 - Released

Details: Category: Android; Published: 12 February 2025

What's New:

- Fixed bug of game state loading of PPSSPP
- Fixed bug of game shortcut launching procedure

Amstrad CPC Emulator - ACE-DL v2025/02/11 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 12 February 2025

What's New:

- new method for window decoration hack compatible with Ubuntu taskbar and MacOs bars

NEC PC-6001 Emulator - PC6001VX v4.2.11 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

- Updated PC-6001 compatible BASIC to 0.7.6
- Updated PC-6001 compatible basic ROMs to 0.7.6.
- Added Russian translation

Weekly Updates 02-10-25

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 10 February 2025

These are emulators that are updated several times a day to a couple times a week.
I'm posting the latest versions on Mondays or Tuesdays for those who may be interested.

Multiple System Emulator - FinalBurn Neo Nightly 02-10-25

Multiple System Emulator - Mesen Nightly 02-07-25

Mesen - Mac (intel)

Nintendo 3DS Emulator - Panda3DS 02-09-25

PlayStation 2 Emulator - PCSX2 Nightly v2.3.148

PlayStation Emulator - PCSX-Redux Nightly 02-09-25

PlayStation Vita Emulator - Vita3K Nightly 02-05-25

Xenia Frontend - Xenia Manager v2.4.0 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

Important Notes

Compatibility Reminder: Versions 2.0.0 and newer are not compatible with v1 of Xenia Manager. If you're updating from v1, please perform a full fresh reinstall.

New Features & Improvements

Readded Ability to Customize Default Configuration Files

Xenia Settings Improvements

Updated readback_resolve setting
Improved optimizing settings - Before applying the setting it checks if the setting exists in the configuration file

Bug Fixes

Custom Internal Resolution Display Fix

Fixed an issue where the custom internal resolution was incorrectly displayed on the first launch of Xenia Settings.

Chores & Refactoring

Refactored Xenia Updater/Installer

Overhauled the updater/installer system to improve reliability, maintainability, and overall performance.

Mupen64plus Frontend - Rosalie's Mupen GUI v0.7.3 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

Fix portable windows version not being able to find update file
Fix cheat sections being able to be hidden in Netplay Session dialog
Fix 'You're already on the latest version' message being shown as an error
Fix empty messages being able to be sent in the Netplay Session dialog
Fix flicker in the Netplay Session Browser dialog
Fix 'Controller pak' typo in the settings dialog
Fix potential crashes when using the dynamic recompiler (see mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core#1080)
Add cheats for Spanish translation of 007 The world is not enough, Conker's Bad Fur Day and Goldeneye 007 (thank you @Pcgaming575)
Add 'View Session' to 'Netplay' menu allowing you to re-open the Netplay Session dialog after closing it when in-game
Improve message boxes by expanding the details by default
Improve windows build by building in an UCRT64 environment
Improve cheats dialog, settings dialog and ROM Information dialog opening time by utilizing the ROM browser cache
Implement register mirroring (see mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core#1119)
Change RMG_WAYLAND variable name to RMG_ALLOW_WAYLAND
Remove 'Sort results after search' setting
Remove RMG_SHOW_DEBUG_QT_MESSAGES variable
Update GLideN64 and paraLLEl

Retrom v0.7.9 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

Newly Added

Ignore Patterns
You can now configure Retrom to ignore certain files and directories that match a given pattern or set of patterns, using regular expressions. This can be done in the File > Server > Content Directories menu -- read more about this in the docs

Multiple Emulator Frontend - ProjectArcade v1.6.1 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

In changes:

Based on RetroBat 6.3

What was taken from RetroBat 6.3?

Minor bug fixes
Update the emulatorLauncher (More info in GitHub repo)
Update the emulators
Update tracklist (Add new track provided by TheDayG0ne and Antony Meehan)

Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator - Nesmancer v0.1.1 - Updated

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

Fix issue with saving window state when window is maximized

Multiple System Emulator - nemulator v4.6 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

Added support for Space Invaders emulation.

invaders rom set and, optionally, sound samples from https://samples.mameworld.info/Unofficial%20Samples.htm required

DOSBox Frontend - Dapplegrey v9.6.4 - Released

Details: Category: Mac; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

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Sega Genesis Emulator - clownmdemu v1.1 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 10 February 2025

What's New:

Update to the latest ClownMDEmu core.
- Improved VDP behaviour accuracy.
- Improved CDC data transfer accuracy.
  - Gets Sonic Megamix v4.0b working.
- CD music fader emulation.
- Mega CD 'coordinate conversion' support.
  - Gets Sonic CD's title screen, special stages, and D.A. Garden to appear correctly.
- YM2612 low-frequency oscillator emulation.
  - Corrects inaccurate music in Thunder Force IV, Contra: Hard Corps, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, and more.
- Correct per-operator frequency ordering.
  - Fixes sounds in Another World.
- Save data support for Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Update to the latest ClownCD library.
- Support for non-44.1kHz audio.
  - Gets Sonic Winter Adventures' CD soundtrack working.
New logo.

Emulator Bundle - WinDS Pro v2025.02.08 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 09 February 2025

What's New:

New WinDS PRO Version 25.02.02 includes WinDS PRO FX in the main installer with updates to ares, cemu, bizhawk, dolphin, duckstation, rcps3, shadps4, snes9x, pcsx2, ppsspp and xenia.

DOSBox Staging Frontend - Turbo Stage v0.8.5 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 09 February 2025

What's New:

Fixed Windows release + a few minor improvements

Multiple System Frontend - SimpleLauncher v3.9.1 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 09 February 2025

What's New:

Significantly improved the speed of the search engine in the Main Window and in the Global Search Window.
Fixed some bugs.
Enhanced methods and functions to improve efficiency and reduce errors.