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RetroArch v1.11.1 is released. RetroArch is a multi-system emulator for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and *BSD. It is formerly known as SSNES. Its design and background is quite different than most other emulators as RetroArch does not implement an emulation core itself. RetroArch talks to libretro, a generic emulator core API. This means that RetroArch is core agnostic, and it does not care which emulator core is running.

Currently there are libretro implementations for systems such as SNES, NES, GBA, GB/GBC, Genesis, and even arcade games (Final Burn Alpha).

libretro isn't only usable for emulators. A preliminary port of an open source reimplementation of Cave Story has been ported to libretro as well.

RetroArch believes in modularity. The application itself is a command-line driven application suitable for HTPC and/or headless use. There also exists a GUI frontend for RetroArch, supporting every single config option available in RetroArch.

https://www.libretro.com/...

Ares v130.1 is released. ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.

ares currently emulates the following 27 hardware devices:

* Famicom + Famicom Disk System
* Super Famicom + Super Game Boy
* Nintendo 64 (under development)
* Game Boy + Game Boy Color
* Game Boy Advance + Game Boy Player
* SG-1000 + SC-3000
* Master System + Game Gear
* Mega Drive + Mega CD
* PC Engine + PC Engine CD + SuperGrafx
* MSX + MSX2
* ColecoVision
* Neo Geo Pocket + Neo Geo Pocket Color
* WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color + SwanCrystal + Pocket Challenge V2

ares changelog:

This is ares v130.1, released on 2022-10-03

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Ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes, and focuses on accuracy and preservation.

ares currently emulates the following 27 hardware devices:

* Famicom + Famicom Disk System
* Super Famicom + Super Game Boy
* Nintendo 64 (under development)
* Game Boy + Game Boy Color
* Game Boy Advance + Game Boy Player
* SG-1000 + SC-3000
* Master System + Game Gear
* Mega Drive + Mega CD
* PC Engine + PC Engine CD + SuperGrafx
* MSX + MSX2
* ColecoVision
* Neo Geo Pocket + Neo Geo Pocket Color
* WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color + SwanCrystal + Pocket Challenge V2

ares changelog:

This is ares v130, released on 2022-09-30.

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https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases/tag/v130

RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all.

In addition to this, you are able to run original game discs (CDs) from RetroArch.

RetroArch has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, next-frame response times, runahead, machine translation, blind accessibility features, and more!

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Changelog is long.. Check here:

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/category/blog/

Flycast Dojo v0.5.5 is released. Flycast Dojo is a fork of Flycast, a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from Reicast, with a focus on netplay features and replay. We intend to keep Flycast Dojo updated with the latest downstream changes made to the parent project. Flycast is a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from reicast.

Flycast Dojo changelog:

Fixed Frequency
CPU Optimization Tightening
Toggle to turn off Optimizations
Upstream Changes
Update default button names in NAOMI game inputs menu

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https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/releases/tag/dojo-0.5.5

Xebra(Arbex) (2022/09/24) is released. Xebra is a progressing Japanese Playstation(PS)emulator for Win32.

Changelog unknown. Here:

xebra220924.zip

MAME 0.248 was released

* Official - https://mamedev.org/release.html
* ARCADE64 - https://arcade.mameworld.info/
* MESS, MESSUI - https://messui.1emulation.com/
* MAMEUI - http://www.mameui.info/
* NegaMAME - http://babelsoft.net/products/negamame.htm

Other

* Applewin 1.30.12.0 [Apple II] - https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases

* Xebra/Arbex (2022-09-24) [PSX] - http://drhell.web.fc2.com/ps1/index.html

* Q-emuLator 3.5 [Sinclair] - http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html

* Rom Properties 2.0 [Rom Manager] - https://github.com/GerbilSoft/rom-properties/releases

* GameEx 18.25 [Front-end] - https://www.gameex.com/news/

Kyty PS4/PS5 Emulator
Unlike Spine, this one works on Windows and is specifically designed for Windows 10 64-bit. But, as I have already said, it is in the very early stage of development, as mentioned in the GitHub page. Infact, the very first version of the emulator was only released 2 days ago.

As for the games that work, the developer himself says that for now, only a few simple PS4 games will work. Coming to the PS5 emulation part, he says graphics hasn’t been implemented properly. So, PS5 emulation with Kyty has a long journey ahead.

Changelog:

It is possible to run some simple games for PS4 and homebrews for PS5
There maybe graphics glitches, crashes, freezes and low FPS. It's OK for now.

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A long changelog list goes below:

Flycast Dojo v0.5.4 is released. Flycast Dojo is a fork of Flycast, a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from Reicast, with a focus on netplay features and replay. We intend to keep Flycast Dojo updated with the latest downstream changes made to the parent project. Flycast is a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from reicast.

Flycast Dojo changelog:

Fixed Frequency
CPU Usage Optimizations
NAOMI 2: Fix render timing (fixes vf4tuned water effects)
Add 30 Hz Option
Windows: Make DirectX 11 Default
Dreamcast Netplay & Replays: Force HLE BIOS by default to prevent desyncs. Add manual override toggle.
Upstream Changes
Update Vulkan to 1.3.224.1 (@scribam)
Mac: Correct Vulkan & MoltenVK information (@scribam)
Mac: Handle Dock menu's Quit action (@vkedwardli)

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https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/

DS4Windows v3.1.6 is released. DS4Windows is a portable program that allows you to get the best experience while using a DualShock 4 on your PC. By emulating a Xbox 360 controller, many more games are accessible.

