FinalBurn Alpha v0.2.91 released
 
The long wait is over, finally a beta of the latest build of FinalBurn Alpha has been released...
 
(This is basically a new emulator with far too many new features to list - the following is merely a very brief summary).

• Toaplan2 emulation.
• Massively improved CPS-2 emulation with support for all currently XORed games.
• Improved CPS-1 emulation with support for the recent (Chinese?) hacks.
• Many, many UI enhancements.
• New blitters - including RGB effects, etc.
• Demo recording and playback.

Grab this new version from our downloads page. ____________________________________
IDSA woes
 
Due to an issue that has arisen with the IDSA all XOR's have been removed from this site until further notice. This has not been done as an admission of wrong doing but rather to respect the request for them to be removed by our server admin.
 
It seems the IDSA are interested in Alien Vs Predator which I believe Activision now hold the rights for. I have contacted the IDSA directly regarding the matter and await their response so we can resolve the situation.

I have been quite busy latley working on a new project, while it's still in testing I'm sure some people will be very interest (Especially if you're a owner of MVS hardware).
 
Visit The UNIVERSE BIOS Homepage for more info.

Release 095 Dedicated to willpower the donator.
 

 
Mega Man 2 (USA 960708) (872kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Release 096 Dedicated to Dr. MAD the donator.
 

 
Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Asia 960826) (632kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Release 097 Dedicated to Dr. MAD the donator.
 

 
X-Men COTA (Asia 941217) (547kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Kawaks v1.45 released
 
Kawaks has been updated too, here's what's new...

• New drivers:
  • Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (US 960708)
  • Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Asia 960826)
  • X-Men: Children of the Atom (Asia 941217)
  • Neo No Panepon
• Fixed sound in Ninja Commando, Ninja Combat, Crossed Swords, Trash Rally, Blues Journey thanks to Acho A. Tang.
• Fixed autoanim, thanks to Razoola and ElSemi.
• Added correct random number generation (thanks Raz & smf).
• Added 16 to 32bpp wrapper: Now all blitters will work in 32bpp windowed mode (be aware its much slower than 16bpp).
• Added menu item to control Multitask Friendly for netplay.
• Kawaks won't overwrite old screenshots anymore.
• Fixed Select not working in some NeoGeo games (aes mode).
• Added debug dipswitches support for NeoGeo games.
• Tons of rewrites and cleanups.
• Fixed Twinkle Star Sprites hang (introduced in 1.44).

Get the latest version from the Kawaks homepage. ____________________________________
Nebula v2.19b released
 
Elsemi has released another bugfixed Nebula...

• NEOGEO:
  • Fixed Fatal Fury 2 protection not working.
  • Fixed VLiner not working.
  • Fixed Alpha Mission 2 missing sounds.
  • Added 6 slot support for Multi slot MVS emulation.
  • Added Bangbead encrypted romset.
• CPS2:
  • New XOR's
      -  Mega Man 2: Power Fighters (US 960708)
      -  Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Asia 960826)
      -  X-Men: Children of the Atom (Asia 941217)
• CPS1:
  • Fixed wrong tiles on 1st floor of Magic Sword.

Grab this new version from our downloads page. ____________________________________
CPS2mame v2.611 released
 
I have recompiled CPS2mame to include all the latest XOR releases above, nothing else new apart from that.
 
Lastly I have made a temporary CPS-2 dat so you can all audit your CPS-2 ROM's. The dat works with CLRmame PRO but I have no idea if it works with ROMcenter.
 
Download all the above from our downloads page.
 
It's been quite a busy day today all in all. Time to relax and get drunk now, especially as it's my birthday :)