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October 2000 NewsUncle shiva? On top of it, I have a business trip sometime this week. busy, busy boy... Still try and get as much done as I can in the meanwhile. I have a lot more
stuff to add to the Archives, more flyers, bgs, and images, and I am putting
together image packs for WPCmame32 as well. Start uploading all the stuff
on the 1st. YIKES!
WPCmame, 5 versions!!!! - reported by shiva on 10/30/00 @ 6:24 pm EST Jarek Parchanski has done his own version of WPCmame, and it looks like a great translation. Here's part of his email: "Attached is my version of WPCMame with clear sound... I have added World Cup '94 I have added speedup(150% boost) code based on the mame sources that works OK only for wc,dm,fs,jm,tom pinballs. I have added wave recording (-wrec) based on sources posted on mame dev list by Juergen Buchmueller. I have added option Pump Up The Volume :-) press lef shift while emulation running." I also included the sound rom for WCS as well, but I had to rename the files as well (Wouldn't download) so I hope it's right. :P Steve Ellenoff has just sent me a redone version of WPCmame32, now with anti-alias. Looks real good as well. It's the same link as before, so you will have to re-download the program. Talking about Mame32, Icons for WPCmame32 have just been added, with a big
thanks to MAMu_ of mameicons.com. You can get the downloads at our WPCmame Homepage. Never check your email before you go to bed - reported by shiva on 10/30/00 @ 3:22 am EST Ripley doesn't have anything on me, as I just got yet another version of WPCmame. I'm to tired to put it all together, but it looks very good, and should be even faster. I will do the proper thanks and everything when I'm up and working. Sorry to mention this, but this is a good case for never checking your email when you want to go to bed. (Took 20 minutes) Besides, I like to bitch, and torment people that I have a new version, and you don't. :P (I'm starting to ramble, and I still have the flu, so I will put it up tomorrow, and shut up now) Oops, forgot something - reported by shiva on 10/30/00 @ 2:46 am EST Oops, forgot to add the source code for the WPCmame emulator. Actually, I never got it, but I know Steve does, so I will get him to send it to me. Yikes... sorry. (shiva made a boo-boo) It will be up... errr.... later. it's 2:30 in the damn morning, I'm going to bed. :P WPCmame32 Released! - reported by shiva on 10/30/00 @ 2:09 am EST Steve Ellenoff strikes again, with a windows version of WPCmame available. This is a "all in one" version, and is great for those not familar with dos. (And it runs pretty fast to!) You can get the download for WPCmame32 right here at the WPCmame Homepage. Image packs on their way. :) New Version of WPCmame - reported by shiva on 10/30/00 @ 12:48 am EST A new version has been released of WPCmame. Here's what's new: DMD antialiasing (doesn't look as good as I thaught but I kept it anyway).
See readme for details You can find the latest version at the WPCmame Homepage. As well, Steve Ellenoff has modified the new version, with some optimizations and fixes. This version is also at the homepage, and I hope I did it right. :P The source is there as well. I'm so happy. :) WPCmame Archive Updated - reported by shiva on 10/29/00 @ 6:00 pm EST Yesterday, in preparation for the new WPCmame release, I totally redid the entire "goodies" page. Every page was redone from scratch, and I have also updated each page with the latest additions. More of course is on it's way. Here's the main page: http://www.gamesurge.com/shivasite/wpcmame_games.shtml. I also thumbnailed the images, to make it a little easier to find things. I'm still missing quite a few, so if you have some HIGH QUALITY pictures, let me know. In the meanwhile, time to get a quick nap, (I have the flu) gonna be a big day tonight. :) 2 New versions of WPCmame soon. - reported by shiva on 10/29/00 @ 1:09 am EST Just a quick note, but I have been told that WPCmame will get a minor update, with bug fixes and some work on the DCS sound been done. Also, WPCmame32 is also expected to be released as well. Both should be here tonight (Sunday), but I'm so happy, I jumped the gun to announce it. :) WPCmame- New ROMS - reported by shiva on 10/29/00 @ 1:05 am EST The final 4 missing ROMS have been added to our WPCmame Files Section, so we now have a complete set of clean, scrubbed, and lemon freshed ROMS for WPCmame. Also, both the Terminator 2 and Whitewater ROMS now have sound, with a big thank you to Steve Ellenoff, and the Addams Family ROM has been fixed, with no thanks to me, as I screwed up. :) Also, I added a couple of Operator manuals there as well, in .pdf format (But zipped up of course) for Addams Family, and also Whitewater. Now people can work on the switch settings. :) Williams PIC Article - reported by shiva on 10/27/00 @ 2:49 am EST A new tech section has been started, and it's only fitting that the first article is written by none other than the author of WPCmame himself. This details and unravels the mystery of the PIC chip, and is one of the most requested bits of information on the Williams machines.
