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Sir Arthur's Den https://kingofgng.com/eng Computers, Gaming 'n Goblins Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:13:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://kingofgng.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Sir Arthur's Den https://kingofgng.com/eng 32 32 4731313 A new version of DREAMM further expands the reach of the non-generalist x86 emulator https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/03/27/a-new-version-of-dreamm-further-expands-the-reach-of-the-non-generalist-x86-emulator/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/03/27/a-new-version-of-dreamm-further-expands-the-reach-of-the-non-generalist-x86-emulator/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:13:25 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3386 Just two years after the previous major release, Aaron Giles released a new, substantial update for DREAMM in recent weeks. The “universal” emulator designed to perform very specific tasks adds new titles to the list of supported games, and includes some rather interesting technology developments. Giles, who worked with Microsoft, MAME and LucasArts throughout his long career, says he developed [...]

The post A new version of DREAMM further expands the reach of the non-generalist x86 emulator first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Just two years after the previous major release, Aaron Giles released a new, substantial update for DREAMM in recent weeks. The "universal" emulator designed to perform very specific tasks adds new titles to the list of supported games, and includes some rather interesting technology developments. Giles, who worked with Microsoft, MAME and LucasArts throughout his long career, says he developed DREAMM with the goal of recreating the Windows ports of SCUMM games that he programmed in the past. Over time, the project has evolved significantly from the original concept. And it continues to do so even today, as it turns out.

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Videogames highlights – third quarter 2023 https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/03/06/videogames-highlights-third-quarter-2023/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/03/06/videogames-highlights-third-quarter-2023/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:36:48 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3375 As I was saying last time, I have finally decided to make up for the lost time on this blog – one of the many delays I’ve piled up over these crazy years – and I have several backlogged posts to put on-line. As for gaming, I feel like I’m reliving an endless Groundhog Day where things repeat themselves over and [...]

The post Videogames highlights – third quarter 2023 first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> As I was saying last time, I have finally decided to make up for the lost time on this blog - one of the many delays I've piled up over these crazy years - and I have several backlogged posts to put on-line. As for gaming, I feel like I'm reliving an endless Groundhog Day where things repeat themselves over and over, without feeling the passage of time. Even the video game industry lives in a seemingly eternal present, where however the worst keeps getting worse and classic games risk being lost forever. Parasitic publishers like EA continue to financially abuse minors and shut down on-line servers, a barbaric practice in which Ubisoft is quite skilled as well. Actually, one thing has changed in these three years: NFTs have finally become trash, thanks in part to the actions of discredited figures such as Peter Molyneux. I hope the AI bubble will follow suit very soon.

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ScummVM development changes… so that nothing changes https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/02/20/scummvm-development-changes-so-that-nothing-changes/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/02/20/scummvm-development-changes-so-that-nothing-changes/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:16:22 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3371 Earlier this month, the ScummVM team finally updated the project with a new major release. ScummVM 2026.1.0 arrives several months after previous version 2.9.1, and brings an unusually large number of changes and additions. Starting with the versioning conventions, by adopting a different numbering scheme for future releases following a new “milestone” in the project’s development. Of course, there is [...]

The post ScummVM development changes… so that nothing changes first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Earlier this month, the ScummVM team finally updated the project with a new major release. ScummVM 2026.1.0 arrives several months after previous version 2.9.1, and brings an unusually large number of changes and additions. Starting with the versioning conventions, by adopting a different numbering scheme for future releases following a new "milestone" in the project's development. Of course, there is no shortage of newly supported games, although very few notable titles are still waiting to join the virtual machine all adventurers (and everyone else, at this point) care for.

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The RPCS3 project is getting closer and closer to its goal of faithfully emulating the PlayStation 3 console https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/02/07/the-rpcs3-project-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-its-goal-of-faithfully-emulating-the-playstation-3-console/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/02/07/the-rpcs3-project-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-its-goal-of-faithfully-emulating-the-playstation-3-console/#respond Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:46:23 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3366 Slowly but surely, the RPCS3 team is making steady progress on the seemingly impossible path outlined 14 years ago. The open source program is essentially the only existing emulator that can virtually replicate the PlayStation 3, a gaming machine that went down in history for its complex hardware architecture and troubled development. While Sony has never attempted to emulate the [...]

