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On the 10th April, I will be participating in the Skaiti 24 hours event (a Skate Event) organised by Jo Coles to raise funds for Haiti (details and links can be found below). The reason for creating my own donation page is because the company I work for, Electronic Arts, will match the donation total I raise up to £300. (ie. if I raise £150, EA will donate £150, if I raise £400, EA will donate £300) and having my own page makes it easier to keep track .
So dig deep, even a pound will help in the long run! I am aiming to at least max out the limit, many thanks in advance!
Hey people.
While we're still working on the new PCSX2 version, we've also been constantly adding to the all important plugins.
Every now and then we release a beta plugin pack, so you can test them out and benefit from the new features a bit earlier
Head over to the beta downloads page here to grab the new March 2010 package.
SPU2-X 1.4:
Yet again improved sound quality by fixing a sample overflow in the ADPCM decoder.
Adjustable reverb volume, for deeper reverb effects.
Fixes to interrupts and status registers that allow many more games to boot.
Games fixed by this update include titles like Fatal Frame 2 and 3, Black, the Burnout series, Max Payne 2, Silent Hill 0rigins, Silent Hill Shattered Memories and, of course, "Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey"
GSdx 0.1.16:
Stability fixes (less exception crashes).
More games have post processing removed, making them playable.
Fixed a blending effect used in Final Fantasy 10, 10-2 and Grandia3.
Many more tweaks and additions.
LilyPad:
Several bug fixes that make it work better with the new PCSX2 version.
Heres a new product just released by Neoflash and for fans of the Super Nintendo aka Snes a Dream product.
A Little about the reviewer
Ive been an emulation and homebrew fan for as many years as i can remember (since around 1996 i think) but nothing i repeat nothing is better than playing on the real hardware.
Back in the Megadrive(genesis) and Snes days i owned a Super Wild Card and a Super Double Pro fighter, both cost about 300 pounds and ill admit that it was a great way to play games that i would never have been able to afford or because of stupid region lockouts.
So the day when Neoflash announced they were working on a Flash Cart for the Snes called NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart , i wanted one so badly, the chance to relive the best of the Snes and to play games ive never played was too much of a thrill to behold.
Now i must point out that being a webmaster of a homebrew site makes me no expert, im just as clueless as most newcomers, i like websites and i like posting news, i like to know that if i need a certain release i should be able to find it on my sites (hopefully :P).
First off Heres some screens of the Snes Flash Cart in and out its Packaging:
Front Side View in Packaging
Back Side view in Packaging
The NEO Snes Myth cart and Accesories
Neo Snes Cart in Console
You also get a Mini CD with a load of Drivers on for all Neo Products.
Specs of the N64 Snes Cart
Heres what Neoflash claim it does:
The NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart SPEC v1:
* Support ALL SNES/SFC console,all in one solution
* Support the SNES/SFC rom size up to 64M
* Support all save type
* Support 99.5% SNES/SFC games , and sure, some special game need DXP cart support
* Download games from PC to NEO2 cart directly via USB port
* Upload/restore game save to PC via USB directly
* Multi-CIC support, can use any SNES/SFC cart to boot Neo Myth on you SNES/SFC console
* Support Multi games, can download many games at the same time and swap the game via menu on your TV
* Upgradeable! Support upgrade the SNES/SFC Myth cart CPLD logic core through the NDP upgrade kit
Getting Started
The Snes Flash Cart needs the latest software/drivers to make it work, so first off head on over to the Neoflash Forum to download the latest version of the software, once youve downloaded it (15MB) then click on to install to the directory it wants to, pretty straightforward for anyone.
Clicking on the Neo 2 Ultra Menu Icon (look on your desktop or in new programs) will lead you onto a screen that looks like this:
Now get your Neo Myth Snes Flash Cart and making sure that the cart that says 256M is inserted (or the Neo 2 Card with an SD Card inserted), connect the USB Lead to the Cart and Plugit into your Laptop or PC.
It Should have no problems and automatically find drivers installed when you installed the software above, i had no problems using Windows Vista but with Windows XP Pro SP3 it wouldnt load the drivers properly, i did post a thread at Neoflash and was given instructions on how to fix this. (Try a different USB Lead it may be that, infact the Snes Myth cart does come with a lead that identifies in XP right away but this info is essential should you need any help)
Adding Roms etc
Ok carrying on from the screenshot above if everything went ok youll be able to start the juicy part, first off i did a quick format of the card, it took around 30 seconds to do, so no real biggy.
Next on the list was to Add Roms to the Cart (Homebrew Roms and Emulators can be found at links Below)
Adding Roms is as easy as clicking the add rom button and going to whereever your roms are, i was able to add as many roms as the cart would hold but if your using anything bigger than a 256MB card there may be a limit to how many you can hold, i was able to put 15 games on the cart..
Once you have added the roms you require then click on Snes Burn, depending on how big your roms are will depend on how long it takes to copy to the cart, give it a few minutes, it also verifies each burn.
Now one thing to take into consideration is that if you have a USA Snes, you will need a USA game plugged into the back of the Snes Myth Cart, If you have a Pal Snes youll need a Pal game plugged in.
