Kawaks v1.38 released
 

Kawaks supports Metal Slug 3!!!

• New games supported:
  • Metal Slug 3 (non encrypted P)
  • Metal Slug 3 (non encrypted P, decrypted C)
• New language packs:
  • Hebrew, Russian, Swedish, Greek

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage.

Kawaks v1.37c released
 
Mr. K. has released yet another bug fixed Kawaks...

• Fixed close attacks in Garou.
• Fixed Japanese text in Garou's first cut scene.
• Added more language packs and fixed a couple.

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage.

Kawaks v1.37b released
 
Mr. K. has released a bug fixed Kawaks which solves the issue some where having with blinking borders while in full screen, also added are a few new language packs. Grab this new version from the Kawaks homepage. ____________________________________
Kawaks v1.37 released
 
Here is the new Kawaks that supports Garou (the real arcade version) and the encrypted version of Kof2000. There is other new stuff in there also...

• New games supported:
  • Garou: Mark of the Wolves
  • Garou: Mark of the Wolves (decrypted C)
  • The King of Fighters 2000 (encrypted)
• The old Kof2000 set is now named "The King of Fighters 2000 (fully decrypted)".
• Direct Draw rewrite: Kawaks should run fine with DirectX 5 now (no more DDRAW.DLL error).
• Added a "Multitask friendly" switch (Misc menu) for those who think 1.35 was faster than 1.36.
• Language pack support. Now you can run Kawaks in your mother tongue (language packs wanted).
• Added a hack to prevent the crash while loading in kof2000n for those who still have the bad M1 rom.
• Fixed columns width in Shot Factory.
• Added many tracklists, courtesy of DarkCloud.

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage.
 
Please do not ask for the needed ROM's, they will turn up in the usual outlets shortly (probably already there).

W.I.P updated
 
Boy I have been busy and as a result another W.I.P update just two days after the last one.

W.I.P updated
 
Our W.I.P page has been updated with our current status of work on NeoGeo and some new info on the system. Head on over and take a look in your interested.

LogiqX has updated his ROM verify DAT's and César Nicolás González has updated CPSe (Qsound player) to v0.02. Head over to our downloads page to grab them.

Nebula v1.94b released
 
ElSemi has released a bug fixed Nebula...

• NEOGEO:
  • Changed kof2000 romset names.
  • Fixed console mode for nitd and kof2000.
  • Added support sets with decrypted gfx.
  • Fixed kof99 and kof99d graphics.
• CPS2:
  • Fixed a Directsound 3D bug that was causing strange problems (I forgot to add an EMMS opcode at the end of the MMX code).
• GENERAL:
  • Slowdowns while connected to internet or using other audio programs in background should now be mostly fixed now.
  • Added option to show sound codes, useful to find codes for Force Feedback.

The new version can be found on our downloads page. ____________________________________
FinalBurn Alpha v0.220 released
 
Team FB Alpha have updated FinalBurn Alpha fixing some bugs with sound and more in the last release...

• Fixed cawing & clones buildings gfx error.
• Fixed repeating sounds.
• Fixed sound crashing in DDTOD and other games.
• Changed keys for volume up and down.
• Fixed aspect ratio for vertical games
• Added the third button to the mtwins driver.
• Fixed crashes cwingj, knightsj, qadj, striderj, varth.

The new version can be found on our downloads page.

FinalBurn Alpha v0.210 released
 
Team FB Alpha were quick to update FinalBurn Alpha adding the games released yesturday. The new version can be found on our downloads page.

Release 067 Dedicated to...
 
Fogueman, Corvus, Koiote, pos_ch, GuErRa, Cybertoy, Ramafan, Kaervek, Indeep, bcn123456, Bad_CRC and finally Miyamoto.
 
 

 
D&D: Tower of Doom (Euro 940412) (1,537kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Release 068 Dedicated to Dr. MAD the donator.
 

 
X-Men COTA (Euro 950105) (550kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Release 069 Dedicated to Dr. MAD the donator.
 

 
X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Euro 960910) (539kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Release 070 Dedicated to taucher0815 the donator.
 

 
Vampire Savior (Asia 970519) (586kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Release 071 Dedicated to taucher0815 the donator.
 

