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Sunday, 31, August, 2003
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:15 PM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
FMSXBox v3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:13 PM
News Source: XBINS
Xport has released v3 of his MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ emulator.
Features :
- Emulates the MSX/MSX2/MSX2+
- Excellent compatibility - ported from FMSX-SDL
- Loads Cartridge and Disk images
- MSX-Music
- MSX-Audio
- USB Keyboard support
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- Save Game management - delete save game files
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Skin-able :
- Backgrounds
- Sounds
- Background Music
- Sprites
- Text position (right/left/center, top/bottom/center)
- Text color, select bar color
- Font
- Fading speed
- Screenshot position
- Can specify 2 sprites to surround the selected menu option
- Option to have a transparent select-bar color (from select-color menu)
- Can flip sprites horizontally/vertically
- Can set motion_x and motion_y variables for sprites
- Sprites can loop continuously or just once
- If you want to change the way something looks in this new UI,
chances are that you can change it via the Configuration menu.
- Samba/NetBIOS sharing support (read roms from your PC)
- Relax Network Sharing (read roms from your PC)
- Play MP3 or M3U playlists in the background
(Can also read MP3/M3U from across Samba/Relax shares.)
- User definable save directory. If you don't like the default of
E:\SAVES\FMSXBOX you can change it via the FMSXBOX.INI file
- Take in-game screenshots and display them on the game selection list
- New UI feature - auto-screenshot capture mode. When enabled, the emu
will start taking screenshots at a user-defined interval. Useful for
ripping sprites/animation.
- Hardware filtering options : Point, Bilinear, Trilinear, Anisotropic
- Graphics filters :
+ 2xSai
+ Super 2xSai
+ Eagle
+ Super Eagle
+ SuperScale
+ AdvanceMame 2x
+ Simple 2x
+ 2xSai Scanline
+ Super 2xSai Scanline
+ Eagle Scanline
+ Super Eagle Scanline
+ SuperScale Scanline
- Record/Playback feature - record your gameplay in the emu and then
play it back again. Record up to 10 minutes of gameplay.
- Every single in-game command is fully customizable on any of the
four joypad controllers.
- Map any emulator or UI command to a single button or a combination of
two buttons. (e.g. RTrigger+LTrigger = Save State)
- Autofire capabilities for any emulator button on any controller
- One-button combos (define a series of emulator commands to be played
back when you press a user-definable XBox controller combination.)
(E.g. Press RTrigger+LTrigger to execute the command string
A,B,A,B,Up,Down,Left,Right)
- Traverse any directory on any drive ( Continue selecting the parent
directory entry on the file selection list to get the drive selection
list. Selectable drives are C, D, E, F, R, X, Y, Z, and SMB.
R is the CDROM drive. SMB is the samba share you have defined in your
FMSXBOX.ini file.) Press Y from any file-listing screen to go up one
directory level.
- All UI commands (save state, load state, screenshot, etc) can be
invoked from the Options/Pause menu as well as in-game via your
customized joypad mappings.
- Can be invoked from a command-line to directly run a game from a front-end
or dashboard and bypass the user-selection screens. (Only if the frontend
or dashboard supports this feature.)
- Can return to the launching program *if* the launching program supports this
feature. For example, if the custom-launch routines are incorporated into
a new frontend, that frontend could launch FMSXBOX and when you exit
FMSXBOX, that frontend can be automatically reloaded.
Thursday, 28, August, 2003
Bliss-X v3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:33 AM
News Source: XBINS
BlissX Intellivision Emulator port for XBox v3
What's New :
- Changed keypad controller interpretation so that if (for example) buttons 2+4 are pressed
simultaneously, it will be interpreted as button 1. This should allow for button mappings/control
similar to Bliss v1
Breaking the Limit ?
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:29 AM
News Source: Xbox-Scene
137gb LIMIT BROKEN
Not Just Yet, but "oz_paulb" from "Xbox Scene Forums" has been working on breaking the 137gb limit due to his suspicion that the limit was caused by software rather than hardware.
