DCEmu Server Update - Also Nintendomax New DCEmu Affiliate

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all sometime this weekend we will be moving to a much faster server with more ram 4 quad speed cpus and other stuff thats over my head so the future of the site looks a lot better, also Martin let me know that he should also be upgrading Vbulletin to the very latest stable version which should mean many new features and hopefully a lot of the bugs will go. The faster server should also mean the site loads a lot better too.

Im sure you will know if you have entered by any of the network sites that theres lots of errors on the pages, these will be fixed once the server is totally migrated.

Finally once i get a chance to add them, id like to say welcome to Nintendomax our newest affiliate, for those who dont know Nintendomax is an excellent French Homebrew and Hacking site that focuses on Nintendo Consoles, check them out here --> http://www.nintendomax.com/

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DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway: Ends today!

Posted By: Darksaviour69

DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway ends today! If you have not entered yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now

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DCEmu Prize Giveaway: Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2

Posted By: Darksaviour69

Since we are such nice people and all, we at DCEmu are going to give away Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 for either the PS3 or Xbox 360 (winners choice) to a Lucky DCEmu reader. To enter this contest all you have to do is to post a reply to this news post and answer the following question:

The Call of Duty games are set during WW2 and modern day, but if you could make you own COD game, what war/time period would you base it on?

You may only post your answer once, and duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest. This contest is only open to residents of the UK, (sorry to all our members outside of that region).

This contest will close on Friday 20th November 2009.

If you want to post a reply to this post but do not qualify for the contest e.g. live outside the UK* please post "I'm not entering the contest" thanks

This prize has been supplied courtesy of Argos.co.uk who provide a wide range of Xbox 360 and PS3 video games.

Winners will be chosen randomly from qualified posts and contacted via PM on the DCEmu forums and E-mail. If a winner does not respond within a week a new winner will be picked at random from the other entrants. No purchase necessary. One online entry per person (one e-mail address per person/address). Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner's name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants. No alternative prize will be offered. We reserve the right to issue an alternative prize of the same value should the prize no longer be available

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DCEmu Server News

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all on nearly all the dcemu network sites you may see php errors, im working on fixing these asap, they have occured because of new security measures taken by our server admin.

Thankfully this doesnt affect news or downloads, just some side bars and feeds.

thanks for your patience.

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DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway: Less than a week left!

Posted By: Darksaviour69

Less than a week left for our DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway. If you have not entered yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now

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DCEmu World Wide Prize Giveaway, Sponsored by GameYeeeah.com

Posted By: Darksaviour69

DCEmu and GameYeeeah.com have teamed up, to give away 10 great prizes to 10 Lucky DCEmu readers. And the good news is This contest is open to everyone World Wide!*

HDMI Cable for PS3
Memory Card Adapter for PS3/PS2
Wii Lan Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Wii Component Cable for Nintendo Wii console
Dual Wii Remote Charger with 1800mAh Battery Pack
Replacement Case for Nintendo DS Lite
Fashionable Waist Bag for PSP 2000
Blackhorns Charger Station for PSP 2000
1Emergency Battery Charger for PSP2000
5 in 1 Crystal Case for PSP 2000 Btton Kit for PSP 2000

First prizes winner get first pick, second get the next choice untill the final winner (10th) gets what ever prize is left.

How do I enter such a wonderful contest, I hear you ask. Simple. To enter this contest all you have to do is to post a reply to this news post and answer the following question:

Which Video Game Most Enriched Your Summer Holidays and Why?

You may only post your answer once, and duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest, If you want to reply but have already entered the contest post "THIS IS NOT AN CONTEST ENTRY" at the start of the post .

This contest will close on Saturday the 31th of October 2009.

Winners will be chosen randomly from qualified posts and contacted via PM on the DCEmu forums and E-mail. If a winner does not respond within a week a new winner will be picked at random from the other entrants. No purchase necessary. One online entry per person (one e-mail address per person/address). Entry constitutes agreement by winners to be publicized and permission to use each winner's name for the purposes of promotion of the Contest without further compensation. Contest void where prohibited. Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants. No alternative prize will be offered. We reserve the right to issue an alternative prize of the same value should the prize no longer be available

*Contest void where prohibited

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gpSpout GP32 v1.2

Posted By: wraggster

News/release from slaanesh

Why another release? Did the GP32 really need an update of gpSpout?
I've played quite a lot of gpSpout on my trusty GP32. It's one of those instant on and play games that I love.
However, after playing it for many hours, i found that the scrolling wasn't quite up to scratch. Why wasn't it smooth? :-/



So i had a look at the code.
I wanted to add double buffering and flip screens with v-sync.
So i did exactly that.
Unfortunately this slowed the game down a fair bit and it no longer ran fullspeed.
I rewrote the video blit code, quick test and thankfully we've got a fullspeed game again.
Whilst i was at it, I improved the hiscore saving code to only save once on exit - help save those precious SMCs.
I also set the screen refresh to 100hz which is a good match for the game's native 50hz refresh.
The end result is significantly better display than version 1.1.
Try v1.1 first and then v1.2 so that you can appreciate the difference.


