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AmiKit v1.6.6 | A new edition of Amikit is available. There are changes or updates for the following programs: IconLib 46.4.326 (Peter Keunecke), OpenURL 7.13 (Open Source Team), playOGG 130312 (Lorence Lombardo) and YAM 2.8p1 (YAM Open Source Team).

Hoxs64 v1.0.8.5 | David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Added emulation state file save, load and restore facility, Epyx Fastload cartridge and a screen border hide options. Solved a problem with the Retro Reply cartridge and the EasyFlash cartridge. Reworked the CPU code to accommodate XAA/ANE for a MOS8500 as reported by Visual6502.org.

Commodore Pi | Commodore Pi is an project is to develop a native Commodore 64 emulator for the Raspberry Pi, with the following features: Fast boot, HDMI and composite video, GPIO connections, Ethernet and USB. It will include all of the expected emulation features such as SID sound, sprites, joysticks, REU access, etc. as well as additional modern graphics modes.

Hi65 | Hi65 is a high-level Commodore 65 emulator. The Commodore 65 is an proto type 8-bit computer with an 4510 CPU (3.54 MHz), 256 colour graphics and 8 MB of RAM. This emulator does not emulate the whole C65, but it will run programs that are written in BASIC. Changes in this version: Load programs via the command line or with the DLOAD command. Most of the BASIC 10 instructions are working. Extremely fast graphical operations, much faster than the real C65.

UAE4ALL - Dreamcast | UAE4ALL is an Open Source Amiga500 emulator for the Dreamcast console. The current version is a release candidate, but lots of games are running at the moment. Recent changes: SuperThrottle, ADZ support, Save diskette changes to VMU, 2 Floppy drives emulation, Throttle and Autoframeskip.

C64 emulator - Ouya | The Stiggy made a video review of the C64 emulator on the Ouya. The Ouya is a open source game console with a Nvidia Tegra 3 Soc and Andriod OS. He talks about the options for video, audio and the inputs. He explains the loading of the games, the turbo function, the on-screen keyboard and how to use a cartridge.

AmiArcadia - v21.2 | AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Recent changes are: Added title bar message: recording and playback. Improved de-multiplexing and the help function for the Interton games. Improvements to the debugger T-command. And repaired the Elektor game Rocket Hunting.

TAWS v0.22 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favourite web browser. Changes in this version: Support for Internet Explorer 10. Russian texts are now available. The disk drive can be disabled. Improvements for the preferences and many bug fixes.

FCEU - MorphOS | FCEU emulates the classic NES / Famicom game console. FCEU currently has great compatibility, sound support and save ram / save state support. Changes in this version: Improved display initialisation for G5 and laptops. Screen borders are properly blanked on all settings and the display is properly centred in scan line, overlay and full screen.

FS-UAE v2.2.3 | FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Reading file name as program parameter is now correct. Improvements to the launcher. And an update for the Italian translation.

FPGAArcade Replay | The FPGAArcade Replay is now officially for sale. The price will be 199 Euro or 229 Euro for the version with composite/SVHS output. Features: Very large FPGA, 64 MB memory, DVI / HDMI / VGA 15 kHz monitor support, 24 bit / 192 kHz audio DAC and a flexible clock generator.

WinUAE - v2.6.1 | A new version of WinUAE is now available. Changes in this version: New: Input panel Invert option, FPU unimplemented instruction option, 2 MB Chip RAM. Update: OFS hardfile, AGA emualtion, Direct3D, Reset for SCSI emulation and A3000 SCSI emulation.

MIST | MIST is an configurable device that's able to mimic the entire hardware of the computers of the 80's and early 90's. At this moment the Amiga family (A500-A2000) and early Atari ST's (520ST-MegaST4) are supported. MIST can be used to play about 95% if the Amiga and AtariST games. As an extra the Pacman arcade machine has been implemented.

AmiArcadia - v21.1 | AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Recent changes are: Many improvements for the AY-3-8600: Support for auto fire, tools control and high score management. Better emulation for Hockey, Basketball, Rifle game and Gridball. Updates for the Italian, Greek and Spanish languages.

VICE emulator - André Fachat | André Fachat gave a presentation (German language) about the VICE emulator at the Humboldt-University in Berlin Germany. André is the is the Author of the PET and CBM-II emulation part of the Commodore Emulator VICE. André talks about the basics of emulation, emulation precision and the modular and multiplatform design of VICE.

Micro64 | Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. The most recent changes are: Various small errors are removed. Improved VIA6522 and SID emulation. BMP screenshot and AVI video capturing function.