QUOTE
Hey -
I've got some great news - I have the MS Xbox KERNEL reading/writing an LBA48 drive using the LBA48 commands (meaning: drives > 137GB will be possible)!
The KERNEL recognizes that it's an LBA48 drive at startup time, and sets the drive size accordingly (I'm using a 200GB drive, and it's reading the size correctly).
The KERNEL read/write functions are now using LBA48 commands, and they work!
Now, I've not tried reading/writing past the LBA28 limit on the disk, but there's no reason it won't work - the only possible issue was whether/not the LBA48 commands/command-structure would work.
I've got to clean up the error checking, and finalize a couple more routines. Then, I'll write a test app that creates a bunch of unique files on the F: partition, and goes back/verifies they all are still unique (to confirm nothing 'wraps' and overwrites back to the beginning).
I've also got a simple 'partition table' mechanism, so there can be up to 8 partitions on the drive. The main reason for this is to allow for other operating systems (like Linux) to co-exist with the Xbox (usually, the Xbox uses up the entire remainder of the drive for F:, leaving nothing for Linux).
I hope to have this all finished up in the next couple of days (depends on my 'real' job, and how busy I am there). I just wanted to give an update, since I think people are interested in this.
- Paulb
END QUOTE
Tuesday, 26, August, 2003
XBoyAdvance v6
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:18 PM
XBoyAdvance - GBA/GBC/GB/SGB/SGB2 Emulator for XBox v6What's New:
- Implemented VisualBoy Advance 1.6a sources
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Hardware filtering options : Point, Bilinear, Trilinear, Anisotropic
- Screen size/position saved with each game
- Selectable throttle speed
- Other UI updates/bugfixes to make it current with standard UI
BlissX v2
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:13 PM
BlissX Intellivision Emulator port for XBox v2.Features :
- Emulates the Intellivision
- Excellent compatibility - ported from Bliss
+ Intellivoice games do *not* work yet.
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- Save Game management - delete save game files
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Skin-able :
- Backgrounds
- Sounds
- Background Music
- Sprites
- Text position (right/left/center, top/bottom/center)
- Text color, select bar color
- Font
- Fading speed
- Screenshot position
- Can specify 2 sprites to surround the selected menu option
- Option to have a transparent select-bar color (from select-color menu)
- Can flip sprites horizontally/vertically
- Can set motion_x and motion_y variables for sprites
- Sprites can loop continuously or just once
- If you want to change the way something looks in this new UI,
chances are that you can change it via the Configuration menu.
- Samba/NetBIOS sharing support (read roms from your PC)
- Relax Network Sharing (read roms from your PC)
- Play MP3 or M3U playlists in the background
(Can also read MP3/M3U from across Samba/Relax shares.)
- User definable save directory. If you don't like the default of
E:\SAVES\BLISSX you can change it via the BLISSX.INI file
- Take in-game screenshots and display them on the game selection list
- New UI feature - auto-screenshot capture mode. When enabled, the emu
will start taking screenshots at a user-defined interval. Useful for
ripping sprites/animation.
- Hardware filtering options : Point, Bilinear, Trilinear, Anisotropic
- Graphics filters :
+ 2xSai
+ Super 2xSai
+ Eagle
+ Super Eagle
+ SuperScale
+ AdvanceMame 2x
+ Simple 2x
+ 2xSai Scanline
+ Super 2xSai Scanline
+ Eagle Scanline
+ Super Eagle Scanline
+ SuperScale Scanline
- Record/Playback feature - record your gameplay in the emu and then
play it back again. Record up to 10 minutes of gameplay.
- Every single in-game command is fully customizable on any of the
four joypad controllers.
- Map any emulator or UI command to a single button or a combination of
two buttons. (e.g. RTrigger+LTrigger = Save State)
- Autofire capabilities for any emulator button on any controller
- One-button combos (define a series of emulator commands to be played
back when you press a user-definable XBox controller combination.)