Big thanks to Florian Hufsky for the original GP32 port of Spout.

Download Here

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MAME4ALL GP32 v1.0 - Yep Your Eyes arent reading this wrong

Posted By: wraggster

I havent played on my GP32 for ages but tonight the new release from Slaanesh may just give me the reason to get my gp32 and relearn how to stick homebrew on it.

Heres the release news from Slaanesh:



It's been a long time coming, the finally version 1.0 of MAME4ALL GP32.

With all the development I've been doing for the A320 Dingoo, I wanted to step back for a moment at get this out the door.

Many people will consider the GP32 dead - and for all intents and purposes it probably it is. I would say that most users have ditched it in favour of a GP2X, A320 Dingoo or even a PSP. I still have my GP32 and I can't bear to relegate it to storage. For me, it's what really piqued my interest in the handheld emulation scene - though I arrived on the GP32 scene way before it started in 2001.

Anyway, here it is.

There's a few changes from the Beta - most notably are the controls:


- Joystick: Up, Down, Left, Right of 1P.
- Buttons A,B,L,R,SELECT,START: Buttons A,B,C,D,E,F.
- Button SELECT+R: Insert credits
- Button SELECT+L: 1P Start
- Button START+B: Pause
- Button START+R: FPS display
- Button START+L: Profiler display
- Buttons L+R+SELECT: Exit to selection menu to select another game.
- Buttons START+SELECT: MAME menu.


Overall it's faster, much more stable and supports a few more games.
Most things work - including the ability to take PNG snapshots of games (though they will need to be rotated/flipped due to the GP32's non-standard video memory arrangement).

Download Here (link should work fine soon)

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NEO Myth MD 3in1 flash cart + 512M (Genesis/32X/Master System Flash Cart) Review

Posted By: wraggster

A Little about the reviewer

Ive been an emulation and homebrew fan for as many years as i can remember 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 Megadrive called NEO Myth MD 3in1 flash cart i wanted one so badly, infact on the day they announced it i went out and brought a Megadrive.

So anyway to my reason for posting, sadly i dont own a 32X, i did a look on ebay and boy are they fetching a decent price (100 Pounds) so i can only really test Genesis and Master System Games.

The good news is that you dont need a Master System to play the games via this flash Cart. Now i am no tech head just really a normal user much like most folks so this is a review in that atittude.

Photos

The Packaging



The Unboxing



The Flash cart in its 2 parts



The USB Lead



Neo 2 cart & 512mb Card



The Cart in my Megadrive



Getting Started

One thing that didnt come with my review sample was a driver CD, thankfully Dr Neo of Neoflash has been releasing and updating his recently released GBA + MD 3in1 Myth cart PC programmer V2.82 (Local Download Here).

Now sadly i didnt have any info on what to do, which is something i expect Neoflash to sort out on retail of this flashcart..

So heres what i did

First off connect the USB Lead to your PC/laptop

Making sure the ram cart (or indeed the Neo2 is in the Super MD Flash Cart)

Connect USB Lead to Flash Cart

Then it will come up asking you for drivers

At this point unzip the (GBA + MD 3in1 Myth cart PC programmer V2.82).

Click on the exe file and it will unpack itself and also will find the drivers.

If that was successful you should now be able to add roms etc.

Adding Roms etc

A strange bug if you will is that the Cart asked for the drivers again, i just let them find the drivers automatically and everything was ok, a tad infuriating but for anyone with modest experiance of using Windows its no real hardship.

Click on the shortcut for Neo2 Ultra Menu (software you just installed)

all being well heres the screen you should see



Now im no great techie but this is where things are very easy. its just a case of dragging and dropping your Master System/Genesis/32x roms onto the window where it shows you the rom info, its as easy as that.

I hate messing around so thats a big thumbs up from wraggy - Remember that to play 32X roms you need a 32x although you can play both Genesis and Master System Roms on the Genesis.

