Any more progress for Dreamcast Emulators?

RZetlin · November 13th, 2004, 01:40

This biggest news for Spring 2004 was the deployment of the Chankast Dreamcast emulator.

A lot of time has passed since then and the development of the Dreamcast emualtors seem to have come to a halt.

There doesn't seem to be anymore development news for Chankast.

There was also a promise that the Icarus Dreamcast emulator would be released this summer, but this date as pass also.

Are there any work being done with the development of the Dreamcast emulator?

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**Cid Highwind** · November 13th, 2004, 14:07

Of course they are working on it, unless they want Chankast to turn out to be something like Corn, but it will take some time before the actual changes are worth a new release.

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RF · November 13th, 2004, 18:12

When you get as far as Chankast, you indeed have to take some time to go over everything and get it to perfection. Im sure the bugs remaining are some very tough ones since Chankast works so well already

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Coolsvilleman · November 14th, 2004, 14:08

I so liked corn... hope chankst dosen't die out as well.

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**Razor Blade** · November 14th, 2004, 20:07

Well 'm sure it took the Chabkast team a loong time to get the emulator to what it was today (in what 2 or 3 releases?) So maybe they aren't gonna release a new version till it's equally as impressive the second time around.

Like maybe all games will work and no bugs whatsoever! Well I can dream ...

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ready2rumbelX · December 1st, 2004, 13:52

Don't knock that idea, you never know. ePSXe is basically perfect, with only a few small bugs which aren't even worth mentioning.

So, Razor, you never know...

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December 1st, 2004, 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by ready2rumbelX

Don't knock that idea, you never know. ePSXe is basically perfect, with only a few small bugs which aren't even worth mentioning.

while I appreciate the effort of ePSXe, I disagree. There are some significant bugs left. It's not at the level of emulators like Gens or Zsnes.

**Kane** · December 2nd, 2004, 09:47

Indeed. The only way it would be considered on the same level as those two is if different configurations for different games were not required, and yet we still got hte image quality enhancements. Regardless, I don't think it's likely to significantly improve for numerous reasons.

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scottlc · December 3rd, 2004, 00:00

The only options that should be present in a perfect Playstation emulator should be for screen resolution, colour depth etc... Games should "just work" like they do in other emulators. The current state is that they are significantly flawed, but workable.

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ready2rumbelX · December 23rd, 2004, 23:11

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Originally Posted by Samor

while I appreciate the effort of ePSXe, I disagree. There are some significant bugs left. It's not at the level of emulators like Gens or Zsnes.

What significant problems/bugs are there in ePSXe, that are extremely noticable and important for satisfactory emulation?

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**Kane** · December 24th, 2004, 06:32

Did you actualy read the posts after Sp4m0r's? We gave and explained one quite obvious imperfection. Add to this there is a list of games that will alway exhibit glitches (FF4 with the black edges of sprites, etc) and there are games which simply don't work, there are MDEC timing problems in some games.....

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Kazuya · December 24th, 2004, 07:05

DDR has an arrow timing problem too. And lots of japanese games don't work.

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**ZeZu** · April 10th, 2005, 21:08

Who promised an Icarus release this summer ?
I dont recall promising anything....

ChankastRules · April 10th, 2005, 21:22

Not all games work on Zsnes either

, as for dreamcast emulators there was some news from the Chankast team, about a possible release of Chankast to the Xbox, and also that they might make it open source ( since they got a little burned out working so hard on making chankast what it is today ) ... of course it might just have been rumors since I didn't see it on the official site :O

**Chrono Archangel** · April 10th, 2005, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZeZu

Who promised an Icarus release this summer ?
I dont recall promising anything....

its been one year since youve posted here....Welcome back

keep us informed with the development of Icarus, seems like you've been quite busy the last couple of months

(normally i should warn you for reviving ol threads...but o well

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**Cid Highwind** · April 11th, 2005, 00:24

Yeah, warn him Chrono, we should all be treated equally

But does this mean he is one of the Icarus authors?

I've never been into the early days of DC emulation so I missed the whole part about Icarus and such.

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**Chrono Archangel** · April 11th, 2005, 00:53

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Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

Yeah, warn him Chrono, we should all be treated equally

But does this mean he is one of the Icarus authors?

