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Hoxs64 | The goal of Hoxs64 is to accurately emulate the Commodore 64 computer. Features: A cycle based CPU, VIC, CIA and SID. Support for .TAP, .PRG, P00, D64 files. In this new version: Improved VIC. Improved SID. Improved the disk inspector. Improved the NMI timing during BRK instruction. Visit the web page for more details and to download the latest version.

FPSE | FPSE stands for Free Play Station Emulator. It is written by BERO and LDChen. The AmigaPPC version is made by Mathias AmiDog Roslund. This release fixes a few minor issues and adds versions for MorphOS and AROS (x86). You can download the latest version from the web page. There is also a FPSE compatibility database to see if your favorite game can be played.

PSPUAE v0.70 | There is a new version available of the Amiga emulator for the SONY PSP. Some of the alterations are: Code optimizations for speed improvement. Better Hsync handler. Rics FAMEC Sound code. Better HEAP SIZE for available memory to PSPUAE. Added Rics FAMEC FrameSkip Algorithm. For downloads, info or the forum take a look at the web page.

WinUAE 1.4.6 | On this new version of the Amiga emulator for windows computers: Automatic configuration of input devices (USB joystick, mouse etc..). Automatic joystick / mouse switching. Dynamic JIT direct memory allocation. A3000 confirmed 2.04 ROM. CD32 FMV cartridge ROM. And there were also a number of bug fixes. Go to the web page to download the latest version.

YAPE 0.78 | The Plus/4 emulator has had an update. New fancy Vista ready icons (courtesy of Chronos). Preliminary MPS802 printer emulation. Improved file association dialog. Optional 1:1 sound sampling (111150 Hz, PAL only for now) and a couple of bugs fixed.

WinUAE 1.4.5 | The Amiga emulator has had an update. In this new version: Removable drive auto mounting. X-Power Professional v1.3 and Nordic Power v1.5 support. Pro-Wizard module ripper updated to v1.62. hq2x filter added. Added two basic A4000 quickstart configurations. More accurate CD32/CDTV end of audio track detection.

Minus4 / Snasm | Minus4 has been updated quite a bit, although only in a development sense. The debugger has improved a lot and a realtime profiler is added. The NEW source to Minus4w (complete with profiler) is released so you can change things yourself. Snasm has also been updated, and now sports 65816/65c02 support, along with some new undocumented ops and bug fixes.

plus4emu v1.2.4 | This is a portable emulator of the Commodore 264 familiy of computers (Plus/4, C16, and C116), aiming for high accuracy and compatibility. In this version: Implemented the ACIA 6551 registers at $FD00-$FD0F, which are automatically enabled for configurations with 64K or more RAM. Video recording in RLE8 format now. Added new command line option for selecting the GUI style and colors. Various minor improvements and bug fixes. This emulator can be used on Windows NT, 2K and XP or on Linux, BSD and UNIX.

UAE versie 0.8.27 | UAE is a software emulation of the hardware of the Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000. UAE is written for Unix systems by Bernd Schmidt and many contributors. It's developed on a Linux machine but it should compile and run on any Unix-like operating system.

FCEU-MorphOS | Kelly Samel put the finishing touches on an FCEU port for MorphOS. FCEU emulates the classic NES / Famicom game console. FCEU currently has great compatibility, sound support, save ram and save state support. Download it from Kelly's web page.

Hoxs64 | The C64 emulator Hoxs64 of David Horrocks has been updated. Some of the new features are: Improved handling of video modes, fixes for the VIC, Floppy LEDs are now working. You can download the emulator at the Davids web page.

VICEplus 1.0 | VICEplus is a fork of VICE Its most important extension currently is C64DTV support. VICEplus is intended to be VICE plus additional features that may or may not end up in VICE. It is based upon the latest release of VICE allowing easy backporting of features if desired.

CCS64 v3.4 | Per Håkan Sundell has released a new version of his Commodore C64 emulator. This emulator can be used on Windows computers with DirectX 9.0 (98 / ME / 2000 / XP). There has been a lot of bug fixes so more games and demos run without problems.

DTV in VICE | Revision 263 is available. Look at the web site for all the improvements made to the support of the DTV in the popular emulator VICE. There is a complete description how to change VICE.

plus4emu v1.2.2 | plus4emu is an open source, emulator of the Commodore Plus/4 computer, written in C++. Available for Linux, Mac and Windows. In this version: Implemented Digi-Blaster emulation. Added limited support for error information in D64 files. P00 format files can be loaded. CPU Speed and Track, side, and sector can be displayed in a window.

VICE 1.22 | In this latest version of the 8-bit Commodore emulator. Added 2 MHz mode and fixed C64-mode autostart for the C128. Improved the sound emulation for the VIC20. VIC-II is improved, also a fix to show the Krestage 3 demo. Improved drive emulation. For the AmigaOS3 and AROS netplay support is added. New VICE Volume control for all ports.

Plus4emu v1.2.1 | This is a portable emulator of the Commodore 264 family of computers (Plus/4, C16, and C116), aiming for high accuracy and compatibility. Plus4emu is made by Istvan Varga and can be downloaded from his developer web page at Sourceforge. The emulator will run on Linux, BSD, UNIX and MS Windows (NT/2000/XP).