(E.g. Press RTrigger+LTrigger to execute the command string
A,B,A,B,Up,Down,Left,Right)
- Traverse any directory on any drive ( Continue selecting the parent
directory entry on the file selection list to get the drive selection
list. Selectable drives are C, D, E, F, R, X, Y, Z, and SMB.
R is the CDROM drive. SMB is the samba share you have defined in your
BLISSX.ini file.) Press Y from any file-listing screen to go up one
directory level.
- All UI commands (save state, load state, screenshot, etc) can be
invoked from the Options/Pause menu as well as in-game via your
customized joypad mappings.
- Can be invoked from a command-line to directly run a game from a front-end
or dashboard and bypass the user-selection screens. (Only if the frontend
or dashboard supports this feature.)
- Can return to the launching program *if* the launching program supports this
feature. For example, if the custom-launch routines are incorporated into
a new frontend, that frontend could launch BLISSX and when you exit
BLISSX, that frontend can be automatically reloaded.
Monday, 25, August, 2003
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 13:26 PM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
Saturday, 23, August, 2003
Fix For 4978 Bios And X2lite Chips
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:07 PM
News Source: MaxConsole
Posted by sektor31) turn on xbox with the modchip disabled
2) when you enter the default ms dash switch the mod back on.
3) when you have did this open the dvd tray by pressing the eject button.
4) now close the tray again it should boot you to the XBOX Logo and microsoft one.
5) press eject again and this will fire up XBOX LOGO and xecuter logo.
6) evox should now boot, simply get ftp'd in and flash with an older working bios.
hope this also helps people having problems.
If your having problems getting the above to work try the one below.
News Source: Xbox Scene Forums
Posted by A1patriotFor ppl like me who trashed their x2 lite chips flashing with 4978 bios (yeah, yeah sticks and stones) here is a fix I stumbled upon :-
1. Make a "Free-Xevox" xbox cd and load with x2 lite switched off.
2. It should freeze up ya box cos it's looking for the font hacks (which aren't there).
3. Switch ya chip back on and hit the eject button.
4. Should now reboot into 4978 bios.
5. Now reflash back to 4977 and next time read up b4 u flash (hehe)
PS. did it twice to confirm it works, experiment with the above slighlty if it don't work 4 u.
peace out
Friday, 22, August, 2003
X-ecuter Bios 4978 Problems ?
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:12 PM
CAUTION WHEN FLASHING YOUR MODCHIPS
WITH THE LATEST X-ECUTER BIOS
Some of the people on #xboxemu have flashed the latest 4978 bios & then found there xbox no longer working.
Ofcourse this is only with the modchip turned on & if using the 4978 bios.
Example of what has been said by one user:
Stevey:
I have X-ecuter 2.0 Lite Modchip using 4977 bios with Xbox Version v1.1, then using Evolution-X flashed the new 4978 bios ( X2_4978.bin ). i.e Erased old bios flashed the new one xbox shuts down, however the xbox will no longer boot with the modchip enabled. ( Getting 3x reset and red/green flash )
Sin-Tex:
I decided to try the bios myself using Xbox Version 1.2 & a X2.1 Lite chip. Got the same problem, flashed perfectly using Evo-X Dashboard but got "3x reset and red/green flash" when turning xbox back on.
GeoFFala:
Flashed 4978 bios o.k using X2.2 Pro with Xbox Version 1.3, however has mentioned that now some of his applications will no longer boot from the hard drive.
Feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any info regarding this.
Or even join us on irc.zoite.net #xboxemu
XECUTER2 BIOS Build 4978
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:49 PM
Team Xecuter presents XECUTER2 BIOS Build 4978
Release Date 22nd August 2003
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So what's new ?
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Well we've been saying it for a long time - that Bios's would 1 day breal the 1MB barrier and beyond.
