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PSPUAE v0.60 | There is a new version of PSPUAE available. Changes / improvements are: New auto frame skip logic with fps limiting for both PAL and NTSC, Real 4 channel stereo, Added new Menu User Interface, Immediate Blits, Blitter Cycle Exact, High Density Floppy possible. The read me has also been fully reworked, to explain this emulator. The Amiga emulator for the SONY PSP is available from the web site.

GEOS on the Nintendo DS | Andreas Varga ported the GEOS system to the portable Nintendo DS. You can use GEOS with the stylus on the touch screen. Andreas also included a virtual keyboard like in the Frodo emulator. He made a little video that you can download from Google Video.

CCS64 | There is a new version of the popular C64 emulator CCS64 available. New features are: Multi play over Internet, windowed mode, more screen resolutions, increased compatibility, more Windows friendly, integrated HardSID support.

BeepEm | There is a BBC Acorn emulator available for the Amiga. The emulator runs on OS4. It is a pre release but you can use it to play games or use software for the BBC Acorn computer.

Yape 0.68 | In the new version of the Plus/4 emulator Yape there is a new addition. The Toshiba 6721 speech integrated circuit has been emulated. This means that Yape is now a V364 emulator as well. The difference between a normal Plus/4 and the prototype V364 is a bigger keyboard and the speech capabilities. Another feature is the performance mode for very slow PCs. In this mode the speed is up by about 3 times but true drive emulation is turned off and the TED is not 100% accurate. Download the latest version from the web site.

VICE 1.20 | A new version of VICE is released. C64 - More supported cartridges, Swiftlink and turbo232 support, 256k memory expansion. PET - 128kb REU memory expansion support. PLUS4 - Added 256k, 1024k and 4096k memory expansion support. The 8-bit Commodore emulator VICE will run on the following platforms: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS, AROS (x86/ppc), GP2X port, MAC OSX, Windows, Acorn RISC, BeOS, Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris and MS-DOS.

WinUAE 1.3.1 | The popular Amiga emulator for the Windows PC has made some improvements. A couple of examples are. Original extended ADF read bug. Larger than 1280 wide fullscreen modes work. WHDLoad - commands supported. PC floppy drive drive sound emulation :) PC DD and HD floppy image support. Improved audio filter and interpolation code from uade added. Build-in HRTMon debugger / monitor. Action Replay for Amiga 1200 ROM image support. Fixed garbage lines when program mixed interlace and non - interlace modes. Go to the website for the latest version.

VICE for the Apple | Chris made a complete package to install the VICE emulator on a Apple computer. The features are: Automatically compiles everything from source. Universal Binaries for PowerPC and Intel Macs are created. For each emulator a bundled Application is created that starts up on single click. Launches required X11 automatically. Shows both console and emulator window. MacViceBuilder can be downloaded from the website.

Play Plus/4 games online. | Chris from Commodore16.com has been working on games that can be played on the Minus4j Emulator online. With this Java emulator which Mike Dailly created you can now play more than 1500 games.

Yape 0.67 | Bugfix update this time. Improved TED chip emulation. Some class refactoring. A bit more consistent GUI. Unused 7501/8501 processor port bits bug fixed. Disk corruption bug (after formatting) fixed in true drive emulation. Rare 'save as PRG' dialog crash fixed. You can get your copy of Yape on the website.

Amiga/VICE | The Versatile Commodore Emulator VICE runs on almost every platform from DOS to Linux. Now Mathias AmiDog Roslund and Marco van den Heuvel are busy to port VICE to Amiga OS, Morph OS and AROS.

Power64 | This is a website about emulating old Commodore computers such as the C64 and the Amiga on your Macintosh. The website also covers subjects such as C64 or Amiga games, demos, music, how to copy files from your Mac back to your trusty old Commodore etc.

ASp v0.87a | ASp is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum Emulator for the Amiga. It is coded in 680x0 assembly language and is intended to be authentic and easy to use. Ian has released version 0.87b with a couple of bugfixes. Only the useless rubber keys are not emulated. :)

A/NES v1.01beta1 | A/NES is a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator for AmigaOS. Morgan released a new version of A/NES it can be used on an Amiga with some fast memory and a faster processor than the 68020. Go to the website to download this program.

Adfread 1.0 | Adfread will allow you to create ADF floppy disk images from regular Amiga disks using standard PC hardware. Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003, BIOS support for 2 floppy drives, Regular formatted Amiga disks without any copy-protection, A normal PC-formatted 1.44M floppy.

CCS64 update | Per Håkan Sundell has released an new version of his C64 emulator. Advantages over previous versions: Multiplay over Internet, windowed mode, more screen resolutions, increased compatibility, more Windows friendly, integrated HardSID support.

