It`s been a while since I posted emu news (despite there being plenty of activity) so for all the releases and updates in between this update and the last I`d recommend you check out the forums. Hopefully I`ll be able to keep on top of things a bit better in the near future - so apologies if you`re getting all your news from the main page here but I`d thoroughly recommend you have a look at the forums for a more up to the minute perspective!

Anyway, I digress: Richard Wilson has updated his ever improving and expanding WinAPE emulator and the new features this time round are:

• Enhanced Tape File support
• Improvements to the Assembler and Debugger
• various bug fixes
• general enhancements to the emulation.

For more info and to download the new file click here.

Thanks to Executioner for the news (and his hard work!).

Phew, it`s quite the news day today!

Forum member zx-81 has kindly informed us of his latest update to the pspcap32 emulator for Sony`s PSP handheld

What`s new in version 1.0.9 :

• New keyboard files from Loic Daneels (more than 270 games !)
• In the key mapping editor, PSP keys can now be left unassigned
• Add Analog pad mapping (in .kbd file format and in the key mapping editor)
• Modify the exit key sequence, it`s now Start+L+R to avoid conflict with IR-shell.

For more information or to download head over to the pspcap32 section in zx-81`s website.

In a shocking development, Richard `Executioner` Wilson has released an almost instant update to his WinAPE emulator!

The last one may have been nearly two years in the making but he hasn`t wasted any time in bringing out the next version, a mere five days later!

2.0 alpha 7 has become outdated even quicker than the 664 with the release of 2.0 alpha 8, logically enough.

The new version irons out a few bugs that had crept into its predecessor and boasts a few new features of its own including:

• Disassemble to file
• Autorun of disc images

Full details, as usual, within the rtf file included in the download.

To download your copy, head over to Richard`s site:

WinAPE

Yet more emulator news and this time its not just owners of new fangled handheld consoles who are reaping the benefits! ;)

Richard `Executioner` Wilson has released his first major update to the popular emulator, that covers the full CPC, in nearly two years!

The new release features a number of new features including

• Symbiface Emulation
• AVI Creation
• V3 Snapshots

A full list of the extensive new features is included with the emulator in an rtf file.

To download your copy, head over to Richard`s site:

http://winape.emuunlim.com

ZX-81 has got to be one of the most dedicated coders on the Sony PSP homebrew front with yet *ANOTHER* release of the mighty fine Amstrad CPC emulator for your handheld Playstations, here`s the new stuff:

• New Speed optimization (Up to 30% faster on many games)
• Add Screenshot save feature (Save up to 10 screenshots in the pspcap32/scr directory)
• Add Configuration file load/save option (if a file pspcap32.cfg is present, it is then loaded on startup)
• Add Background image
• New Keyboard pack files (from Loic Daneels)

As usual you can grab it directly from the home page, which can be found here

CPCCast is an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Sega Dreamcast console written by LTK and has just recently been updated with the following nice changes:

• A little more speed.
• Partial support of virtual keyboard
• File selection from DSK images
• Writing of run " exec_file in the modoemulador
• Intensity of selectionable Monitor
• Directional Pad mapping with the keys Or, P, Q, To, SPACE,
• (Perhaps) Usable with no need of keyboard

Grab it here. Thanks to Gryzor the heads up.

ZX-81 (the coder) is surely one of the fastest developers for the Sony PSP scene at the moment with yet *another* release of the Caprice port to the trusty handheld. Apparently this could be the final major release of the emulator with only the occasional bugfix to be addressed, here`s the new stuff:

• CPC/PSP Keyboard mapping Editor using the virtual keyboard.
(You can now load, edit and save your .kbd file inside the emulator).
• The name of the current game is now displayed in the emulator menu (this name is used as filename for all saved data such as keyboard file or quick save snapshots).
• Bug fix in z80 emulator visible in batman game (couldn`t enter in some rooms)
• Bug fix in virtual keyboard, several keys such as Copy or Capslock weren`t taken into account.

Grab it here, as usual two versions are included in the distribution for firmwares 1.5 and 2.0.

This guy just keeps pulling new releases of Caprice out of somewhere, this one missed our attention for a while as the author hadn`t updated the thread on the CPCZ forums. Here are the new bits:

• Added Full screen (fit width), zoom x1.25 and x1.5 !
• Added |CPM command support in the run.txt file
• Option to swap the CPC joystick keys between PSP analog stick and d-pad

Obviously the usual distributions apply, one for firmware 1.5 and another for 2.0 (using the GTA exploit) grab them here.

Blimey this man works hard, the 4th release of PSPCap32 is now circulating the web, for those that don`t want to scroll too far down this page, its an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Sony PSP.

What`s new in version 1.0.4 :

• New Speed optimization (frame display)
• Bug fix in PSP Clock Frequency option (now it works !!!)
• Add Load/Save/Del states menu
• Shortcut to run the "Cat" command
• Shortcut to RUN" after disk loading (when program to run has the same name as the archive file)
• Automatic keyboard file loading(when keyboard file has the same filename as disk or snapshot file)

Grab it here and discuss it right here, thanks to ZX81 (the author) for the news.

ZX-81 (the author of this great Amstrad CPC emulator for the PSP) has visited the CPC Zone forums to let us know that he has just released a new version and apparently its running at full speed!!

Whats New

• Full Speed Emulation, due to several optimizations

Z80 emulation code (rewrite instructions decoder part)

Display/graphic functions improvements

Add a "frame skip" option in the emulator menu

If you have a PSP with a firmware below 1.50 OR an updated PSP with the Grand Theft Auto exploit then its definitely worth a try. Grab it here, discuss it here.

Posted by : Malc Jennings | Posted under : Emulation

A port of the ever popular Caprice32 has made its way on to the PSP via the homebrew wizardry of "zx-81". The software allows your PSP to emulate the 464, 664 and 6128 models, new features are pretty much standard (speed fixes, bug fixes etc). There`s even a version for 2.x firmwares that use the GTA Liberty City Stories exploit. Grab it and its source code here and then discuss it right here.

Rumour has it that a new release of the massively popular Windows based CPC emulator "WinAPE" is about to get an update and that it`s going to happen within the next few weeks.

One thing is for sure, if we see it, we will post it (though we might be late in doing so), keep an eye on our forums for any developments.

CPCE, an Amstrad CPC emulator for DOS, DPMI and Windows, was recently updated to version 1.56 to correct several bugs and improve the CPC to PC data tools and provide better documentation.

You can grab the latest version here. Thanks to Cesar for the news.