Archive for November, 2007

Porting old PC games

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

When I was just starting to program for the PSP, I envisioned first doing a port of fMSX, then a port of an emulator specifically for emulating arcade versions of ... Read more..

Posted in emulation, game, psp
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Caprice32 PSP updated

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Version 4.2.0.2 of Caprice32 has been released. New in this version: ZIP file support for disk and tape images Disk images can be saved, ejected and loaded without resetting the system (System ... Read more..

Posted in caprice32, psp, release
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SNA support

Monday, November 26th, 2007

While there will be no support for SNA files, as mentioned in an earlier post, there will be a more sensible way to quickly load and run disk and tape ... Read more..

Posted in caprice32, psp, todo
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Future of Caprice32

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Thanks to those who submitted feedback about Caprice32, ZIP and multi-disk support will be added in the next release. SNA files, on the other hand, will not be supported, and here's ... Read more..

Posted in caprice32, psp, todo
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The infernal question

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

One question that I've been asked time and time again (and most recently by zx-81) is "why bother porting an emulator when there are other ports already?" This question was ... Read more..

Posted in emulation, psp, rant
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Linking and suggestions

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

If you're a site admin and post news about a new or updated emulator release, please link to the weblog article's permalink (by right-clicking the title and selecting 'Copy Link ... Read more..

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Caprice32 PSP

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Caprice32 4.2.0.0 is the latest addition to the collection of emulators. It's an Amstrad CPC emulator, and is my second choice for a port. My initial attempt was to port ... Read more..

Posted in caprice32, psp, release
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fMSX is updated to version 3.4.5

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Version 3.4.5 of fMSX is out - it addresses most of the features mentioned in the Future of fMSX post. Here's the complete list of changes: MSXMUSIC and MSXAUDIO emulation can ... Read more..

Posted in fmsx, psp, release
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