Yape 0.65 | New version of Yape is out, with a handful of new features and a usual bunch of bugfixes. A long requested feature, symbolic keymapping, has been added this time. Disk write support for 1581 emulation. Save screenshots as GIF (now default). Fixed a sync problem on dual core AMD based machines. Fixed a glitch in decimal mode of ARR. Fixed a memory corruption when loading a D64 as PRG.

WinUAE v1.2 | A new version of the Amiga emulator is available for download. Here a a few of the new features and bug fixes: FPU emulation updates and fixes. Ability to create 1:1 HDF from Amiga formatted hard disk. PNG screen shots. Manual language selection. Right border color problems finally fixed. Misc custom chip set emulation updates. CIA TOD counter fix. Swapped parallel port joystick adapter fire buttons. Corrupted wav-files in 4 channel audio mode fixed.

Timetable | Timetable is a new SID made by Surgeon of Vulture Design. This SID reached number 5 at the Symphony 2006.

Hox64 update | The Hox64 emulator has had some improvements. In the last weeks David Horrocks added the following: FDI and G64 disk formats, better 1541 emulation, improved SID, more accurate sprite collision.

VICE v1.19 | There is a new release of the 8-bit Commodore emulator VICE available. New in this version: Fixed RESTORE key works only once bug. Fixed compilation with GCC4. Fixed an opcode execute problem with the +60k expansion for the C64. C64: 256k expansion support. VIC-II, Fixed switch from idle state to display state. Added missing DEN bit scrolling feature. The experimental netplay feature has been extended to Unix and DOS. Improvements on the tape loader routine and screenshots formats.

Visual Basic 64 | There are many C64 emulators out there but Andy wanted something different. He has written an (open source) C64 emulator in Visual Basic. You can download the emulator from his website. In the original C64 the Microsoft Basic was a part of the C64 but now the C64 becomes a part of Microsoft (Visual) Basic. It's a strange world out there...

Hoxs64 | The Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows with DirectX7 or higher. The emulator is still under development, therefore if a feature is missing now, it will not be missing in the future. Features: Cycle based CPU, CIA, VIC and SID, Full screen mode, Configurable keyboard and joystick, TAP PRG P00 D64 file support. You can download the latest version on the website.

YAPE 0.64 | A new version of YAPE the well known emulator for the 264 series of Commodore computers is released. This is basically a bugfix release, a lot of regression bugs have been fixed. Fixed IRQ delay bug of CPU after SEI instruction. Fixed a regression crash on certain TAP files. Fixed sound delay when recording to AVI. And many small bug fixes.

VICE 1.18 | New version of the popular 8-bit Commodore emulator for the PC is available. New features or fixes are: The 72 minute crash is fixed. Added Structured Basic, Comal 80 and Ross cart support. Improved the VDC emulation (C128). The OS/2 port works again now. New HardSid support (experimental) for the UNIX port. 'Netplay' option linking two emulators via TCP network (experimental and x64-only for now).

WinUAE v1.1 | A new release of WinUAE. Lots of bugfixes and new features. Old versions of AdaptecASPI and NeroASPI are now automatically rejected. Full SCSI device support in SPTI mode. Display panel resolution and depth moved to separate select boxes Disk history format changed.

VICE 1.17 | There is a new version of VICE (The Commodore 8 bit emulator). New in this version: GeoRAM memory expansion support with sizes from 64KB to 4MB. Also RamCart and +60K memory expansion support. And Userport RS232 emulation should work as expected now. (Q-Link)

WinUAE 1.1 | There is a new version (1.1) of the WinUAE Amiga emulator. Lots of bugfixed were made. Also a lot of new feature are included in the newest version. You can download the newest version for free on the website.

Amiga Forever 2005 | Amiga forever is a PC emulator system for the Amiga computers. Preconfigured WinUAE and WinFellow emulation engines with auto-updates. Preinstalled games, demos and applications (web browser, paint, etc.) On the DVD version also five hours of must-see Amiga videos.

UAE4ALL - Dreamcast | UAE4ALL is an Open Source Amiga500 emulator for the Dreamcast console. The current version is a Beta version but lots of games are running at the moment. Also on the website are other emulators for the Dreamcast such as NEOGEO/CD emulator and Atari ST emulator.

JAVA C64 | If you have Java installed on your computer you can play C64 classics on-line. You can choose from a lot of games like Zaxxon, Stix, Blue Max and many more.

PSP with VICE | Do you like the C64 but also the SONY PSP. Now there is a solution. Run the VICE emulator on your PSP.
It's not perfect yet but it runs a lot of games already.

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