After you have dropped all the roms you need onto the window you click MD Burn and it takes a matter of a minute or maybe more depending on the amount of roms your putting on the cart.

Theres a load of other options in there including options for N64 etc so obviously this software is going to be used for the upcoming N64/Snes Flash Carts.

Another great thing to note is that if you have the Neo 2 Nintendo DS Flash Cart that also can be used in the Super MD Flash Cart. I havent tried it yet but you can use the ram cart in a GBA too.

Now for Gaming

Plug the Cart in and turn on your system, you will see a screen like this (sorry for crap photo my new tv dislikes rf output)



Now press up/down to scroll through roms.

Press b/c to load your desired rom



Enjoy your gaming

Game Testing

Games ive tested so far

Alladdin - Megadrive - Working Fine - (better than Snes version)
Bubsy - Megadrive - Working Great - What could possibly go wrong :P
Cannon Fodder - Megadrive - Working fine
Desert Strike - Megadrive - Working Great
Duke Nukem 3D - Megadrive - Working fine
Earthworm Jim - Megadrive - No Worky
Ecco the Dolphin - Megadrive - Works Great - although i hate the game
International Superstar Soccer - Megadrive - working great - what a bloody game
Megalomania - Megadrive - Working Great
Pro Wrestling - Master System - Working Fine
Road Rash 3 - Megadrive - Working Great
Sonic 3D - Megadrive - Working fine
Sonic and Knuckles - Megadrive - None Working
Spot Goes to Hollywood - Megadrive - No Worky
Super Skidmarks - Megadrive - Working fine - Bloody hard to control though :P
Super Streetfighter X - Megadrive - None Working
Theme Park - Megadrive - Working Great
Urban Strike - Megadrive - Works Great
Virtua Racing - Megadrive - No Working - Must be because of the SVP chip if memory serves me right.
Virtua Fighter 2 - Megadrive - Awesome working
WWf Wrestlemania Arcade - Megadrive - No Worky

Thanks to Djoen for testing 32X Roms and heres what he says

till now 1 none working (Darxide 32X (M4)(EU)) and 1 that locks up (Star Wars 32X (EU))

ill update the list through the day and start writing my review whilst i enjoy the good old days.

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, only gripe is the annoyance of having to find the drivers every time you plug it in, but it does in a matter of seconds so not really a biggie.

The adding of roms to the cart is as easy as they come so a big plus factor there. The amount of roms you can add makes this a great cart too, the supporting of 3 systems and infact 4 if you take in the fact you can use it in a GBA is great.

On the whole bar the fact i cant test 32x due to not owning one (but 32x roms do work), the roms it plays is great, there are a few however with built in detection that obviously need some working on via Neoflashs part, the only rom i cant see working is for example Virtua Racing because of the extra chip inside the original game.

The price for the Flash Cart is $150 so it maybe wont be accessible to a lot of the newcomers but to retro collectors/major emulation fans it will be very worth it.

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 Sega Master System, Megadrive and 32X, a big thumbs up for Neoflash on this retro cart, i cant wait to see what they do with the N64, Nes and Snes Carts. Once the software is updated to work on the roms that wouldnt play this time and maybe a few new additions then you have a major winner.

Links of Interest regarding the NEO Myth MD 3in1 flash cart + 512M (Genesis/32X/Master System Flash Cart)

Ic2005.com - Official Sellers of the NEO Myth MD 3in1 flash cart and Neoflash Products.
Neoflash Topic where testers are working on improving software and compatability.
Sega NG - Great site for info about the 32x, Master System and Megadrive.
Genesis Homebrew Roms
SMS Power - Great Sega Master System Homebrew Resource
Sega Saturn News- 32X Homebrew Roms
Neoflash Forum for all disccussion regarding the flash cart.

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If You Could Own Only One Console, What Would It Be?

Posted By: wraggster

We made it. You and me. We made it to Friday. And more importantly, we made it to TELL US DAMMIT.

Here's how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn't some marketing survey or whatever. It's an emotional investment in you. Yes, we're interested in knowing you, reader person.

You probably know oodles about us - more than you even want to, we're sure. But, hey, we'd like to know about you. That way you won't be some faceless blob - and we might feel a tinge of guilt when we ban ya. Or not, because really we're incapable of human emotion.

Question: If You Could Own Only One Console, What Would It Be?

http://kotaku.com/5348211/if-you-cou...at-would-it-be

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