 
Street Fighter Zero 3 (Asia 980701) (668kb)
 
These files are not ROM's in any way, they simply
allow encrypted ROM's to be non-encrypted. ____________________________________
Kawaks v1.36 released
 
Mr. K has released a new kawaks to support the above. He also looks to have fixed a longstanding bug that may have caused jerkyness for some people. He would like feedback from those people if this version is better.

• New games supported:
  • D&D: Tower of Doom (Euro 940412)
  • Street Fighter Zero 3 (Asia 980701)
  • Vampire Savior (Asia 970519)
  • X-Men: Children of the Atom (Euro 950105)
  • X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Euro 960910)
  • The King of Fighters 2000 (encrypted C)
• KOF2000 (encrypted C) decrypts the encrypted 'C' ROM's. Thanks to Nicola Salmoria for info.
• Added trackball emulation for The Irritating Maze.
• Fixed 257-m1.bin merge info for kof2000/kof2000n.
• Fixed a last bug in the Romcenter DAT generation.
• Found a bug in the sound sync code. May fix some jerkiness for some people (feedback wanted).
• Included some code to try to make Kawaks less CPU intensive and more multitask friendly.
• Changed Step frame from Space to Shift+Space.
• Added some keyboard shortcuts to modify cheats.
• Fixed the puzzle game in Three Wonders (CPS1).
• Fixed macros for NeoGeo games.
• Changed Redefine keys dialog box so it now shows macro text next to the macro key.
• New Shot factory (Tools menu).

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage. ____________________________________
FinalBurn Alpha v0.200 released
 
A new FB Alpha has been released... There is simply to many new features to list it all but the main addition is raster effects and sprite masking in CPS-2 games. The new version can be found on our downloads page. ____________________________________
CPS2Mame v2.560 released
 
I have updated our version of CPS2mame again, it's now based on MAME v0.56 and includes the above releases.
 
This along with updated Nebula dats to support the new releases can be found on our downloads page.

Nebula v1.94 released
 
ElSemi has added much to nebula, just look at this...

• NEOGEO CD:
  • Fixed some loading screens that caused a emulation crash (mslug and many more).
  • Fixed CD games being reported missing.
  • Fixed ISO+MP3 crashes.
  • Fixed KOF99 from crashing.
  • Modified the NeoGeo CD docs.
• NEOGEO:
  • Added King of Fighters 2000 (decrypted set).
  • Removed Metal Slug 3 from the gamelist.
  • Added 512 Kb S rom support (thanks Mr K).
  • I forgot to thank Nicola, many thanks to him for making new NeoGeo games playable.
  • Sengoku 3 is NOT SUPPORTED. This game is only 4-5 months old and still in arcades.
  • Changed the gfx decryption method, it should be faster and require less memory.
  • If there is not enough memory to perform the decryption, games run with encrypted gfx.
• CPS2:
  • Fixed 4 point interpolation equation that was causing some artifacts in high pitched sound.
  • Added new QSound code to the Directsound 3D renderer (forgot to add it in last release).
  • Slightly faster Z80+QSound emulation by removing some unneeded FP operations.
  • Fixed Directsound 2d Narrow mode always being Mono, now it's Stereo.
• CPS1:
  • Fixed Nemo (Japan) from always appearing in the gamelist.
• GENERAL:
  • Added Hotkeys documentation.

The new version can be found on our downloads page.

Kawaks v1.35 released
 

The above pic says it all :)) need I say more?
 
The game is 100% working with ZERO tile errors. Mr. K added more stuff to Kawaks also, here's what's new....

• New games supported:
  • The King of Fighters 2000
  • Ganryu (decrypted C)
  • Nightmare in the Dark (decrypted C)
  • Strikers 1945 Plus (decrypted C)
  • Prehistoric Isle 2 (decrypted C)
• The "decrypted C" games load faster, require less RAM than their counterparts and are identical in gameplay. See the following feature also.
• Added a feature to save decrypted C ROM's from encrypted games. Enable this option in the Tools menu before loading an encrypted game.
• Added support for the new WindJammers S1 rom.
• Rewrote audit, it's now a lot more accurate.
• Rewrote RomCenter dat gen (should be perfect).
• Added a new ClrMAMEPro dat generator.
• Changed Kawaks so the load dialog filters don't act on Audit and DAT generation any longer.
• Changed 'Use HotRod configuration' to map things more cleverly in NeoGeo games.
• Tidied the menus a bit.

