New Gadget 2011

AMD always offering a cheap and affordable processor in the market compare to Intel i-series. AMD Phenom II X4 980 win the crown as the highest GHz a processor can offer so far with 3.7GHz and it's overclockable. The unlocked multiplier should make it trivial for overclockers to push this beast to 4GHz. This is great news for AMD fan. For those who want to upgrade their AM3 rig, this is definitely a worth spending your money. But, still Intel i5 and i7 out performed AMD. Read for the review here by anandtech.

DeSmuME originally develope by Yop Yop an emulator developer from France. It also called Yop Yop emulator. Since the new law change in France, the original author decide to released the source code and let the open community continue his leftover.

DeSmuME is an open source Nintendo DS emulator for Linux, Mac OS and Windows. DeSmuME supports save states, the ability to increase the size of the screen and it supports filters to improve image quality. DeSmuME also supports microphone use on Windows and Linux ports, as well as direct video and audio recording. The emulator also features a built-in movie recorder.

DeSmuME SVN Changelog:
r3999
Update Changelog
r4000
win32: allow stdio redirect in some cases where it was broken before

Download: DeSmuME SVN r4000 32bit
Download: DeSmuME SVN r4000 64bit
Source: Here

DaedalusX64 SVN r690 is released. DaedalusX64 is a N64 Emulator for PSP. DaedalusX64 is the continuation of the original Daedalus PSP port by StrmnNrmn. It is a GPL Open Source project.

DaedalusX64 SVN Changelog:
r688
[=>] Merged from Dev branch:

Rev 202 - Salvy
[!] Reworked Viewport codebase (WIP)
Rev 203 - Salvy
[!} Workaround for MM crashing with Memory Access opt
[!] More work for viewport codebase (less hacky than my previous attempt)
Rev 204 - Salvy
[-] Small error from last commit..
Rev 205 - Salvy
[+] Added hack to work around the wrapping issues we have in Zelda [can't think a proper way to handle this :(]
[+] Ucodedef for SetOthermode
Rev 206 - Salvy
[+] Unlocked extra memory for all psps, except phat of course (note : if using a loader, make sure is supported)
[!] Silly mistake from last commit
[~] Move mem access opt to advance settings
[+] Added info for mem access in crash dump
Rev 207 - Salvy
[+] Rewrote how we generate cic codes (code is 90% smaller now)
[!] Frameskip HandleEndOfFrame
[~} Small change when set the flag to unlock the extra mem
[~] Some cleaning in frameskip options
r689
[=>] Merged from Dev branch:

Rev 208 - Corn
[!] Fix for Conker_Tri4
Rev 209 - Salvy
[!] Reverted changes from last commit (was causing Conker to keep reloading its ucode)
[~} Some clean ups to ROMImage.cpp
[~] Small optimization to DLParser_RDPHalf1_GoldenEye (saved around 12 ops)
[!] Implemented correctly DLParser_TexRect_Last_Legion (fixes BSOD in sub menus)
[!] Fixed bug I introduced when viewport not being changed in some occasions
Rev 210 - Corn
[-] Removed sm64 unneeded blendmode
[-] Removed leftover printouts
[-] Reverted change that made compiling fail if only DEBUG_DLIST and CONSOLE are defined
[+] Added back struct for Conker_tri4 as option (with more optimizations)
Rev 211 - Corn
[!] Reverted change devs-revs 130 causing PHAT to run out of memory when pressing home button
r690
[=>] Merged from Dev branch:

Rev 212 - Salvy
[!] Speculative bug fix that caused to keep rehashing Conker's ucode
[!] Fixed bug that caused viewport to to be override if it didn't changed
[!] Made if viewport changed check less hacky and cheaper
Rev 213 - Salvy
[-] Forgot to delete some debug code..
Rev 214 - Salvy
[!] Fixed clean scene no longer working in Mario Party and other games
[!] Simplified texture filter
[!] Checked if viewport changed earlier
Rev 215 - Corn
[+] Made CPU rendering compatible with VFPU rendering (insert-matrix and ENV MAP)
[!] Rearranged Clip_tri_to_frustum and made CPU and VFPU versions accessible

Note: CPU->Clip_tri_to_frustum is broken and has been so for quite some time.
Rev 216 - Corn
[!] Removed "feature" that allowed to swap home with select button (no longer needed)
[+] added more comments and removed legacy debug code from ucode detector
[+] Spread randomly cache ucode entries if we hit max of entries allowed


Download: DaedalusX64 SVN r690
Source: Here

After official pcsx2 0.9.8(r4600) released, SVN r4618 was out with some fixes. PCSX2 is an open source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator for the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. With the most recent versions, many PS2 games are playable (although speed limitations have made play-to-completion tests for many games impractical), and several games are claimed to have full functionality.

PCSX2 SVN Changelog:
r4616
pcsx2 0.9.9 a new journey begin ;)
r4617
pcsx2 & spu2x: allow to compile[0] with lto on linux. It removes an useless wx feature on linux.

[0]: it needs gold linker, tuning parameter large-function-growth to 5000 and gcc-4.6.
r4618
Patch to GSdx capture that offers RGB mode. By patrickdinh.
Also added Valkyria Profile 2 Italy to the gamedb and GSdx crc list. By Leucos.
Thanks guys :)

Download: PCSX2 SVN r4618
Source: Here

PCSX Reloaded SVN r66465 is released. PCSX-Reloaded is a derivation of the PCSX-df Project, a PlayStation Emulator, with support for both Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems as well as several bugfixes and improvements.


PCSX Reloaded SVN Changelog:
r66465
Patch 9232 (MaddTheSane).

Download: PCSX Reloaded SVN r66465
Source: Here