DS4Windows Requirements
* Microsoft .NET 4.5 or higher (needed to unzip the driver and for macros to work
* DS4 Driver (Downloaded & Installed with
* Microsoft 360 Driver (link inside DS4Windows, already installed on Windows 7 SP1 and higher or if you've used a 360 controller
* Sony DualShock 4 (This should be
* Micro USB
* (Optional)Bluetooth 2.1+, via adapter or built in pc (My recommendation) (Toshiba's bluetooth & Bluetooth adapters using CSR currently does not

DS4Windows changelog:

Updated DS4Windows.deps.json file
Made sure to bundle latest Lang assembly folder

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https://github.com/Ryochan7/DS4Windows

* HBMAME 0.245.6 [Arcade] - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/

* Raine 0.94.4a [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html

* GameEx 18.24 [Front-end] - https://www.gameex.com/news/

SameBoy v0.15.6 is released. SameBoy is a user friendly Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator for macOS. SameBoy is extremely accurate and includes a wide range of powerful debugging features, making it ideal for both casual players and developers. In addition to accuracy and developer capabilities, SameBoy has all the features one would expect from an emulator – from save states to scaling filters. An SDL version is also available to Windows and Unix-like systems.

SameBoy v0.15.5 Changelog:

New/Improved Features
All CGB revisions, as well as MGB, are now available in the libretro core
The debugger now guides users to use the help command
Both frontends can now selectively mute and unmute each of the 4 audio channels
Both frontends now support cartridge hot swapping
Accuracy Improvements/Fixes
Fixed a bug where the libretro core sometimes ran at an incorrect speed after switching models
Fixed a minor DMA regression
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where the Cocoa Memory...

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Play! v0.56 is released. Play! is an attempt at creating an emulator for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) console on the Windows platform. It is currently written in C/C++. It uses an instruction caching/recompilation scheme to achieve better performance while emulating the CPU.

Play! v0.56 Changelog:

- Compatibility fixes: Kaena, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy and Dawn of Mana improved their statuses.

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https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/tags

* PPSSPP 1.13.2 [PSP] - http://www.ppsspp.org/downloads.html

* Pantheon 11.874 [Multi-system] - http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/Download.htm

* Raine 0.94.1 [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html

* pfeMAME 2.25.7 [Front-end] - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pfemame/files

Cemu v2.0-2 is released. Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator that runs commercial games. Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC. It's written in C/C++ and is being actively developed with new features and fixes to increase compatibility, convenience and usability.

Cemu Changelog:

Cemu experimental release

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http://cemu.info/

Flycast Dojo v0.5.3 is released. Flycast Dojo is a fork of Flycast, a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from Reicast, with a focus on netplay features and replay. We intend to keep Flycast Dojo updated with the latest downstream changes made to the parent project. Flycast is a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from reicast.

Flycast Dojo changelog:

Audio Sync for Variable Refresh Rate Games
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Spawn - In the Demon's Hand
Star Wars - Episode I Racer)
Fix Internal Updater making data folder Read Only, Savestates now writable
Virtua Striker 2 Arcade Dipswitch (2 Player, Free Play)
Added Dreamcast Game Lobby Definitions:
Golf Shiyou yo 2 - Aratanaru Chousen (Japan)
Spawn - In the Demon's Hand (USA)
Star Wars - Episode I - Racer (USA)

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RPCS3 is a multi-platform open-source Sony PlayStation3 emulator and debugger for Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD. The purpose of the project is to completely and accurately emulate PlayStation 3 with the power of open-source community and reverse engineering.



Latest changes:

• Power consumption reduction when using SPU inaccurate reservations;
• Avoid reservation notifications in liblv2.sprx;
• Properly reset occlusion counters in RSX;
• Implement some error checking in cellMusic;
• Add some ppu debug information;
• Extend Inaccurate SPU reservations;
• Add the ability to set the PSID from the configuration;
• Simplify RSX FIFO concurrent access;
• Avoid on-the-fly ZCULL allocations with unordered_map;
• Implement "quintuple" Inbound MBOX storage in SPU;

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:: Code on Github
:: RPCS3 website
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* SDLMAME 0.247 for Ubuntu - https://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/

* HBMAME 0.245.5 [Arcade] - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/

* Raine 0.94 [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html

* Hoxs64 1.1.1.2 [Commodore 64] - https://www.hoxs64.net/

* WinArcadia 29.11 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

* dgVoodoo 2.79.3 [Plugin] - http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/

Cemu v2.0-1 is released. Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator that runs commercial games. Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC. It's written in C/C++ and is being actively developed with new features and fixes to increase compatibility, convenience and usability.

Cemu Changelog:

This is mostly a bugfix update. Many of the issues introduced in Cemu 2.0 should be resolved
Lots of smaller Linux improvements. We are still working on additional distribution formats (appimage/flatpak)
Fixes online play not working for North America accounts since the recent Wii U firmware update

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