Dark AleX has released the latest custom firmware for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) with custom firmware 3.90 M33-3 – with improved NO-UMD compatibility for PSP. This 3.90 M33-3 firmware release enhances the compatibility and performance of the M33’s NO-UMD driver. This firmware release also has compatibility increased to support games like Coded Arms, Patapon, Harvest Moon Innocent Life and probably others affected by same errors.

SSF v0.09 beta is the best Sega Saturn emulator available for Windows, although SSF is still far from being considered “complete” or near complete. SSF 0.09 beta has the following changes (rough Japanese to English translation:

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Reip has posted some news regarding his developments on Namco NA1 arcade hardware emulation for MAME:

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WinUAE 1.5.0 beta 11 is easily the best Amiga emulator available for Windows. As was mentioned in the previous WinUAE public beta serles, versions from today on do NOT work on Windows 98/ME anymore. This update has these changes since the last Win UAE 1.5.0 public beta:

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PCSX2 beta is a public of PCSX2, a playstation 2 emulator for Windows. This PCSX2 beta is named PCSX2 0.9.5 SVN Rev. 343. From today on, the PCSX2 beta releases mean whatever is on the SVN, you will not have to wait for a year for us to release it. Be very AWARE THOUGH:

THE PCSX2 TEAM WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING BETA BUILDS ON THEIR FORUM!

Noteable changes in this PCSX2 beta:
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Stella emulator 2.5 is an Atari 2600 emulator for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. The major updates to Stella emulator are as follows:
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SDLMAME is a port of the popular MAME™. There are a few principles that guide it’s development: 1) run on Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and other SDL supported operating systems with as few changes as possible to the base Win32 code. This means we can track changes faster than larger more conventional ports such as MacMAME, and we also maintain what I call “Firefox compatibilty” where learning a major app only needs to be done once per application, and it then applies across many operating systems. If you can use the command-line Win32 MAME, you already know how to use SDLMAME on any platform you may encounter it on. 2) MAME developers are important. By keeping quickly up to date, we make it easy for people on non-Windows platforms to make and submit changes to the core MAME code, and we offer native implementations of MAME’s multi-window GUI debugger on both Linux/Unix and Mac OS X. Download at our MAME page.

SDLMESS with Additional code by Sven Gothel, couriersud, and Vas Crabb. For Linux/Unix, Mac OS X (both PPC and Intel), FreeBSD, Win32, and OS/2 systems.
Portable to anything remotely POSIX-y with SDL 1.2.11 or higher available. Note: the Win32 target is not intended to compete with baseline MESS – it’s simply a demonstration that SDLMESS works well with that OS. Download at our MESS page.

Dknute, author of Windows Dreamcast emulator Makaron has posted news about his progress with GDROM support, and says to expect a release sometime during the first week of April:
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MESS is to computers and consoles as MAME is to arcade machines. i.e. It is an attempt to exactly emulate early computer and console systems. It is based primarily on the MAME source code so versions run in parallel to MAME. The reason MESS can use MAME as a basis is that most chips in computers and consoles are direct copies of arcade chips just connected a different way. In the guide you need to be aware of some terminology. If I use the word system it means the computer or console system being emulated. If I use the word BIOS it is meant to be for system roms or BIOS images used to get MESS working. Finally if I use the word software it means the rom/tape/disk etc… image to be loaded onto the system running in MESS. Download at our MESS page.

FB Alpha is an arcade emulator supporting the following hardware platforms;

- Capcom CPS-1
- Capcom CPS-2
- Cave
- Neo Geo
- Sega System 16 (and similar), System 18, X-Board, Y-Board
- Toaplan
- Taito Rainbow Islands/Operation Wolf/Rastan
- Psikyo 68EC020 based hardware
- misc stuff we like

What’s New in FB Alpha 0.29.76:
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MAMEUI 0.124a (previously named MAME32) is a build of MAME with an integrated frontend. MAMEUI seems to be the popular choice for users of the MAME emulator, as its easier to deal with than a command link based version of MAME. This version of MAMEUI is available in both 32bit and 64bit versions. Download MAMEUI 0.124a at our MAME page.

Here it is, MAME 0.124a, the final, none beta release. MAME 0.124a is again another bug fix release over the previous release. This release fixes the earlier problem with the earlier released version of MAME 0.124. MAME 0.124a should now be fully functional like a regular, none U release. A list of changes in MAME 0.124a over the previous U release is as follows:

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MAMEUIFX32 V0.124 is a derivative unofficial build based on the original MAME/MAMEUI source code. This version of MAMEUIFX32 includes the fixes, that prompted the MAME team to “recall” the earlier release of MAME 0.124. MAMEUIFX32 was previously named MAMEUIFX32 V0.124 has these these improvements over regular MAME:

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Earlier today, after a long development cycle, MAME 0.124 was released. However, Aaron Giles has “recalled” the release because it turns out a seemingly inncouous compiler fix that was included at the last minute in 0.124 busted the sound on quite a few games. For now, the release is recalled. MAME V0.124 full/fixed release however should be released with source and binary later this evening though (evening being in the USA, maybe early tommorow morning in your country).

WinUAE 1.5.0 beta 9 is easily the best Amiga emulator available for Windows. As was mentioned in the previous WinUAE public beta serles, versions from today on do NOT work on Windows 98/ME anymore. This update has these changes since the last Win UAE 1.5.0 public beta:

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Even Phil Bennett is getting into the MAMEWIP news today, as he has posted screenshots and news about his developments on some early British pub quiz games from the late ’80s:
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FB Alpha author, Barry Harris has posted news and screenshots on his workings on FB alpha. He has added B.C. Story and S.D. Fighters to the Tumble Pop bootleg hardware in the emulator FB Alpha:

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El Semi has posted news and screenshots on his developments for his Sega Model 2 arcade hardware emulator.

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Luca Elia has posted some news and screenshots of his MAME developments on a poker game called Show Hand.  The game is aimed at the Italian market.

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