WinUAE v 1.4.3 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows computers is available. New features are: Built-in lha, lzh, lzx, zip, 7zip and RAR support. A3000 Kickstart ROM and SuperKickstart disk support. A590 /A2091 SCSI, A3000 SCSI and CDTV SCSI expansion harddrive (HDF) emulation. (WD33C93 + (Super)DMAC based SCSI hardware). Action Cartridge Super IV Prof. freezer cartridge emulation. X-Power Prof. 500 (v1.2) freezer cartridge emulation. - Nordic Power (v2.0) freezer cartridge emulation. Debugger improvements. Also lots of bugs were fixed.

Church of Death | Chris Snowden released a new adventure called Church Of Death. Make a journey to the hunted church of Death. The game can be downloaded. And for the real game collector you can order the game on a real cassette.

VICE for WarpOS and PowerUP | Version 1.21 of the 8-bit Commodore emulator is now available for the Amiga fans who run WarpOS or PowerUP. This VICE version is still experimental. Also on this web page VICE for Amiga OS3.x, OS4.x, MorphOS and AROS.

Yape v0.75 | Another release of the Plus/4 emulator. Here's a list of the changes made: Support for custom drive ROM images. Added parallel 1541 drive emulation. Optional breakpoint opcode ($F2). /BREAK command line parameter now accepts hexadecimal addresses (0xADDE). True drive emulation and high accuracy mode are now the default. Couple of bugfixes (custom joystick keys etc.).

DTV support in VICE | The only 8-bit Commodore computer missing in VICE is the C64 - DTV. Jason Winters has made a wiki to add the C64 - DTV support to VICE. The DMA engine, DTV opcode, memory banking, verbessert VIC-II and the Blitter are implemented. There are a few things to do but most DTV demos are already running.

Yape v0.74 | Another new release. This time with the following changes: Custom joystick controls. Customizable RAM startup patterns. Adjustable interlaced line shade in double sized VDU emulation mode. Slightly improved SID filters and improved mixing of audio channels. And a couple of little bugs fixed.

New version of CCS64 | In this latest release the following features: New menus have been added in Windows style dialogs. The screen output can be saved as a (un-compressed) AVI file (audio + video). New key combinations for controlling the video and audio saving. Also fixed are several errors in the textual menus.

Plus4emu | Plus4emu is an open source, portable emulator of the Commodore Plus/4 computer, written in C++, and supporting Windows and Linux. It implements accurate, high quality hardware emulation, however, the system requirements are higher than that of most other emulators.

VICE v1.21 | A new release from the VICE team. All systems have now SID cartridge support. MMC64, Digimax and Action Replay III support for the C64. For more information on the changes and fixes take a look at the web site of the VICE team. VICE can emulate all 8 bit Commodore systems on Linux, UNIX, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, MS DOS, MS Windows, OS/2, Solaris, Amiga, Mac OS X and GP2X systems.

Yape v0.72 | Another new version of Yape. This time with the following changes and improvements. Implementation of exact video shift register emulation in VHA mode. Improved PAL-NTSC switch artifacts. Oversampling now also for the SID card. Selectable sound replay frequency. More fullscreen mode options. This new version can be downloaded at the Yape web site.

Yape v0.71 | A new version of the Plus/4 emulator is out. Changes are: Forced Update Overlay call introduced in 0.70 now optional, Optionally allow only one instance of the emulator to run. Two older tweaks (load vector patch and 1541 loader hack) are incorporated. Command line options: /DISK#:image for attaching an image to drive {8,9,10,11} at startup, /TAPE:image for attaching a TAP/WAV image on startup, /TYPE:text for typing 'text' on startup, NOSTART will suppress autostart. And a couple of TED bugfixes.

WinUAE v1.3.4 | There is a new version of the popular Amiga emulator WinUAE. Many bug fixes like: Improved bsdsocket emulation stability, Winuaeclipboard crash fix, Windows Vista compatibility problems fixed, Sound system improved, ECS Denise/AGA borderblank feature works properly, Catweasel MK4 mouse support. And also there are new features: Improved emulation of AGA sprites outside display window, Multi-port serial devices are directly mapped to PC serial ports, 1M (1024KB) ROM image support, Custom chipset interrupt timing improved. The new version is ready to be downloaded.

KIM-1 emulator | Cameron Kaiser has updated his KIM-1 information page. Besides technical info on this first Commodore computer Cameron also released a KIM-1 emulator that runs on a Commodore C64. This emulator is called the Incredible KIMplement. It is a true, partial emulation of the original KIM-1 hardware featuring: Powered by 6o6 - a full software NMOS 6502 emulation with all addressing modes, simulated ROM, and simulated memory - mapped I/O. LED and keypad emulation via partial RIOT emulation. TTY emulation (ASR-33 subset) via partial RIOT emulation. SST emulation. 4K RAM expander card KIM-4 emulation with 8K RAM expander card (thus total address space 16K).Revision EPROMs built-in, so you don't have to find a pirated set or download them from your own KIM. Load and save RAM dumps to disk.

YAPE for the PSP | For the people who own a Sony PSP there is good news. ZX 81 has released a new version of YAPE the Commodore Plus/4 emulator for the PSP. Everything you need to know how to use it is included as a TXT file. And if you want another emulator for the PSP. Then ZX-81 can help you there too. Here's a list of working emulators: Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 series, BBC Micro, CPC, ColecoVision, Intellivision , MSX(2), SamCoupé , Thomson TO7 and the Sinclair ZX 81.

Yape v0.69 | A new version of Yape is out with the following changes: Tape counter in the status bar, TED and SID mixed sound can now also be saved to AVI/WAV, Bug in 1551-IEC / file system mode fixed. Get the new version from the web site.

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