Team Xecuter are proud to give you a glimpse into to the future of Xbox Bios's and Modification hardware.
We have acheived another world first by embedding an entire FTP server into the BIOS - so as soon as you
install the mod you are able to FTP into your XBOX with no hacked dashboard installed - or you may have evox,
avalaunch, mxm or another installed but you messed up the settings. Those worries are now a thing of the past
with X2 4978. Now bear in mind this is a glimpse at some of the ideas we're working very hard on with X3 - it's
taking a long time to produce so we thought you at least deserved to get a glimpse of what to expect.
XBOX is set to a Static IP: 192.168.10.123, Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0, Login/Pass: x3 / x3
Simply setup your NIC to a similar IP (e.g. 192.168.10.50 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and NO GATEWAY or DNS)
The mod acts as normal in default mode - you won't even notice anything is different. EvoX FTP settings are not
affected and you have your perfectly normal (if you can call it normal) X2 dashboard.
To activate the FTP Server - simply press and hold the "A" button on bootup and then connect to your XBOX :)
Speeds are not as fast as can be (dont forget this is Alpha) but you will still get a respectable 2000KB/Sec
I recorded an average: Transferred 1 file totaling 19,302,690 bytes in 10.23 (1,867.47 KB/Sec)
I'd also like to point out that we have changed the dashboard boot sequence:
1) evoXdash.xbe
2) avadash.xbe
3) mxmdash.xbe
4) xboxdash.xbe
Enjoy this latest release - trust is when we say we have SO MUCH MORE in the pipeline :)
FCEUltra-X v9
Posted by Sin-Tex at 12:38 PM
Xbox Scene ForumsWhat's New :
- Fixed bug where emu would crash if you tried to use Famicom Disk System options on
non-FDS games.
- Different PAL/NTSC sync method. Should work for everyone - let me know if something
works worse for you now.
- 480p, 720p, 1080i video modes
- Switching to a high-res mode eats up a lot of extra memory. Transition effects
with the default FCEUltra skin may act funny from time to time because of this. Games
should play normally, however. If you are using a skin for FCEUltra that is not the
default one, then I cannot guarantee that things will work correctly in high-res mode.
If you are having problems in high-res mode,then I suggest downloading a very simple skin
(one with no sprites, for example) and using that instead.
- Hardware filters - point, bilinear, trilinear, anisotropic
- Relax shares like $ROOT$ should work now.
- Selectable throttle speed - control how fast your throttle/fast forward functions
- New option to auto-load the most recent save state. Disable from the Configuration menu.
- Auto-Screenshot Capture Mode - when turned on, screenshots will be taken at regular frame
intervals. This interval is user-specified by the "Auto-Screenshot Capture Delay"
setting on the Configuration menu. Useful for ripping sprites.
- Several new transition effects. Currently, the transition effect is set to "random". If you
want to set the transition effect to a specific setting, then go to Main Menu -> Configuration ->
Configure Skin -> Transition Effect. If you don't want to see any transitions, then set
the Transition Speed to 0 on the same menu.
- Changed memory management of background textures. This results in more free memory allowing
for more/larger skin media. (This is really only of interest to people making skins.)
- Garbage lines at top/bottom of screen that appeared for some games should be gone now.
- New option to "Clip Sides" of game screen for games like Super Mario Bros. 3 where it should
display 240 pixels per line instead of 256.
Thursday, 21, August, 2003
NeoGenesis v10
Posted by Sin-Tex at 19:12 PM
News Source: XBINS
What's New:
- PAL50 support was broken in v8 and fixed in v9, but v9 broke 4x filters and would hang
whenever trying to change XBox filters. This is fixed.
- 4x Filters removed because most of them ran too slowly to be playable on any game and the
ones that were playable didn't appear to give much ( if any ) improvement to graphics.
If anyone objects, I'll listen to arguments for re-installing it.
- Selectable throttle speed - now you can control how fast the throttle/fast forward
option behaves.
