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Hello, All! I have published VGBAnext 6.1.5, a new version of my universal GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Classic, NES, and Famicom emulator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu VGBAnext is currently on sale for $2.99 and will stay this way for another few days. This release fixes tilt joystick operation and a hangup in the German version of Pokemon Sapphire. Also, pressing the BACK button once will now reveal the action bar. To remind everyone, I had to remove cheats from the app since Google Play started banning any apps which even mention cheats. All you need to get cheats back though is download this file into your "Downloads" folder: http://fms.komkon.org/EmuAndroid/VGBAnext-Cheats.zip ALL CHANGES: * Fixed tilt joystick operation. * Fixed screen rotation after disabling the tilt joystick. * Now showing action bar when the BACK button is pressed once. * Fixed hangup in the German version of Pokemon Sapphire. Have fun!

VGBAnext is on $2.99 sale at the moment: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu It includes VGBA, iNES, and VGB emulators in a single Android package. VGBAnext will emulate GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Classic, Super GameBoy, NES, Famicom, DiskSystem, and VS-System arcade.

Hello, All! The VGBAnext 6.1.2, a new version of my universal GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Classic, NES, and Famicom emulator, is now available from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu To remind everyone, I had to remove cheats from the app since Google Play started banning any apps which even mention cheats. Starting with this release, though, you can reenable cheats simply by downloading this file: http://fms.komkon.org/EmuAndroid/VGBAnext-Cheats.zip You no longer need to unzip this file. Just place it into your Downloads folder, and the app will do the rest. This VGBAnext release includes a bunch of fixes to the NES emulation and switches to the latest Android Pie SDK. People who had problems with the State Exchange and Box Art Download features should find them fixed now. See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Automatically unzipping VGBAnext-Cheats.zip, if found in Downloads. * Now searching for ROOT.chts in /sdcard/VGBAnext and all its subfolders. * Fixed missing library problem on Android Pie, introduced in version 6.1.1. * The empty File Selector search will now also find NES files. * Fixed NES sprite rendering at the left edge of screen. * Fixed vibrating sound during NES replay. * Fixed State Exchange and box art downloads on newer Androids. * Switched to Android Pie SDK (Android-28). * Oldest supported OS is now Android-9 (Gingerbread). PS: My ColecoVision emulator, ColEm Deluxe, is currently on $1.99 sale: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe Have fun!

Hello, All! I have published ColEm 4.6.7 for Android, a new version of my ColecoVision emulator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem -- free version https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe -- full version, on $1.99 sale This version makes it easier to reenable Cheatopedia and other cheat features. All you need is download the following file into your Downloads folder, and the app will take care of the rest: http://fms.komkon.org/EmuAndroid/ColEm-Cheats.zip I also upgraded the build to use Android Pie SDK, fixed saved state compatibility between 32bit and 64bit modes, fixed State Exchange and box art download on newer Androids. Also, you can now open the action bar with a horizontal fling along the top or the bottom screen edge. The ColEm Deluxe is currently on $1.99 sale at Google Play. See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Automatically unzipping ColEm-Cheats.zip, if found in Downloads. * Now searching for ROOT.chts in /sdcard/ColEm and all its subfolders. * Now able to show action bar with horizontal flings at screen top/bottom. * Fixed State Exchange and artwork downloads on newer Androids. * Fixed saved state compatibility between 32bit and 64bit architectures. * Fixed several problems saving and loading TMS9918 state. * Fixed native OpenSLES sound on newer Androids. * Fixed a possible crash in Java code. * Fixed toolbar application links. * Switched to Android-28 SDK (Pie). * Oldest supported OS is now Android-9 (Gingerbread). Enjoy!