The post The RPCS3 project is getting closer and closer to its goal of faithfully emulating the PlayStation 3 console first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Slowly but surely, the RPCS3 team is making steady progress on the seemingly impossible path outlined 14 years ago. The open source program is essentially the only existing emulator that can virtually replicate the PlayStation 3, a gaming machine that went down in history for its complex hardware architecture and troubled development. While Sony has never attempted to emulate the PS3 on its most recent consoles, the team of developers led by elad335 and kd-11 has achieved results that are nothing short of astonishing. And they don't seem willing to stop until the job is done.

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86Box and DOSBox-X in search of new levels of emulation accuracy https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/01/31/86box-and-dosbox-x-in-search-of-new-levels-of-emulation-accuracy/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2026/01/31/86box-and-dosbox-x-in-search-of-new-levels-of-emulation-accuracy/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:24:18 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3359 The Christmas holidays are over, and with them what for me continues to be the worst time of the year for several reasons. 2026 promises to bring many changes, provided that the orange horror at the White House doesn’t manage to blow up the world first. As for the emulation of IBM-compatible PCs and related computer technologies, 86Box and DOSBox-X [...]

The post 86Box and DOSBox-X in search of new levels of emulation accuracy first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> The Christmas holidays are over, and with them what for me continues to be the worst time of the year for several reasons. 2026 promises to bring many changes, provided that the orange horror at the White House doesn't manage to blow up the world first. As for the emulation of IBM-compatible PCs and related computer technologies, 86Box and DOSBox-X continue to experience an accelerated development pace and steady improvement in both functionality and compatibility with classic software.

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Videogames highlights – second quarter 2023 https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/12/23/videogames-highlights-second-quarter-2023/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/12/23/videogames-highlights-second-quarter-2023/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:48:13 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3346 Yeah, I know. I’m late. Again. At this point in my life, I can safely say it’s a chronic condition, and there is nothing I can do about it. Or rather: what I can do is try to stitch together the billion projects I’ve left unfinished over the centuries, and hope that I can still get something good out of [...]

The post Videogames highlights – second quarter 2023 first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Yeah, I know. I'm late. Again. At this point in my life, I can safely say it's a chronic condition, and there is nothing I can do about it. Or rather: what I can do is try to stitch together the billion projects I've left unfinished over the centuries, and hope that I can still get something good out of them. Or even just something vaguely interesting. Regarding the latest gaming news, this should be fairly easy as certain topics never seem to go out of fashion. Today like two years ago, the world is still waiting for GTA VI, FromSoftware fans await an impossible PC version of Bloodborne, and publishers continue to skin collectors like me with obscenely priced special editions. Either way, the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake never came out, and Bethesda continues to milk Skyrim like a pregnant cow on all existing, past and future platforms.

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New DOSBox-X version improves classic home computers emulation https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/12/09/new-dosbox-x-version-improves-classic-home-computers-emulation/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/12/09/new-dosbox-x-version-improves-classic-home-computers-emulation/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:22:07 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3341 Jonathan Campbell and the DOSBox-X team have recently released a new version of the emulator. The DOSBox fork focused on general PC emulation and accuracy fixes several bugs, addresses some quirks in gaming software, and more generally continues its mission to significantly extend the features and capabilities of the original project. DOSBox-X 2025.12.01 comes out a couple months after previous [...]

The post New DOSBox-X version improves classic home computers emulation first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Jonathan Campbell and the DOSBox-X team have recently released a new version of the emulator. The DOSBox fork focused on general PC emulation and accuracy fixes several bugs, addresses some quirks in gaming software, and more generally continues its mission to significantly extend the features and capabilities of the original project.

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Microsoft lost the console war, but who’s the real winner? https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/12/02/microsoft-lost-the-console-war-but-whos-the-real-winner/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/12/02/microsoft-lost-the-console-war-but-whos-the-real-winner/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:13:12 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3335 Two years ago, I was complaining about the altered perception of time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war against Ukraine, and how the video game console business had been affected along with everything else. Now that we are nearing the end of 2025, it’s time to repeat myself because the world and technology have radically changed once more. [...]

The post Microsoft lost the console war, but who’s the real winner? first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Two years ago, I was complaining about the altered perception of time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war against Ukraine, and how the video game console business had been affected along with everything else. Now that we are nearing the end of 2025, it's time to repeat myself because the world and technology have radically changed once more. The AI bubble has driven everyone crazy, especially technology corporations constantly seeking profit at all costs. Players continue to spend a lot of money on gaming products, new machines are already on the horizon, but the obsessive greed of Big Tech has made the lives of a large number of people both inside and outside the industry a little more miserable.