- Several new transition effects. Currently, the transition effect is set to "random". If you
want to set the transition effect to a specific setting, then go to Main Menu -> Configuration ->
Configure Skin -> Transition Effect. If you don't want to see any transitions, then set
the Transition Speed to 0 on the same menu.
- Changed memory management of background textures. This results in more free memory allowing
for more/larger skin media. (This is really only of interest to people making skins.)
As always you can download it from #xboxemu irc.zoite.net
Tuesday, 19, August, 2003
U64 x Beta 1 Released
Posted by Wraggster at 16:27 PM
Lantus has released beta 1 of his port of the Killer Instinct arcade emu, heres whats in this release:
- Killer Instinct 1 and 2
- 2 player support
- 5 savestates per game
- X-Arcade Support
- Artwork by Xcomapocalypse
Check out this Page for more info and screenshots.
Monday, 18, August, 2003
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:25 AM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
Sunday, 17, August, 2003
Xbox-Chipz
Posted by Sin-Tex at 13:02 PM
News Source: www.Xbox-Chipz.Co.Uk
Xbox Chipz currently has a great offer on X-ecuter 2.1 Pro Modchips for xbox.
Priced at only £24 including delivery.
Current Products:
X-ecuter 2.1 Pro £24
X-ecuter 2.2 Pro £35
X-ecuter 2.2 Lite £27
World Wide Shipping.
X-ecuter 2.1 Pro $43
X-ecuter 2.2 Pro $53
X-ecuter 2.2 Lite $39
Check them out --> Xbox-Chipz
Xeon Author Interviewed by EFx2.com
Posted by Wraggster at 1:00 AM
Keith over at EFX2.com has posted this news:
Another week another spotlight for the EFx2.com Spotlight Series. This time around the spotlight is on newcomer _SF_, author of the new Xbox emulator Xeon.
This time around our Spotlight is going to focus on a newcomer to the development scene. He's an American known as _SF_ and he is making big waves in Xbox emulation. Now we will unmask the man behind Xeon, one of the hottest topics around the scene.
Read this most interesting article over at EFX2.com
Friday, 15, August, 2003
Neo-Genesis v8 + v9
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:37 AM
Two Days Two Releases, will there be another tomorrow ?
Only Xport knows :)
Details:
NeoGenesis v9
What's New:
- PAL50 support was broken in v8 ; fixed
- Fixed Relax bug - now sharenames like $ROOT$ShareName work
- Sorting is not case sensitive anymore
- Forgot to mention - in v8 pressing DPAD Left/Right moves by letter
on the file selection screens. Move LTHUMB Left/Right to change
screenshots.
NeoGenesis v8
What's New:
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- 4x varieties for all filters
+ Most of these 4x filters make the games run too slow to be enjoyable,
but the AdvanceMame4x runs well and so do a few others.
+ I also suggest not using the 4x filters unless you can use
720p or 1080i modes. Scrunching a 1280x960 picture to half that size
looks almost exactly the same as the 2x version (and perhaps a little
worse because of the scrunching.)
- Hardware filtering options : Point, Bilinear, Trilinear, Anisotropic
- Access new video options from Main Menu -> Configuration -> Video Configuration
- Re-vamped the 50/60, tearing, jittery sound, etc. Hopefully this should
straighten out all the weird, misc bugs a few people have encountered when
trying to play PAL games on NTSC XBox or vice versa.
Thursday, 14, August, 2003
caustik's comments about Xeon
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:15 AM
News Source: Cxbx
I am sure by now most of you have heard of the new xbox emulator just released, named "Xeon". From the screenshots I have seen, it is very impressive. Halo is apparently playable, although I have not been able to verify this myself. I hope that _SF_ will contact kingofc and myself, so that we can work together to get playable games happening very quickly. This is very exciting news for the emulation scene, and I want congratulate _SF_ on his work.