Hello, All! The VGBAnext 6.1 release is now out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu VGBAnext will emulate GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Classic, Super GameBoy, NES, and Famicom consoles on your Android device. The new release adds native support for 64bit Androids and several fixes for NES and GBC emulation. The action bar can now be invoked by moving your finger left or right along the top or bottom screen edge. To remind everyone, I had to remove cheats from the app since Google Play started banning any apps which even mention cheats. To reenable cheats, follow directions here: http://fms.komkon.org/EmuAndroid/#VGBA See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Now using latest VGB 5.6 and iNES 5.6 source code. * NES NMI cannot be disabled or cancelled once VBlank starts (Double Dragon). * Blanking NES sprites when the left screen edge is blanked. * Fixed GBC real-time clock day counter (Pokemon games). * Enabled GameBoy Color debugger (NES/GBA debuggers disabled for now). * Now able to show action bar with horizontal flings at screen top/bottom. * Reenabled native build for 64bit ARMv8 CPUs. * Fixed saved state compatibility between 32bit and 64bit architectures. * Fixed native OpenSLES sound on newer Androids. * Fixed a possible crash in Java code. * Fixed toolbar application links. Have fun!

Hello, All! I have released iNES 5.6 for Windows and Linux, a new version of my NES, Famicom, DiskSystem, and VS System emulator: http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ -- homepage http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/iNES56-Windows-bin.zip -- free Windows binary http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/iNES56-Ubuntu-x86-bin.tgz -- free Linux binary This release prevents VBlank interrupts from being disabled once VBlank occurs (Double Dragon), blanks sprites when the left edge of the screen is being blanked, and fixes mapper #65 (Irem H3001 chip). See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Now also blanking sprites when the left edge is being blanked. * NMI cannot be disabled or cancelled once VBlank starts. * Double Dragon no longer hangs at subway scene, etc. * Fixed mapper #65 (Irem H3001 chip). Also worth noting that MasterGear for Android, my Sega MasterSystem and GameGear emulator, is currently on $2.99 sale: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.mg

Hello, All! I have published ColEm 4.6.6 for Android, a new version of my ColecoVision emulator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem -- free version https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe -- full version This version includes native support for 64bit ARM CPUs and fixes accelerated audio on newer Androids. Unfortunately, I had to disable Cheatopedia, Cheat Editor, and Cheat Hunter features, since Google Play no longer allows them and bans any apps that come with game cheating features. You can reenable these features yourself, by downloading this file and unzipping it to the "/sdcard/ColEm" folder: http://fms.komkon.org/EmuAndroid/ColEm-Cheats.zip See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Added native support for 64bit ARMv8 CPUs. * Fixed accelerated sound on newer Androids. * Had to remove the cheats, since Google Play no longer allows them and bans apps containing cheats. * You can reenable cheats yourself, see help page for details. * Switched to Gradle build.

VGBAnext is currently on sale for $2.99 at the Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu Also, for those who prefer keyboards to gamepads, Speccy Deluxe, my Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator is on $1.99 sale for the last couple of days: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.speccy.deluxe

Hello, All! I have published VGBAnext 6.0.1 for Android, a new version of my universal GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Classic, Super GameBoy, NES, Famicom, DiskSystem, and VS System emulator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu This version includes native support for 64bit ARM CPUs. Unfortunately, I had to disable Cheatopedia, Cheat Editor, and Cheat Hunter features, since Google Play no longer allows them and bans any apps that come with game cheating features. You can reenable these features yourself, by downloading this file and unzipping it to the "/sdcard/VGBAnext" folder: http://fms.komkon.org/EmuAndroid/VGBAnext-Cheats.zip See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Added native build for 64bit ARMv8 CPUs. * Had to remove the cheats, since Google Play no longer allows them and bans apps containing cheats. * Please, go and see the help page for information on how to reenable cheats. * Switched to Gradle build.

Hello, All! I have just released iNES 5.5 for Windows and Linux, a new version of my NES, Famicom, DiskSystem, and VS System emulator: http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/-- homepage http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/iNES55-Ubuntu-x86-bin.tgz-- free Linux binary http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/iNES55-Windows-bin.zip-- free Windows binary In this release, I have fixed the MMC3 mapper behavior on startup and increased the delay between VBlank and NMI interrupt generation a little. As result, several new games now run. See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Changed MMC3 to start with 16kB page at $8000 * Plants Vs Zombies works now (assumes 16kB page at $8000). * Changed VBlank-to-NMI distance to 7 clocks. * Antarctic Adventure works (needs 7+ VBlank-to-NMI clocks). * Ultimate Basketball works (needs 6+ VBlank-to-NMI clocks). * Road Worker works (needs 6+ VBlank-to-NMI clocks). * Brother Ball works (needs 6+ VBlank-to-NMI clocks). Have fun!