Merry Christmas... :) WPCmame ROMS - reported by shiva on 10/26/00 @ 1:42 am EST ROMS are now available, with a big thank you to Carny_Priest. I have built a special page listing them, you can find them right here: http://www.gamesurge.com/shivasite/wpcmame_files.shtml Here's the readme: "All clone sets have been merged into their respective parent sets. Each
set has been extracted and re-zipped using WinZip, and each file has been
verified as correct using ClrMAME Pro. Even so, I haven't actually tested
everything so they may not be 100% perfect. I'm pretty sure that they are
fine though. I've left documentation and unsupported ROMs in the set in case
they prove useful for future updates. Also, note that this is not a complete
set. The following titles are not available on the Williams site, they mainly
represent older revisions, betas, and custom sets: Also, thanks to Gerry Stellenberg as well. Still have 4 to add, which I just got, but would rather sleep at the moment... :( I haven't been able to get them all, especially the test roms, but I will be retrieving them shortly. Also, Carney has set up a virtual hard drive with the WPCmame Roms. We are still missing some roms, in fact, a lot of sound roms from the list above, so if anyone has them, and you would like to donate them, please let me know. WPCmame "goodies" page - reported by shiva on 10/26/00 @ 1:39 am EST Here you go, a goodies page. It's a little messed up alas, but after the day yesterday of getting everything for the download, and then doing the upload of it all, you can excuse me for being a little tired. Here's the link: http://www.gamesurge.com/shivasite/wpcmame_games.shtml This is the raw files, to be used for front end support. I went with the best quality files I could get, and a lot is missing, so if people out there have some missing pictures, please send them. Also, it has been mentioned that it would be helpful for text versions of the switch settings, or basically, help files for each of the games. What do you guys think? and if people have done them, please send them, I will put them up. Gonna need icons as well, and if anyone would like to send anything else, by all means. Hey, I'm not beyond begging. :P Rulesheet Archive Up - reported by shiva on 10/26/00 @ 1:37 am EST Okay, the entire Download took 12 FREAKING HOURS, but it's up. First up is the Rulesheets Archive, which is at this link: http://www.gamesurge.com/shivasite/rulesheets.shtml I haven't linked it to the "goodies" page yet, but it looks like we have
rulesheets for just about all the supported WPCmame games, as well as a lot
of other games. Just over 100 files to be exact. Not bad, huh. BIG WPCmame Update Coming - reported by shiva on 10/25/00 @ 3:06 am EST I'm just getting ready to start a REAL massive uload, all WPCmame related. A new Goodies page has been started, with images, screens, rulesheets... and ROMS! It will be quite a while before it all gets in there, and it is no way complete. In fact, there's still a lot to find and put in. Last time I looked, it's a 80 Meg upload, and I have a 56k modem. :) Also, our Forum has a WPCmame Announcements board now, with more info on what's in the goodies page, as well as links to clean roms, and first word on a new version of WPCmame, this time for the MAME32 frontend. :) Goodie's on the way - reported by shiva on 10/24/00 @ 5:53 pm EST Considering I just made available over 20,000 text files, people sure want more, especially for WPCmame. I have been gathering stuff for use with it, and I will be uploading what I HAVE SO FAR later tonight. I also would like to remind people that I also have GameSurge to run, and there appears to be a rather serious problem happening there at the moment with the site, so I will have to start fixing it as well. Still, I will try and get up what I can as soon as possible, but I have a 56k modem, and I have about 15 Megs to get, and about 30 Megs to put up, so do the math... sigh, my life is way to busy for words. Also, I should mention that tomorrow (Wednesday) I will be put most of the day, but when I get back, I will answer all the email and stuff... hopefully. Strategy Downloads Done - reported by shiva on 10/23/00 @ 11:03 pm EST One of the largest collections of it's kind, the entire Strategy Section is now zipped for easy downloading. With over 50 separate files, supporting over 30 different arcade/computer/home console systems, and containing nearly 20,000 files in total, you will find tons of information for your favorite game. The Files are separated into 4 categories, Game Manuals, Settings (For Arcade use), Codes (Including GameShark codes) and Tactics (Walkthroughs etc.) and all are zipped and ready to go. Happy leeching! shivaSite W.I.P. - reported by shiva on 10/23/00 @ 7:15 pm EST Lots of things been happening today, and though I'm a little overloaded, I will update everyone on some upcoming things here at shivaSite. WPCmame