Recently, two of my hard drives became corrupted, and I lost alot of data. I hope to recover this data very soon so I can continue work on Cxbx. In the meantime, enjoy the new toy, and look forward to seeing Halo supported by Cxbx in the near future!
Some Info About Xeon
Author: SF
---------- Description:
Xeon is an X-Box emulator for the PC. Currently it supports one
commercial game, and support for more will be added in the future
along with other features.
---------- Compatibility:
Halo (NTSC version only)
---------- Requirements:
Windows XP
DirectX 9.0a
Pentium 3/Athlon XP processor
Recommended graphics card: GeForce FX/Radeon 9200 Pro or higher.
You can download Xeon v1.0 from our irc channel at irc.zoite.net #xboxemu
Wednesday, 13, August, 2003
1000 Xbox Consoles Stolen
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:14 AM
News Source: The Register
More than a million pounds' worth of mobile phones and games consoles were nicked from a lorry parked outside a Carphone Warehouse store near Birmingham early on Monday morning.
Thieves got away with more than 7,000 Nokia mobile phones - including 6310is, 5100s and 3410s - with a trade value £781,000 ($1.25 million).
Also among the haul was more than 1000 Xbox consoles worth around £130,000 ($208,330). To Read The Full Article Click Here
MAMEoX V0.72.1b
Posted by XDelusion at 2:35 AM
>> Whats New/Fixed:
-AdvanceMAME2x filter support
-added a simple screensaver
-autoboot save state support
-keyboard support
-a fix for samba
-integrated MAME .72 core
-speed buffering for reads / writes
-fixed bezels
-catver.ini support
-virtual memory system in, NOT IMPLEMENTED
-rom details screen with screenshots
-many small UI changes
-new screen calibration option
-copy system files from DVD menu
MameOX Homepage
Monday, 11, August, 2003
U64 Emu Coming Soon?
Posted by Wraggster at 22:44 PM
Lantus the Author of Xsnes9X and many other Xbox projects has announced that he is working on a U64 emu for the Xbox, heres what he says:
howdy - ive decided to finish the port of U64 that i started almost a year ago now.
however - like XPORT i need some decent artwork done before i release it...please email me at lantus@lantus-x.com if think you can help.
Check out the screenshots of his Wip port of the Killer Instinct 1 & 2 emulator for windows on this Page
Thanks to Xantium for the news.
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 2:56 AM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
Saturday, 9, August, 2003
Beneath A Steel Sky NOW FREE!
Posted by XDelusion at 20:28 PM
I forgot to mention that along with the new release of ScummVMx, Beneath A Steel Sky has also been released to the public as freeware!
Note: Once you have downloaded the Talky version of the game, you will need to extract the sky.dsk, and sky.dnr files to a directory called SKY. After this, just add the game to the ScummVM menu as you would any other, and you should be all set!
Search for BASS-CD.zip here for download!
NeoPop x v2 Released
Posted by Wraggster at 10:39 AM
The Neogeo Pocket Emu for Xbox has been updated with these new features:
- Emulates the NeoGeo Pocket / NeoGeo Pocket Color
- Excellent compatibility - ported from NeoPop
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes
- 10 Save States
- ZIP support
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- Save Game management - delete save game files
Read the rest of the new features Here
Z26X 2- Atari 2600 emu for Xbox v2
Posted by Wraggster at 10:35 AM
A new release of the port of Z26 the great Atari 2600 emu to the Xbox, heres whats new:
Emulates the Atari 2600
- Accurate Pitfall 2 emulation and SuperCharger emulation
- Near perfect compatibility - ported from Z26
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- Save Game management - delete save game files
Read the rest of the new features at this Page
ScummVMx 0.5.1
Posted by XDelusion at 5:09 AM
Here it finally is, the XBOX port of ScummVM.
Sorry for the VERY long wait but the maintainer of ScummVM didnt want me to release the source just yet until he read every word of the XDK eula (which was a 40 page long fax he told me :) to make sure it didnt breach the GPL license.