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PCSX2 enters the final frontier of compatibility by supporting over 99% of all PS2 games https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/11/14/pcsx2-enters-the-final-frontier-of-compatibility-by-supporting-over-99-of-all-ps2-games/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/11/14/pcsx2-enters-the-final-frontier-of-compatibility-by-supporting-over-99-of-all-ps2-games/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:56:19 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3321 It’s almost incredible to say, but PlayStation 2 emulation is still a thing. PCSX2, one of the most complex and ambitious emulation projects ever conceived, has achieved a milestone that very few emulators can (or will ever) boast. Twenty-three years after the first official version was released, the original PS2 emulator can now offer near-complete compatibility with the entire library [...]

The post PCSX2 enters the final frontier of compatibility by supporting over 99% of all PS2 games first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> It's almost incredible to say, but PlayStation 2 emulation is still a thing. PCSX2, one of the most complex and ambitious emulation projects ever conceived, has achieved a milestone that very few emulators can (or will ever) boast. Twenty-three years after the first official version was released, the original PS2 emulator can now offer near-complete compatibility with the entire library of games released for Sony's legendary console. And the developers certainly don't plan to stop there, as the project has recently undergone an almost complete overhaul compared to just a few years ago.

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A flurry of updates for 86Box, DOSBox-X, and more. Where PC emulation is heading https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/11/04/a-flurry-of-updates-for-86box-dosbox-x-and-more-where-pc-emulation-is-heading/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/11/04/a-flurry-of-updates-for-86box-dosbox-x-and-more-where-pc-emulation-is-heading/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:49:31 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3315 Just as I have a bad habit of taking long breaks from this blog now, certain emulation projects can seemingly stay silent for a long time before resuming the release of substantial updates one after another. The developers of 86Box sort of follow this path, changing the source code on a daily basis but releasing a new stable build of [...]

The post A flurry of updates for 86Box, DOSBox-X, and more. Where PC emulation is heading first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Just as I have a bad habit of taking long breaks from this blog now, certain emulation projects can seemingly stay silent for a long time before resuming the release of substantial updates one after another. The developers of 86Box sort of follow this path, changing the source code on a daily basis but releasing a new stable build of the emulator even several months after the previous one.

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New updates for Ares, DOSBox-X, ScummVM, and the future of PC emulation in PCem and 86Box https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/05/31/new-updates-for-ares-dosbox-x-scummvm-and-the-future-of-pc-emulation-in-pcem-and-86box/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2025/05/31/new-updates-for-ares-dosbox-x-scummvm-and-the-future-of-pc-emulation-in-pcem-and-86box/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 22:48:49 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3286 Is there anything left on the Internet that is not AI slop generated by a chatbot to permanently kill any remnant of human creativity? Probably not, therefore I’m still here, despite the overwhelming AFK chaos to deal with, the aftermath of a devastating relocation, and job insecurity as a permanent lifestyle, producing some new posts to feed to the generative [...]

The post New updates for Ares, DOSBox-X, ScummVM, and the future of PC emulation in PCem and 86Box first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Is there anything left on the Internet that is not AI slop generated by a chatbot to permanently kill any remnant of human creativity? Probably not, therefore I'm still here, despite the overwhelming AFK chaos to deal with, the aftermath of a devastating relocation, and job insecurity as a permanent lifestyle, producing some new posts to feed to the generative monster that makes the world's richest Nazi serial killers like Elon Musk have seraphic orgasms. Actually, no, I will keep blocking AI bots via robots.txt (for what it's worth...), and my spirit as an old gamer tired of everything still is passionate about the same old topics. Starting with emulation, a world that couldn't be more alive and brimming with developments than it is right now.

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree: I finally defeated Radahn, and now I feel empty inside https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/11/09/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-i-finally-defeated-radahn-and-now-i-feel-empty-inside/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/11/09/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-i-finally-defeated-radahn-and-now-i-feel-empty-inside/#respond Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:45:39 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3243 Miquella is dead, divinity is gone. Lordship is mine, and mine alone.

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Miquella is dead, divinity is gone
Lordship is mine, and mine alone

I started playing Elden Ring in 2022, a couple months after the game's release. I was curious to finally experience the notorious "Souls" formula, hoping to see if this strong attraction I felt for the genre was just due to my passion for dark fantasy RPGs or was it really the best thing to do in front of a computer. After more than two years, in September I finally concluded the adventure by taking down the final boss of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. A truly epic deed, completing one of the most absorbing, challenging and gratifying gaming experiences I have ever tried in my gamer's life.

