No, it's not the return of the Zombie apocalypse (well about that...) - but we are celebrating 28 years of Zophar's Domain today over on Twitch! We're going to be playing some games, exploring some popular emulators of the time, and a whole lot more. I'd like to give a huge shout out to all of the amazing members of the Zophar's Domain staff over the years - including evilhomer, infe, alamone, Stick_Fig, Nitro, Lycia, Xip, [NOAM], _bnu, BDLou, Raejae, Taichou, Daikon, CD and Lev - and the current team, including Azul Fria, martini, Montie2k and dlevere - and Edman! Zophar's Domain never would have become what it did without all of these amazing people!

So, what are you waiting for, mortals? Get over there. Emulation (and Retrogaming) forever!

https://twitch.tv/zophar1

NINTV-DS (aka Nintellivision) had been updated:

- Website

"Nintellivision - an Intellivision Emulator for the DS/DSi. High compatibility, custom overlay support, high score saving, tons of input mapping - all the quality of life improvements you need!"

WinUAE 5.3.1 Beta 3 has been released.

URL: http://www.winuae.net/

WinUAE is the Commodore Amiga emulator for Windows. WinUAE is a mostly complete software emulation of the hardware of the Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000.

A Commodore Amiga, for those who don’t know, is a 16/32 bit computer system based on the Motorola 680×0 CPU and a few specially designed custom chips that provide very good graphics and sound capabilities. Its first incarnation, the A1000, appeared in 1985, followed by the highly successful A500 and A2000 models.

WinUAE is a port of the originally written for Unixish systems UAE; but over time, it seems the Windows port, WinUAE has become the best version available on any platform. WinUAE is free software: you are welcome to distribute copies of it and/or modify it, under certain conditions. There is no warranty of any kind for UAE. For more details concerning these issues, please read the GNU General Public License, which describes the terms under which WinUAE is distributed.

Frodo 4.3 had been released:

- Website

"Frodo is a portable Commodore 64 emulator that runs on a variety of platforms, with a focus on the exact reproduction of special graphical effects possible on the C64. It was also the world's first Commodore 64emulator without a “64” in its name. ;-)"
It is open source under the GNU GPL V2 license.

PCSX2 2.1.207 has been released:
- Releases
- Website
- Github

PCSX2 is a Playstation 2 Emulator for the Windows, Linux and MacOS platforms. It is open source software under the GNU GPL V2 license.

ShadPS4 Pre is available for download. (2024-10-15)
- Website

"ShadPS4 is an early PS4 emulator for Windows, MacOS and Linux written in C++."

WinUAE 5.3.1 Beta 1 has been released.

URL: http://www.winuae.net/

WinUAE is the Commodore Amiga emulator for Windows. WinUAE is a mostly complete software emulation of the hardware of the Commodore Amiga 500/1000/2000.

A Commodore Amiga, for those who don’t know, is a 16/32 bit computer system based on the Motorola 680×0 CPU and a few specially designed custom chips that provide very good graphics and sound capabilities. Its first incarnation, the A1000, appeared in 1985, followed by the highly successful A500 and A2000 models.

WinUAE is a port of the originally written for Unixish systems UAE; but over time, it seems the Windows port, WinUAE has become the best version available on any platform. WinUAE is free software: you are welcome to distribute copies of it and/or modify it, under certain conditions. There is no warranty of any kind for UAE. For more details concerning these issues, please read the GNU General Public License, which describes the terms under which WinUAE is distributed.

pfeMame 2.31.5 is available for download:
- URL

"pfeMame is a front end for the Multiple Arcade Game Emulator (MAME) written in Python. It is cross platform (tested on Linux - Ubuntu and Windows XP)"

PyBoy 2.3.0 had been released:

- Github

PyBoy i sa Game Boy emulator written in Python. Open source under the GNU LGPL V3 License.

GameEx 18.77 is available for download:
- http://www.gameex.com/news/

"GameEx is a front-end for MAME, GameBase, Daphne, PC Games and all command line based game emulators. Supported Operating Systems are Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3+, Windows Server 2003 SP2+, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012."

Swiss r1730 has been released.
- https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc

"Swiss aims to be an all-in-one homebrew utility for the Nintendo GameCube."

PCSX2 2.1.144 has been released:
- Releases
- Website
- Github

PCSX2 is a Playstation 2 Emulator for the Windows, Linux and MacOS platforms. It is open source software under the GNU GPL V2 license.

BizHawk v2.10 RC1 is available for download.

BizHawk is a A multi-system emulator written in C#. It is available for Windows and MacOS. It is open source software released under the MIT License.

The supported systems are:
* Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom / Famicom Disk System (NES/FDS)
* Super Nintendo (SNES)
* Nintendo 64
* Gameboy
* Gameboy Color
* Super Gameboy
* Sega Master System
* SG-1000
* Game Gear
* Sega Genesis
* Sega Saturn
* PC-Engine (TurboGrafx-16) / CD-ROM
* SuperGrafx
* Atari 2600
* Atari 7800
* ColecoVision
* TI-83 Calculator
* Wonderswan

- URL: https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk

From August 25 to August 31st, Launcbox it's celebrating his 11 birthday.

Visit: https://www.launchbox-app.com/celebrate

"It’s time to celebrate! From August 25, to August 31, join us in celebrating 11 years of LaunchBox with big events, mind-blowing giveaways, and a heavy discount on both LaunchBox Premium for Windows and LaunchBox for Android!"

"LaunchBox is a emulator frontend for the Windows Platform. It supports several emulators, including support DOSBox, Steam and ScummVM launching. It also downloads the games artwork from several sources. It is freeware but you can also buy "LaunchBox Premium" that has more customization options."

RPCS4 v0.24.8.0 Released

RPCS4, a PlayStation 4 is a newcomer to the emulation scene in recent times and looks to be very promising. It is in the alpha development stage
and will not be feature complete in the mean time.

Website | Documentation | Downloads

You will be able to load your PlayStation 4 discs via a compatible bluray drive. No other legal method exists, so please don't ask where to find games.

System Requirements
To run RPCS4 effectively, ensure that your system meets the following minimum requirements:

Operating System: Windows 10/11, macOS, or Linux

Processor: AMD - Any 8 core x64 CPU, Intel - Any 8 core x64 CPU
CPUs without AVX512 and less than 8 cores and 8 threads can be expected to run poorly

Graphics Card: AMD - OpenGL 4.3 compatible, NVIDIA - OpenGL 4.3 compatible
AMD Polaris architecture, RX 400 series or newer, NVIDIA Pascal architecture, GTX 10 series or newer, Intel Arc 3 or newer

Memory: 8 GB of RAM or more
8 GB is the absolute minimum requirement

Storage: SSD or HDD storage for emulator data and games
1024 MB for base emulator data, 8 GB for virtual console dev_hdd1 cache, 512 MB for emulator cache and console user data per installed game

Controller: Compatible with DualShock, DualSense, Xbox, and many other USB and wireless controllers.


Playable Games
- Bloodborne
- Demon's Souls
- God of War III Remastered
- God of War Ragnarök
- Ratchet & Clank
- Shadow of the Beast
- Spider-Man 2 (2023)
- Yakuza 0