has gotten a huge response, and a very positive one at that, and several new
things will be coming to make things a lot easier for everyone. We already
have a mac version up, called MacWPCmame,
and also, thanks to some people who have posted on our Forum,
and also emailed me, several other interesting things are in the works. Here's
a brief run-down: Thanks to all the people who have written. Also, I have dinner ready, so this is gonna be fast. Expect more of that sidebar to the left to be filled shortly. :) Mac Version of WPCmame - reported by shiva on 10/23/00 @ 6:39 pm EST A Mac version of WPCmame is now available! A BIG thank you goes to Carbon, for taking the time to make a version. You can find the Mac version at his site, or just grab it from us at the WPCmame page. This is in the Aladdin Stuffit format (.sit) and as far as I know, the roms should work fine. There is gonna be a pretty sizeable update coming shortly, but I have GameSurge stuff to do first. :( Game Manuals - reported by shiva on 10/22/00 @ 9:35 pm EST When I first decided to revive shivaSite, one of the first things I had to decide was what should I put in the site in terms of content. It was decided pretty quickly, when I was surfing the net looking to update the GameSurge Strategy pages, I noticed that my favorite site was gone. Since I had already grabbed all the files I needed, it wasn't a big loss in my mind, until I realized that there was no other place that had this type of collection in one place, in fact, as far as I know, I'm the only place that has such a complete collection. So I am making them available, and at least for the moment, they are zipped by system. I believe the total is around 6000 separate instruction manuals, zipped in 25 separate files, for the various computer/home/arcade systems, and the entire manual archive weighs in at 12.8 Megs. I will also be doing the same for the other strategy sections as well, all are public domain, and most are text, though some of the GameSurge stuff is there as well. The truly scary thing is, I still have over 25,000 strategy files to sort. Once all the PD stuff is in, then I will start work on building pages for them all, a process that could take years. :) Sometimes, suffering from excessive content disorder can have it's problems... How Many Microsoft Support People to Change a Light Bulb. - reported by shiva on 10/22/00 @ 6:43 pm EST The Answer... Four One to ask, "What is the registration number of the light bulb?." I LOVE Sundays - reported by shiva on 10/22/00 @ 3:35 pm EST Okay, It's past 3 here, I'm still in my bathrobe, the sun is shining, and the kid is in a good mood. In other words, I'm goofing off on the job. Thanks to everyone who wrote, I've answered the emails. If you have comments or suggestions, don't forget to use the forum instead. I'm just a old, old man, and though I know a bit about pinball and arcades in general, my knowledge on emulators are a little lacking. (I'm not the one who programed the emulator) I will try to answer the best I can though. One of the suggestions is a front end for us DOS impared people. Anyone out there have an idea? I also got crap for not putting up certain site links. :) Just a reminder, if your a site, and you mirror the files, let me know. I will be putting up a list of other download sites, just in case of server problems here. (Highly unlikely, this is a pretty decent server we have here.) Oh, tonight, with some luck, we will get a poll up, and I get to spend 8 hours looking at perl code, because I want to hack the forum. It's so nice to be so anal. :) Email now Works - reported by shiva on 10/22/00 @ 4:45 am EST Just thought I would add a brief message before I quit for the night (Been busy with GameSurge and other matters) as my email is now, and finally, working properly. So now I can warn people that if they email me, I can reply. (That should cut the amount of emails I recieve down...) New Version of WPCmame - reported by shiva on 10/22/00 @ 4:42 am EST I've just received a small, but important update to our hosted WPCmame emulator, and though there isn't a lot, it's a important one. Here's the update: October 21st, 2000 - A new version of WPCmame has just been released. This is a minor update, with the changes being the addition of sound in The Addams Family Gold and correct names and years for each of the supported games (according to the Internet Pinball