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DREAMM, 86Box, DOSBox-X: new updates for the trendiest PC emulators https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/10/27/dreamm-86box-dosbox-x-new-updates-for-the-trendiest-pc-emulators/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/10/27/dreamm-86box-dosbox-x-new-updates-for-the-trendiest-pc-emulators/#respond Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:41:26 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3235 After working on the MAME project for years, Aaron Giles has now put his efforts and legendary coding skills to work in the PC emulation biz. DREAMM is designed to simulate a stripped-down version of the 32-bit Windows API and all the hardware components needed to run a long list of LucasArts games. In the past few months, Giles released [...]

The post DREAMM, 86Box, DOSBox-X: new updates for the trendiest PC emulators first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> After working on the MAME project for years, Aaron Giles has now put his efforts and legendary coding skills to work in the PC emulation biz. DREAMM is designed to simulate a stripped-down version of the 32-bit Windows API and all the hardware components needed to run a long list of LucasArts games. In the past few months, Giles released a new major release of his non-generalist x86 emulator, an update which brings significant improvements to a project that is becoming increasingly enticing for fans of graphic adventures, Star Wars games from the 1990s, and much more.

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Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are available for purchase again via GOG.com https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/10/05/resident-evil-2-and-resident-evil-3-are-available-for-purchase-again-via-gog-com/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/10/05/resident-evil-2-and-resident-evil-3-are-available-for-purchase-again-via-gog-com/#respond Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:57:17 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3227 After resurrecting the half-rotten zombie of the first Resident Evil, GOG.com is keeping its promise to bring the other two chapters of Capcom’s “classic” survival horror saga back to the screen. Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are now available for purchase again, DRM-free, thanks to CD Projekt‘s digital store, offering the same enhanced compatibility with modern Windows systems [...]

The post Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are available for purchase again via GOG.com first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> After resurrecting the half-rotten zombie of the first Resident Evil, GOG.com is keeping its promise to bring the other two chapters of Capcom's "classic" survival horror saga back to the screen. Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are now available for purchase again, DRM-free, thanks to CD Projekt's digital store, offering the same enhanced compatibility with modern Windows systems as RE1. If they feel like it, true fans of the genre can even save a few euros by purchasing the bundle including all three games in the series.

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The original edition of Resident Evil is back on sale on GOG.com https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/06/29/the-original-edition-of-resident-evil-is-back-on-sale-on-gog-com/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/06/29/the-original-edition-of-resident-evil-is-back-on-sale-on-gog-com/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:03:55 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3204 Almost 30 years after its official release on PlayStation and PC, Resident Evil (RE) now joins the large lineup of video game classics available on GOG.com. The digital store for PC games freed from DRM shackles has announced the re-release of the first Resident Evil, while also confirming that both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 will soon arrive [...]

The post The original edition of Resident Evil is back on sale on GOG.com first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Almost 30 years after its official release on PlayStation and PC, Resident Evil (RE) now joins the large lineup of video game classics available on GOG.com. The digital store for PC games freed from DRM shackles has announced the re-release of the first Resident Evil, while also confirming that both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 will soon arrive on the service as well. GOG worked together with Capcom to modernize RE and make it compatible with modern computing platforms, an impressive feat considering that the first three Resident Evil are notoriously among the most complicated games to run on today's PCs without using emulators or virtual machines.

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The “quantum leap” of the Firefox 126.0.1 update https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/06/04/the-quantum-leap-of-the-firefox-126-0-1-update/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/06/04/the-quantum-leap-of-the-firefox-126-0-1-update/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:14:09 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3188 The last time I updated Mozilla Firefox was in 2019, when I installed Firefox 68.0.2 soon after adopting the Quantum project on a permanent basis with Firefox 64.0. As I have often said, software updates are one of the things I hate the most in the world. Windows Update is my nemesis, and I would rather change PC completely, as [...]

The post The “quantum leap” of the Firefox 126.0.1 update first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> The last time I updated Mozilla Firefox was in 2019, when I installed Firefox 68.0.2 soon after adopting the Quantum project on a permanent basis with Firefox 64.0. As I have often said, software updates are one of the things I hate the most in the world. Windows Update is my nemesis, and I would rather change PC completely, as I actually did in 2020, than change my personal "operating environment" that I so painstakingly sorted, built and tweaked over the years. Decades, in fact. Which is why it took me a good four years to install a new version of the Red Panda browser, although in the end the upgrade had extremely satisfying outcomes confirming that change can be good, when pursued in moderation.