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage.
 
Please do not ask for the needed ROM's, they will turn up in the usual outlets shortly (probably already there).

Kawaks v1.34 released
 
Mr. K has released a new kawaks supporting the newly playable NeoGeo games. Here's what's new.

• New games supported:
  • Ganryu
  • Nightmare in the Dark
  • Strikers 1945+
  • Prehistoric Isle 2
• Kudos to Nicola S. for breaking the encryption.
• Alpha Mission 2 changed to match MAME 056.
• Changed KOF99 so it uses the encrypted gfx roms.
• Added a set of KOF99 (kof99nd) which loads faster for people with low memory machines. It uses:
  • kf99p_c*.rom from the prototype.
  • kf99_s1d.rom (released some time ago).
  • kof99_v* / m1.rom from kof99.zip.
  • kf99n_p1 / p2.rom from kof99n.zip.
  • This gives a simple standard NeoGeo set, gamewise identical to the big encrypted one.
• Fixed bug where ticks were cleared in the menus.

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage. ____________________________________
Nebula v1.93 released
 
ElSemi has also added the decrypted NeoGeo games to Nebula, He's also added NeoGeo CD and more...

• NEOGEO CD:
  • Neogeo CD games supported. Check the Readme for specific information.
• NEOGEO:
  • Added VLiner.
  • Added Strikers 1945 Plus.
  • Added Nightmare in the Dark.
  • Added Ganryu.
  • Added Prehistoric isle 2.
  • KOF99 uses encrypted gfx.
  • Fixed rasters in some games.
• CPS2:
  • Added VSAV2 dat files
  • New QSound engine 3 times faster and more accurate. It includes a new interpolation mode that uses 4 samples instead of 2.
  • Fixed mvsf top line reversed in the VS screen.
  • Fixed mvsf cheat file.
• GENERAL:
  • Fixed cheat engine dependencies, regions aren't taken from parent set.
  • Specific audio configuration for each system.
  • Fixed gfx memory allocation, now nebula requires less Video Ram to work.

The new version can be found on our downloads page.

Kawaks v1.33 released
 
Mr. K is alive and well, we were beginning to think the worst but it turned out his modem blew. Anyway I am happy your alive and well :), he even got a new Kawaks done with some nice new features, here's what's new.

• Driver for Vampire Savior 2 (Japan 970913)
• Added region switches and automatic macro reverse in MSHVSFJ and MSHVSFJ1.
• Added Path configuration dialog box (file menu).
• Changed The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle to support MrLee/BillyJr's new dumps.
• Added filters to the Load game dialog box.
• Changed the save state format for the better: Kawaks can still read all the old saves, but new savestates are about 7 times smaller.
• Added some new tracklists, courtesy of DarkCloud
• Added video memory control in the video menu.
• Added autodetection of the best video memory to use on first run (when you start this version).
• Added Command line support. Example:
  • WinKawaks.exe ffight -fullscreen
  • WinKawaks.exe -help (for more info)
• Added PNG screenshot functions:
  • Unfiltered saves without blitter effects.
  • Filtered saves what you see on screen.

Get this latest version from the Kawaks homepage. ____________________________________
A.C.E v1.7a released (updated)
 
Friol has added more games to A.C.E., and also quickly released a bug fixed version. Here's what's new.
 
version 1.7a

• Fixed a bug in tile32 rendering (bad tiles in vsav2).
• You can now choose arcade/console for NeoGeo.
• Corrected Super Sidekicks - works with sound on.

version 1.7

• CPS-2 drivers :
  • Vampire Savior 2
  • Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter
• NeoGeo drivers :
  • Super Dodgeball
  • Goal Goal Goal
  • Neo Turf Masters
  • Shock Troopers (music stops after intro)
  • Super Sidekicks (game stops at 1:38)

The new version can be found on our downloads page.