If you were lucky enough to own a Dreamcast back in the day, and even luckier to experience its online functions via the Broadband Adapter, then you may have come across Bomberman Online, a superb puzzle game that allows you to blow up your enemies in unique and mind-boggling ways.

It's not long since I clicked publish on an article about The Wind Waker being decompiled, and now here I am, writing about The Minish Cap going through the exact same process.

Video Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St-5e9sZYzU

OP copy pasta: After a few months in development, I am excited to reveal the first release of GR2fork, a fork of shadPS4 focused on improving the performance, stability, and accuracy of Gravity Rush 2. Thank you for your patience and if you can please support me by buying me a kofi.

NOTE: this fork currently also supports version 1.11, also please do not enable readbacks.

introduced several code optimizations to increase cpu performance (+30% boost over latest pre-release)  
delivered feature complete photomode by coding in stubbed shadps4 functionality such as content search, screenshotservice, and content export. It is now 1 to 1 with the ps4 version.  
improved rendering accuracy by tweaking shader recompiler code  
the contour cel shading outline is now visible  
foliage is now correctly rendering  
better gravity kick audio fix than the mainline version  
removed all video artifacts from cutscenes to in game videos and TVs  
identified and patched several crashes by clamping vulkan layers >512 and tweaking problematic code that caused race conditions  
added null absorption code to signal handler to prevent some benign null reads from crashing the entire emulator, opting to skip the instruction instead  
added more input control to allow emulation of the touchpad swipes  
All polaroid photos captured in game are saved to the Capture Gallery folder in the shadps4 user/appdata folder on your pc so you can access them directly.  

Minimum Requirements:

@ 1080p 30fps (LOCKED)

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X

GPU: GTX 1650 4gb / RX 6400 4gb

RAM: 12gb

Recommended Requirements:

CPU: i7 12700 / ryzen 5 7600

GPU: Any modern gpu stronger than the minimum requirements with >4gb vram

RAM: 16gb

ROG ALLY Z1 EXTREME

XBOX ALLY X Z2 EXTREME

LEGION GO Z1 EXTREME

• any 7840u cpu

  Download my fork here -> https://github.com/junminlee2004/GR2fork
  Watch my fork in action here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aHVM7qea6g&t=5s&pp=0gcJCdQKAYcqIYzv
  Buy me a kofi here -> https://ko-fi.com/junminlee2004

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1sxehyl/shadps4_gr2fork_v10_for_windows_and_linux_pcs/

Also this issue: RetroAchievements come to the MiSTer, and a PS1 cross between Zelda and Tomb Raider gets a translation.

https://zsnes.com/ "It just happened. During tonight’s livestream, I was joined by the original creator of ZSNES to officially announce something no one expected…Super ZSNES."

I don't think it's been mentioned anywhere but _Demo_ was the other developer besides zsKnight.

A new "live platform" has launched which allows users to "host, stream, and share real-time Commodore 64 sessions with friends and spectators online."

Anyone who had an N64 will have a soft spot for Pilotwings 64. I can remember looking at the box for my console (which I put back in the box every time after using it for the first couple of weeks and kept out by the TV like a trophy), and seeing the images for Pilotwings 64 on the box. It was an amazing launch title and showed us all just what the N64 could do, bringing us into the 3D era alongside Super Mario 64.

"I call it the GB Bridge" - An in-development emulator has been revealed which "ports" existing Game Boy games to the GBA, taking advantage of the additional...

I unblocked X for a minute to get the media files so you don't have to:

Plus: Catching up with a spring blossom's worth of recompilation progress in just the last 2 weeks.

Preview:

When I see the words "The 3DO Company," my mind goes to a very specific place: Battletanx. The arcadey masterpiece that was 1999 sequel Global Assault probably spent more hours slotted into my teen years N64 than any game this side of Goldeneye or Mario Kart, thanks to a genuinely inventive array of asymmetrical multiplayer modes, tank archetypes and impressive-for-the-time destruction.

The second place my mind goes is Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, the shittiest videogame I've played in my entire life (and my best friend in first grade owned E.T.).

So, y'know. Win some, lose some.

I have no personal affinity with the 3DO itself, an oddball console that the company launched in the early '90s, but by all accounts it falls into the "lose some" category. It only lasted a few years before The 3DO Company shifted to just developing and publishing games for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC. Despite shutting down in 2003 (should've made more Battletanx and fewer Army Men), the company legacy does live on today in a few forms. 3DO originally published pioneering online 3D MMO Meridian 59, which I wrote about last year on PC Gamer because it's one of the oldest videogames in existence still being updated today. It came out in 1996!!

Also, more relevant to this newsletter: the 3DO console now has a MiSTer core. Somebody get Trip Hawkins a MiSTer Pi, stat.

Inside the foam-insulated briefcase were hundreds of screws and the wiring to make the improvised explosive device explode, RCMP in Sherwood Park said.

Finally a successor to the very out of date DolphinVR fork. DolphinXR is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements and in VR. - iChris4/dolphinXR