• datfiles aren't needed anymore
• correct handling of ym3812 samples
• correct handling of write-protected zipfiles
• recoded 'fix-name' routine
• size optimization
• very small gui changes

• Speedup a bit.
• Added YM2610 emulation (by HAN).
• Z80 bank system added.
• Load support for ROMS on ZIP compressed format.
• Frame skip auto, option added.
• Language selection of the neogem.ini and the emulator.
• Added support for PAD/Joystick 2,4,6 buttons.
• New function for save and load state.
• Option to save the Hiscores.
• More games run, King of Monsters II, Kizuna Encounter...
• Fixed graphic error in Metal Slug.
• Background speed animation fixed (again...)
• Sound and Music selectable.
• more...

• Added option to save MAME32 game session as an AVI file. Select "Capture As AVI file" from the File menu and then start or stop capturing using then F12 key. From John Zissopoulos.
• Added multiple monitor display support for Windows 98/Windows 2000.
• Added column sort order persistence when starting a new session of MAME32.

Thanks to John of the great MAME32 Q&A department for the news!

Many thanks go to Emulation World and especially Lev!!!

Of course this appeals to the rest of the world, too. If you see something I missed, contact me at once and mails in english or german are preferred! :-)

"Once Mike H. got his hands on the code, interface components started to appear. :-) We still have work ahead of us, but it's nice to know the network code is integrated and working with the latest sources. I think everyone can look forward to something interesting in the future..."!

Big thanks go to: Phozmo, István and John for the help! :-))

If you can help with some of the missing sets and/or with fixes for existing sets (like the ks101.dat file for "Kram") feel free to contact me! Please note that I have the Turbo Force romset (two files got bad crc) so don't send it to me! ;-)

I don't understand the public outcry when it comes to N64 emulation. A lot of people claim that the system is too new to be emulated but hey, the N64 came out more then two years ago! Everybody keeps his fingers crossed for Connectix to win the suit against Sony and is still busy awaiting Bleem - so, what makes the emulation of Playstation games better then the emulation of the N64? Is it just the fact that everybody can copy his own Playstation cds?

Another point that is often mentioned: "...but these roms are making money right now they shouldn't be emulated..."! Well, PSX cds are now on sale too and what most people don't mention: Color Gameboy roms are more recent then most N64 games! During the last few months 30+ CGB roms were released and a lot of sites carry them regardless of the fact that Nintendo is making money of them right now! Color Gameboy emulators were the state of the art a couple of days ago which everybody praised and now an N64 emulator suddenly is bad news for emulation? No way!

And can somebody please tell me the difference between the latest NeoGeo games and N64 games? Not so long ago nearly everybody was craving for the release of the "KOF '98" roms and even now a lot of people keep asking for "Last Blade 2" and "Shock Troopers 2" to be released. To compare this again with the N64 you should keep in mind that most games on the N64 are much older then these NeoGeo roms! What is so damn special about the N64???

I think the only problem with N64 emulation is the fact that the roms for it are not so widespread as the roms for virtually *every* other system! Almost noone has access to a copier and nobody looked for N64 roms because they were to huge to download (and to be carried in rom archives on the net) and not worth the time and money because they wouldn't be emulated anyway. And now all of a sudden an emulator emerged and people go crazy. Well, what did you expect ? When most people had some roms to test the emulator there wouldn't be so many negative voices regarding Ultra right now - just the praise that it deserves!

To close this whole rant, I'd like to thank Epsilon and RealityMan for showing us that the impossible is possible and I hope that Ultra is not dead yet! Don't be discoraged by Nintendo - emulators are legal!

And the very best thing about this N64 emulator is the fact that it creates a great diversion for arcade emulation because now everybody will start hosting and hunting N64 roms and maybe classic arcade games will have some more room to breathe! :-))

Here is my mail-address which you can use for any other emulation gossip as well!

"We have news on NEO-Gem, the NEO-GEO Emulator written by the spanish Han and Kray :), here is what we have received directly from the E-Mail: "Speaking of NEOGem, I spend some time on Christmas removing some Bugs, added zipped Rom Support, managed to speed things up a bit and am currently working on the YM2610 emulation. I optimised the Motorola->Z80 communication and at last the Z80 sends me some music data. Although the emulation of the YM2610 is very preliminary some thing like Drums, Sfx etc can be heard. It still lacks FM Emulation of the Yamaha Chip, what seems to be most difficult. Sidewinder Support is still lacking due to lack of time but I will try it as soon as a new version is about to come ;-)." Very soon the Homepage of NEOGEM will return when the Server is complete ? It will also have an own subdomain: neogem.emuspain.com cool isn`t it? :)" !