Friday, September 26, 1997

• SNES9x version .2 for Sun Solaris, and Linux released early this morning! The Server is/was down for a bit, but I think it should be back soon. Seems like everything has bee re-written for this release... as to get some MAJOR speedups! Everythings been going to ASM. New graphics engine, new CPU core, new MODE 7 graphics routines. Everything has been re-done in the intrest of speed. Sounds like the Dos/Win ports are right around the corner... but for all of you with MACINTOSH or LINUX or SUN systems... get the latest and greatest!

http://www.euronet.nl/users/jkoot/

Thursday, September 25, 1997

• Updated the SNES Developers Corner, with a new emulator Source Code, called RSRSNES. It's primitive, but could be usefull!

Tuesday, September 23, 1997

• We need help with the SNES Sentinel. I am taking "aplications" for 2 writing positions..
  Click here to find out what we're looking for.
• Two updates have been made to the SNES News Center. Check 'em out.

Wednesday, September 17, 1997

• The Chat area, has moved from here at the Emulator Review, over to EMUNEWS chat room. It's just going to be better this way! Check out the schedule when I'll try to be there, and come join the talk. The Chat Room.
• SNeSe has now moved from Demo #8, on to an actual release version, of .09. "Even though the chages were small, this is a big release" states the author. Here's the homepage, and happy downloading!
  http://www.focused.simplenet.com/sneese/index.html

Tuesday, September 16, 1997

• SNESLight emulator dropped! He has discontinued his emulator, due to lack of intrest and time.
  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/5961/

Monday, September 15, 1997

• Updated the SNES Developers Corner with GrimSnes Source Code.
• Woah... another section is in the works...hehe. It won't be of much intrest to most of you. But if you're new to emulation, we're making the Beginners Package. It will include a Front End, a batch file, and several freeware roms. There will be starter packages for several emulators, as to allow many people to get up and running quickly. We don't know what to call the page, or the package. E-mail snesemu@ztnet.com if you have any suggestions.
• Construction begins on a new section. We call it, The Translation Station. It will make it's first appearance in about 1 week or so. Be on the lookout...

SNeSe Demo 8 now available. Here's all the new goodies. :)

• A new executable is provided in the archive (ELF.EXE) it is the partially optimised version of SNEeSe by
  Dark Elf. This one starts in 256*256 MODEX resolution, whereas SNEeSe start in 320*200 VGA mode.
• 4 Screen Modes are now available, they can be chosen via the GUI, CONFIG menu.
  FIXED! The stupid error in DMA mode 0, now the graphics are no longer corrupt in Mario and Zelda (+
  more).
• Added mode 7 support, you can now see the screen data but scaling etc is not yet implemented. Hardware
  scrolling is though so some ROMs, like Soccer look playable.
• Altered screen code so it now uses either 240 or 224 pixels for verticle size, depending on hardware
  setting.
• Added allegro library, so keyboard should work as well a in most emulators. Joystick support (4 Button
  only) has also been added.
• PCX saver has been improved and should now save piccies that can be viewed in any pcx compatable viewer.
  The PCX saver was written by Arcane.
• SPC Implemented. Don't get excited.. no sound yet, I have just added the processor emulation. With many
  opcodes currently incomplete (only 120 odd supported so far!).

Tuesday, September 9, 1997

• Well, this concerns the Rom Review. Because of the speed in development of the SNES Emulators, and the number of ones available, we may discontinue the Review portion of the site. :( We will at least bring the "Emulator as a whole" review up to par. However... if we do decide to drop work on specific rom reviews, we will add areas of intrest, including Interviews, and Rom Translation projects. Send us an e-mail at snesemu@ztnet.com to tell us your opinion about this possible change.
  
  Sincerely,
  Zach, and the rest of the staff.

Monday, September 8 1997

• It's a bit late, but it is worthy of a mention. It was also added to the downloads/archive page. Again, thank you EMUNEWS.
  Snemul Alpha #2 Released! Nicolas Lannier has released his second alpha of his SNES emulator for DOS. The major
  new feature is that Snemul now has a "main core was fully written in Assembler, so Snemul become the fastest
  emulator now." Thanks to ZoOp of Emulation Camp.
  
  http://www.mygale.org/04/zoop/snemul/index.html

Sunday, September 7 1997

• Mr. Grim, of GrimSnes has released the source code for his emulator. Multiple versions, in both Assembly and C are included. Check his site out, in order to pick up this valuable pack of code.
  http://www.tcsx.net/users/kreitac/index.htm
  This will also be posted shortly in the Developers Corner.

• Snemul Alpha #2 Released! Nicolas Lannier has released his second alpha of his SNES emulator for DOS. The major
  new feature is that Snemul now has a "main core was fully written in Assembler, so Snemul become the fastest
  emulator now." Thanks to ZoOp of Emulation Camp.
  http://www.mygale.org/04/zoop/snemul/index.html
  Thanks to EMUNEWS for this tidbit.

Saturday, September 6 1997

• It's incredible! I am back.. not everyday... but still, I'm back. Things were kind of bad around here, so I had to take some time off. On April 1st, 1997, even before this site went online, my mom had to go into the hospital for an emergency Hisdirectomy. She had a large growth the size of a grapefruit inside her uterus. That was sucessfuly removed, and she was going through a normal recovery. About 2 weeks later, we received the pathology report. The tumor was cancerous. We did not know however, if the cancer had spread. All signs were negative, and it was believed to be contained in the uterus. In the middle-end of May, she was scheduled to go for follow-up radiation treatment. In order to be sure that it was gone. However, about 3 days before her first treatment, there was a call from the office, saying they would have to cancel it. But no reason was given. My dad called them, to find out what was going on. He works about 50 minutes from our house. He got home in less than 30. It turns out, the cancer had spread VERY QUICKLY to her lungs. She was to begin Chemotherapy immediatly. Since mid June, she has had 6 treatments. The cancer has shrunk, but has not vanished. Things are still very questionable. I took the month off, just to think about things, and get stuff sorted out. I've still been around, keeping up with current events. :) I thank all of you, who still visit, even though I've not kept a visible update going. Have a good day/week and I hope to update again soon. :)

Zach, A.K.A Leviathan