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ScummVM 2.8.1 is the first release of the year for the adventurers’ VM https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/04/06/scummvm-2-8-1-is-the-first-release-of-the-year-for-the-adventurers-vm/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/04/06/scummvm-2-8-1-is-the-first-release-of-the-year-for-the-adventurers-vm/#respond Fri, 05 Apr 2024 23:47:23 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3164 Exactly three months after the release of the previous version, the ScummVM team has now released a new update for adventurers’ (and role players’) favorite virtual machine. ScummVM 2.8.1 actually is a maintenance release, a minor update designed to fix bugs that emerged since the last stable version of the program. Starting with enabling the engine for the games of [...]

The post ScummVM 2.8.1 is the first release of the year for the adventurers’ VM first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Exactly three months after the release of the previous version, the ScummVM team has now released a new update for adventurers' (and role players') favorite virtual machine. ScummVM 2.8.1 actually is a maintenance release, a minor update designed to fix bugs that emerged since the last stable version of the program. Starting with enabling the engine for the games of the Might and Magic series (MM), which had already been added but disabled at compile time.

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86Box 4.1.1 fixes bugs from the previous PC emulator release https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/03/29/86box-4-1-1-fixes-bugs-from-the-previous-pc-emulator-release/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/03/29/86box-4-1-1-fixes-bugs-from-the-previous-pc-emulator-release/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:44:29 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3154 As I have said in the past few weeks, 86Box is a PC emulator that is constantly updated and is probably destined for great things in the future. A month after the release of version 4.1, developers have now released a minor update mainly designed to fix the bugs that surfaced in the previous release. While not particularly noteworthy for emulating [...]

The post 86Box 4.1.1 fixes bugs from the previous PC emulator release first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> As I have said in the past few weeks, 86Box is a PC emulator that is constantly updated and is probably destined for great things in the future. A month after the release of version 4.1, developers have now released a minor update mainly designed to fix the bugs that surfaced in the previous release. While not particularly noteworthy for emulating historically important technology such as the Matrox video cards added in the aforementioned version 4.1, 86Box 4.1.1 doesn't miss the chance to add new virtual peripherals to the ever-growing list of PC hardware emulated by the program.

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RPCS3 shows off two years of improvements in PlayStation 3 emulation https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/03/20/rpcs3-shows-off-two-years-of-improvements-in-playstation-3-emulation/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/03/20/rpcs3-shows-off-two-years-of-improvements-in-playstation-3-emulation/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:19:03 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3146 Despite being on the market for nearly 13 years, RPCS3 is a project in a perpetual Alpha state for which no official stable builds exist yet. The open source PlayStation 3 emulator is updated quite frequently, but the development mode makes it difficult to keep track of all the progress and milestones the program has achieved over time. Fortunately, the [...]

The post RPCS3 shows off two years of improvements in PlayStation 3 emulation first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> Despite being on the market for nearly 13 years, RPCS3 is a project in a perpetual Alpha state for which no official stable builds exist yet. The open source PlayStation 3 emulator is updated quite frequently, but the development mode makes it difficult to keep track of all the progress and milestones the program has achieved over time. Fortunately, the RPCS3 developers themselves make things much easier by periodically releasing summary videos about how one of the most technologically advanced emulation projects ever is evolving.

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New version for DOSBox-X, the PC emulator that goes beyond DOS https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/03/12/new-version-for-dosbox-x-the-pc-emulator-that-goes-beyond-dos/ https://kingofgng.com/eng/2024/03/12/new-version-for-dosbox-x-the-pc-emulator-that-goes-beyond-dos/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:10:10 +0000 https://kingofgng.com/eng/?p=3128 The last official update for DOSBox dates back to 2019, with minor release 0.74-3. Since then, one of the most significant projects in the history of PC emulation has been like suspended in time, while SVN builds compiled from the most recent changes to the source code have been idle for months. Meanwhile, DOSBox forks have continued to evolve introducing [...]

The post New version for DOSBox-X, the PC emulator that goes beyond DOS first appeared on Sir Arthur's Den.]]> The last official update for DOSBox dates back to 2019, with minor release 0.74-3. Since then, one of the most significant projects in the history of PC emulation has been like suspended in time, while SVN builds compiled from the most recent changes to the source code have been idle for months. Meanwhile, DOSBox forks have continued to evolve introducing new features, bugfixes and a much broader compatibility with DOS software. One fork in particular, DOSBox-X, seems in my yes to be the one capable of providing the most interesting advanced emulation experience for an old command prompt dog like myself.

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