I have not included the ISO9660 support, it's laggy/buggy and its much better to just play from HDD.
I might try to improve it later if there's much request for it.
Read More in NFO file.
I knew this day would come!!! :)
News From XBINS
ScummVM Homepage.
Friday, 8, August, 2003
irc Probs
Posted by Sin-Tex at 12:27 PM
Over the past few days irc.zoite.net has been experiencing network problems. But #xboxemu is back up & running, so pay us a visit at irc.zoite.net #xboxemu
We have all the latest downloads.
Thursday, 7, August, 2003
NeoGenesis v7
Posted by Sin-Tex at 0:04 AM
Xport must be running on Overdrive with all the lovely work he has put into his emu's.
What's New:
- Fixed bug where CDDA music would get turned back ON/OFF incorrectly when returning from Options Menu
- Improved real-CD buffering so if your CD is scratched/damaged, it should still play smoothly
- Added new Configuration Option : Fix Tearing
+ Default is Auto - which means tearing is always fixed unless the game is playing consistently less than max FPS.
Set it to "Always" if you never want to see screen tearing.
For certain 32x games, this will result is a slightly lower/choppier framerate.
Set it to "Never" to get the best possible speed and smooth framerate but you may see screen tearing.
- New UI Feature - Auto Load Most Recent Save State
+ Turn this option on via the Main Menu -> Configuration menu
+ If it's on, then when you launch a game, the most recently saved state will automatically be loaded.
You Can Download It From #xboxemu irc.zoite.net
Wednesday, 6, August, 2003
Frodo-X b3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:53 PM
DragonZ Has Released b3 of Frodo-X
Here's what he has to say:
Small bugfix release with new subdirectory support. Thought I would just throw this one out there anyhow.
More stuff still in the works though:
Graphics filters (SAI, Eagle, etc) & SID Player courtesy of Lantus. On-screen key chooser completion, and Im still
working on getting the SC version of Frodo (Cycle based emulation) to work properly..should add some more compatibility.
I've also started to add the foundation for a skinning system.
Changes Since b2:
- Added subdirectory support.
- Mapped arrow keys on USB keyboard (forgot last release to map them).
- Fixed some minor bugs with ZIP support.
You Can Download It From #xboxemu irc.zoite.net
Monday, 4, August, 2003
PCSX Xbox v9
Posted by Wraggster at 21:54 PM
Xport has released a new version of his Playstation emulator for the Xbox Console, heres whats new:
What's New:
- Relax sharing works now
- Turning off background music option works now
- Fixed little bug that was making everything very quiet
Check out all the information on this emulator at this Page
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:26 AM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
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Sunday, 3, August, 2003
NeoGenesis v6
Posted by Wraggster at 11:15 AM
Xport has released a new version of his Neogenesis emu to the Xbox console, heres whats new in this release:
What's New:
- Fixed bug in save states when playing from ISO/MP3.
If you saved a game while it was playing an MP3, continued playing
until it loaded another MP3, and then reloaded the save state from the
other MP3, NeoGenesis would crash. This is fixed.
Check out all the info about this emulator Here
Xboy Advance v5
Posted by Wraggster at 10:36 AM
Xport has released a new version of his port of Visual Boy Advance to the Xbox console, heres whats new in this release:
What's New:
- Fixed bug with save types. If you selected a specific save type
(e.g. EEPROM, etc) it was not being picked up by XBoyAdvance.
This was previngting the playing of games like DBZ:Goku among othes.
Check out all the info about this emulator Here
PCSX Xbox v8
Posted by Wraggster at 0:03 AM
Xport has released a new version of his port of PCSX to the Xbox, heres whats new in this release:
- Cleaned up video handling and rewrote some video routines resulting in
about 10-20% framerate improvement. For example, Castlevania SOTN
ran at about 52 fps before, and now it runs at over 60fps with dips to 58fps
from time to time.
