nullDC: Preview on things to come

**Bobbi** · October 10th, 2007, 19:13

Since the NG emulation scene is a bit slow on news right now, I bugged drk||Razi to find out some new details on one of the hottest dreamcast emulator out there right now, nullDC. A new version with some nice changes is on it's way, so we'll take a quick preview on the things to come.

First off, let's take a quick look at some of the features and fixes included in this upcoming version:

Hz Selection Support for PAL Games Added. (nullPVR/Chanka PVR)
Mouse & Keyboard emulation added.
Image Reader can patch GD-Rom region at runtime, to allow .gdi images from all regions to boot.
Image Reader can swap CD/GD-ROMs.
nullDC can now set the DC's region (JAP/EUR/USA), broadcast type (NTSC/PAL/PAL_M/PAL_N) and cable type (VGA/TV(RGB)/TV(VBS)).
Speed optimizations.
New Maple (Input) plugin with Gamepad support.
Fixes for the following games: Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Dino Crisis, Timestalkers, Dead or Alive 2 (LE), Virtua Fighter 3, Fighting Vipers, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Shuffle and many others ...

As you can see, the developers have spent quite some time into developing some cool things - you can find a full list with all changes over in this thread over at Emuforums. Here are some screenshots (thanks CK) which show the great progress:

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Now the usual question is - when can you expect a new release? The good news is that, even though no date has been set yet, the release is pretty close (we're talking about weeks, not months any more) - we'll of course keep you updated here on NGEmu should there be any news on this!

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Genius_GZA · October 10th, 2007, 21:20

great news, can't wait. Good job guys

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**Hard core Rikki** · October 10th, 2007, 21:51

Nice stuff

* still DLing OpenOffice for editing *

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unihumi · October 11th, 2007, 23:00

What kinda machine have these screens been taken on?

MasterPhW · October 12th, 2007, 12:51

Bobbi said, these are shots made by CK, so here's his rig:
AMD64 X2 4400+ 939 1MB L2 @ 2.20GHz | GeForce 8800 GTX 768: 575/1800 | 2GB OCZ DC RAM @ 2-3-2-5 | 768GiB HDD

Btw: nice news, didn't tried to emulate a DC since Chankast, so I really should try this new monster when its get released...
But still prefer to play DC on my real DC... so I can wait!

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RAY16 · October 17th, 2007, 00:57

I eagerly await the release of Beta 2. Keep up the great work, NullDC team.

October 10th, 2007, 19:13	#1
Bobbi Totally crazy Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 2,381	nullDC: Preview on things to come Since the NG emulation scene is a bit slow on news right now, I bugged drk\|\|Razi to find out some new details on one of the hottest dreamcast emulator out there right now, nullDC. A new version with some nice changes is on it's way, so we'll take a quick preview on the things to come. First off, let's take a quick look at some of the features and fixes included in this upcoming version: Hz Selection Support for PAL Games Added. (nullPVR/Chanka PVR) Mouse & Keyboard emulation added. Image Reader can patch GD-Rom region at runtime, to allow .gdi images from all regions to boot. Image Reader can swap CD/GD-ROMs. nullDC can now set the DC's region (JAP/EUR/USA), broadcast type (NTSC/PAL/PAL_M/PAL_N) and cable type (VGA/TV(RGB)/TV(VBS)). Speed optimizations. New Maple (Input) plugin with Gamepad support. Fixes for the following games: Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Dino Crisis, Timestalkers, Dead or Alive 2 (LE), Virtua Fighter 3, Fighting Vipers, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Shuffle and many others ... As you can see, the developers have spent quite some time into developing some cool things - you can find a full list with all changes over in this thread over at Emuforums. Here are some screenshots (thanks CK) which show the great progress: * * Now the usual question is - when can you expect a new release? The good news is that, even though no date has been set yet, the release is pretty close (we're talking about weeks, not months any more) - we'll of course keep you updated here on NGEmu should there be any news on this! __________________ Specs: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ • 2048 MB PC400 RAM • Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT PCI-E • WinXP Pro

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October 10th, 2007, 21:20	#2
Genius_GZA GameCube Player! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Shaolin Temple , The Tibet Mountains Posts: 1,290	great news, can't wait. Good job guys __________________ My specs: Core i7 3930k, GeForce 660Ti, 16GB RAM

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Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,384	Nice stuff * still DLing OpenOffice for editing * __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

October 11th, 2007, 23:00	#4
unihumi Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 23	What kinda machine have these screens been taken on?

October 12th, 2007, 12:51	#5
MasterPhW Emulation Master Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: in-hell Posts: 389	Bobbi said, these are shots made by CK, so here's his rig: AMD64 X2 4400+ 939 1MB L2 @ 2.20GHz \| GeForce 8800 GTX 768: 575/1800 \| 2GB OCZ DC RAM @ 2-3-2-5 \| 768GiB HDD Btw: nice news, didn't tried to emulate a DC since Chankast, so I really should try this new monster when its get released... But still prefer to play DC on my real DC... so I can wait! __________________ The Future of Emulation: Emulate a High End Computer on a Low End System Current PC specs: Portable: Intel C2D T7250 (2x2.0Ghz, 800Mhz) \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC800 \| Geforce Go 7950 GTX PCI-E \| Realtek HD Audio \| 180Gbyte Internal SATA2 + 4x500GB external \| Windows Vista Business X64 MSDNAA Desktop: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2x2.5Ghz, S939) \| MSI KbT Neo2-F V2.0 \| 2x1GB Corsair Value VS1GBKIT400 \| MSI Geforce NX 7800GS-TD256/AGP8x \| Creative SB Audigy LS \| 2,5TB (4 SATA2 HDDs in Raid0) \| Windows Vista Business MSDNAA Visit my Blog

October 17th, 2007, 00:57	#6
RAY16 The Grand Potatomaster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA/Arizona Posts: 13	I eagerly await the release of Beta 2. Keep up the great work, NullDC team.