Last week's list offered a handful of gaming gems that are now being offered for mere change but definitely don't deserve to be thrown into the bargain bin. This time around, we're going to see similar games, most of them calling forth fond memories of old school arcade gaming. Here's a clue: Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins. Capcom arcade games. Mega Man. Reminiscing now? Hit the full article for the list.

Well, the marriage is complete. Months after planning the merger with pspME, developers sleepper and M@x have now infused both their original source codes to form the emulator, PSPKVM 0.3.0. All PSP users who are fans of mobile java games should rejoice right now! Details over at the full article.

Download: PSPKVM 0.3.0

Homebrew developer Art has upgraded DTMF Dial to version 2. In case you missed our previous coverage on this application, this program is a phone book, editor, and auto dialer for Sony's PlayStation Portable. If you want to find out more about this application, be sure to head on over to the full article where the complete change log is posted.

Download: DTMF Dial v2
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Fancy old-school arcade shooters? If so, then you better start checking out homebrew developer Deniska's OpenTyrian if you haven't done so yet. In this latest release (check out the previous version here), OpenTyrian gets some music emulation tweaks and other fixes. Check out the full changelog in the full article.

Download: OpenTyrian v0.8

Whoever said DOS was dead, obviously isn't a firm believer in the power of emulation. Old school gamers will definitely find the ScummVM program a gem for reliving the good ol' days of point-and-click adventure gaming.

The team from ScummVM has released three new games from the classic horror RPG developer Horror Soft. For more information, check out the full article!

Download: ScummVM v0.10.0 (PC)
Download: ScummVM v0.10.0 (Mac)
Download: ScummVM v0.10.0 (PSP)

The Sony PlayStation Portable homebrew scene not only unlocks the capability of our handhelds, but also lets us travel back in time and see what gaming was like back then. CaSTaway, skeezix's own Atari ST Emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable, lets us do just that. And after quite a long hiatus, the emulator is now better than ever. So why not click on that read more button and find out more about this stellar release?




Download: CaSTaway Atari ST Emulator Release 006

PSP homebrew coder uberjack (Akop Karapetyan) delivers on previous plans to fMSX - a homebrew emulator for the Sony MSX platform of the 1980s - with functional results. High-resolution capable fMSX version 3.4.5, an update from 3.4.1, also includes save state changes, works from Mitsutaka Okazaki's MSXMUSIC engine and Tatsuyuki Satoh's MSXAUDIO for emulation augmentation.

To see the download links and the complete list of new features of fMSX version 3.4.5, you can read the full article.

Remember the work that Sony PlayStation Portable coder ector put into creating a Sony PSP emulator for the PC? It's been a while since we last heard news about it until we learned that ector released the source code for the project recently. The coder said he didn't have the time to pursue it anymore, that's why he released the code. That means everyone's free to tinker with the unfinished emulator for improvements and hardware emulation.

Read the full story and download the source after the jump!

Just a few days after releasing PSP Slim-compatible variants of all of his homebrew emulator projects, it appears that uberjack is up to something once again. The coder states via the Akop site that he's got several new ideas in mind for a future build for fMSX - the MSX emulator for the PSP - in light of its recent speed boosts. Here's a basic rundown of uberjack's plans:

• Short-term:
• Compile the emulator with MSXAUDIO and MSXMUSIC support, and make it possible to toggle the emulation on and off while the emulator is running.
• Long-term:
• Implement proper 512-column display for screens 6, 7 and 80-column text mode (the current version simply renders every other column).
• Implement FDD (floppy disk drive) and keyboard (CAPSlock, etc…) activity indicators.
  

ubjerjack's also planning to implement adhoc WiFi support for fMSX and the other emulators, although the developer states that this was not possible at the moment. We'll let you know if the coder follow-ups this announcement with a new homebrew release.

 

PSP Homebrew developer TTYman is back to keep the old school emulation action on the PSP alive! This time, he comes with good things, as well as the latest version for the epic piece of software that lets us play MAME games on the go, PSP MAME4ALL v4.7r3.

Lots of bug fixes and overall improvements on this one, and most of them have to do with the cute chirping sounds those good retro games make as you're having your way with them. Let's check the changelog and see what's been modified from the previous version:

Fixed from v4.7r2

• Sounds now are near arcade perfect, with minor glitches in some sound chips emulations;
• Gold (CPS1, System16 and Neogeo) specific emulations are now stand-alone, as require different z80 cpu implementation
• Improved performance with sounds, oldies with 0 frame skip and vsync on, others with auto-1 and auto-2

New features

• 22KHz with 16 voices predefined sounds
• 33KHz and 44KHz frequencies with 4, 8 and 16 voices combinations added
• Preliminary analog support

Of course, there's still the odd issue or two that TTYman hasn't gotten to yet, but he's working on them. In the meantime, why not pop on over to the homebrew's official website and give props where it's due? As we all know, being appreciated for one's hard work is always a good thing. Oh, and be sure to read the readme files included in the archive before doing anything, mmkay? Mmkay.

Download: PSP MAME4ALL v4.7r3 Hires