I've never been into the early days of DC emulation so I missed the whole part about Icarus and such.

http://boob.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard3...ff;act=SF;f=10

as far as i know, right now ZeZu is putting alot of work in the emulator and is basicly the only one breaking the silence

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KanedA · April 11th, 2005, 07:44

people what has happend to the whole idea of emulation? what I see now is that group of ppl ('make a release 'couse we want to play games') is getting larger and larger...

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**Cid Highwind** · April 11th, 2005, 09:25

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Originally Posted by Chrono Archangel

http://boob.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard3...ff;act=SF;f=10

as far as i know, right now ZeZu is putting alot of work in the emulator and is basicly the only one breaking the silence

Interesting, thanx

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November 13th, 2004, 01:40	#1
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,923	Any more progress for Dreamcast Emulators? This biggest news for Spring 2004 was the deployment of the Chankast Dreamcast emulator. A lot of time has passed since then and the development of the Dreamcast emualtors seem to have come to a halt. There doesn't seem to be anymore development news for Chankast. There was also a promise that the Icarus Dreamcast emulator would be released this summer, but this date as pass also. Are there any work being done with the development of the Dreamcast emulator? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP3 "Asu no Egao no Tame ni!" - So We Can Smile Tomorrow! Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/RZetlin

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November 13th, 2004, 14:07	#2
Cid Highwind The Hunter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NL Posts: 15,877	Of course they are working on it, unless they want Chankast to turn out to be something like Corn, but it will take some time before the actual changes are worth a new release. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz // GPU: Sapphire ATi HD5870 1GB // Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 // HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint // SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W // Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,767	When you get as far as Chankast, you indeed have to take some time to go over everything and get it to perfection. Im sure the bugs remaining are some very tough ones since Chankast works so well already __________________ CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: ATi 5870 HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

November 14th, 2004, 14:08	#4
Coolsvilleman Emulation to the max! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,560	I so liked corn... hope chankst dosen't die out as well. __________________ Q6600 Core 2 Quad \|\| Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme HD \|\| e-VGA 8800GTX \|\| 4096mb 4-4-4-12-2T Dual-Channel RAM \|\| MSI P6N Diamond \|\| 2x 320GB Hardrive \|\| 5.1 Speakers \|\| Remote control \|\| 8x USB 2.0 \|\| DVD/CD ±RW Drive \|\| 1x IEEE1394 www.coolsvilleman.homedns.org Normally down. E-mail me for a DVD @ coolsvilleman@gmail.com

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,032	Well 'm sure it took the Chabkast team a loong time to get the emulator to what it was today (in what 2 or 3 releases?) So maybe they aren't gonna release a new version till it's equally as impressive the second time around. Like maybe all games will work and no bugs whatsoever! Well I can dream ... __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

December 1st, 2004, 13:52	#6
ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,750	Don't knock that idea, you never know. ePSXe is basically perfect, with only a few small bugs which aren't even worth mentioning. So, Razor, you never know... r2rX __________________ ___________________________________________ -Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz -MSi Big Bang X-Power Mobo -6GB Corsair Dominator GT -MSI GTX 680 2GB -Windows 8 (x64) + Linux Mint Debian Edition (x64) -Realtek HD (ALC889)

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Indeed. The only way it would be considered on the same level as those two is if different configurations for different games were not required, and yet we still got hte image quality enhancements. Regardless, I don't think it's likely to significantly improve for numerous reasons. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

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scottlc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St Andrews, Scotland Posts: 1,577	The only options that should be present in a perfect Playstation emulator should be for screen resolution, colour depth etc... Games should "just work" like they do in other emulators. The current state is that they are significantly flawed, but workable. __________________ Computer: White MacBook (late 2008) - OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz - Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Did you actualy read the posts after Sp4m0r's? We gave and explained one quite obvious imperfection. Add to this there is a list of games that will alway exhibit glitches (FF4 with the black edges of sprites, etc) and there are games which simply don't work, there are MDEC timing problems in some games..... __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

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ZeZu Emu author Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 30	Who promised an Icarus release this summer ? I dont recall promising anything....

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KanedA PS2 PAL[v9], PS3Slim PAL Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PolanD Posts: 5,362	people what has happend to the whole idea of emulation? what I see now is that group of ppl ('make a release 'couse we want to play games') is getting larger and larger... __________________