- Implemented P.E.Op.S. PSX Soft GPU v1.15 - relevant changes :
+ Fixed frame limitation if "old skipping method" is used
+ Added sprite x coord wrap (skullmonkey)
- Many miscellaneous bug fixes that were applied to the other recent emu releases
- Relax support
- Basically the same set of features as the most recent other emu ports I've done
Read more about this release and previous releases on this Page
Saturday, 2, August, 2003
NeoGenesis v4
Posted by XDelusion at 20:23 PM
What's New:
- Fixed video slowdown in 32x games. Very nice FPS in Virtua Fighter 32x and
all other 32x games now.
- Other bugfixes that were fixed in other UI-similar releases. (E.g. long
filenames in network shares, etc)
Xport's Homepage
Friday, 1, August, 2003
Hugo For Xbox V8
Posted by XDelusion at 5:07 AM
Features :
- Emulates the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
- Can play *real* PCE CDs/SCDs
- Can play ripped ISO/MP3 cd-images - use included CDDISSECT tool
- Excellent compatibility - ported from HUGO
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- Save Game management - delete save game files
- Skin-able :
- Backgrounds
- Sounds
- Background Music
- Sprites
- Text position (right/left/center, top/bottom/center)
- Text color, select bar color
- Font
- Fading speed
- Screenshot position
- Can specify 2 sprites to surround the selected menu option
- Option to have a transparent select-bar color (from select-color menu)
- Can flip sprites horizontally/vertically
- Can set motion_x and motion_y variables for sprites
- Sprites can loop continuously or just once
- If you want to change the way something looks in this new UI,
chances are that you can change it via the Configuration menu.
- Samba/NetBIOS sharing support (read roms from your PC)
- Relax Network Sharing (read roms from your PC)
- Play MP3 or M3U playlists in the background
(Can also read MP3/M3U from across Samba/Relax shares.)
- User definable save directory. If you don't like the default of
E:SAVESHUGOX you can change it via the HUGOX.INI file
- Take in-game screenshots and display them on the game selection list
- Graphics filters :
+ 2xSai
+ Super 2xSai
+ Eagle
+ Super Eagle
+ SuperScale
+ AdvanceMame 2x
+ Simple 2x
+ 2xSai Scanline
+ Super 2xSai Scanline
+ Eagle Scanline
+ Super Eagle Scanline
+ SuperScale Scanline
- Record/Playback feature - record your gameplay in the emu and then
play it back again. Record up to 10 minutes of gameplay.
- Every single in-game command is fully customizable on any of the
four joypad controllers.
- Map any emulator or UI command to a single button or a combination of
two buttons. (e.g. RTrigger+LTrigger = Save State)
- Autofire capabilities for any emulator button on any controller
- One-button combos (define a series of emulator commands to be played
back when you press a user-definable XBox controller combination.)
(E.g. Press RTrigger+LTrigger to execute the command string
A,B,A,B,Up,Down,Left,Right)
- Traverse any directory on any drive ( Continue selecting the parent
directory entry on the file selection list to get the drive selection
list. Selectable drives are C, D, E, F, R, X, Y, Z, and SMB.
R is the CDROM drive. SMB is the samba share you have defined in your
HUGOX.ini file.) Press Y from any file-listing screen to go up one
directory level.
- Save States with 10 save state slots (save states work in CD games now!)
- All UI commands (save state, load state, screenshot, etc) can be
invoked from the Options/Pause menu as well as in-game via your
customized joypad mappings.
- Can be invoked from a command-line to directly run a game from a front-end
or dashboard and bypass the user-selection screens. (Only if the frontend
or dashboard supports this feature.)
- Can return to the launching program *if* the launching program supports this
feature. For example, if the custom-launch routines are incorporated into
a new frontend, that frontend could launch HUGOX and when you exit
HUGOX, that frontend can be automatically reloaded.
NEWS FROM: The horse's mouth. :)
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