Onto the Gaming
Ok youve Burnt your games onto the Flash cart and you have the Flash Cart installed in the Snes with the correct region game in the back, now its time to turn on:
When the console turns on
Games ive Tested So Far - all Perfect
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Mario World
Plok
Super Mario Collection
Zelda 3
Uniracer
Theme Park
Bubsy
Bubsy 2
Cannon Fodder
Great Circus Mystery
Desert strike
Cool Spot
Alladdin
Super star wars
Over at Neoflash theres a more complete list of whats working and save issues etc.
Conclusion
Today was one of them times when i was took back to the reasons i truly love the homebrew/Emulation scene. The Flash Cart seems easy to use, The adding of roms to the cart is as easy as they come so a big plus factor there and unlike the N64 Cart you can have as many roms as you can fit onto the size of the cart.
Having no drivers and documentation on the CD will make it a little hard for newbies but i would think that most people that are going to buy this are the hardcore Snes fans of old.
On the whole the roms it plays is great, although at the moment theres some work to do on the DSP, Super FX and other special chip Snes Games, the best advice is to own at least 1 of each type of Special Chip game to be fully safe for booting other games. There is work over at Neoflash to maybe emulate the chips so the compatability may be even closer to fully 100%.
The price for the Flash Cart is $169 (around 90 quid) so it will put some people off but to retro collectors/major emulation fans it will be very worth it, if you owned one of the back up systems for the Snes this will be much more preferable as theirs no messing around with ruddy floppy disks that take ages to load and usually knacker up whilst loading. Yes for that price you can buy a heck of a lot of the games but theres some genuine gems that are very hard to trace these days and the homebrew factor makes it worth it for me.
My advice is to those who are tempted is go for it, the flash cart does what you really want it to and thats play Snes, a big thumbs up for Neoflash on this retro cart.
I suppose like everything it depends how big a fan you are and what finances you have to spend on gadgets, for me it does what i want it to and its also seen the re-emergence of a Homebrew scene for the Snes, there are a lot of developers getting their fingers into Snes development and the upcoming Neoflash Coding Contest makes Snes Homebrew exciting again.
A feature i did a few years ago and one im going to repeat now is the DCEmu Interview, a unique idea in which questions are asked by me to the Whole DCEmu Community its a way to learn more about each others and find out what our interests are and much more
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The latest Pcsx2 beta installer (RECOMMENDED) can be found here: Pcsx2 beta 1888 installer + plugins
The latest Pcsx2 beta can be found here: Pcsx2 beta 1888
The latest Pcsx2 beta plugins can be found here: Plugins as of 11th of March 2010
The latest compiled Pcsx2 beta for Linux can be found here: Pcsx2 beta 1736
This is the Pcsx2 official beta and beta plugins thread.
In this thread, betas of the emulator and of the plugins will be posted.
These files are betas, so there are no guarantees of them running games. We offer NO official support on any of this.
You can however use them to see the latest progress and the new bugs .. errr... features introduced You are all encouraged to try the latest beta available from this thread before posting a bug report. If it works in the latest beta, it's most likely fixed, and so no need to post a bug report.
Regarding the frequency of these betas, they will be put out when there's some reasonable amount of changes.
Most commits are not actually worth it, they add up in the long run but give no immediate benefits.
Installation instructions for the pcsx2 beta:
- Get the new installer, everything is included there
- install, then update directx as usual
- Play
Notes for the pcsx2 Linux beta:
Dependencies include gtk2, opengl, libbz2, libjpeg, glew-dev, libxxf86vm-dev, x11proto-xf86vidmodeautomake and autoconf (version >= 1.9) Nvidia Cg-Toolkit, libasound-dev, & joystick
I'm compiling with Glew 1.5.1, and I've seen issues before if you use a different Glew version then the one I compiled against. I also downgraded my copy of libjpeg to version 6 before compiling, because most distributions are not using 7.
I've included a binary of ZZogl at r166, as well as OnePad, GSnull, and PadNull. The latter three are all considered alpha quality.
Version 1.0 of the PSX savestate tool "PVV" has been released.
PVV (PlayStation VRAM Viewer) is a program to decode, view and save the contents of the Video RAM generated by Playstation 1 emulators. (Alternatively it can also process raw binary graphics data.) It currently supports ePSXe, PCSX 1.5, PCSX 1.9 and pSX savestates.
Play music games with this Karaoke Microphone! Simply plug the microphones to the adapter and connect to your game console.
With up to 3.6 meters link cable, you can enjoy singing as well as dancing! Compatible with Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 and PC.
Specifications :
- With two high quality karaoke microphones, they are the perfect design for music games
- Microphone link cable is up to 3.5 meters
- The high fidelity cable makes the sounds distinct, spontaneous and melodious
- It is easy to use, just connect the plug of microphone to the USB audio adapter
- Support Window 98, 2000, XP, ME, Vista and all USB ports
- Compatible with Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 and PC
Package includes:
- Microphone x 2 pcs
- Microphone link cable x 2 pcs
- USB adapter x 1 pc
Ten years ago today, the PlayStation 2 launched in Japan. That makes the PS2 ten years old.
After launching worldwide, the console has gone on to sell over 140 million units globally, making it the best selling home console. Ten years in, the console is still alive and kicking. There are still video games being released on it!
What better what to say "Happy birthday, PS2!", than by naming your favorite PS2 title. What are you waiting for? Get to it!
Because of the recent downtime problems we have had with the site I thought I would post my twitter account so I can keep you guys (and girls?) informed if/when we are down. I also will post other site news on it from time to time.
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