ColEm Deluxe is on $1.99 sale for the next week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe

I have lately started to believe that Google does not have such people, by design. All they have is a bunch of drones and a few of buttons for sending canned responses. There is nobody managing this activity, or making conscious decisions, and that is how they intend it to work.

It is not difficult to make this work if you are writing SN76489 emulation from scratch. ColEm PSG emulation plugs into some EMULib infrastructure that works in terms of frequency / volume pairs. That is what lets ColEm record console tunes directly to MIDI. Also makes fake wave synthesis tricks difficult though. But looking into it anyway, since it all depends on how the trick is being done.

Oh, THAT. I suspected it would be something of the kind. SN76489 PSG does not really have any wave synthesis hardware, so these effects are produced with some hacks. Looking into them right now, but can't guarantee these can be fully emulated without throwing current SN76489 emulation out of the window.

Chuck, I have tested both games on ColEm-Windows and compared them to video recordings from YouTube. Both games seem to play the sound just fine. Could you please clarify what you mean by incorrect sound emulation in these games? Please, provide as much detail as possible.

My guess is that somebody else has made them ban the app. The reason I am saying this is because they banned iNES under pretense that "it interferes with Android OS or other apps on the device". When I pointed out that this cannot be true, the story suddenly changed to "it allows people to cheat in games, which is prohibited". When I further pointed that the games in question are 20+ years old and do not have anything to do with Android, so Google's Terms of Service hardly apply, they started ignoring me. One definitely needs a lawyer just to talk to Google nowadays, and the point of contact probably shouldn't be these semiautomatic drones with invented names.

Hello, All! The VGBAnext 6.0 console emulator app is now online: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu Since Google Play has banned my iNES emulator for an invented reason, and I have not been able to find a human being there who would listen and see the situation for what it is, the iNES functionality has now been folded into VGBAnext. Thus, in addition to GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Classic, and Super GameBoy, the new VGBAnext will also emulate NES, Famicom, DiskSystem, and VS System consoles. That is a total of 8 different consoles in the same app. Enjoy! PS: The fMSX Deluxe app is currently on $1.99 sale: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.fmsx.deluxe PPS: For the current iNES-Android users, I have a bunch of promo codes that will let you obtain VGBAnext for free. Please, email me the proof of iNES purchase and I will give you a promo code, as long as I have one available.

I will check them out. It usually indicates that a game does some really unholy hack to produce whatever sound it produces. Still, worth trying to fix.

Could you please attach a .STA file saved at the stage (and the number of bears) when this issue occurs? This will help me recreate it here and debug.

SGM games work on ColEm. Enable "Hardware | Super Game Module" option.

Well, I cannot promise the complete TMS9900 emulation, but can try adding the palette and a few more things. Will see.

All right, downloaded the documentation from that thread. Is there any software exercising all these wonderful features?

Can't say until I see the documentation on this thing, and some software that is specific to it. So far, it looks like an FPGA-based TMS9918 emulator that outputs VGA signal. In that case though, there would be nothing to emulate: ColEm already "outputs" "VGA signal", in a way.

ColEm Deluxe is currently on $1.99 sale: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe

Hello, All! ColEm 4.6.5, a new version of my ColecoVision emulator for Android, is now out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem-- free version https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe-- full version This version adds the ability to hide dot-files created when transferring content from Apple computers. There is also a new option to force all saves to /sdcard/ColEm folder. Finally, ColEm Deluxe is currently on sale for $1.99. See below for all the changes. ALL CHANGES: * Added "Settings | General | Hide Dot Files" option. * Enable hiding dot-files to ignore system files created by MacOS. * Added "Settings | General | Prefer App Folder" option. * Enable app folder preference to save new files to the application folder. * Fixed "Completely Delete File" menu option. PS: Also on sale is AlmostTI, my TI graphing calc emulator. You can get it for $2.99 at the moment: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.ati