WinUAE - v2.6.0 | A new version of WinUAE is now available. Changes in this version: Improved: Emulation improvements for: A590/A2091/A3000 SCSI, A2065 network and the custom chipset. Maximum supported resolution increased to 8192 x 8192 and the AROS ROM is updated. New: Full 68030, 68040 and 68060 MMU emulation. SCSI and ATAPI (IDE) CD drive emulation.100Hz+ vsync mode black frame insertion support, reduces LCD motion blur.

C64 and Amiga Forever | Cloanto released new versions of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever. The recent changes are: Windows versions have a installer download. You can now create a customized image (CD or USB). New Restore System Files feature. Updated AROS. Enhanced RP9 Editor and integration with social networks.

Green Delicious - C64 | Green Delicious is an Apple-1 emulator that works on the Commodore 64. It emulates the 40x24 monochrome display, 7x8 characters or 280x192 pixels, hardware scrolling and a ASCII keyboard. It mimics somewhat sufficiently the PIA interface chip functions and it's almost as fast as the original.

AmiKit v1.6.5 | A new edition of Amikit is available. There are changes or updates for the following programs: Codesets Library 6.15, FreeWheel 2.2.2, IconLib 46.4.284, lame 3.100a2, MCC BetterString 11.25, MCC NList 0.116, MCC TextEditor 15.41, MCC TheBar 26.12, MUIbase 3.0, NetSurf 3.0, Wazp3D and StormMesa 2010.

Atari++ - Amiga | Atari++ is an emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 game console. The emulator has cycle exact emulation with sound and support for diskette interfaces and joysticks. Changes in this version: Improvements for the file loader, FMS and the GTIA timing and support for ATX files.

FS-UAE v2.2.1 | FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Log option for debugging. New translations. Better support for A3000 and A4000 with the game database. And several bugs are removed.

WinFellow v0.5.1 | A new version of the Amiga emulator WinFellow is now available. Recent changes: Improvements for the interrupts, the debugger and the audio. Emulation of a battery backed real-time clock (Oki MSM 6242). Support for 2 joysticks and the PDF user guide is updated.

C64.emu - Android | Robert Broglia released c64.emu for Android. C64.emu is an advanced Commodore 64 emulator based on VICE 2.4.3. Features: Cart/Tape/Disk auto-start. Save states. FastSID and ReSID. NTSC and PAL support. Generic Bluetooth/USB gamepad and keyboard support and more. Remark: No ROMs/disk images are included.

AmiArcadia - v20.0 | AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Recent changes are: Ravensburg Selbastbaucomputer emulation. Improvements: Restart playback. Interrupt flag, COS/COR files. Game info sub-window. Greek menu short-cuts.

Asteroids Emulator - Plus/4 | Asteroids Emulator is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 made by Norbert Kehrer. The game is based on the classic arcade game released in November 1979 by Atari Inc. The original Asteroids uses a vector display. The object of the game is to shoot and destroy all the asteroids and saucers.

FS-UAE v2.2.0 | FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Update to WinUAE 2.5.1. code. Better stability, better performance and support for directory hard drives. New keyboard shortcuts. Amiga PAL/NTSC mode switching. Support for LHA archive and for more languages.

Atari++ - Amiga | Atari++ is an emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 game console. The emulator has cycle exact emulation with sound and support for diskette interfaces and joysticks. Changes in this version: Improvements for the ANTIC logic, CPU logic and the BRK instruction. Improved the Pokey and GTIA emulation.

Emu64 V5.0.7 | Thorsten Kattanek released a new (beta) version of his Commodore C64 emulator Emu64. The recent changes are: English translation by Selmiak is now complete. Set-up screen is also in English. New: Saturation and contrast for PAL video emulation are now configurable.

TAWS v0.21 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favourite web browser. Changes in this version: iPhone support. Amiga Early Start-up Control. Pre-sets with URL parameters. Play your audio files: AIFF, MP3, MP4, OGG and WAV. An alarm clock. And many small errors were removed.

Emu64 | Thorsten Kattanek started on version 5 of his Emu64 emulator. You can follow his work on his bitbucket development page. You can try the snap shots on your own risk. You can give comments or report a bug via the bitbucket web page. The official releases of Emu64 can be found on the emu64.de web pages.

Scripted Amiga Emulator v0.8 | Rupert Hausbergers made an Amiga Emulator with the help of Javascript and HTML 5. This emulator can be used inside a modern browser such as Chrome. Changes in this version: ECS and AGA support. Improvements for the audio, memory management, CPU, CIA and GUI. New games: Alien Breed 2, Lemmings, Pinball Fantasies, R-Type, Rubicon, Shadow of the Beast, Silkworm and Stunt Car Racer.

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