Since version 1.6.0 (no less than 4 years), not much was heard about the current status of this great Playstation emulator. The ePSXe team just published an update recently, confirming that the project is NOT dead.

"It has been long time since the previous ePSXe status update. During this time the ePSXe development has been on hold and our lives have changed a lot, probably just like yours. In summer 2007 we decided to continue working in ePSXe encouraged by the users support even after 4 years without updates. ePSXe is currently in final testing and we hope to release a new version very soon. We wanted to thank you for your support and show you some screenshots from games that should work better in the next release."

The ePSXe team

 

Stay tuned for more updates. And check ePSXe's website.

A new version of Xebra, a Playstation emulator for Windows, is now avaliable.  Here are the changes:

• The horizontal under-scan was fixed.
• The exception handler was fixed.

» Download Xebra 03/10/2008 here
» Visit the Xebra webpage (Warning: Japanese writing)
» Thanks to RockmanForte for the news

pSX Author has been silently working on adding PS2 emulation capabilities to his already excellent PS1 emulator! He revealed these screenshots yesterday, and I must say that it looks quite promising :) Check it out!

 

» Check out pSX's website here

Shendo released a new version of his memory card managing utility, MemcardRex. Version 0.4 was rewritten from scratch, and features a number of additional capabilities. Note: .NET Framework 3.0 required.

Changes in 0.4:

• Added comments support for dexdrive memory cards.
• Added toolstrip informations.
• Added support for simultaneous editing of 2 memory cards.
• Added support for dragging-and-dropping of memory card files.
• Saves can now be copied to the temp buffer and pasted to the selected card and slot.
• Double click on the selected item now shows a save information.
• Product code, Identifier and Region now shown in the list instead on the toolbar.
• Editing operations are now save based instead of the slot based like in older versions.
• Dropped support for .vmp cards until proper header reconstruction is possible.

» Download MemcardRex 0.4
» Check out the author's current homepage

The usual answer to "Can you send me the PSX BIOS?" is the hint, to dump it yourself from your console. Should you ever have wondered how to actual do this, then this guide and the PSX BIOS Dumper tool v1.0 made by Shendo and published over at Emuforums might be of interrest for you.

So let's take a look at the changes in the actual tool for v1.0:

• Main menu now displays a region of the console and a BIOS version.
• BIOS Merge application added so hex editing and manually joining files is no longer needed.

So if you always planned to dump your own BIOS, go ahead and check out Shendo's guide.

 Dr.Hell released another version of his PlayStation emulator. Thanks to cyclonmaster for the changelog.

• CD:Zero distance seeking time was fixed.
• CPU:BREAK was fixed.
• SPU:MVOL was fixed.
• Internal OS:Exec() was fixed.

» Download Xebra 07/12/26 right here on NGEmu!
» Check out Dr.Hell's website for more info (Japanese)

Another timely release for Xebra is now available.  Here are the release notes.....and once again, we thank RockmanForte for the Japanese-to-English translation

• CPU was fixed for 'DEWPRISM' (removing the entrance in the church)
• 'DEWPRISM' has a strange order of codes called 'branch in branch delay' which is not up to MIPS standard

» Download Xebra 071221 (12/21/07) here
» Xebra homepage (Japanese alert)

A new update to Xebra, one of the most compatible psx emus out there, is now avaliable.  A small update, but an update none-the-less:

• Fixed the CD to play BGM in 'The Game Maker'

» Download Xebra 11.21.07 here
» Visit the Xebra homepage (in Japanese, however)
» Thanks to RockmanForte for the news!!

• Added Korean, Bosnian, Serbian and Icelandic translations
• Added some missing translations to Linux build
• Debugger DMA capture buffer now autoresizes
• Fixed streaming music in Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius
• Fixed bug when setting sound frequency in Windows
• Implemented volume and mute in Linux
• Fixed "missing body parts" bug in Deception 3
• Fixed bug that caused XA audio in Deception 3 to not stop correctly
• Fixed random crash in Road Rash: Jailbreak
• Fixed debugger crash when emulator is reading from CD
• Fixed hang opening CD images in Linux
• Per-user settings for Linux (.ini file is now stored in ~/.pSX)
• Removed SSE instructions used during init (should fix crash on AMD CPUs)
• Fixed GTK warnings when clicking window close button in Linux

pSXAuthor was kind enough to inform us about the latest release of his fabulous playstation emulator pSX emulator. Apart from several small bug fixes, the biggest chance in this new version, carrying the version number 1.11, is support for the linux OS (seems to be a good time for emulation fans using linux). Let's take a look at the full change log:

• Ported to Linux
• Log window keyboard controls
• Added Arabic, Croation, Norwegian, Persian and Russian translations
• Fixed bug in CD not usable error message dialog
• DEP no longer needs to be disabled in Windows for pSX to work
• Added aspect ratio correction
• Centred framebuffer when it doesn't cover the entire screen
• Fixed controller config dialog bug (pressing button fills all controls)