Database).I can die a happy man now, as one of the best pinball games ever made, with one of the best soundtracks ever made, has been supported. Yeap, the wife will now be awaken by the gentle strains of Raul Julia's voice reverbing throughout the house. :) Don't forget to comment in the forum as well! Welcome to shivaSite - reported by shiva on 10/21/00 @ 5:03 am EST Ah, I love the smell of a brand new website in the morning.... Hope everyone likes the new shivaSite, it's great to be back, without the responsibility of 10 people bitching at me through ICQ everytime I get up in the morning. This is still very much a work in progress, as I am getting use to the new server, and it's... strangeness, and also, beginning the process of fine tuning the design, and hunting bugs. The next couple of days will see me hunt out problems, work a bit on getting the site looking better, and loading faster, and maybe find the time to add a couple of new things, including a new version of WPCmame, which I had to retrieve directly from my ISP. (More on that below this post) So there are a couple of minor problems, and I haven't had the time to update the new stuff yet, but they will be coming, as well as a new poll and more CGI. In the meanwhile... talk among yourselves... WPCmame debuts - reported by shiva on 10/21/00 @ 4:00 am EST There are 2 types of games I love above anything else, arcade games,(for which I use a emulator) and especially, pinball games. So, in combining my 2 favorite things, I am proud to announce that we at shivaSite are the host for WPCmame, one of the most unique emulator products ever made. The WPCmame pinball simulater allows you to "emulate" arcade pinball roms on your computer. WPCmame is built as a driver added to the MAME 0.37 beta 8 source. This WPC pinball emulator/simulator is not playable. It only emulates the electronic circuit boards and the display in the pinball machine backbox. There are no playfield and no balls. All WPC (Williams Pinball Company) games from Dr. Dude to Cactus Canyon are supported. Supported means that the game loads and the display starts up with lamps etc. All games also enters the attract mode and you can use the Coin Door switches to enter the menus. The WPCmame home page contains both the binaries and the source code for both the emulator, and MAME. As well, you will find rom information, a small section on MAME itself, and a small list of other emulation sites. Also, I have built a special forum for WPCmame, as part of the GameSurge Network Forums, to answer questions, comment about the emulator, or to trade tips. There is also a Pinball forum, for those of you addicted to the silverball. I should mention you DO NOT have to register to use the GSN forums, as I have always considered it a little cheap to make people take 10 minutes to register just so they can do a one minute post...(register anyway, I tried to make it as short and painless as possible, but I also tied in a future planned mailing list as well to registered members.) The Truth v6 - reported by shiva on 10/21/00 @ 3:20 am EST The Truth, a famous, or infamous series of editorials, makes it's return to it's first home here at shivaSite. The latest in this series, called The Truth v6 - The End of Innocence details the entire GameFan Network/express.com mess, from a personal perspective. Many of you may know, that I am also the webmaster of GameSurge.com, and until 2 weeks ago, GameSurge was a affiliate of GFN. Needless to say, I have a lot to comment about with this latest installment of The Truth, so I am going to tease you with a small slice from the article: "One of the first things I had to decide when I decided to write this installment of The Truth was to select a suitable name as a title. The End of Innocence may seem like a odd title for a article like this, but it's a truly appropriate one. This is not about the loss of innocence on my part, nor is it the loss of innocence on any individual's part, it's the loss of innocence on the entire Gaming Community's part. Just like a child, who has grown up, and realized that there is more to life than being protected by mommy and daddy, the game web community has grown up, and has come to the slow realization that the days of being shielded from life's evil is over, and that it is time to either dance with the devil, or face it in defiance.The Truth v6 - The End of Innocence not only details GameSurges history as part of the GameFan Network, but also brings you some pretty sorbid backroom dealings by express.com, and ends with a sobering note about the "free" hosting industry as well. Before you read it though, grab a cup of coffee, as this editorial is split on 8 pages. (I did say I have a lot to comment on) You can also find The Truth, as well as a small selection of my other editorials listed in the editorials page. More will be added shortly. You can also comment on this article, as well as other shivaSite features, in the General Rants Section of the forum. Site News, and what's coming - reported by shiva on 10/21/00 @ 3:01 am EST Well, after cursing this weird ass server for several days, I finally got a forum working for GameSurge, so I added one for shivaSite as well. Actually, I did one for shivaSite, and then calling it the GameSurge Forum was a afterthought... Since this is the only way to contact me at the moment (scroll down for my email post), you can find the link to the forums here. It's a cheap and nasty job, but with getting 2 sites back up and running, especially GameSurge, which tips the scale at 450 Megs, is taking up a lot of my spare time. (CGI to configure, pages to build and to check) The poll will be up shortly, just running out of time is all, trying to get everything done. (Despite what some people think, I am not a team of clones) Also, our manual archive will be starting up again soon. I have decided to have all the file available as seperate zip files, and will be loading them in very shortly. I will then start the process of changing all the pages to match this site, and re-formatting them, so there will be additions a bit at a time. At last count, I have manuals for 28 systems, and they total around 20,000, so it could take awhile. If you really need the manuals, I have them stored at the old, old shivaSite tripod location, bundled in zip files for downloading. That's right, gp and overload their server. (Not that it would be too tough) Also expect some more editorials, and a new update to WPCmame as well very shortly, soon as I find the time. Sorry everyone, but too much work, and not enough shiva... No Email - reported by shiva on 10/21/00 @ 2:44 am EST Thanks to my ISP, who suffered the loss of their Hampster on a wheel powering their email system, I now find myself without email services for the next little while. Okay, I couldn't resist that one, but the truth is that their mail server is messing up. I can receive emails, but I can not send them out. So that means, I cannot reply to any emails, or send them for that matter. This has actually been going on for a week, and they have finally admitted that they are the ones with the problem, and not me (nice of them) but it still means that I have to wait for their crack staff of experts to fix this problem. Or wait till the crack team of experts are no longer grounded by their mommy that is... Okay, so now you know. Hope you all understand, so in the meantime, if you need a reply from me, use the General Rants forum, and I will get back to you. Sigh, here I am, sitting on great new stuff for a change (i.e. I got off my butt, and did something) and there is no way to let anyone know. I am asking everyone that visits this site to mass ICQ and email for me, but I'm pretty sure 3 people won't make much of a difference. (And my parents don't know anyone to email anyway) Turning the "OPEN" sign on... - reported by shiva on 10/21/00 @ 2:31 am EST A little earlier than expected, as this site was to be "hidden" for a couple more months, but things happen, and I decided to open up a lot earlier than planned. Most importantly, I finished this new site design a lot sooner than I had thought, and with GameSurge losing our server, and then finding a new host, I decided during our "downtime" to start serious work on this site, while I had the time. What you see before you is about 2 weeks of work, which is pretty good for me, as I have been known to "fiddle" with things. With luck, this site design works fine in BOTH browsers, in fact, it actually looks better in Netscape than IE. (Yeah, I'm shocked as well) Over the next little while, i will be doing some more work, as there are graphics to crunch, and new icons to add, but the main structure is in, so I hope everyone likes it. (I do, I think it's my best work so far, even better than the Ancient Nation design) I was gonna run a poll tonight on the design, but I'm getting too tired (It's past 2 PST here in the morning) but if you want to learn a little more about shivaSite, you will find a brief history page here and if you want the copyright and the page design info, you will find it in the site information page. Anyway, before I start the barrage of news posts detailing some of the new things here at shivaSite, just wanted to wish everyone welcome. Previous Page |
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